Is there still only 9 starbucks in Dublin

Poxyshamrock

For a while in Dublin every week a new starbucks would be "coming soon" but the starbucks website hasn't shown any new starbucks open in dublin since 2006. Is it still only the 9 Starbucks in Dublin plus the one in Kildare? Or has the starbucks website just stopped updating their website?

arybvtcw0eolkf

Ring 'em. Its quicker than here.

Linku

They've had one on Stephens Green listed on the website for almost a year, but doesn't seem to be open yet.

All the ones I know of [in Dublin] are
1. College Green
2. BT2 (Grafton St)
3. Mespil Road
4. Harcourt St
5. Dundrum Town Centre
6. Liffey Valley
7. Borders, Blanchardstown

They now have main street Blackrock (the old post office), and The Green Strand Street, Malahide listed as future outlets. Stephens Green is still listed, maybe it's a concession within an office? I think Vodafone and Microsoft both have Starbucks in their offices.

boneless

Nine too many... I hate the way Dublin is starting to look like any other city in the world!

Okay, I'm a grumpy old man...:p

Linku

Starbucks have played it fair here so far, unless they takeover one or more of the other coffee chains, or start over-saturating areas I don't have a problem.

In fact, I'm psyched for the one in Blackrock now, that's a nice building for a coffee shop

sofireland

Linku wrote:

They've had one on Stephens Green listed on the website for almost a year, but doesn't seem to be open yet.

All the ones I know of [in Dublin] are
1. College Green
2. BT2 (Grafton St)
3. Mespil Road
4. Harcourt St
5. Dundrum Town Centre
6. Liffey Valley
7. Borders, Blanchardstown

They now have main street Blackrock (the old post office), and The Green Strand Street, Malahide listed as future outlets. Stephens Green is still listed, maybe it's a concession within an office? I think Vodafone and Microsoft both have Starbucks in their offices.

Bank of Scotland Ireland have a starbucks in the office.
They have one in Blanchardstown shopping centre as well as in Borders.

egan007

boneless wrote:

Nine too many... I hate the way Dublin is starting to look like any other city in the world!

Okay, I'm a grumpy old man...:p

Grumpy old men....
Im in, what's the point to a coffee shop like starbucks, they don't even have nice coffee any rant rant rant.....
I should be happy it keeps all the good coffee shops available

dazberry

sofireland wrote:

Bank of Scotland Ireland have a starbucks in the office.

Sure you don't mean Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS)/Ulster Bank etc? - they have one in their restaurant.

D.

Crucifix

There's one in DCU aswell.

damienom

Two franchises in RTÉ too

macrubicon

There is a Franchise in IT Tallaght as well.....

giddyup

macrubicon wrote:

There is a Franchise in IT Tallaght as well.....

The franchises aren't worth a ****e. Don't know how they manage it but the stuff they serve up where I work is not the same as the stuff you get in the normal high street stores. Don't know how they manage it becuase I'm pretty sure they use the same ingredients / syrup etc but it ain't the same.

macrubicon

giddyup wrote:

The franchises aren't worth a ****e. Don't know how they manage it but the stuff they serve up where I work is not the same as the stuff you get in the normal high street stores. Don't know how they manage it becuase I'm pretty sure they use the same ingredients / syrup etc but it ain't the same.

Could not agree more... It's all about the training and proper brewing - both of which go out the door as time goes on... :mad:

They should have the franchises monitored for quality to protect their brand.

Anyhow... back on topic.... Bring on Blackrock

WindSock

They are opening up in Malahide too. It's a load of pants anyway.

Narraaja

In Blancharstown Shopping Centre is also one. So, in Blancharstown is two Starbucks.

Poxyshamrock

WOW!!! I'm convinved Starbucks read Boards.ie becuase no sooner do I have this thread when they updated their Store List.

Linku

Poxyshamrock wrote:

WOW!!! I'm convinved Starbucks read Boards.ie becuase no sooner do I have this thread when they updated their Store List.

This is the list to look for, it was updated a good while ago, the UK site is really messy and the Irish lists aren't updated.

tom1975

An Irish times article last month said Starbucks will be opening in Dawson Street in the old Ebookers store and also one in the new Oval building development on Shelbourne Road. They have planning permission in for an outlet in Ranelagh and I believe they have one in Cork airport but that may just be a kiosk.

Poxyshamrock

There's a bit of a starbucks in Limerick. The Cafe in The George Boutique Hotel does Starbucks coffee and Tazo's only...but it's not worth talking about.
No Frapuccinos!

BendiBus

tom1975 wrote:

An Irish times article last month said Starbucks will be opening in Dawson Street in the old Ebookers store and also one in the new Oval building development on Shelbourne Road. They have planning permission in for an outlet in Ranelagh and I believe they have one in Cork airport but that may just be a kiosk.

Here's the IT article.

copacetic

damienom wrote:

Two franchises in RTÉ too

only one. one in microsoft too..

Dub13

They seem to be ignoring the city's Northside,maybe they see the brand as been to 'upmarket' for this area.

segaBOY

There's one in the basement of the Royal College of Surgeons, all the Americans going there keep the place going-still no ATM, student bar or student shop tho....but obviously expensive coffee's more important.....

Evangelion

Crucifix wrote:

There's one in DCU aswell.

Theres actually 2 in DCU.

