To all the anti-capitalists out there, I need only to point out the banality that is the Tapioca Express on campus. There are no other boba shops within a five mile radius of that place except for... another Tapioca Express... owned by the same owner. If there is no competition to make a decent boba drink or snack, that is all the more reason why TapEx couldn't care less and continues to spew out "food" behind a curtain of deep-fried and overly sweet mediocrity. All the snacks, from the popcorn chicken to the calamari have no decent taste except for tons of fried bits and pepper on top. I will admit that the tofu is actually okay though. The drinks are overpriced and way too sweet and tastes really artificial (even for a boba place). They even had a "special" hibiscus drink for a month which wasn't really all that special. When I asked the cashier what they made the hibiscus out of, she said it was just some combination of different syrup flavors like strawberry and apple. *face palm* This isn't to hate on the TapEx franchise overall though. Some TapEx shops are better than others, including the one on Regents. It's just that this one is the bottom of the barrel, even compared to other TapEx shops. read more

EW EW EW EW EW I must admit, I have a love hate relationship with tap ex....i LOVE boba and unfortunately this is the closest boba place and is on campus so I am forced to come here. If there were any closer place i would go there instead, but NOOO. I have found out that most Tap Ex drinks are either too sweet or too bitter. It's either a complete hit or miss with all of the drinks, no middle ground D: The boba pearls themselves are very good though, a nice size and always the right chewiness. But the teas....could improve WAY WAY more. Not to mention around midnight they run out of boba and force you to use the tiny boba...that always makes me very sad :( and THE PRICES ARGH. Back home i could get a large drink with extra boba for 4 dollars, here it ends up being 5 or sometimes even 5.25 ughh As for the actual "food" its all very greasy and fried, unhealthy snacks. For some reason i still love them though XD Ah well in the end approach at your own risk! read more

This review is well-overdue because I have been eating here frequently for a long time, and for a good reason too: This place is awesome! I see a lot of raised eyebrows when I tell people that Tapioca Express is my favourite place. Now, I know why. It's because this Tapioca Express has exceeded the standards of other Tapioca Express locations, and they easily overcome the "fast food" stereotypes. I don't think people are very aware of this and they associate this awesome location with the others. The lines can be long during their rush hours (it's on a school campus), but each worker has an excellent sense of urgency, and the wait will be brief should these lines occur. Even a ridiculously long line during a very busy hour can be less than 5 minutes to get through. Everyone who works here has a great personality, and they begin to recognize their repeat customers. I love a place that can do that! People assume that this is normal for any business, but I'm a regular to a lot of places and none has given me the same quality recognition as this place. The owner actually works with their team members. That's rare! I've scarcely seen a place where owners actually work with their team members (cashiering, making drinks, serving the orders, and calling out numbers, etc.). I believe this effort has enhanced the owner's leadership, and their operation is very fruitful. Other places I have seen can be chaotic when the owners visit and demand impractical tasks (clearly showing no understanding of their business nor their customers). That's not a problem here! The owner is such a fantastic person and very personable; I have also noticed that there is a good retention of employees. That gives me additional insight on their business, and I am getting a positive vibe from it. Good customer service, wonderful leadership, no wait... something has to be wrong, right? Nope. The food and the drinks are very high quality. I could honestly eat here everyday, and unsurprisingly, I do eat and drink here a lot. One thing I do not like is that the menu can appear a bit unhealthy (all of these sugar drinks and fried food); however, this can be resolved easily by asking for a custom order. They'll make it happen, and it's without additional cost nor hassle. I typically order a grilled chicken combo with the sides substituted by salad (as pictured). It's like a grilled chicken salad, and it's absolutely delicious. It's surprisingly a high quality and nutritious meal, and I like it better than many of their local competitors, and especially compared to the other meals that can be bought on the school campus. It's very filling. I also drink their Thai Milk Tea most days. A lot of people criticize that it is too sweet, but you can easily ask for light sugar, which I do too. I also recommend the Hot Triton Milk Tea (it's half Black Tea and Half Earl Grey) on cold days, and the Avocado Snow Bubble is another good option. If you are in the mood for a dessert, then their Sweet Buns with Condensed Milk is delicious, but I obviously can't have that everyday. Their Crispy Chicken meal is delicious (I think it is most people's favourite), but it is also unhealthy and probably shouldn't be eaten everyday as well. The French Fries and their Sausage Combo smell delicious, but I have to admit that I have never had them. Fried Tofu tastes very good to me. If I could describe its taste as another food, it tastes similar to scrambled eggs for me. The Pork Buns are very good too, and they make a great and filling snack. I have never been let down by these guys before, and I have never gotten sick off of their food (something I am seeing other people review about, but I think this might be the fast food mentality taking over). I have taken a blood test during a checkup and it shows that i'm in excellent health (sugar, cholesterol, triglycerides, etc.) despite eating here most days. Great service, sense of urgency, filling meals, and all very delicious. 10 out of 10... would eat and drink there everyday. I definitely recommend it, and my visiting friends and family love this place too. ... and... although I may appear as a Tapioca Express fanatic, that is only for this specific location and their Regents location. I'm from the Bay Area and the Tapioca Express over there (and many other locations) have been terrible in my opinion. This one is unique and special, and they work hard. They do a great job, and I can really tell the difference. I could write so much more, but I'll leave the next Harry Potter novel for J. K. Rowling to do. read more

