Hidden away in Aberdeen Square by the window facing the sky train station, this boba chain can be found in a number of Chinese neighborhoods around Vancouver B.C. This location is the one I tend to come across the most cause I usually am visiting the mall. The shop sticks out with it's red design. It's just a pretty small boba vendor shop that's kind of hidden away. The menu is basically a screen running a video so that it animates and loops. There's quite of a selection of drinks on it though. Most of them are on the sweeter side with their cookies and cream shake. They've got a lot of crazy drinks going on, but I'm a simple man that likes his simple drinks and lately, I've been very much into the #8 fresh jade lemon green tea. Because the drinks are pretty sweet I usually adjust it to like 75% sweetness. I also adjust the ice level to get more for my buck and ask for less ice. Hard to judge boba shops in my opinion. Especially since any adjustments I make to my drink is on me and not on the shop. Service was quite fine. Only one person was on the job when I was there, but I've seen two people there before. One to make drinks and the other manning the cashier. Overall, I thought my drink turned out fine. Just have to adjust by trial and error to get the right sweetness down for yourself. If you come across one of these shops, check it out. read more

Shiny Tea - Fresh Jade Lemon Green Tea - Bubble Tea Near Me - Richmond, British Columbia

3.5 Of the two Shiny Tea's in Richmond I find this one tends to have milder tea flavours. However, I like that there are different kinds of teas, such as pu'er, that are not always offered at other places. Like most bbt lovers, I have a go-to drink at different bbt places. And while there are a few other choices at Aberdeen Centre & Square, I find myself wandering over to this tucked away shop because the service is always great. Staff are friendly and efficient. They will also offer substitutions without extra or over charging. read more

We ordered the Tie Guan Yin ice-cream, the Tie Guan Yin milk tea with coffee jellies, and the Pu-erh tea with lychee popping pearls. The ice-cream and the milk tea were fine, but the coffee jellies were overly chewy. Is that why they cut the coffee jellies into mini cubes? The abundance of lychee popping pearls overwhelmed the tea that was already diluted. The lady behind the counter was hiding behind the glass when we were at the counter. She did not initiate to greet us when we tried to order and she just stared at us. We needed to ask her can we order because we could not see her face. The she said yes. Also, they should not let just one worker in on a Sunday afternoon. Therefore, we waited for a long time for our drinks while there was a queue behind us. read more

I like Shiny Tea...but my visit left me disappointed. It's not the drinks, but it is their App on the phones. Did you know with the app, it is mandatory to use your credit card on the app in order to collect points? They won't allow other form of payment like cash to collect points. Chattime another bubble tea joint DOES allow collecting points using other forms of payment. read more

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I love their selection of drinks, especially their panda milk tea! Each time I've ordered their drinks it's come out super yummy and satisfying! I do find that their ice level needs to be 100% otherwise it really isn't cold enough to be satisfying. The main reason I'm giving them 3 stars is because of their service: There has been times when I ordered a large and asked for it to be put into two small cups because it's for my children and they charge $0.50 and there has been times when I wasn't charged at all.. so there are some inconsistencies. When we used the yelp check in - free topping coupon, and wanted to collect our stamps for their stamp card the girl behind the counter gave it to us but acted like she didn't want to and told us that we can only use one or the other. So basically if you use the free toppings, they won't give you a stamp? That's kind of ridiculous because you're still purchasing a full sized drink from them. read more

I've gone a few times and really enjoyed their tea. It has never been overly sweet, even at 100% sweetness. Over time, the tea doesn't taste watered down as the ice in it melts. For their tea, 6/10. I usually go for their soft serve ice cream. They have two ice cream flavors, a tie guan yin and another flavor that is switched out. The second flavor has been pineapple, brown sugar, and more (probably). Their soft serve solution was smooth and their tie guan yin has actual tea flavor. It actually tastes better than some "tea places" drinks. I would always come back for it. I literally cross the border to get the soft serve. read more

