Decided to try this place out of sheer convenience and because boba is life. It's a good spot with plenty of seating but it's kind of tucked away toward the back of a food court area. They do have a large sign though so it's hard to miss. Ordering is on multiple touch screens at the front counter. It was early evening on a weekend when I visited so there wasn't a line. Lucky me so I was able to scroll and see all the milk tea, fruit tea, and blended tea options. I got the mango fruit tea with fresh mango bits, no boba. I know, although boba is life I really only like them with milk tea. The fruitiness of the drink lingered and was just the right amount of sweet at 75% sweetness. Tasted like a dessert which is what I was craving after eating dinner nearby. My friend got a brown sugar drink and hated it. She handed it to another friend after a few sips. This review isn't about that though since I didn't have any. Plus I don't share straws haha Overall not bad, but not super memorable. A good place to at least try. read more

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I got the Thai milk tea with a sweetness adjustment and light ice! It's your average Thai tea, but no complaints on my end. You can order either at the kiosks or with one of the workers. The workers were pretty friendly and helpful with the questions I had. And not so much of an ambiance to be honest... it's located in the busier part of the food court. read more

Drip Tea - Thai tea - Bubble Tea Near Me - Bellevue, Washington

Located in the Lincoln Center food court, Drip Tea is above average as bubble tea purveyors go. THE ROSES: Ample validated parking. Clean and pleasant food court that is delightfully free of the sort of sketchy characters you see in lesser mall food courts (the is Bellevue, after all!). Excellent range of beverage choices and reasonable prices. Very pleasant and helpful staff. THE THORNS: One option is to get your beverage in a reusable bear-shaped bottle. While certainly cute, the bottle is extremely unstable and prone to tipping over. Save yourself the $3 extra and just use the normal cups. THE VERDICT: Very nice beverage vendor with friendly service that exceeds expectations. Recommend. read more

Earl grey matcha. Wow, if life is as simple as three words that offer all its tastings, this is it. The only dropped star is the price, because everyone deserves a slice of a life worth living. read more

Matcha latte with no sugar option. I have not tried other places for matcha tea/latte around here but decent option. read more

Drip Tea - Matcha Latte - Bubble Tea Near Me - Bellevue, Washington

The eye-catching drinks at Drip Tea enticed me to stop by after lunch on two different occasions. It's one of the food stalls located in the back of the Lincoln Square Food Hall, but their bright lighting and signage listing their most popular beverages make this place difficult to miss. The prices here are steeper than most other boba shops, with their specialty drinks starting at $7.50, but I figured it was worth a try. At the counter, use one of the two self-ordering kiosks to select your drink and pay. Most of their specialty drinks come automatically with fruit bits, but you can substitute those for a different topping at no extra charge. During both visits, the staff kindly answered our questions about customizations. While you can modify the sweetness, one employee mentioned that the differences in levels are pretty minor and they don't add that much sugar in the first place. I ordered both of my drinks at 25% sweetness which was just right. + N.E.R.D ($7.50): This is described as a guava lemonade with butterfly pea tea and strawberry bits. I unfortunately couldn't detect the flavor of guava nor the tea... this tasted like straight strawberry lemonade after stirring it up. Despite how pretty the drink was, it was unfortunately underwhelming. Sure, it was a good refreshing strawberry lemonade with juicy fruit bits, but it was not worth $7.50. + ABLOH ($7.50): Normally a mango and passionfruit green tea with mango bits, but I substituted the mango for boba. The flavor of the tea itself was pretty subtle, but I enjoyed the burst of passion fruit flavor. It was a nice tropical drink, and the boba was delightfully chewy, not mushy. If I ordered a traditional fruit tea or milk tea, then perhaps the actual tea flavor would have been more apparent. However, I just could not pass up ordering these two specials. Despite the great service, my rating ultimately comes down to the drinks. In terms of taste, they were fine, but compared to all the other boba spots in Bellevue, Drip Tea wouldn't be one of my top choices. read more

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You order on a kiosk which was clear and easy to use. The service was very quick. The matcha was good and tasty! read more

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Drip tea is located on the second flour of Lincoln Square. My friend and I took a workout class at Trufusion and decided to try a drink afterwards. The two workers working were super sweet and nice. They asked us if we had any questions and offered their recommendations. I got the strawberry fruit tea that he recommended. It was refreshing, but wasn't amazing boba. They also told me to get it less sweet as the drink is pretty sweet. The drink had some strawberry pieces in it. I wouldn't ever crave this, but I wouldn't say it is terrible. read more

