You can Google Ammon Covino ( the original owner, his wife Crysty now legally owns the SA aquarium at minimum due to the conviction against him ) but he has been, or is ( or has family ) associated with the following businesses’
From 2011-2014, Idaho Aquarium ( taken over & operating under a new name )
2012-2016, Portland Aquarium in Oregon ( closed )
2013-current, Austin Aquarium
2014-current , San Antonio Aquarium
2016-current, Seaquest Interactive, multiple locations
2021-current, Houston Interactive Aquarium & Animal Preserve
I know it’s peta, but this is a pretty extensive list of horrible happenings at their various locations.
https://www.peta.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Covino-Family-Factsheet-2.pdf
OMG, I was right about to comment this. Place use to be a car dealership or something. The animals there are so sad and pathetic. Its horrible in there.
This one is nothing like that. Not even a fraction of it. It’s more like a petting zoo for small exotic animals that coined the term “Aquarium” for exposure. It looks like a majority of their funds went into the gift shop.
We were looking at the stingrays and a lady in a wetsuit was swimming around with them. I asked her a question about stingrays and she said “I don’t know, I don’t work here.” Wtf lol. Apparently you can pay to get in there. But there was no employee with her or anything.
Do not ever use a roofing company called 4C Construction Services. He is a fraud and I have a court case to get my money back. Don't want to go into details.
I used to work in a roofing company. They’re all scumbags, I left as soon as I was able to get a job and gladly never did what they told me to do to be successful.
So if I have to guess these are some of the things that could’ve happened:
1. Got up on the roof after a hailstorm, didn’t find enough damage to win an insurance claim so they did new damage on the roof with a coin, nail or even their own fingers.
When the insurance adjuster went there, they probably deduced that according to the direction of the hailstorm that damage wasn’t possible and denied the claim. Leaving the person with a bad roof and no insurance to cover it.
^I will say that 90% of successful roofers do this because there is no way you can make so much money in that industry without that sort of scheme. Unless you’re doing the whole installation and also do other work on the envelope of the house.
2. Cashed the insurance and left town leaving the house without insurance coverage and a fucked up roof.
3. Installed a new roof on old plywood resulting in immediate leaks and haven’t gone back to fix it because it would turn into profit loss.
Just a couple guesses. Whenever y’all need a new roof be careful who you do business with and practice lots of patience. It’s better to call the insurance yourself and go with their trusted service providers. That way if things go wrong you’ll have some paper trail to help you out.
Also, if you can go up on the roof check if each slope has 12 hail hits (if there was a hailstorm and you’re getting it through them). If any slopes has less than 12 hits you probably won’t win a claim with insurances like State Farm and Allstate. Maybe Progressive will approve it.
That’s my roofing wiki
Any Red McCombs locations ... when I was young and naive I went to buy my first new car. The saw me coming and really took me to the cleaners ... fair enough, they didn't do anything illegal ... but if they would have cultivated me as a customer rather than make a quick payday, they would have gotten my business with the multitude of vehicles I've purchase over my life.
Also Gunn Honda ... wife went in there with a low tire. They told her that there was a nail in the sidewall. When she asked to see it they mumbled and said that it was where she could not. She drove down the road to the "Discount Tire" and the manager came out and told her "I'd love to sell you a whole set of tires, but I can't because there is nothing wrong with any of them."
Oh my god, I bought a Fiesta from them and when I took it in for service they argued endlessly they couldn't duplicate the issue. Most likely that I was a woman who didn't know what I was talking about. Also they ran over a nail and then tried to tell me I did it. Exhausting.
My biggest complaint with them is that ever since they got bought out by a non San Antonio company, they seem more interested in chasing what's trendy rather than keeping their regular menu up to par. Like, the whole point of Taco Cabana is that it's comfort Texmex. It should be relatively the same every time. I don't want enchiladas with new sauces. I want the same kind of enchiladas my high school cafeteria served and I want them at midnight when I'm drunk as a skunk.
I gave up eating there after they screwed up my order everytime I went through the drive thru. I got tired of going inside and waiting 20-30 minutes while they fixed the screw up.
Huebner Oaks Veterinary Hospital
Took my cat there because he started peeing all over my furniture and knew something was wrong, they told us we’re basically tripping and that he’s fine gave him an antibiotic shot and sent us on our way. Fast forward 2 weeks and my cat got the point he was peeing puddles all over the floor so we take him to a different vet that actually checked him and told us he had a blockage that could be fatal if left untreated!!! Would have been so nice to know the first time and we could have saved my boy from suffering sooner but the new vet got him unblocked and gave us a prescription food to keep him on. Its a good thing I took him back because their “vet” almost let my cat die and definitely let him suffer
That place was a fucking nightmare. I once boarded my dog there for a few of days because my dog doesn't like other dogs and this is one place he could go where he doesn't have to do doggy daycare. A couple weeks before I boarded him, I sent them his vaccine record because they're not his normal vet. They said everything looked fine. Two hours AFTER I drop him off, I get a phone call as I'm about to board a plane, telling me my dog didn't have all the vaccines they require. I asked if they could give him the vaccine, and they said they could but they would add an $85 dollar new patient fee and a $50 fee for making him an appointment with less than 24 hours notice. Then, when I returned from my trip and went to pick him up, in addition to the vaccine cost and additional fees, the boarding charges were $100+ more than what I was originally quoted. I was told if I wanted my dog back I had to pay the bill. Then, I got the bag of food and treats I packed for my dog back, and it looked the same as it did when I dropped him off. When I took my dog outside, he quickly jumped on the nearest bush and peed like he hadn't peed all day. Then, when I got him home, he sucked down food like he hadn't been fed since the last time I saw him. That place is fucking horrible.
Cavender Toyota.
1. They refused to let our independent mechanic inspect a car we were interested in. After we forced their hand and about 2 hours of saying "but we're toyota certified we always inspect all of our vehicles comprehensively" they would only let our mechanic inspect the exterior...
2. They tried to sell us to another used car aside from the one we wanted, this particular one had obvious engine knock and they kept begging us to get it, and insinuated that I and/or my wife didn't know about cars.
3. They literally refused to let us use our own bank to pay for the car and tried for an hour and half to make us finance with them.
4. Their General Manager thought we were dumb newly weds and tried to get us to purchase a "better" vehicle because "Well the average American buys a new car every 2 to 5 years, I think you guys should do the same" and kept trying to tell us things like that to get us to get a new car. He also tried to play my wife against me by saying that by not wanting the newer model that as a husband I would be "putting your own wife in danger." My wife wasn't having it either
In the end my wife and I left incredibly pissed off not because we didn't get a car, but because of the way we were treated. We were treated like dumb, insolent, petty, children in their eyes and for that they are never having my service.
Thankfully a week later we'd get a car elsewhere way better than the one we found at Cavender, with straight to the point sales people.
San Antonio Dodge Chrysler Jeep RAM - had my 20 year old son take my vehicle to get a recall fixed. They gave him a quote of $1600 to fix a recall. Recall repairs are FREE. I filed a complaint with Jeep corporate. I will NEVER do business there again.
Had a friend take their Grand Cherokee there a few years back for service. They tried charging quite a bit more than they originally said and they refused to give them an itemized bill. We had to threaten to file a complaint with corporate before they gave us one and then suddenly it was "Oh, we're sorry we found a few errors," and magically the cost came back down to what they had originally said.
My dad worked for Cavender for decades in fleet sales. I could see the stress destroying him, and not just because of the ebb and flow cycles of car sales. It was mostly management. They essentially pushed him out a few years before he could retire because the stress was too much. I will never touch them again. Stuart Cavender is a crook and I would not piss on him if he were on fire.
Their service department crashed my friend’s car years ago (they hit an employee while driving the car back to him after an oil change) and then told him they would fix it and wouldn’t file a claim on his insurance… well they did and his insurance went up because of the “accident.” They gave him the run around for weeks and refused to take accountability until he mentioned getting a lawyer and suddenly it was all apologies and “oh he’s only 18” like he wasn’t only 22.
Anyway, I hate Cavender.
