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Lemon Cafe not so great customer experience
I have been going to Lemon Cafe for two years now and I have seen a slow decline in friendliness and good customer services. In fact today, my final visit to this cafe the waiting staff just didn't speak! I hear people in there complaining to each other, but if it's so bad why do we keep going there? Is it just me?
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Permalink Reply by Old-Age-Emporium(OAE) on
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I have to agree with Christopher Lewis, based on my very infrequent visits over the past year or so but especially over the past couple of months. The large menu card is pushed in front of one, usually wordlessly. 'Enjoy your meal' seems to be more than ones waitress can handle. I listen for the unspoken word of thanks as I drop my 10-15% tip. But no more. Folks don't seem to be very happy there. On Friday afternoon last, a fairly elderly lady struggled to push a large wheelchair containing her large but helpless husband through the doorway, across the doormat to the nearest small table. She then had to heave it to one side while she wrestled with one of the heavy chairs so she could finally insert the wheelchair closer to the table. The waitress stood wordlessly by, offering no help and finally plopped the menu on the table and turned on her heel. However, I admit that it is quite a few years now since I found that even muted criticism of Café Lem
n might not be so well received. Until today I thought I was in a minority of one. Meanwhile quite a few eating places have come and gone - presumably it is the better ones that will survive. But perhaps not. Once you get the public reputation and paeans of praise for early rising, you can lie in bed till midday. Your customers' lethargy does the rest.Eddie Finnegan
[Sometime Diner at Café Lemon]
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Permalink Reply by Betty Careless on
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Lemon is the closest to me but I always go to N4 for breakfast - it's cheaper and the staff are lovely. Their Menemen (I think it's one of the Turkish set breakfasts) is particularly good - it's the one with the eggs poached in the stew rather than scrambled
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Permalink Reply by Protheroe O'Shea on
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N4 is fantastic, great service and the foods nor bad too, although the last time I went they had changed their sausages to nasty cheap ones.
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Permalink Reply by Nick on
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Hi...I have heard about, but haven't been to, Lemon Cafe. But I have been regularly to Gokyuzu, the well-know grill restaurant nearby. I have been told by several waiters there and at another restaurant nearby that they don't get any tips...which would undermine anyone's customer service. Not saying that this is the case here, but this is common practice by management.
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Permalink Reply by Peter Chalk on
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They serve a good coffee and croissant, a free Guardian and strong wi-fi signal...
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Permalink Reply by John McMullan on
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I really like Lemon, but it was mostly for the friendly service and atmosphere. I've not been in for a while so that's probably why the waitresses are a bit sad. Sorry people, I'll try to get in again soon.
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The nicest of the young waitresses seems to have left.
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if you fancy a walk i can recommend the Park Cafe next to Manor House station. Great breakfasts nice coffee and cheap and most importantly to this thread - lovely guys!
£4.95 for a full english? yes please!
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Yes one more for the Park View Cafe. They have the BBC on in the mornings too.
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