What a surprise to find Coco in Hamilton!!! Of course I had to go and try it out. And I dragged…read moremy friend and her granddaughter with me. They haven't tried bubble tea before, so I was excited for them to try. I got 3 guys with less sugar and ice. Tasted good. My friend tried mango iced green tea with coconut jelly. She didn't like tapioca, and the associate gave her a little cup of the coconut jelly to sample before putting it into her tea. She liked it. And she also got her granddaughter to try the jelly as well, and the granddaughter decided to put it into her iced lemon tea. Note that there aren't many options of toppings to choose from, but at least the service is ace.

This location has the most seating I have ever seen for a bubble tea place! I got my usual drink -…read moretheir #1 top drink and it took quite awhile for them to make it even though there were a lot of employees working at the time. The drink was amazing, as usually, tea flavor was really strong. Lots of occupants here were mostly students at neighboring colleges, just hanging out. The wifi at the time wasn't working for me (at the time when I needed it the most haha)

The food and drinks here are delicious and the service is speedy too! I personally love the beef…read morenoodle soup, pork noodle soup, Taiwanese tofu, and the Thai iced tea here is best I've had too. I come here all the time and it's always good, highly recommend :)

Genuinely addicted to the Taiwan fried tofu. I go for it like 3 times a week. The Thai tea is…read morebetter then any Thai tea I've had before

Came here with friends as an alternative from bubble tea but still getting a bubble tea related…read moredrink. The pricing here is similar to the original Hong Kong one which is quite pricy but hey it's a nice treat yourself kind of place The aesthetic of the restaurant is quite cute and the tables are a nice marble white colour which makes the mango related items pop out I ordered one of their signature mango drinks with aloe and it was delicious

I remember years ago when I first stepped into a real Chinese bakery. Actually, it was probably…read morethe first time in any real authentic Chinese place. I grew up in Scarborough (yes...Scarberia, Scarlem, ...blah) and Chinese food was your standard sweet and sour chicken balls, fried rice, egg rolls and fortune cookies. Thank the Lord that I went to UofT in downtown Toronto. It was an education in people, places, and things!!! I got to experience many flavours of Asia. Especially food from different parts of China and surrounding countries. It was wonderful, but I never liked was their desserts. Always found it artificial tasting, lacking in basic amounts of butter, milk, sugar, even technique. I didn't expect much walking to Hui Lau Shan, however, the business has done a wonderful job of modernizing and making the shop comfortable. Numerous seats and bench for you to plop yourself down and enjoy a meal on tables that have been made by one of the staff's significant other. Fun fact! It turns out that this is a chain from a famous dessert place back in Hong Kong. Here is a wiki on them: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hui_Lau_Shan The story of how this location was put together and opened was quite charming and cute. One of the owners came to Canada over a decade ago and wanted to have her favourite dessert place. Worked with a couple of people and opened up this franchise. Standing next to her husband, they recount the tale of how the place opened and what they wish to accomplish. The main attraction at HLS is the MANGO. They take painstaking steps ensure that they get the right variety and do their best to ensure that it is just ripening. Much detail to the freshness is seen in all their ingredients and finished products - they will not sell their mochi mango balls if they have been sitting for two days. Production must be well thought out. Their are plenty of choices on their menu. So many items in both to go cups and sit down and enjoy goblets. The number of ways they can produce a mango dessert is mind boggling. The way they prepare and plate is well thought out too. My personal experience and review, is based on the hospitality of the place, and the takeout that I had. I ordered a mango pomelo sago drink, and 6 of their mango mochi. WOW!...flavour explosion. Move over ice cream and waffle joints, move over french cafes, and Italian bakeries. Asian desserts have landed! You can really taste the freshness of the mango, the sweetness and just the little tartness that I like. Their sinful mochi is stuffed with a generous chunk of mango and dusted in coconut shavings. You cannot stop at one...or even 2. I had my espresso after the mochi as I didn't want to spoil the taste of each bite. I think that there is an HLS nearby and hope to have the same experience there, but I will make a note to drop by here if I am running through Hamilton. OR hmmm...any Commuting Yelper can pick me up a dozen please!!! Cheers!!!

great is corn flakes, this place is out of this world,... the staff's professional conduct here is…read moresomething to behold. she is so bad, too bad beautiful the one with the bleached hairdo especially.

