BackWerk in Frankendael

I regularly buy unsliced ​​Spelt bread at Jongejans bakery on Gelderlandplein, along with all sorts of other products. You have to be there early, because the bread lady likes to throw all the incoming loaves through the slicing machine as quickly as possible. You can't wait to get rid of them for the day... Convenience is key, the employee. I once asked if loaves could be left unsliced, but according to the women, there's only one solution: "You can reserve them by phone."... It's like buying a collector's item at PC Hooft instead of a simple loaf. Nothing bad about the bread, by the way, but for €7.80, you'd expect a bit of customer service. I went into the shop early this morning and, right next to the entrance, in an open display, picked out a loaf of bread. The always grumpy bread-for-slicing lady was already full steam ahead, chopping up the loaves. Just in time... While selecting, I touched another loaf and then placed the loaf itself in a paper bag directly across from the "joy personification," with the well-meaning remark: "Good morning, ma'am, you're so busy that I'll put it in the bag myself, can you please continue?" That didn't elicit a pleasant or friendly response. She suggested I wait a moment and she would put the loaves in a bag. Besides, "it was unhygienic that I had touched another loaf." That she herself, with the same Bolte hands without gloves, had just placed the loaves on the rack right next to an open door escaped her notice. A surly, unfriendly response, with an equally sourdough expression. Her colleague stood there and watched. Then I walked to the cash register to pay for the golden loaf. Where I had to wait 5 minutes, I suspect, as some kind of punishment. Is it worth being treated like this as a, until recently, regular customer? Well, no, today, Thursday, December 18th, is the last straw. It's time to shift the recurring purchases to 'Le Fournil' a kilometer away, but artisanal, half the price for a truly fresh loaf, with incredibly friendly staff who are about 10 times as busy and leave everything unsliced ​​until the customer asks for a sliced ​​loaf. That's how it should be: a bakery isn't a production facility where everything has to be rushed through yet still charges top dollar.

Stopped in for an Oreo waffle, at €12 it is way overpriced.

DO NOT COME HERE, they They charged us €40 for a slice of cake, a donut, a croissant, a churro, and a coffee and smoothie.

I wanted a sandwich without ham, so I asked at the cash register if it was healthy. The employee, who wasn't very enthusiastic about his job, replied, "I can't change anything about a sandwich???" In the end, there was no meat on the sandwich. It was expensive for a slice of cheese and a mountain of iceberg lettuce. Unfortunately, they only charge by card. A missed opportunity with grumpy employees, cheap sandwiches sold for expensive. And don't ask if anything can be omitted from a sandwich because that's apparently too much work. I'll just go to a competitor who is more customer-friendly!

Average bread and pastries, but not worth dealing with the rude staff. There are other bakeries nearby that are worth your money.