The smoothie consistency was perfect and the taro flavor really shined through. The only caveat was the tapioca which had more of a bite and wasn't that chewy. Not sure if that was an end of day issue and maybe it's better in the morning so not a bad option if you're in the area. The service was quick and the ambiance is nice with plenty of seating read more

Tai Chi Bubble Tea - Taro 1 Flavor Smoothie - Bubble Tea Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

I didn't come to check out the bubble tea here. We came in for the poke bowls and ramen. I love that they have a little checklist of ingredients that you mark with what you want! Like it's clearly stated what items you'll get charged more for and items that you can get more. My daughter wanted a ramen bowl. One hit of the broth and she was hooked. It's a bit expensive. It's always slow when I visit but not sure if it's the food because the food I've had tasted very very good. read more

While the poke bowl I got was very good, what I was most excited for was the bubble tea since that's even in the name of this place so I figured it had to be good, right? Unfortunately, what I got was un-bubble tea. Despite ordering a Zang Zang Tea which states on the menu that it includes tapioca pearl, what I received contained absolutely no boba at all, leaving me incredibly disappointed and my bubble tea craving unsatisfied read more

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They have "make your own" style burrito, rice bowl, and salad bowl. There's also ramen and various types of tea and smoothie drinks. This review is only about drinks. I got black milk tea with boba. Milk tea just tastes sugary, lacking tea flavor. Boba was overcooked, mushy. My friend's Jasmine green milk tea was green color which is just wrong. Maybe they use flavor powders instead of actually brewing tea. In general, the tea flavor in all our drinks was weak. Price is good compared to other tea shops. They have seating upstairs and downstairs. Staff member or manager was nice, willing to adjust one of our drinks multiple times. Follow Instagram - @extranoodles And https://www.yelp.com/collection/8mCXaaKQAQ7hn-PPUG9iXQ?utm_content=Collections&utm_source=ashare read more

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The Thai Tea takes like powder and watery. The boba was too soft. Disappointed. The ramen was not the type of ramen I tried from other restaurants, instead I called those noodle. The ramen soup was okay- not impressive. The 2 proteins poke rice bowl came with little amount of proteins with that price - not worth it but they gave a lot of toppings, which made me feel better. I do want to point out that they had good customer service. They called me and told me about my ramen was ready to pick up. Will I come back? probably not. read more

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The first time I ordered from here, I added vanilla to my matcha slushee and the vanilla was really overpowering. The second time, I just got matcha. Their boba is soft. The ordering process is a little tedious on their machine because sometimes you don't know if you're supposed to click on the button before proceeding, but at least you don't have to talk to anyone and there's 15% off. The whole place is in plastic so they're definitely taking COVID seriously and they have a box where they place the drinks. The drinks aren't mind-blowing but it'll subside your cravings. read more

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Great sushi burrito and bubble tea. I pretty much got all the ingredients in the poke bowl and the burrito. I bubble tea was good but I've definitely had better. It's conveniently close to UIC as well and the interior is perfect for studying or having a nice conversation with someone. read more

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The tea was amazing, first time having mango green tea and I added the lychee jelly which was great. I was really excited for ramen b/c I LOVE ramen but was disappointed by the lack of flavor in the broth. The pork belly was really flavorful, so they did good there but the broth wasn't hitting it. If the broth was on point then I would give this a five star. read more

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This is my first time trying a boba place like this! I actually loved how they let you pick the amount of ice and sweetness of the boba. Some places tend to do it too sweet so I loved that! I opted for a mango milk tea with extra boba. It did not disappoint at all! This location is perfect too because it has so many food options in the area as well. read more

Tai Chi Bubble Tea - Mango Milk Tea - Bubble Tea Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

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This review is based solely on the ramen, as that is the only thing I've had the pleasure of trying so far. Ordered through Yelp and GrubHub, they were very quick, and everything was still hot when it came. I got the spicy pork and have no complaints about the noodles or any of the other ingredients, I will only say that the broth wasn't the most flavorful I've ever had - still good, just not great. Having said that I'm thrilled this new spot is in my neighborhood, and I'm excited to try more food. I will definitely be back soon. read more

