I was recommended to come to Juice Box by several friends in the area. Juice Box is located in Chinatown in a plaza that contains many restaurants stores to visit. We decided to try the strawberry mango, shaved ice with strawberry ice cream in rice balls. After about 10 minutes of waiting, we got our order, and I was very impressed with the shaved ice! The fruits, refresh and sweet, and the shaved ice itself had a good flavor that was powered by the condensed milk. Normally, when I go to shaved ice places one issue that I will recognize is eating straight ice with no flavor. However, here at Juice Box I did not have that issue at all! We also decided to top our treat with strawberry ice cream. That also gave the ice a nice flavor once it began to melt down a bit. In addition, the rice balls that we ordered were nice, soft and chewy (very similar to mochi consistency). If you're looking for a dessert, that is great to share with your family and friends this is the place to go! With our one order we shared that with about 5 friends. Can't wait to come back here again. read more

Juicy Box - Strawberry, Mango Shaved Ice - Taiwanese Near Me - Houston, Texas

Juicebox located in one of the busiest plazas of Chinatown in Houston. I usually frequent this place with my friends and family after eating hotpot or dim sum nearby. We usually get the mango and strawberry shaved ice, which contains strawberry ice cream along with mangoes and strawberries drizzled with condensed milk on a bed of shaved ice. We also get ours with rice balls to add some texture. The dessert is very simple, but it is a great palette cleanser. It is also perfect for my Asian parents, as it is not too sweet and has fresh fruits.I have gotten the same order numerous times, and it has been consistent. Overall, I think Juicebox is a great place to eat a lighthearted dessert after dinner. read more

Juicy Box - Mango and strawberry - Taiwanese Near Me - Houston, Texas

Still indecisive about this place. The shaved ice with fruits and flan was really good. Both the grass jelly and tofu hot dessert were not bad but I prefer the ones from Meet Fresh read more

Juicy Box - Shaved ice with fruits and flan - Taiwanese Near Me - Houston, Texas

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It is nice to have an alternative to Meet Fresh. My favorite for Asian desserts....until now. This place offers more options, especially the black sesame dessert. The tofu and grass jelly are as good as Meet Fresh. Not saying not going to Meet Fresh anymore, it's good to have options. read more

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Wow I had the hot mochi and it was the best mochi I've ever had. I will be back. I appreciated being able to watch the hard work happening & specifically the mochi being cooked I enjoyed read more

Unique desserts--Sesame soup was rich and not too sweet. Hot mochi tasted fresh and was filling. Friendly staff. read more

Juicy Box - Sesame soup with tofu - Taiwanese Near Me - Houston, Texas

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This place never disappoints! Went here a couple weeks back, but forgot to review! I honestly remember coming here when I was little and loving this dessert so much! I'm glad to see that the restaurant hasn't closed down and doesn't taste any different! My go to fruit/flavor combo is strawberry ice cream with mango and strawberries on shaved ice! I know there there are other restaurants with the same type of shaved ice idea, but to me, nothing compares to the taste you get from Juice box! Highly recommend going, you will not be disappointed! read more

Juicy Box - Taiwanese Near Me - Houston, Texas

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Juice Box is one of the first places I visited in this plaza. There has been a ton of businesses that came and went but they managed to remain open. I always get the fruit tea, it's full of flavor and really refreshing. read more

Juicy Box - Taiwanese Near Me - Houston, Texas

We tried S3 bowl with watermelon, strawberry and mango shaved ice. Super tasty!!! Quick and tasty snack read more

Juicy Box - S3 bowl - Taiwanese Near Me - Houston, Texas

Usually my go to place for dessert in Houston . Something refreshing with fruits and icecream and I always get the fresh fruit shaved ice. Usually take people from out of town to try it . Different than your regular icecream or boba places read more

Juicy Box - Fresh fruit shaved ice cream - Taiwanese Near Me - Houston, Texas

Really nice place for have dessert. Taiwanese style. Owner and staff very friendly. You can ask her if you want less sugar for your order!Grass jelly added taro and red bean is my favorite! They closed on Wednesday. read more

