Strawberry Gateau
Scoops Gelato

Scoops Gelato

PO5 1JF, Portsmouth, United Kingdom

Seafood • European • Desserts • Fast Food


"I was ‘hired’ here a couple months back. The lack of documents i had to fill was my first insight into the sketchiness of this place. As someone who’s previously worked in an ice-cream parlour that holds itself to much higher standards, it was easy to spot the red flags from behind the counter. Firstly, the high prices for stingyly-made products. For all items that you can get toppings on, we were told to count them and would get in trouble for giving a customer more than the allocated number. Four Ferrero rochers on a massive £10+ Ferrero rocher waffle was a sad sight. Limited chocolate drizzle. This is just one of plenty of examples. Second was the cleanliness. No gloves, no hair nets nor hats. No wonder people keep finding hair in their food. Third and most frustrating to me was the management. They take bad management to another level. Condescending, unhelpful, unresponsive is how i would describe in in 3 words. None of my questions were answered, i was treated like a child and I wasn’t even told that I wouldn’t be getting shifts for the quiet period, they left my queries on this unanswered for days at a time during a time when I desperately needed to work just to be able to eat. I haven’t been contacted back in over two months so i assume i have been fired? Not that they ever gave me a reason as to why. All i know is that a coworker once told me ‘sometimes if they don’t like a person they’ll just stop giving them shifts without saying anything’. I don’t recommend coming here, honestly you can make everything they do here just as easily at home, or go somewhere that doesn’t treat it’s new staff members so poorly. That being said I also don’t recommend working here. It was the biggest waste of my time when i could have been looking for other jobs they strung me along for no reason. Also the lady who was supposed to be training me spent the whole 4 hours on tiktok. Genuinely what."

Patisserie Valerie

Patisserie Valerie

Unit 59, SN2 2, Swindon, United Kingdom

Sandwich • Desserts • Vegetarian • Delivery Services


"One star is one too many. I got gifted a voucher for afternoon tea for two, so me and my mother chose to go. The previous time we attempted to go to this restaurant, we travelled to this store specifically for the afternoon tea, and...got turned away due to there not being enough staff members. We arrived today and immediately got told we would have to wait a long time for food, even though there were only about tables seated. Our tea and coffee arrived, I got asked if I wanted sugar, I said yes, and it never arrived. In the end I went up and got this myself. After minutes of waiting, our afternoon tea came. There were no labels on any of the menu or food, we didn’t get asked if there were any allergies or what sandwiches we would like. Our scones came with marmalade and butter, with no jam or cream. We had to ask again for this. The staff were very slow, and quite rude at times. The scones were very hard, and the food overall wasn’t very pleasant. My mum also got given dirty cutlery. Whilst being seated, tables from around us actually stood up and left the restaurant, due to this awful service. Whilst being sat, when everyone left there were only tables left, and at this point they actually decided to shut the kitchen. I was very disappointed by the experience we have had, as this was a present gifted to us which we had been looking forward to, it was definately not worth nearly Avoid at all costs."