Tea's are very yummy, my favourite is the brown sugar milk tea! The juices are also very good if you're more into that. Service is great, the staff are very nice and friendly! Shop is very clean inside throughout! read more

I think it's delicious, like all the restaurants I've eaten at in America. I still like to eat at this restaurant. The staff is friendly, the washroom is clean, the shop is clean, the tea is delicious. That's all I need. read more

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I don't recall ever rating a bbt place 1 star, but here we are. Completely unacceptable experience and not representative at all of Ding Tea stores elsewhere. 1) You order at a table set up outside the store (to block entry into the store) and communicate via speakerphone with the server inside. Far too heavy-handed considering most restaurants are reopening for dine-in! Also there's 0 shade for us customers lining up outside. 2) The server was simply a mess. A customer in front of us returned with her wrongly-made drink just as I realized mine was missing the pearls I had asked for. 3) The ads outside the door are SO misleading. The taro milk tea I got looked fabulous but came with literally non-existent slivers of taro-flavoured mush. 4) Absolute worst in terms of taste -- agreed upon by both myself and my husband (who got the blueberry milk tea). And we've had a LOT of different bbt. read more

Ding Tea - Taro boba milk tea - Taiwanese Near Me - Victoria, British Columbia

=== 1. VERDICT/VALUE Ding Tea Victoria is reminiscent of its sister location in Vancouver East - a place dedicated to Taiwanese BBT. Apart from Le Tea in Hillside Centre, Ding Tea Victoria may be your only spot for BBT in the area without going further to downtown - and that's not necessarily a bad thing! === 2. FOOD The prices are about right (which I'm sure works for the University / school crowds) and the tastes were decent for the most part. We ordered a number of drinks for the group: - Signature Milk Tea ($4.90 large + $0.50 per topping) - Hokkaido Milk Team ($5.10 large + $0.50 per topping) - worth a try over the signature! - Passionfruit Green Tea ($5.10 large + $0.50 per topping) - Pineapple Green Tea ($5.10 large + $0.50 per topping) - Taro Milk Tea ($5.10 large + $0.50 per topping) - this one was powdered (?) and not as good as the others. === 3. SERVICE & ENVIRONMENT For takeout, the service was alright - the lady made some recommendations, I ordered, went next door to order Chinese food, and all of the drinks were done! The place was maybe half full / busy at the time - it's contemporary-looking like it's Vancouver East location. Here, the tables are smaller and so I hope your group is about 2 in size. Wheelchairs and strollers fit, but the small space between tables may be a challenge. Parking is not an issue with the shopping complex lot out front. read more

Ding Tea - Bubble Tea Galore! :) Cost is about $5.60 for the large size with topping. - Taiwanese Near Me - Victoria, British Columbia

Ding Tea is what I miss most about living in Victoria. I have yet to find a Vietnamese bubble milk tea that compares to Ding! They use freshly brewed teas for many of their drinks, so they're super authentic and not syrupy sweet. The golden boba is so good too--I could actually drink this every day. The shop is always lively, but they move quickly, so you'll be in and out in less than 10 minutes! There's a cute little bar area and a few tables for waiting too. read more

I read another complaint on Google reviews about ordering a "smoothie" and getting a slush so I thought I'd help clarify here. The "smoothie" on the menu is actually a slush by normal standards. If you order a mango or passionfruit "smoothie", it's going to have a slurpee-like texture, but they call it a "smoothie", and they don't understand what you mean by "slush". Today's conversation went like: Me: "Can I get half ice on the slush?" Staff: "We don't have slush. We can't adjust ice level on the smoothie." Me: "The smoothie is full of ice, it's really a slush, but it doesn't matter what you call it. Okay." Then I tried to order half sweet for the matcha smoothie, but that wasn't allowed either. Okay. I ended up ordering the Taro green tea drink, and it's kind of terrible. Tasted like plain milk mixed with green tea. The amount of taro is very small and not well blended at all so it sits at the bottom. I would avoid the taro drinks like another reviewer indicated below. The mango, passionfruit, and matcha red bean smoothies are quite good though. We will be back. read more

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Nothing fancy, but reliable with late hours and a big selection. My personal favorite is a cantaloupe green tea with boba.

