Starbucks

Nowadays, getting my coffee order correct and timely is actually a 5 star event at Starbucks.
I’ll forgo the «good morning» that doesn’t exist anymore, the «thank you» as I’m a customer paying their minimal wage or the smile and look at the customer that should be just part of everyday freakin life!

They messed up my order for food every single time I come here. I should know better than to check before I leave the place. I got to work before I realized they gave me the wrong sandwich from what I ordered. NEARLY EVERY TIME I order food something goes wrong. Do you want your banana bread warm? «No» they heat it anyway. Check your stuff before you leave!

This starbucks is useless… lines are horrendous… Staff is curt with customers … It is coffee… how on earth can you have a line 20 minutes long. it’s coffee… There about 5 or 6 in this area… avoid this one…

It’s Starbucks. They make coffee. This particular one has very friendly staff and good music.
If I was someone who used tumblr, I would make one that focused on angry white people in Starbucks because ya’ll are ridiculous and need to get a grip. It’s coffee. You’re not going to die.

«The amount of soy milk we go through in a day is just disgusting,» said a barista at one of my recent visits. She wasn’t talking to me, but I think soy milk is disgusting, so I couldn’t really disagree with her assertion. It’s not cool that she said it within customer earshot, and it’s super uncool that the girl who had asked for the soy latte was right in front of the barista. Oops, I guess.
This is a tiny Starbucks, right on Winter Street, across the street from Wet Seal. It’s convenient to both the Park St and Dowtown Crossing train stations. This Starbucks is slightly hidden, so the line has never been too long. The longest line I stood on had about eight people. The waits can be longer than the waits are at most other Starbucks, but this has more to do with the few baristas who work at any given time. The most I’ve seen are three at once, but that usually works for them. The wait here can be awful.
It’s so small and there are no seats except for the four window stools. Even the baristas will tell you it’s not really a sit-​down-​and-​study Starbucks. It’s cool that they’re honest about how uncoffeeshop this Starbucks is.
The baristas are friendly enough here, and it’s okay for what it is– but it isn’t a neighborhood Starbucks at all, so don’t expect the baristas to know you or your order. Also, the space is *so* tight that you’ll undoubtedly say, «Excuse me,» more than once just to get a straw and a napkin. I’m not even particularly polite, but I’m forced to pretend when I come here.

This particular Starbucks location has been with me through some long grad school and work meeting days. It is a small place and the line often go out the door. The layout of the store made it hard to have a smooth customer flow. You pretty much will bump into someone one way or another if there are more the 3 customers inside.
However, their customer service is exceptional. Almost everytime I come here, I get a friendly barista. Took a star off for panhandlers constantly asking for money at the entrance.

Full Starbucks menu and competent workers. Only problem is that it’s REALLY cramped. Not much seating at all. 6 seats total. More of a grab-​n-​go Starbucks than a sit-down-and-write-a-novel-on-you’re-Apple-laptop-in-public-because-you’re-that-pretentious Starbucks. Will come back.

This is a Starbucks, like any other – this has the added bonus of being on a busy thoroughfare, AND you have to walk through a potpourri of urine before getting there.
Winter Street is not my favorite part of Downtown, thanks to the incessant stream of tourists, panhandlers, vagrants, and teenagers. This Starbucks reaps both the benefit and the downside of this population.
There’s always a line, but the baristas are quick, friendly, and often energetic. They get to know the regulars, and they certainly get five stars for customer service.

Dirty but the wi-​fi works!

This Starbucks is teeny. There are no tables or chairs, I doubt they have WiFi. What they do have is awesome service that always comes with a smile, tons of food options and perfectly executed drinks. The store is in the sweet spot between the Downtown Crossing and Park St T stops. Consider me a regular.

This is a tiny Starbucks and the line is always out the door in the morning. For this reason alone, I’ve only stopped a couple of times — usually when I take a different route than normal on my way to work.
The service is as slow as the line is long. I understand that drinks take longer to make when it’s busy, but it’s no excuse for making me wait 10 minutes for a regular iced coffee. Coffee was already brewed, so don’t tell me it takes ten minutes to pour it over ice.

