“Myself and a friend called in for coffee and cake on Wednesday at 8.05 pm and we're made not very welcome just assumed we should have a carry out went to put coffees in paper cups instead of asking when we corrected him by saying we are sitting in he replied we are closing soon even though there was 55 minutes before closing we certainly won't be returning in future it was the Nero on upper level of metro centre”
“I stopped in to get a drink there were two people waiting at the end of the counter, no one else in line. I went and stood behind them and waited for my turn. When the picked up their order. I stepped up to the counter. The woman asked if I was picking up. I said no I want to order. She took my order and when I cashed out she said " And fir next time you walked around and came from the wrong end. Our line start in the other direction. Seriously...what difference does that make in the flow especially when there were two people ahead of me. It was her tone rude and unnecessary. I made sure she saw me select no tip. Also. If you go here and plan on sitting be sure to order your drink to ho. I'm pretty sure that I was given a small mug deliberately and paid for a medium.”
“Caffe Nero has decent food and drinks, but they aren't worth the price. Also, the staff are extremely varied. Some are polite, and normal, but this seems to be rare. Most of the staff are rude and look bored. I was kicked out of the store for bringing WATER, yes water from my bag while I was looking for a seat to wait for my friends to arrive. The rude barista told me that, "You can't bring outside food or drink." -🤓 when another white woman brought a full bag of potato chips into the store, without a word from the barista. I am not white. I've never had a problem with bringing in some food or water into the store, and I was also getting something from the Caffe Nero anyway, so he just lost service and a possible tip, but he probably wouldn't have gotten one anyway as he was not friendly and seemed bored in general. Would not recommend at all, unless you're getting a free voucher for drinks.
(Promo Code COFFEE23 on the app)”
“Yesterday the fat guy in Caffe Nero earls court told me to 'Get a Life' after he made a mistake with my order. I asked for Salted caramel and he was adamant it's Caramel Shortbread. I don't want any freebies from you Caffè Nero because I am so traumatized and will never ever return. I have it on video FYI. Will share it with Starbucks Costa Coffee for their staff training.”
“Very Rude staff
The way the male and female staff looked at me and my friend
Did not deserve such judgement
Wonder if they are perfect people
So rude
Racism”
“I was ordering at the till when the only staff, a tall girl with dark and very bright pink hair, rude, left to talk to a young woman who was seated with her friends. The woman was taking pictures of the frames on the wall. It was 7h30 in the morning. Week day. Empty room. The place was dirty with food on the floor. The waitress shouted "you can't take pictures in here, it's not allowed". The woman had her mask on and asked why she couldn't as she does it for Instagram and never had any trouble here in doing so. The waitress had no mask and went closer to the woman's head and said something like : I work here, I don't know why you talk back to me! You work here? No! I do! They should have said (the other members of staff) to you you can't take pictures in here!". The young woman said "that's ok no worries I heard you" then went back to her friends. I finally had my coffee when the waitress shouted over the till, to the young woman who was minding her own business "yeah yeah you can talk about it as much as you like if you're not happy you can go elsewhere!" That was so rude! People who came in by that time all saw this. Shame on her. I will never go back again when that member of staff serves. Ever. I have to mention that the young woman was black. I hope it has nothing to do with it but its worth mentioning.”
“I was ordering at the till when the only staff, a tall girl with dark and very bright pink hair, rude, left to talk to a young woman who was seated with her friends. The woman was taking pictures of the frames on the wall. It was 7h30 in the morning. Week day. Empty room. The place was dirty with food on the floor. The waitress shouted "you can't take pictures in here, it's not allowed". The woman had her mask on and asked why she couldn't as she does it for Instagram and never had any trouble here in doing so. The waitress had no mask and went closer to the woman's head and said something like : I work here, I don't know why you talk back to me! You work here? No! I do! They should have said (the other members of staff) to you you can't take pictures in here!". The young woman said "that's ok no worries I heard you" then went back to her friends. I finally had my coffee when the waitress shouted over the till, to the young woman who was minding her own business "yeah yeah you can talk about it as much as you like if you're not happy you can go elsewhere!" That was so rude! People who came in by that time all saw this. Shame on her. I will never go back again when that member of staff serves. Ever. I have to mention that the young woman was black. I hope it has nothing to do with it but its worth mentioning.”
“Why is it that Cafe Nero and other coffee shops, see the use of disposable carry out cups a better prevention from covid than washing reusable cups. The risk of spreading covid virus from these cups, being carelessly disposed of would be a far greater risk, than using well waged reusuale cups. There is also the environmental damage caused to the environment from these cups.”
“I was not a client until recently (never liked the coffee), but got encouraged to try it again recently after going to Caffe Nero in Poland and loving it.
Sadly, same terrible drink made with flat hot milk, not a trace of texture and creaminess, so I am giving up again. (except in Poland where they know what they are doing).
Oh and a faulty app too. My husband and I wanted to use a voucher, worked for me, did not work for him. When we sent our feedback to appsupport we got a multitude of answers, from "you have already used it", to "you cannot have two accounts", and then back to "you have already used it".
So, staff at Caffe Nero do not make good coffee and do not want to fix their app problems. If there is any reason for us to switch from Costa, we have not found it yet.”
“My gift card was rejected and I know there was 7.40 on it. I was told to contact enquiries at cafe nero. I might as well have tried to contact the queen. No response, never use them again.”
“I was the victim of bullying, verbal harassment and xenophobic abuse by a couple (customers) who decided to sit at my table without asking me (even though other tables were available) and the staff at the cafe proved pathetically inadequate: first they just looked at me when I asked for help and one of them even smiled at me, then they asked me to move to another table, even though I was not the one causing any trouble, which only encouraged the aggressors to become even more aggressive.
The aggressors made fun of me because I was sitting alone at the cafe without my family (!), telling me to go to another cafe because I was not welcome there, and even asked me to leave the UK and go back to Italy -I am not even Italian, I am from another Southern European country!
The staff at NERO decided to take the side of the aggressors and asked ME to move instead! Was it because the aggressors were 3 and I was alone? Was it because they were British and I a foreigner? Or is this standard policy of NERO, inconveniencing the peaceful customers and allowing aggressors to do whatever they want? Whatever the reason, this practice is wrong because it only encourages more aggressive behaviour. In the end security came, but I had to endure this harassment and bullying for a long time.
I have now filed an official complaint and no, I do not recommend this cafe to anyone, It is not a safe place.”
“Bad tasting coffee, unfriendly service and very bad customer service at head office in London. I have had more than 7 bad experiences at different Café Nero branches and didn't get any positive reply or any form of compensation from the customer service team at head office in London. I am not a Male Chauvinist but the truth is more than 95% of female baristas don't know how to make a good cup of coffee, especially Mocha. Some of them also have bad attitude. I will stop going to Café Nero that's for sure.”
