I absolutely love this place, The Outdoor Cafe has such a cozy, welcoming vibe and I love all the little decorations that make it feel so comfortable and inviting. The staff is always friendly, and Michelle, my usual barista, is always so sweet. I especially love their iced tea and Vietnamese iced coffee. Every once in a while, I'll grab a taro boba, which is probably my favorite. I've also tried a few different pastries and sandwiches too, and everything has been fresh and pretty good. because this has become my go-to spot in the community. I love stopping by, getting a to go order or taking a break and getting some work done over here it's a change of environment for me. They're also open until 9 PM which is a plus. read more

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Loved this spot! We ordered the Vietnamese Iced Coffee and it was soooo good. The cafe has a super cute outdoor-style vibe even though the seating is indoors, which made it feel really cozy and unique. They also had baked goods and sandwiches that looked delicious, but we only stopped in for coffee this time. Service was fast. Definitely coming back to try more! read more

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My Matcha was so insanely good, very smooth, and had a good balance between matcha flavor and the sweetness. The Oat Milk Hazelnut latte was also exactly what i was looking for, and hit the spot! Living for the quiet jazz playing, too. My friend whos not usually a coffee drinker, also reports that the Raspberry Mocha latte exceeded his expectations and was a great surprise, he loved it. read more

Outdoor Café - Hot Matcha - Desserts Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

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Like Mario had stated, this place has an online ordering system via their website that they no longer use, but it can still charge you and take orders. Then you go in person and they say you have to contact Square, which they tell you to dispute the charge with your bank. Waste of time! I've been going here for over 15 years and I will not return again. They fell off when the new owners took over years ago. read more

Super cute cafe with fantastic decor, great place to talk with friends or do work. Good menu options and good drinks. Definitely stop by if you're in the area! read more

This cafe has an app option to order food. However, they discontinue this app and is still operational and taking orders online. When we got to the restaurant they related to us that the app was no longer in service. But it did take the order and the worst it deducted the money from my card. If the app is no longer operational they should take it out completely, In addition it should not deduct money from bank accounts. Now we have no food and I have to go to the bank and dispute this! unacceptable! read more

I love this place I grew up around here and went here after school all the time but I literally ordered a coffee here the other day and for some reason you guys forgot about my order until I reminded you guys 10 minutes later, I ordered on the kiosk read more

Stopped here while we were waiting for our table. So happy we did!! Drinks were phenomenal!! I got the chai tea with tapioca and my bf got the pineapple. Both were great! The young lady at the counter was so sweet and friendly!! Great service! read more

Outdoor Café - Desserts Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

I've been going here for years and years and years. Solid bubble tea and a nice quiet atmosphere. The sandwiches are pretty good too. Can't complain about anything, and I'll be going back for as long as they are in business. read more

Great place to work or hang- has both good bahn mi for food and a huge drink menu. Bahn mi and bubble tea make for a great day. Ambience is quiet with amble seating, great for work. They also stock a good shelf of board games, so also a great place to hang. read more

Driven by this place a hundred times and finally decided to give it a try. Really pleased at the coffee quality and we ordered a simple grilled cheese. That's what I call a grilled cheese. Sweet tomatoes mayo and several types of cheese and I believe a sourdough toast. Cute interior and lots of games to pass the time if that's your thing. I was looking for a non Starbucks coffee house to make my own. Found it! read more

This place is a cozy and comfortable place to enjoy a coffee or tea with a relaxed atmosphere. The folks here are friendly and welcoming. The coffee is delicious - sourced from Coffee and Tea Exchange. read more

Food is so overpriced it's not even funny. Spent a 20 on a SMALL milkshake and a grilled cheese??? Took long to prepare and wasn't even that good for its price smh... read more

I've been a few times to get the Bing su and I've loved it. Today I went and bought two and it's not the same. The last few times I ordered it, it came with mini Mochis and vanilla ice cream. This time it didn't come with mini mochis and the guy was trying to give me strawberry ice cream instead of vanilla. When I called him to complain about it being inconsistent the guy kept trying to give me excuses telling me I need to ask for it to be added. How am I supposed to know to ask for it if every other it came with it without me having to ask for it? Definitely won't be back here. Poor customer service. read more

Great study cafe, I go often. I owe my master's degree to these people!! Boba drinks are great, food is good, what more could you want?

Great vibe, food and drinks but the only downside is the WiFi. If you guys could upgrade your internet you would keep more customers such as students, teachers, and others. read more

Cute place with great bing soo and coffee. Fun to hang out with friends and play games.

