Immaturity at Soul Origin, Helensvale
We finished work and decided to visit Westfield Mall, Helensvale, for a quick bite and coffee. 🥙☕️
Since we had been to Soul Origin, Helensvale on other occasions (with the previous owners), we decided to try it again under new management.
A young girl served my husband, who then ordered himself a Steak roll, my Hot chocolate and his Capacchino, with Almond milk; and then requested it to be 1/2 strength, with 2 sugars. I secured us a table while he waited.
He duly arrived with '3 coffee cups' and his sandwich. The first was mine, the other cup had 'Almond milk' written on the lid, and the last cup had '1/2 strength' written on the lid. 🤔 When he tasted them both, none had sugar. We laughed it off and he chose to drink the Almond milk one.
But it was when he tried to enjoy his roll that he realised the "steak" slices would bounce back if he threw them on the ground 🤹♂️🙄 He persevered and tried to get through more of it as he was hungry, but they were too grisly, sinewy and rubbery to be edible.
As the coffee's and rolls (bought one for our sons lunch the next day also) came to $44, he decided to show them the evidence - as well as the extra ☕️ she mistakenly made.
At first the girl quietly listened as hubby calmly explained the scenario and showed how rubbery the piece of steak was. It was when another young girl joined in that it quickly escalated. She suggested a refund, at which the first girl made a motion of touching keys on the till. But as hubby went on to mention the 2 coffees that were accidentally given also, it was like a switch flipped in the second girl and her attitude drastically changed. She became belligerent and arrogant, flicking hubby off.
I was so proud of him, as he restrained himself, came back to the table and sat down. He had a few more sips of his coffee, I continued to calm him down and we left....never to return.
What a shame they have server's who have no resolution skills - over something so simple.
Instead the company is allowing arrogant, rude, apathetic, immature little girls to be at the front of house.
Their standards have definitely dropped. We will spend our hard earned money elsewhere from now on.







