I'd be cautious ordering delivery from Carrabba's - Morrow, Ga…read more
Multiple items were missing from my delivery order. I reordered after speaking with a manager, and he assured me the order would be corrected, but the second order was still missing the same items he said he would make sure were included.
My first delivery order was missing the appetizer, the soup that was supposed to come with the entrée, and the meatballs I paid extra to add to the entrée. The meatballs are an additional charge on top of the cost of the meal, so I had specifically paid extra to have them added.
I called the restaurant and spoke with Lewis, a manager, who was very nice and helpful. When I explained what had been missing from the first order, Lewis initially offered to comp a meal for me on a future in-person visit. He also tried to correct the immediate situation and told me that if I reordered, they would include four meatballs, extra sauce/meat sauce, and two soups to make up for what was missing. He told me he'd personally make sure the order went out correctly.
Instead of accepting the complimentary meal for another day, I decided it was more important to actually receive the food that had been missing because the order was for my mom at home, who was sick. So I placed and paid for the entire order again. That meant paying for a second delivery order, along with the additional fees that come with using a delivery service.
Unfortunately, the second delivery order was also incorrect. There were still NO meatballs, and only one soup was included instead of the two I was told would be sent.
I called the restaurant again because I wanted to let Lewis know that the second order had also been incorrect, especially since he had told me he'd personally make sure it went out correctly. Since the second order was also wrong, I also wanted to see if I could now accept the offer Lewis had originally made to provide a complimentary meal for a future in-person visit. I thought I would be speaking with Lewis again, but Manny, the owner, came to the phone and told me Lewis had left for the day.
I mentioned the complimentary meal that Lewis had offered twice during my conversation with Manny, but Manny did not address that part of the conversation. Instead, he asked me to send pictures of both receipts to his cell phone to look into it. I don't know what his intention was in asking for them. Maybe he wanted the receipts to investigate the two orders, or maybe he needed them before honoring the earlier offer. However, after I'd already explained the situation multiple times and paid for the order twice, being asked to provide the receipts made me feel like I now had to verify or prove what had happened. As the customer, I wasn't sure why that was necessary.
Manny was courteous and gave me his number, and I appreciate that he was willing to look into the situation. However, by that point I had already spent significant time trying to resolve what should have been a simple food order, and being asked to go through the receipts and send additional information after everything else was frustrating. At that point, I was simply tired of dealing with it.
On my first call, I had to wait for someone to answer, explain the situation to an employee before speaking with a manager, wait on hold again for the manager, and spend additional time explaining the situation. After paying for and receiving the second incorrect order, I had to call and explain it again.
I'm a very busy mom with significant caregiving responsibilities, and I was trying to get out the door while dealing with all of this. The order was for my mom, who was sick that day, which was one of the reasons it mattered to me to actually get the food rather than simply accept a credit. Whether you are a busy parent or simply a busy person, most people do not have time to make repeated phone calls, sit on hold, explain the same situation multiple times, reorder and pay for the same meal again, and then gather and send receipts afterward just to receive the food they originally ordered.
My concern is really with the accuracy of the delivery orders coming out of this location. 2 separate orders were incorrect, including the order that was specifically supposed to correct the first one. If you are considering ordering from this location through DoorDash, Uber Eats, or another delivery service, based on my experience I would strongly recommend against it. If you do order delivery, I would at the very least recommend checking your order carefully.
My mom said the food itself was good, and both managers I dealt with were pleasant and tried to help. My issue is not with the quality of the food or how I was treated by management. It is that after paying for the order twice and spending so much time trying to correct the first mistake, the second order was still wrong. The experience was extremely frustrating and took far more time and effort to resolve than a delivery order should have.