Sweet, salty, and delicious Of course when we went to visit we tried Vivi's signature drinks; like their sweet and chewy mango sago drink and their refreshing fruit tea. But what I thought was the highlight of our trip was their curry flavoured Taiwanese popcorn chicken. It was tender and delicate and the subtle curry flavour and saltiness was so tasty. read more

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2.5 stars to be exact. Brought into their BOGO deal for two large iced Pineapple tea. Though, it sounds good and tempting on a hot Summer's day, and there's actually real fruits in the drink. The pineapple stings the mouth~what on earth is that? The tea itself was watered down with lots of ice and the chunks of pineapples cemented onto the bottom of the cup; Might the staff need to smash the fruit a bit? Overall, the BOGO deal is okay- the cups of teas were just not that good. read more

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One of few Vivi bubble tea shop open. The inside is super pink and cute. There's a lot of light decors which I didn't notice until I was on my way out. Super cute and can prob use their wall for a cute picture. Boba is as expected! A typical chain boba shop! They have a deal but one get one for a 3Q (3 topping - preselected, no alternatives) milk tea. I got the 3Q and it was good! Was a quick in and out experience. Wait time was less than 5 minutes with nobody in line to order and only one other individual waiting for their order. read more

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The cashier had a poor attitude and did not respond in a proper way . I planned to use my credit card and she answered with Mandarin " normally we don't take credit card under $10! With an education tone and taught me a lesson! After our interaction, it felt like they intentionally skipped calling my order number and did not even say "thank you." The customer service was disappointing. They were keep chatting to each other and ignored order!!!! It's not surprising that Vivi Bubble Tea is struggling to compete with other bubble tea shops. The store was small, not very clean, and the staff's attitude made the experience even worse. read more

Five stars for such a great deal and tasty bubble tea drink. I'm not sure if there's always a BOGO deal, but I saw a banner below the awning. The BOGO is only for the 3Q milk tea, which includes bubbles, custard and grass jelly. It sure is tasty, but I'm sure has a lot of calories. It will be perfect to get this when you have a friend around. The cup is also so cute and colorful. The service was friendly and quick. The shop isn't for dine-in and is located on the side street away from the 8th Ave chaos. They also have pretty good special combo deal that I plan to try soon. read more

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The star was really given for the bubble tea, all other things were terrible. When I stood right in front of the cashier, no greeting. She kind of ignored me and continued to chat with another staff. I placed an order for the taro bubble tea and a garlic popcorn chicken. Waited for about 7 minutes, checked on the status and I was told that the popcorn chickens would be ready soon. An Uber delivery gentleman and a panda delivery gentleman came in to pick up their deliveries and left. Then another girl was calling the order in Mandarin only. She waved at me as I did not respond to her when she called out the order, and she told me that my spicy popcorn chicken was ready. The cashier told her that she mixed up my order with the delivery gentleman and my order was garlic popcorn chicken. Then they told me to continue to wait and they would make me the correct one. That was about 12-13 minutes after I placed my order. I asked if I could get a refund instead of keep waiting, the response was no refund and the order would be done soon. If the order could be done so quickly, why did I spend over 10 minutes waiting for it at the first place? I would think they just put the popcorn chicken back to the oil to "clean" / "wash out" the spicy favor and put on the garlic favor instead. Horrible services as they mixed up two orders at once. They only called out the order in mandarin and assumed everyone understood it? If they do not speak Cantonese or English, they could at least call the order number in English. Not Asian looking people speaking Mandarin and/or Cantonese. The snacks are definitely overpriced. A small bag of popcorn chicken was charged $7+tax. The outside level of crispy was very thick. Last but not least, The space was very limited in the store front and basically customers had no space to wait for their orders. They placed two chairs in the street for customers to sit and wait, but one of the chairs was occupied by a non-customer. I believe she was a friend of one of the staff as they were sitting together, chatting and playing cellphone at the time I arrived at the store. read more

ViVi Bubble Tea - The outside crispy level was very thick. A very small bag of popcorn chicken. Definitely overpriced - Bubble Tea Near Me - Brooklyn, New York

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Always the best bubble tea and popcorn chicken. It is always consistent with all locations.