First time going here, honest review + impression 1) PLACE:…read moreit's a large place, spacious & many tables for different types of people / # of people (& and had cool swing chairs) 2) CLEANLINESS: Pretty clean overall, bathrooms were clean and had fresheners, and open/close buttons for the doors and had a family washroom so it was accessible for those with disabilities as well 3) ATMOSPHERE: When we came, it was a bit awkward because there were only 2 works (one behind the cashier to make drinks and one serving orders), we felt the need to whisper b/c it was very quiet for a cafe - later on, the server started playing some music so that was better 4) FOOD AND MENU: menu has a lot of various flavours for drinks and a good amount of actual food like soups, chicken, etc and a small amount of finger foods like pop corn chicken, fries, and fried squid - originally, my cousin asked for a fresh mango slush but they didn't have any fresh mango in stock so she had to opt for a regular mango slush (which is made out of mango flavoured powder) - The food came within 10-15 minutes- it was hot and tasted mediocre ~ there was nothing special about it - our drinks were about $4.99 each, and our little finger foods were around $4.99- $6.99 as well - I ordered the taro milk tea but there were small chunks of taro when drinking it which I didn't like that much, I appreciate the freshness but I wish the worker blended it more properly - bubble tea, popcorn chicken and fried squid is decent 5) SERVICE: the server was a young college student and was decent/okay - He helped us find a good spot considering there was 5 of us - gave us the menu - My cousin asked about what a specific drink was and he didn't really know what it was or how to explain it - later on, he suddenly took away the napkins, chopsticks and soup spoons from our table and traded them for forks which I found weird b/c we're Filipino and we also know how to use chopsticks ... - We needed napkins later on and he was sitting down so my friend got up to get them herself by the counter - OVERALL: hard to approach or get the servers attention, but he was decent enough 5) PRICING: we ordered 5 bubble teas with tapioca (& one had lychee+ tapioca), 2 pop corn chickens, 2 fried squids, and 1 sweet potato fries ~ OUR TOTAL WAS AROUND $71.00 !!!! - The bowls of food were tiny baskets, and portions were small, although the glasses of bubble tea were tall so I'd say the drinks are worth buying but not the food - The food isn't worth the money, nothing special about them and I felt as though they were something I can easily make at home but better lol 6) OTHER: - have an ok variety of games and board games which was nice, they also had Asian board games which was cool OVERALL: * GOOD PLACE TO GO IF YOU WANNA JUST DRINK BUBBLE TEA * GOOD PLACE TO GO IF YOU LIKE PLACES THAT DONT HAVE THAT MANY PPL * Experience wouldve been MUCH better if the service and atmosphere was better and more enthusiastic * I recommend eating at a different place and then coming to FunTea afterwards to chill/talk and just drink bubble tea

This review is primarily for Nations pineapple taro bun…read more Usually when you visit a Chinese bakery, the staple pineapple buns are: plain, red bean, custard and maybe a savoury one like BBQ pork. Hence why I was super surprised to see taro and pineapple at Nations in Hamilton. For about $1.49, if you like pineapple buns and taro, you will love this match made in heaven. Besides the pineapple taro bun, Nations is a great grocery store to have in downtown Hamilton. It's got prepped foods, produce, and lots of specialty goods. I even snagged a pack of shallot egg rolls, though unfortunately that buy was underwhelming. Pre-COVID days Nations also had a mini food court inside, which seemed fun. Not sure when that'll open up again but I'll definitely grab more than 1 pineapple taro next time I pass by!

The market is well organized and clean. The hot bar and the sushi are amazing. The sushi here is…read morebetter than some restaurants I've tried. The Fire House Roll is my absolute favourite. The bakery is pretty decent as well. You can find more exotic fruits and vegetables here but they can be very pricey. You can also find some snacks from other countries that you wouldn't normally be able to find elsewhere. The service at checkout is not the greatest. They always seem to have an attitude for no reason. But the sushi and the hit bar keeps me coming back.

