What a Pickle!

We were running out of steam on Saturday morning and not near our normal coffee stop so we dropped into In A Pickle at 2 Martha Street in Camp Hill. Oh dear, what a pickle it was in. This is not a new cafe for me but seriously it was not up to standard last Saturday.  The girl on the counter was snappy, there were 3 tables available, one with an assortment of used dishes on it and all three were not wiped clean. Umm, not a great choice. The shop itself is overcrowded which would have been ok if it didn't look messy as well. Even the menus were looking tired and the coffee was bitter, thin and milkey. We got half way through and nearly left the coffees but we had stopped for caffeine and so we persevered.

There is a good range of food here and it is usually great if a little pricey. I can recommend the Arancini balls, they are massive so best to share with a friend. But that's not what I had on Saturday.  The food looked less than appetising so we had nothing.  We had arrived at the end of the morning so maybe they had been rushed off their feet but no excuses really for not showing casing your food well.

This cafe can be cold on a winter's morning so In a Pickle also provide red blankets for those who like to rug up.  The tables and chairs are set outside on the pavement and as it is on a corner there is plenty of room for them.

Maybe the In a Pickle team need to just stop, have a coffee and look at themselves from a customer's perspective? I'm reluctant to try again.