Well last night was a GREAT rww! I enjoyed it heaps. Will let Darren post about the wines.
However, today I am going to use the RWW site to have a little rant…
Today we headed to Grey St – about a 40 min return drive from our house – to try the new Salter’s cafe. We walked in – great location, nice setting – so far so good. We were looking forward to enjoying a new setting. It’s a real shame that none of the staff bothered to acknowledge our presence – even though we were the only people standing at the counter the whole time we were there. The woman standing on the other side of the counter directly opposite us had much too important tasks to bother to say hello – like play with her til.
So we walked out. Last we heard cafes came under BOTH the service and hospitality industries. hmmm…
Luckily Grey St already has 2 fantastic cafes that we love going to. It doesn’t need a third – clearly shown by the fact the Robert Harris lasted less than a year in the exact same location as Salter’s.
We like food. Good food. We will pay a decent amount of money – for good food. We are loyal to good eating establishments. Like Domain – our favourite. And we have somewhat of a coffee habit – that we feed on a daily basis – sometimes more than once (I am talking about the real deal espresso here not the plunger stuff Darren makes or the frothed milk with a tablespoon of instant in it like we got when we ordered a latte in London).
Brand new cafes like Salter’s seriously need to get their act together if they want to compete with the superb cafes on either side of them – Rocket – which we have been going to for our coffee fix for nearly 10 years now, and Grey St Kitchen where we regularly can’t get a table due to the overwhelming success of this relatively new cafe – both cafes have GREAT food and GREAT service. Why would you bother going anywhere less?
Thank you for letting me rant! That is all!
