Twinkle is used to be my favorite boba tea place. I truly like their milk tea and self-served add-ins. Today I experienced the worst service and attitude, and the longest wait for my order. People in front of and after me were long gone, and I was stilling waiting. I will try to convince my kids not to buy boba there anymore. read more

Twinkle - Juice Bars & Smoothies Near Me - Houston, Texas

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The berry smoothie here is SO GOOD. I'm not even kidding, I order this every single time I go there. The price is very reasonable too and it's so convenient since my school is literally a three minute walk away. If y'all are ever in the area you should definitely check it out! read more

We tried 2 different drinks the avocado shake which was delicious and the mango yogurt which was more tart. Its really great that you can add your own toppings. The snacks look delicious. read more

Props on the unique concept of unlimited sinkers. Prices are very inexpensive. We had: Honey Green Tea with Tapioca: Pretty sweet for my tea in my opinion but maybe because I added the tapioca + honey. Rose Tea: Pretty good and it had the bitter taste of tea which I liked. Small Plain Shaved Ice: Their shaved ice is the snowflake ice. I didn't like the shaved ice because they put some kind of coconut slimy thing that I'm not sure was on there. You get to go to the mini sinker bar and get your fill of fruit, pudding, etc. They accept credit card but, you'll have to buy $10 or more to not get charged. Also, free wifi is a plus. read more

This review is for the drinks only. I love the concept of being able to scoop your own toppings. The decor is very cute, almost like a children's play place and almost all the drinks on the menu are $1.99 which is pretty inexpensive for a tapioca drink. I ordered the coffee milk tea and it was just okay. Probably one of the worst milk teas I have actually ever had but not enough for me to say 'disgusting'. I know other places make their milk teas from powder and stuff but at this place, I can taste AND feel the powder. My throat did not feel good, I couldn't even finish the drink. Love the concept but... I think I'mma stay at Star Snow Ice. I'm sorry. read more

I've been here twice already... and the drinks are just okay. The concept is really awesome no doubt. The prices are even better! My peach green tea was not too bad. I enjoyed it more than my pina colda smoothie... which kind of gave me a little tummyache. I just wish they put a little more ice in it. Better yet, offer slushes/smoothies without milk. I'm curious to try the food soon. read more

I been to this place several times already and really like their inexpensive food and drinks that they have to offer. My top choices are jasmine milk tea and takoyaki. Consistently good each time and very nice place to chat with friends. I also like they have punch cards so you can get a free drink after you complete the card. read more

This is my favorite tapioca place in Houston for sure !! I've been to many other places but this one is A+. What I like about it the most is the buffet style toppings, you can pick your own topping and fill it up to the line. I've been here a lot that a server remembers me kk. I always get the Rose tea which is awesome. My mom gets the taro milk tea cuz she loves taro lmao. For the first time, the taro milk tea was disgusting but the next time is was better. There is one girl with short hair, I think she is Japanese and she is the cutest and nicest server there. I give it a five star cuz I never go wrong with this place. If you have problems , talk to them and they'll have ways to solve it( there were couple times they overcharged my mom). Overall, i wish this place was bigger and got more attention. Still don't get why it's only have 3 and a half star. It deserve 10/10 read more

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:c What happened to Twinkle? I used to love their milk teas, but I went 2 days ago and their drinks were so powdery tasting! It was so gross and the place went downhill. I hope it was just a fluke! read more

Yes, finally a decent place to milk tea without the extra cost of adding sinkers. 1.99 plus whatever you want in your drink. will be definitely back for more. heard the snacks are great so I will be trying them! read more

I really like the teapresso here, fresh tea made to order. Also all you can pick toppings is a plus!! I like that their large one is actually large, not like the other tea chains. read more

Great place with many options to choose from all for under 5 bucks! So basically, order your preferred drink, size and they give you the cup to fill with all the add on you like. I always get the XL lychee tea but be careful because it won't fit most to all cup holders in the car. read more