Time for an update! I have been coming here for about three years now to get my Vivi's fix! I have a weekly routine that I get bubble tea on Friday evenings especially after a hardworking week! My go-to drink now is Kumquat Lemon without any toppings. This drink is sooo good! It crunches my thirst and it is quite a unique flavor for a bubble tea store. On a good day, I get my Spicy Popcorn Chicken to go along with it! Delicious combination! read more

Vivi buddle tea is one of my favorite bubble tea chains in NYC, the tea tastes less superficial than a lot of other chains in my opinion.usually get half or less sugar is perfect.the boba is soft and chewy,just perfect texture. those girls working there are pretty and sweet, I heard some people try to hurt their business By posting bad pictures and leaving bad review, so I just wanna make sure to give them a credit, those milk tea are good tastes and those food are prefect，love it here read more

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Noticed a bunch of new bubble tea houses in the area and Vivi is one of them! Finally, don't have to travel all the way out to Chinatown in the city for my favorite bubble teas! Small little shop opened up right next to the B9 bus stop on 60th street, one of the busiest streets on 8th avenue. Ms. Adventurous today so I dived right in for the Yakault Green Tea and Grapefruit Jelly Tea. Green tea is crisp, the yakault, an Asian yogurt drink, gave it a nice sweetness. Even though they made my order wrong for the Grapefruit jelly, instead made a Grapefruit Pulp Tea, it was still refreshing on a 80 degree weather like today! read more

ViVi Bubble Tea - Yakult Green Tea, Grapefruit Pulp Tea. - Bubble Tea Near Me - Brooklyn, New York

One of my favorite for some bubble tea when I visit NYC. Nowadays, bubble tea shop is like everywhere in NYC. Surprising "Vivi" is still kind of my top choice to go for, that is if I'm near the place. If not, other options are fine too. They are usually pack in their tiny store especially when its like 2pm to 5pm. Students are out of schools and etc. Don't get me wrong, a lot of Yelpers or Tourist been complaining about their service there. I just want to let you know, they really don't give a sh*t, and they are mostly teenager working there. You're in the Chinatown area. So if you ever feel offended lol move on. Welcome to NYC! read more

ViVi Bubble Tea - uhh, trying new flavors. lol - Bubble Tea Near Me - Brooklyn, New York

Popcorn chicken was pretty good. Better than the 18ave one. Not too much powder. Ordered salt & pepper as well as the garlic one. Got passion fruit qq drink (comes with boba & lychee jelly) and mango Yakult with yogurt pop. Pretty refreshing for both. Workers were nice. read more

Great service. My drink was excellent and they got my order perfect which almost never happens at other boba tea places. Loved it!

I waited 25 minutes to get sausage and popcorn chicken because the staff forgot to tell the kitchen and they didn't even apologize. What a terrible service. read more

I got the oolong milk tea and basil popcorn chicken. The popcorn chicken is *amazing* - soft on the inside and a crunchy exterior/coating. Although, it is slightly too salty. The oolong milk tea tasted slightly off, but overall nothing that dissatisfied me. Highly recommend getting the popcorn chicken here! read more

I wasn't pleased with the bubble tea I got. I've been to many vivi bubble tea locations and this one wasn't so good. read more

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"Latte" is the Italian version of "Latte", which literally means milk. So many people thinkings Latte is coffee or expresso,actually Latte is just milk !!! Latte is not coffee, who tell you Latte must be taste like coffee?!!! Even you go to Starbucks order matcha latte,they just give to you matcha powder come with milk, no any coffee or expresso inside. hope you can learn new knowledge :)))) 「法文：Lait / 義大利文：Latte」其實這兩個洋文的意思是一模一樣的，都是指『牛奶』. 很多人以為拿鐵就是coffee或者濃縮expresso在裡面之類，拿鐵本來就不是咖啡，誰說拿鐵一定要有咖啡的味道？！！！舉一個最好的例子星巴克點一杯抹茶拿鐵，也只會給你抹茶粉加牛奶，一點也沒有咖啡因的成分在裡面，那也要隨意去diss人家嗎!!!! 希望你學到了新的知識:))))不客氣 read more

