A new Starbucks, located in Alexandra Retail Park on Park Road, a short distance from the town centre of Oldham, this location opened on January 5 2024 and is already showing very high standards.
The location is a little out of the way, it's not somewhere you'd pass on the way home, or a longer journey, but still, it adds life to a run-down retail park and the distance from the town centre is certainly walkable. However, you can park for free in the retail park if you prefer to drive.
The interior is small, but it's clean, modern and attractive, and certainly, a great place whether you're looking to relax and rest with your coffee or get some work done, I'm not sure how easy it will be to get a table when more people are aware there's a Starbucks here and it gets busier, but I'm sure they'll review that when it comes to it.
The location has a drive-thru and supports ordering ahead with the Starbucks app.
They're currently open until 9PM daily, my first visit here was in their final hour before closing for the day, and the staff were still unbelievably friendly, they were all happy to chat and provide excellent customer service, even reminding me as they began to pack away they didn't want to pressure me into leaving, which I appreciated.
I ordered a Venti Iced Blonde White Chocolate Mocha, with an extra shot of coffee, without the whipped cream. My drink was made in good time and tasted good. I was able to use my Starbucks card balance to pay and earn points.
Due to the time of day, they also had some food items available at 50% off to avoid them going to waste, so if you're passing around the store in the evening, you may wish to come in as the selection can be pretty good and give you something to take home for supper.
The only teething issue this store seems to have is the baristas' struggle to use the checkouts - On two visits to the store it's been a similar issue where it's taken multiple staff members to put my payment through with my Starbucks card, on the first occasion they didn't know how to take the balance from my Starbucks card to pay, and on the second occasion my survey gift-card (given to me by the same store) didn't work, in the end they offered to knock £1 off my transaction instead of £2, but this discount overwritten my Starbucks rewards discount (free extra shot) and my cup discount... so I ended up paying more.
4* - A very good Starbucks location, while in appearance it looks shiny, new and spotlessly clean, the overall friendliness of the staff and quality of beverages is like a store which has been open for more than two days. I look forward to returning. read more