Starbucks

The last thing any busy student needs in her day is a barista with a stank face and an even stankier attitude. Tapingo should take 5 seconds but took 20 minutes of waiting for her to call out my order. Clearly does not know how this works. I am paying for coffee, not a fed up person who can’t process simple customer instructions.

Only Starbucks ever (foreign or domestic) to want to charge me $ 1.09 for any empty paper cup. I like to mix up my milk and cream separately. Nasty and rude barista.
Found out they have a license but are not a corporate Sbucks so no need to follow Sbucks philosophy or customer service policy apparently. Plenty of other Starbucks and great coffee shops in this area, do not bother with this one.

Another waste of valuable real estate on an overpriced, cult-​like corporation. NYU students were on winter break so figured I’d try to redeem an unexpected freebie here, but unfortunately they don’t accept rewards here as a licensed location; shame, too, since there was no line, which seems incredibly rare given the sentiment of my predecessors. Staff was friendly and it’s an unnecessarily large space if you need somewhere to waste a portion of your life.
FYI: Due to its low ratings and incorrect address (Washington Square has East, West, South, AND North, so you need to specify this is East (with the entrance not ON that block), this comes up as being in SoHo and this falls off a ‘Greenwich Village’ query for Starbucks.

I would not go to this Starbucks unless this is the only option for coffee. There is usually a long line for coffee when NYU classes are in session in the fall and spring. Trust me, it is not the typical long line that you expect at Starbucks. When they are really busy, the quality of the drinks is bad and the people are not friendly. The last drink I got was a mocha cookie crumble frap and it was not blended well (it had bits of ice). I recommend going to another Starbucks nearby (either on Astor or Broadway).

Ugh, today’s experience was awful. The frappuccino I ordered was watery rather than icy, and when I told the baristas, they asked me how it could possibly be icy — they’d just made it. The barista who made the drink also told me frappuccinos made of skim milk are supposed to be watery. That’s not actually an answer. Furthermore, this unprofessional attitude toward their customers was unacceptable. Should’ve just asked them to remake the drink properly.
Otherwise, the line at this Starbucks moves very slowly for some reason; inefficiency, it appears.

quite possibly the worst Starbucks store there is in all of NYC…
first of all I do not even really care for starbucks coffee but occasionally I stop by because they have some good non-​coffee drinks, like hot tea or passion fruit tazzoberry
however I hate coming to this location, as the lines are super crowded, (and no they do not move fast)
the servers are not friendly whatsoever
and they always somehow get my orders wrong as well (and they are not happy about it when I politely tell them «sorry, this is not my drink,»)
and worst of all… the execution of the drinks are horrible tasting, comparable to the other Starbucks chains.
and the icing on the cake— I recently read from a fellow Unilocaler review that this is not even really «Starbucks» apparently another company bought this store, and the workers do not go through a proper training as other starbucks baristas go through to learn how to brew the coffee and or make drinks

Busy almost all day long, except for the weekends or late at night.
It’s a good thing I don’t like coffee, since I don’t have an insatiable thirst for Starbucks like most of the NYU community does. I do come in occasionally for hot chocolate, snacks, or other beverages (if there isn’t a line) because I can come after class. There definitely aren’t enough seats to accomodate the amount of people that visit the store, so it can be hard to find someplace to sit down even when there’s no line/it’s not crowded.
The line here is insane, especially in the morning. Although it’s a bit further away, the Think Coffee on Mercer or Coffee Bean on MacDougal and Bleecker are probably better options.

As this is I believe the only Starbucks in the area for NYU students, it gets extremely busy at all times a day. If you can avoid this place, you should. They have an employee radio-​ing in the orders before you even get to the cashier. Unfortunately, I don’t think this cuts down on the wait much. Because of how busy it is there are never any seats and it is not very clean. Overall, it is one of the worst in the city. Sorry.