Went in today to get the first bubble tea that I've had in almost 5 years. I was extremely happy with this spot as my reintroduction into the boba lifestyle. Although part of a chain, this location is one of only two Ding Teas in Canada (with the other being all the way over in Ontario). My friend was taking me on a boba-tasting adventure and thought that this would be a good starting point. We got their most popular tea, the Bubble Milk Tea, which was extremely good! It was quite a calm flavour, as it was actually in tea! I see very strong flavours in boba quite often so I'm not exactly sure what the norm is, or if you typically see both sweet and regular most places you go but I thought it was great that they had both. It's quite inexpensive to get a regular or large bubble tea here and I found it to be very tasty and refreshing. Plus, the location simply can't be beaten for me, since I spend so much time at the university and the surrounding area! read more

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This place always has customers outside, maybe it's bubble tea scarcity mixed with location? But it's really not very good, in customer service or in quality. Because of covid you currently have to wait outside, a person inside might holler out at you but you can't understand them. Even when they come to the plastic divider I find I still can't hear them. read more

There is no taste for black or Jasmine milk tea at all. Boba has no taste, either. It tastes like sugar water only. Olong tea tastes little better. The person doesn't say hi or smile to customers at all. I am surprised this is an international chain store. It is kind of disgrace for Taiwanese boba tea quality. I am not sure is it this store didn't follow the standard of the tea quality and just cheat the quality or just this is just the way they make terrible tea. read more

I ordered a small drink here and specifically asked for no ice. Instead, they decide to fill more than half my cup with ice. Paid $5.30 for a mediocre drink that was 80% ice. Never coming back read more

Ding Tea - Taiwanese Near Me - Victoria, British Columbia

Horrible, it was so thin and had all those strange stuff on the bottom. And we ordered a taro tea, that's the easiest tea any place can make if you offer bubble tea. My kids left it and didn't want it. read more

Ding Tea - Absolutely terrible - Taiwanese Near Me - Victoria, British Columbia

Great customer service. The tea was a little sweet for my liking but overall it was a great experience. I got the Cream Oolong Tea with Grass Jelly. I definitely recommend this place for bubble tea. Great date or hangout spot. This location is also surrounded with restaurants too. read more

Ding Tea - Cream mousse oolong tea - Taiwanese Near Me - Victoria, British Columbia

Man I go here occasionally because admittedly they are open the latest of any bubble tea place around. The boba is alright but the staff treat you like dirt and blow you off unless you know precisely what you want. Maybe it's because I'm white, forgive me I can't 我不与这些白人交往，他们很愚蠢 but I do my best. The least you could do is say 欢迎 (welcome) when I order :) read more

This place is not your usual bubble tea place, it's got so many different ways to options out your bubble tea. Great for people who are health conscious and love treats. read more

I've been to Ding Tea on a few occasions and I very much enjoyed it each time. The quality was consistant each time and it only took a few minutes to prepare. read more

I came in the other day to purchase a Butterfly Pea Honey Lemon tea. As stated on the advertisement, it was advertised for $5.00 for a large size. However, upon looking at my receipt (before the order was made), I was charged for $5.50. When confronted with the employee, they indicated the price changed (without notice) and did not offer an apology or refund of the difference for their mistake. However, the purchase I made was decent. I would most likely not come back to purchase again. read more

I like the Hokkaido milk tea, and I've tried their signature milk tea, and the Hokkaido coffee. They were all very good, and the boba pearls were cooked nicely too. The Hokkaido and Hokkaido coffee were my favourite and I will definitely be going back for those. However, the flavors are overall pretty standard. read more

Good bubble tea but not so good customer service. They made my order incorrectly, and when I went back to ask the clerk to politely correct it, she rolled her eyes and grabbed it out of my hand. Not thoroughly impressed. read more

As soon as I walked in the server that was taking our order completely ignored us for about 5 minutes. She was not helpful at all and didn't give us the size we ordered. The bubble tea was icy and not very flavourful. Huge chunks of unblended ice . Would NOT return. read more