Starbucks: The Market Common, Arlington, Virginia Restaurant Details

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store is spacious and has good seating area but only if you can deal with the loud music and even louder rowdy baristas creating chaos...

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So very loud music!!!!

No speakers anywhere close to the employees so they can not even hear any music. So they ignored my recommendation to lower the volume. I thought customers come first in all starbucks locations; it was 6:00am and the music seemed as though screaming at the customers to leave the store.

Food:

There's a whole bunch of Starbucks in this area. This is the busier of the ones I've found and usually with very slow service. I think the large clientèle is due to the whole foods just across the street,

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This place has a Clover machine. It's easily the best cup of coffee you can get anywhere. It's like a french press but faster and tastier. I only go to starbucks that have Clovers. Hopefully they will all have them one day.

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This Starbucks is OK if you are walking to it. There is a 15 min. lot just outside of it, but people park there for longer than the limit. We stopped by, got regular brews, went to the Whole Foods across the street, then walked back. Took about 45 mins total. The Starbucks 15 min parking lot had the same cars parked in it! Ridiculous. Good luck finding a parking spot. In terms of service, it can be good and it can be lame. The lines are always long so that makes for frustrated customers. Their staff are sometimes challenged and confused if you order a speciality drink such as a Triple Venti Half Sweet Non-Fat Caramel Macchiato with Soy. You will likely just get a plain ol' Caramel Macchiato. Thus, make sure to confirm with the cashier AT LEAST three times as to what your speciality drink is. Overall, three stars for this location.