I only had the shaved ice but it was pretty delicious. Love the ice cream on top! The ice creams taste very smooth with the shaved ice. They even give you a device to let you know when your order is ready. However, for this dessert, I wish they had more stuff on it because eventually at the end we were just eating ice. I still would come here again because the interior and their music is popping! The music totally doesn't match the vibe, I assume they make their own playlist but I love it. Overall, I'll try the boba next time and let you guys know. read more

Meet Fresh - Mango Strawberry Shaved Ice - Desserts Near Me - Boston, Massachusetts

I've waited 3 years for this location to open up and finally got the chance to go. This place took over sushi factory, and after having Meet Fresh in other cities, I was excited to have sweet desserts so close by. At the corner of Harvard and Brighton Ave, it's a great location and perfect addition to the Allston food scene. I came here on a Saturday late afternoon and it was extremely busy as they have just opened. There was a line to order and at least 30 other people waiting around for their orders to be made. I finally got to order and wanted to get the signature icy grass jelly, but the server was telling me they ran out of grass jelly shaved ice and asked if I wanted regular shaved ice or grass jelly. I said regular shaved ice was fine since the dish already has grass jelly. She responded by saying no grass jelly, so I was quite confused but paid and hoped for the best. We waited about 30 minutes for our dessert to be made and went on our way. The sweet dessert itself was good plenty of grass jelly, taro and sweet potato balls, and regular shaved ice. It also comes with a small cup of cream if you'd like to add more flavor to it. The chewy taro and sweet potato balls go perfect with the smooth flavorful grass jelly. All of the shaved ice chunks were at the bottom of the bowl so you'll need to mix it up. Overall, still a good dessert shop, and look forward to going back when it's less crowded and when they're fully stocked. read more

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I have had them in Asia and they are amazing. But my review today is regarding the promotions we see online for them. It specially address the location as Boston promotion, yet the store wouldn't honor it. If you can't afford to do promotion, then don't put out a fake news. read more

Meet Fresh - Even if you see a promotion online, check before going in - Desserts Near Me - Boston, Massachusetts

I've only stopped by here a couple times and gotta say, shaved ice is always on point here! FYI: Use the door at the corner of the street near the traffic light NOT the door near the bench in front of the restaurant. Meet fresh is accessible by train, Harvard Ave is the closest, Packards Corner if you want to walk a bit. There's plenty of parking but pay attention to signs, main streets are mostly 1-2 hours parking/ meters. Any smaller streets are likely Residential Parking. Both shaved ice I've had here had been served super fast! You order at the front and they give you a buzzer like a panera :) There are napkins at the counter when you grab your dessert and can always ask them for more spoons :) Between the 5 of us, a medium was waaaay more than enough! Once you've finished, you can briing the tray to the back corner, opposite of the orderiing systems. Service and experience is seamless and perfect. The ONLY thing that held me back from making this a 5 star review was during our last experience, patrons non stopped opened those restroom doors and sitting near the restrooms, smells were wafting in. Not only that, there was a homeless man outside who kept staring and making faces. There is another door to the outside near the restrooms and when some patrons used that door to leave omfg some pungent ordors starting floating into the restaurant. It was super unpleasant. The employees did their best and blocked the door with chairs in hopes that other patrons won't use it. There really isnt much they can do about the homeless people hanging out/potentially defecating in front of the door BUT props to them for trying to figure something out. read more

Very rude and bad service! They NEVER get your order right. Asked for cocoa cream with cream didn't get that. Instead of he making a new one he takes the lid off added the cream and doesn't seal it well. I go to shake it whole thing spilled on me. Also, people should not be handling cash AND making food. I don't care how busy your are it's a dirty practice. read more

Food: 4/5 I haven't tried many of their desserts or drinks, but of the drinks I've tried they were all very good. I almost always order their Icy Grass Jelly Signature for dessert. It is so refreshing and just the perfect thing to get after dinner. The texture of their toppings are better than other places I would say. Service: 3/5 You order at the register and pick up the dessert/drinks once your order number is called. After you finish, you throw your own trash away and tray gets put back. Very simple and not much to ask for self-serve places like these. Ambiance: 4.5/5 Nice interior and casual atmosphere with friends to just hang around and talk after dinner. Overall Experience: 4/5 My go to dessert place when I'm in the area. read more

First time trying Meet Fresh ever and the experience was decent. The place itself has a decent amount of seating, but it may be hard for bigger groups. The tables are slightly dirty as they are first come first serve. The portions are big, even considering the fact that we got a large mangoberry shaved ice. The taste was more on the syrupy side, but mixed with the ice was a good combo. The icy taro soup was mediocre, even though they give real taro. Overall, the experience was average, nothing too special but not bad. A good place to go to in the summer to cool down at. read more

Meet Fresh - Desserts Near Me - Boston, Massachusetts

High quality, authentic, delicious Taiwanese style shaved ice. Clean, comfortable, and well designed shop, great location. Too bad they don't have all the shaved ice options that some of the other out of state stores have (like brown sugar boba shaved ice) but what they do have is delicious. Also the boba is delicious too. Not too sweet but sweet enough, soft chewy boba, spot on black sugar flavor. Such a great place. Best place to get dessert in the state, lol. read more

Meet Fresh - Grass jelly shaved ice with taro mochi - Desserts Near Me - Boston, Massachusetts

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So yummy !!! The shaved ice with the expertly cooked taro and boba, what is not to like! Wish it's easier to park to enjoy it more.