Drinks are just okay, but price is right. I had the large yogurt green tea with herbal jelly for $2.70 after tax. The jelly was really good. Drink was a green tea base with yakult as the yogurt flavor. I was expecting something different (like the blended yogurt drinks), but it was actually really good. It wasn't too creamy or whatever. The yakult tasted good w/the green tea. It was great for under $3. I should've got more jelly lol. My friend had the passion fruit tea (green I think?). It was good but kinda strong. Needed more ice. She got mango juice filled tap, pretty standard. - no charge for tap and jellies. - serve yourself tap/jellies. So you can get as much or little as you want, mix them, etc. - most drinks $2/2.50 for small/large, some $3/3.50. - snow ice large is $5 and small is 3 or 4 - less flavors than tap house and others, but still definitely enough to satisfy most people. Some reviews complain that drinks are powdery. That seems obvious, since they're made of powder (not high quality tea). The girl working there was cool. read more

This place is TINY! But it's also awesome. Twinkle is like one of those stores that I regret not having near me all my life (as an Humble person). It seems like the perfect hangout and not to mention that it's really cheap. The drinks are awesome, awesome, awesome. I really like the peach milk tea with low sugar. So good. The drinks do tend to be sweet so if you don't like sweet things make sure to ask for a lower content of sugar! I really like that you can choose your own sinkers for free because, seriously, where else gives you that option? I kind of wish the fruits were cut a little smaller so you could suck them through the straw but that's a minute detail. The food is really good too. The amount of popcorn chicken you get is pretty amazing, and it tastes good too! I like the takoyaki a lot as well. Overall the place is awesome but with the traffic they get, they should definitely get a bigger store. Petition to give them a huge store! Or at least a patio with more seating. read more

Love the choices of sinkers you like to add yourself. We also love the Takoyaki Balls. They also have rewards cards for loyal customers.

Everytime I'm in Bellaire I stop at this place The staff is always friendly and helpful, the first time I tried this place I ordered the grapefruit green tea, my mom got the popcorn chicken....I remember looking at her like really mom popcorn chicken, I must say twinkle I doubted you but your popcorn chicken is Lovely! The spices are mouth watering, my experience here has almost always been a good one, I would not reccomend the fried tofu tho.... read more

This is one of my favorite hot spot for milk teas in H-town. I love this place since it has a large variety of different kind of teas compared with other in town or surrounding area. You also get to put in whatever topping/Dunkers you want. Example: tapioca, jelly, pudding, etc... They will give you the cup and you go and put in your favorite Dunkers. I've tried Roasted Oolong Milk Tea, Osmanthus Oolong Milk Tea, & Jasmine Milk Tea. As you all can see I love milk teas so I have to try different flavors tea and this place just give me all that. This review will be for milk tea lovers since I did not try other regular drinks on the menu. BTW: they have snacks for you to try except this shop is a little small so you can't sit there for long or hope to find a space. read more

Twinkle - Roasted Oolong Milk Tea - Juice Bars & Smoothies Near Me - Houston, Texas

This is my go-to spot in bellaire before getting a foot massage. The popcorn chicken here is delicious and seriously you can't beat the price. It's a large portion so you can share it with a friend or more. I've tried most of the snack items on the menu and they are all very tasty. My favorites are the popcorn chicken, fried tofu, and takoyaki. They also have stamp cards! It's a nice little place to hangout with friends and drink boba. They also have tiny tapioca balls (my fav)! DIY station for what you want to put in your drink. Pretty awesome read more

Small bubble tea shop packed into the dense Welcome plaza. They allow you to choose a variety of toppings for the bubble tea. I have visited many times and the service and teas are spot on. read more

