The addition of Bao Box inside Glow Tea makes me so excited! It's so hard to find good dumplings in this area. These do not disappoint. I especially love the spicy dumplings. They are steamed to the right temperature and the chili oil on top is phenomenal with the right amount of crunch. Not too spicy at all. It was about a 10 minute wait before my order was ready. Very reasonable amount of time to wait. The food was still steamy and hot when I got home 15min later because they were packaged wonderfully. The containers trap in the heat to keep the little dumplings hot and fresh. You can tell they were packaged with care. You also get chop sticks, napkins and sauces in a cute to-go bag. The larger pork dumplings are delicious all on their own without the sweet n sour sauce on the side. Each order is about $8-$10. I was quite satisfied after devouring the spicy dumplings and half of the pork ones. I will definitely be back. read more

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The service was super fast an they use real fruit. If you buy the light bulb you get cheaper refills so that can be fun. Good taste, not too sweet, very refreshing read more

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Grand opening event on September 30 was a ton of fun! First 50 in line received a punch card that allows one FREE drink a month for a whole year!! And the rest of the crowd got to spin the wheel for a free drink or topping, and everyone got Buy One Get One deal. I got the Brown Sugar Milk - I always forget when I order these milk drinks that there is no tea in the drink lol. I'm a huge fan of milk tea, I would always choose milk tea over other drinks. The brown sugar boba was very fresh, soft and chewy. I also got the Glow Sea Salt Coffee, which was delicious too. read more

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I'm going home to use this as coffee creamer.... This is pure sugar, no flavor or consistency, worst boba I've ever had in my life. She didn't even know the difference between coconutmilk and normal milk.I am allergic to dairy and she asked multiple times how to use the coconut milk in the drink & after one sip I felt like I had diabetes.there was no ice in the drink it was warm.for $8.50 this drink was not worth it. Ambience was weird, they are selling Christmas stuff. I don't understand read more

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Stopped by to give it a try. Place is super clean inside. Glad a new boba place is open in my area and something different from Starbucks to sip on while I shop. I ordered the lava which was actually amazing. My only mistake was getting the tapioca balls(which I paid extra for) they weren't cooked enough and were extremely chewy. And some of them were so undercooked that they were actually dry inside. Taste of the actual smoothie was pretty good but the tapioca balls completely ruined the experience for me. Not sure I'd return to spend another $7 plus tip to not be able to drink it. Giving 3 stars because the place was super clean and the gal that waited on me was super friendly. read more

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Came here during the first opening and never came because boba was "eh okay" came back 4/17/24 to give it a try again since wife wanted their food. Ordered their pack that came with xiao long bao, pork buns, noodles and drink for $25 Xiao long bao was good. Not the best but good! Pork buns were good. Not the best but good! Dan dan noodles: I've never not liked noodles until this. It was nasty. Boba waffle: Basic boba waffle, was cooked more and dry but must be taken out late. Thai iced tea: I should have known it wasn't going to be good when the lady called it Matcha iced tea. How to tell a good thai iced tea? THE DARKNESS OF THE ORANGE. This was like water and tapioca with a drop of thai tea. The color isn't even there. Packets of store bought thai tea is probably better than this. In my head "You can't really mess up thai tea, So lets just order that" Service was usual. Place wasnt as busy on a hot sunday afternoon Ambiance: Very clean and looked nice. Overall, I wouldn't go here again especially for boba. I'm always at Fred meyer so it's convenient but i'll pass. read more

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Overall, I like the drinks here. They do a good job, and mistakes are rare. The reason for the 2 stars is the music. The other day I was there with my daughter, and the playlist consisted of explicit hip hop. Now don't get me wrong, I like hip hop, but having my daughter hear the word f*cker, motherf*cker, and the N word more than two dozen times wasn't cool. Not exaggerating, after I while I started to count and there were other families with kids in the shop. The next song was about "this N word" telling a girl he was going to split her like a watermelon, and eat her and then I didn't pay attention to the rest because I had to try to explain to my 9yr old when she asked me why he was splitting someone like a watermelon. This is not unusual, the music at this location is often explicit and when my wife is with me I have her wait in the car with my daughter. Just FYI, I did try messaging the owner before leaving this review. read more

