Starbucks

The rudest Starbucks staff I’ve ever experienced in my life.

I’m a big fan of starbucks and I understand that this is just a rest stop, but the staff seems very annoyed with being asked anything. I guess they feel that no one should ask them anything, order included! The drinks were made well but it just looks like no one is happy there and they are very impatient for the customer to decide what they want. After they give you the order if you don’t see the milk and sugar, don’t bother to ask because you will get an answer as if you are really stupid and should know the layout of the area. Maybe the staff is overworked or just have bad attitudes. Either way, the drinks are fine (though they didn’t seem to knowledgeable about any variations). It’s a tiny starbucks and ok for a rest stop, but fix the attitudes.

For the love of god, I didn’t realize you could make coffee taste this bad. Grab a soda instead. Really. It is that bad. You have been warned.
Rating Scale:
1 Star: Avoid the town in which this place is located just to be safe.
2 Star: With so many great places to choose from, why risk this one?
3 Star: I’ll try it again or consume here in a pinch.
4 Star: I go here regularly if financially and/​or calorically feasible.
5 Star: I look forward to taking my wife or friends here.

This coffee tastes like reused grounds brewed with fracking water.
I’ve now stopped here twice — the thruway «Starbucks» in the New Baltimore rest area. Last time, I ended up chucking out a full cup coffee because it was undrinkable. This time it’s so bad I need to get the taste of one sip out of my mouth.
I am not a Starbucks fanatic — but in Albany where I currently work the Starbucks has good coffee. An employee told me the company doesn’t even use the same coffee at the Thruway Starbucks. Instead they brew inferior cheap stuff. He referred to the Thruway Starbucks as «Car-​Bucks» coffee. (He also said he personally likes Dunkin Donuts and Chock Full O Nuts better than Starbucks, so go figure.) Anyway, my experience proves this to me.
This coffee is nasteeeeeee.

It’s in a highway rest stop! You don’t have a choice, friend! If you’re drinking coffee, you’re drinking it here.
Hell, why not grab a $ 4 bag of Doritos from the next stall over while you’re at it? On the theme of $ 4, my grande latte cost $ 4.10. But hey, whatcha gonna do, drive to Albany for a cup?
Quality: typical. It’s Starbucks. Same you’d get in Starbucks Beijing (Zichunli Lu store (of course)), Starbucks Addis Ababa, or Starbucks Silver Lake, CA.
But now let’s get down to business. I was helped by a girl with a name like those in the 90s glam-​goth girl metal band Kittie… Morgan, or Fallon, or something along those lines. Get ready, Starbucks Corporate. This kid is upper management material, and it ain’t cause she’s polite. Let’s just say the Chinese lady ahead of me shut up on a dime, and I will NOT call it a «medium» latte again!