Tapioca Express - Grilled Chicken, Mild, with sides substituted by Salad. (Combo B) - Coffee & Tea Near Me - La Jolla, California

Tapioca Express is one of the better places on campus. It is the closest place for Boba that is pretty good, although in my opinion a little on the more expensive side. They also have really good snack like their crispy chicken. It is usually pretty busy and a great place to hang out~ read more

Came here last week with a friend, had a drink and crispy chicken. Had an upset stomach for the rest of the afternoon...came home and took a nap, woke up and proceeded to throw up. I would give this place another shot but I'm traumatized. On top of that, service sucks. read more

I'm from NorCal, so when I arrived here at UCSD I didn't understand the SoCal fascination with boba. My first stop was naturally TapEx. It's in PC, making it easily accessible in between lectures. Now, I seriously come here at least three times a week. Four+, if I have a midterm or something I need to do. There's nothing like sipping on boba while hitting the books--yeah, I'm one of those selfish biotches who takes up a whole booth by herself to study. You know it. I used to always get the crispy chicken combo. Now I'm a big fan of the fried potstickers, because it's a quick and easy snack. ALTHOUGH recently the crispy chicken got better again. I think it's because they started adding more basil to it. Also, I used to get everything extra spicy, but now I've learned that "extra spicy" just means them putting a crapload of that red stuff all over the chicken. If you're a spice fiend like me, I'd say order it medium and add condiments accordingly by yourself. Favorite drinks: lychee black tea, green apple snow bubble, honey milk tea, Thai tea (although....the Thai tea at Hi Thai is generally more "authentic", but whatever). With everything I have to get rainbow jelly or boba. read more

One of the most reliable places to get food and a drink on campus. Prices are reasonable for what you get and there's always something for just about everyone. Tip: Be sure to make drinks your own. I always get my tea very lightly sweetened and my food at a mild spice level. The drinks are pretty sweet, so you only need a tiny bit to satisfy. The spice levels can vary depending on who is working, but you're pretty good at mild. Since just about everything is at a sharing portion size, you can grab some free condiments and cool down your tongue if you milk tea doesn't quite do it. Don't fear the long lines because it always moves quickly. If you only have 5 minutes before your next class...screw it, you can be late. read more