For first impressions: I visited on March 22, they had a wall of Christmas decorations up which is quite odd as it's nearly spring. One would expect for a "soft grand opening" it would be more inviting and appealing, but it was not. With several other boba places nearby, they have a lot of competition and I surely don't feel like I'm missing anything if I didn't go back. Boba was mediocre, didn't taste fresh. We purchased the lightbulb. You can't shake or stir the drink very well bc tops not sealed. Gal working the counter wasn't helpful and just pointed to the register to self check out. I had questions but she referred me to the kiosk (noted!). Lastly, I felt like there was a charge for every little thing so the total came out higher than anticipated...so all in all, it wasn't a good experience. read more

I decided to give the Glow Tea location another chance. So I decided to stand in line to try to be the first 50 people to get free boba tea for a year. I got there at the time stated. I guess I ended up being number 70! I still got my BOGO and a bubble waffle. With tip I spent about 13.00 Reason why I lowered the stars was not because I waited in line for over an hour, and didn't get my free boba for a year. It's because the drinks were still watered down, and although the young lady thanked me for being patient in waiting so long for my bubble waffle, it came out overcooked. I've had bubble waffles for years at different boba tea places in different states and Canada. Never had overcooked ones. The good thing is their batter is tasty so I'll give them that. The first time I went during the soft opening, today was the grand opening. The husband and wife owners were working hard in the back with three of their crew, and the district manager was out front having us in line spin the wheel to win a prize. It was nice to see the community put in full force for the grand opening. I hope this mom and pop survives. I won't say I'll never come back again, I might just come once in a while to show my support. Plus if you bring back your bulb drink container, you get refills for 2.95. read more

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Soft opening right now. The drink is simple and tasty. If you buy the glow cup, your refills are definitely good deal. They are still training people. Made a mistake on my drinks and forgot to put the fruits inside but the young lady corrected the mistake next time I stopped by. The bubble waffle is my childhood snacks. It is not the exact same kind but not bad. I would definitely go back for refills. Where can you even get a sweet drink around $3 these days right? and hopefully by that time the staff are getting familiar with making the drinks. read more

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Great food and smoothies. Very nice employees. I will be eating here more often. I love their noodles and dumplings

I happened to be in the area and was craving some milk tea. Very creamy and delicious. I ordered a taro milk tea and my husband got the brown sugar milk tea, and both were very delicious. Not too sweet or watered down read more

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Interesting ordering system. You make your order yourself and pay on the tablet, and then it prints out your order ticket, which you then have to make sure the workers get so that they can start making your drinks. However, it wasn't very apparent that you had to do that (no signs or instructions or anything), and no one was around until they came out with another customer's drinks, so I ended up waiting for nothing for a bit. However, once they did let me know and I handed over my ticket, they made our drinks pretty quickly. Another thing about ordering is that there aren't any options to change your ice or sweetness level, so I ended up having to write it out in the comments section for each drink. Kinda tedious. As for our drinks, I got the classic milk tea with boba, my usual order when I'm testing the waters of a new place. It was...okay. Reminded me of chocolate milk and it was a bit on the creamy side. Quite sweet as well. The boba was soft on the outside, but a little hard in the center. Overall, would not get this drink again seeing as how I did not finish mine. My siblings said the strawberry black tea was good though, but the strawberry bits were a little too big to suck through the straw. I like that if you get the bulb cups, which are like +$5 to your drink cost, you can bring back for a $2.95 refill. Sounds worth it for returning customers. I will likely return to try their other drinks, and their bubble waffles as well. I hope they're good and I hope they work out their kinks because it'd be so great having a good bubble tea place in the area. read more

So, my kids LOVE the Lava smoothie from this place. They're open til 8pm. We went in at 6:15 the other night and all the smoothies were "sold out". Asked why sold out?? Girl behind the counter said "I'm cleaning the machines." Asked what time they start doing that every night. "6:00." So....basically you can't go in and get a smoothie during the last TWO HOURS that they're open in the evenings, which is ridiculous. read more

