Chelsea P.
Yelp
Minor interaction with one of the employees but rubbed me the wrong way and inconvenienced my time. I know what it's like to work in a cafe setting so I try to be considerate of the employees but this interaction just lacked basic social awareness. Hoping this review more so serves as constructive criticism because I do still intend on coming back.
I ordered one of their promotional BOGO drinks through the kiosk as well as a matcha (3 drinks total). There was a note on the screen stating that they would just make two of the promo drinks so I wouldn't need to order it twice on the kiosk.
When they finally called my number, I noticed that the 2 BOGO drinks were ready but my matcha was nowhere to be seen so I asked the employee if the matcha was also ready. She replied "Oh, we don't have matcha," and pretty much as soon as she said that, another employee brought the drink out for her to add the cream top and lid. She then said,"Oh I thought you were talking about the black sesame drink." Pretty simple misunderstanding, not a big deal at all so far.
She still has several drinks she's working on so I wait patiently by the window as she finishes some of those other drinks and calls up another order. She finishes my matcha, puts the lid on it, and keeps it right next to her, then continues working on another order of drinks...
The order seemed to be for a delivery guy, and again, as someone who's worked in a similar role before, I get that those orders are urgent. However, she proceeded to put all of those drinks in the bag, handed it to the delivery guy, then walked away from my matcha AS I'M STANDING BY THE WINDOW CLEARLY WATCHING ALL OF THIS HAPPEN.
I guess she must've been on her break soon cus then she walked all the way outside of the kitchen and greeted a patron (who seemed to be a friend she was going on her break with), before coming back to stand next to me on the customer side of the pick-up window. Then she picks up my drink in my drink carrier, look at the order label and confirm the matcha drink was mine. Only then does she reach over the counter to put the matcha next to my other drinks, all of this WITHOUT A WORD.
Like, was she expecting me to reach over the counter and grab it myself? No apology for possibly misreading the situation? And why were there 2 other orders that were handed off to the customers AFTER my order number had already been called?
It was just such a weird interaction. I keep tryna excuse it because it seems so trivial but overall, it was just negligent because she saw me standing there waiting patiently the entire time, even after I had already communicated about the other drink in my order (I was the only one with a matcha order btw). Mind you, all of this happened on a Tuesday afternoon, so it wasn't very fast-paced in the kitchen.
All of this to say, putting on a fake customer service voice does NOT equal to actually giving good customer service if you don't even have basic situational awareness and also don't care to speak to the customer.
As far as the drinks go, I still come back for them because not very many places offer avocado foam. I like the menu choices but the drink quality can be a bit inconsistent, especially considering that there's a lot of other cafe and boba options in the area.