The bubble tea is super smooth and made with real fruit. Love this place, so cozy and great staff. Update: Use to come here all the time. Best boba in the area. I love their green tea mango (I always ask for half the sugar) Staff always super accommodating. Delicious! read more

The best pat bingsu in the city! The size is just right to share with others and the all the ingredients taste so good together. This is one of my favorite desserts in the city. They have a large selection of boardgames and card games that you can play to pass time at this cafe. It is nice that this place is open late. read more

Outdoor Café - Pat bingsu - Desserts Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

such a cute little cafe w/a very korean twist. reminds me of a k-drama. boba tea on point, panini on point, service excellent. quite enough to get some work done but also a great date/one-on-one hang out. read more

Outdoor Café - Desserts Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

Lovely place for family with good drinks, sandwiches, and other treats. The service is always on point and consistent. read more

Outdoor Café - Strawberry ice cream - Desserts Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

I don't know what it was like before the new management took over, but my experience tonight was great. I had a high expectation on the red bean bingsoo ($6.38, as of 12/30/2014), but I was slightly disappointed and felt the bingsoo in Java & Mug was better. However, their coffee made up the deficiencies. The young man who was in charge of the cafe was also a good barista. We had the green latte and raspberry mocha. They were delicious and artistic. We enjoyed them a lot. The entire atmosphere was relaxing, with the 2014 pop music playing in the background (except the TLC's "no scrubs" came up from nowhere...that's ok since I'm a super fan of TLC). There were quite many patrons in the house on a chilly Chicago night. Hubby and I had a great time hanging out as well. We will probably be back for the coffee, since that category is more of their forte . read more

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Excellent place to grab a little sweet treat and hang a bit with your friends. Or even study! They have free wifi. The staff is really friendly. I love coming back to outdoor. Their bingsoo is really good so I do recommend that! read more

Outdoor Café - Fruit Bingsoo - Desserts Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

It has been YEARS since I've visited Outdoor cafe. We were in the area and were craving something refreshing to drink so decided to get nostalgic and give it a go. We arrived around 8:30pm and it said they were open until 9pm. There was a group of 5 seated and there was 3 other parties of 2. Seats were far enough from one another. We waited in line to figure out what to drink. I went for the classic green tea milk tea with light boba and my friend went for milk tea with light boba as well. Considering it was later in the evening, the barista looked concerned that his boba was running a bit low. We were okay bc we didn't care for too much boba. However more people started to arrive and soon there was a line behind us with 3 other parties of 2. Not sure how he ended up handling the low boba inventory situation but we ordered Togo and left. I was relieved to see they were still in business and seemed to be doing well! read more

Food/Drinks/Dessert: -ppatbingso tastes good -tea: tastes like tea, can't go wrong with making tea right? *haven't tried any of their food items yet.. Customer Service: -good customer service, the people there are usually friendly Atmosphere: -i like the feel that the atmosphere gives...comfortable and casual place to just go and hang out with friends (group setting) or to go to study (individual setting). Costs: -reasonable pricing (within norm for coffee/dessert shops) -ppatbingsoo portion is small during k-fest Parking: -street parking is available read more

Outdoor Café - Patbingsu - Desserts Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

Random stop...had an iced black currant tea, bubble tea and shared a banh mi sandwich. Great atmosphere, super clean and delicious items ordered. Sandwich didn't look like much but was packed with flavor. Definitely would return! read more

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A great spot to relax and study with some friends or play some board games and chill. The drinks are alright, not my favorite spot for anything on the menu. I mainly come here to study and I will continue to come here for that reason and not for their menu. Their bubble tea is my opinion is very average and their coffee items are just alright. Last night I had the cafe sua da, which is Vietnamese coffee and it did not really taste like Vietnamese coffee in my opinion. Also the tables could have been cleaned a little better, super sticky. read more

Outdoor Café - Cafe sua da - Desserts Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

Allow me to warn you, I absolutely cosher cafes with board games and Asian sweets and treats! This place is irresistible. The wait staff was especially friendly and welcoming as they immediately greeted us when we entered the cafe. My friend and I ordered a red bean bingsoo and green tea latte to go with our intense game of Scrabble. Neither of them were disappointing. In fact, it's one of the better lattes that I've ever had. It wasn't watered down and the foam was just right. They don't have a website or online menu, so I took a few snapshots of it. Please take note of their word play: Milkshakes - "get in touch with your inner moo" Chillax - "don't choke on the ice" Panini sandwiches - "Porky Meets His Match" The downside is I reside in the Bridgeport area so I wouldn't be able to frequent this cafe as much as I would like to. read more

