STARBUCKS Heping Shop

After ordering coffee and a sandwich there were no available seats. This would be ok except, there were several non-customers who were taking up seats. Since it is a small venue seats should be reserved for paying customers...I asked the waiter but she did not help me to find a place.

It’s always too busy. Not enough power sockets in good positions. It’s an odd one. I prefer Firewood cafe instead or Louisa. But you can’t complain about the Starbucks Location - amazing. No 1 location of any coffee shop in Guting or even Chen Kai shek.

The division by the big cross section is very near to MRT Guting station. It is not far from the normal university, either. Although it is not roomy with many seats, the atmosphere inside is good, cozy and casual. The staff here is friendly with prompt service. The product of the brand is special and famous. Apart from coffee and tea, they also sell coffee beans and snack packs. Their coffee is fine and the light food is delicious, but all are quite expensive. The portion does not meet the price, so to buy it when discount is wise.

Standard Starbucks. Big collection of their merchandise and cups if you like their designs ~ The lemon tart (70nt) has a soggy crust (I guess from sitting in display case for a while...) and I think could be more tart with stronger lemon flavor. Their promotional strawberry pudding has a super artificial strawberry flavor with a swipe of strawberry jelly at the bottom, not really worth the price. Well, it's kind of expected though ? promotional strawberry desserts look pretty at least with decent variety!

A comfortable place for reading, doing homeworks, studying or any other related activity with a broad variety of coffee and snacks. The only thing I can critique is, it's not as big as other stores, so must of the time there are not available spots. But anyway, that's something out of their hands.

Several weeks ago, when Covid-19 in Taiwan is not so widely and seriously spread like now, in a light blue jeans shorts bought in Uniqlo on web, I ordered in Starbucks Coffee a meal in promotion which includes a large cup of black coffee and a croissant with cheese and ham. I used to buy a sack of 10 croissants or 10 "pains aux chocolat" in supermarket "Monoprix" near my residence in Paris to eat as my breakfast when I studied PHD on French Literature in University Paris VII about 20 years ago. The French croissant is so well-known in the whole world and its form is so unique. This morning, I made myself a delicious original croissant with slices of organic tomato, processed Cheddar cheese "Chesdale" & steamed egg powdered with ground black pepper and parsley leaves from Germany. It is very easy to do so, healthy and cheaper than croissant sold in Coffee shop in Taipei. Why not try it? In addition, I recommend an interesting and important interview with ex-American president Barack Obama " Fatherhood, Leadership & Legacy" on CNN at 8 o'clock (Hong Kong time) next Monday (June 07, 2021)! I want to note that,unfortunately, this Starbucks Coffee near station of metro "Gu-ting" does not have any facilities for disabled people.

Cosy atmosphere, the quality of coffee and pastry is as expected. Nice design for a small place. Still a good place to chill with friends, or reading, work on your lap-top.

Small Starbucks in the corner of Gu-Ting station! They have toilets here, a few seats, and good view. Pretty friendly staffs, very busy around rush hours. (8am-9am)