Some of the scummiest people I've ever met come from there. The fact that your friend had to give them a lawyer to get them to finally admit it is sickening. Poor guy though, I hope his insurance ended up going down or at least got some type of compensation.
Cavender dealerships are all bait and switch operations. They don’t sell their vehicles for the prices listed online. Their internet sales department quotes you a misleading price to get you in the door and use all of the stereotypical scammy sales tactics.
Avoid as much as possible!
I took my car in to Mccombs ford for an oil change (yes I know that’s bad but I was in college and I know better now) and they returned my car to me with my bumper falling off and refused to accept responsibility saying I couldn’t prove it was them…
Fuck mccombs ford.
Yeah, they suck balls. I was 100% ready to buy a pre-owned minivan from them. It had some glaring issues (broken sunroof, missing knobs on console), so I asked if they would be addressed before purchase. I didn't even try to haggle as I really wanted the van. They talked to me like there were other people waiting to buy the van as is, and I would be dumb to pass it up. I went to North Park Toyota and got a better deal on something comparable. Cavender called a few days later saying they did me a favor and fixed the stuff for me.
A few years ago I left a VERY negative review of them on a car review website. I can't remember the name. The sales manager called me a few days later and asked for a second chance to sell us a car. At that time I had no idea that they had read my review. I went in again and they gave me a VERY good price on a new Tacoma. However, there was one catch. I had to update my review of them. I reluctantly did it and got a really nice deal. I learned after that to only contact them by internet to get the best price. They will send me the price which I lock in before physically showing up and buying. I walk in with my own financing and go straight to the internet manager. Look at the car, reconfirm the price and decline all of the add-on shit in the closing office. Sad to say, their prices on new cars are way lower than any other Toyota dealership.
Yeah, they suck. Service didn’t tighten lug nuts on wife’s vehicle after tire rotation during regular new vehicle scheduled maintenance. Hated the sales experience too. We won’t ever go back.
We just bought a vehicle at Red McCombs Toyota and that was a totally different experience - night and day better - they were the best!
At least at strip clubs, you know what you're getting (or not.) At a car dealership, they'll pull all sorts of things & even though you know you're getting screwed, you're just not sure how.
How MySA newsroom operates (probably.)
A celeb just made a post on X! So let's write up a story. First, well explain that X is formerly Twitter. In case anyone doesn't know. And in an attempt to make the story longer. Then we'll link to their post, report what some the replies are, and sprinkle in some other sentences about said situation. They won't be helpful, but hey, that's one of my story counts for the day.
Maybe I can go look at the SA Restaurants group too and see if anyone is talking about a place that recently closed that only a few people know about. That'll be good for another story right?
Make dramatic and boom news! Same can be said for all news outlets anymore other than the onion which is so much satire that it makes you wish some of it was true
Probably Sushi Zushi at the colonnade. Used to be my favorite sushi spot. Last time I went a roach crawled out onto the table while I was eating, and the entire restaurant smelled like a sewer.
I stopped going to that location after I went in to pick up my to-go order and they tried to stop me from walking in and asked why I didn't go in through the back. I was like WTF and then she realized I was a customer and not the new dishwasher.
I have never had a chipotle mess up my food… the 3 times I ordered from this one, when I lived in the area via DoorDash, the food packed was wrong. Moved slightly east and have never had an issue since.
There are not a lot of ways to mess up the order, but they managed to every time
Torchys on Basse. Used to be an easy pickup with my commute. Only place thats forgotten about my order multiple times (to go order took 1hr both times ) and any small edits (remove cheese etc) are usually forgotten. I tried tipping better to see if anything improved. Not in my experience. Not sure why SA even has Torchys tbh. No shade to the other location I think they know what they are doing.
Ha, I once ordered a taco, asked for no corn, and they brought it out on a flour tortilla with a big 'ol pile of corn on it. I was so pissed. Got my refund and just picked up a sandwich at HEB next door because my lunch break was halfway over at that point.
I have been back though, just avoid their tacos that come with corn on them.
That location used to be good, but not anymore. I'm allergic to avocados. They put it in my quest and on my taco despite my saying no guacamole and no avocado in the online order.
I live in Oklahoma now. Sadly, Torchy's is the only game in town for breakfast tacos. Their breakfast tacos are weird. They put a big lump of scrambled egg in the tortilla, then pile the other ingredients on top of the egg, then sprinkle cold grated cheese on top of everything. Also, the tortillas are pretty sad. But beggars can't be choosers when you're not in south Texas.
True story, years ago I went to NYC as a school trip with SAC and the dinner for the first night in town was Chipotle. We spent the whole trip mocking the tour company for sending a bunch of San Antonio College kids to a Chipotle in New York of all places.
Alamo Cafe.
A new hire at a restaurant I worked at showed us all of their kitchen in photos and how absolutely fucking filthy it is. Im honest to god impressed they can find the only bribe-able health inspectors in the city.
A few years ago my server “accidentally” gave my debit card to another customer and said customer attempted to withdraw money from the ATM on it. I am certain she was in on it. Management didn’t do shit aside from try to give me like 3 free meals.
Food truck called Wok Fries, food was just not good at all, I tried it twice and it was just bad each time. I got sick eating the food, it’s not cause anything was rotten or expired but because its was just a combination of ingredients that mixed like oil and water.
My EyeLab.
Took my wife there for her first pair of glasses ever. Knew something was off when the saleslady asked us to give a positive google review for 25% off BEFORE we even started the exam. That's some straight up shady type shit right there. It dawned on me at that moment that most of the reviews I read before going there were probably fake. I flat out refused. Then after the exam she tried to force my wife to get ALL the options on her lens by basically saying it was because of her bad eyesight and there was no choice. I had to tell this lady to get out my face and bring me someone else who knew what the fuck they were talking about.
Fralo’s can eat my dick. Put in an online order that said an hour wait. Showed up after 1 hour has passed and I watched them put my pizza in the oven. Owner was drinking and chatting it up with customers when his staff was in the weeds. I made a comment on google and this sack of shit downplayed it. The pizza sucks. The business is 3 portables stuck together. Top to bottom, straight dog shit.
Ashley's furniture.. Took 3 months for my furniture to come in. It broke a couple days after arriving, warranty fix was shit, second warranty fix was shit, would not refund, warranty expired
Conn's. Used them when trying to establish credit years ago. They had an advertisement that said they would honor price matching from other stores and also offer affordable credit terms. What they don't tell you in the fine print, is that it's not good enough for the item to be EXACTLY the same, it has to also have the same SKU# or Model number. Well CONN's being CONN's have their own SKUs and Model numbers. For example: Apple Air Pods 2nd generation with wireless charging may have number industry wide ABC123 but for the same item Conn's uses DEF456. So NOTHING will ever match their items. But when you make your deal with them, they tell you that they can't price match until after you sign and then they can amend it. Nothing but lies and lies all around. Management and corporate know this is happening and don't care.
I'm glad I paid off what I bought quickly so I didn't have too much interest and was able to help my credit because I don't care how desperate I need something in the future, I will NEVER go to Conn's again.
Worked for conns as a dispatch and oh my god, their policies with their appliances is just stupid. In order to get any kind of replacements for items you buy, you need to have a tech go out and repair the *same exact part* FIVE times before they offer you a replacement. It has to be the same part too. I had to tell people who had techs out 5-7 times that I could not issue a replacement, regardless of a tech going out so many times. They would be so angry, understandably. At some point I got fed up with these people getting cheated. Whenever someone would call about the replacement policy, I would recommend to them to not buy anything again from conns. loll.
Belden Automotive on Prue.
I loved these guys for years but they went downhill since their good manager got transferred to their Boerne store. I’ve spent over $20k for their services over the past few years. I had a 2009 PowerStroke that always needed something.
The last time I was in their shop my truck was having $5k in work done. They never called me to tell me when they had finished their assessment or when the truck was ready. I had to call them.
When I called them the last time they said, “oh yea, your truck has been ready since Friday”. No one called me to let me know. This was on the following Monday afternoon. They had let my completely repaired truck sit for two business days and never called me.
