Lovely gardens and buildings - great that you can actually touch items too unlike any National Trust site I've been too!
Michelham Priory House & Gardens的点评
点评:I would have given 5 out of 5 but for waiting on line for so long in the cafe. After an excellent visit walking around the gardens and the house on a very hot day, we were very much in need of lunch and drinks before heading home.
The cafe wasn't overly busy (it was a midweek day and only one group was there) but the slow service in the cafe let it down. This could be fixed with just a few tweaks and the use of trays by the customers rather than everything being brought out to the table
- cakes etc could be put on the trays, drinks added and paid for and carried out by customer
- quiche could have been sliced ready and plated with the salads and put on the tray too
That would reduce the need for the counter staff having to keep leaving the service area to go hunting for people to give them their cake/drinks etc at their table. Plus, asking at the till if the customer was going to sit inside or out and marking their order with a symbol to show this, would save the poor staff time finding their table
My family have worked in the hospitality industry for many years so for us these seemed simple changes that could make a big difference, and the use of some runners in high season, going out with trays, collecting and clearing tables etc is going to be essential if they are to cope with the crowds that you could expect in the high season. I know the cafe was only reopened recently,
so maybe these are just teething problems and I do wish them all the best
翻译:要不是在咖啡馆排队等了那么久,我本来会给满分5分。在炎热的天气里,我们在花园和房子里散步,度过了一段美好的时光,回家之前非常需要吃点午餐和饮料。
咖啡馆里人不多(那天是工作日,只有一群人),但服务太慢,让人失望。这个问题可以通过一些改进来弥补,比如让顾客使用托盘,而不是把所有东西都端到桌子上。
- 蛋糕之类的可以放在托盘上,饮料的添加、付款和取餐都由顾客自己完成。
- 乳蛋饼可以切好,和沙拉一起装盘,也放在托盘上。
这样一来,柜台工作人员就不用经常离开服务区,去找人把蛋糕/饮料等端到他们的桌子上了。此外,在收银台询问顾客是坐在室内还是室外,并在订单上标记一个符号以示区分,可以节省可怜的员工寻找座位的时间。
我的家人在酒店业工作多年,所以对我们来说,这些看似简单的改变可能会带来很大的改变。在旺季,安排一些服务员,拿着托盘出去,收拾和清理桌子等等,对于他们应对旺季可能出现的客流量至关重要。我知道这家咖啡馆最近才重新开业,
所以也许这些只是初期的问题,我真心祝愿他们一切顺利。