Roy Street Coffee & Tea

What is wrong with everyone? I hate this place. The only reason I ever go in is because sometimes my usual much cooler coffee shop is to crowded and I need coffee and cookie NOW!
This place has no personality. The staff were pretentious, I mean beyond usual coffee snobbery. It makes sense that this is owned by Starbucks. Before I knew that fact, I thought man this place has such a chain feel but the name of the store is so local. I actually like Starbucks, I drink it pretty often. I don’t like this place though. It totally wireds me out and all the people inside sucked really bad. All on thier lap tops; tuning the world out around them. It was just creepy.
The 2^nd star is for a solid better then average cup of coffee.
For any of you rating this place 5 stars which by Unilocal standards means «As good as it gets» I suggest you seek help and travel the world a little.

I don’t do reviews very often but when I do it’s because the establishment has by far and away, exceeded my expectations (and then some). The staff is simply amazing. They are always very accommodating with orders and make valuable suggestions if you decide to try something new (or if it’s your first time visiting).
While Roy Street is corporately owned by Starbucks it never lost that authentic atmosphere and coffee that you might find in other comparable shops in the area (think Victrola).
If you come here, I would suggest trying their Vanilla Latte, Chai Tea Latte and the lemon poppyseed muffins. Whatever you choose, you simply cannot go wrong. Great coffee, super-​fast WIFI, good food, and great staff!

Awesome place I had the jasmine pearl tea iced! it was really awesome and just 3.45 cents for an entire pot! Which is like bottomless! I had the cheese and salumi platter for dinner, it was really good except they were a little late making it, the barista forgot to put it in and then apologized when i reminded him, for 12.95 i thought there could be a little more but the experience was really good otherwise! Only other thing is it was a little cold, they need a stronger heater!
Additional note, I really like this place, however I think they might have been shorthanded tonight, I ordered a glass of wine after i sat down and drank my tea, and the barista I ordered from left and then had another person pour it who apparently was unable to summons me. eI was sitting at a table nearby.
While I could understand that this now may have been my fault for not hearing him it is loud in here, but when I mentioned it to him, he defended himself and didn’t apologize really, I explained the salami situation and that still didn’t make him seem to care that i had been inconvenienced. A simple, «hey Im sorry that guy who left didn’t mention you had already been forgotten, Im sorry what is your name i wont forget you again! «Would have been really cool.
Still a fan still will come back, just hope they can maybe work on the warmth.