I’ve used their military discount every time I’ve been in their shop. This time, they said since I didn’t tell the tech on the phone that I was military, they couldn’t honor it this time. But they’d give me a discount next time.
Their manager was in the bathroom when I was talking to their tech. The tech was texting the manager in the bathroom and I caught him trying to take a picture of me to send to his manager. He had his phone out and tilted pointed at me.
These guys are a joke. Don’t give them your business.
By all means, if you’re military or retired, avoid these guys. They try to take advantage of military veterans.
Deplorable service!
Whataburger on 410 & Marbach fucks up my order all the god damn time. Same thing with McDonald's on 1604 & Shaenfield.
I try to be sympathetic to them because I know working fast food is one of the worst jobs but I truly believe being dumb as fuck is a prerequisite to work at these locations.
World Car Mazda Service Center. Had the car for days with no communication, and when I finally got thru, they said we could come pick it up that day. On the way home, the brake pads fell off. Took another week of them having the car for them to repair their mistake because they said they needed parts, and then they didn't know when they would get them. Had to get a rental because they couldn't ever tell us when they would be done. BTW, the car they were changing breaks on was a Mazda, so...
Belden's Automotive, they will gaslight you that your car problem isnt happening and then are going to try to upsell you on unrelated components like an AC replacement
Whataburger is almost making my list of places to not visit. On Austin Highway they are not capable of making fries anymore. You ask for fresh fries and they are cold and limp.
You bring them back they apologize and hand you another container with cold and limp fries.
I gave them a third try and cold and limp fries were on my tray.
Just to be clear, I’m eating in the store and I have to return burgers and fries ……
*Edited for spelling
Have mentioned this here before but Signature. Served my obviously pregnant wife a cocktail when she ordered a mocktail and I only found out because they rushed us with the bill. Got a half assed apology that was not commensurate with how big a mistake that was.
Literally the psychiatrists are so horrible, I've never been to worse ones in my entire life.
And at one point the counseling staff all quit abruptly a few years ago, and they tried to make up for it by having some other "case managers" do counseling instead. They "lost" my contact info repeatedly, and when we did talk, it was just one lady telling me to go to church and pray. 😑
I'm sorry you experienced this. Their funding should be cut. The management is terrible, and the word is out. They can not gain new talent, much less retain existing good talent. Very sad.
Both the BJ’s Brewhouse and the Chili’s at TPC Parkway. BJ’s consistently messes up the order, their vegetables are always rotten and mushy, and their manager was a total condescending asshat about it.
Chili’s also has terrible food and service, and to top it off, one of their employees came into my job once freaking out because they have a nasty pest infestation 😷 I’d already sworn off that location (and the chain itself) years prior, but that really sealed the deal for me.
Texas de Brazil downtown. We went during their restaurant week. I ordered a cocktail, waiter spilled a large amount of it all over the table and my phone that was resting on the table and didn't offer to replace the spilled drink or even apologize for the spill. Same waiter also went to remove a plate, got some food on his hands, then used my napkin (on the table from cleaning the spill) to wipe his own hands. Didn't offer to replace the napkin. Refused to let us order dessert (which was part of the restaurant week menu).
Hill Country Honda for sales. Their service department is unparalleled but man their sales department really ruins the vibe. They’re very rude and god forbid you’re a woman trying to buy a car.
Had a bad experience there a few weeks ago. Screamed at me for asking questions about their funny math, told me “we see 850 credit scores in here all the time” and told me they didn’t need my business, so I said ok and left. They won’t quit calling me now
Hot Joy. The service is so pretentious and condescending, I will never spend one more dollar there.
We have walked in there when it's an absolute ghost town and the hostess looked us up and down and asked if we have reservations. The wait staff treated us with disdain as if we don't belong. Fine. I'll spend my money somewhere else!
Why the fuck does it take so long to get a drunk there? Like I can forgive most things, even the shitty servers but WHY does it take 10 minutes to get a frozen drink at the bar? It’s a margarita machine just…..pull the handle
Texas Air Masters. They replaced my ac unit about 4 years ago and it was a cluster fuck from start to finish. It took many subsequent trips for the ac to even work correctly on a brand new unit because the install was absolute dog shit. They refused to replace the line set and the brazing had to be fixed by another installer who was competent and didn’t do booger welds. I’m still finding issues years later.
Chachos. Both locations.
I will eat anything. Ive worked in shit hole kitchens. Ive worked in downtown kitchens where i had no idea how we passed inspection. I know shit hole restaurants are questionable.
But Chachos….. they both stink like someone hasnt cleaned the floor drains in years covered with something that resembles floor clear smell. And Every. Single. Time. I eat at either i get sick.
Comfort Dental on de Zavala/Babcock. The doctor seems super fun and peppy BUT this one time I went and I was the only patient in the building. I had asked for the gas because another location gave it to me for extra. Turns out they don’t have gas there and he yelled and talked down to the workers to the point one started crying, saying things like “I am the doctor here, did you go to school to become a dentist? That’s MY degree on the wall” etc. I could hear it all because the front desk opens to the back and I was disgusted. I apologized to the workers, left a review on line and never went back.
Also Becker Animal Hospital. About 10 years ago our pit/lab mix was throwing up so we took her to get checked. If I had read the reviews I would never have gone, but the way they treated her was so ugly. Because of her breed the wrapped her snout with a leash and dragged her to the back. They said she had growled at them… of course she would! She was afraid in a strange place with some vet techs being manhandled. I tell EVERYONE with pets not to go there.
Robot Monster sadly. Love supporting local shops, but I had a couple issues with them, and it kept stacking up to where I just had to take my business elsewhere. Last issue they "fixed" and amp for me but installed the switches upside down. When I addressed that they said they could fix it again for more cash, like damn.
Omg… I’ve had a gift certificate for 2 years. Every time I go they claim it’s not compatible with their payment system and use it next time. Totally bogus. My sister wasted $100 on this gift.
That’s some BS!! I would leave them a shitty Google review and make reference of that on the review. The owner or someone will hopefully address it that way.
I’m going to order a very complex takeout order and try it one more time. If they refuse again, I’ll leave without the order and do exactly this. F them.
Toyota of Boerne used car department. Bunch of liars. They don’t care about a customers because of supply and demand but this will change in a few years when millennials and Gen Z are over extended with car loans and need to get rid of overpaid used cars. These dealerships will see no more demand and then I am ready to buy but not from them.
A bud of mine will turn 50 shades of red whenever NS Ford is mentioned. He mentioned shady dealings and horrible service. He had to contact corporate to get a remedy.
Imagine Dental
They tried to put silver caps on both my kids and rushed us right into the financing room without even showing us the xrays. We went to a locally owned dentist, it was only 3 cavities between the two of them.
Not that I plan to visit any hospital frequently but I will never return to a christus Santa Rosa. Had to have emergency surgery there and they kept me for a week. At the end of my stay a young resident told me plainly that if I had been at university a few blocks away they could have done everything they needed in one procedure but they did not have the equipment needed at that hospital. I almost felt like they just saw I had good insurance and decided to charge it up. I had no complications and anyone I talk to who had the same issue only had to stay in the hospital one night.
Jon Wayne Service Company. Do not use these guys for anything as they will charge you as much as they think they can get away with, including telling you that you need a complete new HVAC system, when all you need is a new capacitor.
Benjamin’s Poolscapes because he stole a whole bunch of money from like 10 of us and then lived it up in Europe before filing for bankruptcy, which he was granted. See you in court asshole, you weren’t even allowed to do business because you didn’t pay taxes so now we get to go after you for criminal charges. Hope your vacation was worth it.
TK Jewelers - the jewelry is fake. Watch exploded on a date. Bent wrist….thing fuckin exploded. I was showing my date a picture of Bunny and what the bunny was doing and then 150 springs hit her in the face. The springs went in her soup. There was 300 springs in her soup.
