Kirklees
Coffeeboy

Coffeeboy

198 Wakefield Road, HD5 9BD, Kirklees, United Kingdom

Vegan • Cakes • Coffee • British


"My Email to Coffee Boy. Good Afternoon. I am making a complaint about the service that i have received from your Huddersfield Coffee Boy shop; the circumstances are as follows: Approximately, 15:45 hours today, i attended and ordered a white mocha and a cappocino and made payment with a card. The staff member was a lady. We took a seat and awaited our drinks. Having waited for 15 minutes, i approached the counter to enquire why our drinks had not been served. There were 5 lady staff members present and having observed the coffee machine i realised that there were no drinks being prepared. I said to one of the lady staff member, ‘I ordered 2 drinks 15 minutes ago, but have not received them’ She responded, ‘Did you order them on the App?’ I stated, ‘No, i ordered them here at the counter’ The staff member then approached her 4 colleagues, one of whom informed her that she had taken my order. At this point, the staff member said, ‘It will only take 2 minutes’ I replied, ‘I have already waited 15 minutes, and had i not approached you, i would still be waiting, i do not want the drinks as i have commitments, and wish a refund.’ The staff member proceeded to check the tablet where the transactions are registered and stated the refund had been issued. I asked for a receipt as proof of the refund, but she stated a receipt could not be provided. My complaint is not only that my order had not been served, it is also that had i not approached the counter, we would have continued to wait. Additonally, no apology was offered, which is unacceptable and a receipt has not been offered as proof of a refund, which means that i will need to check my bank statement to ensure the refund has been issued. All of the above, is a lot of hassle for 2 drinks at a coffee shop! I await your response."

The Pie Shed

The Pie Shed

1 Green Lane, Kirklees, United Kingdom

Cafés • Pizza • Seafood • European


"I received an email the day of my event sent at 4.20pm but not seen by me until 6pm informing me that our food would be delivered between 5 and half past rather than the arranged 6.30pm due to adverse weather conditions. The venue had NOTHING to do with our event. It is a private function room. The tables for the buffet were not set up ready to receive when the food was delivered at 5.15pm which is the time venue bar staff told us it was delivered. (The catering owner states it was actually 5.45pm) My staff member arrived at 6pm to set up the trestle tables and the food had already arrived. She then set up the tables and when I arrived we had to move all the food over to where it should be. In my opinion the catering shed should have called the venue and got the number for the organiser (me) and contacted me directly. Better yet they should have taken a contact number in the first place. We could then have arranged to receive and refrigerate at my Nursery up the road. It’s completely unacceptable even had the food been perfect to deliver 1.5 hours earlier than expected without proper communication. But sadly the food was far from perfect. I sent an email on 17th November stating ‘Paid with thanks. Can I just check a few things please. I know I just said NO NUTS but also please no orange or rosemary unlikely as they are anyway. I know there will be candied peel in mince pies and just that is ok.’ Owner replied on 23rd…6 days later (which is a recurring theme-2 days maximum for a business reply is acceptable in my humble opinion) ‘Received your payment with thanks. I have also made notes of your requests.’ Obviously she hadn’t made a note. Because I opened the ‘Deluxe Cheese Platter’ and was smacked in the face with orange smell which made me vomit. (It’s my allergy which triggers vomiting and migraine) Now who puts Orange halves in with cheese…especially SOFT cheese which will soak up the orange flavour?! Especially when you’ve been specifically asked not to use oranges due to an allergy. The whole cheese board was then off limits to me. The owner has replied to my complaints basically stating that nobody else has complained and implying it must be my staff with dodgy palates . Going so far as to reference an email I’d sent saying some of my staff are ‘fussy buggers’ which was actually in regards to the festive menu items that I missed off and replaced with bespoke alternatives I requested. Funnily enough it was the basic items that were unacceptable: Cheese Onion Rolls had barely any filling and were dry. Pizza was dry and hard. Spring rolls were soggy. The chicken sandwiches had no butter or spread as requested. The tuna and egg sandwiches however appeared to have some sort of spread on and were brought to me by staff who then said they couldn’t eat them. The owner maintains no spread was used which if true then I don’t know what the problem was. I couldn’t tell either way but I only ate 1 of each as I personally found them bland and flavour less. I was hoping to receive a partial refund of 50%, not use them again and say no more about it. We’re talking £450 worth of food! So half back for all these issues is not unreasonable given our first post covid staff gathering was ruined. I’m very disappointed that the owner is not taking any responsibility or taking on board the negative feedback on the food. She has refused any form of refund with the exception of £10 to compensate for missing banqueting roll! AVOID"