For a little treat, come on over to TapEx! This is a favorite place amongst the students and staff! My favorite drink in the place is a blended snow bubble made of Taro and Coconut mixed! Heavenly! I have tried the yogurt flavored boba blended and that's good too! After the drinks, the next favorite thing of mine is the bag of friend chocked! They are fried and seasoned perfectly with a long stick to eat them with! I ask for it with little seasoning. I don't like it spicy. One bag is a lot for one person. I would share it as a snack. For a meal, I would get the chicken bag and the fresh spring rolls! Excellent. read more

This Tapioca Express, as well as the one on Regents, is incredibly supportive of student organizations. My club just held a fundraiser at the on-campus location last week; and despite the crowd of 30+, we still received friendly service and our food came to us within minutes. All the members were very satisfied with their food and the amicability of the staff. On a related note, I usually choose to go to either of the locations on my own time; and I'm always satisfied with the quality of my drinks (variations of milk tea with boba) as well as my food (crispy chicken and sweet buns). My one suggestion is if you'd like to receive the highest quality in your food, avoid the rush hour periods. For the volume of orders the staff receives, you have to expect that your order will be put together at a much more rapid pace than had you come at a more manageable hour. read more

Ah I'm a little biased since I've only had their drinks and crispy chicken (no horror stories on the other food), which haven't really failed me. Okay here goes: For the chicken, the difference between medium spicy and spicy-spicy is really big. Medium spicy doesn't even taste spicy, while spicy is really spicy (which I prefer). I don't order the chicken too much though since I don't crave it as much and can't finish it by myself unless I'm reallllly hungry. For the drinks - pretty standard, however the drinks a sweeter than the Convoy version, which can sometimes take away from the tea flavor in milk teas. I mistook this location's ownership as the same as the convoy one, but it's not. It's owned by the people who own the regents location. Anyhow, the drinks are still pretty good. I definitely would recommend the taro milk tea and almond milk tea if you really want something sweet. Service: IDK what it is, but I feel like this place is ONLY efficient if males are working. For some reason whenever there's only girls working, the service is pretty slow. I went here yesterday on my break and it was pretty backed up in terms of drinks, so I was actually LATE back to work! The girl who was working was pretty slow. I watched her and I couldn't believe it! Even when the was backed up before, when there were guys working -- even just a single guy -- the service was pretty quick. When it's mixed guys and girls, it moves pretty fast too. The owner (I'm assuming it's the slightly older lady that I see there from time to time and was there on the first day it opened) is really sweet. She really cares about her customers, and that's really important. Whenever the wait is long, she apologizes, and she even makes the drinks really fast too! I swear she makes the drinks faster than probably the two girls working one time while a guy rang up the orders. I guess I'm also a little more biased in terms of reviews/ratings because of the owner, lol. read more

I love tea and boba, & their boba is always fresh & the drinks are tasty. But geez I feel like I should buy a meal with $4 instead of a drink... I miss cheap chinese places that sell their milk tea boba for 99cents a pop. Their food is not that great. Seriously, just pass. The rice is gross & hard, veggies are cheap, scantily portioned & bland, and whatever entree you get is just not worth the money. Seriously, 7$ ?! Got the stir fried tofu and it was just a salty, greasy mess. Tried the curry and it was so bland I was bored to tears. Not really, but you get the idea. Pork bun was ok. Fried calamari ok, but overpriced. Popcorn chicken is whatevers. I'd rather get Shogun or.. gasp...Panda Express if I wanted an Asian meal. (yes I'm Asian & I would still rather go to Panda for food) read more

