Starbucks — Restaurant in Milwaukee

On a fair, cloudy day day in early October, my lover and I entered the doors of this Starbucks Coffee establishment. We travel often and visit many coffee houses in our free time, and we were eager to try the nectar of this cafe. The menu options were aplenty, and the staff was kind (although they did butcher my lover's name to hell and back) and the seasonal lattes were bringing a sparkle to my eye, so I ordered a tall iced salted caramel mocha with coconut milk to bring the color to my checks and the warmth to my heart. We then turned around to take stock of the place, young people working hard and studiously on their computers, businesspeople chatting and wheeling deals, homeless men peddling for change and bringing everyone's convictions to the surface. Overall, a nice place and ambiance. Our drinks came swiftly (they managed to pronounce my lover's name through the botched spelling) and I put my lips to the straw of the sacred life-giving mocha coffee drink. God, it was horrid. The complete butchery of something that held potential to fulfill a fall day fantasy. So much syrup it made my head hurt, made my tongue wish for the first time in its life that it was unable to taste. The grains of salted caramel were undissolved and brought a terrible texture like sand through the straw. In no way did it taste like coconut milk, and it seemed like they forgot to add coffee. The drink was so chocolatey it was a dark brown color. It was like drinking melted ice cream through a small sieve. It was like all my hopes and dreams being crushed with mere mediocrity. What a metaphor for our American dream and culture, the media has us believing our salted caramel lattes will fulfill us, but alas, they fail and hurt us. This has left me self-reflecting that all fulfillment, all purpose and value, is up to us, and no one else. We must become fulfilled and love ourselves so that when a completely disgusting latte finds its way into our lives, we cannot be crushed by it. In the end, I would recommend this Starbucks Coffee cafe...

This is a pick up ONLY location. I wish this was stated in the app or in other reviews. I hate driving down to a coffee shop to sit down and chat for a few minutes and finding out that there are NO chairs and NO tables.

I see why Starbucks decided to get rid of the tables - probably wants to get business moving instead of having students park themselves and sit for hours. Understandable. Still annoying. But not taking any stars off for that. That reason is...

Service wasn't the greatest. The staff was efficient, as in they got my order right, but no one smiled or greeted us, or explained that my food would be coming later than my coffee. When they call your name out, you go and pick up your order and don't think only half of the order would be out. And when you ask where is the other half, just in case they forgot, they should tell you, "sorry, that's coming right up". Not look at you like you're dumb and tell you it's not ready yet.

Anyway, not my favorite location, and probably won't be going back, even though my doppio was pulled out well and the egg bite was as good as any other location. Except I found after I got back in the car (since there is nowhere to sit in this location!), that they forgot to put a fork in the eggbite bag. I've never had that happen before at Starbucks.

If you're a student around here and walking and need a pick me up, this would work. If you're driving after lunch and need to sit down with friends for a bit, not the place. If you pick up food, make sure all the parts are there before you leave. Don't expect...

I 100% understand they they are absolutely busy, but what i dont get is why a tall earl grey takes longer than every order that was taken after i had mine taken. Like its just hot water and a tea bag, man … i had to leave it behind because i was about to miss my bus after waiting about 20+ minutes. Meanwhile every person who ordered after i did got their drinks.

like my first trip there, the dude was so confused when i ordered a plain green tea. Its like he couldnt comprehend that someone just orders green tea thats not a matcha. They wouldnt even let me get it because they apparently needed it for other drinks … my brother in christ, yall are out of every dairy alternative 90% of the time i go to starbucks. (Which is barely ever, but still.) idk if this is a new companywide thing where they just dont sell green tea plain anymore, but thats so lame. I only really go there to get out of the cold while i wait for the bus, but i think ill just suffer lol. (Im sure Every employee reading this is overjoyed)

Im just really pissed that i wasted 3 bucks on something that takes 10 seconds to make.

But i suppose i also shouldnt be ordering at a starbucks when i have...