Victor C.
Yelp
So... STORY TIME.
I arrived at this specific branch of Boston Market on Jan. 30th 2020, at around 8:50PM with my sister. She ordered via the mobile app and the expected order pickup time was set at 8:51PM. There were already two people, who were delivery drivers for GrubHub and DoorDash, waiting in front of us. At the time we arrived, there were also 4 people in line waiting to order on the spot and one person who came in right behind us. My sister waited until a minute or two after the order prepared time to ask if her order was ready. One of the employees, a male in a red shirt, immediately said "We gotta take care of the orders of those who came in before you and the gentlemen waiting for their mobile orders." See, this was fine for me and my sister. We both did not care to wait another few minutes. So after 10 more minutes the four people in line were already served, and one of the two delivery drivers also got their orders. After another 5 minutes the other delivery guy had already got their order and left while 2 other people who came in to order on the spot also left already. It wasn't until I went up to ask again in place of my sister that another employee checked on our order and finally completed it at 9:18PM!!!
HERE'S THE KICKER.
I probably should've mentioned that the order time of both delivery guys were posted on this electronic screen along with my sister's order. My sister's pickup time was set at 8:51PM while the two other delivery men's pickup times were set at 9:08PM and 9:11PM respectively!!! So BOTH were able to leave wayyy earlier than their pickup times by 5-10 minutes each. Meanwhile we were still there waiting, staring at the food, the floor, the ceiling, and occasionally the servers, just about anything to keep us occupied. By the time I finally went up to ask about our order that's when a female server INSTEAD of the male who told us to wait, finally checked on the order numbers. So our containers, which already had the rotisserie chicken waiting in the boxes and getting cold, were only missing the sides. The lady proceeds to FINALLY, at 9:15PM, finish our orders, but lo and behold they were out of mac & cheese. HOWEVER 10 minutes ago if they had finish our order earlier there would've been some left. Luckily the manager who is a speedy guy, comes to refill the mac & cheese immediately and we get to leave after another 3 minutes. Our end total wait time was 25-30 minutes after the designated pick up time on the app. So my first of a million questions: Why is there even a designated pick up time if all we had to was go in person and order on the spot to get quicker service than ordering through the mobile app??? The male employee who told us to wait provided fast service to everyone else and he even gave one of the delivery guys a small cup for soda as an apology for the wait time. So, I can only imagine how early the delivery guy must have gotten there and thought it would be a quick grab and go deliver deal only to be like "sh*t, I'mma die of old age waiting here." The most annoying part of this whole experience was the fact that the male employee continued to act sassy as all hell and began sharing snide remarks to all of his coworkers. Meanwhile, my sister and I are just waiting there dumbfounded. We didn't even show our resting bitch faces as we waited the whole time. I even tried giving off a smile so I wouldn't look as pissed off as I was feeling. By the end of it, we didn't even get an apology for the wait time or anything. See, if it was just the wait time, that would not have pissed me off as much. The sheer f***ing attitude of the toxic male employee who spread his bullsh*t to the rest of the staff, who all then proceeded to ignore us, really peeved me.
This was the WORST experience I ever had here.
A bit of context, I'm from the NE area and this is my hometown. I come here once or twice a month because I enjoy the food and I've had generally good experiences. Of course there are occasional mishaps, but I've never experienced service this f***ing sh*tty in 20+ years of living in this neighborhood. Maybe it was due to the manager not working the front this time so he couldn't see how crappy some of his employees were treating customers. Who knows. Will I go to a Boston Market again? Maybe. Here? Sure as HELL NO.