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4 reviews
Dorthy Bank
While I am not a fan of Starbucks coffee, I somehow managed to become a Gold Card member since 2010. For a coffee snob to frequent a place that is deemed to offer coffee of average quality, there needs to be other factors other than convenience.
Starbucks @511 Lexington has become a third or fourth home due to the wonderful staff that prepares my drink. The baristas are friendly and proficient at managing down long lines with ease as this location services hotel customers along with patrons working in the Midtown East area. The baristas would also provide the hookup with an occassional specialty drink for a price of a regular grande house blend.
A visit to this Starbucks location is more of a place for recess rather than a mere caffeine fix.
I think this Starbies is a mixed bag. I stayed at the Lexington Hotel, so I went to this location every day for 5 days. When they aren't busy, the staff is on-point and it's in and out. When they're busy, drinks back up, the work space seems too small for the number of workers trying to move around each other, service is kind of impersonal, the waiting area gets mixed with the line and the wait time can be annoying.
On a side note, some of the pictures are misleading because there isn't any seating at this location.
Its a Starbucks, a chain focused on supplying magical caffeine conveniently every four blocks. This one is smaller than average, and located in the Lexington hotel with a tiny little sign that shows you where to enter from the street. The store is very very narrow with doors at either end (to the street or to the hotel). The line meets at the cashier at the end closer to the hotel door. This means if you're entering from the hotel side and there is already a long line, you're going to have a lot of trouble navigating to the back of the line because the space is so small.
The baristas are quick and on top of things, even though the back prep area is really tight. I haven't had problems with my drink and rarely have had to wait more than a few minutes.
There is NO SEATING in this Sbux. But PRO TIP: Enter the hotel from the back door and go up the stairs to your left. you'll emerge on the hotel mezzanine level where there are seats, couches, and little cocktail tables. No wifi that I'm aware of, but definitely helpful if you must get away for a secret meet up.
The slowest Starbucks in Midtown. For that reason, I've only gotten coffee and will not try for espresso drinks here. I wanted soy but no one was at the bar – go figure. And since it's on the side of a hotel, people like to use the Sbux has an alternative exit. The building's columns also make for a bad flow/feng shui.
While I am not a fan of Starbucks coffee, I somehow managed to become a Gold Card member since 2010. For a coffee snob to frequent a place that is deemed to offer coffee of average quality, there needs to be other factors other than convenience.
Starbucks @511 Lexington has become a third or fourth home due to the wonderful staff that prepares my drink. The baristas are friendly and proficient at managing down long lines with ease as this location services hotel customers along with patrons working in the Midtown East area. The baristas would also provide the hookup with an occassional specialty drink for a price of a regular grande house blend.
A visit to this Starbucks location is more of a place for recess rather than a mere caffeine fix.
I think this Starbies is a mixed bag. I stayed at the Lexington Hotel, so I went to this location every day for 5 days. When they aren't busy, the staff is on-point and it's in and out. When they're busy, drinks back up, the work space seems too small for the number of workers trying to move around each other, service is kind of impersonal, the waiting area gets mixed with the line and the wait time can be annoying.
On a side note, some of the pictures are misleading because there isn't any seating at this location.
Its a Starbucks, a chain focused on supplying magical caffeine conveniently every four blocks. This one is smaller than average, and located in the Lexington hotel with a tiny little sign that shows you where to enter from the street. The store is very very narrow with doors at either end (to the street or to the hotel). The line meets at the cashier at the end closer to the hotel door. This means if you're entering from the hotel side and there is already a long line, you're going to have a lot of trouble navigating to the back of the line because the space is so small.
The baristas are quick and on top of things, even though the back prep area is really tight. I haven't had problems with my drink and rarely have had to wait more than a few minutes.
There is NO SEATING in this Sbux. But PRO TIP: Enter the hotel from the back door and go up the stairs to your left. you'll emerge on the hotel mezzanine level where there are seats, couches, and little cocktail tables. No wifi that I'm aware of, but definitely helpful if you must get away for a secret meet up.
The slowest Starbucks in Midtown. For that reason, I've only gotten coffee and will not try for espresso drinks here. I wanted soy but no one was at the bar – go figure. And since it's on the side of a hotel, people like to use the Sbux has an alternative exit. The building's columns also make for a bad flow/feng shui.