Starbucks

I have been staying just upstairs from where this Starbucks is located, and I must say that the place is actually quite nice for studying. Despite the occasional inconsistency in their closing times, usually around 11 PM but sometimes as early as 10 PM, the atmosphere is conducive for focused work and studying.

Ordered a reserved Iced Americano for stay.
The cashier was rather cold for any other Philippines coffee shop, what is worst was the drink was served with paper cup FOR HERE.

Any drinks served with paper cup, paper straw sucks.
Paper absorbs the rich oil of coffee, which is the essence of coffee itself. It is okay however the cashier stayed cool like "I don't give a s*it" attitude, but I was very very disappointed with the lack of delicacy that barista chose to serve reserve menu with paper cup.

It's nice to chill here in the afternoon.

normally not a fan, but this one was a highlight. kopi c kosong bing duuuupe

This is the second time that this happened to me in this branch: I went to this Starbucks at around 8PM and was working on something until their closing time. In other branches, they would usually ask you for your last orders and inform you that they're about to close in about 10-15 minutes. In this branch, one particularly loud male barista kept passive-aggressively shouting that "sarado na kami" and "may customer pa sa loob" to no one in particular and flicking the switches on and off. There were probably just three or four of us inside. I don't understand what's so hard about applying their standard procedure of informing customers of closing time directly, unless that's not really standard. Rude service really ruins your experience, even if the place is nice.

Nice part of rock well center having covid19 regulations in showing vacine card to dine in there upstairs dinning but closed for regulations but there is al fresco outside
Good choice of drinks and snacks

Great service... unfortunately I really don't like the coffee tastes watered down hot or cold

AMBIENCE
It felt nice to be slightly away from the mall; it made me feel their branch was more peaceful. More seats were available on the second floor, but during our evening visit, it was still pretty full. We were fortunate to get seats downstairs after awhile.

BEVERAGE
Wishing Star Dark Mocha Frappuccino was good but I didn't really get my money's worth. It's basically a pretty and well-decorated Dark Mocha Frappucino. The green tea whipped cream and the cereal stars seemed to contribute more to presentation rather than flavor. For this season, I think I'm all set with Toffeenut and Peppermint Mocha. Bringing back the Gingerbread would put stars in my eyes!

SERVICE
I tried to be witty with our barista order-taker about my order but she seemed to take it differently. It's okay, though. I'm all game for frankness. Different strokes for different folks.