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Kekes Breakfast Cafe

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  • Kekes Breakfast Cafe has 1.9 star rating based on 17 customer reviews. Consumers are mostly dissatisfied.

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  • Pros: Great food, Brandon location good food and service, Easy location good menu enough staff friendly environment.
    Cons: Bad customer service, Big wigs feels entitled, Check your fruit and vegetables before consumption.

  • Recent recommendations regarding this business are as follows: "Do not go to keke restaurant in Gainesville Florida. Until they get a better manager.", "Don’t go", "Watch the employees and their practice of sanitation.", "Check your food cautiously", "Not a great place to work, they do not protect their staff".

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Tonie K Ack

Make a complaint

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One of the managers is very disrespectful and needs to be retrained on how a store should be run and be more respectful to other employees.

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Loss:
$410
Pros:
  • Great place to work everyone pretty much play a role of getting the job done when needed
Cons:
  • Big wigs feels entitled

Preferred solution: Apology

Kassady Scx

Employee

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Manager needs to be investigated for improper actions get rid of manager indicent exposure verbal abuse swearing around his employees unfair treatment in the work place favoritism bad management skills unprofessional with guest and his employee would like officially report him to corporate

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Anonymous
map-marker Valrico, Florida

Need job history for disability

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I used to work there for a short time, but had some medical issues. And now I'm getting trying to get disability.

And I'm trying to get in touch with corporate. But nobody's answering my phone calls. Or getting back with me so if anybody reads this message, could you please contact Stacy? Tanko 863812**** I really would appreciate it.

It would help my situation. Thank you.

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Kellie G Pjy

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| map-marker Palm Harbor, Florida

Employee discrimination

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Updated by user Dec 16, 2024

I had to resign as a result of the mismanagement and blatant favoritism. I have never taken time off except for a few days when my dad was dying….and am the best server there….I am shocked that no one has sued this branch yet….

Original review updated Dec 16, 2024
Hello, I am reaching out to you as a last resort, as I've reached out to the franchise owner of my location and he completely ignored me. I recently resigned last week because I was forced to.

My manager, has discriminated against me to the point where I had to resign. I am your top-tier, best server at the Palm Harbor location. Initially, I wanted to involve you and upper management to see if it was possible to fix things enough that I could still work at that location. The things that have happened are very illegal and unethical.

I don't like to throw out threats or to consider suing a small business, but I have decided that if this is not something upper management feels like they need to make right, then my plan is to follow through with a gender/age discrimination lawsuit. There are also grounds for a sexual harassment lawsuit concerning another employee who had a sexual relationship with my manager and was recently fired as a result. Like I said, I don't want to do this, but if I'm continually ignored while trying to lodge a complaint for harassment, then I'll have no other option than to follow the legal route. I have only had one other company in my 25 years in this industry that has done anything even close to what I am going through at Keke's.

You can feel free to Google my entire name and see how that worked out for them. This is egregious behavior from your management at the Palm Harbor location, and if you aren't willing to at least investigate and try to make the environment there less toxic, I will be forced to follow through with my lawsuit.

It's not hard to do the right thing, and you should really be prioritising your employees and not forcing us to work in such a hostile environment. My contact info is 727296**** and my name is Kellie.
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Loss:
$1000
Pros:
  • It is very clean
Cons:
  • Totally mismanaged

Preferred solution: Apology

3 comments
Guest

I agree, same with another Keke’s. Js

Guest

This is a public forum, hence why your phone number was partially blocked. You are not supposed to publish personal details. If I were planning to sue a former employer, I would not forewarn them of such.

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I didn’t realize this. I thought it went to the company email and now I’m trying g to figure out how to delete it

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John B Itp

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Everyone was sick

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I took my wife there for breakfast and there a big window when we approached I noticed that everyone was sick and they had been using there clothes to wipe there noses . And then after they would walk everyone food to there table .

