This is one of two Starbucks locations in Wigan, being located inside a petrol station, this does mean this is a franchise store with prices costing a little more than usual. It is a DT location, open until 10 pm daily, which means if you're in a car, or hoping to visit later on in the evening, it does have those benefits which the Starbucks at Marketplace in the town centre does not.
The interior was pretty modern and comfortable, they had a nice amount of seating, I do think the tables and seating area could have been cleaner; the tables were not cleaned in the hour or so I was there, and were notably dirty before I had arrived, meaning I had to wipe the table down myself. I'd totally understand if they were short-staffed, but they had multiple baristas who seemed to be standing around and not doing anything, so surely they could have tidied up?
Service was a little slow, again there seemed to be staff members not doing anything when they easily could have been helping the queue move quicker or move drinks, the baristas did seem friendly enough, however.
My Venti Iced Pumpkin Spice Latte came to £4.80, just under 5% extra compared to a standard corporate-owned store, they do accept Starbucks Rewards here so if you have a free drink you get more bang for your buck compared to most other stores.
My drink was fine, they did put in slightly too much of the pumpkin syrup, but it wasn't too noticeable, and it was much better than having too little syrup which other stores sometimes seem to do.
3* - A-OK, not a bad Starbucks store, although cleanliness/pricing remain unsatisfactory. read more