A little more on the pricey side if you order there light bulb cups 2 teas ended up being 25$ before tax and that's without a tip even though they were advertised for about 8$ each the tea was still pretty good and the cup lights up and with purchase they offer cheaper refills of said tea so if you drink it a lot it's worth it but I'll have to pass for the time being read more

I knew about this place from the auburn mall and was super happy to see their soft opening when I went to Fred Meyer. Their brown sugar milk tea is so addicting and reminds me of awesome cereal milk. My husband likes the coffee milk tea because it's Vietnamese coffee in a bigger size than what you get at restaurants. I'm really excited to try their cute macaroons too. Staff is super friendly which is always a plus. Lots of fun toppings to choose from! read more

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My family was visiting Seattle from Vancouver. We saw this newly opened bubble tea shop while driving to a friend's home. My wife grabbed a fruit tea, I ordered a milk tea for myself, and the kids liked bubble waffles very much. The tastes of the drink and food were great. We were glad to find this place and will visit again for sure! read more

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Nice to see Covington expanding their selection and the extra purchase of their bulb cup makes revisiting worth it, as the refills are cheaper. The drinks are made pretty quickly and taste good! read more

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Saw that they had a soft opening so we went to try it out. The drinks were pretty good and upgrading the cups to a bulb will definitely be a fun ride with a $3 refill. For the refill you will have to talk to one of the cashiers to help but other than that it seems like it was a self-select menu ordering system. The staff and the trainees we're very friendly when I went there and I would recommend going here. read more

Glow tea opened up/soft opening. We got their peach blk tea. Strawberry blk tea. Regular milk tea with boba. Some lava something (has blended mango and strawberry syrup) It's aight. I wouldn't go back. It being soft opening, there wasn't any deals nor discount. You have to an extra 4.95 or 4.99 or something for their light bulb container which on the menu it's falsely advertised because the tea drinks shows it in the light bulb containers. Not going to pay another $5 on top just for a container... So the blk teas were blah nothing good however, I would have to say it's semi strong so that's a plus. There are fruit bits to it but mediocre. The peach chunk tasted like the peach from a can, by all means, those are good but wasn't what I expected. The milk tea was weird, had a creamy texture to it like condense milk creaminess.. wasn't expecting that. The lava drink whatever, was heavily consumed by strawberry syrup but at least this drink you can control the sweetness. read more

Got to try glow tea for the first time and it was good! I got the mango flavored smoothie. I gave this a 8/10 because there's nothing too special about this place besides their cups that light up. Had lots of cool photo areas though read more

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Really great bubble tea and fun experience. I bought the light bulb and my toddler loves it. read more

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The absolute worst experience I've ever walked into. The staff was extremely cold and not friendly, this actually matched the ambiance. You could feel the coldness the second they walks in. Also if you would like just an unsweetened black tea or anything off this menu they won't help you out. Not sure what kind of tea place this is. read more

Hands down the best tea I've had since 2022 started, this is definitely my top 3 boba spots in the Seattle area My go to drink is the taro milk tea and these guys drink was made fresh and amazing delicious ‍‍ read more

Okay so I love GlowTea, however the Covington location leaves me dumbfounded. They never fail to run out of tapioca (boba), every time I come here they are always running out if regular milk or something else (in the early afternoon) many occasions I've left with a something else because once they poured one drink they realized they were out and just top it off with so much ice, that's not even what I'm necessarily most irritated about, I ordered a bubble waffle and watched the employee handle it with their BARE hands and no gloves. This is extremely unsettling specially knowing the Auburn location more up kept than the Covington location, and their soft opening or Boa Buns. They are delicious however, waiting for 20 minutes for 6 of the I can drive down to Lucky House in Kent. GlowTea employees are sweet and helpful and I understand they are doing the best they can with what they can, but handing food without gloves is a big no and management needs to be more up kept with making sure the employees have what they need to not "run out" of supplies and upkeep inventory. read more

The bobas are great but too expensive. Also the music playing was very inappropriate and I couldn't bring my younger children in with me.

