Reviews by zalanoocas

This review is for St Lucia Family Practice, St Lucia QLD

verified email - 20 Apr 2012

I attended this service throughout my pregnancy and they were great. They went above and beyond on a couple of occassions.

This review is for The Coffee Club, Toowong QLD

verified email - 20 Apr 2012

Have sat down here for a number of nice quiet coffees with friends. Okay atmosphere, okay service. Nothing Outstanding but good coffee and central location.

This review is for ALDI, Maroochydore QLD

verified email - 20 Apr 2012

The new ALDI store at Maroochydore is a nightmare. I have shopped at other ALDI stores all over from Brisbane to Ipswich to Noosa. ALDI at Maroochydore have some serious problems. They rarely have stock of advertised catalogue items. Almost always sold out on the first morning of the sale. Their car park is difficult to navigate and does not have enough car parks. Considering, as with all ALDI stores, you have to pay for a trolley, therefore take it out to your car and return it to the trolley return and then walk across the car park AGAIN - there are no crossings! No safer places to walk with children in tow. No pedestrian paths. It is horrid.

The service is shocking. Yes, we all expect shoddy rushed service from ALDI but ALDI Maroochydore has perfected the art of poor customer service.

Let me relate the story of why my 3 year old begs not to shop at ALDI again.

We were in the checkout queue, a very long queue like usual, Miss 3 told me she needed the toilet. Ok, we'll have to wait a couple more minutes. A good 10 minutes later we reach the front of the checkout, I pay for our items and ask the cashier if there is a toilet my 3 year old can use. Well.... Guess so.... She fuffs around for a minute and eventually calls young teenage boy over and tells him to take us to the toilet. He grunts at her (and us) and heads off. He unlocks a door and stands inside it glaring at us. I bring the two children and the trolley, and ask if I can leave the trolley outside as its a bit of a squish to get through the doorway. He says no! Okay.... Drag the trolley inside, let my daughter into the toilet. The teenager stands there glaring! Obviously not going to give her any privacy! My daughter isn't too worried, but I certainly am not impressed. I try apologizing for interrupting what he was doing, he grunts again. Okay... My daughter comes out and says all done, thanks. I flush the toilet and return to the trolley and try to get it out. Teenager swears under his breath at me! Finally I get trolley through doorway (whilst holding baby in my arms) and turn to make sure my daughter has followed, teenager slams door on us and in doing so bashes the door into my daughter!! Both of us walked out of there upset and frustrated.

I've also been behind another shopper at the checkouts, a very heavily 9 month pregnant women with two young twin boys, who asked the checkout lady if she'd mind helping her put her groceries into bags as it was very difficult for her to get items out of the bottom of the trolley twice (it was, because of the huuuuge size if her tummy), and the girl very rudely said "no! Not our policy!" No apology or anything. Unbelievable!

I can't believe that with service like that ALDI are still in business, and despite having reasonable prices, I will not shop there again.

This review is for Best Friends Pet Care Centre, Minyama QLD

verified email - 20 Apr 2012

This is a huge pet store, with a big range of items for all different pets. They certainly have everything that I've looked for with various different pets in the house to look after. Unfortunately, with the big store and massive range comes a feeling of impersonal and uncaring attitude. They don't necessarily know a lot about animals, and for most staff there it feels like its just a job, not a passion. Their prices are expensive, especially compared to ordering online. I shop elsewhere now for better service and advice.

This review is for Bli Bli Bakery, Bli Bli QLD

verified email - 20 Apr 2012

Nice bakery, okay prices, they need more seating undercover for when it rains. Cakes are decent though I haven't tried any other things from there. That car park is horrid!!!

This review is for Bli Bli Butchers, Bli Bli QLD

verified email - 20 Apr 2012

The meat was okay, but the prices struck me as a bit too much and the service was nothing to rave about. Not somewhere that I would head specially to buy meat. That car park is a shocker too!

This review is for Bli Bli Bulletin, Bli Bli QLD

verified email - 20 Apr 2012

I lived in Bli Bli for a while, and the Bli Bli bulletin was one of the best points about living there! A cute read- not really groundbreaking news stories, but the local information and stories that you enjoy reading. Funny little jokes too. I also enjoyed the ads, mostly to see what the local businesses offered. Good job guys, much better than other local papers on the coast!

This review is for Bli Bli Veterinary Surgery, Bli Bli QLD

verified email - 20 Apr 2012

Took my new dog in for a check up and heart worm injection. Decent prices, easy to get an appointment, ok waiting room. The actual appointment was less of a check up than I would have liked, seemed like they could have been a bit more thorough. Were quick to give injection and answered a couple of questions. Will return as they were a lot cheaper than other vets in the area!

This review is for Coast-wide Pool & Spa Service, Maroochydore QLD

verified email - 20 Apr 2012

Great service- always very friendly and helpful. They've always been more than happy to answer all my silly sounding questions, and to repeat the answers a couple of times! Better prices than other pool shops I've used on the coast too. Did I mention they are super helpful? I had a piece that was broken in my pool filter and a shortage of funds - they offered to let me 'borrow' the piece I needed until I had enough money to come back and pay! Keep in mind I'd only been shopping there for a couple of months at that stage! That is outstanding service, and not the sort of thing you expect from a business nowadays. They deserve more than a 5 star rating, and I highly recommend trying their business - you'll be thoroughly impressed!

This review is for BP, Maroochydore, Maroochydore QLD

verified email - 19 Apr 2012

Service is usually good. Gets very busy in peak times. Pumps are quick and so is the EFTPOS (less waiting round).