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Came here last night and I thought it was the cutest spot ever. Cozy and comfortable. They have free Wifi and board games which means an awesome spot for a date and catching up with friends. I saw a lot of people having study groups and some people brought their laptops to watch movies. A great hang out place. They offer a wide variety of drinks on their menu including espresso coffee, frappuccino's, fruit smoothies, and bubble tea! They also have banh mi sandwiches on the menu but i didn't try it. They have pat bingsu which i was very excited to try. We ordered red bean but unfortunately they ran out so we got the strawberry pat bingsu instead and we devoured it in minutes ! the right size to share with 2 people. Overall, i like the place and atmosphere and would definitely come back. read more

Outdoor Café - Strawberry pat bingsu! - Desserts Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

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Stopped here for some Boba and to hangout with a couple of friends. This place is awesome- atmosphere and drinks! I got the milk tea & taro boba. It was absolutely delicious with tons of Boba with in it. The service was quick and it was pretty inexpensive compared to other places downtown. The atmosphere was very calm. They have tables and chairs everywhere with a ton of games. I found a game and my friends and i were able to play without any issues. read more

Outdoor cafe is a college vibe place to be. To hang out and study. I have came to many times before in the night to just sit back and read a book but to also do some homework from time to time during major exam weeks. I have enjoyed the strawberry smoothie, the only things I have not tried yet is the food. You can come to this spot for studying, to relax or just to play some games with friends. (games are missing some pieces and need an update on those) When I go I usually we call the number on the jenga. The last time I came it was quite loud, you have to find the right to come to read and study but I would mostly suggest 7pm to 12 is the best time to go. read more

Outdoor Café - Night world by L.J smith with a strawberry smoothie. - Desserts Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

I popped into Outdoor Cafe after a meal to grab drinks. The atmosphere is so cool! If I had to pick one word it would be cozy - the inside is warm and inviting. They have board games and card games that you can play with your friends. There's free WiFi for the students who come here to study or for people who come to get work done. They are also open pretty late. The menu is fairly diverse drink wise - you can get coffee, boba, smoothies, milkshakes, or tea. There is also bingsoo, banmi and some other food/dessert options. The drinks were a little too sweet for me - I suggest going with something the cashier recommends. I had a white chocolate mocha latte hot with no whip and found it to be fine, but my friend's Thai Iced Tea was overly sugary. I thought Outdoor Cafe had the perfect atmosphere to meet up with friends and catch up. I'll be back again! read more

I came with three friends after dinner, around 9pm on a Thursday, after hearing great things about their patbingsoo. It was pretty empty with 3-4 other customers there, and the lady, who I'm assuming is the owner, was reading the newspaper on the couch. When we came in, she jumped right up and welcomed us very warmly... I'm surprised by these reviews about the bad service, because she was super nice and friendly to us! We got 2 orders to share - 1 with red bean, and 1 with fruit. It turns out that they're actually pretty similar - with all the fruits being the same, except the red bean doesn't have bananas, while the fruit one does. Both were delicious! My only complaint is that they were fairly small portions, considering each one was almost $7 after tax. But still, I would definitely come back... I guess I'm just willing to pay so much because good patbingsoo is rare in the Chicago area. My friends and I were discussing how we wished that a place like this existed near Northwestern - The mood in the cafe was just perfect for studying and having a small bite to snack on! PLEASE OPEN ONE IN EVANSTON! read more

Outdoor Café - Fruit (left) + Red bean (right) patbingsoo - Desserts Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

I ordered two Thai milk tea and I received Slushy of Thai tea that has no taste. When I confronted I ordered milk tea, I was told "we don't have milk tea and we don't sell milk teas" read more

Outdoor Café - Supposed to be Thai Milk tea - Desserts Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

Mango Boba Smoothie is on point. Open Late. Street Parking. Great study cafe. Many options. Nice vibe. read more

Outdoor Café - Desserts Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

It's 11PM, your sign outside says it's open till midnight - why are you closed?! We drove 30 mins to get here and we knocked and the people inside ignored us so we decided and call and they simply just said 'actually we are not open.' What the heck. It's not even close to midnight and there are clearly two people inside still working... I read the bad reviews about service and was hoping to have a different experience but guess Yelp is always right! Bad service = closing an hour before your advertised time. read more

Outdoor Café - Why do you say you're open but are closed at 11pm?!!!? - Desserts Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

