If you're looking for a solid boba spot in Oakland that delivers on both flavor and consistency,…read moreQTea Bar is an absolute gem. Tucked away on Lake Park Ave, it's the perfect pitstop before or after a stroll around Lake Merritt. The shop has a fun, welcoming energy (keep an eye out for the cool, colorful fruit and boba mural on the front). The staff here is consistently fast, incredibly friendly, and happy to help you customize your ice and sweetness levels so your drink comes out exactly how you like it. On top of that, the pricing is very reasonable compared to a lot of the newer, overhyped boba chains in the Bay Area.

Some of the best milk tea ive had. You might think these places are kind of standard but its…read moreseriously another level. They offer oat milk as a substitute as well, which is great. The honeydew milk tea is one of my favorite drinks of all time! The service is super friendly and they make your tea *fast*

Food that's good for catching up at a cheap price. The…read moreservice was excellent, fast and quick with minimal confusion. The place is always spotless clean no matter if it's during rush hour. 10/10

This place has the BEST popcorn chicken!!! Pieces are well sized and dusted with the right amount…read moreof spice Pros: juicy crunchy popcorn chicken, good fruity drinks Cons: above average prices for boba Value: 4/5 Service: 4/5 slow Taste: 5/5 Ambiance: 5/5

This is the first boba places I've been to where they have tea demonstrations. There is a display…read moreof their tea blocks. A nice boba shop, pretty big. There are 2 ordering kiosks. They have unique drinks. I went with milk tea w/taro ball and taro paste. I really liked the taro ball and taro paste. So glad they serve fresh taro and not powder. Street parking. It is located by a college so this place does get really busy.

O this absolutely amazing tea house…read more If I could, I would have a dedicated budget to conquer this entire menu. Such a special treat!!!

Yokee is a cute little hole in the wall boba shop located in Downtown Oakland. My go to place for…read moretheir Cocoa Volcano :) it's perfect for chocolate lovers, rich in flavor, creamy and the boba is soft/warm at the bottom. Service is relatively quick, but can get busy during a rush! Definitely recommend if you're in the area!

I really liked my tea here. I really appreciate this place and I'm glad that like after browsing on…read moreYelp today, I was reminded of it so I'm definitely gonna come back here soon. Thanks for the reminder!

I love Boba Bliss and their Castro Valley location is no exception! I especially like this location…read morebecause it's near the freeway where I have to commute home from work so I can grab a quick drink for the ride home. My husband loves the natural ube taro milk and I switch between the tropical passionfruit tea and assam black tea. Both are delicious but I would avoid the passionfruit if you dislike having hard seeds in your drink. The boba texture here is chewy and not too sweet. I get my drinks less sweet, but the regular sweetness isn't overly sweet compared to most boba shops. The service here is pretty fast. I like ordering online for pick-up so it's ready right when I arrive. The interior is modern and looks clean. I hung out with my brother and sister-in-law here recently and we loved the aesthetics and lighting for pictures. The parking here can be rough though.. the parking lot is small and there's a good amount of cars coming in and out.

First time there. Excellent service since I didn't know what I wanted same as the BF. Server was…read morevery patient and explained what they had since the menu was basically new to us. Had the seasonal milk tea with boba, LOVED IT!!! JUST wished they had a larger size....lols BF went for the mango drink. He LOVED it as well cause it REALLY tasted like mango and not fake. And the place has the Ambiance to just hang out with your friends

