"We have just tried to visit Wagamama in Brent Cross. After standing at the doorway for in excess of 10 minutes without being acknowledged by any passing staff, we politely asked a passing waiter if anyone was seating people. The waiter (Marius) very rudely proceeded to roll his eyes and state “I’m not a host, we have 2 floor staff working, if you don’t want to wait you can go online and complain” we pointed out that his attitude wasn’t great and we were simply asking if anyone was seating people. He shrugged his shoulders and again told us to go online and complain. We asked to speak to the manager. He simply said “she’s busy and is working on the bar” and then walked off ignoring us. One of my companions walked through the restaurant herself to approach the manager. She was met with the same blasé and dismissive tone and couldn’t care less about the way her staff member had just spoken to us and even rolled her eyes at her. This is the same manager who rather than speak to the customers who had been queuing to enter the restaurant, decided to take the time to speak to a gentleman saying he needed a quote for his journalism assignment, thus resulting in Several people leaving in favour of Another venue (where they were actually serving people) After working for Mitchell’s and butler’s hospitality myself for over 15 years, this was probably one of the worst customer service experience I have personally experienced. I understand when venues are short staffed, however, this really is a poor management foresight, it is not an excuse to be rude to potential customers. With the current cost of living crisis, perhaps your manager would do well to remember that eating out is a luxury for people and when someone chooses to spend their money in their venue, they do not deserve to be treated so rudely when simply asking a polite question."