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I've been to TenRen, Kung Fu Tea, Quickly, Chatime, and etc. Today I decided to try something new and came into Vivi. The The bubble tea shop is small and modern. Like many tea shop now you can customize your drink in so many different ways. Ordered a popcorn chicken with curry favor and milk tea. The chicken was crunchy on the outside yet soft on the inside. At first it felt like I was eating something raw and had to double check for myself. The chicken was cooked but the texture was not to be desired. The popcorn chicken came in a good portion. The milk tea was A-OK and nothing special. The WOW factor is missing. I will come back and try the bubble milk tea in the future but not right away. read more

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OMG!!!!! I couldn't believe what I was drinking. And I didn't even know what the hell it was!!! So crazy.. Unbelievable!! read more

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*edit*(Jan 12th 2017) I tried a few more things since they opened, the taro bubble tea, bubble milk green tea and the passion fruit green tea with lychee jelly. My least favorite was the green tea milk. I felt like it was lacking in green tea flavor (the jasmine tea flavor). I know next time not to order that. My favorite is the passion fruit one. I noticed they also have lychee fruit tea. I must try that next. Newly opened bubble tea spot!! A ViVi bubble tea spot just recently opened up. Im guessing by the crowd of people either waiting to order or waiting to pick up their drinks, that this place opened up this week. A while ago, a Quickly once stood near this spot, but then it closed and the noodle place expanded and took the space. The store on the corner closed a few weeks ago and I guess they split the store into two and voila, came a small spot for ViVi to set up shop. They had a promo going on for their opening, for 3 days only, 50% off select drinks. It was either the grapefruit jelly, regular black tea bubble or herb jelly tea. I went for the grapefruit jelly since I never tried the grapefruit tea. It was pretty good. There was pulp inside which surprisingly was not bad since I hate pulp. The jelly was like jello, in globs. I was not expecting that type of jelly. It had no flavor but it was still good. read more

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Ahhhh Vivi you sexy minx you! How your delicious bubble tea has made my night amazing on numerous occasions. As a matter o fact I must come to see you every time I visit the city. If I do not...I am truly full of sadness. I always come here and get the peach bubble tea because often times it's filled with chunks of peach which really enhances the tea drink. Sometimes I get the standard black tea with milk. I always make sure I get bubbles in my drink though. I can usually get two regular teas for under 10 bucks. Often times different Vivi bubble tea locations only take cash...so make sure aware of this. I find this bubble tea place to be much tastier than all the rest. I still go to Quickly and Tbaar, but I like this the best. I highly recommend coming here wether you live in the city or your just visiting! read more

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The food was good! However the service wasn't as good. I called them for my food at 8:43, however I had to wait for 5 minutes for them to take my order. It was a delivery, however they took more than 30 minutes. I had to recall them again to get my food so I had to wait another 8-10 minutes. read more

Went here a few times and every time I come here, I leave disappointed. First, let's talk about how loud they play their music at night. At night, they blast music so loud that houses 2 blocks down can hear it. Not to mention, it's horrible music. So not only it's annoying, it's also disturbing. The store is dirty and messy as well. Whenever I come to this location, I NEVER get greeted. There is no basic customer service here at all. I don't know any of the workers personally so don't take my word on this, but they all seem really "stuck-up". They just take my order and take my money. Let's talk about how they make their drinks... Maybe the workers do this because they think they are so "skilled"? They rush your drinks so fast that it gets all messy and nasty. My cup is all wet and it leaves my hands being sticky. Does making drinks fast make you feel like a pro at making drinks? LOL.. I'm not talking about making drinks fast and efficiently. I'm talking about being messy and throwing sh*t around. I was obsessed with Vivi's takoyaki. I had it a few times in their Manhattan locations and it was so delicious. The one in Chinatown gives you such a great amount of stuff that goes on top of the balls. But this location... *laughs*. Their takoyaki was disgusting. I was eating it at night and it tasted very weird to me. Once I got home where there was light, I saw a weird "gelatin-like" gooeyness on top of my takoyaki balls. What the hell is that? There is no way takoyaki is made with anything like that. I have never experienced something like that before. I had takoyaki from multiple of places in NYC (not only Vivi's) and they all satisfied me and never had this issue. Most likely never coming back here ever again. read more

ViVi Bubble Tea - I have never had takoyaki like this before.Their takoyaki is disgusting. They even had this clear gooey gelatin layer on each takoyaki ball - Bubble Tea Near Me - Brooklyn, New York

