Good Earth Cafe - Calgary

Good Earth is NOT good at all. At least not this location. STAY AWAY! Unhygienic, rude and dishonest staff.We ordered THREE drinks: one kid sized, one medium and one large. We got TWO medium drinks. When I went back and asked for my kid sized drink, they fished the receipt out of the garbage with their bare hands and agreed that they missed a drink. They then proceeded to make a drink for me with their bare hands without washing them.Then I asked them why I had two medium drinks, and asked if I had paid for one medium and one large (as we had ordered.) They looked up the receipt and said I paid for two mediums. I then asked for a copy of the receipt. ONLY then did they admit that I paid for a large and made me a second drink. By this time I was really annoyed and asked for my money back. They refused.On top of that the staff were very rude. They ran out of straws and when a customer inquired about them the response was, "We ran out of straws. My manager went to get some, but we don't have any. What more do you want us to do?" I told them I was disappointed with their work and felt that they were being very dishonest in giving my two drinks instead of three and downsizing one of the two drinks they gave me. They shrugged and made no apology, saying "they forgot." I think one mistake is believable, but TWO? And he had a chance to admit his mistake but lied didn't own up to it until I asked for my receipt. Geez. Worst experience ever. Don't go.

We ate the stew and some flatbread which was actually very yummy, can't fault those. However I bought a cookie and found a hair in it half way through eating it! The staff didn't seem bothered and he blamed it on the fact that we were sitting outside?! I was not offered a refund nor given an apology but just offered another cookie which I didn't want as it just put me off. My mom couldn't eat her muffin afterwards neither. On the way out, I waited for mom to use the toilet and I noticed things flying around inside one of the glass top containers with the cakes in! I looked closer and it was flies, black flies on the cake with the orange slice and just in the container! I felt so sick I just walked out (after taking a picture.) We went and looked around eau Claire market and came back outside to our table still being dirty, nothing had been cleared and we had been going around half an hour. The cafe wasn't even busy whilst we were eating and when we walked back out so not sure what the staff was doing all that time? It had put me off trying another Good Earth!

With all the hype about Tim Horton and Starbucks and blah blah blah, I wanted something different. I was at the Eau Claire Market and just wanted something different, and a person suggested this place to me. I'm glad he did because I walked away with 3 berry mixed with white chocolate scones, and it was explosively tasty. I took a cup of African Rooibos to go with that and headed back towards the park north of it, to enjoy it. I won't forget this place. You can get some light sandwiches here too, but the treats and odd teas are what I liked the most. I murdered 2 of them in 1 shot, I'm such a pig.

Chain restaurant - different coffees, smoothies, pastries, breakfast sandwiches, muffins, scones, etc.

VERY FRIENDLY spot, offering just the right stuff for the customers - staff recommendations were right on target for my needs at the time and did not leave me disappointed. Grabbed a salad for later on, and didn't eat it for over a day - even the cut-up avocado stayed AMAZINGLY fresh! Totally impressed with food quality and atmosphere!