Juicy Box - Grass jelly with Taro and red bean - Taiwanese Near Me - Houston, Texas

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Great juices, desserts, teas (including milk tea) and coffee. I got the watermelon juice + ice cream which was excellent, and also the freshly squeezed apple juice which was also very good. In a shopping plaza with many other Chinese/Taiwanese cafes as well. Definitely check this place out if you are in Houston's Bellaire Blvd / Chinatown neighborhood! read more

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Favorite Hong Kong dessert place! It deserves a Michelin star for their Hong Kong style desserts. Love how creamy their mango sago was. Love how the black sesame paste is not too sweet. I will be coming back often! read more

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Some dang good shaved ice!! Comes with flan, strawberry ice cream, condense milk, and 4 frozen fruits (strawberries, watermelon, pineapple, and mangoes). So enjoyable read more

Juicy Box - Taiwanese Near Me - Houston, Texas

Been here a couple times to do some work while waiting on someone in the square. The staff was always very friendly and quick. They have the BEST taro smoothie/slush I've tried. They blend it right in front of you and it tastes great with chunks of real taro, not artificial flavoring. The Thai tea is not bad either! Keep in mind that the credit card minimum here is $10. read more

kids loved it, i loved the mochi shaved ice bow!! it has a good sweet and savory flavor and the mochi were warm, yum! the owners were fast and sweet. always happy to support another small business! read more

Delicious! Love getting dessert here when I am in the area. Recommend sticking with traditional toppings.

Pretty good, but can be pricey. I LOVED Din Tai Fung's shaved ice. Sadly, they got rid of it during COVID. While visiting Houston, my sister wanted to help me find a replacement for my love of Din Tai Fung's shaved ice. The consistency and flavor of the shaved ice here is pretty on par with DTF. Due to the topping we picked, the shaved ice came out to $17 which is on the pricier end in my opinion. We ordered a large taro ball brown sugar shaved ice, with tapioca, mochi, lychee jelly, and pudding. The pudding was an extra $2.77 and the mochi was an extra $1.75. I thought the pudding would be egg pudding, but it was a flan instead. $2.77 extra is a bit steep for a "premium" topping in my opinion. The mochi was chewy and largely shaped, so I didn't enjoy it too much either. Neither one was worth their extra price. The shaved ice was really bland. We had to go back and ask if they could put condensed milk on it which made it 20x better. Without the condensed milk, I would say it was 2.5/5 stars. While dining, a homeless person came in and basically harassed my family and I. The employees did nothing about it and didn't ask him to leave. He came, harassed us, left, and came back again to harass us. It was a very uncomfortable experience. All in all, I probably wouldn't pay $17 again for this. read more

Juicy Box - Brown Sugar Taro Ball Shaved Ice - Taiwanese Near Me - Houston, Texas

Juice box is an OG. They've been around for years now, proving their competitiveness in the fierce Chinatown restaurant arena. What makes them so good? Fresh fruit, served over high quality shaved ice, all at an acceptable price. Sure, you could cut your own fruit and shave your own ice for less, but Juice Box is going to be less than many of the other unnamed expensive dessert spots popping up around Chinatown these days. My order is shaved ice with mango and strawberry, no ice cream, and light or no condensed milk. If you let them do the normal amount of condensed milk, it becomes all too sweet, and for me, not to my taste. Older asian folks will also appreciate going low on the condensed milk and ice cream. Service is fast and friendly, it feels like a family-owned joint. The ambiance is very mid 2000's and feels like it hasn't changed since the store opened up--reminds me of a time long gone when shaved ice was like $6. If you are wanting old school shaved ice with fruit, look no further than Juice Box. read more

MY FAVORITE DESSERT IN CHINATOWN SO FARRRR!!! It's not like the other shaved ice desserts i've tasted because instead of a snow cone ice texture it's more like shaved sorbet/ice cream, but I think you could get either here! W service, took around 5-9 minutes to receive. W ambience, cute store, nice workers, lots of seating! Overall DUBS!!! read more

