I used to love it here because their bubbles are chewy and the right amount of sweet. Now is always not enough sugar for drinks and no sugar coated with the bubbles. Very disappointed. The place gets hot and steamy during winter. Service is fine. I hope they fix the way they adjust their sugar for drinks and bubbles or else I will have to go somewhere else. read more

Great service, usually we call ahead and our order is ready by the time we get there.

I live in the neighborhood and always stop by Kung fu tea for a drink. It's usually very busy but they do a great job of preparing the drinks quickly. My favorites are the Kung fu tea, taro, and the new addition of Thai tea. If you don't like very sweet drinks, makes sure to tell them to add less sugar as they typically add a lot. Make sure to download their app for rewards ! read more

Kung Fu Tea - Coffee & Tea Near Me - Brooklyn, New York

If I can give them no stars for their customer service I would. They are the worst. Literally. I ordered on the app for the first time because it's 95 degrees out and no one wants to stand on line for that long. On the app I ordered two drinks with the option to choose -ice option. One passionfruit green tea and Milk Green tea both with room temp ice. Of course I wanted an iced cold drink with regular ice so here I thought their app option for ice says "room temperature" meaning regular ice. There was only 4 choices- no ice, less ice, room temp and more ice. HOW DID I GET A HOT DRINk?!?! I went to ask if I can change it to cold they said no and that it was my fault for choosing the ice option. ?????!!. Seriously. They even wanted me to pay for the cup of ice but they gave it to me because they didn't want to remake me another drink.. how much is it to remake another drink KFT? Ridiculous. 95 degrees out and heavy traffic area. Never coming back. And Oh, they were talking smack in chinese and they didn't think I understood it because I spoke English to them. read more

Kung Fu Tea - Room temperature ice means regular ice for this drink. - Coffee & Tea Near Me - Brooklyn, New York

The last time i visited NYC, I picked up cocoa cream boba drink and it SO delicious! The staffs were very friendly and speedy. While i was waiting for my drink, the new owner happened to be at the location. She said she took over not long ago which explained the old reviews. I want to share that this location is now under a new management now and has definitely improved from the previous owner. Give them another try! :) read more

Service is horrendous! It was a lot better a few years ago. The workers have NO knowledge about how the kung fu tea app works nor promotions. Well in this case, it must've been a FRAUDULENT PROMOTION. Tried to claim the free drink as a new app user. The workers said to buy the drink first then it would deduct on its own. So bought the drink and they said it charged the credit card. Asked about the deduction and they said there's none. Got SCAMMED into downloading a new app and paid for a drink otherwise wouldn't have gotten. Made a detour for this too. read more

I visited this place often when I was younger. I stopped by today and they had redone the layout. There's more space for customers to stand while waiting for a drink. I got the pudding milk tea with half sugar and half ice. My total was $3.81 since the pudding is a $.50 up charge. While waiting for the drink I noticed the front area hadn't been cleaned in a while. The drink was okay. The milk tasted different than what I was used to. There was a really big portion of pudding which I cannot complain about. I probably won't come back for another drink though. Feels like the recipe has changed. read more

Kung Fu Tea - Pudding milk tea - Coffee & Tea Near Me - Brooklyn, New York

I'm a huge fan of KFT because I really like how strong their tea flavor is. I always get their passion fruit green tea with bubbles. However, their drinks are often too sweet so I recommend 50% sugar. One downside is they actually don't accept cards despite Yelp saying they do. However, you can pay using the app on your phone. read more

Love IT! Love, Love IT!! Love, Love, Love IT!!! I always order my usual ***Kung Fu Bubble Green Tea*** here and it tastes just the way I want it! Perfect tea taste, chewy tapioca, and great liquid texture with a hint of sweetness. That is my number one choice and absolute favorite. My next favorite is the regular Kung Fu Bubble Tea. I also recommend my 3rd favorite, the Kung Fu Green Tea w/ Honey, if you are lactose intolerant. My next goal is to sway away from my favorites and give the Kung Fu Grapefruit Green Tea a TRY!! TIP: Drinking it COLD is the best!!! read more

Food: Bubble tea/flavored tea/slush/yogurt drink Order: Passion fruit green tea. Great balance of citrus and tea flavor. Price: $3.50, which is the average price for flavored tea across the different bubble tea chains. Atmosphere: Quick service and small counter with a couple of seats. It is overall a very nice place to stop and get a drink with your friends when you're thirsty. read more

Kung Fu Tea - Passion fruit green tea ($3.50) - Coffee & Tea Near Me - Brooklyn, New York

