We came here on December 9, 2023 and it appears open!!…read moreAccepts both cash and credit card. Tons of free parking in the parking lot. They took over the "King Pollo" restaurant so the sign was still outside. However, the Kung Fu Tea sign was shown throughout the exterior window. Glad I saw the open sign so I know it was open. Finally, another bubble tea option in the Wheaton area. This spot is located in the same shopping center as H-mart and a great way to grab a drink after doing your errands. There are a few tables inside where you can sit while consuming your drinks. The place inside is fairly large. The staff here are very friendly and looks very clean. They serve the same drinks as other KFT locations which is great. Highly recommend their milk teas and their smoothies. They also serve cold and hot drinks. Looking forward to visiting this spot again. Great addition to the Wheaton area!!

Came here for the first time on a weekend with my husband and another couple of friends. We…read moreordered their milk tea with bubbles and my husband ordered a fruit slush with red beans. What's hot - Location. Conveniently located in a plaza with an Hmart, other shops and restaurants. That also means there's parking. - Indoor seating. There is an indoor seating area with a decent number of tables and chairs, which is helpful, especially if you're eating. - Menu includes food. Most Kung Fu Tea locations I've been to don't offer food, but this location does, including dim sum, noodles, and poke bowls. Nice to have. - Price. For two drinks (one large and one medium), we paid approximately less than $20, so not bad. However, read below... What's not - Bubbles/tapioca is too sweet. I asked for my bubble tea to not be sweet, but that's not what I got. Rather, there was syrup at the bottom of my cup and the bubbles are already very sweet. That tells me they boil their tapioca in sugar water, which I'm not a fan of. One of our friends had to go back and ask them to remake her drink, because it was too sweet. Because they boil their tapioca in sugar water, my friend also asked them to use herbal jelly, rather than tapioca pearls in her new drink. As such, the quality of their drinks is lacking. Price for value isn't a good trade off. - Full menu isn't available. Their full drinks menu isn't available. Rather, you have to scan their QR code to access their full menu. - Ambient noise. They play loud music inside. While it's cool to listen to music to jam to, if it's too loud, it's difficult to have a conversation with whoever you're with. Not to mention, at some point, it can get to a point where it's too loud and hurts your ears. - Food menu. Given that the quality of their bubble tea is lacking, which is their staple feature, it makes me hesitant to try the other foods on their menu, because I question their quality. Final Answer Not on my list of bubble tea places to return to.

This is another bakery n Wheaton Olaza I love in the Wheaton, Maryland arwa . Its Spanish owned…read morebut i think they hire outside cashiers. Tis is Ooh Lala Bakery nit far from Ledo Pizza and IHOP. Its outside the Wheaton Triangle . This is Called the Ooh Lala Bakery . This place has great staff there and behind their barita area lies their oe concept kitchen where they perform their magic to make your best pastries and deserts to cater to all occasions and holidays alike . This place has my lingente my people the Spanish . I maybe a Mixed Colombian Nationaln Born un the United States , But t diesnt mean I don't now who i am . I want ti work there ti build bridges between the Soanish and American worlds to better ourselves and make differences agajn in . Learn off each other . I do want the cashier position and food runner . I want ti help boost business agajn as it should and must be again . For too ling since the pandemic it was all of Us Americans faults for the bad unjustifiable, Inexcusable, Reprehensible, Unlawful and wrongful behaviors and i want to see to it , Its never tolerated agajn in Any place of business again . I want the ji. There without getting judged or used bad politics against without seeing what people like ke can doto be great assets to the team nd the store itself. This place has a dining area in it with refrigerator wirh assorted sodas and moee . This place has things fr. Cones cakes , values doughnuts to other great delicious pastries of yiyr choosing . They have an offering of take out orders too . But delivery service that is still bejnf researched. Yes the make catering pastry dishes fir amy occasions too . It a little of fun to be at this place here . If you come there please respect or Spanish traditions and culture there . It a place wgere you can come something much bigger than yourself , To be more than who you are . If you love this place as I do , This place is for you. We all look firwrd to see you all there very soon once again. Swing by and have some pastry fun .

Had breakfast here while waiting for my car to get serviced a few blocks away. The breakfast I…read moreordered was very tasty, and beautifully adorned with fresh fruits. The coffee was really good too! Not bitter and yet had a rich flavor to it.

My visit was a mixture of ok and disappointing. The Ube Bubble Tea tasted slightly bitter. Had to…read moreswirl my drink around a few times. I had the original corn dog with half beef/half mozzarella. Very disappointing. Only a few bites of mozzarella and majority beef. The beef reminded me of those sausage packages in grocery stores. I was expecting something else. That's on me I guess, I should have done more research? As others noted, you will see boxes throughout.