Drip Tea - Bubble Tea Near Me - Bellevue, Washington

Other folks go to Drip Tea for drinks, I go to Drip Tea for their ube soft serve. Ube, for those not familiar with it, is a purple sweet potato, a dessert flavor dominant in the Philippines. In recent years, it has been adopted by numerous eateries, eager to incorporate this curious flavor into their mix. Drip Tea does a fairly good job with their ube soft serve. The ube flavor is one of the stronger variants. For the flavor to truly standout, this aspect is very important. Their soft serve is not very creamy. It's more on the icy side, such that its texture is closer to a McDonald's ice cream cone, except much firmer with good body (mouth-feel). That's good enough for me. As it turns out, this version will become my favorite compare to two others that I will stumble upon within two weeks' time. This location is at the South Lincoln Square Food Hall. The ambiance is simple and functional. We had no wait when we went after an early dinner. Ordering is via the tablet only. read more

Drip Tea - Ube soft serve - Bubble Tea Near Me - Bellevue, Washington

Hard to find, too sweet. Average quality. Not very fast service but friendly. Inside the building and in the food court. read more

This is the best boba I've ever had in my life. As a visitor from NYC, we stumbled upon this unassuming boba place during our search for a more fulsome dinner. This place is located inside a high rise complex near a food court area so we didn't really know what to expect. We ordered the Triple S (strawberry shortcake smoothie) and it was the most delicious drink I've ever had. It was refreshing, sweet, and so incredibly addicting. I wish they would start a branch in NYC. The service was also great as the staff is down for some banter while they whip up your drink for you! read more

Drip Tea - strawberry shortcake smoothie - Bubble Tea Near Me - Bellevue, Washington

Stopped by just to check out the menu for drinks only but found a small menu for soft. Serve. Ube?! Yes please. Ordered: Ube with toppings: mochi and boba Ube vanilla soft serve with toppings: boba and matcha dust Delish. We'll be back. Quick and friendly service. read more

Drip Tea - Vanilla ube swirl with boba and matcha dust - Bubble Tea Near Me - Bellevue, Washington

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One star because it wasn't such a great experience from the very start. I visited the week of Christmas and contemplated whether or not to post a review. I tried to look up a phone number to reach the owner, but I wasn't able to find one. I get it, younger employees can be loud and obnoxious, but the gossiping instead of helping customers is a no go. I stood there as I wanted to ask for a recommendation since it was my first visit with my wife, and the girl behind the counter speaking loudly and gossiping with co-workers, I waited for 13 minutes and no acknowledgement but eyes rolling at my wife and I. We were about to order 4 drinks for our family but decided to turn around and go to Macu Tea. The girl was Caucasian. If someone from the company could please reach out to me, it would be greatly appreciated! read more

Went here once and had the WORST experience. The individual who served me had dark brown hair, caucasian, most likely a teenager. The experience I had with this employee was about 2 weeks ago, as soon as I walked up to order she didn't even bat an eye?! Like hello?! Theres a customer in your presence! She went back to her phone and went back to gossiping with her coworkers. That's not even the worst of it, not only did she NOT acknowledge a customer, she made my whole order completely wrong. I ordered a thai tea with oat milk but I saw her put half and half instead. I corrected her but she said she had put oat milk. I asked her to kindly remake it incase she denied it, and she still put a ring of condensed milk. WORSE CUSTOMER SERVICE EVER!!! read more

I'm a fan of Drip Tea on Capitol Hill, so was glad to see it has made a home in Bellevue at the newly updated Lincoln Square Food Hall. Just like at its Seattle location, you'll find all the favorite drinks and some soft serve and options. I visited Drip Tea on a Saturday around dinner time and the food hall itself was busy with customers, including Drip Tea. Yet, instead of waiting in line to order with an employee, you can easily use one of the two touchscreens to order and pay. I ordered the Babycat blended drink, which is a taro smoothie with Oreo and a chocolate swirl. All of the drinks are pricey, which seems to be the case for most things in the Seattle area. With tip and tax, my drink was nearly $10, so it was steep. It didn't take too long to get my drink, but had to remind the staff to make my drink when they asked if I already ordered since I was standing around, waiting for it. Yes, I already ordered and paid, dude. They apologized for not seeing the order come through, which was not a big deal since I was in no hurry. The drink was good, but it's not $10 good. I love taro, which is the main reason I ordered Babycat. It had a good taro flavor and was blended nicely, with not too much ice. I'm just not sure I'd pay $10 again for this blended drink when the menu features much more to discover, including the ube soft serve for less. We shall see. read more

Drip Tea - Babycat - Bubble Tea Near Me - Bellevue, Washington

Decent boba drinks located at the Lincoln Square food hall in downtown Bellevue. I got the strawberry matcha, and it was pretty standard, not really anything special. Drinks here were pretty expensive, I think my drink came out to around $9? So not somewhere I'd go all the time. Ordering is done on a kiosk, and then the staff will call your order when it's ready for pickup. Since it's in the food hall, there's lots of seating available, but it's basically open seating in the mall so it can get pretty loud too. read more