Juicy Box - Custom Shaved Ice with Toppings - Taiwanese Near Me - Houston, Texas

Juice Box never fails to disappoint me. The dessert place is ALWAYS busy, and the fruit is always fresh. The owner is always there whenever I visit and really shows her dedication to the craft. I got the mango strawberry shaved ice with additional riceballs. The condensed milk paired with everything well and the ice cream was perfect. read more

Juicy Box - Mango Strawberry Shaved Ice with Riceball - Taiwanese Near Me - Houston, Texas

A one stop shop for all things sweet - including juices, ice cream, and desserts. I ordered the silken tofu dessert with grass jelly and sago. It was good but not stellar. The syrup for the grass jelly was thicker than I expected and don't mix very well. The tofu was very tasty but the sago felt and tasted lumpy. I wasn't the biggest fan. Better spots elsewhere. read more

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This place was on my list to try & since I am around the area, I might as well give it a go. I decided to get their Durian shaved ice; watermelon, mango, strawberry for my toppings & they top it off with some condensed milk. Alright, so I did get a little bit of the durian however they drenched a whole bunch of condensed milk which took the durian taste away; plus it tasted more like ice than the durian itself. The condensed milk was extremely too sweet but the fruits counterbalanced the sweetness of the milk. Let's just say if there were no fruits in my shaved ice I wouldn't have finished it. I did enjoy the fruits as they were fresh and ripe & ready to eat. Overall for the quality I didn't think it was worth $10, service was alright, good enough to get by. I'll probably come back & try something else next time. read more

Juicy Box - Durian shaved ice- 3/5 - Taiwanese Near Me - Houston, Texas

Haven't been back in a while. They've done some remodeling and their prices have gone way up. The mango shaved ice is now $10 (when it was $5.50 five or so years ago). WORTH IT. Husband and I also got a watermelon smoothie and a milk tapioca to go. The watermelon smoothie is kind of small but delicious. I was too lazy to walk over to Gong Cha for my milk tea but this was a mistake. The Juice Box's milk tea is bitter and it tastes like it's made from powder. Kind of chalky. Their tapioca are also the mini-size pearls. I would not get milk tea here. Their fruit desserts are excellent, as always. They must grow their own mangos or something because I have never had a bad mango here, summer or winter. read more

Juicy Box - 1. Mango Shaved Ice - Taiwanese Near Me - Houston, Texas

We love juice box and their shaved ice ! We usually get the strawberry mango shaved ice but this time we changed it up & got the mango shaved ice with flan. The fruit is the star of the show here ! They pile on the mangos & add a good bit of condensed milk so its v creamy. The ice is fluffy & the flan added a nice caramel flavor. Its a refreshing dessert thats light on the stomach & not too sweet. A good dessert place if you're craving something creamy and fruity on a hot day! Service is fast & there's usually ample seating. read more

Juicy Box - Mango shaved ice - Taiwanese Near Me - Houston, Texas

Undecided if this should be a 3.5 or 4 out 5 stars. Came here after lunch with my 3 kids for shaved ice. Haven't been here awhile. I order a 1/2 strawberry & 1/2 mango shaved ice. It comes with a strawberry scooped iced and condensed milk over the 2 fruits. The strawberries & mangos are sliced up into pieces. This was a large sized so we all shared. The only thing was this shaved ice was $10. Alittle pricey but I am ok with that. I had better elsewhere. read more

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Sweetest couple that works here. Seen the since j was a teen. I always get fruit with ice. Mango and strawberry and it comes w a scoop of ice cream. My mom lost her wallet here and someone either nice enough to turn it in to them or they found it and kept it foe us. Nothing was missing. It was a blessing. Rare fo that to happen, thank you. They have Asian dessert options too. read more

After dinner, I was craving something sweet and icy, so of course we pulled into the Bellaire Chinatown Plaza and strolled right into Juice Box. The shop doesn't have a ton of seating, but there was plenty for us. They were closing soon but people were still coming in, ordering and eating in. I was coming to get the pudding shaved ice they were advertising in the window, but got distracted by the Taiwanese shaved ice menu. I got a few toppings - taro balls (芋圓), grass jelly and red bean. Just like a traditional Taiwanese ice shop, they drizzle the sugar syrup over the toppings and the shaved ice. You would think the ice would be tasteless but the sugar sauce really changes things! I ended up getting a pudding on the side, too, just because that's what I really came in here for. It was tasty, too and super cute! The Taiwanese couple behind the counter were SO cute and nice. They treated me well (maybe picking up my Taiwanese accent when speaking Mandarin). Definitely recommend this spot as an alternative to bubble tea for dessert! read more