Now after a couple days of being nice I most definitely got sick from this breakfast place . I recommend ihop next time

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Pros:
  • Got sick
Cons:
  • Got sick

Preferred solution: Apology

Aurielle Wjt

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Music tooooo loud

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Updated by user Jan 28, 2025

No contact from anyone. Shows a lack of care

Original review Jan 21, 2025

no response to my complaint {{Redacted}}

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Anonymous
map-marker Bradenton, Florida

Very disturbing disrespectful behavior

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From: Ethan Schneider

On 10/23/24 My fiancee and I went to Ke Ke's restaurant located at 3456 Clark Rd. I had just completed a surgical procedure at SMH and decided to have breakfast at Ke Ke's.The waiter "Alex" had taken our oder and brought us coffee.

My Fiancee and I had a nice breakfast sitting side by side instead of across the table from one another because she knew I just had surgery less than an hour earlier. When we were finished "Alex" brought the bill and we paid it. I left the table to go to the rest room because I was experiencing significant bleeding and discomfort due the surgery. This is when the waiter "Alex" seized his opportunity to approach my fiancee.

keep in mind all business had been concluded. He proceeded to hit on my Fiancee even though she told him she was engaged and was wearing her ring in fact we both had our rings on and had been sitting side by side. While I was away he asked her personal questions specifically regarding where she lived and if she needed a job ? She told me it was only a few seconds before I returned to the table that Alex saw me out of the corner of his eye and disengaged from the conversation.

I could see on my Fiancee's face that something was wrong. When we walked outside and got in our car she told me that the waiter was hitting on her while I was in the rest room tending to my injury. She was very upset to say the least. I got out of my car and immediately walked back towards the restaurant.

As I approached the entrance I could see Alex standing at the front greeting area. He clearly saw me walking quickly towards the door and immediately bee lined for the kitchen in the back of there resturaunt. By the time I entered he was gone. I noticed two men and a woman who appeared to be management were seated at a booth, so I asked to speak with them.

I told them that I was Law Enforcement and that waiter / employee was hitting on my Fiancee while I was in the rest room. The woman seemed to know exactly which waiter he was from my very simple description indicating she wasn't surprised by her tone. I have to say that I felt and still feel totally disrespected by Alex's inappropriate and blatantly disrespectful unprofessional cowardly disgusting behavior. I realized that we had gone to the resturaunt to try and relax after I had surgery that morning only to end up paying for some unethical coward who obviously thinks extraordinarily highly of himself to hit on my Fiancee behind my back.

Despite any BS excuse he might make it was obviously very clear that he waited for opportunity to hit on her when I was away from the table. He didnt say much while I was sitting there but had plenty to say to her when I wasnt. I think that we deserve an apology and our money back based Alex's actions. What was supposed to have been a pleasant experience that Alex made very disturbing and down right despicable.

I told the managers he should be fired.

there is no way I would permit an employee such as him represent my business.

We will never return to your resturaunt and I can not in good conscience recommend anyone I know to spend their hard earned money at this Ke Ke's establishment located at 3456 Clark Rd. Sarasota.

I am requesting a response to this message either via email or you are welcome to call me directly 941-224-****

Ethan Schneidert

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User's recommendation: Don’t go

Kisha A Ljz

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| map-marker Boynton Beach, Florida

Eggshells in my food and I didn't know until eaten

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Today Oct20 2024 I dined in location Boynton Beach FL I ordered western omelette breakfast as I started to enjoy the food presentation and began to eat several bites into the omelette I tasted crunches so I spit out the food only to find pieces of egg shells throughout my mouth and the omelette on the plate I asked for manager and she offered to discount my meal not redo it and it would be on the house was concerning so I had to sit there without food while my other guest ate very disappointing and to be more disappointed the manager only discounted my entree not complimented it entirely

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Pros:
  • Easy location good menu enough staff friendly environment
Cons:
  • Lot of horse playing with staff

Preferred solution: Full refund

User's recommendation: Check your food cautiously

Tyshun Jin

Complaints management is VERY DISRESPECTFUL AND UNPROFESSIONAL

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The manager is very disrespectful to the customers and employees. I have witnessed numerous times when the manager would make her employees cry and I have witnessed the manager be very disrespectful to alot of customers so they would walk out.

I have witnessed the manager lock the door and tell people to go somewhere else and eat and it would be about 11:00 am. We will NEVER eat their again.

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User's recommendation: Do not go to keke restaurant in Gainesville Florida. Until they get a better manager.

1 comment
Guest

Ocala isn’t any better. The management offers you marijuana while you’re working on the clock .

