The coffees are darn good and the service is ace. Given its location there are thousands of tourists milling around.
It's also right next door to a Dunkin Donut place which is toilet less so between them they attract a crowd.
Neither place is disabled friendly.
Starbucks counter staff ask your name only to mis spell it and mis write it on the cup but I used my app so the technology had my name leaving only mis pronunciation - no doubt it happens the other way when Spanish folk end up in a Dublin Starbucks.
The inside ground floor is long, narrow and continuously crowded, but not so much for coffee orders - the big attraction is that there's toilets.
Despite it being a huge tourist venue the local politicos don't seem interested in providing public lavatories and the private sector limit toilets to customers.
Once you get your drink just go out the back door and be careful there's a step up to outside seating. Don't be tempted to sit on seats for Dunkin unless you have their food or you'll find the hostility from hospitality.
Outback seating makes you part of the huge food market that sells enormous amounts of overpriced fish. It's fascinating but the market is not made to cope with the sheers numbers of tourists with broken pavements and a distinct smell of sewage competing with the pungent scents of fish. read more