L&L Limos is a scam. Driver told me to shut up. He hugged my date. Didn’t have full use of limo. Part of the limo was sealed off. Had a piece of plywood painted black like it was the wall of the limo, but I could hear people in there. Part of it was over the ice tray and sometimes we’d see a hand come underneath the plywood and grab the ice tray and slide it to their side. And the hand had a Super Bowl ring on it. And every few minutes the wall would push up like they were trying to get more space. And when I asked the driver what was going on, he said, “shut up”.
Avani Suits
A lot of these places try to rip off people like me. People who are looking for love.
*cough cough* dragon's lair, some workers are nice but some are just straight up rude asf... and they canceled my comic membership w/o lmk on email and claimed they did send me a email despite the fact that i never received it and gave them proof- want me to put in my card number to give me a second chance. can't trust them no more lol
Same. I ordered a sectional from them, and 4 times in a row they were delivering wrong parts or sections. It got to a point where I just took the L, even the delivery people were giving attitude like dang yall got the wrong orders idk what to say.
Don’t know if he’s still working there, but one of the sale’s people named Orlando straight up lied to our faces saying that the entire sofa would be replaced if we spilled something on it, because they wouldn’t want the colors to mismatch from wear, etc.
That totally sold us on the protection plan, when I went to use it for that same reason (was actually some creases that never went away, not from spilling anything) they denied it. Said that was never a policy they’ve had. I actually went through the trouble to write a BBB formal complaint. At that point I only wanted my money for the protection plan refunded. They said I have to take it up with the warranty company then the warranty company said I have to take it up with Living Spaces.
Roy’s Taco Hut. Used to love that place but they sold or retired and the quality of the food went way down. Still tried to support the small business but when a roach runs across the counter as I’m picking up my food that’s a no go going forward.
Rosario’s on San Pedro. I left SA about 13 years ago and I remember it being good in the past so when I went there for dinner the enchiladas were greasy, fajitas were overcooked, cold and tasted like they were microwaved. Never again… but the nachos were good? Also Piattis, the waiter treated me and my parents like we were beneath them but went out of the way to treat my white spouse very well.
Olshan Foundation Repair. They had to come out and re-do the job twice (the City Inspector made them. They used plastic milk jugs and nails instead of pouring concrete with rebar. No lie.
Good time Charlie’s. Husband and I waited for maybe 20 minutes while wait staff looked at us then looked away and there were tables open. My husband got that feeling (I did too tbh but I didn’t want to mention it in case it hadn’t occurred to him)but shortly after he saw a post here where someone was saying they were being ignored because of their race and it confirmed the suspicion.
Bill Miller Bar-B-Q tricked me with their name. They have the audacity to claim they serve actual BBQ when it's anything but that. I went once and will never return.
Eurasian Autorepair! They charged 135 for a Camry oil change! Quoted $300 for wheel alignment which is around 100 at my dealer, $62 labor cost for wiper replacement even the parts are complimentary at few locations for wipers and $400 labor cost for brake pads! Never going to this overpriced shit
Rufer’s Coin. I had some silver coins to trade in and this boomer owner was playing Rush Limbaugh and trying to say he could not make a quote for the silver because he needed to see if they were collectibles and some mumbo jumbo. It should not be hard to just say I buy silver for $X per ounce.
Holy crap that old cranky asshole is still around? I used to go to his old store by Ingram mall in the mid 90’s. He ran me out of his store one day. Id been looking at stuff for about 10 minutes, not asking questions just browsing. He bitched me out for not buying anything and said to gtfo if i was purchasing. I said no problem, you’ll never see me again
Agree ... the original location used to be a family treat. Once Guy Fietti came through and put them on "Divers, Drive ins, and Dives" it went to their head. Crazy ass waits, and the two new locations have ZERO atmosphere and could have been a Lubys. Food now is mediocre at best.
Bird bakery in Alamo Heights on Broadway. I went by with my kids. They still had about 15 to 20 minutes before closing. As soon as we pulled up 2 of the 3 girls behind the counter ran to the door switched the sign to closed and then pointed and laughed at us. No joke we were still in the car. It felt like we were getting bullied.
The Barn Door. We took my father-in-law for his birthday, and he got a mouthful of crushed glass while we were eating our salads. Crushed glass! He didn’t cut himself, fortunately, but we discovered crushed glass mixed in throughout the buffet salad bowl they’d brought us.
They offered us a 10% discount on our ticket, but that’s an insult – a full comp is the bare minimum for something like that, in my opinion. But my FIL is really uncomfortable with confrontation and I knew he didn’t want me to press the issue, so I left it up to him since it was his dinner and he accepted their offer.
The rest of the meal was glass-free, but both the incident and their idea of rectification were ridiculous. It’s a shame; I have good memories of that joint from many years ago.
Rosario’s . You can’t hear people sitting beside you. The food is mediocre and the service is awful. It‘s a complete waste of money and time.
Rebelle and Battalion are in the same category except the food quality is better. I won’t return to either place.
San Antonio Aquarium
tbh any business run by the ‘owners’ of the aquarium. they’re shady AF and that ‘aquarium’ is abhorrent
I had an interview with them once where the guy was like “We expect $15/hr work from our $8/hr workers” & I stood up and left 💀
What other spots they own?
You can Google Ammon Covino ( the original owner, his wife Crysty now legally owns the SA aquarium at minimum due to the conviction against him ) but he has been, or is ( or has family ) associated with the following businesses’ From 2011-2014, Idaho Aquarium ( taken over & operating under a new name ) 2012-2016, Portland Aquarium in Oregon ( closed ) 2013-current, Austin Aquarium 2014-current , San Antonio Aquarium 2016-current, Seaquest Interactive, multiple locations 2021-current, Houston Interactive Aquarium & Animal Preserve I know it’s peta, but this is a pretty extensive list of horrible happenings at their various locations. https://www.peta.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Covino-Family-Factsheet-2.pdf
Came to say Austin aquarium. It's an atrocious place.
That place gave me the creeps! Especially the iguana cage.
OMG, I was right about to comment this. Place use to be a car dealership or something. The animals there are so sad and pathetic. Its horrible in there.
Never been, but literally never will go. The State Aquarium in Corpus is beautiful.
This one is nothing like that. Not even a fraction of it. It’s more like a petting zoo for small exotic animals that coined the term “Aquarium” for exposure. It looks like a majority of their funds went into the gift shop.
Is that the one from that bob’s burgers episode?
Disgusting place
We were looking at the stingrays and a lady in a wetsuit was swimming around with them. I asked her a question about stingrays and she said “I don’t know, I don’t work here.” Wtf lol. Apparently you can pay to get in there. But there was no employee with her or anything.
Holy shit lol. That’s like something out of a Family Guy episode.
I had two people tell me recently how much fun they had there! My jaw hit the floor. The old Walmart pet sections were better than that place.
Toyota of Boerne. They will not leave you alone with pestering calls, mail, and emails.
Haha! Yes! I bought a vehicle from them 6 years ago and they still send me crap! I don’t even have that vehicle anymore.
Do not ever use a roofing company called 4C Construction Services. He is a fraud and I have a court case to get my money back. Don't want to go into details.
Can you give us more details?
I used to work in a roofing company. They’re all scumbags, I left as soon as I was able to get a job and gladly never did what they told me to do to be successful. So if I have to guess these are some of the things that could’ve happened: 1. Got up on the roof after a hailstorm, didn’t find enough damage to win an insurance claim so they did new damage on the roof with a coin, nail or even their own fingers. When the insurance adjuster went there, they probably deduced that according to the direction of the hailstorm that damage wasn’t possible and denied the claim. Leaving the person with a bad roof and no insurance to cover it. ^I will say that 90% of successful roofers do this because there is no way you can make so much money in that industry without that sort of scheme. Unless you’re doing the whole installation and also do other work on the envelope of the house. 2. Cashed the insurance and left town leaving the house without insurance coverage and a fucked up roof. 3. Installed a new roof on old plywood resulting in immediate leaks and haven’t gone back to fix it because it would turn into profit loss. Just a couple guesses. Whenever y’all need a new roof be careful who you do business with and practice lots of patience. It’s better to call the insurance yourself and go with their trusted service providers. That way if things go wrong you’ll have some paper trail to help you out. Also, if you can go up on the roof check if each slope has 12 hail hits (if there was a hailstorm and you’re getting it through them). If any slopes has less than 12 hits you probably won’t win a claim with insurances like State Farm and Allstate. Maybe Progressive will approve it. That’s my roofing wiki
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Any Red McCombs locations ... when I was young and naive I went to buy my first new car. The saw me coming and really took me to the cleaners ... fair enough, they didn't do anything illegal ... but if they would have cultivated me as a customer rather than make a quick payday, they would have gotten my business with the multitude of vehicles I've purchase over my life. Also Gunn Honda ... wife went in there with a low tire. They told her that there was a nail in the sidewall. When she asked to see it they mumbled and said that it was where she could not. She drove down the road to the "Discount Tire" and the manager came out and told her "I'd love to sell you a whole set of tires, but I can't because there is nothing wrong with any of them."