Shante L Hid

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| map-marker Madrid, Community Of Madrid

Customer service

Every time I order from this place, my food is never right. They are very rude, they hang up, and they always say a manager isn't available or they act very poorly on the phone.

I'm calling the news to report this.

I'm tired of dealing with rude people and spending my money without receiving my stuff. No one ever picks up the phone at these customer service centers either, so I called the news.

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Loss:
$15
Pros:
  • Good food
Cons:
  • Nasty workers

Preferred solution: Full refund

Cheryl H Toz

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Bad experience at the 4906 town center pkwy Jax. fl 32246 Cafe

The employee went outside to play with a big dog and returned with hair on her. My wife asked her if she would ensure that she washed her hands.

She returned within 5 minutes with my food. The manager walked up and we voiced our concerns. He took the food she brought and said he would redo it and told the employee to see him later.

Both left. The food was terrible, but we paid anyway.

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User's recommendation: Watch the employees and their practice of sanitation.

Anonymous
map-marker Tallahassee, Florida

My BLT was to go. It was cold,dry, couldn’t not eat it. It had basically came apart. I called the the order in and still had to wait 30 minutes. First and last time going to KeKe,

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Sandwich was not eatable. I will never return.

First and last time.

Order was called in. Had to wait 30 minutes to get the cold food which I trashed it.

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Jennifer C Mwb

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| map-marker Cross Roads, Texas

Bad management

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Updated by user Jul 23, 2024

No one has reached out to me. They are still ignoring me

Original review Jun 16, 2024

My 18-year-old daughter was assaulted by a worker (male 30+) and the management team did nothing about it except sweep it under the rug. They never spoke to her, the guy still works there, and they have blown me off on several occasions.

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Preferred solution: I'm letting the authorities handled it now

User's recommendation: Not a great place to work, they do not protect their staff

Shellene Plf

Do not offer gluten free and a restaurant in Florida should offer grits.

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Dont really know what else to say, my complaint is simple, add grits and gluten free options. Thats all I dont have enough to say to equal 100 symbols, I guess I could complain about that requirement

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User's recommendation: Offer gluten free and grits

Anonymous
map-marker Bellevue, Washington

Mistreatment of 2 African American servers

The food was ok, the service was great, the atmosphere was the worst. I witnessed the 2 African American servers this place has, get fired today.

One right after the next. The disrespect and entitlement that the Caucasian woman had was appalling. I have never had a bad experience with either server, seeing as we are always seated at either woman's table. (Don't think that the colorism is going unnoticed).

I am going to try and reach out to both women and encourage them both to get attorneys. My bill was $80.01 today.

I will never return again! AFRICAN AMERICANS PLEASE DO NOT PATRONIZE THIS ESTABLISHMENT.

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User's recommendation: There's better places to eat at

Latisha B Rvu

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| map-marker Orlando, Florida

My daughter consumed a molded strawberry which made her sick with vomiting and diarrhea symptoms.

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Me and my daughter went in to Kiki's breakfast Cafe for breakfast and my daughter ordered a strawberry waffle which contained real strawberries on top of it and she was eating the strawberry toppings she bit into and swallowed a old molded strawberry we notified the server and we notified the manager and the manager came to our table and said we're sorry for your inconvenience and thank you and have a good day now my daughter suffers from diarrhea and vomiting symptoms from eating this bad strawberry and nothing was done to help resolve the issue please help me with this matter thank you. Please check all your fruit before consumption.

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Pros:
  • Great customer service
Cons:
  • Check your fruit and vegetables before consumption

Preferred solution: Full refund

User's recommendation: Please check your fruits and vegetables before consumption

3 comments
Latisha B Rvu

I would like a full refund and I will also like compensation for my daughter becoming ill from eating a bad molded strawberry and all the thing we were offered was an apology and I think that there's something more should be done about it because now my child is sick from consuming a bad strawberry from this company other than that the experience was pretty good thank you and please help me in this matter.

Latisha B Rvu

I would like a full refund and I would like conversation for my daughter becoming sick from the bad strawberry nothing was offered only thing was offered was a apology and I think more should be done about this matter.

Latisha B Rvu
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Typo compensation for my daughter becoming ill from eating a bad strawberry from Keke's breakfast Cafe.

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