I met two of the sweetest people over there today their names are Kae, and Kay-Kay. They were so sweet, I’ve been going through a rough time so to be greeted with smiles and nice conversations made me feel a lot better. They also helped give me recommendations for hair dye and skin care products. Those two are truly the sweetest. I wanted to leave a review because good people should not go unnoticed, Definitely will be coming back again love those two ladies. Another person I talked to very briefly her name was Asia (I think) She was also very sweet asking me how I’m doing.
You don’t get a lot of nice people like these guys and it’s very rare to get find them, You guys definitely have some of the best people I’ve ever met. And I wanted them to get recognized for their good deeds, even if it’s seen as small. The smallest thing can go a long way.
I hope for nothing but the best for those three ladies, And may God be with them 💕
Atmosphere: 5
Lucciano Chord
I don't know what it is about this district, but they seem to miss the mark a lot. I'm from out of town and must just be used to a higher training standard.
We had 6 coffees, all of the cold foam was made incorrectly and was desolved in the drinks before we could drink them, 2 drinks were not made correctly at all and assentially talls in Venti cups. One of the underfilled cups also had a fly in the drink. (Which thank goodness, we only found because we went to look to why the cup was so light)
I will say they were very nice, they just need more training.
Food: 1
Service: 5
Nicholas Alexander
Visited for the teddy bear cup and they were completely sold out. Staff said they’d been snapped up quickly — it felt like many were being bought for resale. Save yourself a trip unless you call ahead.
Devin Collins
Hands down the best staff in portland, super friendly and courteous!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Kelci
Food and drinks is fine but they prioritize drive through over everyone inside AND mobile orders. Drive through line got served while 5 people inside waiting for orders while they prioritize cars. Also placed a mobile order and was told that drive thru came first so id need to wait. What is the point of ordering ahead of I still need to wait?
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 3
Service: 1
J P
Way behind schedule for no apparent reason, disorganized, inefficient.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Leroy Wertz
7/20/25
Atmosphere: 4
Service: 4
Marlanda Wing
Long wait for drive thru
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 5
Service: 2
Rhys Tomai
As a former Starbucks GM, this crew has it all together. Keep up the great work and customer service! Great Pike Place brew.
Wow. I put a not so positive review for this Starbucks location on Google the other day and I was going back today to edit it and add another star ( up from my first 2 star original review) and today I see that my original review has been removed off of Google (SHAME!) along with the photo proof of my drink so that people would know it was a legit review. WOW so now they are actually manipulating and removing actual reviews:
Here’s the summary. I got a coffee that was undrinkable -totally bad & yucky. This has happened now like 3-4 times usually around the same time of day (4pm or so) from this same location. I wrote in my original review that the coffee was so bad it’s almost like someone there has to be doing it on purpose- it’s that bad- which is really strange because I have gotten excellent coffee from this location ( and many other Starbucks ) before. All I’m ordering is a large Pikes Place with 6 cream and 1 sugar and like clock work around 4pm through their drive through I get a terrible version that is just plain bad- undrinkable. And now I see they delete negative reviews. Wow. I was going to go back and edit the original post with how happy I was with the workers there when I went back in and asked for a replacement after I wrote my original review. I tried to force myself to drink the coffee and just couldn’t make myself do it- it was that GROSS- and I’ve eaten and drunk a lot of bad stuff in my life… (Just sayn’). The guy working was very nice and offered to remake it for me- he seemed really genuine and I appreciated his kind words and making me a replacement drink - a hot coca with cream ( not a pikes place as I was too grossed out to even consider tempting fate - it was truly that hideous) asap that was awesome.
The truth: The first coffee was still terrible - and whoever deleted the original review off of Google reviews should be ashamed of themselves. Moral of the story- maybe skip this place after 3pm or so? Although I do appreciate the service once I was forced to go back and return the undrinkable drip coffee-! Yuck! The replacement Hot Cocoa was actually very good indeed 😃
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 4
Keo Cain
I just wanted to say I think the staff is unprofessional. For the first time when ordering through door dash, I ended up getting a call from the dasher who did not speak English by the way, try to tell me that the drink I ordered was not available. The staff should’ve been professional and called me themselves to tell me and ask me if I wanted a replacement. I work in food service as a host/server and this is something I would always do is call the customer myself if there is a problem. Not have the dasher do it.
Food: 4
Service: 1
Raj Patole
Terrible experience
S T
The team at the Forest Ave Starbucks is truly one of the kindest group of baristas in all of Portland.
