Comments for Eating Out http://eatingout.co.nz In New Zealand Sat, 24 Dec 2011 02:20:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on Cafe’ Milk by Chris http://eatingout.co.nz/cafe-milk/comment-page-1/#comment-283 Chris Sat, 24 Dec 2011 02:20:21 +0000 http://eatingout.co.nz/?p=161#comment-283 Great Coffee! Great Coffee!

]]> Comment on Amphora Cafe by Shar http://eatingout.co.nz/amphora-cafe/comment-page-1/#comment-253 Shar Sun, 13 Nov 2011 20:06:00 +0000 http://eatingout.co.nz/?p=38#comment-253 WILL NEVER EAT HERE AGAIN based on service received 11/11/11 and the rude, dismissive, uneducated (in hospitality customerservice) Manager. Beyond Disgusted. Waiter: "Oh yeah, we're out of the special on Steak." Us: Really ? Almost every motel in Mount sold out for FOMA conference and your sold out of your special board steak on Friday night at 7.45pm ? Bad ordering huh. So the Cappo, how many prawns with that ? Waiter: "Three" Dinner for 2. Entree Mussels and Main Steak for both of us please, both Med Rare and another beer thanks. 15 minutes later had flag down and to ask different waitress where the beverage was. She couldn't speak english, was slightly confused, but we got there in the end. 1 Entree arrived 10 minutes before the other. Without a fingerbowl or plate to dispose of shells onto. Items requested. The the 2nd Entree arrived. Same problem, they obviously didn't learn from the first order. Mains arrived. Manager within first bite came out "is everything ok" "seems to be so far" was the response. Once plate pulled apart, noticable difference in size of his portion of steak to mine. Only two prawns. After spending five minutes with my hand in the air trying to wave down ANY waiter I could (no seriously, I was getting cramp!) the only explanation the (yet another) waiter gave us was "uh sorry, I don't know why they're smaller". This turned out to be our saving grace actually, as his steak (larger) was Blue (Raw) nowhere near Med Rare. Unable to actually eat. So he tucked into mine while we waited again for another waiter to appear.. they finally did at the end of the meal. We advised him we were not happy with Rare meat and his reply was 'shall i get the chef to recook this' - this was 9pm, beyond hungry we said "no thanks we're leaving". When I queried our worst ever dining experience with the manager she said "you ate one steak and you sliced into the other, therefore I don't see you problem, and you need to pay all of your bill in full" when asked why the size difference in steak she advise "they all weighed" when asked about the wait for entrees she just didn't have a resonse that wasn't trying to yell at me and tell me to pay the bill. Easy fix lady would have been to say "sorry about that, we'll attempt to fix next time, have a beer for free on us" but NO she continued to be EXTREMELY RUDE, DISRESPECTFUL and UNGREATFUL. Distroying any reputation that Mike had built up for that place ! WILL NEVER EAT HERE AGAIN based on service received 11/11/11 and the rude, dismissive, uneducated (in hospitality customerservice) Manager. Beyond Disgusted. Waiter: “Oh yeah, we’re out of the special on Steak.”
Us: Really ? Almost every motel in Mount sold out for FOMA conference and your sold out of your special board steak on Friday night at 7.45pm ? Bad ordering huh. So the Cappo, how many prawns with that ?
Waiter: “Three”
Dinner for 2. Entree Mussels and Main Steak for both of us please, both Med Rare and another beer thanks. 15 minutes later had flag down and to ask different waitress where the beverage was. She couldn’t speak english, was slightly confused, but we got there in the end.
1 Entree arrived 10 minutes before the other. Without a fingerbowl or plate to dispose of shells onto. Items requested. The the 2nd Entree arrived. Same problem, they obviously didn’t learn from the first order.
Mains arrived. Manager within first bite came out “is everything ok” “seems to be so far” was the response. Once plate pulled apart, noticable difference in size of his portion of steak to mine. Only two prawns. After spending five minutes with my hand in the air trying to wave down ANY waiter I could (no seriously, I was getting cramp!) the only explanation the (yet another) waiter gave us was “uh sorry, I don’t know why they’re smaller”. This turned out to be our saving grace actually, as his steak (larger) was Blue (Raw) nowhere near Med Rare. Unable to actually eat. So he tucked into mine while we waited again for another waiter to appear.. they finally did at the end of the meal. We advised him we were not happy with Rare meat and his reply was ‘shall i get the chef to recook this’ – this was 9pm, beyond hungry we said “no thanks we’re leaving”.
When I queried our worst ever dining experience with the manager she said “you ate one steak and you sliced into the other, therefore I don’t see you problem, and you need to pay all of your bill in full” when asked why the size difference in steak she advise “they all weighed” when asked about the wait for entrees she just didn’t have a resonse that wasn’t trying to yell at me and tell me to pay the bill.
Easy fix lady would have been to say “sorry about that, we’ll attempt to fix next time, have a beer for free on us” but NO she continued to be EXTREMELY RUDE, DISRESPECTFUL and UNGREATFUL. Distroying any reputation that Mike had built up for that place !

