Nickname: Laura

Review: I'm am currently study abroad student here is Paris. I hate to see Starbucks homogenize the cafe culture of such a wonderful city with such a long cafe history. However, as a student living in tight quarters with need for space to study, I have yet to find SBUX's equivalent for a study space. Comfortable seating, clean bathrooms, sizable portions power outlets, and internet, make it a very tempting choice.

Date reviewed: Oct 1, 2008 5:41 PM

Nickname: Pet

Review: A Parisian cafe is a horrible institution with less than service-minded personnel thinking all clients are a pain. I live in South of France (near Italy) where coffee tastes the way it should, except, I just love to sip on a half-litre Starbucks coffee in the morning but there is none to get as the French coffee syndicate has guaranteed the little French cafe de merde (no cleanliness, no service) monopoly and no choice!

Date reviewed: Aug 25, 2008 9:57 PM

Nickname: Francisco

Review: Starbucks will fail here in France, because it serves tasteless Americano swill. American's think pastry is dunkin donuts - ugg.

Date reviewed: Jul 3, 2008 2:52 PM

Nickname: Yous

Review: What?§!? what really matters is the coffee, and I hesitate any European coffee lover could go to Starbuckio to have a Frapush!t. Leaving apart the quality of the coffee, it's incomparable the charming of the cafés in comparison with the cold industrial looking of Starbuckio.

Date reviewed: Jul 3, 2008 12:19 AM

Nickname: Raj

Review: Who wants standardized Starbuck cafes and sky high prices? In Belgium we have many cafes, and each has its own atmosphere. Moreover, prices are reasonable.

Date reviewed: Jul 27, 2006 8:46 AM

Nickname: reader

Review: Jess, don't blame Americans for France's acceptance of Starbucks. Nobody forces them to desert their smoky, crowded, poor-service cafes for the clean, smoke-free, friendly atmosphere of Starbucks. Blame the French: they're the ones abandoning their own culture for something better.

Date reviewed: Jul 20, 2006 9:38 PM

Nickname: jess

Review: I hope that Starbucks will NOT catch on in France. Why ruin a beautiful country with another American chain? Americans - if you are living/traveling in France and complaining about other cafes ...leave. France is better off without you...you are the uncultured snobs.

Date reviewed: Jul 18, 2006 4:10 PM

Nickname: mon

Review: Several years ago I would bet my yearly salary that Starbucks would not be succesful in Spain, Italy and France. In Barcelona where I live, it has become trendy with the "upper leftist class" to go sip a frapuccino at Starbucks. (I imagine that afterwards they would go and demonstrate against globalization :-)) Anyway, in my opinion the success of Starbucks in Spain is the quality of the coffee they serve. Saludos from sunny Barcelona

Date reviewed: Jul 11, 2006 1:51 PM

Nickname: ebik

Review: I'm an American and spent two months in Paris. I never go to Starbucks in the US, but went every day in Paris. I also frequently went to the local cafes. Not only is Starbucks clean and smoke-free, but the staff were friendly and allowed me to order in French without interrupting me in English! Most of all, it's one of the few places in Paris that appears interested in its customers and their desires.

Date reviewed: Jun 28, 2006 10:36 AM

Nickname: La Spliffe

Review: I'd be surprised if Starbucks spreads much beyond Paris, the specific problem in Paris being the degradation of the coffee culture. What they serve in those espresso cups in typical cafés there is nothing like what espresso is, and on average much worse than in the provinces -- too weak, too tasteless, too stale. Starbucks got in because the normal cafés use too much water, and though I'm no fan of Starbucks, it's what the Parisian cafés deserve.

Date reviewed: Jun 6, 2006 9:11 PM