点评:Gone downhill rapidly since the castle Howard takeover.
What used to be a pleasant, well stocked with locally sourced good quality food, staffed by a consistent team who cared about customers & the Arboretum, has turned into an overpriced, poor quality, 'take it or leave it' establishment with seats uncomfortably packed in for maximum profit.
Has little to do with the arboretum & even the 'shop' which used to stock locally sourced & crafted goods relevant to the Arboretum, now just has overpriced generic stock.
Prices have risen, as you'd expect from Castle Howard ,'a price like no other' with membership now being combined between the Arboretum & Castle Howard being expensively combined, whether you want it or not & making a mockery of the 'independent charity'.
A unique place ruined by greed.
翻译:自从霍华德城堡接管以来,这里就迅速走下坡路了。
曾经,这里环境宜人,食材丰富,供应当地优质食材,员工服务稳定,既关心顾客也关心植物园。如今,这里却变成了一家价格虚高、品质低劣、顾客爱买爱走的“要么接受要么放弃”的场所,座位拥挤不堪,只为追求利润最大化。
这里与植物园几乎毫无关联,就连曾经出售与植物园相关的当地特产和手工艺品的“商店”,现在也只卖价格虚高的普通商品。
正如你所预料的,霍华德城堡的物价飞涨,“天价”,而且现在植物园和霍华德城堡的会员资格也被合并,费用高昂,无论你是否愿意,这简直是对“独立慈善机构”的莫大讽刺。
一个独特的地方,被贪婪毁掉了。