Starbucks — Restaurant in Bremerton

I have posted about Starbucks in the past; I have claimed that they are not my favorite coffee; perhaps I am not a coffee sommelier nor do I claim to be one. (Anyone who doesn't know what a sommelier is, they are considered to be an expert in coffee) However, I can say, up until last year, the only time I would drink Starbuck's coffee was when I treated myself to two eggnog latte's during the holiday season. Last year was different; sweetened drinks became a past pleasure instead of a Holiday delight for me. This year came around, and someone had brought it to my attention to have them cut the eggnog with even more non-fat than they already do, and guess what? It works and tastes great! So on four different occasions, I was able to treat myself to an eggnog latte; In fact, my husband even joined in and appreciated drinking them that way as well. So, in all honesty, will I ever drink Starbucks throughout the rest of the year? Probably not, but I will look forward to the holiday season to enjoy my eggnog lattes again, which Starbucks does a great job making!

Moving on to the store on Wheaton way. We were so happy to discover that customers were able to physically go into Starbucks and order, I am certain most people knew but us. But thank goodness for that; if you have ever traveled on Wheaton way or Sylvan street or if you have attempted to stop at that Starbucks you would see that most of the times the line was infinite.

We found the employees clean and friendly, the store was tidy and no messes at all in or around the store; but due to customers not being able to sit inside I'm sure had a lot to do with it being so clean.

Sticker shock on the prices, ouch, it is a good thing this is just a seasonal thing for us, taking out a second mortgage to pay for coffee is not an option.

Honestly, the only small disappointments (aside from the price) was my husband's last lid was messed up and kept popping off and extra hot really does mean extra hot! However, this wasn't a deal-breaker for us, we'll return next year for our eggnog lattes.

For anyone not familiar with where this Starbucks is located, they are located off Wheaton way and Sylvan, and adjacent to Kitsap Bank. They share the same parking lot with Grocery Outlet and Kitsap Habitat for Humanity, along with a few other businesses. There is plenty of parking spaces since the Kitsap Bus transfer center is no longer stationed there.

So today I rate it four stars simply because IMO (and my opinion only) it is an expensive habit, but if it makes you happy, we all could use a little more happiness in our lives =D

Stay safe and stay well everyone - Happy...

The reason I’m giving this place two stars vice the one it deserved after this mornings incident is because this place is usually spot on with friendly staff and getting orders right. That’s why this morning I was kind of shocked when I pulled up to order my morning coffee. I could tell the person was new because he seemed frizzled by a simple coffee order so I made sure to repeat myself multiple times “Venti, Pike Place, 2 shots, with cream”. He repeated it back to me, I proceeded to the window after what seemed like a 10 minute wait behind one car and all they were handed was a coffee. I got up to the window and the drive-thru window area on the inside was a complete mess. Stacked up coffee cups of what I’m assuming was wrong orders, knocked over syrup bottles, wipe down rags everywhere. I could tell buddy was having a rough morning and they had only been open two hours. So anyways, I wait a few minutes at the window before anything was said to me, hadn’t paid yet and he turns to me and hands me the completely wrong coffee and then goes back to what he was doing inside like I had paid already and was supposed to drive off. So I informed him kindly that I received the wrong coffee and at that moment he flared his nostrils and started raising his voice at me scolding me about incorrectly ordering my coffee, the same coffee I’ve been ordering the last 4 years with zero incidents. So I once again at the window repeated myself “Venti=Size, Pike Place=Coffee, 2 shots=espresso, With cream=creamer”. He repeated it to the barista behind him, left of the cream, I interjected and said “with cream please”. He didn’t pass that portion onto the barista and began to ignore me until he handed me the coffee and I had to remind him that I still needed to pay. I’m pretty sure next time I’ll do a drive past the window first to see if he’s working and if so, go check out a local coffee...

Just want to preface this with the staff here are really nice, however there are always issues that don't seem to pop up at other stores on an "every single time we come" basis like here. Mobile orders take a really long time to get. We order ahead of time and sometimes are 20 minutes from picking up and it's just not ready. One of our two drinks is always a venti Pike with extra cream and there never seems to be any Pike brewed and ready to go. The drinks are wrong frequently and we have had to remind the staff there on a regular basis that we are still waiting on part of our order after its been 15-20 minutes (and that 15-20 minutes is since arriving to pickup the order we placed 15-20 minutes before arriving). We live two blocks from this one and we will drive to the 6th and Warren location because we never have...