点评:I wanted to leave some honest feedback about Pump House Cafe.
I ordered two lattes, one of which needed to be made with soya milk because I have a dairy intolerance. I completely understand that alternative milks may cost a little more, but I was really surprised to see an additional 90p charge for soya milk. This meant the soya latte was nearly £5.
Personally, I feel that 90p is an excessive markup, particularly when alternative milk is a necessity for people with allergies or intolerances rather than simply a preference. It left me feeling that customers who need dairy alternatives are being charged disproportionately more.
I was also surprised that the cafe was being run by very young staff who appeared to be out of school and, from what I could see, didn’t appear to have barista training. Given the price being charged, I would expect a higher level of service and coffee expertise.
For comparison, larger chains such as Costa and Starbucks don’t charge anything like this level of premium for alternative milk, and you would generally expect trained baristas and good-quality coffee.
Unfortunately, we decided not to have our coffees there because of the price of the soya latte. I just wanted to share this feedback because I think the additional charge for alternative milk could be looked at more fairly, particularly for customers who genuinely cannot have dairy.
However the walk around Sywell Park it’s self was lovely, aand would give that 5* stars! 🫶
翻译:我想就Pump House Cafe提供一些诚恳的反馈。
我点了两杯拿铁,其中一杯因为我乳糖不耐受而需要用豆奶制作。我完全理解使用替代奶源的成本可能会稍高一些,但看到豆奶需要额外收取90便士的费用时还是感到非常惊讶。这样一来,一杯豆奶拿铁的价格就接近5英镑了。
就我个人而言,我觉得90便士的加价实在有些过高了。尤其是当替代奶品对于有过敏或不耐受问题的人来说是必需品,而并非仅仅是一种偏好时。这让我觉得,那些需要乳制品替代品的顾客被收取了过高的费用。
我还很惊讶地发现,这家咖啡馆的员工都非常年轻,看起来像是刚毕业的学生;据我所见,他们似乎也没有接受过咖啡制作方面的培训。考虑到所收取的价格,我本期望能获得更优质的服务以及更专业的咖啡制作水准。作为对比,像Costa和星巴克这样的大型连锁店并不会对植物奶收取如此高的附加费,而且在这些店中你通常还能享受到训练有素的咖啡师以及品质上乘的咖啡。
遗憾的是,由于豆奶拿铁的价格实在太高,我们最终决定不在那里买咖啡。我只是想分享一下这个反馈,因为我认为针对植物奶所收取的额外费用应当设定得更为合理一些,尤其是对于那些确实无法饮用乳制品的顾客而言。不过,在Sywell公园里散步的体验真的很棒,绝对值得五星好评!🫶