Shiny Tea - Tea soft serve! - Bubble Tea Near Me - Richmond, British Columbia

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We hope a bubble tea can brighten up our day. We cannot take any more sad news. Anyway, some people call it pearl milk tea, and some call it boba or bbt. We were craving for boba, so we finally decided to try Shiny Tea 嚮茶. We should order their popular drink, Panda Milk Tea, but somehow we chose their Original Milk Tea. Maybe we order the wrong drink. It was disappointing. The tea was watered down, and the milk was not fragrant. Shiny Tea 嚮茶 is a bubble tea franchise chain which established from Taiwan. Shiny Tea 嚮茶 at Aberdeen Square is literally just a storefront - only enough space to walk in and order and walk out. It is located at 2340-4000 No 3 Road, Richmond BC Drink: 3/5 CanTry! Service: ‍‍‍‍4/5 Kids: 3/5 A-OK for kids Price: 1/2less than $20 for two Presentation: 3/5 Parking: Street or validated parking Tips: read the reviews before ordering Would I Return: No! ‍ there are more selections in Greater Vancouver read more

Shiny Tea - Boba Milk Tea - Bubble Tea Near Me - Richmond, British Columbia

Shiny tea locations have a pretty uniform interior where they have red and white as their main colours of choice. Their menu is pretty simple with a variety of milk teas, brewed teas, specialty drinks and fruit teas. What I liked about their menu was that you could customize your drink. You start by choosing your favorite tea, the base and then the toppings. I decided to go with their panda milk tea because you can't go wrong with a classic. Plus, I wanted to try their clear and brown sugar tapioca pearls. The brown sugar pearls were your typical run of the mill lightly sweetened chewy tapioca pearls. I expected the clear ones to be similar to sago and be soft. That's why I was pleasantly surprised because they were actually just as chewy as the brown sugar pearls. I wasn't sure how I felt about it in the beginning but it was actually quite enjoyable to drink because of the difference in pearl sizes. The milk tea itself was strong and slightly bitter because I got it unsweetened. I liked that it was still prominent despite having the milk in there and it was a nice balance of flavors. Not the best I've had but not bad for one being made with milk powder. Grayson decided to go with the matcha tea with pearls. He liked that they had this as an option here because they rarely have it without the milk at other bubble tea cafes. Unfortunately, Grayson said that the matcha tea was very bitter and you can tell because of how dark green his drink was. read more

I was hoping to give a 4 stars, but I can only seem to give 2 stars due to inconvenience. I was ordering Pu-Erh Milk Tea with less ice and half sweet, but one staff she got wrong order. She gave my drink with 80% sweetness which I never mentioned; afterwards I had to go back if staff can give less sweet one. Staff helped me make a new one, however everyone looked clueless while it was staff's mistake. I left the store feeling frustrated due to language barrier. None of the staff members seemed to be fluent in English. read more

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I ordered from Shiny Tea (Aberdeen) on June 10. They were running a promotion that gave away a Dark Chocolate Cheese Cake with a $15 purchase which conveniently also coincided with the minimum for free delivery with UberOne membership (Free delivery at hundreds of restaurants and bubble tea shop on orders over $15.) So all in all, it was a pretty good deal. I was VERY delighted with how good their drinks were especially the Mango Yogurt. The portion size is also very size-able. If you compare the portion size to pricing for yogurt shops like the nearby "Hey! I am Yogost." which has good yogurt drinks and friendly service (but in my opinion, not quite worth the price point), you get a better value with the mango yogurt drink at Shiny Tea. I'm not too sure if they make their own yogurt but irregardless it truly tasted like mango and good yogurt. Mango Yogurt ($5.95) + Large ($0.50) + Black Pearl ($0.75) - 10/10 I would order this again. It has a nice tang from the yogurt and good mango flavour with just the right amount of sweetness. Portion size for the large size is almost a liter and filled with yogurt to the brim. Fresh Taro Ice Slush ($5.95) + Large ($0.50) + Black Pearl ($0.75) + Grass Jelly ($0.75) This was pretty good but not as good as the mango yogurt; it melted quickly but was delivered quickly and was still solid when arrived. FREE - Dark Chocolate Cheesecake ($3.99) The cheesecake was excellent. They use a light cream cheese base beaten with air for a light bite with distinct cocoa taste. They use like chocolate cookie crumbs on the bottom. It's an excellent light desert with your meal and it's not too sweet. However, if I were to pay $3.99 for it - I probably wouldn't when compared to the value of their Mango Yogurt for $5.95. Nevertheless an excellent cheesecake (but not your typical cheesecake) I would say, considering solely on the mango yogurt and the texture of the pearls - that this could well be one of the better bubble tea in Richmond. I left them a five star review on UberEats and they provided a $6 off coupon for the next time usage which I would have been eager to use it unfortunately this was the last order before taking off for a month on Vancouver Island. Would definitely order their Mango yogurt again now that back in Vancouver - albeit there are so many bubble tea deals on UberEats that probably would be in some time later without worthwhile promos. read more