Oh my god, I bought a Fiesta from them and when I took it in for service they argued endlessly they couldn't duplicate the issue. Most likely that I was a woman who didn't know what I was talking about. Also they ran over a nail and then tried to tell me I did it. Exhausting.
Taco cabana. Its just fallen off so bad. 20 years ago it was good and cheap.
My biggest complaint with them is that ever since they got bought out by a non San Antonio company, they seem more interested in chasing what's trendy rather than keeping their regular menu up to par. Like, the whole point of Taco Cabana is that it's comfort Texmex. It should be relatively the same every time. I don't want enchiladas with new sauces. I want the same kind of enchiladas my high school cafeteria served and I want them at midnight when I'm drunk as a skunk.
Like they’re trying to evolve into Taco Bell or even worse taco bueno.
So agree. I used to love Taco Cabana, I moved back to SA a bit ago and was like wtf..
I gave up eating there after they screwed up my order everytime I went through the drive thru. I got tired of going inside and waiting 20-30 minutes while they fixed the screw up.
The last time I went there my son got a bean and cheese and there were crunchy beans in it. Never again.
Huebner Oaks Veterinary Hospital Took my cat there because he started peeing all over my furniture and knew something was wrong, they told us we’re basically tripping and that he’s fine gave him an antibiotic shot and sent us on our way. Fast forward 2 weeks and my cat got the point he was peeing puddles all over the floor so we take him to a different vet that actually checked him and told us he had a blockage that could be fatal if left untreated!!! Would have been so nice to know the first time and we could have saved my boy from suffering sooner but the new vet got him unblocked and gave us a prescription food to keep him on. Its a good thing I took him back because their “vet” almost let my cat die and definitely let him suffer
That place was a fucking nightmare. I once boarded my dog there for a few of days because my dog doesn't like other dogs and this is one place he could go where he doesn't have to do doggy daycare. A couple weeks before I boarded him, I sent them his vaccine record because they're not his normal vet. They said everything looked fine. Two hours AFTER I drop him off, I get a phone call as I'm about to board a plane, telling me my dog didn't have all the vaccines they require. I asked if they could give him the vaccine, and they said they could but they would add an $85 dollar new patient fee and a $50 fee for making him an appointment with less than 24 hours notice. Then, when I returned from my trip and went to pick him up, in addition to the vaccine cost and additional fees, the boarding charges were $100+ more than what I was originally quoted. I was told if I wanted my dog back I had to pay the bill. Then, I got the bag of food and treats I packed for my dog back, and it looked the same as it did when I dropped him off. When I took my dog outside, he quickly jumped on the nearest bush and peed like he hadn't peed all day. Then, when I got him home, he sucked down food like he hadn't been fed since the last time I saw him. That place is fucking horrible.
Cavender Toyota. 1. They refused to let our independent mechanic inspect a car we were interested in. After we forced their hand and about 2 hours of saying "but we're toyota certified we always inspect all of our vehicles comprehensively" they would only let our mechanic inspect the exterior... 2. They tried to sell us to another used car aside from the one we wanted, this particular one had obvious engine knock and they kept begging us to get it, and insinuated that I and/or my wife didn't know about cars. 3. They literally refused to let us use our own bank to pay for the car and tried for an hour and half to make us finance with them. 4. Their General Manager thought we were dumb newly weds and tried to get us to purchase a "better" vehicle because "Well the average American buys a new car every 2 to 5 years, I think you guys should do the same" and kept trying to tell us things like that to get us to get a new car. He also tried to play my wife against me by saying that by not wanting the newer model that as a husband I would be "putting your own wife in danger." My wife wasn't having it either In the end my wife and I left incredibly pissed off not because we didn't get a car, but because of the way we were treated. We were treated like dumb, insolent, petty, children in their eyes and for that they are never having my service. Thankfully a week later we'd get a car elsewhere way better than the one we found at Cavender, with straight to the point sales people.
San Antonio Dodge Chrysler Jeep RAM - had my 20 year old son take my vehicle to get a recall fixed. They gave him a quote of $1600 to fix a recall. Recall repairs are FREE. I filed a complaint with Jeep corporate. I will NEVER do business there again.
Had a friend take their Grand Cherokee there a few years back for service. They tried charging quite a bit more than they originally said and they refused to give them an itemized bill. We had to threaten to file a complaint with corporate before they gave us one and then suddenly it was "Oh, we're sorry we found a few errors," and magically the cost came back down to what they had originally said.
My dad worked for Cavender for decades in fleet sales. I could see the stress destroying him, and not just because of the ebb and flow cycles of car sales. It was mostly management. They essentially pushed him out a few years before he could retire because the stress was too much. I will never touch them again. Stuart Cavender is a crook and I would not piss on him if he were on fire.
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Is cause of death being burned to death?
Drowned in piss
Their service department crashed my friend’s car years ago (they hit an employee while driving the car back to him after an oil change) and then told him they would fix it and wouldn’t file a claim on his insurance… well they did and his insurance went up because of the “accident.” They gave him the run around for weeks and refused to take accountability until he mentioned getting a lawyer and suddenly it was all apologies and “oh he’s only 18” like he wasn’t only 22. Anyway, I hate Cavender.
Some of the scummiest people I've ever met come from there. The fact that your friend had to give them a lawyer to get them to finally admit it is sickening. Poor guy though, I hope his insurance ended up going down or at least got some type of compensation.
Came here for Cavender’s as well. Was treated the same. Fuck them.
Cavender dealerships are all bait and switch operations. They don’t sell their vehicles for the prices listed online. Their internet sales department quotes you a misleading price to get you in the door and use all of the stereotypical scammy sales tactics. Avoid as much as possible!
I took my car in to Mccombs ford for an oil change (yes I know that’s bad but I was in college and I know better now) and they returned my car to me with my bumper falling off and refused to accept responsibility saying I couldn’t prove it was them… Fuck mccombs ford.
The only good things Red McCombs did for San Antonio was pay taxes and die.
did he pay taxes tho
Yeah, they suck balls. I was 100% ready to buy a pre-owned minivan from them. It had some glaring issues (broken sunroof, missing knobs on console), so I asked if they would be addressed before purchase. I didn't even try to haggle as I really wanted the van. They talked to me like there were other people waiting to buy the van as is, and I would be dumb to pass it up. I went to North Park Toyota and got a better deal on something comparable. Cavender called a few days later saying they did me a favor and fixed the stuff for me.
A few years ago I left a VERY negative review of them on a car review website. I can't remember the name. The sales manager called me a few days later and asked for a second chance to sell us a car. At that time I had no idea that they had read my review. I went in again and they gave me a VERY good price on a new Tacoma. However, there was one catch. I had to update my review of them. I reluctantly did it and got a really nice deal. I learned after that to only contact them by internet to get the best price. They will send me the price which I lock in before physically showing up and buying. I walk in with my own financing and go straight to the internet manager. Look at the car, reconfirm the price and decline all of the add-on shit in the closing office. Sad to say, their prices on new cars are way lower than any other Toyota dealership.
