Excellent! Delicious! I've never had a Thai tea so delicious. Also the milk tea is a great drink if you wanna get more bang for your buck. 10/10 would do again. read more

I don't love their boba, but they have pretty good variety on their menu and their milk tea is nice. I would recommend getting the milk tea without the boba though. Service is quick and portions are decent. read more

Just came here about 5 minutes ago. Ordered lychee green tea with boba. I started drinking it, and after about two minutes of drinking it, I realized that there was absolutely no lychee flavoring or syrup in this drink. It was just straight up iced green tea. The server was a girl named Angela during the 5 to 530 shift on a Saturday for the record. Probably will not be returning. read more

honestly i think this place is pretty freaking expensive for the crap they give you. what happened to the "old (soy sauce mix)" boiled egg thing?? and the sour vegetable with mince meat??? is it only an LA thing? the chicken tastes the same as all the other asian drink places. but it comes with this crappy ass mixed vege thing straight from the frozen vege bag. wtf. and i dont remember what the other side (if there is one) was. i never come here anymore. blah read more

This Tapioca Express is ok. I have definitely had better. It is too expensive for boba. A large almond milk tea with boba cost me $4.95. Definitely not worth the price. Because it is on the campus of UCSD, it is the only boba place on campus, they can inflate the prices. read more

The vibe is friendly, the location is great to take a break, the service is quick and the drinks are lovely. One of my favorite spots at UCSD :) read more

WTF. I still don't know why I still come here multiple times a week when it sucks but I always have a craving for milk tea when I'm at school... read more

This place is located UCSD cafeteria lounge, not conveniences to outsiders. They offer Student discount. There milk tea's are about the same as most of all the milk tea places. There Ok-Ok- good! The boba is kind of hard and chewy, but its really Ok-ly Ok! But there are kind of expensives compare to Quickly. read more

Love that this is located on UCSD campus at the Price Center and by my classes. I come here for a refreshing drink during these warm summer days :) mmmm I wouldn't recommend the tofu rice plate though... The vegetables that come with this are hard and not steamed! The rice is also hard. The sauce that goes with this plate settles to the bottom and doesn't do a good job in flavoring the food. read more

Why is it that all the Tapioca Express branches in San Diego all differ from each other? For instance, how come their Strawberry drink doesn't contain real strawberry pieces like the Convoy branch does? Or why doesn't their menu list real fruit drinks like the one on Regent Road does? *Throws hands up in the air* IDK! //Long list of drinks I've tried I've tried a good amount of different flavor drinks here and I found that you can never go wrong with Black Tea (tastes like honey!) and Thai Tea. Both are on the lower price range ($2.95). I'm kind of disappointed with the boba they make because the center isn't fully cooked which makes it very chewy. I try to get the small boba whenever I can but they always run out of it by 5pm. Almond Milk Tea is another good one. My friend recommended that drink to me and it tastes exactly like the almond jello that my family serves with fruit cocktail at gatherings. In my opinion, I thought their Hong Kong Tea tasted like the Lipton tea I make at home with milk so don't get it. The Passionfruit Tea and Mango flavored Tea both need a few shakes to stirr the syrup before consumption. Drinks that taste good but leaves an aftertaste in your mouth include Taro Milk Tea and Honeydew Milk Tea / Snow Bubble (slushies with milk). I didn't like their Peach Slushie drink. Blech! It was obviously made from powder and it tasted like that peach candy I hate. The one with the floral wrappers? The peach drink is a lot worse in Snow Bubble form. Stay away from the Chocolate drink. My friend got it and I took a sip it and it was gross. It tastes like the lactose intolerant chocolate coins I got for Chinese New Years some odd years ago. //End of long list of drinks I've tried I have tried their Chicken Bowl once and I must say that I will probably never get it again. It comes with rice and the spicy crispy chicken that people are always getting in little bags with skewers. After taking a few bites I instantly had heartburn and a stomachache. I had to sleep that meal off. Powerful stuff! read more