My current fave bubbletea place! The milk tea here has a rich brewed taste, and the pearls are just the right amount of chewy. I've tried 4 variants of toppings for the milk tea so far - the white pearl (tiny pearls), the boba (regular size black pearls), the panda (mix of both types of pearls) & the grass jelly. My fave is the white pearl. On other days when I want a mix, the panda is a good choice. Highly recommend this place for very authentic tasting Taiwanese style bubbletea! read more

I've been here twice and ordered two different drinks: Regular milk tea (what they're famous(????) for with white boba with 75% sugar and no ice and Oolong Milk tea with black boba no ice. The first drink is okay, but I'm too Americanized that I could use more sugar in my drink. Also the white boba isn't white boba, it is actually sago... like what you would put in your coconut milk+ taro drink.. Anyways, it was disappointing. It's different than what I expected and it's not the same as what the Taiwanese call "white boba." I guess they use it because it's cheaper/more accessible in Canada. ugh.. so not impressed. The drink was alright, at least it tastes like tea (lol). My second drink was alright, I actually thought it's better than the first drink.. haha. The second time I was there, their boba wasn't ready until 20 minutes or so. They also didn't have change for me since they'll have no change if they give me my change.. It was around noon but they had no change.. =.=... I then went to the food court area to get lunch and got some change... They were so inflexible and it was really inconvenient for me. Their location is actually not that convenient too since it's at the other side of the mall.. Overall, I probably won't come here just to get their drinks, but I will grab a drink it's on the way to where I'm going.. lol read more

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I got the HanLin Creation milk tea with mixed white and black pearls and was not impressed. The big pearls were hard and the milk tea wasn't good. Hard pearls alone will make me not come back to this boba drink place. read more

Shiny Tea - Bubble Tea Near Me - Richmond, British Columbia

Located inside Richmond Centre near Tim Hortons. I like how this spot is super convenient and the service is really fast. Got the Panda Milk Tea and their pearls were nice and chewy. I also loved how bold their milk tea was! The store itself is also super cute and filled with pandas! Makes a great lounge spot after those long shopping sprees for sure. read more

Shiny Tea - Panda Milk Tea with Pearls - Bubble Tea Near Me - Richmond, British Columbia

I've been pleasantly surprised during my last few visits. The flavour of the drinks and pearls have improved significantly :) and I like how hearty they are with the amount of pearls they give you. Note: I like my kumquat with lemon bubble tea with less ice and half sweet :) Haven't tried any other flavour since I've discovered their kumquat with lemon..... But I think I'll stick with what I like :P (for the most part) Note: Remember to check in on yelp! read more

Shiny Tea - something citrusy :) - Bubble Tea Near Me - Richmond, British Columbia