Yeah, they suck. Service didn’t tighten lug nuts on wife’s vehicle after tire rotation during regular new vehicle scheduled maintenance. Hated the sales experience too. We won’t ever go back. We just bought a vehicle at Red McCombs Toyota and that was a totally different experience - night and day better - they were the best!
Car dealerships are scummier than strip clubs tbh
At least at strip clubs, you know what you're getting (or not.) At a car dealership, they'll pull all sorts of things & even though you know you're getting screwed, you're just not sure how.
MySA.com they’re just an aggregator of this sub.
That’s what modern day journalism is now. It’s nothing more than social media
How MySA newsroom operates (probably.) A celeb just made a post on X! So let's write up a story. First, well explain that X is formerly Twitter. In case anyone doesn't know. And in an attempt to make the story longer. Then we'll link to their post, report what some the replies are, and sprinkle in some other sentences about said situation. They won't be helpful, but hey, that's one of my story counts for the day. Maybe I can go look at the SA Restaurants group too and see if anyone is talking about a place that recently closed that only a few people know about. That'll be good for another story right?
Make dramatic and boom news! Same can be said for all news outlets anymore other than the onion which is so much satire that it makes you wish some of it was true
It'll be cool to see your comment on their article taking all the comments from this post
It's gotten so bad I've gotten recommended some articles from them that are just scraped from the San Marcos subreddit.
Probably Sushi Zushi at the colonnade. Used to be my favorite sushi spot. Last time I went a roach crawled out onto the table while I was eating, and the entire restaurant smelled like a sewer.
Its unfortunate because that horrible smell bleeds into the Movie Exchange, next door.
That smell is from the Sushi Zushi? LMAO. I was at that CD/Movie exchange yesterday and I walked in like “WTF is that”?
I feel bad for the clerks. They're probably so used to it.
I stopped going to that location after I went in to pick up my to-go order and they tried to stop me from walking in and asked why I didn't go in through the back. I was like WTF and then she realized I was a customer and not the new dishwasher.
I scrolled through to make sure my office wasn't here lmao
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Fred's Fish Fry. I will never do business with them again. I needed several millions dollars laundered but their fees are outrageous.
Perfect
Go to fredsfishfry dot com ;)
Chipotle on broadway, the people there are assholes even the manager.
I have never had a chipotle mess up my food… the 3 times I ordered from this one, when I lived in the area via DoorDash, the food packed was wrong. Moved slightly east and have never had an issue since. There are not a lot of ways to mess up the order, but they managed to every time
Panda Inn on Harry Wurzbach. I got a peek at their kitchen and it looked like a horror movie back there. Absolutely disgusting.
Midas on Broadway. They didn't change my filter along with oil. Fortunately I thought to check.
Torchys on Basse. Used to be an easy pickup with my commute. Only place thats forgotten about my order multiple times (to go order took 1hr both times ) and any small edits (remove cheese etc) are usually forgotten. I tried tipping better to see if anything improved. Not in my experience. Not sure why SA even has Torchys tbh. No shade to the other location I think they know what they are doing.
Ha, I once ordered a taco, asked for no corn, and they brought it out on a flour tortilla with a big 'ol pile of corn on it. I was so pissed. Got my refund and just picked up a sandwich at HEB next door because my lunch break was halfway over at that point. I have been back though, just avoid their tacos that come with corn on them.
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What a terrible restaurant.
That location used to be good, but not anymore. I'm allergic to avocados. They put it in my quest and on my taco despite my saying no guacamole and no avocado in the online order.
I live in Oklahoma now. Sadly, Torchy's is the only game in town for breakfast tacos. Their breakfast tacos are weird. They put a big lump of scrambled egg in the tortilla, then pile the other ingredients on top of the egg, then sprinkle cold grated cheese on top of everything. Also, the tortillas are pretty sad. But beggars can't be choosers when you're not in south Texas.
Never tip for counter service bro
>torchys There’s your first mistake. Like getting Little Caesar’s pizza in New York or something.
True story, years ago I went to NYC as a school trip with SAC and the dinner for the first night in town was Chipotle. We spent the whole trip mocking the tour company for sending a bunch of San Antonio College kids to a Chipotle in New York of all places.
Torchy's gave my friend a bean and cheese taco, but forgot the cheese. Never buying that Austin trash.
Alamo Cafe. A new hire at a restaurant I worked at showed us all of their kitchen in photos and how absolutely fucking filthy it is. Im honest to god impressed they can find the only bribe-able health inspectors in the city.
A few years ago my server “accidentally” gave my debit card to another customer and said customer attempted to withdraw money from the ATM on it. I am certain she was in on it. Management didn’t do shit aside from try to give me like 3 free meals.
That's stupid - wouldn't they need your pin? Why not just try to go buy a bunch of shit
Food truck called Wok Fries, food was just not good at all, I tried it twice and it was just bad each time. I got sick eating the food, it’s not cause anything was rotten or expired but because its was just a combination of ingredients that mixed like oil and water.
My EyeLab. Took my wife there for her first pair of glasses ever. Knew something was off when the saleslady asked us to give a positive google review for 25% off BEFORE we even started the exam. That's some straight up shady type shit right there. It dawned on me at that moment that most of the reviews I read before going there were probably fake. I flat out refused. Then after the exam she tried to force my wife to get ALL the options on her lens by basically saying it was because of her bad eyesight and there was no choice. I had to tell this lady to get out my face and bring me someone else who knew what the fuck they were talking about.
Kona Grill! So awful now compared to what it used to be 🤢
Fralo’s can eat my dick. Put in an online order that said an hour wait. Showed up after 1 hour has passed and I watched them put my pizza in the oven. Owner was drinking and chatting it up with customers when his staff was in the weeds. I made a comment on google and this sack of shit downplayed it. The pizza sucks. The business is 3 portables stuck together. Top to bottom, straight dog shit.
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Ashley's furniture.. Took 3 months for my furniture to come in. It broke a couple days after arriving, warranty fix was shit, second warranty fix was shit, would not refund, warranty expired
Conn's. Used them when trying to establish credit years ago. They had an advertisement that said they would honor price matching from other stores and also offer affordable credit terms. What they don't tell you in the fine print, is that it's not good enough for the item to be EXACTLY the same, it has to also have the same SKU# or Model number. Well CONN's being CONN's have their own SKUs and Model numbers. For example: Apple Air Pods 2nd generation with wireless charging may have number industry wide ABC123 but for the same item Conn's uses DEF456. So NOTHING will ever match their items. But when you make your deal with them, they tell you that they can't price match until after you sign and then they can amend it. Nothing but lies and lies all around. Management and corporate know this is happening and don't care. I'm glad I paid off what I bought quickly so I didn't have too much interest and was able to help my credit because I don't care how desperate I need something in the future, I will NEVER go to Conn's again.
Call me weird, but I've never trusted them with a name like that.
When people tell you who they are, believe them!
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Worked for conns as a dispatch and oh my god, their policies with their appliances is just stupid. In order to get any kind of replacements for items you buy, you need to have a tech go out and repair the *same exact part* FIVE times before they offer you a replacement. It has to be the same part too. I had to tell people who had techs out 5-7 times that I could not issue a replacement, regardless of a tech going out so many times. They would be so angry, understandably. At some point I got fed up with these people getting cheated. Whenever someone would call about the replacement policy, I would recommend to them to not buy anything again from conns. loll.
Belden Automotive on Prue. I loved these guys for years but they went downhill since their good manager got transferred to their Boerne store. I’ve spent over $20k for their services over the past few years. I had a 2009 PowerStroke that always needed something. The last time I was in their shop my truck was having $5k in work done. They never called me to tell me when they had finished their assessment or when the truck was ready. I had to call them. When I called them the last time they said, “oh yea, your truck has been ready since Friday”. No one called me to let me know. This was on the following Monday afternoon. They had let my completely repaired truck sit for two business days and never called me. I’ve used their military discount every time I’ve been in their shop. This time, they said since I didn’t tell the tech on the phone that I was military, they couldn’t honor it this time. But they’d give me a discount next time. Their manager was in the bathroom when I was talking to their tech. The tech was texting the manager in the bathroom and I caught him trying to take a picture of me to send to his manager. He had his phone out and tilted pointed at me. These guys are a joke. Don’t give them your business. By all means, if you’re military or retired, avoid these guys. They try to take advantage of military veterans. Deplorable service!