What this place really needs is consistency. I never know what kind of food quality I'm going to get here because it varies too much; sometimes the crispy chicken is nice and tender served with tasty basil leaves, but sometimes the crispy chicken tastes only like fried pieces of fried breading refried over and over again...*shudders* The boba is also inconsistent. Sometimes the boba is too soft and other times it's chewy. The regular milk tea is usually too watered down for me (all the ice does not help either), but I sometimes find myself getting sucked into buying their snow bubbles, which always overflow from the cup (yay!). The Peach Snow Bubble and Passionfruit Snow Bubble would be my recommendations. One major problem I have with their drinks is the extra charge for hot drinks. Seriously, how hard is it to heat up a drink anyway? I used to love getting their Curry Pork Chop meal (combo #8) until one time I got very sick the day after eating it. I'm not exactly sure if it was food poisoning or if I was sick from some other cause, but the association itself was enough to put me off permanently. Just a warning about this combo: the amount of curry on this meal is like two tablespoons. If you want more, you MIGHT get charged, depending on how informed the cashier is. I would highly recommend staying away from this place if you can put off your boba craving until you reach Convoy, just because you never know what you're gonna get and small specifications lead up to insane extra charges. But if you really want fried food from here, go for the fried tofu. read more

The only reason why I came here so often is because this TapEx was so conveniently located on campus. Like an addict, you keep on coming back for your fix, and even though it doesn't give you the same effect, it's not like you can get anything better. Yeah, that pretty much sums up my relationship with the on campus TapEx. Whenever I eat the food there, I feel some degree of shame afterwards. I don't know what it is, but here, the crispy chicken doesn't taste as great, there are more fried pieces of dough than pieces of actual chicken, the pork chop/chicken steak is insufferably dry, and they always add too much chili powder. One time I ordered their tofu snack and they were soggy, like they hadn't been cooked correctly. The drinks are passable, at least. Shoutout to the student workers, who are aware of our struggles and make it a point to be cheerful and work fast to crank out our orders. Really though, there is another Tapioca Express off campus and it is FAR better. How is that possible? Clearly the management thinks they can get away with these shenanigans because of the customer base of students that can't go anywhere else. Food: 1, Drink: 3, Service: 4, Environment: 2, Price: 3 read more

Okay, I had their curry chicken steak the other day. I am a huge fan of chicken curry, and the cashier said since the curry itself was already "a little spicy", I didn't have to specify spiciness for the chicken. What I got was basically their chicken steak with rice (and cold not-fresh vegetables) and a small container of curry to pour on it. The curry wasn't spicy, the chicken was sparse, and well, the black tea boba that came along with it wasn't bad, but it was way too overpriced for the quality of food. read more

I prefer the Tapex next to Vons but this one is on campus so it is convenient for UCSD students. Here goes.. Drinks: My favorite drink at Tapex is the Jasmine Milk Tea. Compared to the JMT at the Vons Tapex, the Tapex from this location tastes a little watered down to me. My friend agrees with me. Snacks: The chicken tastes pretty good but it's so greasy and oily that I try to stay away from it. However, I just tried the "sausage" today. Wow. That has to be some of the saltiest sausages that I have ever eaten. I had to drink about four small cups of water to be able to finish the sausages. The workers should try the sausages sometime. I think they'll be surprised how salty they are. (I have had the sausages twice and they were equally salty both times so it wasn't a fluke). Sidenote: I remember getting rice here one day and it was way to watery. Customer Service: Decent. Can't expect much more. But when the manager/owner/the older gentleman works there, he is a nice guy and you can tell he genuinely cares for his customers. I would give this location more stars if the quality of the food was better. read more

I've never really ordered food here other than the calamari, which I also don't order anymore because the breading is just way too much. When I came here as a freshman, there was a special for downloading the munchonme app which gave you a free milktea (and you could pay for boba on your own). Unfortunately, they don't have that kind of promotion anymore :( I do think it's great to have a boba place on campus for the casual boba dates and such but if I had a choice I would definitely go out of my way to convoy or somewhere else for boba drinks... a lot of the drinks here taste straight like syrup and powder with water. Ew. Like I said, the calamari is pretty good but there is a ton of breading on it and usually I just end up ripping off parts of the breading which lead me to discover that the amount they give you is all a lie lol. If you are looking for something fishy, even going for the measly 5 or so fish/squid/shrimp balls is better than the calamari. read more

