I'm throwing out a solid 4 but with a few concerns. Not from me... but from just about everyone else that visits/reviews this location. I think you just have to know how to handle this location... should that be your job? No, but it is what you get.
I love Dunkin! I always have. Chain or no... it's a superior donut and some locations have delicious fast-food breakfasts for your mouth.
Some of the reviews for this location report bad customer service and it was definitely noticeable each time I visited. Now, customer service usually isn't something I pay much attention to with any fast food/chain restaurant. I want good customer service when I'm at a sit-down restaurant. Just give me my food in a timely matter and you're golden at a place like this.
So on my last Atl trip, this Dunkin was close by. It was super convenient to start my day with a donut and sausage/biscuit. I went here for 3 of my 4 days.
One of the things that won me over was that this location had a working kiosk to order food. The process definitely was seamless for me.
With that, I'm not sure what it is about this location. It is on a busy highway. It does seem to be a high drive-thru location. If drive-thru is what they primarily focus on, then they should close the door to the store. It seemed properly staffed but confusing all at the same time.
On my first visit, ordered at the kiosk, one of the workers came out and said they were out of biscuits. He asked if I wanted my sausage on something else.. ok, fine. I'll take it on a croissant. He bagged and brought my sandwich but forgot to bring my donut. I had to wait on him to come back to ask. The kitchen is kind of out of the way of the donuts and it was super busy. There seemed to be little to zero coordination between ordering, food gathering, and food delivery.
To add to my first visit, there was a guy arguing with the cashier. Apparently, he lives right down the street, placed an online order, and was there to pick it up. One problem... the store had no record of the order and the customer had no receipt/confirmation email. He was too upset for me to hang out so I got my food and got out of there. From the Dunkin employee, it seemed like they might deal with that quite often.
On another visit during that week, I go in; On this visit, they weren't as busy. Maybe 3 people. There was a UPS guy waiting to order. I go in... as per normal for this location, I go directly to the kiosk and start ordering. As soon as I do that, I hear the UPS guy start talking to me, "Oh, you're supposed to order there." He continued on about how he had been waiting there for 10 minutes. None of the employees said one word to him... not even to tell him to order from the kiosk. On this day... I received my food but also had to wait around to ask for my donut again.
Other notes... super busy location. It's also a half Dunkin/half Baskin Robbins location. I was in there early morning so BR hadn't opened yet. I can't imagine the chaos when it is open.
As mentioned before, it seems like a drive-thru location where they just don't care about the come-inside customer. That inside experience definitely needs to be streamlined in some way. It would make the customers and employees happier for sure. read more