I was pleasantly surprised to see that one of their drinks had plum! It's hard to find that in the US usually. It was the kumquat ice jelly (which is labeled kumquat lemon in English and kumquat plum in Chinese so uhhh), and I think the plum just referred to the single whole plum in my drink. Even at 30% sweet, it was a bit too much for my taste. The drinks came out pretty quickly, but overall, it's an average place. Good if you want a nice cold drink, but pretty standard as far as Vivi's and bubble teas go. read more

As much as I come here, all I can say is convenience. I come here normally at night when Kung Fu Tea,Tenren or Formosa is closed or when I want to grab a midnight snack. Extremely small store and one small table outside. Don't expect a bathroom. Vivi unlike other competitors sell snacks. Snacks like takoyaki, popcorn chicken, Taiwanese sausages. I always come here for the popcorn chicken and most of the time it taste different. Sometimes it's not crispy or it doesn't have enough taste. The takoyaki is stuff with corn and a small piece of octopus. I learn my lesson to not order through take out since the takoyaki gets soggy easily. The drinks are okay, the Jasmine milk green tea with herbal jelly is my favorite from most bubble tea stores and the fruit green teas get go wrong unless you don't want any sugar or sweetness(all syrup base). The service is may vary depending the the cashier working that day. I do recommend it if you are always looking for something to munch on and drink on at the evenings. read more

There's so many bubble tea popping up all over neighborhood and frankly, none of them really stands out from one another. I generally don't go to bubble tea shops unless I'm with a buddy that's in a dire need for some. For our visit we had the grapefruit fruit tea (no sugar added), passionfruit fruit tea (less sugar), and a side of pop chicken. My grapefruit fruit tea still tasted pretty sweet even though I told them no added sugar but I don't fault them since there's probably sweeteners/syrups in the grapefruit mix but my friend's passionfruit fruit tea was so sweet, she couldn't drink it. Also, the pop chicken was all just batter, no real pieces of chicken. Would I come here again? Why would I when 8th ave have so many different bubble tea shops. People like to pick and choose their favorite shops and vivi is definitely not mine. read more

ViVi Bubble Tea - Bubble tea + flounder - Bubble Tea Near Me - Brooklyn, New York

I have heard about ViVi bubble Tea. When my friend brought me their signature drink which is Black sugar pear milk tea. It tastes So love!it's really soooooo good ！！ I love the black sugar part. If you get bored of regular bubble tea , try this black sugar bubble tea . You will love it. Will go try their fruit tea ！！！ read more

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This place is racist to anyone who is not Asian. I waited 5 minutes while the manager had a casual conversation with someone who was not ordering and wasn't even acknowledged. The counter girl made eye contact with me twice ignoring me but then proceeded to help another Asian customer who came in after me within seconds of him walking into the shop. If you are not Asian you are definitely not welcome in this shop and they make sure you know it. read more

The Honeydew milk tea is the best every time I went I always order he same . It's 8 av logo so good. read more

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I went there around 2 pm today. The female cashier who took my order was on her phone chatting with friends. Ridiculous!! I was wondering where was the manager who allowed them to do so. read more

I'm generally a fan of Vivi Bubble Tea and frequently went there on a weekly basis after work. Today was different unfortunately. The drink I ordered was a regular large bubble and jelly milk tea. They only gave me the regular bubble milk tea (no jelly whatsoever). Halfway through the drink I realized that there was a dead fly in the drink. The fact that they don't check their drinks on a consistent basis and let something like hygiene be disregarded really upsets me. I will not be going to Vivi anymore and is quite disappointed in the fact that I went there frequently and have realized that there could've been flies in the drinks I've ordered throughout the year. read more

I got the honey dew bubble tea. The bubbles and tea was really good :) very refreshing read more

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Stumbled upon Vivi after having the hand pulled noodles dinner next door. Ordered medium lychee oolong no ice for me and large japanese matcha with red bean no ice for bf. Both drinks tasted good. The crowd was not that bad during night time so we got lucky we only waited 2-3mins for drinks. Cut one star because the register lady who got our order wasnt wearing any gloves when handling the money. Aside from handling money she also made the drinks too. read more