The interesting thing about this star bucks location is that every time you go there, you will encounter something different. Sometimes, you will walk over a bum or two to get there. Other times, you will pass by vomit that has all the colors in the rainbow. Most often, you will hear different people loudly yelling at each other or basically loitering around instead of working. While all this occurs, there is always a cop or two hanging out there monitoring the underbelly as it mixes together with the tourists and other locals who have business/​pleasure to do on Washington street.
With all that being said, this Starbucks is always decent. Nice chai tea latte. Always hot. Place is always clean inside. Staff is ok, but not great by any means. It’s a Starbucks, it wakes me up!

As a franchise I’m not a huge fan of Starbucks. I think they’re overrated and overpriced, for the most part. I’m a bit biased though because I grew up in NH surrounded by an array of fantastic, unique, locally owned cafes which are hard to come by in Boston.
That being said, I’ve been frequenting this particular Starbucks rather often recently since it’s near my job. Their chai, I must admit, is amazing.
I have yet to try a better chai latte (iced or hot). I like my chai spicy, with that extra kick, as it should be. Starbucks truly delivers. Plus, they have soy milk. Which should be a staple at any café honestly, but unfortunately it’s not.

My least favorite Starbucks ever. I would give it one star, but there are some nice baristas there every now and then. My only awful experiences at Starbucks were at this location.
One day, I decided to pick up a coffee from here on my way back to the office from lunch. I passed by and saw that there was no line. My go-​to Starbucks at One Financial has a line even at lunch sometimes. I came here thinking it would be quicker. I was the only one ordering coffee and somehow I had to wait 15 minutes for a coffee. The barista was too busy chatting it up.
Another time, again around lunch time, I came back for similar reasons and thought my previously bad experience was a fluke. I got my drink quicker this time all right. The barista slid my coffee across to me like I ordered a beer and was sitting at the end of the bar. The coffee cover wasn’t on right and the coffee splashed everywhere. He had to make me another one to say the least, but what an unnecessary mess. He put my new cup of coffee on top of the dirty counter that did not get wiped yet. Thanks. Thanks a lot.
Needless to say, I’m never coming back to this location again. There are many other Starbucks to go to. And in the unlikely event that all the other Starbucks within a half mile radius close down, I would rather go to a Dunkin’ Donuts! HMPH.

It’s one of the smaller Starbucks I’ve ever been to, but they have everything (in terms of pastries and coffee) that you came here for. I wouldn’t recommend you come here on a weekend to meet up with a long lost friend OR do your studying here just because the space is cramped. There are also often some crazies that like to hang around outside the shop.

I walk by three Starbucks on my walk to work (between part street and south station) and this is by far the best Starbucks of the three. Even though there is usually a long line, it moves very quickly. The staff is super friendly, and they always get my order right.

I agree with Erin M.‘s review about the staff here, they were pretty rude and inefficient, I had to remind the cashier three times what I wanted.
The barista who made the drink was more interested in talking with his co-​workers rather than making my drink, so he only poured ¾ of my frappucino into the cup.
Since there aren’t any Starbucks’ near where I live, going shopping at DTX is one of the few times I can enjoy it, and it was really upsetting to have this.

I was just introduced to the concept of free coffee by Starbucks. Get a Starbucks card put a few bucks on it, register it online, NOW refills are FREE! So goodbye Dunkins. I leave you for free coffee.
Hey it’s a recession. At least I still get my donuts there. Well actually I’m cutting back on donuts too. Gotta get in shape. See ya DD.

Starbucks in general are pretty safe for at least a three star review in my mind, my heart, my soul, and my Unilocal profile (when I get around to reviewing them).
But when my drink arrives incorrectly EVERY time I go, the establishment smells like urine EVERY time I go, and the staff is rude EVERY time I go, let’s just say I won’t be giving a three star review or be going very often.
So disappointing.

Too small. I’m always in someone’s way when I’m waiting for my order. But I’m not complaining. Just think the staff here and the customers deserve a bigger place.
I’ve never had a problem with my orders. Never once have they mixed up anything. And they’re always friendly.