Finally got a chance to try the hanoi egg coffee. The bobarista did not ask me for a size so I am not sure if I can get a larger size. I would def adjust sweetness next time. Once the ice melts into it, it is good. The egg cream is good too. I also got the lychee milk tea with lowest sweetness and boba and it was pretty sweet. But good treat lol. Boba was a bit hard to chew. read more

Boba Me - Hanoi egg coffee - Desserts Near Me - Alameda, California

There is a lot of negative space in this boba place. I think they can add five more tables but at least it makes it less claustrophobic here. Tried the cheese foam on the brown sugar milk latte and it was delicious of course. We came in an hour before closing and it was nice and quiet. This is a quiet shop in the evening and for some reason I kept thinking it felt like the place where Michael Corleone shoots Sollozo. Nice, good food, nobody sticks their nose in your business, so I liked it a lot. I love third spaces and I'm glad there's a quiet spot in Alameda to relax after dinner. read more

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Refreshing and hits the spot. This is a huge restaurant with ample seating. You can order at the front kiosk or at the counter. We ordered ube coconut and strawberry Yakut. We are very pleased with our drinks. read more

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Ordered door dash delivery so only reviewing the actual food and drink items. Chose this spot because it was one of the few options available for boba after 8pm. Giving 2 stars because I ordered a plain croffle and it was tasty - good texture and perfectly dusted with powdered sugar but I won't lie - I opened this box and thought that someone must've eaten 75% of my croffle because what I received looks like a quarter of the whole thing. Definitely smaller than what I was expecting. Also got a jasmine milk tea with almond milk and house boba. Both the boba and almond milk were up charges which is pretty normal. The tea was very small however - there was more boba than tea; kind of disappointed to have paid the almond milk up charge for barely any tea or almond milk. Unlikely to order from here again. read more

Boba Me - Croffle - Desserts Near Me - Alameda, California

I decided to get a large lychee milk tea, 30% sweetness and 0% ice. It was ready quickly, within 2 minutes. The large is similar to what's considered a normal size at some stores, but factoring this in, price was average / on par with what many boba shops charge nowadays. The 30% sweet still tasted like at least 70%, it was way sweeter than I expected. Overall, I wish the tea flavor itself was more full-bodied and strong. The cups are pretty flimsy and soft/flexible, so just be wary of that when carrying it. read more

Boba Me - Large lychee milk tea - Desserts Near Me - Alameda, California

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Stopped by Boba Me and I'm already calling it a new favorite. I ordered the coffee milk tea (50% sweet and 50% ice) and it was really good. Smooth, bold, and perfectly balanced. My wife got the Taro tea (50% sweet and 50% ice) with extra taro and she said it was the best she's had so far. That's saying a lot. I meant to take a picture when I picked it up, but clearly I was too excited to drink it first. I settled with my order 75% gone.. This is officially our new boba spot. Highly recommend. read more

Boba Me - Coffee Milk Tea - Desserts Near Me - Alameda, California

Can't believe I'm writing a one star review for boba. More so on the quality than anything since this was for delivery. My nephew decided to order boba for all of us and chose this place. We ordered an Oreo swirl, a tiger boba, two coconut matcha, and another two drinks. Not sure how you can make coconut matcha wrong. Either I didn't know matcha comes in purple and taste like taro..Or maybe the person preparing the drinks decided to make coconut ube. But we ordered coconut matcha and according to the menu photo, their matcha is green as it usually is. Not just one but two drinks. I enjoy boba drinks. But when my tastebuds are having a craving for a particular flavor and then not satisfied is a big disappointment. Especially when my nephew spent over $45 on just boba drinks. read more

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Still one of my favorite boba shops in the bay . I always order the jasmine green milk tea with 75%-100% sugar with boba and 30% ice. My mom loves the passion fruit green tea with NO sugar. It's already sweet even without sugar. Very cute place to study, hangout with friends or just get some work done. read more

Boba Me - Drink menu 2 plus cordless and waffles - Desserts Near Me - Alameda, California

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This is the best boba I ever had when I came in I got greeted well and had nothing to complain about! read more

