Before I begin, I usually love hanging out doing homework in Starbucks, and I have rarely had a bad experience at a Starbucks before. However, today that's different. I either get a refresher, or a frap. Never do I get anything outside of the two groups. I visited this location twice in a single day and the first trip, I ordered a frap and got an iced coffee. Whatever it was at least the right flavor. But when ordering the employee taking my order gave off the feeling that I was an inconvenience to her life and I really should have just not made a stop at the counter. The second trip, I got a refresher and a baked goods. The employee acted like whatever and took the order and moved along. Not too bad, however I should have skipped the baked good. I have NEVER seen a Starbucks use the treats and goods from the display cabinet. Ever, and I've been to multiple different facilities both in the Peoria area and out of state before. The employees do NOT close the baked goods door, so who knows what touches that food and how long it's been in there. I really should have avoided that one but my mistake there.
My drink- well the berries in my refresher were a mess. Every sip I took I was coughing out seeds. I had seeds for days in that cup! It was horrible!
The after effects from these trips:
I had massive stomach cramps which I have never had before. I'm not even sure if it's a caffeine related issue, or an acid issue form the acidity in Starbucks or if it's just flat out food poisoning and I wouldn't be able to say from what considering what all goes into each item and what all I ordered. It's just a nightmare. I have never been so nauseas from getting and consuming Starbucks before.
Overall experience:
I'm personally never returning to this facility. The drinks didn't taste right, the food may have been bad, they don't get orders correct, they are rude and don't care about what they talk about or even say in front of customers. It's sad because this isn't what Starbucks is usually like.
*****update of things-
I had to lower my rating for this place. I ended up vomiting just the iced coffee up and it was a horrible nightmare of an experience. I'm pretty sure something in the drink has gone bad and now it shows me the staff do not truly care about their job. Please just safely be warned because it was a miserable experience. read more