Quikfix revisited

QuikFix (or is that Quikfix?) is a coffee outlet at the Sydney Airport domestic terminal food court that I’ve reviewed before at Five Word Coffee Shop Reviews. Basically I was at the airport with my parents and asked them for their opinion on it. That led to the following review:

Quikfix, Sydney Airport
Weak swill. To be avoided.

Ouch.

Anyway, a little while after posting that someone left the following comment:

Ridiculous

Very disappointed and upset.
Im a fan of Quikfix and Allpress Coffee.
The fact that Quikfix uses over 130 kilograms of coffee a week proves that a) either people really do like the coffee….which most likely is the reason why Quikfix receive compliments every time i visit or b) that it is a nice coffee that even the most ignorant of customers would be unable to tell if it was using Arabica or Ethopian pea bean…it really doesnt matter, and The Ritazza bar has a view of concrete with one or two local small carrier planes….Quikfix without the seating area has a view of the entire domestic tarmac with added views that can span almost all the way to the international terminal…Quikfix also employ a vast range of employees, some still in the process of learning and being trained by Allpress….perhaps your coffee was made in a swift manner, by if you believe that the coffee is weak in taste you are wrong or perhaps you just tried a quarter strength soy mocha with 4 sugars to assist you in your critique…or perhaps the workers at Quikfix rejected your request at putting the sugars in for you…..whatever your reasons, perhaps taste again when your tastebuds have fully returned from the burning sensation received from the burnt griphandles of Ritazza Lounge.

Note the completely uncalled for bagging of Ritazza Lounge, the notion that if it’s popular it must be good and - oh yes - “the quarter strength soy mocha with four sugars” I supposedly had. (95% of the time I order a strong latte and do not add sugar, but I digress.)

I always welcome feedback, even negative feedback, and I promised to revisit Quikfix at some point. But since I don’t live in Sydney, this would take some time.

More recently I received an email as follows:

Having seen you’re review on Quikfix, I feel you need to reconsider, I
was at the airport on the weekend, and asked them why they’re coffee
was bad before, they said it was because their machine had broken down on them, but they now have they’re old machine back, so I ask you to go back to Quikfix and give them a fair evaluation.

Fear not, rabid Quikfix fans! I recently had the opportunity to give QuikFix another chance. The result? A high quality, well-presented strong latte. The flavour was spot on and there was fancy latte art to boot. I don’t believe I’ve ever had coffee this good at an airport before.

I’ve altered reviews before, but this is the first time I’ve changed the review 180 degrees - from crap to very good!

Bravo Quikfix for producing good coffee at an airport food court, where I’d least expect it.

MORE TO COME: A swag of coffee reviews from my trip to Sydney shall be posted on this blog shortly.