Starbucks

The staff here always know not just my name but my drink order too. They’re friendly & welcoming every visit. They do need to work on their cleanliness as café is usually full of cups but other than that there’s no complaints.

Not a bad Starbucks. A very open feel with lots of window and a nice seating arrangement. A very casual feel to it.

Well its a Starbucks isn’t it ! The only thing in my view that differentiates the various branches are the quality of the staff and how clean and tidy it is. Hemel rates pretty well on both counts. The only thing I can’t work out is why, when there are better and cheaper places to get tea and coffee I keep going back. I think it must be the way the place is set out. For some reason I feel comfortable there. The coffee is better up at the organic café opposite the Marlowes center (The Tiki, I now see from other reviews) and the tea in the new all-​day Indian (OOjam) near Starbucks is in a different league but still, when I have my laptop and want to send emails its Starbucks I head to. Costa is on its way and I will have to see if that attracts me instead.

This Starbucks is open from about 7ish in the morning and the team here are a bit nuts. The coffee selection is the usual you would expect to find from Starbucks and until shortly have had the lions share of the Coffee Shop market within Hemel town centre. However, Costa will shortly be opening about 10 doors away so this will probably affect their trade significantly. Anyway, back to Starbucks, Although expensive this is a gorgeous cup of coffee and their cakes aren’t bad either. There’s seating outside by the river and inside for cosy chats. Also right next door to Debenhams so great for when shattered from shopping!