Decent dessert, missing a lot of items on the menu. We came here for the egg waffle but it's not available, nor was the almond soup. The server seems to be upset even though it's not a busy time at all. We ordered a red bean soup to go yesterday and there was missing toppings. read more

I religiously stop by Meet Fresh if I am ever in the area, it's the perfect dessert in my opinion. My go to is the Ice Grass Jelly Signature which is simply grass jelly shaved ice, topped with grass jelly and taro balls but I always add an extra side of the sweet potato balls (has sweet filling inside). It is cold and refreshing and the right balance of sweetness without leaving you feeling sick, as some desserts do. I've been meaning to try other things on the menu but I'm scared I wouldn't like it as much as the signature so I'm sticking to it! read more

Asked for mango berry shaved ice. Cashier said they are not serving mango berry shaved ice. We then asked if they are serving the other shaved ices. They said they are. Cashier proceeds to ask the workers in Chinese if they wanted to make shaved ices. Workers said they don't feel like making it. And then cashier says they are not serving shaved ice? "你做吗"？ "不做" They say one thing in Chinese and give us a different answer in English. I wonder what they say to other customers who don't understand Chinese???? read more

Bad service. Good food They will ask you to leave if you arrive 30 min before closing. read more

meet fresh has all the asian desserts! i always order the icy taro signature bowl, which comes with taro, potaro balls, boba, and shaved ice. the bowl is quite big - usually i share with a friend or two. on average, the bowls are $11-12. my friends and i were disappointed because they are EXTREMELY stingy with their creamers. we offered to pay for the creamer, yet they still refused to give it to us. when they finally were willing to accept the payment, they said cash only. apparently the creamer only comes with grass jelly. it can get crowded at night and you'll often have to wait for a table. the servers are ok - not the friendliest and some were rude. overall rating: 5/10 read more

Meet Fresh - icy taro signature - Desserts Near Me - Boston, Massachusetts

You have to go in with REALLY low expectations because the service sucks and the dishes are made with literally 0 skill. One of the workers blocked the entrance, preventing customers from coming in, just to go on his phone. I didn't come this far just to come this far. read more

It looks like good, but actually it's not. I did not expect that my $18 will mostly pay for the ice. The topping just was okay. Better try something else, not this one. read more

Great place to stop for a sweet treat. Authenticate Taiwan flavors and taste. Surprisingly, parking around with meters and the public parking behind the liquor store just across the street was easy. Would recommend. read more

It is an okay place. The business really took its time in their renovation. Taste is fine but nothing crazy about, kinda pricy given their taste and setting isn't exactly up to expectation. Asian desserts mainly focus on young dating couples where environment is the center focus but this place is more like McDonald of things. I bet most ppl rather go to that other place for a nicer setting and a quiet seat to talk. read more

The food is okay, but just the amount of the add on toppings are really tiny. The service of the place are not so nice. The place also are not so clean, the table usually sticky. read more

The price does not align to the product. For example, we ordered the sweet tofu with sesame mochi and it cost approx. $9.00. The soft tofu was roughly a half ladle size and topped with just syrup to the brim. Other Meet Fresh locations are far more reasonable/generous with their portions. Overall it wasn't bad but nothing to be excited for or really worth posting on an Instagram story. I would probably advise this established to objectively evaluate their pricing and portion size. I get there is hyperinflation right now but $9.00 is a bit overly aggressive. read more

Love the dessert I will give it 5 but their cashier gave us attitude like not welcomed when we ordered.

Great food! Very authentic Taiwanese desserts! Fast service. Everything I ordered tastes great so far. Friendly staff . I would come back.

I would give this place a 3.5. I'll started of by saying this has the best herbal jelly I've ever had. The food is absolutely delicious. Out of all the herbal jelly/bubble drinks I've had this by far takes the cake for the most delicious one. Out of all my restaurant experiences I've never encountered a more rude and unfriendly staff like this place. From the moment we ordered they would not even respond and give dirty looks, completely unprovoked. The atmosphere is very hectic you have to fight for a chair. I would recommend takeout/ food delivery service. read more

I ordered theree double taro signature ，and add one ordered potaro balls ，When I got it, I couldn't see any taro balls, and THEN I asked the person they said it was already in there, and i was double check！the question is i ask twice！and I went home and I opened that were nothing in there im I gave money but there were no taro balls who would give me money back? I eat it twice a week, but I don't recommend it anymore read more

Service is quick; the portions are larger than they seem; and the flavor is delicious!

Today I order ice grass jelly signature. I ordered the extra red bean but they did not add it I spent 1.50 dollars extra on it. The staff service was not great. The cashier was not friendly. I would not recommend this place. read more

It's sooo good! My favorite dessert shop! The glass jelly is my go-to. It's not too sweet (best compliment Asians give for dessert!) and the refreshing base matched perfectly with the chewy yummy toppings. The only downside is that it's a bit too expensive (around $10 for one small bowl), otherwise I will be coming here everyday! read more

I was here on 3/14/2022 at around 3:30pm. It was my first time here and the store is very nicely renovated, bright and clean. Unfortunately the customer service is horrible. The staff that took our order did not greet us and have no smiles. He looks like he doesn't even want to be here. But whatever. We waited a very long time for our drinks. Nobody called our number or let people know what drinks were ready for pick up. So we walked over to check the counter. We looked at all the drinks and bags and finally found it in the bag sitting there. They saw us looking around the counter for a long time and was not offer to help us find our order. Then we realized that we were just standing there for a very long time waiting while our order was ready sitting on the counter for a very long time too. They didn't bother to let customers know their orders were ready. With that kind of customer service, I don't think we will be returning. read more