Juicy Box - Pudding - Taiwanese Near Me - Houston, Texas

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We ordered peanut soup, sesame soup and mochis. Please note there isn't any fillings inside but coating on the exterior of the mochis. Both soups were sweeter than my preference; loved the peanut mochi but had a weird bitter after taste from the sesame. Good to get out to even pick out orders as I haven't gone out for a month already. Parking was ample when we went and no queue inside. Best to call for placing orders so it's in and out. read more

FOOD Every time I go to Juice Box I always leave happy! This time we got the hot grass jelly with red bean and peanut. The flavors were really delicate, slightly sweet and also savory. All in all, I came with a craving for Taiwanese desserts and I left with that craving satisfied. ATMOSPHERE I really like Juice Box because it's always got space no matter what size your group is. The staff is very polite and attentive as well, I never feel rushed or silly for not knowing a dessert. Furthermore there're usually families and groups of friends here so I never feel out of place. read more

Juicy Box - Hot grass jelly with peanut and red bean - Taiwanese Near Me - Houston, Texas

I was craving for red bean, kinako powder, sesami taste etc. so My girl suggested to go to near by ice cream place but picture of this place was more appealing to me and decided to try. I loved them all. We had another Mango shaved icecream with extra topping, it was 23 $. We skipped dinner because it was filling already. I would go back again. read more

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I like this combo- avocado durian is a must try :) gotta do it - and they don't skimp in the durian. Good job! read more

Juicy Box - Avocado durian shaved ice - Taiwanese Near Me - Houston, Texas

Don't know why I always walk into a pungent smell at Juice Box. Don't give me wrong, I love durian. It takes a bit to get used to after I ordered and sat down. I'm here mostly after my dentist appointments. This place is always all to myself. Because of the free WiFi, I can do a lot of social media sharing. From the looks of the photos, Juice Box has been here for few decades. Maybe there's a reason 24 other smoothie joints peeked at Dun Huang Plaza. My love here is dessert soups. I named them differently for my own memory: * Sexy Tuxedo - iced tofu 冰豆花 with grass jelly and tapioca balls or hot grass jelly soup with soft tofu. * Muddy Lava - hot sesame soup 芝麻\湯 with tapioca balls. * Tudor Maid - hot tofu soup with peanuts 豆花加花生. * Earth Day Special - freshly squeezed wheat grass drink (need a small OJ to wash it down). Oh, the tapioca balls are homemade, not store bought. Ain't it special. **35th review of 2017** read more

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One of the staple dessert place in Chinatown and had been there for years. Good shaved ice but too sugary for me. Fruits and ice were deceiving / all the condensed sugared milk is still high calories. Huge portion and good for share。 read more

It was super busy at Nu Cafe. So, one of my friends suggested trying out Juice Box instead. There weren't too many people here when we came. I first noticed their menu, which was humongous. I felt immediately overwhelmed with exactly what I should be ordering. The cashier didn't help either. She was more frustrated that I didn't know the difference between their shaved ice and snowflake ice. I guess business started to pick up with more customers pouring in, and she was starting to panic. Lol. Anyway, shaved ice was just shaved ice with condensed milk poured on top of it. Snowflake ice was shaved flavored ice. Now, regardless of which shaved ice you choose, you can top them with different kinds of fruit. Unfortunately, the snowflake ice only came in one size - the large shareable size. I wasn't that hungry, since I ate dinner beforehand. I also didn't want to share my shaved ice either. Hahaha. So, I ended up ordering the medium sized shaved ice with strawberries and strawberry ice cream on top. Maybe it was what I ordered? The shaved ice was ok. The strawberries were super frozen. The strawberry ice cream was good, but nothing spectacular. On the other hand, my siblings enjoyed their mango strawberry snowflake ice. They said it tasted just like eating at Nu Cafe. Although, in my opinion, I have to say that Nu Cafe has their shaved ice presentation down pat compared to Juice Box. On my next visit, I need to give their snowflake ice a try in order to compare it to Nu Cafe. read more