I like this place out of convenience since it is right where I work! The owner Alan is very friendly and it is great for a boba fix. My go-to drink is the lychee green tea with no tapioca. The caffeine gets me thru my long work days. I'm a fan do the non-fried dishes, like the pork ribs or the curry grilled chicken. It's not the best food on the block, but definitely a good lunch every once in a while. read more

In a nutshell: Overpriced for the quality of food you get, yet seems to be the going rate in this student union. Had the grilled chicken combo (grilled chicken thigh meat, white rice, and a small iceberg lettuce salad with a [tasty] green tea). Recommendations: (1) Check that you're charged the right price. (2) The Vietnamese spring rolls looked good and were 'appropriately' priced ($3.75). read more

Pricing: Good. Not going to break the wallet, but still not worth it. Quality: Poor. My fried pork chop was dry like a bone and more brown than golden. Turnaround: Good. Always a line. Service: Good. Just rung us up and hand the food over. The pricing is not bad per se, but I am paying way more than the food is worth especially since I am getting mostly rice and a watered down powdered drink. The salad was just a few pieces of lettuce and shredded carrots. The few pieces of meat I had consisted of pieces of pork fried and refried in probably weeks-old oil (explains the dark coloration) so many times that they came out as dry chunks of protein blocks. They were so dry that I had to drown them in sweet chilli and ranch sauce so that I would not worry about choking on them. On the other hand, the powdered honeydew drink I got was was okay. I can attest that the tapioca was not half bad, neither too mushy or too hard, and there was less than half a cup of ice in my drink. They are pretty fast with passing out the food, but since there always appear to be a line, I end up waiting a very long time. I had enough time to go to the other side of Price Center, use the bathroom, pick a table, and then wait a little bit more before they finally called my number. This is pretty much a self-service kind of joint with the only interaction during the paying an handing of food. read more

the drinks are decent but the food is meh quality. the rice is either really dry or really really clumpy. I mean if there is no way to get off campus then this is better than dining hall food. read more

Hooray for boba at UCSD! Great drinks -- in fact TapEx is my favorite tea place in town. Food leaves much to be desired, but that's not why I go there. read more

I would say that this place is GREAT! yes the food isn't the best..but the service is great and the drinks are AWESOME! there's a TON of flavors you can choose from. As for food...i LOVE the curry chicken steak rice. read more

The Place: It's in Price Center, so it has an awesome location. Plus it's a two minute walk to Yogurt World. I think they're trying to recreate that little area of Convoy at UCSD, but that's just a theory. There aren't many tables, but they still have the flat-screen TVs that all tapioca places must have. The tables are always dirty, which makes me wonder if the PC cleaning staff has to clean the TapEx tables too. The Student Workers: I don't care if something super amazing and funny happened to your friend while you were at a party the night before. If you're working out in the front where EVERYONE can see and hear you, I'm pretty sure the customers don't want to see you gossip, especially when there's a line of 15 people, one person at the register, and four people NOT MAKING ANY DRINKS!!! I'd like to say that this has happened only once... but it's happened at least three times. I ordered some fried food in the back and saw that one of the trainees dropped my food and then picked it up with her UNGLOVED hands and put it back in my bag. Uhm, gross? The Manager: Even though the students are terrible, the manager is super nice and will try to fix things. When I caught the above mentioned student, the manager apologized, rushed another order for me, and provided me with a voucher for a free drink. The Food: The spring rolls are decent. A bit pricy, but not bad. The crispy chicken is very oily. I can't have more than 1/3 of the bag before I give the rest to my friend. The fried tofu tastes good the first few times... then tastes like a fatty fried mess after that. Also, don't ever the combos! They're expensive and give you about 1/10 of the amount of meat you get when you order the snack but make up for it by giving you rice. Wow. I'm pretty sure you could bring rice from home and it'd be much cheaper. The Drinks: Have you seen how many calories are in a Snow Bubble?!?! Oh my gosh. I don't think the drinks are worth that many calories, but I do get them at times. I prefer the snow bubbles and the milk teas, but that's just my preference. You can always personalize your order by getting different syrups or tapioca/jelly no ice, but for some reason my ordering the tapioca on the side angers some of the employees. All In All: If you live on campus and want to get TapEx, go ahead and go to Price Center. If you want slightly better service (and no line), go to the one on Regents. Run by the same people (I think) and with a 20% off coupon in the Dollar Stretcher. read more

