Starbucks

I’ve been around many of the cafes in SetiaWalk and beyond, often prowling Bandar Puteri and IOI boulevard in search of cafes where I can sit down for a good few hours to do some work. As much as I hate to admit it, Starbucks has been one of the cafes that remained consistent in allowing me to do just that. Perhaps I have lower expectations when patronising a commercial coffee place when compared to visiting a specialty coffee café, but I really feel that Starbucks is one of the better places to sit down and work /​study for longer periods of time. Fancy cafes especially gourmet coffee /​specialty coffee places, tend to give me other gripes, like uncomfortable chairs and lousy wifi. I also tend to be a lot more critical with gourmet coffee. But I digress.
This Starbucks at SetiaWalk is a good place to sit down and work. There are ample power points to charge laptops /​phones, air conditioning is always good and the layout is simple enough — I can opt to sit inside to enjoy the AC and go out for a quick smoke while keeping an eye on my belongings inside. Wifi has always been a major annoyance at Starbucks before they started regulating it, which is great, because now you can only use the Wifi if you buy a drink (password is printed on the receipt). This has made using Starbucks Wifi slightly less painful, although reconnecting once or twice will be necessary.
The crowd here isn’t too unbearable and I have rarely seen the place packed to the brim. I reckon weekend afternoons would be peak period, but this place is generally quite during weekdays, which is amazing. Parking is really easy too, and I’ve never paid more than RM 2 – 3 when visiting this Starbucks at SetiaWalk.