I used to come here alot because I was given gift cards to this place. But after sampling different drinks and FINALLY using up the gift cards, I most certainly will not be coming back. I hate wasting anything, so that's why i kept coming back to use up the gift cards. My friends don't like this place so they refused to take the gift cards from me. Thats how terrible this place is. The "shakes," or what are suposed to be smoothies, are just as liquidy as their milk teas. I got the avocado shake, and it tasted completely artificial. Does this place even have any real fruits for their drinks? and im not talking abt the two or three options they point out at the bar. The drink was like water and lacked flavor. It was terrible and made me sick. I gave the benefit of the doubt and assumed that their lemon green tea would be made with real lemons like other tapioca places, but just like the avocado, the drink was artificial. They use lemon flavored syrup to make this drink. The only real thing about the drink were the two slices of lemon they added in which did nothing to enhance the flavor of the drink. It was TOO sweet and not tart like a lemon drink should be. I had trouble trying to finish this drink because I was pretty much drinking sugar syrup. On to the jasmine milk tea... I get that its a popular item, so I understand why it would be premade, but why can this place not "fix" a drink?! The jasmine milk tea was a little sweet the first time I got it, so the second time, I asked if they could make it less sweet. They said it was not possible because it was premade. I asked them to add more tea into it to water it down, and the cashier said it was not possible. TWINKLE, HALF THE MENU IS PRACTICALLY TEAS SO WHY WOULD THERE NOT BE ANY EXTRA TEA TO ADD INTO A DRINK?! The best the cashier could do was "add more milk." Is it even real milk that is used?! (not that I could confirm, because the cashier never added the extra milk like she said she would). Also, my stomach hurt after drinking the jasmine milk tea the first time, but I thought it couldve been something I ate and let it go. But my stomach hurt again after the second time, so now Im questioning if its the drink. The peach green tea and the mango green tea were sub-par. Just like the other drinks, they were too sweet and not worth getting a second time. For the toppings, it is true that they ALWAYS run out of tapioca. How can a tapioca place run out of tapioca and not make more even though its not even close to closing time?? Thats absurd! There was one night where I was able to catch them right before closing, however, and the cashier was cleaning up. I noticed that this place does not throw away leftover tapioca like other places do. Normally, what happens is that tapioca can only be left out to be used for so many hours. After that, the tapioca hardens and does not taste good anymore. I saw her saran-wrapping up the leftover tapioca and putting it away. I suggest not going to this place when they open because you could be getting old tapioca. I tried the grass jelly another time, and it was not a good decision. Some chunks of the grass jelly was hard, like it had been left out for a long period of time, and it was completely and terribly bitter! Avoid the grass jelly. For the egg pudding, its not any better. The egg pudding lacked flavor, and they werent scoopable chunks. It liked like someone was bored and decided to just smash the pudding into a million tiny pieces. The chicken nuggets were soggy and lacked flavor. It looked like they were frozen and microwaved. They were good-sized nuggets but why would that matter when you can barely eat it. The takoyaki was bleh. I would not get it again either. OH, because I went there so many times to use up all my gift cards, I was able to accumulate enough stamps to get a free drink. There's a $3 limit for your free drink. My drink was $2.79, so I thought I was good to go. I was wrong. The cashier told me I had to pay taxes for my FREE drink, because that makes alot of sense. If you want me to pay those cents to cover the cost of your cups, then say so. But charging tax on a FREE drink, that's stupid. I didn't go over the $3 limit, and whatever was leftover after my drink purchase could've covered that tax charge. I am glad that I have finally used up all my gift cards, so I will never have to return to this place. Overall, the drinks are too sweet and taste completely artificial. The service is terrible, since they cannot even do a simple fix to a simple drink or fulfill a request that they suggested (such as adding milk to make the drink less sweet). The toppings are not delicious, and neither are the snacks. No wonder this place is so cheap, because they don't use quality ingredients. I am so glad that I do not spend my own money here. I suggest you take that extra minute to walk across the parking lot and enjoy REAL food and DELICIOUS drinks at Tap House. Don't bother trying this place. read more

I go here on a daily basis and honestly I'm in love with their popcorn chicken. It's a self serve shop and it's one of the best places to be at! :) read more

