Starbucks

Great service at this Starbucks. Always greeted warmly whether at drive thru or inside. During my last visit, they were not finished brewing the tea so I was asked to wait in the parking lot. A barista brought my tea about 5 minutes later (like they said), apologized for the inconvenience, and handed me a complementary chocolate chip cookie! Very good customer service.

I don’t necessarily want to rag on my favorite coffee place but starbucks reward card idea totally sucks. I received a gift card that I could use just about anywhere. It said to register the card on line to earn rewards so I did. I typed in all the numbers and registered online. I also downloaded their rewards app and I’m still unable to receive any points. First, I go to starbucks and order. I hand over my card and they tell me I have no balance (which I had already added), the worker wasn’t much help in explaining what happened. I then find out that, even though I signed up with my gift card, I was issued a new one. Fine my loss, on reward points that I would gladly argue for but was given no receipt, but just to loose points again because the starbucks inside barns and nobles is not a starbucks. How stupid is that, I couldn’t pay with my starbucks rewards card because they are not starbucks, they are barns and noble café. What a bunch of bullshit, I don’t recommend people wasting their time on this, «starbucks reward».

As the first Starbucks in McAllen, this location was in much need of a facelift. I read that Starbucks is remodeling all of the locations one by one. The South 10^th renovation is finally complete, and this one is now in the works.

i HAVE TO SAY… I live in Seattle so maybe my expectations are unattainable and I’m not sorry to sound like a snob. I truely am a Starbucks snob.
I expect consistency.
I visit the valley every Chirstmas and there is ALWAYS something wrong with my order.
Last Christmas, they dropped my food on the floor and instead of offering me a free breakfast sandwhich (BEACAUSE they ran out of the one they dropped) they charged me for something that I did not want and did not taste as good as what I paid for.
I always ask for ‘EXTRA EXTRA ROOM ‘LIKE TWO INCHES’ in my Americano… and EVERY time they fill it and leave about half an inch. Without fail.
In Washington, they ALWAYS ALWAYS show me the amount and ask if that is enough water, they draw a line after asking me if that is okay for the fill line, or always write it and tell the barista to leave a lot of room. (just really any variation so they know I don’t want just half an inch).
Anyhow, I just wish with all my heart and soul that they would just make my drink the way I ask. It an Americano for coffee sake.
Every other Starbucks makes my life easier, but this one.

I would give this place a higher rating if it wasn’t for how horrible and slow their employees are on the weekends. It’s like the store goes an entire transformation.
There can be over 30 people ordering at the same time during the week and I’m still out within 5 minutes. On a Sunday there was only one person in front of me and I only ordered coffee and it took them 15 minutes! That’s unacceptable. Fix it!

What to say, great coffe, great pastries, good tea selections, and fast! The enviornment is nice too! The «cooler» season is right around the corner, def be spending more time here! Price can be on the higher end if you’re not use to spending 7 $ on coffee every morning, but you pay for what you get! Totally worth it.

As good as it gets!
I came here on a Saturday morning at 7am for some pastries and coffee. I doubted myself because I saw that it was empty inside and thought it may have been closed. NOPE! It’s open for business :)
Being from Houston, I couldn’t believe my eyes having AN ENTIRE SBUX to myself: D I thought I was still dreaming, but I wasn’t my friends.
They were brewing three blends, which was awesome because a lot of SBUX never have the BOLD blends brewing, but this one did. They were also very well-​stocked on all pastries.
Friendly baristas, clean, spacious, with a new-​like feel.
I give it a high 5ve!

My crack :-)

This is McAllen largest and best Starbucks. It is always clean, has lots of seating and the baristas are always fast and friendly. Very well done.

Pretty decent location. The drive through is pretty efficient but when I went inside the location, the service was a little slow and they made a mistake or two in my order. Overall a good starbucks barista.

Pretty good Five-​Bucks location. The baristas were friendly, and answered all of my questions. I wish they weren’t sold out of most of their baked goodies.