Decent spot for boba next to SJSU. Reasonable prices relative to the cup sizes, which I don't expect for San Jose in general. I tried the Vietnamese Egg Coffee and Peach Oolong Tea which cost about $6 each. Both drinks came out in less than 5 minutes with no customers before me. Vietnamese Egg Coffee - pretty good. The sugar and egg balanced out the taste of black coffee. I don't typically drink vietnamese egg coffee but I can at least vouch that I would get it again. 4/5 Peach Oolong Tea - The menu says peach black tea, but the drink label says oolong? Regardless, it's a standard peach drink. At 50% sweetness, it's still sweeter than I'd like it to be. 3.5/5 In all honesty, I expect boba shops near college universities to serve gimmicky drinks, so Sentea was a nice surprise to walk by. read more

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Sen Tea does it well for me. Close to campus, convenient, and the customer service is always friendly and welcoming. Sen Tea 对我来说真的很不错。离学校很近，方便又省时间，而且这里的服务一直都很友善、很贴心。 The mango matcha is really tasty - the fruity mango flavor blends surprisingly well with the smooth matcha. Definitely one of my favorites here. 芒果抹茶真的很好喝，香甜的芒果味和顺滑的抹茶搭配得很不错，绝对是我在这里最喜欢的饮料之一。 The drinks are good and refreshing. The popcorn chicken is crispy, but it definitely needs more flavor, so sauce is mandatory for me. 饮料好喝又解渴。盐酥鸡炸得很酥脆，不过本身的味道稍微淡了一点，所以对我来说酱料绝对是必备的。 A solid spot near campus when you want a drink, a snack, or both. 想喝杯饮料、吃点小吃，或两个都来，这里都是学校附近很不错的选择。 Highly recommend with my utmost respectful regards. 诚意推荐，谨致最高的敬意。 read more

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Sentea replaced Goncha. It's good because I'm not a fan of Goncha. I think this place has more food options I like the eggrolls and fish balls. Their popcorn chicken sucked: their like burnt salty crumbs. Service is okay. Wait isn't that long but I get my food few minutes apart. Sucks because by the time I get the 2nd food, the first one is cold. read more

I enjoyed the popcorn chicken. It was moist and crispy with a good balance of five spice flavor. There was quite a bit of tiny crispy pieces but I liked the crunch. I was the 2nd order of the day and it came out within 10mins. Music is good. read more

Was surprised to see that the Gong Cha here was replaced with a new place and was curious over how it'd be, so I thought I'd give it a try. Ambiance-wise they're relatively similar, outside of some changes to get rid of the Gong Cha mentions. The menu is a little small in variety, with a special section for matcha drinks. I got a small Matcha Affogato, which was light in flavor and came in a small cup that was worth around six dollars. The Matcha unfortunately isn't very strong, but the drink was alright regardless. The service is relatively standard - you order on the kiosk and the barista makes the drink for you before placing it on the counter as they call out your order number. Pretty similar to the Gong Cha. Overall, an okay replacement. I suppose it's nice to have some variety here, but I don't see myself returning to this place anytime soon. Maybe one of their other drinks would be better, but I won't be sticking around to find out. read more

Sentea - Matcha Affogato - Bubble Tea Near Me - San Jose, California

It's standard boba spot next to campus. The wait is sometimes random as I've ordered prior and people after me will get their drinks first. I asked for not spicy on my crab balls and it came out spicy - not a big deal but why have option if not going to follow. I did not ask to remake because I had already been waiting. Seating is also hit or miss depending on peak times. Music is decent. read more

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Got the popcorn chicken and it was so unbelievably soggy + no taste. This place is always a mess. Tables are never wiped down and always very dirty. read more

This has become our go-to boba spot and it never disappoints. The drinks are refreshing and made with high-quality ingredients--the sunset beach is a favorite with the perfect balance of sweet and fresh. Matcha and milk tea are also great, and the boba stays nicely chewy. The shop is clean, modern, and efficient even when busy. Online ordering is convenient for avoiding long lines, and they handle group orders well. Highly recommend. read more

Sentea - Bubble Tea Near Me - San Jose, California

Looks like gong cha is gone. SenTea is standard boba place. Order at kiosk and pick up. No employees interaction at all. I ordered a coffee. It was good. Not watered down. The workers need to be consistent with calling peoples names because she just leaves it, with the labels facing inward, on the counter. Seriously, people have to touch it to turn it over to see if it's their order. Please fix that read more

Delicious refreshing teas! However, there was only one person working and she seemed so stressed! The business owners should really staff more appropriately so there's not so much burden on one person. read more

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The five stars is for the size of the short stubby cup. The stubby sizes are about right for people over 30, but the bigger sizes are better for people under 30. The design of the stubby cup from Dr.Ink had higher centers of gravity than Sentea's. The Sentea cups are more stable than Dr.Ink's because of the wider footprint. The yellow Sentea sign was also like the Bat-signal, because at nighttime the sign can be seen from the SJSU music building 3 blocks away, to remind students to get drinks. read more

Boba is ok, service is good but the AI ads suck. You're right next to a college hire a designer and support artists!