For some reason, Unilocal is incompetently unable to put this location on the map. If it were changed to «79 Washington Square E 10 003» it would presumably show up in the Unilocal results for the correct part of town.
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As for the business itself, this is a very lame excuse for a Starbucks. The long lines that other reviewers complain about are to be expected with its proximity to the university, but I do feel the pain: in my experience, Starbucks takes business near universities for granted and habitually understaffs them relative to demand.
My other complaints with this location are as follows.
1) Why aren’t there more tables and chairs in this place? There is a vast amount of empty floor space that is totally unused, and makes it extremely hard to find a seat at even a moderately busy time. Do they really just not want students to hang out for long periods of time?
2) You need to be an NYU student or leave your ID at the counter in order to use the bathroom, in a different part of the building altogether – what?! Install a stall already; as mentioned, there’s plenty of unused floor space. Even if the bathroom is code or coin based, as a paying consumer of a diuretic beverage you shouldn’t have to jump through this hoop just to pee.
3) The registers don’t contain Starbucks card swipers. You have to wait for a phone-​line-​based, manual-​price-​punch-​in credit card swiper to call out and print a confirmation receipt. Not only does this waste paper, it takes a very long time – and sometimes they have to do it twice. (Presumably this means you can’t use the Starbucks card app on your phone either, let alone Square.)
4) There are no wooden swizzle sticks of any sort on the condiment bar, or anywhere else for that matter. I had to unwrap a plastic knife to stir sugar into my coffee. Ridiculous!
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Get it together, Schultz. This location is beneath you and your brand.

Worth visiting if you’re an NYU student with a meal plan who has some Dining Dollars to spare. Otherwise, it’s a crowded and unremarkable Starbucks location.
You’re in for a long wait to place your order if you happen to drop by in between classes. You have a very slim chance of finding an open seat or table if you go during the day as well, as every seat is usually jam-​packed with students lounging with their laptops.
I have enjoyed many a Green Tea latte from here, as well as Green Tea-​Lemonades (unsweetened) during the summer months. Their baked goods are pretty decent too. I recommend the blueberry scones, which are not always available but have a beautifully dense and cake-​like texture, and their chocolate chip and oatmeal raisin cookies.
With so many superior, less hectic options nearby — Financier, Third Rail, Joe — there’s really no need to come here and put yourself through the hassle. And if you must have Starbuck’s, the Astor Place location is a short walk away and, while still busy, has a lot less of a college-​campus feel.

Favorite starbucks! The lines are always long but they move fast, so no worries!
They make funny mistakes on the cups regarding name writing, and the guy who takes your order on line may be a funny existentialist… did I spell that right? Oh well…
The only thing I don’t like is that they don’t do gold cards perks here. Bummmmmmer.

There’s usually a pretty long line of NYU kids if you come in the morning/​late afternoon. It looks really long but you won’t be in there for more than 10 mins. This is a VERY efficient Starbucks.
That being said, the drinks themselves taste like any other Starbucks. There is also free water (yay!)

I resort to this place when Think Coffee is closed. I’m not a coffee person but I really don’t like Starbucks and for the reason most people don’t: it’s expensive, unhealthy, and just not that good. I only ever get the skinny peppermint hot mocha or the green tea latte because everything else has this nasty after-​taste. This Starbucks in particular is almost impossible to get in, get coffee, and get out in under 20 minutes. The line is almost always longer than the length of the store. The wait after paying is even longer. And don’t even think about finding a spot to study. There’s never an open spot. It’s really hard to imagine that this is the highest grossing Starbucks in the US.

I’m not a big fan of reviewing huge chains because I think they’re all the same in every location but oh, how mistaken am I.
I was studying at the NYU library when my friend happily surprised me with an iced caramel macchiato from this «Starbucks». I sipped and almost threw up in my mouth. Not wanting to be rude, I drank the first sip… Then I quietly left, went across to Starbucks, and told them to make me another one because it tasted like milk. Again, they made it for me and again, I almost threw up in my mouth. I sighed, surrendered, and asked for a tall coffee. The cashier looked bewildered since the price of pike is so much lower than the caramel macchiato. So in short, if you’re going to order coffee here… just get something where they don’t have to touch it for too long… like regular coffee.
There are hardly ever any seats and you need to get a key for the bathroom. No thanks.
Oh, and the workers aren’t very nice at night. I think they need to cross the street to Think Coffee and get a shot of espresso.