Boba Me - Desserts Near Me - Alameda, California

Boba Me is located in downtown Alameda. This is a pretty busy area, especially on weeknights and weekends, so parking may be a bit hit or miss. The service is horrible here after they rebranded or took over Ding Tea, it is pretty much non-existent. There were too many issues with my past 2 experiences, I hope the management will do something about these ongoing issues and retrain their staff on customer service and professionalism. As I mentioned, my last 2 visits were very problematic, just horrible. My second to last visit, I had trouble finding parking, so I called and ordered ahead, the employee asked for my eta and I told him less than 10 minutes, which he said it would be ready before then. I came in about 10 minutes and saw a long line inside waiting to order and was thinking it was good I ordered ahead. I did not want to cut the line, since I did not pay yet, so I still waited in that long line of people who needs to order, but at least my drink would be waiting for me after I pay (so I thought). The customers in front of me took awhile to order and when I was finally next, the employee did not acknowledge me and she walked away to start making drinks. After a while, she came back and I told her about my phone order and she rang me up, I thought she would go get my drink afterwards, so I stood to the side. I did not hear anything from her and saw her going back to making drinks, so I decided to be a bit more patient and after seeing countless of people get their drinks. This was getting ridiculous, so I decided to ask her. She asked the employee who took the phone order and he acting like he did not know she was talking about and continue making the orders he had been working on with no care in the world (it has probably been half an hour if not longer since he had taken my order on the phone). She apologized on his behalf as the other employee took no accountability for his mistake, started looking for my order / drink, realized no one had made it and made it quickly for me. I get mistakes happen, so I decided to give them another shot. I came back not too long after, as I was intrigued by their croffles. I decided to get my usual - their Jasmine Milk Tea along with a croffle. I was contemplating between their Lotus and Strawberry Croffles. I opted for their Lotus one. I patiently waited for my order and finally received it after awhile, I opened the box to check the croffle and I noticed that it has all these sauces on it with chocolate sauce on it as well which I am not a fan of - definitely did not look the photo at all. When I mentioned it to the employees, they did not really have an explanation or any apologies or even a simple offer to remake it. I asked them if they can remake it which they complied, but after a moment, I decided to just get a refund because I was not even in the mood for it anymore. read more

For $7, I expected a larger drink it was noticeably smaller than what most milk tea spots offer. I finished it easily, which almost never happens for me. The boba was also on the harder, chewier side instead of soft and fresh. The flavor itself wasn't bad, but it leaned very sweet read more

Boba Me - Crème Brule milk tea - Desserts Near Me - Alameda, California

Who hires the employees here??? No matter what day or time we go, even with 5 minutes left to closing, every single employee is welcoming, kind, patient, respectful, and just great. Some of the other boba places in the area are rude when we grab our last minute boba and it shows on their face and when we are ordering. I get it, they just want to close and go home, but at Boba Me? They hide it very well if they're trying to close and last minute customers like us come strolling in LoL Ambience is bright and spacey, plenty of seating and it's become our go-to for evening boba. Keep up the great work! read more

Came in during a slow afternoon. Tried their hazelnut milk since Tomo tea house in west end ran out. Their milk tea is definitely not as sweet compared to Tomo, at Tomo it's still sweet even at 0% sweetness just to put in perspective. 70% sweetness overdid it for myself, probably standard sweetness would have been fine. Also tried their Nutella and Almond and it was HEAVEN! Definitely will try it again! read more

Boba Me - Hazelnut Milktea with Nutella & Almond croffle - Desserts Near Me - Alameda, California

I like this place, but sadly can't support them anymore. They have tasty drinks, but the cups are a little small & I only get a few sips. I like that they have several ube desserts, I sometimes get a cookie as a little treat. However, I'm going to stop coming here because they use AI slop for their signage, which is unethical. read more

Boba Me takes over Ding Tea's space with the same interior + 2 game machines. Offerings: Fruit tea, slush, milk tea, fresh tea, coffee, special drinks, pandan waffles. Sugar options: 70%, 120%. For sugar addicts only. Order at counter, pd, drink ready in 5ish minutes Sips: Hokkaido Black Milk Tea (4.95) 70% sugar 0 ice. Sugar not customizable. -saw mixing of premade sugar solution, premade tea, milk from container.. -tea and Hokkaido milk not tastable. Sugar very sweet, probably brown sugar. Drink enjoyable if one likes excess sugar. Brown sugar actually tasty. -no repeat. Sugar is the main attraction. 3ish stars-too sugary. No O sugar option. read more