Came here to relax and catch up with friends after eating my weight in burgers and mac n cheese at Kuma's Corner. The cafe is quaint with a welcoming and warm atmosphere. There is plenty of seating from large armchairs to couches and benches. It's perfect for studying, relaxing or just hanging out with friends. There are also a large variety of board games and magazines to choose from as well. Although we had just eaten dinner, we decided on order some desserts to share as we were talking. FRUIT BING SOO For those who aren't familiar with this asian dessert, it's basically shaved ice that's topped with fruit and ice cream. The fruit bing soo wasn't anything special, but it was fine. It came topped with strawberry ice cream and mochi along with fresh fruit including strawberries, kiwi, peaches, mandarin oranges, cherry, etc and topped with condensed milk. Outdoor Cafe also offers sandwiches and a large variety of coffee drinks in addition to their desserts. The owners are visible, incredibly friendly and hospitable. My friend had a special request and the staff member was more than happy to make the accommodations for us. I'll definitely be back! read more

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"Let's get Bing Soo for dessert!" "What the heck is Bing Soo?" "Are you crazy? You've never tried it?!" "........Bing what???" "Forget it, we're going!" In Chicago, even in the depths of winter, we still like to eat out ice creams, desserts and other cold things that shouldn't be eaten when the wind chill drops below 0°F! After spending dinner burning meat on flaming red hot coals at San Soo Gab San, we were still a bit hungry and decided to jump off to the other side of the temperature spectrum and needed some late night dessert. I am not a dessert junkie and do not indulge in my sweets and sugars as much as I should but have no qualms about diving into some serious dessert after a delightful meal. Getting twice the rush of flavors piggybacking on a terrific dinner = BONUS. We get to this cafe that I never previously knew existed despite having spent many a night at Hollywood bar right across the street. I was in disbelief that I had been across the bar across the street so many times and never looked across the street to see there was a dessert cafe right across the street! "Everyone Asian person has been to Outdoor Cafe," my cousin told me. "Well, I must be Asian, I've never ever been here before!" I said. As we walked in, there were about half a dozen people huddled around an intense game of Jenga. Another few people were quietly relaxing in the corner and we found seats and sat ourselves down while a lady was working on free wi-fi right behind us. COZY! That was the first word that popped into my mind when I first looked around to survey the environment. I was sitting on a very cushy chair while my cousin sat on a big comfy couch. Yeah, there was some outdoor patio furniture spread out throughout the cafe, but the other couches looked just as comfortable and I had enough space to sit and relax with conversations with my cousins. As we perused the menu, the crashing of the losing pulls of the Jenga came crumbling down to a chorus of wooden pegs collapsing in a cascade onto the table and floor followed by unmistakable laughter. If this was a true dessert place, it would surely have gelato! After looking through their various coffees, ice creams, paninis, and Bing Soo, my eyes focused on their vanilla and chocolate gelato combo with a hard chocolate shell, whipped cream and strawberry: DONE. Our desserts arrived quickly and my cousins were flashing some amazing Bing Soo and Tiramisu while I took a crack at my gelato: YUM! We all exchanged bites of our desserts and I earned a new perspective on sweets. Why hadn't anyone told me about this Bing Soo?! It really is an amazing fruity shaved ice and ice cream combo where texture meets flavor merged into a new dessert treat causing neural tranmissions of pure pleasure. Yelperati, THIS PLACE IS BADASS! read more

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Don't be distracted by the cheesecake or ice cream here - stick to their core competencies - that is BING SOO and the ever-present bubble tea. What's BING SOO? I was just introduced to it last night, so let me give you my neophyte's description: Shaved ice, topped with fresh fruit, a floury bean powder, mochi ice cream, and some cream. It's an incredibly tasty treat - sweet, but not overpowering, crunchy, chewey, and mild. Delicious! It combines the tastes of a snow cone with the tastes of an ice cream parfait. As far as ambiance, prepare yourself for a stone floor and tables filled with giggly Korean teenagers. They have plenty of magazines and board games and stay open until midnight, so you can make a relaxing evening of it here. Service is a bit slow (it's a 2 person operation) but friendly when your treats arrive. Totally unexpected on this dreary-seeming stretch of Bryn Mawr, New Outdoor Cafe is a treat! read more

Outdoor Café - Desserts Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

This review is a footnote and friendly poke in the ribs to Aurore L. "Queen of the bathroom photo-op." I can't believe you missed the sign in the Loo (I scooped you, doll): "We do not have the latest in toilet technology and to prevent any clogging, please follow these guidelines: 1. Only toilet paper goes in the toilet. No paper towels or feminine hygiene products. 2. Please flush often. Our toilets cannot handle large masses. If you clog up the toilet and do not notify us, we will call you Mr. or Mrs Poo-poo in our heads. :) " read more

Outdoor Café - Mr or Mrs Poo-poo in our heads - Desserts Near Me - Chicago, Illinois