Came to this newly opened tea shop today. It was a good experience. The server was very nice there. I ordered my favorite brown sugar milk tea. It was delicious! Love it! I am a tea lover. I gotta come to this place more often now. read more

Best Thai tea around!! I'm not usually a fan of the tapioca balls but theirs is delicious!! They have these really cute cups in the shape of a light bulb that lights up! It is a little pricey but you get $3 refills if you keep it. They have an order screen in the lobby where you can order and pay and your drink comes right up! Love this place! read more

My drink was basically just water because it was so watered down. And the poping boba looked and tasted really weird. when it's the same flavor (mango) that I get every time that I get boba. I'm definitely not coming back it was a wast of 8 dollars. read more

Cute little shop! Self service kiosk to order. Choice to have less sugar in drink also additions like ice cream. Didn't try the bubble waffles but they sure did smell wonderful. read more

Came here during the soft opening and tried two of their drinks; taro, and I think a brown sugar milk. Ordering takes place via kiosk with an employee guiding you through (for the time being I guess). Also, if you come in the evening; the storefront and lobby becomes a super bright oven as the sun sets. The drinks were run of the mill for a boba place with the usual sweetness and flavor. Boba needs some work as mine was bland and bunched up into a giant ball of goop. I got the little light bulb cup for future refills (I didn't know they light up with the included LED pod on the bottom) so I'll be back when they're fully open as I live close by. read more

Good tea, but seems to never have tapioca pearls in stock... Really disappointing to come here to it's being out of stock week after week

Going today, and it's wonderful! I've went a few times, so I know that this stuff is good! The glow tea chair is super cute too! Basically everytime we go we take a photo. If you're looking for boba, Glow Tea is the right place! read more

Terrible customer service. I went in this past Saturday to try a drink there since I normally go to Bobalust anyway but thought I'd give it a try. I walked in and got no greeting from the gal standing at the register but she also didn't say anything about "go ahead and order on the screen when you're ready" so since I saw her standing and I glanced at the menu I thought she was going to take my order and instead she walked away shortly so I stood for 30 seconds before I looked down at the screen where it said Tap to order.. so I don't know about you but if it was my first time, how was I supposed to know I had to do it on the screen? No interaction with the person working there at all? I placed the order and 2 minutes later my drink was ready, which was pretty fast but then I proceeded to mention to the gal it could've been very helpful for her point out that I had to order on the screen or that she could've said hello or something. It was just rude to me. She offered no apology but yet I still left a tip. I had to just let her know but normally don't write bad reviews unless I felt it necessary. read more

Just opened boba shop in Covington I don't do reviews but my experience here is worth it. Visit Date: 7/28/22 Drink: Strawberry Black Tea on refillable light bulb Price: 11 some after tax Pros: Refillable bulb Cons: Plastic bulb Experience: Amazing The gentleman working was pleasant. Greeted me right away. Ushered me towards the little screen where you can place your order. Took time explaining the drinks i asked. Walked me through the refillable option. Very knowleagable. The drink came out fast. Everyone was cheery and welcoming. Location: its okay It's a little bland but it was said that there are more things being installed. Very hot inside. There were fans at least The pick up place is bulb shaped as well the selfie station they called. Clean Will be back to try a different flavor next read more

This is the 2nd Wedneday that the place is closed before 9 pm. BUSINESS HOURS POSTED UNTIL 9Pm. Last week we got there 8 30pm today we got here at 8 05 pm place look like its been closed for a while. Last time few clients like us we re confused. If the hours changed then changed it accordingly on yelp on your business hours by the door. Very inconvenient. read more

This place is horrible and a rip off. First there is no air conditioning in the place while i waited 15 minutes for my order. They literally have one waffle maker! We ordered what was supposed to be a bubble waffle with ice cream and reeses topping. There was literally little to no ice cream. Whatever was in there instantly melted to the bottom. Still question if any was in there. They put a large marshmallow in the middle to hold the toppings instead of nice cold ice cream. All that for 7.25. I'll never be back. Wish baskin Robin's never left. I doubt this place will last. read more