My go to boba place! They are often out of my favorite drink -- grapefruit jade tea with boba and aloe. Apparently grape fruit is hard to come by. Despite this the menu has many other great options and the boba has always been fresh. read more

Favorite boba place :) . I usually get the chai flavor so good . Even happier that I can substitute regular milk for other choices . Always greeted with a smile and even when the lines are long, service is as fast as it can be . Even better there's a Barnes and nobles steps away read more

Guess what, I went back. Experience was basically the same except it came with a side of sarcasm and rudeness. I mean anyone with common courtesy will know NOT TO TREAT CUSTOMERS THIS WAY. It's laughable how these two girls have a job. So if you walk in and see these TWO B**CHES be prepared to be treated like your in high school. Pictures will be added so you can easily recognize dumb and dumber. --------------------------------- I am literally sitting here writing this review while the employees talk about having to remake my drink. I always come to this location and never had a problem, but this visit unfortunately wasn't as successful. I ordered the same thing I always get and mentioned that it didn't taste right. They said they could remake it but really?...Talking about me when I just asked if you could please remake it, horrible customer service @$6 a drink. Maybe I'll redo this review when I have a better experience. read more

Tapioca Express - A close up, beware - Coffee & Tea Near Me - Oceanside, California

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I usually go here because there isn't really a boba place near my house unless I drive farther away so this place will do. They have super fast service whenever there's no one there but they do take a long time when there's a long line since there would only be like two people behind the counter. Obviously, this wouldn't be comparable to gong cha or higher quality boba places but the milk teas satisfy my needs. It seems like they don't have waffles in stock whenever I get there which is around 4:30pm, which kind of bugs me. Sometimes there would be a list of things out of stock, and I kind of expected them to get their inventory stock together since it is a fairly popular place to go around this area. Side note: they are taking into consideration the affects of straws and our oceans so they don't display the boba straws on the counter. You'll have to ask a staff member for a straw if they forgot to give you one, but it seems like they're pushing for reusable straws which is a plus to me :) read more

This is one of the more cleaner locations of Tap Ex I have been to. The ones in National City, Bonita, and Convoy have sticky tables and floors. Just like Starbucks, this franchise is consistent with their quality. With that being said though, there drinks aren't the best in the boba drink world. My go-to drink, Taro Milk Tea with boba was nice. The boba were not the freshest I have had but decent. I liked how they made my drink with less sugar as I requested. The veggie spring rolls are nice. I can tell they are just the frozen kind that are fried on demand. I didn't mind because it's good and low cost. Sweet potato fries another good side to enjoy with your drink. Customer service was friendly. read more

I think we've found our new go-to boba place! We've been driving about 15 minutes to get it from another place, and we're so happy this is so close by, and the boba and drinks are amazing! I also appreciate that they aren't cheap with the boba, they give a generous amount! And the girls behind the counter were both super friendly and helpful! read more

Tapioca Express - Taro snow bubble with regular boba, sooo good! - Coffee & Tea Near Me - Oceanside, California

Just stop in tonight around 8is. Not busy. Just me and another customer ordered. I asked for a large oolong milk tea with boba, no sugar. I got a large water with milk and no boba! No tea favorite! That was $6! Will never return! read more

Service is always friendly and quick! definitely my go to for my want for boba! The snacks are also a plus and are also yummy! Thank you for being open despite covid! read more

Tapioca Express - Yogurt frost! - Coffee & Tea Near Me - Oceanside, California

Bumped up their rating from 4 to 5 stars just cuz their Chi Chi Fries (chipotle chicken and fries fries) is chi-mazing. The chicken and fries were cooked perfectly, plus it comes in a giant serving/ box *_* Sometimes I buy spicy chicken and it comes in a small serving size, but this was a nice surprise. ITS HUGE. I WAS HAPPY Chipotle Chicken Queen for life. U get an A+ read more

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disappointing. i only come here for the chicken / fries and this is the second time they tell me they aren't making food...?? it's lunch hour as 12:10 pm...... how is your kitchen closed. at least put a sign up when customers walk in disclosing the kitchen is closed. very disappointing. read more

Love the bubble black tea with tapioca boba. So delicious. On point every time I have ordered. Highly recommend. Chocolate chia is also super delicious read more

I love a blended boba drink and their snow bubble fits the bill, Thai tea and taro are my faves and I would go every week. Boba is hot sometimes though which I get if it's freshly made but it is a nasty shock with that first sip on a hot day. When I ordered online I could skip the line and it would be perfect but last time I checked they weren't doing that anymore. Consistency isn't great and it's a bit pricy but when they get it right it's amazing and so worth it. read more

