1/5 Sumeet K. 2 months ago on Google • 1 review New
I
specially
sought
out
CCD
Square
at
CP
today
because
I
used
to
be
a
regular
here.
It
was
the
cafe
that
once
introduced
me
to
specialty,
single-origin
coffees
from
around
India
and
the
world.
Today,
not
only
does
the
ambience
and
menu
look
tired
and
worn
out,
but
the
service
is
atrocious
too.
The
menu
looks
like
it
has
gone
through
years
of
negligence
&
Strong
machine
wash
cycles.
Our
first
few
choices
from
it
weren’t
even
available.
Clearly,
they
can’t
be
bothered
about
printing
a
new
one.
The
wait
staff
talked
patronisingly
to
me
when
I
inquired
about
their
specialty
beans
for
a
Flat
White.
Only
one
variety
out
of
the
three
on
the
menu
was
available.
Leaving
me
no
choice
whatsoever.
When
I
asked
why,
he
said
there
was
no
supply
and
went
on
to
explain
how
changing
the
bean
would
have
no
impact;
it
would
still
be
a
Flat
White.
What
then
is
the
USP
of
a
CCD
Square
—
with
its
premium
rates
—
over
a
regular
CCD
if
one
has
no
choice
of
specialty
beans?
And
what
kind
of
a
cafe
says
that
changing
the
coffee
bean
from
a
Mysore
one
to
an
Ethiopian
one
will
have
no
impact
on
the
coffee??
It
got
worse.
He
persuaded
my
partner
to
add
chocolate
syrup
to
her
cold
coffee
even
when
she
didn’t
really
want
it
—
and
then
curtly
said
that
would
be
an
extra
Rs
50.
We
repeated
we
didn’t
want
chocolate
in
our
cold
coffee.
Five
mins
later,
he
returned
and
told
us
the
machine
had
problems
and
there
wouldn’t
be
any
coffee
for
an
indefinite
period.
There
was
no
hint
of
apology
or
any
promise
about
brewing
us
a
cup.
We
left
without
a
single
cup
of
coffee
at
what
used
to
be
my
favourite
cafe.
An
hour
later,
we
walked
into
a
fully
thriving
rival
cafe
that
delivered
our
orders
promptly
and
made
no
menu
promises
that
it
couldn’t
keep.