Kung Fu Tea is one of the more popular bubble tea stores in 8 Av. The service is pretty quick unless it gets very busy. The store itself is not very big, personally I just get my drinks and go. My previous favorite was the Kung Fu Milk Tea with nata jelly. I got so sick of the milky taste and it became to too sweet for me. My new favorite became the Kung Fu Milk green tea with herbal jelly. The herbal jelly waters down the sweetness even more. I normally do not get bubbles because sweeten. In Brooklyn it is around $2.75 a medium(small) cup & $3.50 a large cup and in Chinatown it cost a dollar more! read more

My go to bubble tea spot when I'm at 8th ave. My friend recommended me Jasmine Milk Tea from kung fu tea and Ive been ordering that ever since. There was this one time, I was having a pretty terrible day already so I go in to this shop and orders the usual. The cashier said they don't have it and they don't sell that. I'm like WTF? Yes you do, I just ordered that yesterday! -.- She kept on saying they don't sell Jasmine tea. SIGH! She must be new... DIDNT EVEN KNOW THE MENU. -.- Overall, Im satisfied with this place. read more

This 1 star review isn't for the drinks itself because Kung Fu Tea taste absolutely delicious but its for the service I received walking in here. It was absolutely disgusting, leaving me in utter disbelief. The last time I walked in here was when they first opened a couple years ago and at that time the store was much nicer. I believe they had a larger counter and you can see them making your drinks right in front of you. Now.. The counter is squished all the way in the corner of the room, completely blocking off what is going on in the back when they're making your drinks.. They can literally do whatever they want back there. The other corner for a huge useless garbage can and another corner for merch. Like no one will buy your merch COME ON. The girl that took my order was very condescending. If someone orders the wrong thing maybe it is your JOB to help them and not CORRECT them like they're some stupid idiot. Finished ordering my drink and THIS PLACE DOES NOT TAKE CREDIT CARD. How do you have a QR scanner but not take credit card. Are you still in the 1900s?!!!! She gave me the receipt with a number on it.. and naturally i just threw it away. I mean theres two people in the shop if you can't remember what these two people ordered maybe you really should not be working here. She calls the number.. and i clearly see that it's my drink. I walk up to her and ask her if those were mine and she acts like she's never seen me before... DEAR LORD i just ordered from you like 5 minutes ago. WAKE UP?!! I will not be coming back here. Please take some time to properly train your incompetent staff. read more

The reception desk was very rude when answering the phone，Don't go for a really bad experience

I love kung fu tea! My favorites are passion fruit green tea w/ lychee jelly and taro green tea w/ tapioca. I love how the passion fruit green tea has the tea flavor unlike the other places where it is too sweet. I also love how the tapioca is chewy and not hard. The only downfall about this place is the price. A passion fruit green tea w/ lychee jelly is $3.50 and a taro green tea w/ tapioca is $3 :/ read more

It used to be good and worth its price but lately this store has gone down in quality. Prices went up at least a dollar and their drinks are so watered down. I paid almost $7 for a large drink and I could barely taste any flavor. Not worth it! There are other great bubble tea places on 8th ave that are cheaper and don't skimp you out. read more

Ridiculous staff, horrible service!!!!! The male cashier with the glasses was very rude. They should improved their customer service!! There are many bbt store around that area having a similar drink!! Not only you!! Please treat your customer better!! read more

Very rude lady working in the back. I was a loyal customer coming almost every day. Today I clicked hot drink by mistake instead of a large size. On the app they are very close to each other. I got to the store within 2 minutes after ordering. The woman with an attitude refused right away to change it even when I nicely asked and stated I come every day. She said with an attitude " I will not be changing it for you every day and I don't even recognize your name". There are right ways to approach it and the there are wrong ways. Any other coffee or tea shop would gladly change it for you especially for a one time mistake. Granted there are much better bubble teas in the area and I will not be giving this location my business anymore. read more

Their drinks are good but the service is bad. Had no idea I'll be waiting half an hour for a cup of bb tea. As I was waiting, I heard them telling the people who came in after me that waiting time will 20-25mins. If they have told me I'll just go elsewhere but I have already paid when I found out. read more

I ordered milk tea and milk green, which tastes just like milk powder mixed with water. I can't taste any tea. Maybe it's because almost close? Won't go again. read more