Milk tea just isn't good here. Tea was obviously burnt tasting and boba was not fresh. I feel bad for the one employee (black hair tied back in a bun, l didn't catch his name but if the owner reads this he deserves a raise) he was busting his butt trying to get the drink out in a timely manner with a wait of maybe 10 people standing inside. The two other boys, one with silver glasses and the other who looked like he just came back from a smoke sesh, were folding towels or disappearing to the back. Not many good boba places near the coast anymore. read more

THE SERVICE LOWKEY SUCKS. the employees acted like they hated their jobs and gave us an attitude the whole time. Being in there just made my boyfriend and i just very uncomfortable. When these two girls walked through the "wrong" entrance when there was literally no one else other than us, they literally made them walk back out and walk through the right one. When they gave us our drinks, the girl like basically threw the drinks at my boyfriend. Also she didn't even put the lid on right and it ended up spilling all over my boyfriends shirt when we were walking in the parking lot! Not going to lie the drinks were really good but the service-- really bad. it just ruined the whole day. read more

Food: They have good diverse selection of drinks and snacks. Awesome place to get something cold and cool . Service: Staff are friendly and helpful. Location: Located in a plaza that is always very busy. read more

Finally found a boba spot close to me!!!! I have the admit if it was any closer I would be going all the time. The service is excellent, and the guys that work their are really friendly! The snow bubble is awesome too- the honeydew one (or taro or cantelope) are always my go-to's. Always add boba too! I have also ordered their fried chicken snack thing and it was sooo ridiculously good. My husband is usually picky and he loved it. Only complaint is the drinks are a little pricey and the boba shouldn't cost extra in a snow bubble-- I mean it's called tapioca express still definitely give it a try ! And maybe the cheap snacks make up for it read more

I ordered five drinks yesterday but just realized today that I got charged for 6 drinks. Disappointed that their milk tea has no flavor but costs around $5.50 for regular size. Tasted like sugar water and their bobas are not sweet like other tea shops. read more

Their hours are wrong. THEY CLOSE EARLY. Do not attempt to come here after 10:30pm on a weeknight. Of the 7 times I've been here they were closed early 4 of those. Every other Tap X doesn't have this issue. First time, 2nd time, maybe even the 3rd time I can understand, but now you're losing stars by the day. Don't tout late hours as something that separates you from other establishments when your not going to adhere to them. Heck Chipotle stays open till 10 and yes I've been there well after that. Way in the back and easy to miss they are behind Chipotle which itself is in the Shadow of B&N. That's why I'll describe it "behind" Chipotle. Few parking spaces as most of the nearest are shared handicaps, but most of the usual's and locals use the delivery side area near the dumpsters which I don't mind either. It's as bright and strangely sterile in décor as any other TapX. Inviting, but not comfortable the plastic nature of things don't make me want to spend uncountable hours here the way some people do. Usually there is this hum drone of Asian-esque pop playing in the background, but here it doesn't drown out any of the other guests conversations so it's actually too quiet. I love how some of their milk tea's are more "natural" in color and not so artificially colored. "Honeydew is not green, but kind of a creamy white color", but has all the taste. Boba is their most popular, but offer grass jelly, and a dozen other add on's. The prices are cheap and service is quick. I wish they offered the macha green tea in a latte form versus only in the snow bubble offering. The snacks on deck are always appetizing, and they have Filipino style lumpia, unlike some locations which are more traditional to their Taiwanese ownership roots. Service is excellent and you too should love the fact they offer a daily healthy special like apple green tea so there is definitely a consciousness of health. For those who never drove to much further TapX's this will be a new experience, but to those of us who eagerly anticipated our very own local one it was a bit of a relief. It will take time to establish a stranglehold on the consumers the way the SD locations have. read more

This is your standard TapEx. There's nothing too special about this place but the fact that it is probably one of a handful of places where you can get boba. I feel like the Asian scene isn't as big as Convoy Street so there aren't many choices for boba here in Oceanside. I always get the Thai tea with boba because you can't go wrong with that. The thai tea here is the same as the other TapEx locations. The boba here is also pretty average. I highly recommend you stop by if you are looking for a boba place around here (because this is the only one in the area, I believe). I think Oceanside is becoming more and more diverse so maybe in the future, there will be more Asian eateries! read more

