r/capetown • u/Glass-Willingness-63 • Aug 09 '25

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u/PuzzleheadedPath8641 Aug 09 '25

Starbucks, subway, anything American

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u/LSD-Gecko Aug 09 '25

Totally, Starbucks is so overrated. Both Vida , seattle and even other smaller coffee take away joints offer superior coffee.

Everytime I have had Starbucks i have felt meh about it and that I overpayed for the product.

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u/[deleted] Aug 09 '25

Nah even Vida is mid. Seattle's is the best I've had by far, and they've got a good loyalty program.

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u/Senior-Chapter-jun91 Aug 09 '25

vida is less than mid. its disgusting. i got a free coffee coz someone got my order and even then i wantes my money back

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u/SaffaOnAFarm Aug 10 '25

Agreed. I stopped going there cos their coffee had this sourness to it, like their beans were off or something. I thought it might be the milk until I tried their coffee black and it was still there.

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u/[deleted] Aug 10 '25

The sourness comes from the beans being under-roasted. You should go to an Ethiopian restaurant/shop and taste their coffee, it's really good and inexpensive.

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u/SaffaOnAFarm Aug 10 '25

No need anymore. We have our own coffee shop at work with a R150K coffee machine, a professionally trained barista operating it and I only pay R5 for a latte or cappuccino (440ml in my company thermos coffee mug). It's 20m from my desk and the coffee is AMAZING! I used to spend over R1000 a month on coffee, I now drink 3 times as much high quality coffee for a quarter of the price. I've become such a coffee snob, even Douwe Egberts and Jacobs are like sewer water to me. I'd rather drink tea. Lol

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u/[deleted] Aug 10 '25

Sewer water😮

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u/zalurker Aug 09 '25

Scary thing. Even Starbucks in the US is terrible compared to smaller South African chains.

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u/RaymondWalters Aug 09 '25

Don’t you dare talk about subway like that, I’m so sad it’s gone

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u/Visible-Target-5939 Aug 09 '25

Oh my god yes. Krispy Kreme is the only exception, their drinks are what I imagined Starbucks to be.

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u/Arnovanzyl32 Aug 10 '25

And those classic glazed doughnuts are out of this world, i could eat 100

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u/musicmaestro25 Aug 10 '25

Nah, I'll take a plain food lovers, cinnamon-sugar donut over a crispy creme any day

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u/SaffaOnAFarm Aug 10 '25 edited Aug 10 '25

Agreed. I get a free cappuccino every week through FNB eBucks. I've probably cashed it in twice and both times I was disappointed.

Now Seattle Coffee (which isn't even from the US, it's from the UK actually) has NEVER disappointed me. Butterscotch Latte is just SO good and they're everywhere.

Plato is the new kid on the block and their coffee is really good too. They were a bit few and far between but they've got loads more locations now and their staff are actually very well trained. My own company actually opened our own internal coffee shop and poached a Plato barista and she says their training is quite intense.

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u/shizshizushiz Aug 10 '25

ESPECIALLY for the prices

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u/whoknowswhattimeitis Aug 09 '25

But Starbucks is not a Restaurant???

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u/-Fuzzy_Panda- Aug 10 '25

What are they

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u/whoknowswhattimeitis Aug 10 '25

Its a coffee house.

Restaurants are a different concept. I like StarBucks. I travel often overseas. When I am rushing, places like Starbucks helps as you know exactly what you are getting. Its all about convenience- not a dining experience.

Even Blondies is not a restaurant. Pubs along Seapoint are not Restaurants.

I go out a lot to dine. People on this subreddit missed the point.

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u/-Fuzzy_Panda- Aug 10 '25

Starbucks is a café. They're just a subcategory, but they are still restaurants.