I use to exclusively order bubble tea from Shiny Tea at this location and the one at Richmond Centre, sad to say my experience with this chain has really went down hill over the last year, to the point where after my most recent visit yesterday I have decided that I'm done with this chain once and for all. Main reason is the downgrade on the taste and quality of the teas they use, the subpar service is also something I'm quite disappointed in. They seem to begin everything with the response "no, you can't," before even figuring out what it is the customer is truly asking...and when they finally figured out it was their own fault for misunderstandings, they just act annoyed, despite me being super nice and smiling the whole time patiently. I doubt they could even tell I was displeased in the slightest, but I honestly felt like I was taken advantage of for being such a nice patient customer. The role seemed totally reversed lol..The tea gelato served yesterday had no rolled cookies for the first time in all the times I've ordered it, I didn't even bother asking, I was surprised and disappointed but wanted to minimise any further conversation with the woman to avoid further negative vibes from her, I threw the points card out after getting my order, so done. Don't go there guys it's not worth it, there are so many other shops operated by people who are friendly and helpful, providing consistently high quality teas. Their fall from grace is a dramatic one, sad but true. read more

Ordered a roasted tieguanyin macchiato 1/2 sweet...it tasted more like 1/4 sweet. I didn't mind that since I am trying to cut down my sugar intake anyway. Tea itself was refreshing. Three things bothered me...first off it's the unsweetened tasteless hard pearls. Then it's the foam on top of the tea...it was literally just unsweetened whipped cream without the swirl. It had no taste other than the taste of 33% fat content of the whipped cream. I was expecting more of an aromatic tasty milk foam (like some other good bbt places have) rather than such a heavy dense tasteless whipped cream. In the end the drink was too creamy after I mixed it up with the tea. The other big turn off was there was WAY too much ice in the drink. I had only a few sips and it was end of it (see photo). Kind of painful for a small cup that cost me almost $5. I'm a regular bubble tea drinker. Shiny Tea hasn't impressed me. read more

Shiny Tea - Literally HALF of the cup was huge ice cubes. - Bubble Tea Near Me - Richmond, British Columbia

I think the overwhelming amount of choices on menu was the first thing that got to me. I couldn't really understand all the choices and it was a bit frazzling for me. The line was long so it was understood that the orders would take longer. But the guy behind the counter seemed so unsure as he was taking our orders. Made the whole experience less pleasant. Got the honey oolong soft serve. It was pretty good. Very tea flavored like. But I do prefer tea flavored ice cream over tea flavored soft serve. Their taro topping with it was actually really good and that was quite impressive. I will have to give their milk teas a try next time to figure out if their quality of tea is as good as people say it is. read more

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I think with all the hype, it skewed my impression on this place. I finally found my way to this place, from inside Aberdeen on the 2nd floor, in the hallway next to the medical clinic, walk straight through to the hallway to the end towards the Canada Line station... you'll find Shiny Tea. It's a Friday at 4:45pm. When I got there, there was a line of people waiting for their drinks already, about 6-7 people. I ordered their Oolong Milk Tea with pearls, 1/2 sweet and less ice. I showed the cashier person my Yelp Check-in Offer of a free topping. She was initially confused but luckily "the boss" clarified and I got 50 cents off - yay for Yelp check-in offers! After a very long 20 minutes, I finally got my drink. Note: they yell out the number in mandarin? But I didn't understand, so after yelling out the number 3 times she eventually said it in english, which I finally understood my BBT was ready. The Oolong Milk Tea had a nice and slightly different tea flavour compared to other bubble tea places. However, making it half sweet really took away the sweetness and it tasted like watered down milk tea. Usually regular sweet is really sweet at other places, so maybe their regular sweet is fine? Regardless, the milk tea was okay, nothing to rave about I think. The pearls were good and chewy. Overall, the price of $4 for a medium size, the long wait, and overhype of "the best bbt", this experience was okay. Plus, they forgot to give me a stamp card - Buy 10 drinks and get 1 free. Maybe next time it'll be a better experience for me. Other than that, the bubble tea is good and it's a convenient bbt stop for the Canada Line passengers, if you have time to wait in line for your bubble during peak times. Cash Only! read more

Shiny Tea - Saved $0.50 with my Yelp check-in (free pearls ;)) - Bubble Tea Near Me - Richmond, British Columbia