Hooray for boba on campus! There are always lines at Tap Ex, which says something about its popularity here. It also means that there are always lines at Tap Ex. I ordered crispy chicken and pot stickers (on separate trips), both with medium spiciness. I should have learned the first time - "medium" spicy means VERY spicy. Even as a die hard spicy craving lunatic, I had to wait a few minutes between each bite to let the flames on my tongue die down. Otherwise, it's not too bad there. read more

Updated 05-04-2012 I don't know what's wrong with the service at this place... I come there at 10:30 on a Saturday morning and I hear people clamoring in the back but no body comes out to take my order....I look around the store to see if the store hours are listed and they are no where to be found...what kind of an establishment does not list their hours? I drive to the other TapEx on Regents road and the same story...no store hours? So I took my ass to the local Starbucks... You have got to be kidding me if you think this place has good food. It took 30 minutes for the food to come out and there was no one in line! How is that even possible? Are they thawing the chicken back there? I have to say that the drinks are really good. I don't know what they put in it, but the green tea is definitely distinct from other places that I've tried. If you come looking for food, you got it wrong. Drinks...maybe. Service is also good. The poor cashier is always afraid when they take your order because they know you're pissed for waiting so long. read more

Convenient on campus location, almost always busy but the lines move fast. Food can take a while to get, but drinks are literally a 2 minute max wait. Their teas are all premixed unlike Tea Station in Convoy, which kills the tea flavor. Boba is cooked consitently, but lacks the brown sugary flavor I love. Sweetness is fine, not too sweet which I like. Overall, $3.50 for boba is on the pricey side, but I guess I'm paying more for the convenience. Their fried chicken snack is good, but would be even better if they were consistent in their spicy levels. I ordered mild and it wasn't the slightest bit spicy, so I ordered medium. Big mistake. Medium was ridiculously spicy, my mouth was on fire! My Favorites: Thai Tea Honey Milk Tea Milk Tea Don't Get: Honey Green Tea Honey Lemon Green Tea For some reason green tea always tastes a little off, even at Tea Station. read more

As indicated by how many check-ins I have at this place (and non-check ins when I forget to check in...oops), I love their food. It's the comfort food I get when I'm feeling down and need some fried foods to complete me. hah! They've gotten better on consistency and I got to try their curry pork this past time and it was yummy. It's like L&L's Chicken Katsu only with pork and savory curry. Plus my meal came with a drink. I chose the green tea drink, which was the right amount of sweet. Yay! Considering how busy they are, the food doesn't take too long to come. It's a pretty good deal and convenient if you work or study at UCSD. I've also had their crispy chicken a few times since my last review and they've been tasty. They sometimes have manager special's or boba they've made accidentally and those are cheaper so keep a look out. As a note, if you're worried about spicy levels, I'd just recommend ordering mild and add more spice if needed. They have a spice shaker out that you can use to do so. read more

Three stars because: -drinks are good. Especially the fusion tea drinks. -the famous crispy chicken got so bad last year...I mean com'on, at least pretend to make the meat juicy. It's dry and super chewy as a result. It's also super breaded. However, some days they come out ok. But never consistently good. read more

I had a craving for milk tea four different times. I bought Hong Kong milk tea, almond milk tea, milk green tea, and taro milk tea here. I've been disappointed every single time. Somebody needs to seriously stop me from coming here again. Yeah, it's super convenient... but EH. No please. read more

This location just isn't worth going to compared to the one on Regents. The only thing this Tapioca Express really has going for it is the fact that it's located on campus, but I think that this is what makes this location worse. Because it's on campus and expects students to pay for convenience, their prices are higher while their food and serving sizes aren't that great. Take my advice and just go to their location on Regents, unless you are absolutely craving boba and need it stat!!! read more

I love being able to get my TapEx fix using Triton Cash! The drinks are typical of any Tapioca Express. My favorite drink is the STRONG flavor of the passion fruit milk tea or passion fruit icy. I also like the vanilla chai icy which is pretty smooth and sweet. I had a vanilla almond milk tea thing here once and it was not for me, yick! I also had a plum flavored thing here that was disgusting, so you need to make sure you get the right thing. I like the crispy chicken, but it makes you sick if you eat too much. And for some reason this tapex doesn't offer the small size, so you're screwed if you just wanted a taste, or are on a diet or something. read more

