Starbucks

Not worth the effort any longer. This used to be one of the better Starbuck’s in town. Unfortunately, with the upturn in the economy, it seems as though they are scraping the bottom of the barrel for their employees. A clown with a manscaped beard (which made me want to vomit) was extremely rude on my last visit. This visit, the pre-​pubescent making our drinks kept smelling his armpits and the drinks were not made well (sticky honey all over the outside of the cup, wrong ingredients, etc.,). I am done.

Homecoming of sorts. Former Bend resident returning to visit what was my fav Starbucks then now made even better by adding some comfy leather seating and removing or repositioning some tables to have more room between them. Nice.

2015-​10-​01 update: men’s room light still flickering like a strobe light and flies still buzzing all over the lobby.

It’s a Starbucks like any other Starbucks… nothing special, and you get what you expect (the same experience in every single one).

Good service, good coffee, I will be back

Sorry, not a fan and not just because I like to shop local. Coffee was great 25 years ago and then they stopped buying their beans from Peet’s.
Good chai.
Always nice staff. Coffee isn’t great. Treats aren’t great either, seemingly mass produced.
Starbucks are everywhere, but there are a lot of other great local options out there.

The «new» Starbucks in Bend — not impressed. Mediocre everything — service, drink…

One thing I’ve learned in the year I’ve lived in Bend, if it’s more than two minutes away people think it’s «far». I’m used to driving 20 — 30 minutes to get places so we frequently head off to Redmond or Sisters for things, people always tell us we are out of our minds. So, it should come as no surprise that when I’m in need of coffee and downtown Bend or Century Drive Starbucks are closed I drive to the «south» side of town to get my fix. This is the only Starbucks in town that stays open late, which is an especially good thing when I’m working late and need a quad soy latte! The people are super friendly, service is great, and they’ve only made my drink wrong once. And they were super quick and apologetic, had it re-​made and a coupon for a free beverage in my hand before they could even finish saying they were sorry they made a mistake. Not bad!
Inside there is a separate area that customers can use for meetings, which is awesome. And they have more tables, chairs and outlets than any of the other Starbucks in town, which makes it the ideal air-​conditioned office-​away-​from-​the-​office on a super hot day.

good starbucks. good service on two occasions.
parking and driving there are kind of difficult.
but big and comfy.