The Ritual app has a promotion for sweet summer drinks from August 30 through September 12. Palgong…read moreTea is one of the participating bubble tea joints. Promotions are always welcomed. It allows me to try a new place. I'm so glad that I did. Palgong Tea has $1 drinks happening. It seemed almost too good to be true. This Korean bubble tea chain is appealing, mainly because it offers items that aren't strictly Korean. It offers Vitasoy drinks. As someone who grew up with Vitasoy and tends to favour having non-dairy drinks, I was so happy to see variety on the beverage menu. As part of the promotion, I got the coconut chai with Vitasoy. The downside is that you cannot customize the sugar or ice levels on promotional items, so you hope that you don't get an all-icy, sugary drink. You can, however, specify whether you want a hot or cold drink. I went with the latter. This place offers ade drink. I love fizzy drinks, so I'll need to return. You can get Yummy Doh (vegan cookie dough), bingsu, smoothies, iced fruit teas, macarons, cheesecake, Sap Sucker drinks, and silvanas. Heavenly! I went with a ube cheese silvana. It's frozen Filipino cookies with ube halaya (jam), and cream cheese and ube bits in the buttercream. I first learned about silvanas last summer and how to make ube jam at a Yelp virtual event earlier this year. I knew that I had to have one. My order was ready fairly fast. I placed my order at East Street Sandwiches and it was ready minutes before I got to Palgong Tea. The parking lot is interesting. There are a small number of spots that face Highway 7. The idea is to pull into the lot and do a sharp right to get to the spots. If you exit, it's a one-way direction, so you circle around the condominium complex to finally head out. No u-turns are allowed because it's pretty tight here. I had no problem finding a parking spot at around 6 pm on a Wednesday night. I backed into a spot and headed over to the store. The store is small. There is a maximum of two customers in the store. There is no seating. I was the only customer, so I had no problem here. I was greeted by a friendly woman. She addressed me by my first name. I love that Ritual has your name and I included a photo, so folks can recognize me if they imagine me without a mask. I do like the personalization. She handed me my order. I thanked her and wished her a great evening as I headed out the door with my goodies. I had my iced coconut chai with Vitasoy at home. It was indeed $1 for what I would say is the equivalent of a grande Starbucks drink size-wise. It was delicious. It was sweeter than I typically get, but it wasn't crazy sugary. I loved the chai and coconut flavours. They worked harmoniously and had the right amount of flavour that I enjoy. The Vitasoy was perfect. Yum! I made the mistake of not popping the ube cheese silvana in the freezer. I wanted it immediately. Even softer than it should be, it was delightful. OMG! Just get it for the creamy, rich buttercream. If you love ube, this silvana is for you. It wasn't overly sweet, but the ube jam and buttercream tasted decadent. I will need to get some macarons simply because I would imagine that the same filling would be used there. I am so glad that I dropped by. I loved everything that I had ordered. I can't wait to come back to try more. The bingsu intrigues me. I may need to order one and devour it in my car. (357)

a short and sweet review (no pun intended)…read more Drinks were overly sweet (fixed sugar and ice), but they didn't give us any ice in our drinks??? Also employee had attitude and was rude :(

Yi Fang serves up fresh fruit tea free from additives! My friends and I ordered three teas! It was…read moremy birthday so they treated me to it. The bill, however, was over $20. We were shocked at how expensive the teas came out to. It was nothing to write home about, tea with fruit slices. For that price tag, it felt lacklustre. Overall, with so many tea shop in the area, I won't be revisiting this.

This place definitely takes the cake for giving you the most pearls for your buck. I ordered a…read moreregular sized Pearl Black Tea Latte and I want to say a third of it was bubbles! Their tapioca is a little smaller than the average boba but still perfectly chewable. They tasted good as well. I was wondering what the latte part of it would be but there wasn't any espresso in it. I think it was a black tea made with milk which tasted to me like a milk tea. I got it at 50% sugar which was perfect for me. My mom ordered there Yifang Fruit Tea which came with slices of apples and oranges inside. They actually gave her a fork with the tea to make sure she was able to enjoy the fruit after the drink was finished. The cashier recommended that this tea be taken at 30% sugar since the fruit already added a lot of sweetness to the drink and this was a good tip for us as well.