Always great service and excellent coffee!
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
I met two of the sweetest people over there today their names are Kae, and Kay-Kay. They were so sweet, I’ve been going through a rough time so to be greeted with smiles and nice conversations made me feel a lot better. They also helped give me recommendations for hair dye and skin care products. Those two are truly the sweetest. I wanted to leave a review because good people should not go unnoticed, Definitely will be coming back again love those two ladies. Another person I talked to very briefly her name was Asia (I think) She was also very sweet asking me how I’m doing.
You don’t get a lot of nice people like these guys and it’s very rare to get find them, You guys definitely have some of the best people I’ve ever met. And I wanted them to get recognized for their good deeds, even if it’s seen as small. The smallest thing can go a long way.
I hope for nothing but the best for those three ladies, And may God be with them 💕
Atmosphere: 5
I don't know what it is about this district, but they seem to miss the mark a lot. I'm from out of town and must just be used to a higher training standard.
We had 6 coffees, all of the cold foam was made incorrectly and was desolved in the drinks before we could drink them, 2 drinks were not made correctly at all and assentially talls in Venti cups. One of the underfilled cups also had a fly in the drink. (Which thank goodness, we only found because we went to look to why the cup was so light)
I will say they were very nice, they just need more training.
Food: 1
Service: 5
Visited for the teddy bear cup and they were completely sold out. Staff said they’d been snapped up quickly — it felt like many were being bought for resale. Save yourself a trip unless you call ahead.
Hands down the best staff in portland, super friendly and courteous!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Food and drinks is fine but they prioritize drive through over everyone inside AND mobile orders. Drive through line got served while 5 people inside waiting for orders while they prioritize cars. Also placed a mobile order and was told that drive thru came first so id need to wait. What is the point of ordering ahead of I still need to wait?
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 3
Service: 1
Way behind schedule for no apparent reason, disorganized, inefficient.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
7/20/25
Atmosphere: 4
Service: 4
Long wait for drive thru
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 5
Service: 2
As a former Starbucks GM, this crew has it all together. Keep up the great work and customer service! Great Pike Place brew.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Restaurantji Recommends
Great service and coffee
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Wow. I put a not so positive review for this Starbucks location on Google the other day and I was going back today to edit it and add another star ( up from my first 2 star original review) and today I see that my original review has been removed off of Google (SHAME!) along with the photo proof of my drink so that people would know it was a legit review. WOW so now they are actually manipulating and removing actual reviews:
Here’s the summary. I got a coffee that was undrinkable -totally bad & yucky. This has happened now like 3-4 times usually around the same time of day (4pm or so) from this same location. I wrote in my original review that the coffee was so bad it’s almost like someone there has to be doing it on purpose- it’s that bad- which is really strange because I have gotten excellent coffee from this location ( and many other Starbucks ) before. All I’m ordering is a large Pikes Place with 6 cream and 1 sugar and like clock work around 4pm through their drive through I get a terrible version that is just plain bad- undrinkable. And now I see they delete negative reviews. Wow. I was going to go back and edit the original post with how happy I was with the workers there when I went back in and asked for a replacement after I wrote my original review. I tried to force myself to drink the coffee and just couldn’t make myself do it- it was that GROSS- and I’ve eaten and drunk a lot of bad stuff in my life… (Just sayn’). The guy working was very nice and offered to remake it for me- he seemed really genuine and I appreciated his kind words and making me a replacement drink - a hot coca with cream ( not a pikes place as I was too grossed out to even consider tempting fate - it was truly that hideous) asap that was awesome.
The truth:
The first coffee was still terrible - and whoever deleted the original review off of Google reviews should be ashamed of themselves. Moral of the story- maybe skip this place after 3pm or so? Although I do appreciate the service once I was forced to go back and return the undrinkable drip coffee-! Yuck! The replacement Hot Cocoa was actually very good indeed 😃
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 4
I just wanted to say I think the staff is unprofessional. For the first time when ordering through door dash, I ended up getting a call from the dasher who did not speak English by the way, try to tell me that the drink I ordered was not available. The staff should’ve been professional and called me themselves to tell me and ask me if I wanted a replacement. I work in food service as a host/server and this is something I would always do is call the customer myself if there is a problem. Not have the dasher do it.
Food: 4
Service: 1
Terrible experience
The team at the Forest Ave Starbucks is truly one of the kindest group of baristas in all of Portland.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
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