Milk Tea Lab is now under new ownership at this location, and having been visiting this spot quite…read moreoften throughout that time I've become more than familiar with the quality and expectations of this place. This was my first time visiting them again since the ownership change so it's been a minute. What I see here now is just depressing, not just because the place was empty, but it's now devoid of anything that felt like a spot someone would want to hangout at. No music, when I got in there was one person waiting for their food and nobody was even at the front counter for minutes before somebody finally came out from the back. Ordering is just through the kiosk now, which isn't a bad thing. The part that was really rough was the reason why I even came here; the boba. I got a regular milk tea which now they only have a single size. I miss the extra large size they used to have, but oh well. The next issue comes with how much the boba actually costs. They may have gotten rid of the extra large cup sizes, but they're still charging the almost the same amount for it in a much smaller cup. What a deal, right? And we get to the actual drink. When the person making the drink after receiving your order finishes within a minute of making it, it's never a good sign. Why is that? Well, they had premade jug of milk tea ready to pour out for your tasting pleasure. When you have a premade jug of milk tea, it's never a good sign. While I've had them at other places that have done this before, and it's ranged from bad to mediocre, the one here at Milk Tea Lab, now, was in a word, rancid. It was incredibly gross with absolutely no redeeming qualities to it. I generally try not to be so harsh, but this was really not it and I couldn't even finish the boba because of how bad the milk tea was. It's sad to see how big of a dropoff this spot has become compared to what it used to be. This isn't like when they first opened where there were only 2-3 boba spots right next to them. Now there's at least a handful of options within a few minutes away, and dozens of spots within a mile or two, and this is what they're pushing out? It's a shame but this Milk Tea Lab which was their starter store is no longer a place I would ever go back to for boba. It's time is now past with this new ownership.

Came in here on a Saturday, so it was super busy. Ordered a Taro milk tea with red bean and Boba…read more Before I ordered, I made sure that the lady behind the desk had oat, almond, or dairy free milk options. She must've misheard me when I said, oat milk, cause she started using whole milk after I ordered. I told her I have dairy sensitivities. And she said that is the only milk that she had. But this was after I paid for the drink... i've never had a problem at other locations with no other dairy options. ...there was also barely any Boba and half the drink was red bean. Very disappointed. I must've been fourth in line after a family, and three other customers were served before me. If you have dairy sensitivity, DO NOT come here. I do not recommend it. Probably not coming back here again.

This place is always on point!…read more All the staff is very helpful and friendly. Maddie is especially efficient, accurate and friendly. I like that the store is always clean and plays upbeat music. Great place or stop by to pick up a drink after a long day of work. Service was excellent. I especially like the Taro Drink, the Creme Brûlée Boba and the Mango Sago. Have yet drank a drink I do not like yet. Parking is easy right outside. Will come again.

7-8 workers here but really only one working. The rest just socializing and messing around. You…read morecould tell the one worker was super annoyed. We came here and ordered 4 drinks with no line in front of us. Maybe online orders delayed the entire process but it took forever to get our drinks. The place is small and smelled like cleaning chemicals mixed with tea smells. No real seating and no bathroom to use. The storefront is small and inside even smaller and narrow. The quality of the Matcha is super low quality and very bitter. While most places premix their matcha, the matcha here tasted gross and very bitter. Tasted old. The ones who ordered the matcha drinks didn't even finish half the drink before they tossed it. Such a waste for an expensive drink. Compared to boba guys, this place isn't even in the same universe. Everything seems low quality and the prices are just as or more expensive in comparison. We went here because it was closer to the event we were attending but live and learn, the drive to bishop would have been worth it. And lastly they don't modify any of their drink orders such as less or more ice... or even sweeter less sweet. This is not the norm with how many other shops have options to customize drinks to order. With how poor quality and balanced the drinks were, they may benefit from some adjustments. Long story short = low quality not worth the price. Will not return and will stick with the tried and true staple in the area Boba Guys

I love that there are two boba spots on this block. Both giving you something a little different. I…read morelove that this place does have deserts! And that this place has really food options. And a variety of drinks. They have fruit teas if you don't want a milk base boba drink. Food definitely takes a bit of time to come out. But overall, my kids liked it.

Came here for the first time cuz I tried the boba place across the street and it was a bust…read more Ordered my usual coco mango pomelo, it was good but not as good as Ume's coco mango, so so far in Oakland this has the best coco mango. My friend got the kiwi drink and she really liked it. Also got chicken fingers and they were surprisingly hearty and used good thick quality chicken. The staff are also very pleasant. Good place for a catch up with friends and a nice drink and snacks. The chicken sandwich looks tasty I'm gonna try that next time. Would recommend