Love the false advertising with the AI Definitely a step down from Gong Cha otherwise, with the more limited drink menu and the much smaller cup sizes for what you pay. Not that Gong Cha had ever been the best, but at least they didn't try to scam you out with fake photos. A better alternative would be Breaktime Tea around the corner. read more

Came here with my boyfriend this afternoon. We were walking around looking for something to drink and found this place. I ordered my peach tea, and my boyfriend got a brown sugar boba. And omg, they were both really good. I'm a fan of sweet, so the level of sweetness here was perfect for me. My peach tea tasted fresh, and there was actually peach in it. It was just so good. And my friend's drink was also great. It wasn't too sweet, the boba was soft and chewy, and the milk was just creamy. We both loved the drinks. The service here was also quick and friendly. Definitely coming back. Highly recommend. read more

Sentea - Peach tea - Bubble Tea Near Me - San Jose, California

Humble little shop that replaced gong cha that was here a while back. The inside is nice to sit in, right across SJSU campus. Very relaxing after sunset. Workers are usually pretty nice here as well. While I haven't tried their food, their milk teas are ok. The sugar level is inconsistent across various drinks (sometimes it's too sweet at 75%, sometimes not sweet enough at 100%). They get 4 stars because their fruit smoothies are surprisingly good. I've had mango, strawberry peach, both were really really fruit-forward and refreshing. I would suggest you get 50% sweetness on the fruit smoothies because at 75% and 100%, it becomes too sweet alongside with the sugars in the fruits themselves. read more

I was coming here every single day for about a week and a half and one day for some odd reason it's been the same person too behind the bar multiple of those days when I've been getting a week and a half constantly same exact order, same sweetness it was a customized drink and this day she ended up making it definitely not the way that I was supposed to different not only that but when I took three large chugs taking a fourth one just to verify, I got absolutely no aloe chunks and almost a dollar extra I don't care about paying the extra dollar for it, but I expect the item to be in my so taking four and not receiving any of them was absolutely crazy not only that I go back to my room where I am taking these I take my straw and I start poking it to the sides to confirm that there is no aloe on the sides and there's absolutely no aloe vera in it whatsoever taking the straw cup. I don't see you pushing side so I go back downstairs and I side worker and I'm like there's no aloe in this. I know I previously but saying this now, I do remember before even leaving the facility. I asked her if this had aloe vera in it because when I picked up my I look right and I know theoretically I should have stayed in the facility to that is my fault but now I'm here and I am asking for my drink to get remade because it does not have the proper stuff in it and so I end up asking her can I please have more aloe in this and she proceeds to get a separate cup and put aloe chunks in it and hand me the cup I look at her. I look at the cup. I look at her. I look at again just to confirm what I'm looking at is like I have my drink and then I have the cup next to it that with aloe to be in my drink a separate cup next to it so I'm very confused at this rate and I'm just looking at her with confusion at this and I can you make it please and she goes so you want me to put it in there for you and I'm just like yeah cause I don't know what to say to that theoretically it should be your job to automatically remake the first of all you certainly be taking the drink from the person after supposed to remake it for them second of all. I'm in the right cause I know that there is no one that have been getting her this drink exactly the same for a week and a half straight and there is absolutely no elevator there in here so she proceeds to take my drink with the attitude who are the cup of aloe vera into my drink, poor everything out and then try to tell me that there was aloe vera already in my even though I know that there was an olive vera I showed her that there was just cup vera on the side, so where did the cup of aloe vera go that you just had on the side so at this way, I caught them in their BS at this rate and they go and try to top off my drink with ice and my drink is already majority ice and not aloe and so I hear the metal spoon hit the ice and I go I don't want any more ice. You already done put too much ice in the drink originally and she tries to say oh I was vera aloe vera doesn't sound like sound is squishy sauce that shouldn't make any sense and so from that rate, she ended up doing whatever behind the my drink and handing it to me when she handed my drink to me we're shaking in the process. I don't know if it way that I came off. sorry if it was a way that I came off but I'm not going to pay almost $10 for a drink for you to give me one rude service and two to get my drink wrong and I don't need that, but on top of everything you refuse to remake my drink how it is supposed to be made proceeded to take a drink that was drink off of that good does not follow health code of standards or anything like that that is a food safety violation, and not only that she also had her personal keys on the counter where it is in view of the customers mind you that as a counter that she's supposed to be working on and preparing whatever drinks or food or whatever they serve there I personally do not find this place sanitary. I do not find this place very friendly and not only that, but I thought they were reasonably priced for a Boba or a drink but at this rate, I'm looking into other avenues or at this rate making it myself at home. (please note that this is used with speech to text so if some of this does not sound 100% or fit in well with each other, it is because due to that) read more

Took over 25 minutes for one drink because there was only 1 worker making food and drinks. They need to hire more people so the wait is a lot less. So frustrating and not coming back if I have to wait this long. SMH read more

Found this nice mom & pop and I ordered a thai milk tea and popcorn chicken. Popcorn chicken was crisp and the flavor was great! The thai milk tea is smooth and not too creamy, refreshing. I didn't have to wait too long ~ 10 mins for both items. Its a serene shop to sit at when it's not too busy and the workers were friendly, definitely will check it out again. read more

only ever one person working behind counter, and you can see why. go here if you want cheap boba with a fat price tag, any other place is probably worth better for less read more

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Longish wait time and small portions on drinks, not worth the price. Still tastes okay

gang I waited almost half an hour for my order. when the drinks came out, it was like half the size of a normal cup of milk tea. there is a break time tea or whatever its called not far away or boba bar next to this place. I would recommend going to those places if you want more value for what you are getting and if you want faster service. read more