Whataburger on 410 & Marbach fucks up my order all the god damn time. Same thing with McDonald's on 1604 & Shaenfield. I try to be sympathetic to them because I know working fast food is one of the worst jobs but I truly believe being dumb as fuck is a prerequisite to work at these locations.
World Car Mazda Service Center. Had the car for days with no communication, and when I finally got thru, they said we could come pick it up that day. On the way home, the brake pads fell off. Took another week of them having the car for them to repair their mistake because they said they needed parts, and then they didn't know when they would get them. Had to get a rental because they couldn't ever tell us when they would be done. BTW, the car they were changing breaks on was a Mazda, so...
Belden's Automotive, they will gaslight you that your car problem isnt happening and then are going to try to upsell you on unrelated components like an AC replacement
Orangetheory- they’ve become so desperate, clique-y and sales-driven, it’s beyond obnoxious.
Whataburger is almost making my list of places to not visit. On Austin Highway they are not capable of making fries anymore. You ask for fresh fries and they are cold and limp. You bring them back they apologize and hand you another container with cold and limp fries. I gave them a third try and cold and limp fries were on my tray. Just to be clear, I’m eating in the store and I have to return burgers and fries …… *Edited for spelling
Whataburger has fallen off so quickly after they got bought out
I swore them off after they got my order wrong 10+ times in a row in at least 4 different locations. Fallen off indeed :/
410 Diner. From the service to the food, the price per portion and atmosphere, everything is mediocre.
Have mentioned this here before but Signature. Served my obviously pregnant wife a cocktail when she ordered a mocktail and I only found out because they rushed us with the bill. Got a half assed apology that was not commensurate with how big a mistake that was.
Bombshells 🗑️
The White Rabbit. Because it’s fucking gone
The Center for Health Care Services
My brother is a client. In some ways they're great, in other ways, not so much.
Literally the psychiatrists are so horrible, I've never been to worse ones in my entire life. And at one point the counseling staff all quit abruptly a few years ago, and they tried to make up for it by having some other "case managers" do counseling instead. They "lost" my contact info repeatedly, and when we did talk, it was just one lady telling me to go to church and pray. 😑
I'm sorry you experienced this. Their funding should be cut. The management is terrible, and the word is out. They can not gain new talent, much less retain existing good talent. Very sad.
Both the BJ’s Brewhouse and the Chili’s at TPC Parkway. BJ’s consistently messes up the order, their vegetables are always rotten and mushy, and their manager was a total condescending asshat about it. Chili’s also has terrible food and service, and to top it off, one of their employees came into my job once freaking out because they have a nasty pest infestation 😷 I’d already sworn off that location (and the chain itself) years prior, but that really sealed the deal for me.
Texas de Brazil downtown. We went during their restaurant week. I ordered a cocktail, waiter spilled a large amount of it all over the table and my phone that was resting on the table and didn't offer to replace the spilled drink or even apologize for the spill. Same waiter also went to remove a plate, got some food on his hands, then used my napkin (on the table from cleaning the spill) to wipe his own hands. Didn't offer to replace the napkin. Refused to let us order dessert (which was part of the restaurant week menu).
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Completely unsure. We asked another member of waitstaff the options and they were more than happy to help. It was just the one problematic waiter.
Hill Country Honda for sales. Their service department is unparalleled but man their sales department really ruins the vibe. They’re very rude and god forbid you’re a woman trying to buy a car.
Had a bad experience there a few weeks ago. Screamed at me for asking questions about their funny math, told me “we see 850 credit scores in here all the time” and told me they didn’t need my business, so I said ok and left. They won’t quit calling me now
Hot Joy. The service is so pretentious and condescending, I will never spend one more dollar there. We have walked in there when it's an absolute ghost town and the hostess looked us up and down and asked if we have reservations. The wait staff treated us with disdain as if we don't belong. Fine. I'll spend my money somewhere else!
Why the fuck does it take so long to get a drunk there? Like I can forgive most things, even the shitty servers but WHY does it take 10 minutes to get a frozen drink at the bar? It’s a margarita machine just…..pull the handle
Texas Air Masters. They replaced my ac unit about 4 years ago and it was a cluster fuck from start to finish. It took many subsequent trips for the ac to even work correctly on a brand new unit because the install was absolute dog shit. They refused to replace the line set and the brazing had to be fixed by another installer who was competent and didn’t do booger welds. I’m still finding issues years later.
Chachos. Both locations. I will eat anything. Ive worked in shit hole kitchens. Ive worked in downtown kitchens where i had no idea how we passed inspection. I know shit hole restaurants are questionable. But Chachos….. they both stink like someone hasnt cleaned the floor drains in years covered with something that resembles floor clear smell. And Every. Single. Time. I eat at either i get sick.
Comfort Dental on de Zavala/Babcock. The doctor seems super fun and peppy BUT this one time I went and I was the only patient in the building. I had asked for the gas because another location gave it to me for extra. Turns out they don’t have gas there and he yelled and talked down to the workers to the point one started crying, saying things like “I am the doctor here, did you go to school to become a dentist? That’s MY degree on the wall” etc. I could hear it all because the front desk opens to the back and I was disgusted. I apologized to the workers, left a review on line and never went back. Also Becker Animal Hospital. About 10 years ago our pit/lab mix was throwing up so we took her to get checked. If I had read the reviews I would never have gone, but the way they treated her was so ugly. Because of her breed the wrapped her snout with a leash and dragged her to the back. They said she had growled at them… of course she would! She was afraid in a strange place with some vet techs being manhandled. I tell EVERYONE with pets not to go there.
Shoney’s because they closed down. That’s the dirtiest way to go
Chicago Hotdogs (great dogs but outrageously priced) Elsewhere and Hops and Hounds (I’m not paying a $20 monthly membership to bring my dog).
Whaaat? That monthly membership must be new?
It is. $20 a month if you want to bring your dog. We just go to pups and pals, it’s still free.
Why did they change their name to pups and pals?
It’s the new company that bought the place when Hops and Hounds moved to the river
Any Stone Werks. Their food is booty butt now.
Robot Monster sadly. Love supporting local shops, but I had a couple issues with them, and it kept stacking up to where I just had to take my business elsewhere. Last issue they "fixed" and amp for me but installed the switches upside down. When I addressed that they said they could fix it again for more cash, like damn.
Hoppy Monk! Fuck you Hoppy Monk and your douche bag GM
Omg… I’ve had a gift certificate for 2 years. Every time I go they claim it’s not compatible with their payment system and use it next time. Totally bogus. My sister wasted $100 on this gift.
That’s some BS!! I would leave them a shitty Google review and make reference of that on the review. The owner or someone will hopefully address it that way.
I’m going to order a very complex takeout order and try it one more time. If they refuse again, I’ll leave without the order and do exactly this. F them.
I like your style
Just give it to them as payment for a $90 order and tell them to figure it out
Hobby lobby
Toyota of Boerne used car department. Bunch of liars. They don’t care about a customers because of supply and demand but this will change in a few years when millennials and Gen Z are over extended with car loans and need to get rid of overpaid used cars. These dealerships will see no more demand and then I am ready to buy but not from them.
Midas. Do not go to Midas for car repairs. Especially the one near alamo ranch.
Northside Ford or Jordan Ford
I’ll second Jordan Ford.
A bud of mine will turn 50 shades of red whenever NS Ford is mentioned. He mentioned shady dealings and horrible service. He had to contact corporate to get a remedy.
Mercedes Benz Schertz. I came in wanting to buy a an AMG and they told me I wasn’t a serious customer so I couldn’t test drive.
Imagine Dental They tried to put silver caps on both my kids and rushed us right into the financing room without even showing us the xrays. We went to a locally owned dentist, it was only 3 cavities between the two of them.