This is the only place I go to get my tapioca drinks... until this past weekend when someone drove through the store. What's up with my fellow Asian drivers? This place allows you to place as many things in your drink and will not charge you anything extra for them. This is a huge plus, since I like to pack my coffee drinks with egg pudding, tapioca balls, and coffee jellies. Also, they have really cheap appetizers like popcorn chicken, squid balls, mini-octopus, etc. I like the fact that the items are cheap so it's like ordering off a dim sum menu. Plus they place the condiments near the register so you don't have to ask for napkins, straws, ketchup, hot sauce, etc. Twinkle is cool and the owner is friendly. I used to go to Tapioca House across the shopping lot, but I got tired of the unfriendly service (except for the female workers), sticky tables/playing cards, and dirty bathroom. Twinkle is a definitely upgrade from the Jr. High crowd at Tap House. Pros: Free wi-fi, Cheap drinks, good food, unlimited sinkers (items you place in your drink), and fresh tapioca (I like chewy - not slimy or hard). Cons: The place is really small, sometimes they run out of tapioca (since they make only a small batch at a time), and they need to hire at least another worker. Oh yeah... for the typical Asians out there (who are looking for bargains)... 1. You only need to buy 8 drinks before getting the next drink free. They have a stamp card so you don't need to give out your number (like Tea House). 2. If you buy a gift card, you get a free milk tea (If you go w/ a large group, just buy a gift card and then use it =) read more

I've had better...thought I would give them a try being that my initial plan was to go to Honeybee Tea, which was closed due to vacation. I drove a 45 minute drive from where I stay to make my way to this side of town, so it was only fitting that I didn't make a blank trip and since I had this place bookmarked I decided to give it a go. The boba wasn't that great at all! The consistency was off. Some of the boba was soft and chewy, while the others where kind of hard. The red bean lacked flavor as well, so my whole drink was thrown off. I opted out of 100% sugar for only 50% sugar being that I thought the boba and red bean would provide me with that sweetness...I was wrong!!! Other than that the customer service was ok. Not as cheerful as I would expect but that's ok because I won't be traveling back. I may give the Tapioca Teahouse across the way from it a try though. Happy Boba Tea hunting to you all! read more

I love this place. You can put your sinkers in yourself, choose your drink size, and has a fair amount of variety. My personal favorites are rose MT and osmanthus oolong MT. Also, relatively cheap! read more

A MUST try!! A little hidden but not extremely hard to find. Very nice staff and drinks are DELICIOUS and super super CHEAP!! My new go to place for daily drinks read more

Probably one of the most underrated boba spots in Bellaire. The drinks taste great and there are so many options of all-you-can-add toppings. If it weren't for my bougee friends who always want to go to overrated and overpriced places like KFT/Sharetea, I would go to Twinkle more often and I don't think I could ever get tired of it. read more

For all those tapioca lovers, you should definitely come stop by Twinkle. It is deep inside Bellaire Chinatown, but so worth the drive! You have a option of your cup size and you can put as many sinkers you want into your drink. Currently, they have a promotion for students. Buy any size drink and get a food item for 99 cents around 2-5pm during weekdays. You must show your student id to get the deal! This is a pretty sweet deal as some places like Boba Zone and Kim's Teahouse overprice their popcorn chicken for like three or four dollars. read more

Mediocre. Came in at like 10:30pm and there was no one. You order your drink and there's a bar where you put your own sinkers in. You can fill it up only to the line they draw. I had a green Thai tea and it was okay. Not too great. Only thing great about this place is the price. Had 2 regular cups and 1 large cup and total was about $11. read more

My new tea place. I get my coffee milk tea 50% sugar and it's really flavorful. Will def be back and they were really nice.

I really enjoy coming to Twinkle! The decor is pretty modern. They have the best milk tea and popcorn chicken! They also offer stamp cards, after purchasing eight times your ninth purchase is free! The place is a little small however so sitting maybe limited. The menu option is great. Overall, I really like this place. read more

Let me start out by saying that I really like the self sinker concept. The texture however is inconsistent sometimes. The popcorn chicken is good at first when it is hot but when it starts to get colder, the flour or whatever they put in the batter had a unappetizing sticky and spongy texture. The milk teas are good but they use powder, not real tea like the other places. The shaved ice is simply refreshing. The one plus is that everything is so cheap! The milk tea's smallest size is only $1.99. Snacks are $3.25. Also, it is a Quick place to eat! They also offer discounts for Facebook check in. read more

