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| - I had high hopes for this place, because the sweets looked great in their shop refrigerator.
However, once I set foot inside the shop , the experience was horrid.
I was there with a friend of mine on an average Wednesday afternoon.
First, the waitress reminded us in an unfriendly tone that there was a minimum consumption of 4.50. OK, fine, no problem.
I proceeded to order a milk tea (4.70), and my friend two macarons (6.00).
At this point, the waitress asked if we'd like to have three macarons instead, in a combo, for only a dollar more. Since we wanted to have a conversation, we were not thrilled by the math exercise, but no problem, bring on the third macaron.
OK, then shortly thereafter, we were told that a combo is only possible if one person consumes everything in the combo. Since it was very clear from the beginning that I ordered the tea and my friend the macarons, I don't understand why we were offered the combo. In any case, I ended up paying for the tea and the (now) three macarons separately.
I don't go to dessert cafes to solve high-school math puzzles after work, so I was quite exasperated by this experience.
But that's not even the worst of it!
My friend ordered the passion fruit macaron. There were three of them in the refrigerator. Waitress comes back and says that "we should order a different one because they are unsure (sic!) about the quality of that macaron". So then, why was it in the refrigerator? And why did they not bother to take it out? It was still in there when we left!
When I mentioned the issue with the billing to the waitress, she offered nothing in the way of an apology. She said that "I should read the rules more carefully next time".
As you have probably guessed, there will not be a next time.
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