Been wanting to try this place, so I was happy to see that they opened one closer to me. I tried the Takahashi and my bf tried the K.R.E.A.M. We both liked our drinks. I like all the unique and variety of flavors, so I will definitely be back to try more. read more

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I'm glad there is a Drip Tea location here in Bellevue now! It's hidden in the back corner of the food hall inside Lincoln Square! The guy working was friendly and nice. The milk tea was prepared very quickly and it tasted really amazing! The boba inside was warm and soft. But the milky tea was a little too sweet (even at 25%) so next time I will get it with zero sugar! I would recommend this boba place :) read more

Drip Tea - Milk tea with boba - Bubble Tea Near Me - Bellevue, Washington

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The customer service is nice and friendly. One of the workers gave my friend and I milk and fruit tea recommendations and my friend got a strawberry fruit tea drink he recommended. I tried a sip of it and it was not too sweet and refreshing. I liked it better than my Jasmine milk tea with 50% sweet, less ice, and boba. I didn't like my drink because it didn't have much flavor tea wise and the boba was bad. read more

Drip Tea - Jasmine Milk Tea & Takahashi - Bubble Tea Near Me - Bellevue, Washington

Was craving boba and found this spot. This is located on the second floor of some mall/office building complex with a bunch of food stalls in a food court like set up. When we went up to order boba at Drip Tea, the staffs were really helpful and checked in with us to see if we have any questions about the menu. We ended up ordering the Triple S (strawberry shortcake smoothie + strawberry bits). Love trying these speciality drinks that are different from the regular flavors. Definitely a solid spot to grab boba if you're in the area. read more

Drip Tea - Triple S - Bubble Tea Near Me - Bellevue, Washington

One of the worst. Can't taste the tea, be it fruit tea or milk tea. 50% ice but still tons of us. A tea/boba shop but out of boba. Price isn't good either, but it's Bellevue, so everything's expensive. Definitely pass. read more

Drip Tea - Bubble Tea Near Me - Bellevue, Washington

It definitely sucks that BBT is now $8-10 a pop but nice to have yet another option on the Eastside! Drip Tea is in Lincoln Square 2 so it's definitely convenient whenever I'm out in the neighborhood. No lines at this time with pretty standard drips (and lots of non-caffeinated ones too for the littles!) We tried the Melona one which my little didn't like so got a strawberry smoothie one which she liked better. Overall, another solid BBT shop! read more

Super slow... we ordered a super simple matcha milk tea and the girl working made everyone's orders in order until ours and then skipped us and made 2 orders after us. We were here for over 30min waiting for two simple matcha milk teas when the rest were smoothie orders. I understand the girl was alone working but it wasn't even a rush, this is insane. Next time I'm going across the street to happy lemon where the long line doesn't wait even that long. Either make it in order or go based on which ones are easy to make. Last time here, I'll rather hit Seattle. read more

One of my favorite boba spots in Seattle and I'm so happy they opened up in Bellevue now in Lincoln Square. They got the same drinks as their Capitol Hill location but if you're new to Drip Tea, they are really known for their unique blended drinks and "designer drinks". My favorites are usually the yellow heart, triple S, and the snake eyes. Pretty sweet so I recommend asking to lower the sweetness. Super friendly staff too, go check them out! read more

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Kiosks are easy to use. Drinks are basic. I ordered Vietnamese coffee with boba, classic milk tea with lychee jelly. These two drinks are just okay. I do like guava slushy. read more

Drip Tea - Guava slushy, Vietnamese coffee, classic milk tea - Bubble Tea Near Me - Bellevue, Washington

I've been a fan of Drip Tea's Capitol Hill location for a few years now, so when I heard they opened one up in Bellevue, I had to give it a visit. Located in the Lincoln South food hall, Drip Tea now has a spot that serves unique and creative boba beverages, though I'll be honest, I come for their Thai Milk Tea everytime. The Thai Milk Tea is not a traditional Thai Tea by any means, but it's still equally delicious. They use a condensed milk syrup that they use the line the inside of the cup, and so when you mix it, that condensed milk flavor then permeates throughout the whole drink. The thai tea itself is the right amount of bitter, and the condensed milk syrup creates just the right amount of sweetness that isn't overpowering, something that the Capitol Hill location isn't able to do as well for me. The food hall itself is very casual. There's several tables for people to use to eat, drink, or even hang out. I've seen people playing chess, reading, and studying in that area. The pricing is comparable to other beverage spots in the area. My drink comes in at roughly $8, which I think is fair. They give you a sizable drink, and as far as I'm aware, there's only one size available. I'd love to see them offer a slightly smaller size at a lower price point for those that just want a little bit to satisfy a craving. Service is pretty quick - you order at one of two self-serve kiosks and they make your drink to order. I've come at various points on different days, and it has never been SUPER busy. The longest I've waited is probably around 5 minutes for them to make my drink. Parking for Lincoln South can be overwhelming. There's a paid parking lot directly underneath the building, and there's other parking lots in the area for other buildings in the Bellevue Collection. For free options, you'd probably have to either parking at the Bellevue Mall or Bellevue Downtown Park and walk over. With it being a few blocks from me, I have no problems walking over at least once a week to get my Thai Tea craving satisfied, and I fully intend to do so for the foreseeable future. read more

