Sandwiches are delicious, but around lunchtime they're always out of breadâthe line is never very long, but it seems to take forever here. You'd think you could anticipate that, being a sandwich shop. Staff also calmly clean the windows with people waiting in line during rush hour. Oh well.
I regularly buy unsliced ââSpelt 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 âŹ7.80, 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 ââuntil the customer asks for a sliced ââloaf.
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.
Unacceptable â be careful!
Went with friends. A female friend was touched inappropriately on the breast by a security guard. When we confronted her, we were thrown out. The police didn't take us seriously at the scene. No apology, no investigation. Don't feel safe here.
I had to wait almost one hour for the order, two times longer than expected. After calling them they hang up. I had to call more times to be able to get any information, the staff or at least person responsible for the calls is completely unprofessional and very rude to customers. Food I received didnât match the order as well. After paying extra for add ons for the pizzas and salad I got the regular cheaper option. Absolutely donât recommend.
Not much on the shelves. Kibbeling is microwaved, and a salmon sandwich comes with four small pieces of salmon. And that for almost âŹ9. It didn't taste good.
I completely agree with the other review. The bagel was incredibly poorly topped and very dry. It's really not worth the money; I wouldn't recommend this to anyone.
staff is unskilled, some people are friendly and some are really not! Some donât know how the coffee machine works and everytime itâs like they are doing me a massive favor by making a drink for me for which I am paying!