I came with a friend looking specifically for Korean corn dogs. They delivered on that! They offer…read moremultiple different corn dogs with different breadings and fillings. They have a large menu and include items like bubble tea, hot chicken, and French fries. The Korean corn dogs were pretty good! I'm a sucker for the sweet and salty combo. I loved the potato breading and my favorite filling was the mozzarella cheese. I don't think a fruity pebbles hot dog is for me, but I would try some of the other flavors! My biggest issue with this store was the cleanliness. There were boxes of goods everywhere in the back of the store, creeping up to the front. The bathroom was not nice. And there was a slight odor when we first walked in. Unfortunately, it made me wonder about how the food was prepared. The food was good but I would probably look for a different place to get Korean corn dogs.

New bubble tea in Wheaton!!! Service was great! We got…read morecoconut, Thai, matcha, and mango bubble tea. All were good but here are some tips I'd suggest when ordering: ask specifically for the bubbles you want. Don't assume the default is boba. We got popping bubbles which were fine but were a surprise (strawberry bubble and matcha is weird). I got 75% sweet... we love sweet things and this was still really sweet. I'd ask for 50%. The Thai was not a traditional Thai tea flavor. Almost more pumpkin spice. Mango was deemed the best and the coconut was great too. All in all all - we will be back! Nice neighborhood shop attached to the bakery.

A Bubble tea spot in Wheaton -not the best compared to other Local Bubble tea places. More syrupy…read morethan the others.

Representing 2020 in alphabet series, K is for Kokee Tea. I first had Kokee Tea at Fair Oaks Mall…read moreof all places a few years earlier and remembered it was way better than Kung Fu Tea. I had it a couple of times in Wheaton Mall when I lived in Wheaton. One of the times that was noteworthy was in January 2020. I was in the office that morning in Columbia, and my girlfriend of that time had called or texted saying that she was really sick, she was struggling breathing, and to take her to the doctor. I'm like I'm at work, but I have Montgomery County (Rockville) work travel I happened to be able to do this afternoon. So, I can swing by Wheaton to pick her up to go to an urgent care by the mall. I waited with her at urgent care. The doctor gave her pills or something and commented that it's been a particularly bad winter with bad colds that have come in. Afterward, we went to the mall to get a bubble tea at Kokee Tea & maybe eat lunch too in the mall. We enjoyed the Kokee Tea. Staff is nice & efficient, prices are comparable to Kung Fu Tea, but better quality in my opinion. We didn't realize it at the time, my girlfriend likely had Covid, which wasn't diagnosed in the US until late February 2020. Her work was interesting. In early January, they had people who had work travel in the office from China. Her work was furloughed not long after that. Then, she had symptoms of Covid not long after that. Anyway, it was an interesting time. If in Wheaton Mall, I'd be back at Kokee.

Never noticed this location before. It's a stand right before the food court on the second level of…read moreWheaton Mall so it's easy to miss. I've tried the Columbia location which is a brick and motar. I got the brown sugar milk tea with boba (of course). They don't do different sizes which is fine because this standard size was perfect. There are options for the milk choice and at an extra cost. My tea was good and service was quick.

I visited on a Saturday in early May for a lunch stop on the way home. My sweet tooth was kicking…read morejn, so I opted for a banana Nutella crepe and a cafe con leche for dine in. The crepe was superb, and the coffee was just fine. There was an outdoor seating section, so I took a small table in there. No problems though I wish it was a little warmer. Heating was available, but it was not intolerably cold so I decided not to bother with turning on the heat. I'd definitely consider returning. Bear in mind the establishment is based on ordering at the counter and picking up your order when you're paged. I don't mind that (saves on paying gratuity), but if you want wait service, this isn't the right place for you.

Representing 2019 in alphabet series, J is for Java Nation. I visited once in October 2019 & sort…read moreof during Covid in June 2020. 2020 was a particularly negative experience during this tough time in life & American history with Covid amongst other things. October 2019 visit: My girlfriend of that time & I visited for coffee & crepes. I remember it was kind of expensive for the crepes, which a fancy pastry. I'm clearly not a big crepe person. Crepes at Java was decent, but expensive for what you get. Coffee was decent but nothing to write home about either. Staff wasn't terribly friendly either. This was a place I wasn't going to rush back to. June 2020, Very bad day: As I stated in the opening paragraph, Covid was a tough time. I was living in a studio apartment in Wheaton, so I was happy when the office had reopened from being closed during the early part of Covid. I believe I was coming from the office in Columbia and had work travel to Herndon, VA. That same girlfriend, who had just become an ex, wanted to meet for lunch. I was cool with going to Chipotle in Kensington as it wasn't too far out of the way from 495. There was no dine-in at Chipotle or anywhere at this time. So, we took the food to go and were parked on the Java Nation side. Java Nation wasn't busy. They had tables set up outside, and we wanted to quickly eat. The Java Nation woman barked at me saying you can't eat that here. Geez...give me a break...Covid was a tough time. That already annoyed me. We were starting to eat in her car like animals. She got VERY upset & angry that I didn't mention a trip I was going on. I said that it was very small gathering of just 5 of us, they wanted to keep limited, and we are broken up as that's why I didn't include you! She spelled her Chipotle on me, which was more than half of the bowl she hadn't eaten. I yelled at her in the parking lot saying you wasted food, how dare you do that. I was shaking with anger and upset that this happened. An observer some guy in the parking lot going to Five Guys or wherever said just let her go. I was already angry and flustered with my ex but also was upset with Java Nation, I poured whatever leftover of hers that didn't get on me on the table since they were jerks and wouldn't let me eat there. The woman at Java Nation was angry and said she was calling cops. I apologized and offered to clean, but it wasn't good enough. I rushed peeled out of the parking lot as I didn't want to deal with cops and rushed to get into Virginia to do my work travel, which had already been delayed because of the ex's craziness. In summary, after this terrible experience, which to be fair was partially my fault as I was flustered by the ex, I don't feel comfortable going to Java Nation in Kensington, but I wouldn't rule going to the North Bethesda one or any other if it ever made sense for me to go, but haven't been back in the 5.5 years since then. I decided to give 2-stars and not 1-star because the 2019 experience was decent enough. Covid was a weird time, and if I went back to Kensington (which I won't), it'd probably be more like 2019 except with higher prices.