The drink was okay, but the boba was extremely hard. Boba always needs to be refreshed every now and then; you can't be a boba place without good boba. Three stars because the person working there was very friendly and nice. read more

Drip Tea - A matcha lavender drink with boba - Bubble Tea Near Me - Bellevue, Washington

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Drinks are too sweet and not blended very well. They NEVER have soft serve. Worse than McDonald's.

I like their pudding its yummy I like their service they're nice I like the seating cus i can sit read more

Look if you want exquisite boba tea. Only report here when Vivian is working . She's the only one who take time to make a perfecto drink. I just would like to say this shit is good on the gang no cap no blizzy fr fr fr . Get y'all some boba ya dig read more

Drip Tea - Drip tea - Bubble Tea Near Me - Bellevue, Washington

Good service, but the drinks are very underwhelming. You pay $7-8 for it too. I ordered a hojicha milk tea with 25% sugar with grass jelly. The drink came and the milk tea was GRITTY. I shook the drink like they said, but I don't think any amount of shaking would dissolve all of it. Which also made me think ... they use powder?? I saw some tea containers visibly, but maybe that's only for certain drinks? Disappointing. read more

I love Drip Tea!! My favorite drink here is the 'heart eyes'. But all their other drinks are great, and they have a variety of topping options! The heart eyes is a matcha drink with fresh strawberry bits, and it's honestly so refreshing and delicious. It's not too sweet- the perfect matcha taste.. The location is pretty hidden which I think is why there aren't lines at the location but it definitely deserves a lot more recognition. (They also just opened) Service is amazing, they are helpful and kind. I love the vibe and style of this shop too! Definitely recommend 10/10 read more

Drip Tea - Bubble Tea Near Me - Bellevue, Washington

Heard Drip Tea was opening at Bellevue and decided to check them out! We absolutely love the one in Capital Hill and had high expectations. We ordered two soft serves; strawberry shortcake and twisted vanilla/ube swirl. The soft serves were very icy and lack flavor, especially the ube one. It did not have a smooth or creamy consistency. We also ordered, "Heart Eyes" as our drink and it was honestly disgusting. We had to throw it away because there was this thick sourness that lingered throughout the drink and in your mouth, it could either be the milk or quality of matcha. We would recommend saving your money and visiting the Capital Hill location instead. read more

Had a delicious vegan taro boba with half the sweetness which was perfect for me. I'll definitely be back!

Had two of their drinks, they are definitely aesthetic and worthy of a pic or two. The service is self kiosk but the employees there can also take your order, they were very friendly and attentive to any questions I had, gave me some awesome recommendations. Tried the Takahashi. The love the fresh strawberry bits that bring a refreshing and tart taste to the overall sweet peach black tea base. I only modification I made was 75% sugar since I love my regular teas. The lover boy drink was also very cute, the floral flavor was not too overwhelming, did make an ambitious judgement to do 50% sugar and the lemonade base became very sour and tart that it makes you pucker. DONT be like me, and try drinks at their normal levels first since they know what they're doing and make small adjustments first. Definitely would comeback since the location is convenient and there's food stalls next door to grab a bite. read more

Drip Tea - Left to right: lover boy - takahashi - Bubble Tea Near Me - Bellevue, Washington

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You order on a monitor, there wasn't a single person present so I couldn't ask any questions. The tea is okay. The boba were terrible, hard and dry. The only good thing I have to say is that the straws are compostable. read more

Updating my rating and review on this place just because the quality of this location has gone down. Service is still nice I guess. But I just don't see it worth making it as my regular spot anymore. read more

Best boba I've had in the greater Seattle Area. The drinks were unique and delicious. I came in on a Sunday morning right when they opened and the girl working was so sweet and helpful. It took my boyfriend and I forever to pick a drink and we had a lot of questions but she was extremely kind and willing to answer all our questions. I ended up getting the KREAM drink and it was absolutely amazing. Must visit if you are in the area, even if you aren't Drip Tea is worth the drive. read more

Tried them out after having dinner at West Coast Tacos (also in the food hall). I got the mango green tea with lychee jelly (25% sweetness since I don't like my drinks overly sweet) and it was perfect. Will be back to try out their "designer" drinks! read more

Just tried Drip Tea for the first time. Drinks were solid & delicious. Staff was friendly. Glad Drip Tea decided to open up in Lincoln Square South. Great addition to the new food area. read more