I always purchase my bubble tea drinks at this location, but the past 2 times I went, I found a medium size piece of plastic in my drink. (Both times, the plastic looked exactly the same) The first time, the man I spoke to on the phone apologized on their behalf and was sincere about it and told me to come get a free drink of my choice. Today, I found another piece of plastic in my drink and the man I was on the phone with was extremely rude! I explained to him the situation and he responded, "Okay and? It's weird how it only happens to you, but not to any of our customers." I told him that this piece of plastic could've been swallowed, which could've caused serious health issues. He then said "I'm sorry" and left me on pause for a while. I said "Okay, I understand but what will you do about this?" He then again stayed silent on the phone. So I said, "The man last time gave us a free drink, is that your offer to us? Or should the health department be involved in this?" He said "I don't care because I am not the owner of this place, I'm just a worker." So I proceeded to say, "Right, you may not care, but working in the food industry, your customers are expressing their concerns, shouldn't you be considerate and empathetic enough to do something about it?" It took him about 10 minutes within the phone call to finally give in and say "I mean if you WANT, you can come here and get a new drink." I have never dealt with such poor customer service from this store. I know this does not depict the whole store, but this worker clearly and surely does not care about his customers wellbeing. I went back to the store and spoke to the lady at the cashier about what went on over the phone, she was very polite and apologized multiple times, but the man who I spoke to on the phone, was there as well and was just very rude. He looked at me and gave me an attitude when I showed him the piece of plastic I had in a ziplock bag as proof. He hide behind their wall to observe the plastic, said something in another language, and the lady at the cashier offered a new drink, whereas he just ignored me and went to do something else. read more

If I could give it zero stars I would. The workers have no knowledge of the apps promotions and were very rude. I came in on 4/30 to redeem a free bubble tea but the cashier told me I would have to buy one in order to get one free. There is no fine print that states you would have to BOGO, the promo is for $4 towards your drink. The cashier just dismissed me and collected the order of the person behind me. I will take my business somewhere else, there are plenty of boba shops along 8th ave. read more

I ordered the Milk Green tea...and got regular green tea instead with a side of diabetes... I should have said less sugar. read more

This store deserves a 0 star because of their their rude service and scams. I got SCAMMED into buying a drink and downloading an app. I ordered a bubble tea on April 30th for the 30th anniversary of Kung Fu Tea. I was told to order the drink and pay for it first with the Kung Fu Tea app, then it would be deducted so that it would be free of charge. After making my purchase I asked the cashier to verify if the price would be deducted. The cashier said it would charge my credit card and will not be deducted and the event was a buy one get one free. I then asked for a refund, but was told it was not refund refundable. I asked if I could be given another drink since I already played for one to make it buy one get one free. This time the cashier told me that I would have to make another purchase.  I would have never bothered going out of my way to stand on a long line to order a drink if I knew I would have been SCAMMED. There were many other bubble tea stores with much better service and same quality tea. read more

Tasty and refreshing orders. Staff is real quick with creating the orders and handling the crowd of customers. So far, all the cashiers speak English well, so there's no language barrier. So far, I ordered the green tea/milk with bubbles and the regular milk/tea with grass jelly combos. Definitely recommend the latter. Not too sweet and with the right amount of tea, milk, ice, and grass jelly ratios. Tasty and smooth. Real cheap and easy to get. A good option for these warm days ahead on 8th ave. read more

It's Kung Fu Tea. It's expensive and the lines can be unruly. That said, they have a ton of flavors, and their drinks are huge. At least they list the calorie content on their menus. Their milk tea is alright, but I would sooner go to any random bakery and order one for half the price. read more

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So how does one justify $4.50 for a bubble tea. I mean, it's bubble tea. I've had this a few times and never saw what the big fuss was about. Kungfu tea is like the starbucks of bubble tea: mediocre drinks marketed for suckers. First of all, why do they make them so sweet? I ask for half sugar, and it's still too sweet for me. In fact, the bubbles are super sweet themselves. Speaking of the bubbles...50 cents extra for bubbles? Really?? There are places that sell bubble tea BOGO or 2 for $3 and they're charging you extra for bubbles. Despite the fact that most bubble teas are disgusting (especially TBarr. I HATE TBARR, I wouldn't drink something from there even if it's free, but that's a different rant.) To be fair, I will say they use a quality creamer that is richer/milkier than most milk teas without tasting artificial. read more

