I went in around 4pm Sunday and not a long line. They took my order fast and got started on my drink. I'm only giving 4 stars because it took a while for the drink. I guess I got the last of the tapioca because someone ordering after me or wasn't able to get it and had to wait 28 minutes for new tapioca to be made. I wasn't told that I would have to wait for new tapioca so I thought my drink would be done fast since I got a brown sugar Boba, but we waited quite a bit. So only 4 stars because of that. Otherwise, the brown sugar boba tasted good. I got a lot of tapioca so I was super happy. I'd go again to try the other drinks. read more

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One of the our favorite stores inside Park to shop grocery. We would always get strawberry yakult or brown sugar milk tea. Price is decent and for the size of our drink they give a generous amount of tapioca. Service is fast too even on a weekday. There's plenty of seating since it's located in the grocery's food court. read more

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Tea flavor was just okay. A little too sweet for my husband's taste but I'm a sugar junkie so I thought it was just kind of a bit much. The tapioca however fell really short. It was too chewy and even came together in clumps. Not really my fav place to have boba. read more

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Tried the baseline black milk tea. You get a familiar hint of what the drink should be but it is very watered down. There's not enough creaminess nor tea flavor. Boba not chewy enough and have no sweetness. Staff were friendly. read more

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Spades Tealife is the first thing you'll see in Park to Shop grocery store's little food hall area. Bubble tea is all the rage, and you're certainly paying for it. Fortunately Spades does a pretty good job at mixing a good boba tea. The variety of drinks is decent without being overwhelming, but I have to say that I prefer the fruit drinks at other places since they mix in real fruit. Spades is mostly dealing in mixes and tea, and you need to be a tea connoisseur to truly enjoy it. Even then, it's a bit pricey for tea. All in all, I'm grateful to have more boba tea options, but the bar is higher with the competition around. read more

Spades TeaLife - Passion fruit, taro latte, and and lychee drinks - Bubble Tea Near Me - Aurora, Illinois

I visited on a whim and got their Logan Wolfberry Milk Tea with lychee jelly. I didnt expect to love it so much, but it was a really good drink. read more

We like spades because when you order 0% sugar it's not sweet. Maybe because they don't soak their tapioca in a ton of syrup? Boba is very chewy and the flavor of the milk tea is nice. Ordering is also quick because you can order at the kiosk. read more

Visited the mall out of curiosity bc we were in the area. Cool food court. The boba place is phenomenal. I was here on a Saturday night at 6:30 got my brown sugar tea super fast. Thought it was interesting that the teas don't come with the baseline boba. They said so you can choose what you want. It was excellent. The best milk tea I've had in a while and I was just in SGV (San Gabriel Valley). read more

The bubble tea shop is located inside Park to Shop grocery store in the food court. It's decent but not great that I want to come back often. I tried out a new drink, strawberry milk tea which was pretty but tasted so artificial and beyond sweet for my taste. read more

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Got a large size milk tea from there. When I finished, saw half cup is ice. Will not buy from this store again.

I was greatly looking forward to having a Taiwanese bubble tea shop here in the Naperville/Aurora area, but sadly, the shop isn't that impressive. Service is really slow, and it can sometimes take at least 15 minutes to get your drink prepared. The drinks are also pretty expensive compared to other similar stores, and to be honest, I could spend the same amount of money for a much higher quality drink at Starbucks Reserve or bubble tea shops in downtown Chicago/the northern suburbs (some of which offer homemade boba!). However, it is convenient to have this shop inside the Park to Shop food court, especially when none of the other shops inside have any significant drink options. read more

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I think I like my husband's black milk tea more than my brown sugar milk...still not bad, just that his black milk tea strikes a bit more complex flavor (we did 30% sugar on both, so the tea flavor comes thru). It's a bit pricey imo...esp for half cup of ice in the brown sugar milk :/ read more

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This place automatically charges 12% tip for smoothie drinks!!! The drinks is not that great anyway. Holy smokes!!! read more

