Okay...first things first...the coffee is FANTASTIC. Smooth and delicious, I drank it down so fast I wanted a second one!
That's pretty much the best thing I have to say about Fifty3, as my experience here was not as good as I was hoping. You order at the counter and then it's brought to your table (or bench) which is great - but when the waitress brought the coffee she took our table number with her - I had to call her back to tell her we also had food coming on the same number. She acted as though it was my fault she took it in the first place! Strange. Then, they brought out the first meal (Chic n' Cheese Omelette) and went to take the number yet again! I said we still had another meal supposed to be coming...the waitress seemed to have no idea. We told her the dish (Specialty McFifty3 Muffin) and she said she would go and check the order. No apologies. We definitely paid for two meals!
Anyway, they HAD forgotten it and went off to make a rushed version of the dish which was no where near as delicious and fancy as they made it sound on the menu.
I give this place 3/5, as the coffee is fantastic, the omelette was fairly tasty and maybe the waitress was just having a bad day. It has left me with a sour taste in my mouth however, but I most likely would still return for their coffee.
Fifty3 has potential to be a great, quirky cafe in the heart of a shopping centre, but I think some of the staff need to remember the basics of customer service! There is one guy who I think might be the owner and he is so friendly though - he even knew how to spell my difficult name!
Maybe pick a quieter day than Saturday to try it out, and you should get better service than we did. read more