Opened just a year ago, I first heard about this place from my Taiwanese friends who raved about how authentic the bubble teas were. They say that it brings them back to their childhood. I've only been to Taiwan a few times so I was intrigued and had to try for myself. Its location in Aberdeen Square was difficult to find at first. It's one level down from the food court and facing the Skytrain station. They have many tea choices (but the popular ones run out pretty quickly). I've already tried a few different teas with milk and they've all been very flavourful (regular, Oolong, Tieguanyin, Pu-er, etc). I can actually taste the tea, unlike a lot of other bubble tea places. I enjoy the white boba/pearls (sweet potato balls), which are basically the regular black pearls but mini versions. The grass jelly is also good too (firm type). You can tailor your drink to the sweetness & coldness that you prefer (100% sweet, 80% sweet, 50%, 0%, half ice, less ice, no ice). I find 80% sweet and less ice is perfect for me. They have a large menu and I plan to slowly try their other varieties. But I always end up just getting milk tea. One of these days! read more

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Not a huge fan of their milk teas but I am a huge fan of their soft serve roasted milk tea ice cream. Usually add it with pearls and it tastes great. The mini size is usually more than enough for me but regular is perfect to share with more than 2 other people. Favorite place for milk tea ice cream read more

Shiny Tea - Mini size for personal. It was more than enough for me to eat on my own. $3 - Bubble Tea Near Me - Richmond, British Columbia

I was so excited that I didn't have to go to the International Village to get Shiny Tea's Tealato! Not only did I save myself gas money but I also got my friend a free topping addition for his bubble tea from checking in on Yelp. I got the honey oolong tea flavour gelato and I fell in love with it. I love the texture of gelato because it naturally melts in your mouth without additional chewing and there is a slight spring and resistance when scooping it vs. ice cream where I would have to chew it if the consistency is denser and use a bit more power to scoop it. I opted for a simple condensed milk drizzle for the free topping. The base of the gelato is sweeter than their second flavour, tieguanyin, but I enjoyed every scoop of it. One small issue I had was when I reached the bottom of my gelato, it had small icy bits in it. It could be the machine not churning enough or I got end of the stick of the batch of tealato. The price for the mountain height gelato was definitely reasonable and I would come again to try the tieguanyin. On the other hand, the panda milk tea was wayyy too sweet. It is a cute concept to have normal sized pearls and smaller white tapioca pearls. Since pearls are sweet, I think 30% or even 0% sweetness can be considered. read more

TL;DR - Disappointing and tasteless. You're better off going to Coco or Chatime for Taiwanese chained bubble tea. --- I had a lot of high hopes for Shiny Tea after hearing so much about it. I even went online to read about the hype and where it came from and its origins in Taiwan. Needless to say, I had a lot of expectations for what's supposed to be "better than Chatime". Please note: Chatime is still my ultimate favorite chained bubble tea joint. Not only is Shiny Tea hard to find, it's actually a super long wait. I ordered a large Original White Pearl tea (half sugar, less ice) because it's their signature item and it took them more than 15 mins to make my drink. Plus, there were only 2 people in front of me. I wasn't too mad at the time because I wasn't in a hurry but you've been warned... The drink itself is disappointing. Period. There's no other way to describe it and all the other reviewers have already said it below. It's tasteless - it's not even sweet, it tastes closer to skim milk than tea. The tapioca pearls were good but I'm drinking the bubble tea for the tea too! You can't have one without the other or I'm just drinking milk with pearls. The cup is hard and sturdy - much higher quality than other places I've been to and the prices are slightly cheaper (maybe 50 cents cheaper for a large), but all that means nothing with your drink isn't sufficient. So needless to say, I'm sad that the drink didn't live up to its hype. The location is hard to find for people not on the skytrain and the service is slow. All in all, I won't be coming back. Chatime and Coco are still my go-to for Taiwanese bubble tea and I would recommend people to just pass up on Shiny Tea. read more