Very surprising experience! We came here with little…read moreexpectations and came out amazed. The bubble tea came out delicious as ordered and honestly surprised us on how flavorful it was! Ordered the Strawberry Lemon tea and Lime Jasmine Green Tea. Both had really nice notes of their main flavor and a very impactful tea flavor. The service was truly amazing, quick and efficient. The inside was nice and welcoming. Definitely coming back here!

Last Thursday, I was picking up a takeout order. I hit this plaza and parked steps away from Cha…read moreMiao. After having fetched my takeout order, I felt the need to check out this bubble tea joint. With my food with me, I entered the store. It's a cute, quaint bubble tea joint. It's small, with a few spots to sit down and enjoy your bubble tea. The lone man working there greeted me. He allowed me to take a bit of time to look at the menu and figure out what I wanted. He was friendly and nice. I tend to go with fruity drinks. I got B8 on the menu, which was strawberry lemon tea. I splurged and got jelly. I went with 30% sugar and less ice. I always find it difficult to gauge whether I can take the lemon without sugar because the jelly has sweetness or if it's disgustingly sweet. The bar table was perfect for me to place my takeout on it. I took photos of the place. I saw this man muddle lime and strawberry slices. I'm not sure why lemon drinks are lime, but it doesn't matter to me. I like citrus. I paid with a credit card. You can tip if you'd like. It was straightforward. This store got a bit busy with two other customers entering as I was waiting for my drink. I was happy that I beat the rush. Another male staffer came into the store to help out. He ultimately handed me my drink, along with a straw. I thanked both men and left. It was my first time getting anything from Cha Miao. It won't be my last. My drink was so good. I'm glad that I did 30% sugar. The jelly didn't have any sugar or taste to it. You basically got it for the chewiness factor, which was fine. The strawberry and lime flavours were excellent. This drink felt like a partial meal with refreshing tea. It was so good that I have wanted another drink from this place ever since. I like that this place has daily specials for $4.99. Nice! I should remember to visit on Monday or Tuesday because those days are the fruity drinks. I'm a fan. I have two reasons to return to this plaza: Millstone Rice Rolls and this bubble tea place. I'll be back! (215)

I went to this location a while ago, during the summer, when the weather was extremely hot! Nothing…read morelike a cold cup of milk tea to cool yourself off, you know? This was actually my first time visiting any Palgong Tea but after a recommendation from a friend, I couldn't keep putting off visiting this store because I was already somewhat in the area :D When I walked in, one of the workers was hard at work taking promo shots for new drinks that were incoming. (he ended up giving us a few of the drinks to take with us to try but shhhhh) A different worker helped us during our visit to the store and she was extremely friendly! I ended up getting my standard drink of -[OOLONG MILK TEA] in large $4.49 with the least amount of ice and sugar possible! I usually always go for this flavor of milk tea because Oolong is one of my favorite flavors of tea to drink. This is usually how I establish a baseline to see whether or not I'll be back to try some more adventurous drinks! If you're wondering, I'll definitely be back and I have my eyes on a couple of drinks already.... -[TIRAMISU MILK TEA] *seasonal* I guess I have to go back REALLY soon or else this drink may evade me forever D: -[STRAWBERRY EARL GREY MILK TEA] This sounds like it could very well be up my alley because I love earl grey and the flavor of strawberry! I honestly don't see how this combination of flavors could go wrong so I guess I'll have to try either this or the tiramisu one on my next visit! Give this place a try because I heard their cheese foam pairs really well with their Oolong Milk tea! (I still have to try this combination to verify it but I trust the friend who told me this haha)

Super cute new bubble tea shop at Yonge and Steeles area! Randomly found this place looking for a…read moreplace to go to for a late night bbt run and was pleasantly surprised. Inside has a lot of seating options and the decor is modern. They also have free wifi (pw: 80808080). The staff are very friendly and helpful when deciding which drink to get. We got the mango black tea with milk foam and mango smoothie with pineapple jelly. The mango black tea was so good! It is now one of my favourites. You can taste the mango pulp in the drink, and the milk foam is a nice touch. The mango smoothie was average, nothing outstanding. However, the pineapple jelly was different and went well with the smoothie. A bonus is that their prices are not as expensive as the big chains here like Coco, Chatime, etc. Great place for good and reasonably priced bubble tea. Would recommend you give it a try!

