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    Royal Tapioca

    4.0 (70 reviews)
    Open 9:00 am - 7:00 pm

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    ROYAL TAPIOCA ATMOSPHERE

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    Quiet
    Good for groups
    Good for kids

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    Coconut jelly cup
    Lou C.

    I found this restaurant purely by accident. I was gonna eat at Ph Lúc Lc next door but it was closed during Lunar New Year weeks. So I walked away disappointed. Suddenly, I looked up at the sign Royal Tropical and and its banh mi menu. After reading some reviews, I decided to check it out. I brought my coworker to sample with me. It's easier to come on Sunday because traffic is a lot lighter than during weekdays. While sitting in here and looking around, I thought it was a Mexican cantina. I am always the only Asian among Hispanic customers. The pale green walls, maroon booths and decorations from the 70's gave me a nostalgic feeling. Folks behind the counter work hard to get food ready really quick. I love it. I've gotta tell you, the drinks and sandwiches were so delicious. My favorite banh mi is BBQ pork. The bun has a crispy shell that doesn't cut my mouth ceiling. All fresh ingredients satisfy my sense of smell and taste. Most of banh mi sandwiches are around $4. With a small boba tea at $3.25, that's a well balanced lunch. It's a true hole-in-the-wall restaurant in Spring Branch West neighborhood. If you are around Kempwood between Blalock and Campbell area, be sure to stop in for a treat.

    thai tea with egg pudding
    Daysi L.

    I've been coming to this place since i was 10 years old! it's always been so delicious and the customer service has always been so good. The banh mis here are amazing, always perfectly toasted and freshly cooked meat. I got their egg pudding for the first time and it was so good. The people who work here are always in a good mood! they usually have coconut jelly that is super good as well

    Antonio H.

    It's clean and there's ample parking. The drinks are very good. They don't have milk alternatives. They have mango slushes, which are vegan. My friend enjoyed her coffee drink with bobble. . I thought the mango slush was good. The service is counter service but prompt.

    Banh Mi Combo
    Terry P.

    Decent sandwiches. The bread was well toasted, and the ingredients taste great. There was a bit of vegetables such as cilantro and pickled Daikin and carrots, but not as much to my personal liking. The Jasmine Tea was okay. There wasn't much of a tea flavor, and the address sugar was overpowering.

    BBQ with meatballs on the left, chicken and fried egg on the right.
    Phuong N.

    I'm not going to compare this place to places in Bellaire since we all know that's where you'd go if you really want better and cheaper sandwiches and drinks. Upon seeing the menu, I decided to order the BBQ pork and meatball combination sandwich since I love both kinds individually and always have a hard time deciding which to get. Dilemma solved, I thought. My husband ordered the chicken and fried egg (assuming it would be the sunny-side up version as pictured on the menu banner). Also ordered the green tea smoothie made with green tea ice cream. BBQ/meatballs ($3.50) -- the BBQ pork was not the char-grilled, sweet soy sauce marinade version I thought it would be. It also wasn't exactly the xa-xiu style either. Instead it tasted like it had the same marinade of Vietnamese beef jerky, the sweet and spicy red kind, except it was salty and not spicy. It wasn't horrible, it just didn't taste the way you'd expect it to when ordering a Vietnamese bbq pork sandwich. The crushed meatballs were tasteless. They were pretty light on the meat portions. Best part of the sandwich was the lightly toasted french bread. Chicken/egg ($3.50) -- not shredded, not sliced, but minced tiny chicken bits. It almost seemed like they put the chicken into a meat processor after cooking it. Not sunny-side up, not fried, but scrambled eggs. Mixed together, you might not know there was chicken in there unless you opened up the sandwich and poked around the scrambled egg for it. Individually, tasteless. Combined, tasteless. Best part of the sandwich was the bread. Green tea smoothie with boba ($4.25 for a large aka regular size everywhere else) -- you'd think it would be somewhat creamy since you have green tea ice cream and possibly some milk in the smoothie, but it wasn't even the slightest bit creamy. It was instead more on the icy, watery side. The tapioca, while the good consistency, lacked the honey flavor. The best part would be that it at least did indeed taste like green tea. Service was mediocre but friendly. There was no one waiting ahead of us and the wait for our order was about ten minutes with at 3-4 employees, so not the quickest.

    Kelley V.

    My family has been going to this location for almost a decade! Their number 1 drink is the Avocado smoothie. Their Avacafo smoothie beats out all of the tapioca shops. No one makes their Avacado smoothie as creamy and buttery as they do! Their banh mi ga (chicken) is pretty delicious as well. Those two items are my hands down, go to snacks, EVERY SINGLE TIME.

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    4 stars for taste but 1/2 a star for service. Young girl working behind the counter continues to be rude. Not going there for awhile!!!

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    Great sandwiches, hot, friendly and fast. Must go to if in Spring Branch. Very delicious and inexpensive. Great back ground music and decor.

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    ALL the banh mi sandwiches are fantastic- the bread is perfection with the crunch on the outside but soft when taking a bite.

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