I spent the last 16 years in Los Angeles where there is a boba joint every corner especially in Koreatown. But let's be real for a minute. Tapioca Express is one of the original tapioca franchises in California and possibly the nation. You know their standard drink menu and often times, snack menu. They use flavored syrups and powders, very little fresh fruit unless you want to count the mango jellies. Don't come in with expectations that one franchise is going to have tropical fruit blended cocktails with fresh from the tree yuzus for garnish. Now that I got that out of the way, this establishment serves lumpia. Yes, my friends, lumpia. Granted they're not overflowing with pork but still very tasty and satisfies me enough from driving half an hour to Clairemont Mesa. Everyone has a bad day and these millennials sure aren't going to be perky Starbucks employees because I'm sure they don't get tipped as much. Speaking of which, the owner needs to get onboard with a tip allowable credit card EOS. The cashier certainly deserved it for her willingness to create a yogurt snow bubble. I wasn't thinking when I ordered it because it wasn't even on their menu. The employees were just fine and willing to help. Must have come in on a good day judging from the painful reviews I read for them. 9/17/16 @ 3:45-4:30pm, great staff btw mr. manager. I will absolutely come back. I ordered the classic crispy chicken, lumpia, yogurt snow bubble, mango green tea, regular milk tea w/ tapioca. All of the standards were good, just as they always are, portions were fine. Their meat tasted more meaty than some others where it feels like all you're chewing on is skin/fat. I'm certainly enjoying my lumpia--shamefully because I asked the cashier if they had something like a sweet & sour sauce and she said that they have sweet chili sauce. She was smiling when she said it though. ;-) #asianamericanFAIL read more

This has been my go-to boba spot ever since it opened. The convenient location has always been enough for me to look past the subpar customer service and inconsistent drinks. However, I went in on the night of 11/11/22 and the customer service was exceptionally poor. There were no customers when my boyfriend and I walked in, but we were still ignored by the two employees having a conversation behind the counter, one of whom was sitting down and eating Hot Cheetos. As we waited for our drinks to be made, the employee eating Hot Cheetos stood up to help the customer behind us. She licked the red powder off her fingers, touched the tablet screen to ring up the customer, and then proceeded to make her drink. All of this without washing her hands. It was just really gross. We're unfortunately left feeling too uneasy to return. read more

Sadly, it just wasn't that great for me. Generally, I never love chain boba places because their milk teas tend to be powder based, and their boba is subpar. This place fit the bill. I got a jasmine milk tea with boba, which is usually what I order my first time at boba shops.. and this was not it. Flavor - no. Boba - no. Overall - no. Gave two stars because it was still boba milk tea and was edible but will not be coming back when I'm around Carlsbad. read more

I came here at 7pm and tried to order some popcorn chicken. Before I walked in, I saw a customer came out with a bag of popcorn chicken on his hand walking out at the same time, but when I came in to order , they said the kitchen closed, so I asked why they closed the kitchen so early, they said because they were so busy. Okay that sounds funny to me, I was wondering if the owner knows anything anything about this. Me and my whole family are regular customers at this shop but this might be our last time coming here , and I guess they might lose more business if they don't train their employees for better customer service read more

Went to their soft opening on August 1, 2013 and really loved the vibe of the place! I've been a long time fan of TapEx and I am so glad there is a new location right here in Oceanside. Given the place is smaller than the spot at Convoy, the drinks are the same and the snack menu (smaller) are still there. Looking forward to the grand opening! read more

Went in to buy something for the first time in a while. They were busy but it seemed like they had no structure or organization. For me, my roommate and I go in before work. Order. We waited 30 minutes only to realize they forgot our order or made it wrong. We ended up leaving and so did three other people for the lack of communication and we weren't able to get our money back. /: read more

My first time to taste their avocado snow bubble with tapioca pearls. I was able to request less sugar. It came out perfect to my liking!

Haven't been to ANY Tapex in a while because the Convoy location always used to make me feel sick. But my aunt offered to buy boba, and who can say "No" to free boba?! Anyways, they were out of their Crispy Chicken. Which is what I reaaaally wanted to order. Oh well, I ended up passing on the food and just ordered a Canteloupe snow bubble with boba. Made with fresh fruit, tasted amazing! Tapioca wasn't all hard or super mushy either, just perfect. Only complaint I have is customer service. It could use some work. The two employees at the time talked to each other but didn't seem to care much about the customers. Like when we arrived no one even asked what we wanted, the guy just looked at us and waited until we were ready. And when our order was ready we could barely hear what they said. I just knew it was ourw because we were the only people there waiting for drinks. read more

Not good at all. So disappointed with their Vietnamese coffee which tasted like nasty water and their mango snow bubble. Both gross. Best places for boba are Ding Tea and TNL Boba tea. read more