Very good bang for the buck and environmentally friendly. Fresh ingredients, lots of toppings and wide range of green base. I'll definitely come back for more! read more

Tai Chi Bubble Tea - Poke 2 Proteins Rice Bowl - Bubble Tea Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

Not the biggest fan of this spot. The bubble tea was nothing special, the customer service was ok, but aesthetically pleasing. I got a taro milk tea with tapioca, the tapioca was really tasty. However the drink was ok, sweet and creamy but missing a certain something. Solid place for the area and want a quick lunch. read more

I wanted to try my first pole bowl. I ordered for pickup through Grubhub. It was ready pretty swiftly. I was hungry and hope it met my expectations. I must say it was very flavorful and I enjoyed. The sauces took the flavor to another level. I wish I had a little more meat. I believe the portion was very generous as well. read more

Tai Chi Bubble Tea - POKEmazing - Bubble Tea Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

I had a great experience hear during COVID 19. The place has adapted very well to new standards of cleanliness and safety. The system they have set up inside is very innovative- absolutely no direct contact with any server. I ordered poke and green tea which was good quality! Can't wait to try new things on their menu read more

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Premium Beef Rice Bowl. Yuck!!!!no flavor and quality of the beef was not premium. Not worth 14.99 menu price does not reflect the real price. On the menu says 11.99 as I went to pay they said the prices went up. Ok no problem if the food was good. Only gave 1 star because it won't let me give it a 0 star read more

Tai Chi Bubble Tea - Premium Beef Rice Bowl - Bubble Tea Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

Service is great and the drinks are also really good. The interior looks so nice. I'm a little bummed out that they aren't open on monday but when they are they serve quality food and drinks read more

Cute little spot near the University.. I got a lychee green tea that was pretty good. Interesting setup though.. they have you (the customer) using their POS system to put in your own order. Craving satisfied! read more

The food was great! The wooden booths are lovely as well. I do not recommend the purple bubble tea, even though it is the most popular it tasted like it was juul pod flavored to us. Quite random right? But we tried the regular one and it was delicious! Will be back! read more

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They obviously take their pandemic precautions seriously. Pick up food. Got the Thai iced tea - just ok as far as boba goes. read more

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3.5 decent for make your own poke bowl. A few oddities are you have to write down your ingredient choices and most the seating is on the second floor so you have to transport your food and trays up and down. read more

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I love this place. Always clean, employees are courteous and food is good. Street parking read more

Large and spacious upstairs. Good food. Mid to high drinks. Good place to snack then do some work.

Probably the worst ramen I've ever had. And that includes instant ramen. It was cold and no flavor. Add inattentive staff and you get a very disappointing experience. read more

I knew it wasn't going to be good the moment I saw my Janine's milk tea being green. I double checked with them making sure that they gave me jasmine green and not matcha. I thought maybe I'm just being picky but I asked multiple people to try and guess what it is no one could tell that it's jasmine green milk tea. By far the worst in Chicago, go try gather tea bar that's on Taylor street read more

The tapioca Taste good with the drink the se service is good its good ambiance is good read more

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This place had a interesting set up with no contact and a window to deliver food and drinks. We ordered a sushiritto and it was delicious. Would come back. The tablet used for ordering could be more user friendly. read more

I'm so disappointed in this place. My friend and I ordered the Thai tea milk tea with boba pearls. It tasted like pure tap water. Heavy heavy iron taste. The boba was NOT sweet at all. We took 2 sips and threw both drinks straight in the trash. Don't waste your time or money here. We ended up going to JOYYEE on Halsted. read more

I've ordered a few times from here and have enjoyed the tonkatsu ramen enough to reorder it. The milk teas have been hit or miss with a few flavors (mango and thai green tea) having very floral notes that almost tasted like drinking perfume which was pretty offputting. Well, I ordered again yesterday and now have the worst case of food poisoning I can remember in ages. I've been sick all last night and into this morning with awful stomach cramps and GI distress. It was the only thing I ate yesterday so there's nothing else to rule out. Unfortunately, I wont be ordering from here again, which is a shame because I like supporting local shops in my area. I'll just have to do so elsewhere. read more

