Starbucks - BRIARCLIFF MANOR

I use the app to order ahead. My food and drink are ready and waiting. It's super efficient. Service: Take out Meal type: Breakfast Price per person: $10–20 Food: 5 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 5

Conveniently located in a shopping center, this is a rather small Starbucks. I stopped in here primarily to use the restroom...but I always have to buy coffee when I do so. It 's just the way I roll. So the coffee was fine...just got a tall blonde. I almost ordered it as a hot tall blonde but that would have been weird. Thankfully I caught myself before I did so...but I bet they hear that frequently. The loss of stars is for the semi-clean restroom and the limited space for milk/cream/sugar...etc. There 's only one area for sweetners and such. So, if someone has the need for complicated additions (ie: the cinnamon plus vanilla powder with a splash of half and half....oh wait...cocoa powder...maybe I should put in some regular milk as well....and some sugar...I 'll stir it now...sluuuurrppp...no.....no.....not yet...needs more something or other...more cream.....stir....stir....slurp.... . You get the picture. I was behind a couple of high maintenance folks and all I wanted was a splash of milk in my coffee. They need another area...maybe a secondary small counter for those of us that can get our beverages done in mere seconds? Not an issue if you drink your drip black sans sugar. Fist bump to you. The plus stars are for the folks behind the counter. Really professional and courteous....they had a difficult customer right before me and handled him beautifully. Overall a decent Starbucks.

Manager no give refund for making my order wrong, she mock my speech pattern. Never wanna shop here again.

This location is excellent, at least at 6:30 a.m. Very clean and a very nice barista. I believe her name is Ellen. She seemed to know a lot of people getting their mobile orders.

I want to point out that the staff here still deserve a high rating, but this review is based on the experience of going to this location, and from what I'm able to cobble together from other people, what I'm about to discuss here is true of Starbucks in general now. The environment gives off an unquestionable impression that you're supposed to get out of there right away. I make my own coffee at home and it's great. I come to Starbucks to meet up with friends and socialize over some coffee and treats. First, the comfortable seating they used to have disappeared. Then, they reduced the number of available tables. And on my most recent visit, they're playing the music at such a high volume that I came home with a sore throat from having to raise my voice to be heard by my friend. If the reasoning from Starbucks is that they want us to buy stuff and leave right away, then I suppose that it's a message that I've received. From now on, I'll have to find someplace else to meet my friends; somewhere with a more hospitable setting.