Shiny Tea - The original white pearl tea. Tasteless and disappointing. - Bubble Tea Near Me - Richmond, British Columbia

Bomb tieguanyin ice cream!!! They also have honey oolong ice cream but that flavour is a little bit too sweet for me. As for their drinks, I've only had the panda milk tea which is just milk tea with regular black pearls and smaller white pearls. It tastes a little bit watered down.... probably would only get ice cream from them. read more

Shiny Tea - Bubble Tea Near Me - Richmond, British Columbia

I ordered an oolong milk tea with pearls. Drink was alright,but I found the pearls to be too soft. The good part is that they accept credit card. However, the location would have been better at the food court than at a corridor. read more

Shiny Tea - Oolong milk tea with pearls ($5) - Bubble Tea Near Me - Richmond, British Columbia

Came here last week as I was already in Aberdeen and was craving bubble tea. This place is located on the Aberdeen Square building and could be tricky to locate. If it helps, it's on the side that faces the skytrain directly. It seems they specialize in using actual teas for their bubble tea. I had the oolong with black and white pearls. It was my first time having white pearls and basically taste like black ones, but smaller. I would definitely get both next time as well. Both the tea and pearls were delicious! I absolutely hate driving to this mall, but I would definitely come back if I'm here and am craving bubble tea. Don't forget to check in and get a free extra item in your drink! read more

Shiny Tea - oolong with black and white pearls - Bubble Tea Near Me - Richmond, British Columbia

Really great tea flavors. I ordered one macchiato and one milk tea. Not a fan of tapioca so I can't review on that. The macchiato is a clear tea with a cream on top, milk tea has creamer mixed in. Next time, I want to try the milk tea soft serve read more

Very nice owners! Highly recommend stopping here. Convenient location in Richmond center mall near the sky train and great place to get bubble tea. read more

Got the regular sized ice cream! They were able to do half and half of the 2 flavors. I think it's from a soft serve machine so we just got the two twisted together. It's $5 CAD for the regular. Very creamy and silky soft serve. The honey roasted is much sweeter than the tea flavored one (tie guan ying....?) but mixed together it tasted like a milk tea! read more

Been to this Aberdeen location since day one they opened. It was really great back then. I used to be able to smell the brown sugar, taste the tea, and chew the chewy tapioca. But now it's totally the opposite. No smell of sugar, can barely taste the tea, and tapioca is soggy and overcooked. This is usually what happens for a franchise that sold their business, and the new owner doesn't keep up with the quality control. read more

There's something you have to know about Shiny Tea. Their formulas put really little sugar, so if you're used to having to half sugar at other franchises (especially Chatime whose sweetness is off the roof imo) you will need the full amount here. For reference I think Coco's 30% is something like 50% here, and Chatime's 30% is still sweeter than the 50% here. I see a lot of reviews here about Shiny Tea being tasteless and not sweet at all and this is why. I personally like my bubble tea on the minimal side of sweetness, so half sugar here is perfect. I especially like the Pu'erh Latte here, it has a good taste of the tea here and I haven't gone wrong with the Black/Green Tea Latte either. I usually don't get the pearls and the 'white boba' is just tapioca and nothing special (and tasteless), but the quality of the tea itself makes it one of my favourite bubble tea places in Richmond. Just be prepared to adjust your sugar levels accordingly. read more