We were walking down Main Street. It was sunny and perfect for a cold drink. I recommend going…read moreupstairs. Cozy place to sit down and enjoy a drink. Friendly service.

curdled milk in my drink. I deank more than half of it before i realized. This is unacceptable…read more please do better quality assurance going forward

This is a very cute bubble tea shop, with a good selection of drinks to choose from whether you…read morelike bubble tea, or just milk drinks with tapioca or if you are not in the mood for the dairy product, they also have fruit tea available. I like the fact that they let you customize the ice and sugar level. I tried the Royal No.9 milk tea today and it's delicious. The inside of the place is clean and well maintained and the staff are really nice too. I'll definitely be back to try their other drinks

This was my first time trying The Alley and I'm glad I finally did. They have a lot of creative…read moredrinks on their menu. I got the Strawberry Crunch Milk Tea, which is actually a slush, and it was delicious. I recommend no added sugar, as it was still plenty sweet. The boba were qq and the strawberry jam-like add-on was so good. The interior is bigger than I expected with a few couches to sit down and relax at. The staff was really friendly. I am definitely going to try more of their drinks.

Very friendly and fast service, new drinks available from time to time. Today I had the Back to…read moreschool special, it was really a great deal. The store setting was comfortable, spent almost an hour chatting with friends.

Went there on Sat afternoon for bubble tea and tried their brown sugar pearls with oat milk (no…read moredairy) and my partner as well a brother had similar drinks with choices of tea. We were all happy with our drinks but the only we'll go for half sweet next time. For mine, I really do like the taste of molasses that it has, just the best! Shout out to the servers as they were quite helpful asking clarifying questions to make sure I got dairy free and providing suggestions. We enjoyed hanging out there and found the place to be nice with great seating for a casual chat with friends and family. Also noteworthy my Gen-z brother commented on the walls which are nicely designed and ready for some great selfies lol. Overall it's a cool spot for us to have in town!

I received a text message from TP (Taiwan Professional) Tea for a free regular drink to celebrate…read moremy birthday. It was sent to me at the end of June, a few days before my actual birthday. Cool! I headed over to this TP Tea location in Vaughan. It's in a plaza near Vaughan Mills, with CoCo Fresh Tea & Juice a couple of stores down from this bubble tea joint. Got to love competition! The plaza was busy on a Saturday afternoon. I found a parking spot steps away from this store and backed into it. I walked in. I was the only customer. I saw tiramisu cakes that piqued my interest. I had wanted a fruit tea. There were two men behind the counter. One of them let me know that I could only get a regular drink. All fruit teas were large. Bummer. The regular teas were primarily milk-based. TP Tea doesn't have milk alternatives. I didn't feel like a milky drink. Instead, it was slim pickings with three teas that I could choose from. I got a signature black tea. No sugar and less ice. This regular-sized drink would have been just under $7. I was pleased that I was getting it for free. It took no time for them to make my drink. Their cups aren't transparent, but are sturdy. I thanked both men and headed out with my cold drink. The tea was excellent. It had the perfect strength. The black tea was yummy and made my day. I will return for fruit teas next time. I like large fruit teas a lot more. (251)

Standard decent quality tea from the claimed originator of boba tea in Taiwan…read more Tea flavor and toppings are better at other places, but nothing is wrong with how they do the tea and toppings here. This location is in a very large center in Vaughan for food and shopping. There's at least 3 other milk tea places next door. It's walkable from Vaughan Mills indoor mall and nearby hotels like the Aloft Vaughan Mills.