ViVi Bubble Tea - Medium lychee oolong and large matcha with red bean. - Bubble Tea Near Me - Brooklyn, New York

Before today, I would've given this place a 5 star review. I've been to this location enough times in this past summer until now to be considered a regular at some point. The staff there literally knew my drink order because I came so often and always got the same drink, a Peach Aloe Fruit Tea, bubbles instead of aloe. This is to say that I'm not hating on Vivis as a whole, but that they need to hire better staff or train their new hires better. I went to Vivis today expecting the same kind of service I had received before, but there was new staff members working the front. I ordered the same drink I always got, but when I received it, it was missing the ice jelly and chia seeds. I told them in English as such and they both seemed very confused. I figured since they were new that they just didn't know the drink menu as well and I pointed to the drink I wanted, which included the aforementioned jelly and chia seeds. They then made my drink again with just the ice jelly topping, without the bubbles and the chia seeds, and when I pointed this out, they seemed annoyed with me. Then one of the staff members, sounding quite annoyed, spoke in Mandarin stating to just put all the items into the drink as I requested and then to charge me an additional $0.50. The two staff members definitely assumed I couldn't understand Mandarin and so this comment seemed quite rude to me. (I speak and understand Mandarin, I just communicate much better in English.) In the end they didn't charge me the extra $0.50 but this whole experience left a bad taste in my mouth. It felt like I was being judged for not speaking to them in Mandarin and also for requesting for my drink to be made correctly. It also took over 10 minutes for this drink to be made and it normally takes 1. I loved this location, it's a convenient walk from my home, but I don't think I'll be coming back here. Perhaps it was just a fluke and I have had much better experiences prior to this event, but I don't want to support a place with staff that would so rudely disregard a customer and lack the basic training to know how to make the shop drinks. Instead, I would recommend Modern China Tea Shop for some more unconventional takes to bubble tea, and Teadora for really affordable budget bubble tea. read more

I order here all the time, and it's just a really great place to grab a quick drink or snacks. Their popcorn chicken and Taiwanese sausage are made fresh and piping hot. Their drinks are pretty decent varying from refreshing fruit teas to scrumptious milk teas. It's also really close to the 8 Ave train station so it's really convenient. read more

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Garbage. 3rd time in a month where I get on line first and get the last one to get the simplest order completed. Avoid the place entirely if one of the girls has tattoos on her left upper arm with mid length hair, and another one with a caked and flat face above shoulder length hair. 15 minute wait, I called them out, and they just laugh. Hopefully tiger drives them out of business read more

My frist vivi bubbles... good location ...a block away from the train station and right next to the B9... There is seating but only two and a mini table...the prices are ok... Price range around three to five bucks...I got the peach jelly with tapioca... They only put like one mini spoon full of bubbles in my drink... Not enough! I paid extra for bubbles and they skimmed on it.... Very disappointing...the taste of my peach jelly drink was yummy...light and still sweet...great with flavor... Paid about four seventy five for a large...without ice...they usually love to fill these drinks with ices... The designs are really cute... There's about three people working there... Service is good and fast... don't throw you receipt out ! They need to see your ticket number for drinks pick up.. read more

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I was really excited when vivi finally opened up a few blocks from where I live. I was highly disappointed though. Not only were the drinks not up to par compared to the bayard street location, the popcorn chicken was around a 15-30 minute wait. And it didn't even taste good at all. The store surely didn't need 4 people in the store front and 2 in the back. The workers were so busy talking amongst themselves that they couldn't get my order right and gave me attitude; rolled their eyes and continued their conversation. Horrible service! If possible, just make your way to another vivi. This location isn't worth anyone's time. read more

Ordered the garlic popcorn chicken and it was good the first couple of bites, but then the more I ate it the more intense the garlic flavor became. I ended up throwing out half the bag. The after taste was so bad and so strong and lasted for hours. Never again. The bubble tea is alright. My go-to-drink is always the 3Q milk tea. Definitely worth the price considering it comes with tapioca, pudding and herbal jelly. read more

The drinks there are usually too sweet for my liking so I ask for 30% sugar. If you say 50% it actually means original amount of sugar and 100% means twice as sweet. Their popcorn chicken used to be good, but now all I really taste is the flour, and the chicken is almost nonexistent. read more