There's one in Wyeth Grange Castle for that matter too

glenroe2006

Two new Starbucks in Blanchardstown, one outside Leisureplex that just opened and another beside Ben & Jerry's in UCI, right across the road opening on Monday. That makes FOUR in the Blanchardstown Centre!

Ideo

Edit: Never mind

carlmango11

Not sure if it's been mentioned but there's one in the CHQ building in the docklands. Also one either opening on being renovated on Dawson Street just off Grafton Street.

And yeah there doesnt seem to be any on the northside!! :mad:

I read somewhere there was one in Stephens Green, anyone know where abouts??

jam_mac_jam

carlmango11 wrote: »

Not sure if it's been mentioned but there's one in the CHQ building in the docklands. Also one either opening on being renovated on Dawson Street just off Grafton Street.

And yeah there doesnt seem to be any on the northside!! :mad:

I read somewhere there was one in Stephens Green, anyone know where abouts??

None on the Northside? Where do you think the IFSC and Blanch are?

Schlemm

Also a franchise in UCD, ripping students off with their overpriced coffee. Bah.

the boss of me

And yeah there doesnt seem to be any on the northside!! :mad:

The one in Malahide is open but meh , that's not really n/s is it ?

Anyway Starbucks is liquid s//te imo, better off with Insomnia.

BendiBus

Starbucks opened in Dublin Airport about a month ago.

Zaph

I was in Madrid a couple of weeks ago and it was frightening how many Starbucks there are there. You literally could see one on just about every street. Only a matter of time before Dublin is the same.

Dub13

BendiBus wrote: »

Starbucks opened in Dublin Airport about a month ago.

Were is it in the airport...?

BendiBus

Dub13 wrote: »

Were is it in the airport...?

Upstairs, foodhall, landside. Opposite end from O'Briens & McDonalds

Dub13

BendiBus wrote: »

Upstairs, foodhall, landside. Opposite end from O'Briens & McDonalds

Thanks I may check it out,I only had a Starbucks once and it was not great I may give them one more chance.

dudara

zaph wrote: »

I was in Madrid a couple of weeks ago and it was frightening how many Starbucks there are there. You literally could see one on just about every street. Only a matter of time before Dublin is the same.

Spend a day wandering around London and you'll be terrified by the amount of Starbucks. Surely there's a saturation point?

_blank_

There's one currently being built on Dawson Street, Cafe en Seine side, further away from the green.

And, there's a franchise in the building I work in in Sandyford too.

fitzyshea

jam_mac_jam wrote: »

None on the Northside? Where do you think the IFSC and Blanch are?

I think people mean the city centre. It is a pity there are none near Henry st. But you have costa and O'Briens and Insomnia in this area. Was in New York a few weeks ago and there is nearly one outlet on each block. How they actually amke money when they compete against each other is mad.

garytuohy

there is actually 5 in Blanchardstown

The Ebay Building has one + the four mentioned above!!

Malteaser!

giddyup wrote: »

The franchises aren't worth a ****e. Don't know how they manage it but the stuff they serve up where I work is not the same as the stuff you get in the normal high street stores. Don't know how they manage it becuase I'm pretty sure they use the same ingredients / syrup etc but it ain't the same.

True story, the one is DCU is AWFUL.

I've actually given up getting stuff there, they've put the wrong syrups into the coffees and even the hot chocolate loads of times. The only good thing about them is they have the nice Starbucks cream.

jdivision

Plus the fact that they don't compete against one another. Starbucks don't franchise as far as I know, Magic Johnson was given the right to open some in poor neighbourhoods but think that's the only exception to the rule i've heard of, so they basically own them all and when you own them all and you've largely blasted the competition away and also control a huge amount of the worlwide coffee production you can just increase your prices because people don't have an alternative.

Sandraf

I only noticed a new starbucks in Dawson Street the other day. Could be there for a while as I haven't been there - should be nice as its just off the always busy grafton st.

jambr

I really dont know why everyone is going crazy for Starbucks coffee.... its awful dishwater. Must be just a fashion thing with people who dont know what real coffee tastes like. Cannot believe they are popular in Madrid bet its just the kids and tourists that drink it there. The Spanish love their strong coffee. In Dublin you can get great coffee in any of the Dunne & Crescenzi's.

GerardKeating

Sandraf wrote: »

I only noticed a new starbucks in Dawson Street the other day. Could be there for a while as I haven't been there - should be nice as its just off the always busy grafton st.

I think you noticed it on the opening day...

Malteaser!

There's a new one in the Blanch centre as well. Just in beside Ben and Jerrys at the UCI.

Dunno how many that makes now...

copacetic

Mr.S wrote: »

it opened a week before christmas

which is when he posted funnily enough.

ongarboy

read somewhere that the Coombe hospital is going to get one soon so that all the nervous expectant fathers can get their caffine fixes while they wait for their partners to deliver the goods!

punchdrunk

dublin zoo sells starbucks coffee,think it's a franchise tho

carlmango11

punchdrunk wrote: »

dublin zoo sells starbucks coffee,think it's a franchise tho

Yeah it is, really horrible too. Got a caramel machiatto in there once, it just tasted like watery dirt with milk, sugar and a sad excuse for caramel :D

fillefatale

At this rate the GPO will be getting one next.

Ste.phen

Well there was a plan to turn the GPO's courtyard into a coffee shop for the museum proposal...