Juicy Box - Strawberry shaved ice - Taiwanese Near Me - Houston, Texas

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If you want some Juice in your Box, Houston isn't necessarily the best place to get some, unless I'm in town, and I'm not at the current time. However, this place will, at least, help you put those thoughts on ice. Literally. What to get: One of their fruit ice bowls Why: Because it has fruit, and ice, and is in a bowl I can't give them less than 4 even though I probably should. Everyone seems to love this place, and it's very popular and busy and sometimes has quite the line (but then what in the Don Huang plaza doesn't? Speaking of which parking sucks in this plaza, so bad). I guess my complaint is that it's really basic. It's just some shaved ice (flavorless ice!) with a bunch of different fruits on top of it and then some condensed milk or what not. I'm not crazy about condensed milk, but even if you are, you're really just paying for the fruits. And it's not dirt cheap. Now the fruits are good, granted, but I mean, fruit is fruit, and... I guess what I'm saying is, I just don't get it. But it was a fun experience and the fruit is yum and maybe you'll love it like lots of others do, so I can't give it less than a 4. The truth is, I probably prefer a different type of Juice Box. read more

Juicy Box - Where did that sexy mango - Taiwanese Near Me - Houston, Texas

I like this place! The options are aplenty and they are not skimpy on fruit. The menu board is so large that it pans across the entire prep area so you will likely find something you want. There are so many choices it can be a tad overwhelming to some but hey, I like freedom of choice. From fruit smoothies to sago, chocolate concoctions to coffee, milk teas to shaved ice, what not to love? The durian lover can try their durian shaved ice, the coconut sago lover can try their grass jelly or red bean sago drink, the mango lover can try their snowflake bowl full of perfectly sweet and refreshing mango shaved ice and lots of mango chunks, topped with creamy vanilla ice cream. For the price, it is worth it. If one order is too much for you, split it with a friend. The orders came out pretty quickly even when there was only one person working behind the counter as my group of seven people didn't get impatient (and believe me, it's hard for some of them to be patient). I really enjoy fruit based desserts and this place wins my heart. The sago is pretty standard but easy to drink in a cup. The dark chocolate frappe is great if you like it dark...so don't get it if you are looking for super sweet. I will be back for more! read more

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Great service & incredible shaved ice & Mochi! They have renovated and everything looks so awesome! The owners are the main people to help with the orders and they are just sweet/amazing people. Their fruits are fresh and everything tastes top notch. Their pricing have increased a bit but worth every penny. I think I might go broke eating here so often... Also, one of the reasons I love this place is not only do they have fresh fruits, they constantly clean the place so it's super clean! What more could you ask for? Great food, amazing service, and clean facility! You're missing out if you haven't tried out this place. read more

Juice Box will forever be our shaved ice of choice. For as long as we can remember, they've been a staple in the Houston Chinatown area and while their menu has gone through some changes over the years, their shaved ice continues to be their best dessert offering by far. What's always puzzled us is that there really isn't anything complex or complicated whatsoever with these ice bowls. But for whatever reason, their shaved ice just hits on a totally different level. Our go to order every time is the watermelon & mango shaved ice with vanilla ice cream on top. Literal perfection. Please never change Juice Box. Never change. read more

Juicy Box - Taiwanese Near Me - Houston, Texas

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If you're looking to cool down from that Texas heat this is the place. It's a small joint in a crowded parking lot with many smaller restaurants around. But this hidden gem is really good. It's shaved ice topped with your choice of 3 or 5 fruits (depends on what size you get) then topped with a scoop of Ice cream (different flavors cost more then others) then condensed milk drizzled to finish it off. They also serve ice cream if shaved ice is not your thing read more

Juicy Box - Shaved ice topped with strawberries, mango , cantaloupe , watermelon , pineapple and a scoop of strawberry ice cream - Taiwanese Near Me - Houston, Texas