Drink was well made but too sooooo long to get. I had to be waiting in theee foe about 15 minutes and then the line "bubbled" to about 8 more people. read more

Tapioca Express is your average boba place. The milk tea is good but not anything special. The highlight is the snowbubble which is like an icey and smoothie combined. The best thing about Tapioca Express is the size of the cups. Many boba places used tall and thin cups but Tapioca Express has fairly tall but wide cups giving you a great amount of drink for the same price as other places. read more

Been here multiple times and have to say the boba is very good and not to sweet and the drinks are always mixed well. The Thai tea slushy was a 10/10 and they have a variety of choices. Unfortunately, every time I have gone it takes forever. 45 minutes on average and there is usually something wrong mixed up with the order, like running out of something or putting in the wrong jelly. Very sad because I would come here more but don't have the time to wait for a single drink. read more

Hidden in the plaza in Oside next to barnes and chipotle. I actually found this place accidentally after taking a wrong turn leaving LA fitness. Then I looked it up on yelp and was disappointed by the low ratings. But despite the lackluster stars I went in because I love milk tea I'm not the type of person that drives 30 min for a drink. Interior is typical boba shop, which made it feel like home. They have a large menu but I've only tried the tapioca milk tea. It's on the sweet side but better sweet than bland. Their food menu looked a bit questionable I wouldn't recommend ordering anything other than boba. Prices are low and boba is chewy. Servers are quick and friendly. Unlike most boba places there's no minimum on card purchases. read more

Tapioca Express - Large milk tea $4 - Coffee & Tea Near Me - Oceanside, California

Watching paint dry goes faster than this place. Make sure you have a long weekend available if you go to this place.

I always enjoy the tea here. Recently, I came in around closing time. Literally, 5 minutes before they closed. I don't come in often, but I was craving my boba drink. They were out of boba, so I got a drink with tiny boba. I didn't want to be a pain, so I'm like ok whatever. I'm open to try it. I understand life is hard, and they ran out of boba. I get the drink. Leave the building. Take a few sips. I really didn't care for the drink. I stopped drinking it, cause I didn't like it. Sorry! I went back during operating hours to see if they'd remake my drink, and the shift supervisor gave me a hard time. Come on! read more

Only a two star because the food was good, but the customer service was not great. Wasn't even welcomed in or greeting when I went I order. When I was trying to look over the menu, the girl side as if I was taking too long I apologized and she said nothing so I felt really pressured Enter just getting whatever so I ended up ordering some thing that didn't even taste good and I couldn't enjoy so I had to throw away cause I couldn't drink it. And when I ordered the Lumpia she asked what spice I wanted in it and when I asked what the options where she just pointed to a sign and didn't say anything. She just felt very rude and not comfortable or welcoming environment. read more

This place was awful!! Do NOT go there! I have been to most of the other locations in SD and have never had an issue with my order! My total came out to almost $10 when I have order the same drink and it is never more than $5.80. The employees were super rude! I asked the girl taking the order and the guy making it to please make my drink thick. This is what I got! Water down milk with green coloring there was no flavor and it was more boba juice than actual boba! And from the other photos on here they don't fill them to the top! read more

Tapioca Express - Watery Drink - Coffee & Tea Near Me - Oceanside, California

This location is the worst. The wait time is always inexplicably long, and the service never fails to suck. Today they screwed up my DoorDash order - substituted it with something not even remotely close to the item we ordered that they were out of. Every other restaurant will notify me if they are out of something but not here. No notice, just did a substitution. The 2 girls behind the counter were equally apathetic and rude. read more

If you've gone to other TapEx's this location is just like all the other locations, just different staff. Every time I go to this location, the workers are always professional and greet their customers with a smile. My boba always tastes great and have no complaints for that. I've ordered the crispy chicken several times and noticed that sometimes the chicken is hard/ too much spice (ordered to be made very mild) I don't know how often the oil from the deep fryer gets changed but maybe all the spices/seasonings get stuck in there and cooked onto the new batch of chicken getting put in. Sometimes I get several burnt/very hard pieces of chicken in my batch. Parking sucks but I know that so many other TapEx's have sucky parking anyways lol. Sometimes you get lucky with parking in the back of the plaza. read more

All their drinks are so good the only problem is that they are all young so they are always talking and not working fast they are really slow and they never have the flavors you want this just started happening so they should do something about that but besides that is great read more

When I come here they're always polite nice clean environment love the straws ohhh and my favorite is the kumquat, strawberry , banana snow bubble with boba it's amazing trust me !!!!! Hope I helped Enjoy .. read more

Tapioca Express - Coffee & Tea Near Me - Oceanside, California