Stopped by on the way back to the bay area and needed some boba to keep me up. Not the typical kind of boba place you expect from the bay and more like tapioca express style drinks. The staff is super sweet though! Tried the avocado smoothie which was okay but didn't have a strong avocado taste. BUT a staff member recommended a horchata and coffee mix drink which was AMAZING. It was a very unique blend which I have not tried elsewhere so that would be the one thing to try here. read more

Out of all the Boba places that I have been to Tapioca Delight is definitely my favorite. There are many flavors to choose from and I personally love the Boba because it is not too hard but not too slimy which is perfect! The customer service there is good and super welcoming and helpful when you have questions. The inside is also very cool and I just love the interior design that they have. It also happens to smell really good in there which is a plus! read more

I have been at this place 3 times. The firts time was years ago and it was no good. Second, I got invited any a friend and the boba tasted more like water with sugar. Third and last time, my boy saw the sign and asked for a boba. He always gets the kiwi. Well this one was just nasty... more like shaved ice, tasteless, watery. No milk in it! The pearls forget it! Boba pearls are supposed to taste sweet like honey. These ones were chewy and tasteless. We ended up throwing away our drinks... read more

Honestly a very slow paced, take your time work energy. A lack of motivation is very noticeable. Waited 15-20 min for 2 drinks with only 2 people ahead of us. You can hear the employees having conversations and having no sense of urgency. This place needs a complete makeover. Will not come again. Drinks are also below average, town needs a new boba/milk tea spot. Came on august 25th at 6:02. read more

One of my favorite boba places! They have Kpop boba events sometimes with kpop themed drinks! The owners/workers are really nice! Recommend! The price is fair for what drink size your getting! read more

Tapioca Delight - Coffee & Tea Near Me - Salinas, California

Came here and tried it out. The guys there super helpful and service was great. If your craving a cool boba drink place this is it. Highly reccomend. read more

first time and I played it safe with a matcha boba, happy to say it did not disappoint

This is my favorite spot when I want some boba. Other places over do their drinks and worry too much about the looks and about putting fancy shit in their drinks @HoneyBerry . I like how simple they are with their beverages yet the taste is always just right! If you are new I personally recommend the horchata in a slush form or thai tea!! read more

Best boba I have tried, just perfect not to sugary like other boba places I tried. Quick service and great employees. Would recommend for all boba lovers. read more

So far my daughter's favorite place to get her boba drink. They are pretty reasonably priced and just wish they had a location on the south side of town closer to where we live but anyway worth the trip treat her!! read more

Since being pregnant I've been craving boba. It always hits the spot, trying new drinks and they are delicious. My little brother finally tried it and he liked it. I recommend people trying it who hasn't already. xoxo read more

Dont come to this place 10-15 before closing because I went in there and the Asian boy and white girl on 5/19/19 said just so you know we arent making any boba and I said i dont want that i want a crepe and then they both said sorry we turned everything off so we cant make that either. I stated it's not 8pm so therefore machines that you make your stuff with should be turned off after you close not before. Terrible customer service ! Never will I step foot in that place again. read more

The associate who helped me in the register was very nice. I bought the matcha green tea boba, it was okay, it needs to be a little bit more taste. The Nutella strawberry was good, but they should put more strawberry and whip cream. I would really recommend to add powdered sugar on the crepes. Over all, the experience was good. I checked in so I had the drink for free. I suggest for everyone to do the same :) Update: The crepes were delicious! It wasn't too sweet, and the whip cream with cinnamon on top was spot on! I thought it would be gross, but it balanced everything. The Thai iced tea was delightful! Definitely coming back! P.S. make sure to come in 2 hours before because they stop selling crepes an hour before they close. read more

Tapioca Delight - Coffee & Tea Near Me - Salinas, California

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I went in there around 7pm and I asked about a coupon that I got (it was closed when I went due to emergency), so I wanted to see if they could still honor it. The girl in the front said no and that they had closed due to short staff. I understood and ordered drinks for me and my fiance. The girl from the front proceeded to make our drinks, but made sure I got my drinks last (I was first, and 2 people behind us). Everyone got their drinks and us last, and my drink had huge chunks of ice. The place is good, but the staff is rude and vindictive over nothing. read more

The sign says they're open til 7:30. Google says they're open til 8. The doors were closed @7:21 & the worker said they close @7. Exactly why i never go here, super unprofessional. read more

Twice now I've gone to get boba I look online it says they are open drive down to the store and they have a sign on the door saying closed for the day at 3pm ridiculous. Waste of my time. read more