I don't usually like to give a bubble tea place 2 stars because I don't expect much but today's visit to KFT really ruined my night. I walked in around 9:15 PM (they close at 10:00 PM) with no customers thinking yay they'll get my order quick. All three employees were talking FOR A FULL 2 MINUTES. Not sure if they didn't realize I was there or not but I had to go "excuse me, are you open?" And the girl said "oh yes. " then she took my order. I asked for a milk green tea and she said they ran out of green tea so I settled for a milk tea instead. I asked for 25% sugar and she replied with an attitude "30% only." Fine. My drink came out to be $3.50 (as expected since I go here often) and I gave her $4.00 - she gave me my receipt WITH NO CHANGE. She went back to cleaning while a guy was making the drink for me and I'm really debating if I should ask for it back. I'm in no way cheap about 50 cents but least give me back my money so I can put it in the tip jar instead. I find this to be super rude!!! I ended up not asking for it because the guy who made my drink made it real quick so I appreciated that. I know this is a bubble tea place on 8th Ave so reviews might not matter as much but just wanted to let everyone know about my story. Note to self: do not come 45 mins before closing and always have exact change. I am very disappointed in you, KFT. read more

It's good. It's just slightly over-hyped. I had some friends always raving about KF Tea, with the common Facebook statuses: 1) "OMG, GOTTA GET MORE KUNG FU TEA" 2) "Ahh, nice day with Kung Fu Tea" 3) "Yummy yummy. Buy me some Kung Fu Tea, kay? ;P " 4) etc, the list goes on and on. There are days I just wanna smack them and tell them to get laid. Was around the area and found it by chance, decided to give it a shot. I loved it! Now, mind you, there will still be people who complain about price; however, when you think of bubble tea like a dessert, then it counters out a little bit. I will not go out of my way to get it. It's good tea and I will definitely go grab it if I'm around the area, but not mind-blowing enough to get me out of the house everyday. Service is pretty quick. Some stools for you to sit on here and there. Don't make a big deal out of it. read more

Went to this Kung Fu Tea at 8 Ave 55st downloaded their app for the V-day promotion they are having today but the QR code is not working and the employee not being help even we ask her politely read more

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I ordered a hot green tea, was suprised they place it in a regular cold drinks plastic container, and it wasn't close to hot but luke warm. I have to say the green tea is much stronger than the tea i've had elsewhere! definitely a good morning kick, it would've been much better if it's serving hot! i also like the fact that they don't automatically add tapioca in their drinks unless you request for it. it's a nice and clean space with few bar seats if you would like to sip immediately. I was given a card which they stamp you w each purchase, and you'll get 1 free drink after 10 drinks. read more

I have been to many Kung fu tea chains before. It is one of the known chain for bubble tea. Like many of the bubble tea places, they offer the option to customize the sugar level. Their Bubble tea at regular sugar is on the sweeter side. I stopped by this locations a couple of times. It is small and there is usually a a lot of traffic in here. I found on yelp that they have a limited edition drink called bluebell vineyard so I decided to give t a try. I agree with Jenny T. It looks cool but definitely not worth $7. It is like a regular large drink with crushed ice in a voss bottle. The blue is the tea, red is strawberry and the orange is mango. You definitely need to shake it and mix it before drinking it. This drink is very sweet and it taste like concentrated syrup after the ice melts. I had to add in water to dilute it. I wanted to try it so I spent the money for it but I would not get it again. read more

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Modern-looking Chinese drinks place, on 55th St, just off the main 8th Ave thoroughfare. Immediately catches the eye since the whole place is visible from the street, behind a glass wall, and their menu is displayed on multiple flat screen televisions facing the street and above the counter. They have a few black bar stools where you can nurse a drink on a shallow shelf lining the right wall upon entering the place. That does it for seating; I'll be taking their drinks to go. They have a relatively small menu for this sort of place. Based on my first impression, though, I suspect it may actually mean the drinks they do have are higher quality than usual. Need to go a few more times and try a few more things to back up that idea. The drinks come in medium and large. The cups are a super flexible clear plastic, and sealed on top by a machine. To my surprise, they carry grapefruit green tea, not a usual flavoring in tea places. I've had a spectacular one in Ten Ren in Toronto (Canada) and an ok one at a place in Manhattan Chinatown, can't remember its name. To follow up that surprise, they had hardly any other fruit flavors for teas. When they made the grapefruit tea, they used grapefruit juice from a pitcher in their brightly lit fridge and added green tea from a stainless steel dispenser. There's sugar added, just a tad more than I'd like but not too much. I can taste green tea flavor, which is not so usual, since the sugary fruit flavorings usually added to these drinks drown out any tea flavor, if there was any to begin with. There's also grapefruit pulp in the drink. A friend had the iced caramel macchiato but I didn't try it; his only comment was that it was better than the Starbucks version. As far as that grapefruit green tea, with actual fruit juice and actual tea, I will definitely be back for this, but also interested in trying some of their other options and seeing how the quality of other ingredients stack up. read more