Starbucks — Restaurant in San Diego

Recently opened after many years of students asking for this Seattle classic, much is still left to be desired. Manned by students (all new employees) the drinks come out slowly and many times they are not made correctly. Being the only Starbucks on a campus with 25,000 undergraduates, the line can be atrociously long. My recommendation is to go early, order black coffee and be patient. All of that said I am glad they are here on campus. Fingers crossed the baristas get better with time. Update: I went up to 4 stars today (3/22/16) because the quality of the coffee went up. Single origin dark roast freshly ground and...

You shouldn't expect a fast service, if anything, because at the end of the day it's a coffee shop on campus. Just a heads up though, this is NOT an official Starbucks store and that being said, although you can still get stars when you purchase drinks with your Starbucks card, you CAN'T claim your free drinks using the Starbucks Star Points here. You can help yourself to get free refills on some drinks when you decided to study here the whole day.

Just a tip: bring your own mug and...

Staff are generally helpful here, but can be slow and unknowledgeable. Recently I asked them to reuse my clean but used Starbucks cup, to save a cup. They made a big deal of it, didn't understand at first, then ended up using a new cup anyway. It's also very frustrating that they don't accept any general...