This Starbucks Café with Drive Thru is located on Wellington Road next to Pizza Nova and Jersey…read moreMike's, just north of the White Oaks Mall.
This Starbucks store features the standard drink menu offering hot & cold fresh brewed coffee (Blonde, Pike, Dark Roast), tea, espresso drinks, lattes, macchiatos, frappuccinos, and Nitro Cold Brew plus cold bottled drinks, baked goods, sandwiches, and snacks. They also sell ground coffee, Verismo pods, Via instant drink packets, mugs, tumblers, and gift sets. Inside the café, there is ample seating here with tables, long banquette seating along the wall and high chair seating along the front windows. There are plenty of power outlets to plug in your electronic devices. At the self-serve drink mixing station, they have milk and cream canisters (no half & half in Canada Starbucks), standard sugars (inc Plantation raw sugar), sweeteners, napkins and drink lids. For half & half, use both the milk and cream available.
The Starbucks Rewards program in Canada is interchangeable with the US Starbucks Rewards program. The Starbucks gift cards from the United States are valid here in Canada and the paid amount in CAD will automatically deduct to the converted currency of the card's country origin based on the current exchange rate, no transaction fees.
After shopping at the nearby mall, I decided to stop at this less busy Starbucks cafe for some caffeine and sweet snacks and to do some work on my laptop. I used my Starbucks Gold Rewards card here and enjoyed a Tall Dark Roast ($2.15+$0.28=$2.43 CAD) which was actually $1.71 USD on charged my Starbucks card, cheaper than what I normally pay at a US Starbucks. I also used my Starbucks Gold Rewards card for a free coffee refill (same visit only), the same policy at US Starbucks stores. I also enjoyed an Oat Bar, which is not sold in US Starbucks stores.
The barista here was very friendly and we got into a conversation about how the Starbucks prices for me at this store were lower than what I pay back in the US after currency conversion on the Starbucks app. We also talked about NFL football. I told him I was from New England, and he asked me if I was a Tom Brady fan (Brady left the New England Patriots in 2020). I told him I was actually a Buffalo Bills fan and the barista was informed me he also roots for the Buffalo Bills since the team is close to London (and so are the Detroit Lions).
After spending about 90 minutes here finishing up my work later into the early evening, I headed out to dinner.