we've heard a lot of great things about heytea and wanted to see if it lived up to the hype! the…read moreshop can get pretty crowded, especially on weekends or evenings, but i've been lucky a few times with no line at all. you can also order for pickup on the app instead, which saves you the wait, but keep in mind that the estimated pickup time can be incorrect when it's busy. i once waited ~40 minutes for an order that was supposed to be done in 15 minutes. heytea has a limited menu, and they also have a fun seasonal menu. i noticed that some of the drinks aren't part of the seasonal menu but are eventually discontinued. - crisp grape boom (3.5/5): tasted like fresh red grapes, although i would've liked even more of a grape flavor. it was like a half-melted popsicle, and i thought it would've tasted better if it were all one consistency - either a slush or a juice. i did like the grape bits in it! - mango grapefruit boom (3.5/5): i enjoyed how fresh the mango flavor was, but there wasn't that much mango in the drink. it was full of toppings, especially the coconut pudding and sago, and it tasted mostly like coconut. there was some grapefruit pulp, but not a ton. it would've been great with more mango, but i did still enjoy it. this was also more watery than most mango sago drinks i've had - coconut mango boom (5/5): this had an even balance between coconut and mango, which i loved. there was a huge difference in flavor between the mango grapefruit and the coconut mango boom, even though the only difference was supposed to be the grapefruit. i could actually taste the mango in this one, and the texture was a lot more consistent! - supreme brown sugar bobo milk tea (4/5): very light for a brown sugar milk tea but also didn't really taste like one. i could taste the black milk tea flavor more than brown sugar. there was some initial brown sugar flavor where it pooled at the bottom, but then it disappeared. the cheese cloud topping was really tasty - lightly sweet and salty. i didn't think the drink was too sweet at regular sweetness, but i could've gotten it less sweet. the brown sugar bobo (boba) was chewy but really on the softer end - matcha cloud jasmine latte (4.5/5): really great jasmine flavor, but the matcha was very subtle. even though it was only in the cloud foam, i would've liked to taste it a bit more. it was very light for a milk tea and perfectly sweet at less sweet - green grape boom [seasonal] (4.5/5): i liked this one more than the crisp grape boom because it tasted more strongly of grapes. it was also watery but more of a slush than the crisp grape boom. i loved the chunks of green grapes in it! - mulberry strawberry boom [seasonal] (4/5): good fruity flavor, which was light and perfectly sweet. i personally didn't enjoy it as much because of the tartness and because the seeds would get caught in my teeth, but it was exactly as advertised. it did have a prominent mulberry flavor and lots of pulp if ordering on the app, toppings are added at the very bottom by tapping on the topping and then adding it to a drink. the brown sugar bobo (boba) is softer than what i like, but it's still chewy and not bad. the fat-free bobo pops (crystal boba) are good, and the clouds (creams) are fairly thick and creamy. overall, heytea uses fresh high quality ingredients, but i do think it's a little overhyped. i enjoy how light the drinks taste, but i don't find myself craving them that often. however, i appreciate the calorie counts and ingredients list for each drink on the app, and i find myself checking for new drinks every so often.

I LOVE the Coconut Mango Boom! It's always consistent and hits the spot…read more I love watching the workers hustle and get drinks out. They work together as a team and everyone knows their role. Service is always amazing here. They call out drink numbers as they're ready and will ask if you need a bag. Store is bright and well managed. Sometimes there's a long wait time for drinks, but download the app and preorder! You can also earn discounts and freebies! (Purchase giftcards and load into your app to earn more points!) I appreciate this location even more after my experience at Stonestown (it's a shitshow there)

I went to Noori Chicken on a Saturday afternoon and it was empty but there were quite a few orders…read morebeing picked up. The food is great, my friends and I shared LA galbi ribs and a 8 piece chicken. One thing I loved was that you could get half and half of any number of fried chicken. We got half soy garlic wings and half supreme wings. I don't do spice but the supreme wasn't too too bad and they were well worth it. The food was promptly delivered and they checked on us every so often. I enjoyed the food quite a bit and would be back.

Had some take out today. The golden noori fried chicken is excellent and the fishcake soup hit the…read morespot that only a street vendor in Korea could. Excellent Korean soul food, def gonna be a go to now for me Just no magic sprinkle on anything, ever