Let me preface this by saying that I have tried reaching out to corporate to discuss all the issues at this location but nothing changes.
If I could give it NO stars I would. Save yourself the frustration and find another place to eat. THIS WENDY'S IS THE WORST EVER!
If I wrote a review for each time I tried to give them another chance and they let me down, I'd spend the majority of my time writing reviews.
For starters, this is the only Wendy's close by. There is no other Wendy's in Swansboro, Cedar Point, Cape Carteret, or Hubert. So for the one and only, it is horrible.
The older, blonde-haired manager really doesn't help to resolve issues.
Food takes forever. It's usually wrong. Prices vary based on who the manager on duty is.
And during our last visit, the pregnant girl on the drive-thru didn't seem to know the difference between asking what else you might want on your burger and what else you want with your order. I ordered a cheeseburger plain and she asked what else I wanted on it so I repeated just a plain cheeseburger and she got completely annoyed and said NO, what do you want to drink? Like I was supposed to decipher that code.
So I place the rest of my order and when I pull up the window, she's not wearing gloves and her mask is not covering her nose and mouth. (DURING THE PANDEMIC)
Then she proceeds to make our drinks by grabbing the cups with her bare hands and sticking her hands and the cups into the ice machine to fill them up. Then with the lids OFF of the cups and her mask down, she holds them under her face and starts having a whole conversation with someone we can directly see for like 3 or 4 minutes. So, I beep the horn to alert her that I'd like to have the drinks remade and she proceeds to chat it up and ignores us.
When she finally gets to the window I address the issue and ask for new drinks due to the fact that she was not wearing her mask properly and had been talking over the uncovered cups. That really irritated her and she replied that she was pregnant and trying to breathe. I told her I understood but I'm a mom and I'm not trying to get COVID or let my kids get it. Her reply? Fine, I don't care, I'll give you new drinks.
Why so snotty? You know the mask mandate for restaurant employees. Come on Wendy's you can do better.
To add insult to injury, some big dude then comes to the window and opens it, sticks his head out and stares at me without saying a word. So I smile and say "yes?" and he starts talking to me in this weird condescending tone. He says, are you upset? You seem upset. I see you talking in your car (I was with my daughter) and you're waving your hands around. (Yes, that's how I talk. LOL) I guess he was trying to intimidate me. Not a chance.
I looked at him and said, "do you have a policy for wearing gloves?" he says "yes" and I let him know his drive-thru girl isn't wearing any. He then says she's not handling food so it isn't an issue. So then I point at the icebox and ask him if there's ice in there. Of course, he says yes. So I tell him that she just stuck her hands in there with the cups to get ice. All he could say was that she was supposed to use a scoop. But still, even if that were the case, the scoop is being touched with her bare hands and she is then dropping the scoop back in the ice.
Then I let him know that she had her mask down and was talking over our open cups. He just closed the window and walked away. No apology. Just attitude.
Didn't get an apology from the drive-thru girl either.
While we waited the two of them continued to chat it up off to the side just out of view from the drive-thru window where we couldn't really see them or what they were doing to our food.
The manager then appears and it looks like they are all chatting about us cause we get a few glances.
Then probably as punishment, they had us sit there for 20 more minutes. By the time we got our food, there were 5 cars behind us and neither the drive-thru girl nor the big dude gave us our food.
Instead, the manager opens the window, doesn't make eye contact and shoves the bag in my face, and starts to close the window before I've even fully grasped the bag. No apology, nothing.
I have given this Wendy's too many chances to make good and they have consistently disappointed. That last visit was the last straw. NEVER AGAIN. read more