Great milk tea, I always go for the kiwi with double boba. Their crispy chicken snack is really good as well, especially since they added the fried basil. The line is sometimes long and the kitchen gets backed up but its a great place to stop in between classes for a boba fix! read more

Typical Tap Ex, but on UCSD's campus. I like the spicy chicken, even though I'm not a big fan of boba tea.

So I've only had two drinks here but both of them I love!! Location - in the Price center on the undergrad campus. Hard to access by car but easy by foot and the Price center is a great break from a boring work day given its wide range of restaurants and ample outdoor seating. Line - can get quite long, if so expect to wait anywhere from 5-10 minutes for your drink. Drinks - Their watermelon juice is so good when watermelon is in season. They literally put whole watermelon into a blender and give you the finished product, no sugar added. And I love watermelon. Their boba has always been wonderful too - very soft and sweet and the perfect amount for your drink. I've also had their milk tea at 50% sweetened (to save calories) and this has also been great, but 100% sugar is of course better! Food - had their popcorn chicken with the spiciest level - they just pour red chili pepper on it to make it spicy. It's super fried and delicious if thats what you're in the mood for and its quite a big portion. Best part is that during happy hour, its cheaper! read more

They have a big variety of flavored teas. I usually come here for the food, though, often stopping by for lunch or dinner. Their meal combos are pretty good. Nice price for a rather large amount of food. Their fried chicken is probably my favorite. However, one of their pork meals does not really resemble its picture on the menu. Still tastes OK though. The meal boxes sometimes get hot and soggy, especially with the tofu combo, so be careful picking the boxes up. This place often gets very busy, serving a lot of UCSD students, so I applaud the employees here for working so hard. read more

crispy chicken. go. just go. i just get taro or chai milk tea or snow bubble, and those haven't failed to satisfy a craving. but, i do sure miss the taro milk teas at verde...oh, norcal read more

TapX is great! People there are nice and friendly. My club recently held our second Boba Run, where we received 15% back on our orders. Manager is easy to work with and helpful. read more

I really love this TapEx, I don't know what I did before PC East opened. I use the walk to PC as a study break and the milk tea to keep me awake during a long day of class. I used to get the popcorn chicken, which was great, but I switched to the tofu snack. Both are good, and even though they're snacks it seems like really large portions. I've never had the spring rolls, but from what it seems they're well-received. I always see tons of people there, but the service is still fairly quick, especially if you're only getting a drink. Try it out, you won't be disappointed! read more

It was my first time at this location yesterday and frankly, I was expecting that they would have the same taste and quality of food as the ones in Convoy and college area. But boy, was I wrong. I ordered mild and that was the hottest of the hottest. I had them to go so I cannot return them anymore. The fishballs did not taste anything like the fishballs I had at the other Tap Ex locations. In other words, it was a crappy Tap Ex and never coming back at that location. read more

Being the only boba place on the UCSD campus, this place is ALWAYS poppin! For such fast service, they make good drinks too so it's definitely talent! My student org actually had a fundraiser here and we were given the choice of getting 20% of the proceeds going to our org OR give our members an instant 5% discount (which was a little bit more of an incentive) and 15% go to us too. It was a good social event as well. I have members coming to me asking, when's the next Tapex social?! read more

Aside from Panda Express, this is the only place at UCSD to get authentic Asian cuisine. With fabulous prices and even better food, I really enjoy eating at Tapex on campus! Their servings are ample and the fried chicken and boba tastes just like the fried chicken and boba I had at a night market in Taiwan. The lines are long but that's how you know this is a great place for food and drinks! I especially like their Snowball drinks which are mouthwatering. So if you're ever hungry and craving some Asian food, stop by Tapioca Express for good food for good money! read more