Spades TeaLife - Wow! Automatically charges 12% tip !! - Bubble Tea Near Me - Aurora, Illinois

Mango milk tea didn't taste like mango, which kind of defeats the purpose. The mango chunks in it aren't even fresh mango- they're like a stale mango jelly. I wouldn't recommend them. For nearly $7, you can find much better in Naperville. read more

Service is a bit slow, but when I went there was only 1 person working and 2 groups of people ordering different drinks so I'm pretty understanding. The drinks were really delicious. We got the Cloud Thai Milk Tea, the Wolfberry Tea Hot, and Green Tea with Lychee. It's really refreshing that with the fruit teas that you actually get fruit in your drink. Plus you get a little punch card, so when I'm in the area again I'll stop by. read more

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Terrific, fantastic Good taste, whole mouth full with strawberries milk tea. Their peach gel on the bottom taste very fresh and chewy. Love this place 6X because of you can buy 5 get 1 free. Highly recommend read more

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I downloaded Yelp solely for the purpose of writing a review for Spades. The server was snippy, short-tempered and rude. There was no one else in line, yet he was rushing us through our order and would cut us off while speaking. I ordered a milk tea with the crystal boba, which was very rubbery and did not taste like boba at all. I give 2 stars and not 1 because their fruit teas and juices are the only reason I would go back. read more

Couldnt find anything better outside or inside Chicago vicinity! I guess once you get used to your favorite boba shop u just need something different to excite your taste buds. The staffs were friendly, they even had time to explain the grades of Tea that boba shops often used for their drinks, and i learned something here! So usual boba shops often uses lowest grades of tea to make more profits, to be honest, you wouldnt know unless you love drinking tea regularly. Because the sugar and milk and boba often kills the true tea flavor. This shop uses higher grade tea leaves for their boba drinks, so if you are a true boba enthusiast, ask for no added sugar, so u can taste the define aroma from different types of tea drinks. I ordered the brown sugar milk tea, and asked for no sugar (syrup). Drinking from top to bottom, strong red tea aroma clashes with the thickness of whole milk, making it silky smooth yet strickingly flavorful to the mouth. Then as i drink deeper, the density of sugar works gravitationally, creates a more fulfilling representation of Milk Boba, ahhh! At the bottom, the boba is freshly made, still chewy but not too soft nor hardened, gives a final contrast to the drink, so satisfying to my craving! I finished the drink in 5 min lol. I will definitely come again. Be sure to ask to personalize your sweetness! Dont let the sugar ruined your drink and become a true boba enthusiast. read more

Spades TeaLife - Brown Sugar Milk Tea - Bubble Tea Near Me - Aurora, Illinois

Got the brown sugar milk tea and the taro latte, two of the most popular drinks at the shop. Both had very good flavor but were a bit too sweet in my opinion. However, you are able to ask for different sugar/sweetness levels. Their tapioca pearls are also some of the best I've tried - very good texture and taste. The customer services was fantastic! They were able to answer all my questions about the menu and also put a lot of care into making both drinks. The shop inside the food court was very clean and had hand sanitizer available. read more

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Great service and stunning drinks. I ordered one lychee green tea, a black milk tea, and a stunning grapefruit sunset drink. The price was fair for the portion sizes,(and the whole fruit in the lychee green tea and generous amount of jelly/pearls given when requested), the cute reusable cups definitely a plus. We'll definitely be back to try out the rest of the menu. read more

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Posting this breaks my heart because I had previously given them four stars. The drinks really are delicious but the service needs a lot of work. I ordered two medium drinks and as I was paying, I mentioned that I have a loyalty punch card. He said that he could not punch the car because it is only for large size drinks. I explained that if I knew that, I would have ordered large. When I asked if he could avoid the transaction and just have me pay for two large drinks, he said that it already went through and there was nothing he could do. From the service standpoint, you would think he would try to accommodate me but he did not care...at all! I ran into the store to pick something up while he was making my drinks and when I stopped by to pick them up, they were sitting on the counter and he was on his phone. I said thank you and he did not respond at all just kept his face buried in his phone. Again, great drinks, but the level of service really needs to improve if they are going to compete in this area . read more