We've been pretty happy with our Door Dash meals from 8090 Tea House. We like to get a bunch of…read moresmall dishes to share and usually get the beef wrapped enoki mushrooms as a starter. I love enoki mushrooms and I usually only get to eat them in ramen soups, so it's fun to have another way to enjoy them! We've also have tried the edamame and chicken wings. But the star of our meals has been the ramen. Our tip for anyone ordering soup / broth from any restaurant is to heat it up again once it's delivered, and serve in your own dishes. You will have a few extra dishes to wash but there's nothing like piping hot soup. It's almost like going to a restaurant. Thanks to the staff, delivery drivers and chefs for helping feed Hamilton during the pandemic! We appreciate the effort and variety offered.

This place surprised me. So did the HUGE size of their large iced tea. Lots of variety. I got a…read moresmall Korean spicy fried chicken, and I gotta say, it was the first time I've ever had it and now I'm on the hunt for some more. Absolutely delicious. I also ordered a lychee black iced tea and it was in a huge beer stien and so fresh. Took a while to get but you could see why when you tasted how fresh it was. My only complaint is that they didnt have the A/C on and it was definitely hot and sticky in late June. But besides that this place is great. I cant wait to go back and try more iced teas

The service here is AWFUL and the tables aren't even clean!! My friends and I came here last night…read moreand were all extremely dissatisfied. Firstly, when we walked in I told one of the staff members we wanted a table for 4. He said "ok" and then walked away and didn't do anything??? Eventually we figured we were supposed to just pick a table ourselves so we sat down at one of the only empty tables and it was disgusting! There was leftover food residue and liquids all over the table from the last customers that ate there. We literally sat at this dirty disgusting table for 10 minutes just waiting for someone to bring us menus. I pushed the call button several times in an attempt to get one of the staff members' attention but they ignored all the calls. The first guy we asked to seat us at a table was too busy on his phone to even notice us and one girl was blatantly ignoring the bell sounds from the call button. When we finally got our menus we were informed that this place is cash only. Since we only had debit/credit we ultimately had to walk out. A complete waste of time TLDR: AWFUL SERVICE, DIRTY TABLES, CASH ONLY

Came here on a Friday at 7 PM. The place was empty so we were the only ones. Issues I had:…read more - I got the durian supreme ($8.49) which in general was a pretty good dessert, but portion size was tiny! They also cheap out by putting so much whipped cream and only a sliver of durian. - they are cash only. Not even debit?? - my biggest issue was the mandatory 10% service fee. No restaurant should ever mandate tip because it is the customer's discretion how much to give based on service. It's common practice to add a service fee for large groups, but my partner and I were only two people who stayed for 30 mins, getting only one item. Moreover, we were given no advance warning when we sat down. We weren't even told when we got the bill, and had I not looked more closely, I might have even added extra tip on top of that. I don't support these practices and won't be back.

Cool spot to hang out & play some board games ! Their bubble tea is mediocre while their Asian…read moreinspired-pub food is great. Be careful walking around this area at night though, it's pretty sketchy.

Oh boy, this place is by far one of the worst milk tea places I've ever been to. I'm from…read moreCalifornia so milk tea shops are available everywhere and at extremely good quality and price. I decided to give this place 2 stars just considering the fact that this is the only place with milk tea/bubble tea available in Hamilton. I ordered a red bean milk tea, my sister ordered a brown sugar milk tea, and my brother order a green milk tea. My drink tasted so artificial and sweet. I drank about a third of it and couldn't even finish it. While my brother and sister's drinks were much better than mine, it was still too sweet and powdery for us. The only good thing here is the tapioca pearls/boba. It was soft and a little bit chewy, but much better than the drinks themselves. This place is just really lucky they don't have other milk tea/boba joints to compete with here. If I do have a craving for milk tea any time soon I'll wait until I'm in Toronto.

I did not realize just how big these scoops would be, but my goodness, my ice cream cravings were…read moresatisfied. If a kiddie size is one scoop, those kids are in for a sugar rush and brain freeze haha. Talk about value! Serving up Hewitt's ice cream (my favourite commercial brand!) with classic flavours like mint chip and chocolate, as well as unique flavours like salty dawg and blueberry cheesecake. Ice cream is kept nice and cold, so it was a bit of a workout to eat it with a spoon (but on those humid hot days, I definitely appreciate extra cold, firm ice cream). My only constructive feedback is that I wish they had some outdoor seating/tables because the shop is quite small, and we ended up having to eat standing outside.

Good food. Friendly service! Didn't have to wait long. Everything fresh. Great place to try…read moreeveryone.