I love tap ex! The coconut snow bubble is great. Sometimes they need to blend it a little more but I love it. Hint: ask for mini boba. Its not posted that they have it but it was good! read more

Tea was nice and fresh! Boba was delicious. Crispy chicken is also a great snack in the afternoon, and I love that you can make it different levels of spicy! read more

The boba here is decent sure, but still a bit overpriced. The food........... I guess I just don't like the idea of plain rice, small salad, and a small dumpling along with a limited amount of your choice of meat. Never really satisfied me read more

This is one of the most convenient and tastiest places to grab a quick snack or meal if you're on campus! The line may seem long but it always goes by super quick, and the workers are really friendly! Plus, it's open pretty late so it's perfect for late-night studying at PC. Everyone always loves the crispy chicken, and the grilled chicken steak is surprisingly really tasty! It goes well with their sauce or ranch. :) I always get their snow bubbles too, can't go wrong! read more

Currently posted by the toilet and have been the entire day. I ate here yesterday (Crispy Chicken Snack). I now have the second worst food poisoning of my adult life. 1st goes to Jack in the Box where I was hospitalized with cold sweats. Avoid this place if you value your health. read more

The boba drinks are decent, but the food is of very poor quality. Crispy chicken has too much batter and an uneven dispersion of flavoring. Meals are low quality and way over prices for the amount you get and the quality of food you get. read more

Service is awesome and drinks are at a great price! Perfect addition to Price Center at UCSD. Would not ask for a better boba place to be here! :) read more

I was only introduced to TapEx a year and a half ago, but living on the UCSD campus, I've had my fair share of experience with this TapEx. The drinks are usually decent quality (I tend to get regular milk tea with boba or snow bubble of varying flavors), but every once in a while I'll get a pretty low quality drink. As for the food, it's not worth it at all! Last year I got calamari rings, and fish balls the previous day and I got food poisoning for the whole week. A few days ago I decided to brave a spring roll with shrimp and pork, and I don't know if this was the explicit cause, but I got some serious digestive consequences the next couple days. I haven't tried their popular "crispy chicken", but the smell just reminds me of the calamari breading and I don't find it appealing at all. The one food item that I actually enjoy and perhaps is my guilty pleasure at TapEx is their steamed pork buns. This is purely my own taste, others with more experience in the world of such food will probably think they're low quality, but hey, they don't send me to the bathroom and they taste decent. TL;DR Drinks are decent most of the time, food is overpriced and might bring severe digestive problems. AVOID SEAFOOD AT ALL COSTS!! read more

Charged for things they forgot to add and claimed it was not on my receipt. I can't prove them wrong since they took the receipt initially

Truly state of the art boba in all of California. Nothing better exists in the entire north american continent. Indeed, this place has made my biggest regret in life being that I did not get into UCSD. All these SD students dont even know how lucky they have. Tapex is truly the drink of Gods read more

I love coming here! The drinks are really yummy and they always come out really fast! The entire staff is really friendly. The other day my friend spilled his entire drink on the floor and even though it was his own fault lol, the staff came out and cleaned it immediately! Afterwards they gave him another drink for free! Truly impressive service! read more

Arriving on campus for two weeks now, I have been to this place a couple of times already. My previous visits have been decent, but today was a pretty big turn off. I was order X89(I forgot the number that's in place of X), and I ordered strawberry green tea with boba and without ice. I got the boba fairly quickly, but here's the issue: I took a sip, and I tasted only green tea. The second sip I took was all strawberry concentrate. How do you mess that up? I can only assume that the boba was not stirred or shaked properly. Hmm. Honestly, I'm sure there are better options for boba, but 1. There are out of reach for me atm and 2. I have discount. I'll come again, but probably less often. Would be nice if there was a little more effort put into making it(I had prior experience making boba). 2.5/5. read more

4 stars for location. Sometimes you just need something familiar and this hit the spot after a long walking tour of UCSD.