I hate this place so much. To elaborate, I don’t really like Starbucks in general – it lacks any sort of unique personality, and the lackluster coffee in no way merits the exorbitant prices.
Yes, I frequent this Starbucks more than I’d like… but when you have $ 250 NYU «Dining Dollars» and you can spend them at either Dunkin Donut’s, Peet’s, or Starbucks… well you understand it’s the lesser of three evils (actually Peet’s isn’t bad… but it has terrible hours, it pretty much closes when the typical college student wakes up.)
Wanna wait in a 10 minute line filled with chattering freshmen? Didn’t think so.
Go anywhere, anywhere else. Third Rail, Joe’s, and Oren’s are all within walking distance. Retain some dignity and use your money elsewhere.

If I was a freshman reviewing this, I would give this place a 5. Dining dollars, campus cash were at the tip of my fingers with my NYU Card (the good old days). However, I am now two years older, and a bit wiser (and jaded). Though they accept my campus cash, they do not take most promotions and your reward card does not work the same (aka no free pumps and no free soy). They are starbucks, but they are associated with NYU, so they’re a fake starbucks.
tips: avoid during class breaks, midterms, finals but go friday mornings for no lines :)

This Starbucks is an impostor! A fraud! A wolf in sheep’s clothing! A saboteur of Starbucks’s good name! An emperor with no clothes!
I accuse it of shenanigans! Trickery! Waggery! Chicanery! Skullduggery!
Okay. Take a deep breath. Tell the people what you know.
This Starbucks is not a Starbucks at all. It’s run by Aramark, the giant food services company that supplied watery mashed potatoes to your high school cafeteria. The «baristas» are not trained by Starbucks, nor are they vested in the stores in the way Starbucks employees are. They’re just random food services people who were stuck into this faux-​Starbucks and told to pour lattes. It’s unclear if they were ever told what a latte is.
And, my goodness, does it ever show. I’m not even going to complain about the quality of the drinks. The really annoying thing is the way there’s always, like, 17 of employees behind the counter chatting with each other while an enormous line wraps around the store. One or two of them will generously man the cash register, greet the customer with a surly look, and then keep yacking with one of the other employees who’s just standing around. Great experience.
Oh, and they have a hell of a time keeping the milk containers full and the sugar dispensers stocked.
It’s a prime lesson in the fact that management matters. This has to be one of the worst managed operations I’ve ever encountered; it’s unbelievable Starbucks allows them to keep it up.

Strange. I came here at 9am on a Monday morning, expecting it to be packed, and it totally wasn’t. In fact, I probably got my latte in record time for any Starbucks.
With that said, the person taking my order wasn’t particularly friendly — but efficient. Also, generally speaking, I’d say there are many more coffee places to go to in the area.
However, it’s definitely doing the trick for me this morning…

Normally I scoff at others’ reviews of typical chains like McDonalds or Starbucks because they’re all the same and reviewing them is ridiculous, but this particular Starbucks annoys me so much more than the others I felt the need to give it a bad review.
From the outside it looks like a typical Starbucks. It’s in a prime location, across the street from Washington Square park and it’s huge (by NYC standards). Apparently not big enough because the lines here are longer than any other Starbucks I’ve been to.
I once read a case study on Starbucks operations and I remember reading that the goal of each café is to make sure it never takes more than 3 minutes from the time you enter the store to get your beverage. Well corporate should really consider sending someone over because I don’t remember it ever taking less than 15 minutes to order something as simple as a freakin tea!
The funny thing is that I always forget how long it takes for the line to move here and keep making the mistake of walking in and standing in it only to realize half way through that this is THE hated Starbucks. Ugh, luckily today I had a book to read.

A long line usually winds out of this NYU-​run Starbucks. Lots of people, not a bad speed line.
Lots of people here, and while I can’t attest to the wifi (NYU wireless is accessible, though), there’s plenty of seating around and you can always grab a cup and go to the Washington Square Park area.