I am in the hospital. Absolutely HORRIBLE customer service. I had placed an order online. I meant to make it delivery but I accidentally did pickup. I can't pick it up because I'm IN THE HOSPITAL. The owner was unwilling to give me a refund stating that it wasn't his problem and that I need to contact the app I placed the order from. He said he COULDNT give me a refund. I'm, yes you can you're the freaking owner. I've been stuck in a hospital room for the past 2 weeks after having emergency surgery at 4am. I'm not working right now, therefore not making any money, and this owner is basically okay with stealing my money and saying it's not his problem. HORRIBLE read more

Great service; quick and courteous employees. The place was also clean and most important piece was that their bubble teas were great. My daughters are picky about them. read more

Do not get a poke bowl here, the tuna was completely inedible and way too pale to be served. Also very stingy with toppings, I ordered avocado and this mans went to the trouble of slicing an avocado into 8ths and then giving me a razor thin slice of that. The ingredients overall taste bad, are of bad quality, and my stomach is paying the price today for it. read more

A friend told hubby and me about this new bubble tea place that he had been wanting to try so we decided to give it a shot. They have quite an expansive menu and there is a big difference in size between the small and the large drinks. I ordered the jasmine green milk tea with 0% sugar while hubby ordered the Taichi green milk tea. Mine came out very green which was alarming because it looked so unnatural. I took one sip and realized that all I could taste was sugar despite asking for 0% sugar. I asked to have my drink remade which the workers kindly agreed to do but again it tasted sweet. I then realized that their milk teas are not actually customizable for sweetness because there is some sugar in their pre-made mix. However, they wanted to accommodate me and made it by brewing jasmine tea and adding some milk to it. This was better but it tasted really watered down and lacked tea flavor. Hubby's drink was also artificial tasting and our friend didn't like his drink and threw it out after leaving. The boba was too overcooked and had a mushy texture. I was disappointed but I want to give them the benefit of the doubt since they are a newer establishment. read more

WORST ramen I have ever had in my life and trust me, I've tried a lot of ramen places. The tofu wasn't even cooked, the broth was like a bland tomato soup?? Even maruchan noodles are better quality than place this lol. The passion fruit and rose smoothie was delicious tho, even tho it was a bit heavy on the sweet. I would recommend this place only for their drinks big WOOF on the ramen tho read more

Tai Chi Bubble Tea - Veggie ramen - Bubble Tea Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

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I usually get bubble tea at Argo because it's on campus but after this I'm getting it from here. The vegetarian ramen is absolutely amazing and my friend loved her spicy tonkotsu ramen as well. Highly recommend! read more

Tai Chi Bubble Tea - Vegetarian ramen with tomato base as well as Chocolate Milk Tea with Passion Fruit Boba - Bubble Tea Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

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I've had trouble finding good poke bowls in the city but this place was a winner! There needs to be better review of this place because they were friendly, fast, food was fresh and portions large for the cost! read more

As a vegan who loves boba but also can't have caffeine, I get their Zang Zang drink with almond milk so I don't have to miss out on the boba buzz read more

The food was amazing!! they are also taking Covid-19 very seriously which is greatly appreciated.

Hi, this place is new and I like this place. My friends and I decided to stop by this place and let me tell you that their sushi burritos are so good!!! Although the vegetarian ramen exceeded below expectations, I love their sushi burritos. Peach bubble tea was really sweet but it's not the best. I would say that I would come back here again. I still haven't tried their poke bowl! read more

Visited this bubble tea spot at 7 pm with a group of friends. We have been here before and have been able to use the second floor seating without purchasing drinks or food. However, after sitting down on the second floor, an employee told us that seating is for customers only. We did not purchase drinks because we know the drinks taste almost flavorless each time. Oddly enough, we saw a group of people who had not purchased anything and were not told to leave. If I could give this 0 stars, I would. read more

Ordered the ramen and it was not hot, just lukewarm at best. The pork that it came with was tough and cold.