This place is awesome!! I have never see a 33oz tapioca before until I walked in, the best thing about it is that only $4-ish. I recently read a article in a newspaper and said that tapioca isn't healthy and may cause kidney failure, then, I found this place. Twinkle has a lot of different favors of Oolong tea and it's started around $3-ish and they also offer the typical stamp card for B8G1F. Not to mention they have B1G1F on their Teapresso on Monday to Friday from 2pm to 5pm. For snacks, I have so far tried their Calamari and Japanese Style Squid Ball(if I get the name right). This place just too good to be true and this has became my new tapioca spot. read more

I love this place. I like to get all of their teas, but my favorite ones would have to be the rose tea and honey lemon green tea. This is a self serve add your own toppings drink place which is awesome. There's no extra charge for it as well. Price is super cheap compare to many other places I been to. Regular is 2.79 and large which is super large imo is an extra 0.79 I believe. They currently have a special where if you show your student ID you can get a snack for 0.99. read more

The drinks here are pretty good, the milk tea is sometimes bitter. I love how you can put in your own sinkers and the price is unbeatable for boba in Houston. The snacks are also very good! read more

Why are there a million of these mediocre tapioca places around? Does nobody know what this stuff is supposed to actually taste like? Does the mere *idea* of tapioca satisfy customers' palates enough that they can safely ignore the actual *reality* of hard-in-the-middle, tasteless tapioca in too-sweet flavorless sugar water? Seriously, I don't get it at all. I know what tapioca tea is supposed to taste like, because I used to work at one of the most popular tapioca places in Houston. Neither I nor my husband could finish our drinks. I got the vanilla milk tea with tapioca, which didn't have even the vaguest hint of vanilla, and my husband had the coffee milk tea with baby tapioca and regular tapioca. They were awful. Big, yes, but awful. I really wanted to got back and get my money back. Two stars because the woman behind the counter was nice and there were some delicious Kasugai Lychee Gummies conveniently available to buy-- definitely a good choice of item to stock. I shared them (cut up, of course) with my dog and rats when I got home. Didn't save any of my drink for my dog, though, because even my dog wouldn't drink that shit. read more

Twinkle is a good place to go for bubble tea. They have a variety of tea options and you can choose what sinkers you want. I am also glad that you can customize the sugar and ice level while getting your cup filled to the top. Some bubble tea places do not allow it or you receive less product because the ice is no longer being used as a filler. Twinkle fills your cup to the top anyway. There other places to go for top of the line tea, but for the variety and options, Twinkle is a good place to go. The store has limited seating so it is not the place to hang out if you have a larger group. You can always enjoy your tea on the go. read more

I drive across town just to get coconut milk tea. My favorite place. If there was n option to give 10 stars, I would give them 11.

Honestly this place is underrated. The drinks are reasonably priced, and you get to choose what you'd like to put in your drink, be it jelly, pudding or fruits. Their snacks are pretty tasty and reasonably priced as well. They even offer free Wi-To. Overall experience was great. read more

I found this little gem, Yelped them and wanted to give them a try. They have unlimited toppings you can put in your drink like diff types of jelly, basil seeds, tapioca balls with no extra cost. I guess that's one of the good things about this place, unlimited toppings with no cost. I ordered the fried oysters and lobster balls. Pretty good and seasoned well. During the time I went, on their yelp they still had the check in offer, where you get 10% off if you check in. They stated that was over with already so I wasn't able to use it. You'd think they'd keep their yelp updated, I guess not. I had the Rose green tea, and it didn't taste fresh at all even though I had put all the unlimited goodies in there. Overall I'd prob come back if when I'm craving their lobster balls and fried oysters, cause those were delicious, but not back for the drinks even though they have unlimited toppings. read more

Mediocre. Only thing I like about this place is that you can put the toppings in yourself. Customer service was a little rude. During happy hour popcorn chicken is $1 with a drink. That is the only reason I come back. read more