Julia C.
Google
I’m leaving this review here but I’m not sure if it’s the same place, as it doesn’t seem to match the other photos. Today I visited the one in Westfield London and it was one of the worst experiences ever. I’m Italian and vegan; I know what tiramisu tastes like, and this “porridge & cream pot” can’t be called tiramisu. Don’t tell me it’s because it’s vegan; I make vegan tiramisu as well and my omnivore friends can’t taste the difference with the non-vegan one. This aside, I was baffled to be charged £9.90 for a small pot like that. I was expecting it to be dressed with fruit or something, but no, we were just given the pots and dismissed quite rudely. Because yes, the cherry on top was the “fantastic” customer service. A robotic, numb girl who treated us as we were bothering her and her coworker. She barely spoke and never smiled or did anything remotely aligned with good customer service. If you charge people £10 for a small pot of porridge and cream, at least try harder. All my excitement went down the drain very fast. Never again, sorry!
UPDATE following the owner's reply: this review is absolutely intended for your business; it might be a different branch but the logo on the cup proves it's you, so my feedback remains valid.
I must say, from your reply I understand many things, first of all the way you train your staff. How can you justify horrible and rude customer service with "shyness"?! These are two completely different things, and if someone's too shy to offer decent customer service, then it's not their cup of tea and should be doing something else. There are dozens of other less "shy" people who'd love to have a job that they'd do properly. Plus, on your website you say "Composed according to the customer’s tastes". Erm, where? We were given a pot, charged £10 and dismissed. No customisation offered. So I wonder. Do you customise only non-vegan pots? Because that should be specified. Otherwise, simply admit the girl who served us didn't do what the business promises.
Secondly, you can use the finest oats in the world but the last time I checked, tiramisu is not made with oats. It's a fact. Do you make non-vegan tiramisu with oats as well? I'd be curious. You could bake vegan, gluten-free sponges, soaked them in coffee and add the cream. Being charged £10 for this "reinterpretation" of tiramisu, receiving bad customer service, and on top of that this response is the very definition of a joke. Never again, without being sorry this time. Don't bother reply, for me it ends here.
SECOND UPDATE: I never saw the second reply from the business owner or manager, but here I am, 6 months later, coming across it by pure chance. I, very honestly, feel insulted on multiple levels. First, I never made any reference to the staff member's ethnicity, only to the poor customer service provided. And here you are, playing the race card, insinuating what, exactly? That I had a problem with the customer service offered because of their ethnicity? That "I don't accept it"? This is disgusting and petty. Secondly, what was my "real target", getting the money back? You're insulting me, again. Reviews exist to make businesses realise where they fail, and you failed from both product and customer service perspectives. That was my target. And guess what? I don't want your money, I never wanted your money, but I for sure will never want to have anything to do with you or your innovative takes on cakes. This review is here to stay and show the world how rude, arrogant, and terrible at dealing with customers you are, whoever you are. FAREWELL.