THE SERVER NICOLE WAS INCREDIBLY RUDE TO US - TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE. (read on for the full story)
Villa Capri has been a place that my husband and I have been coming to for awhile. I grew up going to Dominick's (the brother of Villa Capri's owner) and always had great experiences. I was at Villa Capri the past two weeks on Tuesday because they make incredible cheesesteaks and offer a special on Tuesday nights. First Tuesday we had Christina, who is wonderful and super nice, and last week we had a guy who was great.
Tonight - totally different story. We walk in and are served by a different girl named Nicole. She's apparently been there for awhile but was completely rude. We (husband and I) ordered a cheesesteak and had planned to split it, which we've done several times before. Nicole tells us that we can't split. Essentially insinuates that splitting a $5 cheesesteak is cheap, but didn't outright say that. Mind you, we may split meals (hello small stomach) but we tip well. Anyway, she says we can't do that. Then, we ask for fries instead of chips (we've also done this several times). Nicole says there will be an upcharge. We say fine, thinking an upcharge is a dollar or two for a side of fries. We get our meals and out come two cheesesteaks with two orders of fries. We ask her if this is the side of fries or an order. She tells us it's an order. We explain we wanted to substitute the chips for fries not pay for two whole orders of fries. She rudely says that it is what it is now and this is what 'upcharge' means. We explain that the past two weeks were not like that. She retorts back that this is how things are and then states that the other girl (the super nice server) shouldn't have done what she did. We didn't even have this other server the past two weeks.
For me, putting down a co-worker is a BIG no-no. Have some respect! Own up to what you're doing or explain new policies if those are in place from last week until now. Don't make us feel stupid, come across rudely, or bash other workers.
After that, she didn't come back once. I asked the other server Christina (the really nice one) for a drink and she ended up getting us our boxes and check. Nicole NEVER came back to us again. That's crazy to me! You're in the serving/customer business and you just ignore your customer because of a confrontation or miscommunication. I can't believe the way Nicole acted towards us and her tone when saying things. Unreal. Truthfully, if tips weren't split we wouldn't have left Nicole much at all.
We approached the owner after we ate as we were walking out. He heard us out but ended up justifying Nicole's behavior by saying new policies were being discussed and that Nicole has worked there a long time. Look, everyone has bad days but in this business, keep it to yourself. New policies? Fine. We don't HAVE to split a cheesesteak but don't rudely tell us it can't be done. Explain the why since we literally have been here the last two Tuesdays and "policies" were different.
We won't be back for a long time. What a shame - I was looking forward to weekly cheesesteak traditions. read more