Shops / cafes that oblige you to order

[janchan]

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Good day.

I am a fan of coffee shops and cafes that allow you to "tambay" and "chill".

My kids and I recently went to Cafe Noriter (along Ayala going to Perpetual Hosp na street...naa ra sya sa corner) and I was surprised to know that it was owned by a Korean. Needless to say, we were happy with the food, kato ila bread w/ honey, and we ordered a couple of drinks ra pud. Check out lang gud sa place. The kids enjoyed making tambay especially since they could write notes and browse magazines and enjoy the wifi connection.

I was quite disappointed to learn from my eldest daughter that another Korean cafe 'CAFE NAMU' located at that compound of restaurants/shops across ParkMall OBLIGE all their customers to buy a drink/product/item. Free lang ka sa rule if you're 5yrs old and below daw. PLUS, you can only stay for 3hrs. !!!

Imagine?
While shops definitely 'can' tell their customers to buy this and that from their shop, OBLIGED jud? So ang tambay2 sa ako eldest daughter and her friends were cut short kay sinabihan jud sila they can only stay a max of 3hrs.
tsk tsk...

...and to think these Koreans are enjoying a lower priced living lifestyle as compared to what they can have in their own country.



Don't get me wrong...I have had Korean friends and students at one time or another, and they're basically nice people...but to think that they're here in Cebu, they could probably use a little more 'friendliness' in attracting more business so we, Cebuanos...Filipinos in general, would patronize their shops.



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Learned din last night, there's another Korean cafe that is doing this as well... Cafe Tiala? Not sure with the name.
It's located at the building beside Grand Convention...where there's China Trust below...this Korean-owned cafe replaced the salon/parlor Au Revoir on the 2nd floor naa naa balcony.

The place is nice because their rooms, where you can enjoy their products/items/cafe/coffee2 is themed.
So basically, nice sya tambayan...

Pero mao lagi na...you can only stay for a specific maximum number of hours...3 hrs., I think?


tsk tsk..

Any thoughts?

[Nami_1217]

ambot lang ma'am kay maikog ko ug tambay2 way paliton.. unsaon nalang ang business ug puro freeloaders ang sulod sa imo establishment.. paunsa nalang tong mamalit.. siguro pud considering sa space nga dili jud siya ana kadako , they have to do something para ma accomodate tanan gusto makasulod/mupalit/mutambay..

[brachypelma]

ambot sad, pero kung sa owner's standpoint ka mag tanaw luoya pud nimo imong cafe daghan nag tambay pero walay namalit, unsaon na lang tong ganahan unta mo palit unya daghan man tao, di na lang mo dayun. nya nganung sa cafe man gyud ka mag tambay nga wala man kay palitun, bisan sa imong kaygalingun maka ingun tingale ka na di mao imong gi buhat. maypa adto na lang kas food-court. ang sa tagiya ana is ang pag protekta raman sa iyang negosyo. ok ra tingale naay mag tambay kaso kani gung pilipino kung maka balita nga naay free tambayan with all free wifi. aw attack dayun.

[kit_cebu]

mao nay gi-ingon naa gyuy uban nga way ka-ikog...TS, bisan ikaw tingali nya inyong balay, puy-an ug parente nga anha mo-kaon/manglaba nya halos di mo-bayad/hatag panggasto, di pod ka ganahan...

SM pwede ka from opening to closing tambay pero 1-hour ra ka ka-connect sa internet...

[beyee]

I don't see any problem with this sis. From how I see it lang ha,
these themed cafés are now big in the market and they get a lot
of patrons from different target markets. Of course, they want to
cater everyone so that means in places like these, you can't just
hog the place all to yourself for hours because that would be a big
loss on their part - they can't serve a max number of guests if that
would be the case.

Let's admit it, in cafés or any other food places, we stay for longer
hours and whilst away our time with only one drink for hours, aite?
Bisag ako tag-iya sa place, lugi tawn ko ui. Ang sa kaikog Lang pod
sa uban bah, negosyo bya. How can the owners give you the best
service with their food, drinks and amenities if mas gaghan tambay
kesa more paying customers?

[mahor]

actually pwde ka mka tambay og dugay kng walay lain customer..
or mag additional order mo pra ma extend inyo time..
lain sd kaayu kng mag tambay² ra mo nya naa dghan ga huwat lain customer oi
alkanse sd kaayu sila kng mag tambay ra mo nya ng gamit sa ilang facilities..

[7DMM]

for me i'm obligated to order if i intend to stay in a cafe for a couple of hours.if i intend to stay longer then i'll order some more

[JViLLe]

For me.. okay rana nga bala-od.. mao siguro wala nay wifi ang uban establishment kay mag tambay ra ang mga taw. If dili ta mo order sa ilang items, then we have no business being there? sakto bah?

kung ikaw sad siguro tag-iya sa lugar oi.. tambayan ug taw na wala namalit.. mag pangawt sad siguro ka sa imung ulo..

[jntio]

di pod baya lalim mag negosyo

[aljy]

Sakto sad na ila TS wui..kay dghan bya nato wlay kaikog..mag cge ug stambay bisan wlay gipalit..mag saba2x pa.hehe