I heard all the wonderful hype about this place, so we decided to come here today on April 10, Friday, at 5:25pm (order went through at 5:35pm) I was so ready to give this place 5 stars and write a great review on my blog and Facebook. Not anymore!! We received terrible and condescending customer service which I will write below. I would not be posting this if they had APOLOGIZED properly, but they did not. It started off well at first. A young Chinese boy greeted my husband and I in a friendly way. We both wanted mango teas, but he said they were out and that the mango teas wouldn't arrive until May. That's all right, he was smiling and so polite. So we changed our order to Oolong Latte with small white pearls, and a Coffee Jelly Pu-erh Milk Tea. Here's where the trouble begins: - He didn't understand my Yelp check-in free coupon and asked one of the girl staff about it. That's ok, he's probably new and training. But when my husband ordered the Coffee Jelly Pu-erh Milk Tea, the boy repeated back, "Coffee Jelly Milk Tea". I said again, "Pu-Erh, Pu-erh milk tea", now feeling a bit uncomfortable that he didn't understand English. (We don't speak Chinese, so I repeated to make sure he understood). - A hint that I know that he must have been sleepy or tired was when he read out our bill as "$4.72" but the bill was really $8 something. So again, this worried me that he wasn't paying attention to his work. -After we got our bill, I noticed the bill looked weird. There was a $0.50 extra charge. Now, I don't care about the money. I was concerned he got the order wrong. When we brought this up to the boy and the 2 girls working there, they started arguing back about the $0.50. I told them we don't care about that, I just want the right order. We got a coffee jelly Milk tea, but we wanted the coffee jelly Pu-erh tea. They offered to give the 50 cents back, they were obviously not listening, or were too lazy to make a new one because there was a line up behind us. So what if there is a line up? They should treat all customers equal. - A Mandarin girl customer was listening and spoke up for me in Chinese, "They want the Coffee Jelly Pu-Erh Tea, it's different than what you gave them". I told her thank you for explaining. The girl staff then asked the boy staff why he made our drink wrong, and he lies, "I already told them Pu-Erh is sold out." No he didn't!! I immediately said he told us the mango teas were out, he never told us the Pu-Erh was out. Then the girl staff tried to treat us like stupid again, saying there's no coffee for our original order. Of course we know that, I have no idea why she wants to keep arguing. In all the time they wanted to discuss against us, they could have just made us the right tea. - The 2 girl staffs began to treat us we were stupid again, and said this black milk tea is the same base and similar to the Pu-erh tea we originally wanted, and that we should accept it. I corrected them that it is not the same teas, and that I know my teas. I worked in the tea industry and my grandparents owned a tea store in Asia, so Shiny Tea staff's trick did not work on me. They just assume because we speak English, that we would know nothing about teas. Very arrogant for them to think that way. They also tried to treat us like it was about the 50 cents, how dumb since our original order would be 30 cents more. We don't care about the money, I work for a Law office as a Paralegal Assistant (and studying part-time to become a Lawyer). I do NOT care about the cents. I care about getting the right order and getting good customer service. We just want the RIGHT ORDER because I'm all about what is fair. -In the end, after I stood firm and refused to leave, they finally made the right order. How interesting that they made it when the boy lied that they were out of Pu-Erh (so now he told 2 lies). Never lie and argue to a lawyer, I will know and observe what people say very carefully. - They also did not give us a stamp card. This place advertises Buy 10 Get 1 Free. They owe me a stamp card with 2 stamps. I will be sending this review to management. If they don't respond, this story will go on my Facebook, Twitter, and blog, and I will get a friend to translate it into Chinese writing too. My main complaint is: Don't argue with your customer when you are wrong and don't try to act smart. Also, the boy should have apologized. He did not. He just put on a grumpy face. The girl apologized, but she said it without sincerity. read more

Shiny Tea - Shiny Tea, Richmond BC: This boy got our order wrong, tried to lie about his explanation and didn't apologize. Read my review on the story. - Bubble Tea Near Me - Richmond, British Columbia

They need better directions to this place because Aberdeen Square (the new side of Aberdeen) is like a maze. Just go to the second floor and head towards the windows looking out onto the skytrain. I had the Boba Milk Tea with Oolong tea and black pearls - simply refreshing! You can really taste the flavour of the tea here! I liked that they asked how sweet I wanted it, and how much ice I wanted. The pearls were nice and chewy. I also didn't have to wait too long, even though there was a lineup. Overall, I would definitely come back. read more

