Starbucks — Restaurant in Porterville

Gave this location another chance but sadly, it's still the worst choice of Starbucks in town. I've tried this location next to Olive/65 multiple times in last 10 years; most recently Aug 2024. The parking lot is nearly impossibly to negotiate to actually park. It's ok (for large truck) if you are driving straight to drive thru at the far end.

But my main complaint is the lackluster lacking-flavor coffee drinks! If you don't actually like to taste coffee in your coffee drink, you might like it here. The (ever popular but lacking imagination) hot caramel machiatto was my tired brain's choice for the morning.

However, I mourned the apparent coffee shortage as my longed-for boost of caffeine goodness turned out to be a hot cup of watery almond milk and finally a bit of syrup flavoring that I savored when the cup was almost to it's last few swallows. Maybe they forgot to add the coffee?... again. Perhaps I should've paid even more to add a shot of espresso?

Or maybe I'll just go to one of the other locations in town next time as I've done in the past because this store location proves that it continues to be the worst in the area.

Re: customer service here = usually neither friendly nor rude, but around... "I'll help you but I'd rather chat with other coworkers standing around or look at my phone."

Oh well. At least the main street Starbucks has yet to serve me a "blah" cup and can be depended upon for Starbucks usual rich full flavor of whatever strikes my fancy that day!

If you have read this fast & haven't gotten the gist yet, NO I DO NOT RECOMMEND this consistently below-par Starbucks store. I suspect it only stays in business because of its convenience to the highway and one of the 2 major streets in Porterville.

Side Note: I only order...

We had ordered a regular Venti Vanilla Bean and the barista gave us a Carmel Vanilla Bean. It’s okay, mistakes happen but my siblings and I tried to get the lady’s attention to let her know so we can get our regular drink but it looked like she did not want to help us. We even dropped one of our Starbucks trying to get her attention. My sister is cannot have Carmel so we just waisted 2 drinks. The one we dropped and the one she got wrong. We were waiting for her to come to the window but she did not but as soon as we left that is when she opened the window for someone else. This is absolutely not okay. I have been to this Starbucks a couple of times and the service has been terrible every time. I understand the mistakes happen but the customer service...

For the 3rd time now (yes 3rd!) I have been ripped off by this starbucks. If you order online, and there is a problem, there is no way to get a refund. Yesterday I ordered at 7:15 so that I could get breakfast and coffee before work. I received a text 5 minutes later saying my order was ready. When I went at 7:15, my coffee was there, but no egg bites. I was there waiting for them until 7:45. I finally had to leave for work, and they would not give me a refund. This is the 3rd time this month. I will not go back to Starbucks again. Basically, they have stolen my money times. There are other coffee places that have good service and great coffee. My business will go to...