Very Disappointed About an Order for Mother's Day 2020
I can't believe how disorganized this place for Mother's Day was. I am very disappointed. I tried to preorder 4 plates the night before, but the clerk on the phone told me that I can't preorder and to call the next day. I called at 6:45 a.m., and I told the clerk that I want to make an order to be ready at 11:00 a.m. She told me that I had to call back at 10:45 a.m. I called at that time three times. I must have let it ring about 8 times each time, and nobody picked up the phone.
Since I was facing those obstacles, at about 10:50 a.m. I went online to order 2 plates of french toast with strawberry and banana toppings, one 2 x 2 x 2 pancake combo with bacon strips, one short stack of pancakes, and one side of sausages. For this whole order, I requested Curbside Delivery. The order was confirmed and stated that it would be delivered curbside at 11:15 a.m.
My husband and I arrived at IHOP here in Newark at 11:15 a.m., but there was no IHOP employee waiting at the curbside to give us our order. Therefore, I went inside the restaurant to see if our order was there, and the clerk said that they were backed up. She said that we would have to wait about 20 more minutes, and she would deliver it to us curbside after the 20 minutes. We waited 20 minutes in our truck, but there was no curbside delivery. Therefore, for the second time, I went back inside the restaurant, and the clerk said it would take another 20 minutes, and she also said again that she would bring our order to us for curbside delivery. We waited again for about another 25 minutes, and we noticed that a customer that went inside the restaurant after us was walking out with their order. This made us really upset. Then, we went inside for the third time because there was still no curbside delivery.
When we got inside, our order was in a bag sitting on one of the tables, but we were upset because we had to go inside, and the original clerk had told us that she was going to curbside deliver it to us.
When we got home, we were further disappointed because the order was all mixed up. For the two french toasts plates orders, there were no strawberry and banana toppings on them, and one of them had sausage, and the other plate had bacon. For the 2 x 2 x 2 plate, it had sausage, and it was supposed to have bacon.
This whole situation was disappointing, and this was for Mother's Day! We tried to make are order problem-free by trying to order the day before, and they would not let us preorder ! Secondly, we tried to call the same day right when they opened, and they still wouldn't let us preorder the same day. Thirdly, after we were finally allowed to order, it wasn't on time, and we had to wait about an hour and half for it to be ready. Finally, the cooks made careless mistakes with our order ! This kind of service is unacceptable! We would not recommend this IHOP restaurant, and we plan to never order from them again ! read more