I always ask myself why I keep coming back to this horrible place. I'm really glad they won't be a monopoly on boba anymore after dlush opens on campus. I ordered a snack French fries, lightly salted and a large hot milk tea. The fries were salted like salt was free, and the milk tea was fruity/tasted like cough syrup. In addition, my boyfriend and I witnessed the waiter Ryan sneeze into our cup of milk tea. Grossest thing ever.. Would try to avoid this place at all cost unless you're literally dying for boba. read more

There's not much I can say about smoothie places. They basically just make my drinks, and you can't really make that many mistakes while making a smoothie. I have to say though, that this is not my favorite Tapioca Express [my favorite is located on Walnut in Irvine], but it will do, since this is the closest boba shop near UCSD. I especially like this worker named ...Cindy? She's always so cheerful when I order. If my drinks sucked, I would at least suck it up because I wouldn't want to sadden her. read more

The quality is inconsistent. One day my honey green tea will be just right and the next day, there is so much sugar it kinda hurts when you drink it. Also, sometimes my calamari comes out really sweet too. I always thought that was weird. read more

The food was okay. The Triton milk tea tasted like any regular milk tea you can buy at other places. The fries had some pepper even though I asked for only salt. Overall it was average. I just didn't like how they seasoned it. read more

Average boba place. Not that great compared to many other great places here in San Diego. After discovering the other places I don't really come here anymore. But if you're craving a boba drink and this is nearby then sure why not. read more

a lot of negative energy when i go here. the workers always seem pissed off .. but u know i always come back for the snacks & tea. like crispy chicken(made with WHITE meat! =D), fried tofu, green tea with boba/grass jelly so i was wondering why my order of fried tofu was taking SO long so i asked nicely.. the girl then said " mmm *smiles * hold on ".. she goes back to the kitchen and the cook looks so anoyyed that she asked haha. and then she goes back to me and "its not ready yet... *smiles*" I KNOW ITS NOT READY!! BUT WHY IS IT TAKING SO LONG!!!!!! .. but instead i refrained myself and said.. "okay thanks *smiles*" lala finally got my tofu after 10 minutes and its yummy here. ive had it at the regents location, very oily. this one is alotttt better. but yeah its just the customer service that is horrible.. and they dont have small boba whenever i ask for it =[ read more

Yes! Boba on campus! I knew I chose the right school. Why am I not Asian? Can I be an honorary Asian? As one of two places to get boba on campus, of course I give it 5 stars. Obviously it is not as good as Tea Garden, Tea Station, etc. but it will do. The thai tea snowbubble is pretty amazing, as is the spicy chicken snack. I wouldn't recommend the taro milk tea here though...it tastes way different than it does at the Convoy location, which is delicious. read more

+ Clean and nicely kept + Service is good +/- Seating can fill up quick depending on when you're there - Drink was bland - Portion size is off lol.. (read the review for more on this) Was down in San Diego for a small trip and wanted to get a quick bite/drink. My SD friends said lets just go to Tap-Ex. I figured you can't really go wrong and said sure. Made the trip here, ordered myself a combo - Honey Dew Milk Tea w/ Chicken Wings. This deal was like $8.50~ or so.. I had whatever their most spiciest option was. I received my drink a few minutes after initially ordering, and then my chicken about 10~ minutes later lol. Understandable I guess, since chicken takes a bit to cook and no one really goes there for wings anyway. However, their 'spicy' is pretty much just some red chili pepper powder spread out throughout the container box lol. You get rice, corn, 1 gyoza and 6 pieces of chicken wings. My friends ordered the popcorn chicken and they got a container of the same size.. but more full of chicken, rice underneath and corn. I was amazed at the difference in portion lol. Which makes me wonder if it's just this location, or does the whole franchise follow this procedure. Also, my drink wasn't anywhere near sweet as other places I've been to. Even other Tap-Ex are better than this.. Maybe this location was just having an off-day, don't know.. Other than that, the workers behind the counters were cool. Service was a bit slow (not only for myself, but friends too). Everything was meh. I wouldn't be coming back, would rather go to another location. read more

