Starbucks Sydney Jones Library in Liverpool

I have visited the Starbucks in the Sydney Jones Library on many occasions. I have always found it to be pretty good. The staff are absolutely fantastic here - always very friendly and queueing never takes too long, so full marks to the whole team! Considering this is a University franchise of Starbucks, the selection of drinks is pretty extensive and very reasonably priced, for example a small tea is £1.60, which is pretty cheap. The selection of snacks isn't quite so good, but I think what is offered is perfectly sufficient. In my experience, this place is clean and tidy and is a nice place to set your laptop up and study, albeit please note that on some days, it shuts at 3pm, which I think is unnecessarily early. However, one thing which puzzled me is why they are continuing to social distance tables. Well after the 1m rule was axed on 19th July, this place has had less tables than normally, all a million miles away from each other which I thought was very strange, considering this place's surface area is small anyway. In my opinion, they're really shooting themselves in the foot by doing this as you are actively deterring custom! Having said that, I have a feeling that this is a University management decision, not a decision taken by the staff here. Also, this place does not accept cash whatsoever, in some weird bid to make the University campus 'cashless' and 'safer'. In terms of how disallowing people to pay cash in a coffee shop makes campus a 'safer place', your guess is as good as mine! Overall, it's a pretty decent coffee shop. I like to think that they've axed their ludicrous distancing measures by now, but if they haven't, note that you may struggle to find an empty table!

Fantastic, friendly staff. Happy to let you try their drinks before buying. 100% recommended. My new favorite cafe.