I've come to the conclusion that this place is just not good. I wanted to give it a good chance and so I came back for my Honeydew boba. How can you mess that up? I don't know what they put in their drinks, but it just has a funny taste to it. Not to mention, some of the boba was undercooked and was still hard. And no, it was not because it was too cold. I got milk tea for crying out loud. Sorry Tapioca delight, you're not worth my money. read more

Ok this is the only place in I know where to get a Strawberry Nutella Crepe. So, I come up to counter to order all four staff members start debating who was going to make my crape. 'you can make'......'she gets it'........'I made one earlier'........'I made one yesterday'.....finally one guy says.....'Today is a new day I don't think she cares you made a crape yesterday'!!!! Are you really freakin kidding me!!!!! Then another girl comes in after me she orders and no charge!!! The guy who didn't charge is bragging about it with one of the other guys!!! Blasting music with bad words every other word!! Where is the management staff???? In need of new management and staff!!! read more

Okay. So I came inside and it was full!! I believe it was May 20th (Monday). So, I went to go get my haircut, then after that all the people were gone. So I approached the cashier and I told her, "so I haven't been here for a cool while, but don't you guys have this caption crunch flavor?" And the cashier smiled so big and she said "oh! you mean taro?? If you want more flavor of caption crunch I recommend it with strawberry" and so I look her advice and god lord, this drink goes out to the sweet tooths like me. Thank you, Emma? Emily? Elly? (I forgot her name I know it starts with an E lol). She even made conversation with me while she made my drink. I loved her customer service. The music was summer like. Drink was amazing! I would much rather prefer if the walls had more color than just a white box. But, overall I think I'm just addicted to this place. read more

This is one of my favorite boba place cause I've tried a few places in Monterey and the one in the mall and this place makes the drink taste good compared to how the other places make it. The original milk tea seem to taste better here. Customer service used to be great when they first open and two employees knew me cause I came in often I really enjoyed going in. However, the customer service now with the new employees can be bad sometimes and you can feel that they are annoyed when someone comes in. A month ago I went in and the 4-5 employees were just sitting playing candy land and the girl who, I guess was the one assigned to do the register makes an annoyed face that I came in. The most rudest thing was she moves her lips expressing the words "S#&%!".!like really you are going to express that word when a customer walks in and you look straight at me. This make me have going there cause I always have to think if I'm going to be welcomed or just felt like I'm wasting the employees time. I work in HR and working in previous jobs that customer services is strongly stressed I take customer services seriously. and having the feeling of not being wanted or wasting employees time makes me think that the manager or supervisor needs to stress on customer service or that there needs to be a supervisor present at all times to make sure the employees are aware they are working and need to treat customers well. There are times when I go in and the person at the register is just drawing. Kinda weird cause you are at work and you don't see other jobs with people at the register doing homework or what ever. They need a supervisor or shift leader to watch over them. read more

Fast, friendly service, clean restaurant. The taro and Thai tea milk teas are amazing! Definitely plan on coming back to try more of the menu items! read more

This is the only boba place in Salinas, and so far the standards are really good. The drinks are well blended, slushie or milk tea, and boba is tender:) just watch though cuz sometimes they run out of pearls at the end of the day. the service is amazing, the workers are really nice, and the owner is usually there. and all of them always seem happy and are nice. you always get greeted with a smile, and they don't mind if you're a bit loud. the space is pretty big, they have magazines and a few board games, a good chill-out place on a hot day:) my favorite drinks so far are mocha slushie, and avocado slushie. i've yet to try all the flavors. read more

I love this place, the boba is great. I love the melon boba it's the business. For those of you who think it's the only place in salinas where you can get boba.. Must not go out much. Noodle House restaurant by Kmart/Curves also offers boba. Ube is the best flavor. read more

Jake and I love this place! For lunch from work we pick up a slushy boba drink. We like to change flavors everytime bc they have so many and add extra boba. Recently we tried the guava slushy and that was yummy! We haven't really tried the other drinks, but I have sipped my friends milk tea and that was good too. She added rainbow jelly to her drink which was fun. The service Is usually great, but there was one time one of the girls gave me some serious attitude when she made me the wrong drink. I was offended but then realized she was just ticked bc of the annoying kids who decide to come in groups and act stupid. There is that to look out for but usually it's great. read more

Tried this place on a road trip down south. We're from the bay area so we know Buba. I was willing to give this place a shot. Looked small and family run. The crepes coming out looked good. But honestly the worst Boba We've ever had. And not just the tapioca itself which were either under cooked or old since the center was hard. The Boba drinks were something I've never Experienced. it was a coagulated mixture of sweet and disgusting flavors. We honestly couldn't even drink it and threw them away. Please just take a trip to the bay area and check out some Boba tea locations in San Jose. There's plenty of room in Salinas for good quality Boba and I'm sure your business will thrive. read more

