Starbucks

I know for a fact that satisfaction with your Starbucks visit lies a lot on the barista preparing your coffee. I’ve been coming here a lot whenever I need some downtime to read, and the baristas are terrific. They are friendly, attentive, and welcoming, and make fantastic coffee. During the holidays, they have made me cups upon cups of peppermint mocha, and currently they have never disappointed me with my skinny caramel flan latte. Sometimes I’d get caramel flan latte from a different location but for some reason it isn’t as good. The place is a bit small but usually you can find yourself a good spot if you come at an off time like 1pm. The only negative thing about this particular Starbucks is it gets crowded and noisy around 2:30pm because of students coming after classes. Yesterday I was here and decided to get a skinny caramel ribbon crunch frap right at the start of frappuccino happy hour at 3pm. So, I was there in line with the high schoolers and was wondering if I’d get the same quality drinks. Turns out, I was not disappointed. Despite the flurry of orders, they still got mine correctly within a reasonable amount of time. Cheers, I love the baristas here!

Was meeting a friend in the area; we were planning a presentation so decided to go to a coffee shop with free WiFi. Anyway, at no fault of the Starbucks, this place was packed with high schoolers hogging a number of seats. For a Thursday afternoon, it was very busy. We ended up just getting our lattes and looking for another venue. The Barrista prepared our drinks quickly and they were good. Anyway, I live nowhere close to this place so it won’t be my go-​to shop, but it did the trick when I needed my caffeine fix before preparing a presentation.
Good for: coffee products

Busy Starbucks
Just another Starbucks

Absolutely the worst starbucks! The workers talk way to much. It’s 7:30 am I want my damn coffee and be on my way. No they aren’t just being friendly and talking to me they’re talking to each other and taking forever to make my coffee! I don’t have time for this at 7:30 am! The manager was there the other day and she was one of the annoying people talking like honestly you’re running a business it’s busy and people are waiting for their drinks!
The drinks just like any other starbucks but really I can’t handle the chit chat when I’m waiting on my drink. I feel like when I’m paying $ 6.50 for a coffee I should have it promptly the worst part is there is rarely anyone ahead of me and I still wind up waiting forever for these people to make my coffee… What this location needs is all new staff preferably people who talk less.

I’m at this Starbucks right now. It’s kind of your run of the mill Starbucks. You pay 3 $ for a coffee and 2 $ for a cookie. I’m only here because my Internet connection is still not installed in my new place (damn you power outage for having to reschedule the installation time). Starting July 1, 2010, all Starbucks in Canada give free wireless! Basically its the same as the other 3000 starbucks in Toronto.

Nice Starbucks with lots of pastries to choose from…
Could use a bit more seating but it felt cozy
I heard the Vanilla Buttercream cupcake call out my name… alas it might have just been my stuffed nose and ears playing tricks on me (stupid cold) because Mrs. Buttercream wasn’t as fresh as I would have enjoyed her.
Maybe next time.
*Sighs*

I’m so EFFING ANNOYED right now! I’m actually at the Starbucks location as I type this review.
Don’t get me wrong. I’m a huge Starbucks fan… probably one of their biggest. I came here today, to enjoy a couple of hours sipping my grande berry blossom tea with a shot of vanilla (such a nice, calming tea) and Starbucks complimentary wifi (if you have a starbucks card)…
BOY WAS I WRONG!
Mr. Starbucks Barista took his bloody time making one of the simplest Starbucks drinks known to man! As a result, a non-​customer (person who didn’t purchase anything) took the only seat available in this puny Starbucks. This seat was going to be mine, if Mr. Starbucks server dude had put my tea in the correct sized cup in the first place and didn’t chat up a storm with another employee while pouring the hot water in the cup!!!
And now I’m left sitting at the bar, suffering as a seat floater… waiting for people to free up a spot…