If I wanted heat-lamped chicken, I would have gone to Burger King and paid a 1/4 of the price. Aside from that, the drinks are decent and are there for you when you get that sudden urge for a milk tea, which happens to me a lot. The staff could be a little friendlier, but then again, I would be a little cranky too if I had that automatic door blasting on and off me all shift long. I have a friend who works at the one on campus. I'm sure the rest of the employees are nice people. Just, please, smile once in a while-- you're ruining my appetite. It's no wonder no one tips you. read more

Despite all of the negative things have to say about TapEx I actually don't mind their boba and food. The food could be better but it's not terrible. However... I went last night around 10:40-ish (Sunday Night) and this guy had a horrible attitude. As soon as I walked up to the counter he goes "We're only selling drinks." I was like okay thank you for the warm welcome. Then for a while I was looking at the Icy menu and he was like "we already put the blender away. We're only selling milk teas." At this point I'm fed up with his attitude. I get y'all are getting ready to close, but this is a whole 15-20 minutes (when we walked out it was 11:03 and we were standing there for a good 7 minutes before leaving) before y'all close and you saw me looking at the menu for about 5 minutes and didn't think to tell me that. "I finally was just like "Do y'all even have boba?" And he was like "No." Then I was like forget it and walked away. And he says "Welp we're closed now" as my friends and I are leaving. I'm very disappointed in the service. The service is usually hit or miss. You get some people who are extremely nice and some that are very rude like the guy from last night. All in all I do like their boba even though they're very stingy and give you like 15 balls max but I can easily take my services somewhere else and encourage others to do the same because the food and boba isn't good enough to be dealing with bad attitudes. read more

I loooove to come here on my lunch breaks during work, or even during breaks i have in between classes during the year. Service is usually quick, unless its lunch hour - you know this place it popular with the students when the line starts to wrap around the poles they have set up here. I'm always greeted with a hello and a smile, no matter the time of day. My go-to order is the curry chicken combo, grilled, no veggies and an extra potsticker. I used to just get the normal chicken combo grilled, but my friend told me to try the curry combo because it adds exactly what the meal needs since the normal combo can be a little dry sometimes. I think my favorite part is the weekly lunch specials they have, which are combo meals that a discounted. It changes every week! read more

Food: 2.5/5 Price: 3/5 Being the only boba store in UCSD, I guess I don't have that many options and room for complaints. It's definitely not the best boba I've had, but it's ok I guess... The drinks are typically very sweet but you can definitely adjust the sweetness when you order. They don't give you lots of boba either:( Ordered: * Chai Milk Tea with boba ($4) read more

This was one of my go-to's when I used to be a student here, but on my short visit back this weekend, it was not good. Ordered a hazelnut milk tea....didn't taste like hazelnut milk tea at all. There was nothing fragrant about it. I even ordered it with no ice, so its not like it was watered down. It was basically the normal milk tea. The boba was also super undercooked...chewy was an understatement, I actually had to work for it. But they are still one of the places open later in the night, aside from BK, so people still come lining up at all hours of the day and night. read more

3/5 for its convenience and cheapness of the food. It's great for drinks, but obviously this isn't the place to go for quality meals. It's just for convenience like I said earlier. read more

I would give this place zero stars if possible. It's disgusting. The drinks are always a miss. The fried chicken is awful too. It's either small pieces of chicken or fat swallowed by batter. Or, small burnt pieces. The prices here are ridiculous, it's worth the trip to convoy to go to any other boba place. read more

Solid regular milk tea & jasmine milk tea with boba.