Hmm...why the low reviews? I'm Taiwanese (not that that should substantiate things) but I quite liked Shiny Tea! I've been there twice and have been satisfied each time. As for service...maybe it was due to the fact that I ordered in Mandarin, but service was prompt and polite, and I didn't have to wait long for my bubble tea! Like others have noted, the bubble tea itself isn't anything special, but it's worth a trip if you're in the area! We sampled the Hanlin Creation, the Pu erh, and the Honey Tieguiyin. No complaints really! And for the honey drinks, the girl explained to me that they don't add any extra sugar, only honey! read more

By far the worst bubble tea I've had in Greater Vancouver. It's convenient to the Canada Line and there's always a line-up so I thought it would be good. First time I went, almost all of their drinks were sold out. It must be really good!!! But to my disappointment it wasn't. I went during midday the second time and wanted to order their White Pearl Tea from the HanLin Creation but later decided on the Panda Milk Tea which is the White Pearl Tea plus regular tapioca balls. The Panda Milk Tea had both the sweet potato balls and black pearl, hence Panda. I asked for less sugar and less ice. It came out as hot with no sugar. Bleh. read more

I have to say that I am not a bubble tea connoisseur. However, of the bubble teas I've had in the lower mainland, this particular place serves up some of the best. This seems to be due to the fact that you can actually taste the tea! I had the Oolong Milk Tea with Grass Jelly and was thoroughly impressed with the notes of Oolong. In most other places I've only ever tasted the milky sweetness and not necessarily the tea itself. On top of this, you can also customize your drink to varying degrees of sweetness as well as ice level. Pricing is pretty reasonable and they are very efficient. Be warned though, line ups can get pretty crazy during certain periods of the day, and if you are coming from the mall side, try not to get lost! read more

The teas is good as far as bubble tea goes, but yeah if you are in a hurry you might want to go somewhere els because this place gets crowded and busy. Also, the menu of items is way way to extensive, which I guess you could say it's great for variety. But, at the same time I think it takes away from concentrating on being good at a lesser list. Second if you are going to be as crowded as this place is you might want to make sure the person calling your name can say it clearly. read more

Shiny Tea - Bubble Tea Near Me - Richmond, British Columbia

I ordered 2 'tea gelato' flavours: Jasmine Smoke Green Tea with condensed milk (on the left) and Roasted Tie Guan Yim Tea with mango sauce (right). I enjoyed them, it tasted like tea-flavoured soft serve. The flavours are not too strong, so the fruit sauces may slightly cover the tea taste. It wasn't too sweet. read more

Shiny Tea - Jasmine Smoke Green Tea with condensed milk (on the left) and Roasted Tie Guan Yim Tea with mango sauce (right) Tea Gelato - Bubble Tea Near Me - Richmond, British Columbia

You can literally smell the tea down the hallway ! I love their milk tea so fragrant and their pearls are always fresh and chewy - it is probably because they are constantly making it. As for their brown sugar milk tea I would not recommend. It is totally mediocre, their Panda drink is better! read more

I am going to be pretty biased since this was my first only visit and having only tried one drink. My first impressions of this drink was pretty good! I had gotten the White pearl tea under the Hanlin creation category. I really enjoyed the mini white tapioca, which they call it sweet potatoes? I got it with 50% sugar, less ice. Since it was my first time trying out this drink I thought that half sugar would probably be the best combination since normally I go 30%. The taste from the milk tea was quite delicious and very smooth. I enjoyed that it wasn't too sweet and that I was able to taste more of the tea flavor than just the sweetness. At times I did feel like I wished the drink was a bit more sweet, but I enjoyed it regardless. Having looked at past posts/reviews on this place, this place isn't new and has been around for awhile. When I got there I was surprised how long the line up was just to order drinks. It felt like they had just recently opened or something... Lineup was a pretty long wait... took 20 mins just reach the front to order and another 15 mins to wait for the drink so in total waited 35 mins shy of 40 mins..... Pros: - Pretty good bubble tea - A lot of different types of flavors and teas to try -Menu has lots of options - Taste and flavor is good - Cheaper than other places - Yelp check in voucher (yay) Cons: - Hidden location - Not convenient unless your near skytrain or walking - Wait time is long and slow in getting out orders read more