Morning departures on Southwest from B15–B22? This is your caffeine stop.
The Starbucks near gates B15–B22 in Terminal 4 sits right in the Southwest flow, so the line starts forming by 5:30 a.m. and can stay long through the 8:00 a.m. bank. Prices match mainland Starbucks (around $3.50 for brewed coffee, $5–7 for espresso drinks), so you’re mostly paying with time, not money. Rating hovers around 2 stars, which tracks with the pace more than the drinks themselves.
There are roughly three Starbucks in Terminal 4, but Reddit users call out the B-gates location as having the slowest line. One review mentions waiting 20 minutes for a simple latte, even without a massive queue. If you’re near A or D gates, it’s usually faster to hit one of those Starbucks instead of walking to B15–B22 just because it looks central.
Menu is the standard Starbucks lineup: drip coffee, espresso drinks, teas, refreshers, and the usual breakfast sandwiches and protein boxes. Expect the hot breakfast sandwiches to run $4–6 and pastries around $3–4. Food quality is exactly what you’d get off-airport, but the pickup counter near B15–B22 gets congested, and people crowd around waiting for names to be called.
Mobile ordering technically works at PHX Terminal 4, but reviews from multiple T4 locations mention orders not being ready at the quoted time. At the B-gates shop, that often means your “skip the line” move still takes 10–15 minutes. The small seating and staging area near the register and pickup can feel jammed when two or three flights out of B17 and B19 board at once.
Tip: If your boarding pass shows a Southwest departure from B15–B22, build in at least 20 extra minutes for this Starbucks; otherwise, grab coffee at a different Terminal 4 location before walking down to the B pier.