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Took over for the old Ding Tea location :( and still maintains the open layout for folks wanting to stay and chill in the busy Alameda restaurant strip or to study, but the drinks (which seems like largely the same type of offerings as Ding Tea did) have taken a step down in quality. Tastes not as good and closer to a Quickly/Lollicup than being as good as any other place you can go to in the area like Happy Lemon, Gong Cha, or Bober. read more

Mango yakult was pretty good. Though they were only able to adjust the drink sweetness to 75%. They offered to remake my drink after I had forgotten to ask for sweetness adjustment when they didn't prompt me! Only bummer was that they didn't make snacks when I went there yesterday. Was really looking forward to their pandan and ube waffles! They open late and had plenty of seating. read more

Boba Me - Mango yakult - Desserts Near Me - Alameda, California

Boba Me took over Ding tea. It's not bad, but not amazing either. I like how chewy the boba is. It's also a good medium size. I'd def need to come back to see if they're consistent. read more

I really enjoyed this boba cafe. It was small, but spacious and very well kept in terms of cleanliness. I appreciated seeing staff disinfect when other patrons would leave their table. The music was also good... Sza, Jhene Aieko, Rihanna, etc. I will say that parking was difficult to find as there are many other businesses on this street. I got the Taro slush 100% sweet and a waffle. Both of these items were delicious. I would definitely come back. read more

Boba Me - Taro Slush - Desserts Near Me - Alameda, California

It was clean and fast and super delicious. The service was amazing the staff greeted us in. read more

Boba Me - Tiger Boba Milk Tea - Desserts Near Me - Alameda, California

Ordered taro smash brûlée and tiger boba drink. To be honest for the price and the size of what you get I would not order from here in the future or it wouldn't be my first choice. The taste was good but not special enough for me to spend that much for such a small drink I can finish in a few sips. read more

Boba Me - Desserts Near Me - Alameda, California

their drinks are good, the workers are nice but they can't even hire a local artist to draw advertising for them, I'd stay away from places that use AI. If they can't afford to even hire an artist who knows what other cheap alternatives they use read more

I think this place took over Ding Tea. They have the same layout, menu screens, tables and claw machine. I think the cashier said hey opened in April. Parking here sucks at night it's just street parking along this whole street. No one was here when we arrived. I always get 50% sweet and my lychee green tea was a Lyle sweet by boba was good. Cashier was nice, quick service. I would come back. read more

It's grand opening weekend. Yesterday was buy one get one free. Today is buy one get one half off. Anyway, I chose the simple classic flavors - signature black milk tea and jasmine tea with grass jelly. I really like the jasmine tea with grass jelly. It tastes like good old quickly which just brings me back to the 99 cent drink days. Anyway, I never had the chance to try Ding Tea, so unsure if they are just picking up from where they left off and using the old milk powder and tea packets. For the milk tea drink, I had gotten 50 percent sweetness - I think another notch lower would have worked. The jasmine tea was at 30 percent which was perfect. I hope they survive the fierce boba competition in Alameda! read more

Boba Me - Jasmine tea with grass jelly! I really liked this one! Tea flavor is strong and sweetness at 30% is just right! - Desserts Near Me - Alameda, California

Got some boba for the fam during opening weekend, crowded but was pretty quick!! I really liked the fresh taro jasmine one, tea wasn't overpowering and played nice with the taro Tried my sis's oreo swirl MT, I think I'll get that the next time I'm around, nice lil extra bit over the classic MT read more

Boba Me - Creme Brulee MT, fresh taro smash crume Brule, oreo swirl MT, and classic MT! - Desserts Near Me - Alameda, California

A taro creme brule milktea after dinner.. Happy happy. Most of the drinks here are almost fully customizable. Very modern chic high rise ceiling cafe. read more

pretty standard boba. Nothing to get excited about. Pretty good overall. Soft boba, good flavor tea. Prices are good compared to other places. Their drinks were in the $5 range when I'm starting to see other places sell boba for $7! Would come back again read more

