Generally I like the Paradis du Fruit franchise as they have a refreshingly different approach to…read morehow lunch should be like and it is tasty. PdF in general would get a high 3 rating, next to 4 stars.
However this specific PdF restaurant made me forget about all the good things I liked with this franchise.
First of all the staff was really unfriendly, rather grunting at us and hinting with their head towards a table we could sit at. And also later on just following the ordering procedure and serving without a sign of joy for what they do. Being a waiter/waitress might not be everybody's dream job, but you should not show the world how much you actually hate dealing with people. In such cases you should do everyone a favour and find another job.
Though my biggest issue (which might have contributed to the staff's discontent) was that the place did stink. There was this stench of sweat all over the place. After me walking around a bit it was obvious that this odour was part of the furniture. The benches which are covered with textile were emitting the smell of several thousand people who did leave their sweat there. It was quite disgusting. Sadly there was no free place outside so we had to stay in.
Surprisingly enough the food was sub PdF standard as well (or maybe it was mas imagination after the influx of my quite negative observations at this point), the salmon was very dry, my raspberry and coco smoothie (my favourite at PdF) was very watery.
It saddens me, my first PdF review having to be this negative as previously I only had good experiences with the one in the Velzy 2 mall.
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