Please, don't go here. Extremely rude worker. 3 different customers went up to the self order kiosk screen at different times and each of them got yelled at by the worker saying, "We're not open yet. Can't you see the sign!" as he points to an unlit neon sign all the way to the top right where clearly no one can notice. And proceeded to say, "Why does nobody in America know how to read?" Maybe put a "closed" sign in front of the kiosk instead of yelling at customers. Drinks are average at best. There's better places in the area. read more

Bad drink + rude staff + poor customer service + long line(staffs were busy to talk to each other) = go to any place else or have a bottle of water is a better choice read more

Store is located in the food court and its the first shop, easy to find. We went when the whole food court was practically empty so our service was pretty fast. The person taking our order was very stern and was rushing us to get the order in for some reason. I got the rose milk tea which was one of their more popular items and it definitely did not disappoint. However the other drinks my friends got disappointed them, one was the Cookies & Cream Milk Tea with crystal boba, which was tasteless and had a plastic-ey texture. read more

Horrible service! I came here earlier today and got the plum lemon tea and the passion fruit tea. When I first arrived the cashier was on her phone playing games and did not acknowledge me even though I was right in front of her. She looked up and didn't even say hi or anything when I ordered. After she made me drinks she just set them on the counter and left. The drinks were ok, not great, I'd rather go to ViVi's. read more

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If you're trying to order on Yelp and save time by just running in to grab your stuff, don't go here. Also it's in the food court of the grocery store so it was hard to find. I ordered on Yelp and when I ran in to get the 4 drinks, they weren't ready and the guy acted like I was an idiot. Most boba places I've ordered from have the option to do a percentage of sweetness etc or none at all as an option...not this place. Apparently there is sugar in ALL of it and made into the tea already. I waited 20 more minutes for my order and they weren't even that good. Don't waste your time at this place unless you love all the sugar and rude employees. read more

Very nice owners! I had described what I typically like and they went out of their way to make me something off the menu just to satisfy a first time customer and they delivered. The taro flavored drink was great and delicious. Would for sure recommend to give this place a try. read more

Slow service! Had to wait for more than10 minutes to get a cup of tea with no one ahead of me. Will not go again.

In love with their brown sugar milk tea, the tea flavor is to the T ... so so so obsessed, they are always not prepared with their topioca, but nevertheless, the TEA IS A BOMB !!! read more

The manager was unapologetic for the messing up the order on top of a long wait. I ordered online through Yelp for pick up and was requesting to stamp my frequent card however, he refused as it was ordered through grub hub, which doesn't make any sense. Regardless where I ordered, I'm a paying customer. Therefore, I won't be patronizing this place for a while... read more

The drink is ok but the server is rude. I am not sure if he is the store manager but the service is horrible.

Best peach oolong tea, I have had!!! We wanted to get it with boba but they were out of regular boba so we tried the pearl boba and so glad we did. We found a new favorite!!! Give them a try, you will not regret it!!! read more

After trying 2 boba shops outside of the new Asian store and was disappointed with those. Then I gave me a try to those shops inside the store and this Spades Tealife doesn't disappointed me yet. And I love it the most so far. Very flavorful, delicious, very friendly staff with good recommendations. Will stick with them as long as the tea still as I expected. read more

Rude service, extremely slow making of drink when there's no line at all. Not sure why the business made the poor decision of having only one person working at the busy grocery store read more

They have made my drink order wrong twice in a row now. I thought I'd give them another chance but both times in row, my drinks were not what I hard ordered. read more

Authentic bubble tea and very nice place! My favorite is their original flavor bubble tea. Simple but good! Owner is also very friendly:)