what's wrong with the cream... taste like candle and don't melt at all, throw it away.read more

I'm a kind of person who thinks life is short start with dessert, I always like to try diffirent…read morepastries and cakes this place is very small corner in supermarket everything about this little bakery is good except one thing which is lately they seem to take only credit cards. No cash.. I have come to this place many times lately twice within one week and each time they only take card no cash. The cakes and pastries are very tasty and delicious but a little over-priced, more expensive than other places and the portion seems to be a little small. But after all this bakery sells pretty good cakes and pasties minoir things need to be done but over all good.

This is a great little grocery store specializing in mainly SE Asian groceries and I enjoy coming…read morehere when in town. Owner is a nice guy and always very helpful and chatty with his customers. Today I came in and saw fresh mango with chili available, so I picked up some. There was also papaya salad in the fridge, so I grabbed one of those too! The sliced mango with chili was $5.50 and the papaya salad was $7.95 and both were excellent! I also picked up some incense sticks, vermicelli, some Asian drinks including pennywort and Mr Brown coffee, preserved plums, and soy sauce. I was disappointed that no buffet style food was available and I guess they may not serve it on Sundays but hoping to try some next time I am back. I love this place as they have so many ready items and most have been very good! Give this place a try, you might just like it as much as I do!

Everyone was so nice and helpful and prices were 1/3 less than Whole Foods for sauces and frozen…read morefood. I was a bit underwhelmed with the produce section though. Half empty and sort of sad looking.

Mal encarada un mujer que trabaja ahí. El pastel salió mal y me estaba diciendo que era mi culpa…read more No es buen negocio

Another good bakery in Wheaton, MD. Price is very reasonable. Anyway, the taste and quality aren't…read morequite consistent, sometimes. There is a lot of Spanish pastries styles. (I never try yet.) Their cake option doesn't has many kind but for me it's enough choices and most of them looks cute. p.s. Anyway I like Caramelo Bakery that they are closed quite late for bakery shop schedule and also beautiful graffiti art wall outside the building.

I am a Brazilian national who was raised in the U.S. since I was 5 years old. I love to find…read moreBrazilian treasures here when I miss Brasil and feel nostalgic. I have been to this establishment every week for over 5 years. I loved bringing my 3 young children, husband and friends here. However, today I came here with my elderly, injured mother and my young daughter. A young Brazilian cashier with dark, curly hair spoke so disrespectfully to my mother! When I asked her to show some respect to elders (and injured elders at that), she refused to serve us and take our money. What kind of cashier speaks ill to their customers and refuses to take their money!? I feel really badly for the owner of Brazilian Bakery, because he hired a cashier who refuses to sell to his customer. She literally turned our $30 away. And only because I asked her to show some respect to my elderly mother. I was flabbergasted! I asked what is the problem? She said, "The only problem here is your annoying, stupid mother." Inside I wanted to punch her in the face, but because I have class and was raised better, I told her that she is what she called my mother! I promised her that I will inform her manager and other patrons about her awful customer service and disrespect. If you are Brazilian and crave Brazilian food, go to "By Brazil" or the cafe around the corner (Americas). Not only is the food there spectacular, their staff is so respectful and warm, and they never refuse to take your money! Be advised my fellow Brazilian neighbors!

I have been to another one of their stores and had an amazing experience. This visit wasn't quite…read morethe same. The bakery itself was nice and had seating inside. There was a self-serve area for customers to get rice, beans, and other items. Behind the counter, there was a display with pastries and another with empanadas. I ordered one chicken and a ham and cheese. I also ordered two churros. Once I saw how cheap they were, I asked to add two more. I was accidentally charged for two more empanadas. I told the lady behind the register what happened and she denied that I was charged incorrectly and I had to explain a couple of times before someone else told her exactly what I already told her and she finally fixed it. Overall, I don't think I would go back to this particular location. The empanadas were good but the churros were cold and the customer service wasn't great.