Starbucks

As a uoft student, very convenient. However, I’m really annoyed that I ordered a strawberry frappé and right after paying the server said they didn’t have the strawberry mix. Rather than offering to refund me or let me pick another drink, the entire 3 man staff then chimed in and decided I could settle for a peach mango frappé. No, it’s not the same, and I didn’t appreciate you deciding my order on my behalf.

Best customer service! They always greet you with a smile and there’s almost never a line up, cause they’re fast. This Starbucks is big enough for students to study and there are plugs pretty much everywhere. So, charging your laptop is never an issue. There’s a long table if you prefer to sit with a crowd. There are also couches, and plenty of tall bar type of tables for those who like to sit up high.

Seems the Clover brewing method is not offered in Toronto.
Service is quick.
There are comfortable couches, bar table seating.
Nice history on one side of the wall.
Noise level not too bad. Still conducive to having a conversation. Popular spot for both tourists and students.

This Starbucks has come to grow on me. It is a central location and does get very busy, especially around lunch time. The staff are really great though, and get through the line fairly quickly. They have great indoor and outdoor seating options, but inside is usually fairly full. People are always coming and going though, so I have never been left without a seat by the time I get my drink. They have three washrooms, so don’t forget about the one hiding in the corner. I will point out, as others have said, their WiFi CAN be dodgy. At times it almost seems to take a few minutes to decide whether it likes you, and you may have to play around with turning it on and then off on your device. I mean, I keep coming back so it obviously works for me each time. Although… not consistently as smoothly as one would like.

Typical Starbucks. Convenient location, though I’ve experienced a number of mishaps regarding mixed up drinks, etc. several times. I guess that comes with the traffic. This Starbucks is frequently visited and is often very busy.

Usual Starbucks coffee fare, but location is especially convenient for UofT students. Open late enough, but not 24h. Busy during afternoons and evenings, but front-​door lawn can serve as an impromptu coffee date space.

I come here often, it’s close to the university, good service, lots of outlets to connect the computer.

Too many hipsters here

They just expanded! This place is now literally actually perfect.
The reno finished about a month ago. And they have tripled in size. Now they’ve got a communal table and lots of tall smaller tables.
Staff here are always super efficient and nice.
Also, you don’t have to ask them for soy milk. It’s placed right next to all the mammalian milks. So woohoo for that!

I keep coming here for the convenience. The coffee is meh but not terrible. The price is poor value given that better coffees are out there at independent shops. I do enjoy the specialty lattes during certain seasons and the ginger molasses cookie is a usual go-​to snack. It’s an easy place to hang out and meet for coffee without getting kicked out. Otherwise, not great at all.

This is my go-​to Starbucks in Toronto. Properly average. Nothing to make it special, but it gets the job done. There’s often a line, but they’re very efficient at keeping things moving. Good staff, I would say. Very friendly and responsive.
NIce, rather small patio which has recently become completely non-​smoking, a bonus.

This place is expensive. But what do you expect from Starbucks?
The baristas/​cashiers also expect you to know exactly what you want the second you walk in. I am often overwhelmed by the intricacies of Starbucks coffee refineries. Other than that. I am a student, so I can’t afford anything here but the mini cupcakes. Which are often delicious and satisfying. Can’t complain about that.
Also one can’t complain about the clientele. One knows the type of patrons it caters to. Just don’t be upset when you see a group of barely first year students, holding expensive coffees, with equally expensive food like accompaniments, talking about vapid know-​hows of how hard life and the universe is. While paying for their expensive snacks, with their parent’s credit card. While you escape you hit into an overpaid disgruntled businessman, that looks at you like the riff-​raff. Don’t forget to sign off the rights to your first born son, to pay off for your mocha-​choca-​latte on your way out.

Blonde roast sample and smoothie samples! great student starbucks with lots of seating for long term studying. The staff here are ready to chat with anyone with a friendly smile. One thing that bugs me is the circular tables at the back of the store which make grouping of them difficult.
Basically, this starbucks is your standard starbucks in a university area.

This review is based on the early-​morning visits I’ve had this year.
Being a grad student, I usually stumble onto campus around 11am and leave about 10 – 12 hours later, and I get great reliable service at this location. However, this location has proven to have awful early-​morning service, which I find especially unforgivable in a coffee shop.
If people are going to expect fast efficient friendly service at any time in particular, it will be in the morning, in a coffee shop.
Each time I’ve arrived at 8:30am, this store either has too few baristas, and/​or the baristas that are on staff move at a snail’s pace. Nobody wants to see a lineup of 10 people with one barista standing there with her hand on her hip, and the other struggling to find the buttons on the cash register at 8 in the morning.
I’ve also arrived when they were training newbies on the register. Why train staff at 8am? Train them at 8pm, when no one is in a rush.
One barista didn’t rinse my mug, and had to dump out the coffee and try again.
I just don’t understand why a store with so many excellent staff would choose its crappiest staff to work the critical shift.

One of U of T’s local Starbucks. The lines are sometimes long (especially during those cheap frappuccino days), but it moves quickly, so don’t be intimidated. There is limited seating (but in the summer there are outdoor seats), but I do like this Starbucks as the seating is normally filled with student studying, unlike other louder locations. If you can get a seat it’s a good place to work.

Bad experience here. The woman working the cash register gave me the wrong change. When I came back up and asked for the correct change. I was told i would be helped by another woman. I ended up waiting by the cash register for about 5 minutes while other people got helped. I’m a patient person but, this was a huge annoyance.

With the added bonus of a Bagel Stop within its hallowed walls this is not your typical Starbucks. (OK, yes it is. (Actually, it might be worse.))
On the cusp of university campus, it’s always swarming with undergrads camping out at tables with their photocopied notes and UGG boots and iced creams and false dreams of a prosperous future in anthropology. As I see them chuckle over their iPads and gloss enthusiastically about Debbie Gibson (or whoever, how should I know?) I can only conclude that we need another Vietnam to thin out their ranks. Amiright?
Anyway, you’ll probably never find a seat here except by sheer dumb luck. The back corner is usually packed like a Mumbai slum. They serve coffee here. Meh. Meh. Meh. All the way down.
Confidential to man who saved a seat with a shopping bag: I hope you get SIDS. You heard me.
Obligatory Title Pun: BUCKING the trend.
Menu Readability: You kidding me brah? You gotta be kidding me.
Need to mention: There’s a Bagel Stop in here! Stop! Have a Bagel!
What this place teaches me about myself: I *hate* when people save seats with their belongings. You can’t saving a parking spot with a hankerchief, nor a table with a parcel. SIDS upon thee.