点评:This is not about the Makers Yard Kitchen, but the cafe with outside seating opposite the disabled parking.
I checked the menu online and decided what I wanted prior to my visit.
As with most cafes, you queue at a counter, make your choices, and pay.
At a point before you have even had any 'service', a 12.5% service charge is added!
It's a nice cafe, and I would not have minded paying £9 for the Mushrooms on Sourdough Toast, but to advertise it as £8 on the menu but actually charge £9 is devious.
So, get real... ditch the service charge and price the menu items so that costs and profit are covered and staff are paid fairly.
Remember it's a cafe and the service was just appropriate for such an establishment; we got out breakfast items and drinks, but the 'niceties' of restaurant dining were lacking, so don't embarrass yourselves and just raise the prices by 12.5%.
Of course, if we have been greeted in a friendly fashion, asked if everything was OK with our breakfasts, asked if we required any more drinks or food then perhaps an additional 'tip' may have been justified. Sadly, that was lacking - just the basic cafe 'put it on the table' and go routine.
That said, the Mushrooms on Sourdough Toast were very tasty, and the outside seating area was pleasant and comfortable.
翻译:这不是关于“创客庭院厨房”(Makers Yard Kitchen)的,而是那家在残疾人停车位对面设有户外座位的咖啡馆。
我在网上查了菜单,在来之前决定了想点什么。
和大多数咖啡馆一样,你需要在柜台排队,点菜,然后付款。
甚至在你还没享受任何“服务”之前,就会被加收12.5%的服务费!
这家咖啡馆很不错,我本来不介意花9英镑买一份蘑菇酸面包吐司,但菜单上标着8英镑,实际收费却9英镑,这太不厚道了。
所以,认清现实吧……取消服务费,给菜单上的菜品定价,这样才能覆盖成本和利润,并公平地支付员工的工资。
记住,这是一家咖啡馆,服务也恰到好处;我们提供了早餐和饮料,但缺乏餐厅用餐的“精致”,所以别太尴尬,直接把价格提高12.5%就行了。
当然,如果我们受到了友好的接待,询问早餐是否满意,询问是否需要更多饮料或食物,那么额外的“小费”或许是合理的。可惜的是,小费做得不够好——这家咖啡馆只是“把小费放在桌子上”,然后就照常营业了。
不过,酸面包上的蘑菇非常美味,户外座位区也舒适宜人。