I go here for the boba tea taro slushy and sometime the milk tea version. Also if I'm not getting that I usually go for the nutella banana crepe. Its so good and it's basically the only spot to get crepe around here in Salinas. You can get bolba at Noodle House but this place has a better selection and more flavors. Also they have like lil games while you wait such as chess, cards, connect four and others. They also have gelato which I dont really buy but it's there. Service is really good so you don't have to worry about that. Summer time is near so this is the spot read more

The drinks are very good. I highly recommend asking for half the sugar so your drink isn't too sweet. The staff is not that nice and they rarely answer the phone. You can call at all hours and nothing. Recommend the white chocolate boba blended with half the sugar. The place is clean and there is no public restroom. I only mark them down in stars because of staff. read more

This is the best boba cafe in Salinas. The store has a couple of seats and tables for customers to play games, and just have a good time hanging out. The workers are always friendly. I never experienced bad customer service here. I usually get the taro-coconut milk tea with boba. I highly recommend this flavor to anyone who wants to be a bit adventurous! read more

I really enjoy the drinks from Tapioca Delight. Their honeydew boba milk tea is my favorite. However, there was one time where the drink did not have enough milk. Another time the drunk had too little boba. Also, some staff is rude and acts as though they don't want to be there and hate everyone. I give this place 3 starts because their boba drinks are good when prepared correctly, but they definitely need to work on consistency and customer service. read more

Location: it's right by job so it's convenient it's kinda in the middle of everything Workers: they were very helpful for the most part except when I ask the guy if it was honey boba he was not sure how to respond. Drink: the drink itself I was not satisfy at all. I could taste the artificial flavoring to much. Plus I got Matcha green tea and it was already blended. No Bueno Tip: I was not impressed by their boba, and their drink I sadly will not be going back. read more

I'm not in Salinas very often, but I am a total fiend for bubble tea so my boyfriend and I made a pitstop here while we were passing through on the way home from a long trip. I had a large mint slushy with boba that definitely hit the spot. My boyfriend ordered a mango smoothie that was delicious as well. I'd definitely grab some bubble tea here again next time I'm in town. read more

Tapioca Delight - Large mint slushy with boba - Coffee & Tea Near Me - Salinas, California

It gets an extra star for being in the area. Only decent boba place around. At first I thought is was a Tapioca Express (a Southern Ca chain). Tried a green milk tea w/ boba, taro tea w/ boba and a passionfruit w/ fruit jelly, all three was on par. Though I could have impaired judgement based on the many bad boba's in the area. They use real milk, vs. non-dairy creamer. The taro was a little sweet (too much powder?), but the perals were just right. Chewy with a crispy center. They had a decent selection of fruit and milk teas, as well as boba/jelly add-ins. Better than most make at home kits. read more

This review is only on the milk boba tea: If you have tried authentic quality boba, you might not love this places boba tea. Milk Drinks are powdered (which I don't mind too much) but the tapioca boba is hard and rubbery. I will probably come here for the tea without boba. The hard rubbery texture just really ruined it for me. Overall it's a decent place for people who don't care much for authentic good quality boba. read more

We walked in right at 8pm, and the employees where very sweet. Evelyn was very helpful! The service here is always great and the Boba is just as good! read more

My date spot for some Tapioca. It's the only place in Salinas to get your fix of tapioca or bolba... So you really can't hate this place since it's the only place of it's kind. They also have a few games while you enjoy your drink. They do serve crepes but never had one.. i usually just go for a taro milk tea and if it's warm out a the taro slush with bolba. YUM! read more

This place use to be my favorite place for my Taro Bolba drinks. It has been a while since I have gone so my husband and I went. But what I really did not like was the lack of crepe menu. My husband wanted one but there was no menu!!! So we just decided to get our favorite drinks. As we drank them it was horrible. It tasted so watered down. There was no flavor, it was a watered dyed slushy with bolba. Very dissapointed read more

Ev served me up some fire ass boba since I had never been. 10/10 recommend crew is super chill and super helpful!!

This place is so ass learn how to make real boba smoothie not only that but so expensive for something that taste like ass

This place should have 5 stars, always clean and fast service, needs some music but drinks are really good, friendly staff (not all of them), but if you need a boba this place is the right one! read more

I will rate higher when this boba place makes a drink that reminds of Bubble Black Tea in Tapioca Express. I am always slightly disappointed when I visit this boba place because I am excited to visit the one place I know of with boba tea but then the drinks never live up to my expectations. I'll keep visiting and trying drinks, and then maybe I'll change my mind. read more