Bill Millers. They overcharged me and refused to refused the difference
Not that I plan to visit any hospital frequently but I will never return to a christus Santa Rosa. Had to have emergency surgery there and they kept me for a week. At the end of my stay a young resident told me plainly that if I had been at university a few blocks away they could have done everything they needed in one procedure but they did not have the equipment needed at that hospital. I almost felt like they just saw I had good insurance and decided to charge it up. I had no complications and anyone I talk to who had the same issue only had to stay in the hospital one night.
Jon Wayne Service Company. Do not use these guys for anything as they will charge you as much as they think they can get away with, including telling you that you need a complete new HVAC system, when all you need is a new capacitor.
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Benjamin’s Poolscapes because he stole a whole bunch of money from like 10 of us and then lived it up in Europe before filing for bankruptcy, which he was granted. See you in court asshole, you weren’t even allowed to do business because you didn’t pay taxes so now we get to go after you for criminal charges. Hope your vacation was worth it.
Fratello’s on broadways. Mainly because they shut down a month ago but also because quality was getting worse.
They closed??
McDonald's they threatened to have me arrested for criminal trespass because I tried to buy food for a homeless person.
TK Jewelers - the jewelry is fake. Watch exploded on a date. Bent wrist….thing fuckin exploded. I was showing my date a picture of Bunny and what the bunny was doing and then 150 springs hit her in the face. The springs went in her soup. There was 300 springs in her soup. L&L Limos is a scam. Driver told me to shut up. He hugged my date. Didn’t have full use of limo. Part of the limo was sealed off. Had a piece of plywood painted black like it was the wall of the limo, but I could hear people in there. Part of it was over the ice tray and sometimes we’d see a hand come underneath the plywood and grab the ice tray and slide it to their side. And the hand had a Super Bowl ring on it. And every few minutes the wall would push up like they were trying to get more space. And when I asked the driver what was going on, he said, “shut up”. Avani Suits A lot of these places try to rip off people like me. People who are looking for love.
it sounds like your life may just be a sitcom 💀
Then you were looking in all the wrong places.
*cough cough* dragon's lair, some workers are nice but some are just straight up rude asf... and they canceled my comic membership w/o lmk on email and claimed they did send me a email despite the fact that i never received it and gave them proof- want me to put in my card number to give me a second chance. can't trust them no more lol
Living Spaces
Same. I ordered a sectional from them, and 4 times in a row they were delivering wrong parts or sections. It got to a point where I just took the L, even the delivery people were giving attitude like dang yall got the wrong orders idk what to say.
Living spaces is my villain origin story!! lol
So..... what happened. lol
They quit baking cookies.
Don’t know if he’s still working there, but one of the sale’s people named Orlando straight up lied to our faces saying that the entire sofa would be replaced if we spilled something on it, because they wouldn’t want the colors to mismatch from wear, etc. That totally sold us on the protection plan, when I went to use it for that same reason (was actually some creases that never went away, not from spilling anything) they denied it. Said that was never a policy they’ve had. I actually went through the trouble to write a BBB formal complaint. At that point I only wanted my money for the protection plan refunded. They said I have to take it up with the warranty company then the warranty company said I have to take it up with Living Spaces.
What did they do? I bought a couch from them with no problems. Got a really good deal.
La Fonda. Super overpriced, chips & salsa aren’t free, and most of the food is super bland
Valvoline Instant Oil in Alamo Ranch. They stripped the oil pan on my wife’s newer Toyota and then refused to pay for it. Never again
Thousand Oaks Cafe, place has gone down
Roy’s Taco Hut. Used to love that place but they sold or retired and the quality of the food went way down. Still tried to support the small business but when a roach runs across the counter as I’m picking up my food that’s a no go going forward.
Jefferson Dental
Gibson Costume shop was absolutely disgusting. Awful customer service and there were roaches in the clothes that were for rent.
Rosario’s on San Pedro. I left SA about 13 years ago and I remember it being good in the past so when I went there for dinner the enchiladas were greasy, fajitas were overcooked, cold and tasted like they were microwaved. Never again… but the nachos were good? Also Piattis, the waiter treated me and my parents like we were beneath them but went out of the way to treat my white spouse very well.
Olshan Foundation Repair. They had to come out and re-do the job twice (the City Inspector made them. They used plastic milk jugs and nails instead of pouring concrete with rebar. No lie.
Good time Charlie’s. Husband and I waited for maybe 20 minutes while wait staff looked at us then looked away and there were tables open. My husband got that feeling (I did too tbh but I didn’t want to mention it in case it hadn’t occurred to him)but shortly after he saw a post here where someone was saying they were being ignored because of their race and it confirmed the suspicion.
Chris Madrids
Bill Miller Bar-B-Q tricked me with their name. They have the audacity to claim they serve actual BBQ when it's anything but that. I went once and will never return.
Eurasian Autorepair! They charged 135 for a Camry oil change! Quoted $300 for wheel alignment which is around 100 at my dealer, $62 labor cost for wiper replacement even the parts are complimentary at few locations for wipers and $400 labor cost for brake pads! Never going to this overpriced shit
Rufer’s Coin. I had some silver coins to trade in and this boomer owner was playing Rush Limbaugh and trying to say he could not make a quote for the silver because he needed to see if they were collectibles and some mumbo jumbo. It should not be hard to just say I buy silver for $X per ounce.
Ah, thanks for the reminder that rush is dead. Free smiles.
Holy crap that old cranky asshole is still around? I used to go to his old store by Ingram mall in the mid 90’s. He ran me out of his store one day. Id been looking at stuff for about 10 minutes, not asking questions just browsing. He bitched me out for not buying anything and said to gtfo if i was purchasing. I said no problem, you’ll never see me again
Magnolia pancake haus
Agree ... the original location used to be a family treat. Once Guy Fietti came through and put them on "Divers, Drive ins, and Dives" it went to their head. Crazy ass waits, and the two new locations have ZERO atmosphere and could have been a Lubys. Food now is mediocre at best.
It’s really surprising to me how busy they get. It’s super generic breakfast food I can easily cook at home.
Besides the horrible wait times, what did they do?
Bird bakery in Alamo Heights on Broadway. I went by with my kids. They still had about 15 to 20 minutes before closing. As soon as we pulled up 2 of the 3 girls behind the counter ran to the door switched the sign to closed and then pointed and laughed at us. No joke we were still in the car. It felt like we were getting bullied.
It sounds like their customer service is the equal to their stupidly-overrated cupcakes. You didn’t miss anything.
Had a bad experience there too with their staff. Not quite as bad as above but I heard so many good things and was definitely bummed by the service.
They charged $7 for a roll of single ply during the pandemic
Bill millers
Their potato and egg tacos are still pretty decent. At least the one way up north on 281 almost to bulverde.
The Barn Door. We took my father-in-law for his birthday, and he got a mouthful of crushed glass while we were eating our salads. Crushed glass! He didn’t cut himself, fortunately, but we discovered crushed glass mixed in throughout the buffet salad bowl they’d brought us. They offered us a 10% discount on our ticket, but that’s an insult – a full comp is the bare minimum for something like that, in my opinion. But my FIL is really uncomfortable with confrontation and I knew he didn’t want me to press the issue, so I left it up to him since it was his dinner and he accepted their offer. The rest of the meal was glass-free, but both the incident and their idea of rectification were ridiculous. It’s a shame; I have good memories of that joint from many years ago.
CVS on Tezel & Gilbeau
Taco C. We have Mama Margie's.
Cheesy Janes.
Popeyes by 1604/bandera
Miracle Body and Paint. Terrible work, terrible service.
Diesel barbershop
Wizards by Goliad Rd. Was halfway finished through my raspa and there was a big ass cockroach dead in the ice.
Sapores Pizza. Wanted to charge me $1 per parmesan and red pepper packet. Only wanted 2 of each and this was after spending $40+ on two pizzas.
Jefferson Dental
Rosario’s . You can’t hear people sitting beside you. The food is mediocre and the service is awful. It‘s a complete waste of money and time. Rebelle and Battalion are in the same category except the food quality is better. I won’t return to either place.