]]> Comment on Euro Bar and Restaurant by Terry Rota http://eatingout.co.nz/euro-bar-and-restaurant/comment-page-1/#comment-165 Terry Rota Sat, 02 Jul 2011 01:48:22 +0000 http://eatingout.co.nz/?p=183#comment-165 The service here was fantastic and the truffle paste was heavenly. They did not have the wine I wanted don the wine list however the very kind waiter managed to find someone who would go out and get it for me. Overall an excellent evening. The service here was fantastic and the truffle paste was heavenly.

They did not have the wine I wanted don the wine list however the very kind waiter managed to find someone who would go out and get it for me.

Overall an excellent evening.

]]> Comment on The Library Cafe by simon http://eatingout.co.nz/the-library-cafe-function-venue/comment-page-1/#comment-160 simon Wed, 04 May 2011 05:08:10 +0000 http://eatingout.co.nz/?p=98#comment-160 i went there while my car was getting a WOF and there were probably more staff than customers waited for ages at the counter as they did who knows, told me sit down and they would come to me... never did went back up and waited. In the end the mechanic did my WOF before i even got a coffee. I am a cafe assistant and the efficiency of cafe workers amazes me i could have done all there jobs my self, faster. The coffee and food were both good. i went there while my car was getting a WOF and there were probably more staff than customers waited for ages at the counter as they did who knows, told me sit down and they would come to me… never did went back up and waited. In the end the mechanic did my WOF before i even got a coffee. I am a cafe assistant and the efficiency of cafe workers amazes me i could have done all there jobs my self, faster. The coffee and food were both good.

]]> Comment on Competition by Kevin bowgett http://eatingout.co.nz/competition/comment-page-1/#comment-75 Kevin bowgett Thu, 09 Sep 2010 09:44:59 +0000 http://eatingout.co.nz/?page_id=15#comment-75 The zen Japanese restaurant has a fantastic atmosphere and terrific food I highly recommend it. Kevin The zen Japanese restaurant has a fantastic atmosphere and terrific food I highly recommend it.
Kevin

]]> Comment on The Library Cafe by bec http://eatingout.co.nz/the-library-cafe-function-venue/comment-page-1/#comment-18 bec Wed, 19 May 2010 02:07:21 +0000 http://eatingout.co.nz/?p=98#comment-18 Nice work guys, great to see the site beginning to grow and get some traction. Nice work guys, great to see the site beginning to grow and get some traction.

]]> Comment on Cafe L’affare by Jenny http://eatingout.co.nz/cafe-laffare/comment-page-1/#comment-17 Jenny Tue, 11 May 2010 08:01:44 +0000 http://eatingout.co.nz/?p=112#comment-17 Great site. A lot of useful information here. I’m sending it to some friends! This particular cafe sounds amazing. Thanks for the heads up. Great site. A lot of useful information here. I’m sending it to some friends!
This particular cafe sounds amazing. Thanks for the heads up.

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