Service was helpful in suggesting a non caffeinated hot beverage with boba - taro tea on a cold night. My kids had slush bobas. Nice festive decor read more

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Place is a great to study and do homework, Solid staff, But all honesty this place used to be good back in 2023 to early 2024. Ever since the new owners took over the quality of drinks went downhill. The drink I ordered was completely watered down with no flavor at all. It's kinda disappointing considering this used to be my favorite boba spot in Alameda. read more

The place has cute decor and looks clean. The staff was friendly and quick to help us. The drinks didn't take too long as well. I got the Tiger boba milk tea 70% sweet and 70% ice. 70% ice was the lowest they can go with that drink. Overall, it was good and the pearls were nice and chewy. It tasted kinda like cereal milk. My friend got the taro milk tea 70% sweet 30% ice. She said it was powdery and had a diluted taro taste. She's not usually a taro fan, but wanted to try it out and it didn't work out for her. My bf got got the taro smash creme brulee 70% sweet 30% ice. He said the jasmine milk tea overpowered the taro. He didn't know it was Jasmine tea when he ordered it. He wasn't a Jasmine fan, so he didn't really like his drink. They are new and getting their footing in, so it's understandable that their drinks might not be consistent. Hoping things work out and maybe we'll have better luck ordering other drinks. The stuffed animals on the left claw machine are cuter! read more

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The place has a nice ambience and the space is nice and open for multiple large groups to relax before the next adventure. I got the taro milk tea and although the drink was more in the sweet side I'd still order the drink again. Service was great and people are friendly! read more

I walked in expecting a drink and left with a new personality... Their tiger boba milk tea tastes like a panda did a cannonball into a brown cloud. The boba? So soft and chewy it deserves its own theme song. Staff are like boba baristas crossed with psychic flavor wizard cause they just know what you need. If you're not slurping at Boba Me, you're missing out on the chewy joy ride of your life. read more

Hands down the best boba I've ever had. My husband even loved his and he is super picky and loves boba for years now. Tapioca and egg pudding mango jelly was so fresh. Everything was so fresh and on point. I got the taro tornado and my husband got the mango sunrise. You must try if you live boba and are in the area. read more

I ordered this taro boba and this is the best in town. Sugar level met my expectation (i asked for low sugar). The staff was friendly and gave me recs while i went through menu. I'll def go back to try other drinks in their menu read more

Boba Me - Taro milktea - Desserts Near Me - Alameda, California

We've been here a few times. It was decent. This time I got the taro crush creme brulee milk tea with boba, 50% sweet and 30% ice. It was not bad, but it was mostly milk tea and the taro paste portion was lacking. Just wish they put more in and it would've been much better. The creme brulee was just some cream on top with a thin film of torched sugar. But it was covered by the plastic seal and not really accessible. Wish they used a different cover, like maybe one that you could sip in addition to using the straw. Boba itself was decent, could've been more flavorful. Overall, I still enjoyed it enough but might try a different drink next time. It has 2 claw machines inside, is pretty large of a space, and has a good number of tables. There wasn't much wait. Not my absolute favorite boba place but if I'm in the area again I wouldn't mind stopping by for a boba fix. read more

Last a couple month music is at extremely loud volume. It is NOT kids friendly level and not comfortable. I asked if possible to lower the volume since it is near 100 decibels, they apologized but after one song it was blasting again. read more

Very disappointing after they took over Ding Tea. Ding used to be my weekly Friday spot and after going to Boba Me twice to get my regular Taro Milk Tea, the flavor is just not there as it was with Ding Tea. Also, despite ordering ahead, I had to wait for 10-15 minutes after it said it'd be ready, only to be disappointed by the quality. With at least 20 other Boba places on Park Street, I'll be looking elsewhere for my regular Boba place. read more

Not sure what exactly but the taste is a bit off from the normal boba teas. Also the drinks are too sweet even for 30%. read more

Cute storefront, came at 9pm and the drinks were prepared quickly and they were both yummy. read more

Boba Me - Small Oreo Swirl Milk Tea + boba Small Aloe Lychee Fruit Tea + lychee jelly both 10/10 - Desserts Near Me - Alameda, California

I really appreciate the space to hang out, and the drinks are tasty too. Definitely drop by if you want a boba break and/or a solid study location. read more