Tapioca Express

This place went downhill after Covid, they don’t put fruits on top of the drinks anymore, my strawberry frost syrup was so sour like as if it was old and the ice cream part tasted watered down like as if they just put a bunch of ice for the large to make it quicker… this place is nasty now, don’t waste your time they obviously don’t care about the customers anymore. Just threw my nasty watered down drink away. Pure lazy workers who just want to leave quickly as they can even if it includes messing up an order, how sad. It tastes like a thin watered down smoothie

Cost 22 dollars for 3 drinks, one which was
missing and we had to ask for it again, then the girl gave us the wrong drink make up for the missing one.

Waited over 30 minutes for 3 drinks. People who ordered after us got their drinks first. Horrible customer service.

Good drinks when made correctly! The only thing is these poor things are so understaffed and stressed out.

Giving 2 stars because my first experience here was not great. We waited over 25 mins for 3 drinks while other people who came in after use were receiving their drinks first. I felt real bad there was only one barista scheduled. Not sure if I’ll give this place another try when there are so many other boba places.

I’m a big boba connoisseur but this place is not it. I’ve tried several things from the menu because I really wanted to like it but they all taste incredibly artificial. My family said the same as well. The food as well.

Im surprised that this place has only 4 stars. What’s not to like about TE. They are super fast, efficient, do non-milk, almond milk, thai tea! None of the places nearby are remotely close to how fast and convenient they are. Kudos.

Their drinks were great. I had a little bit of trouble finding the place but it wasn't too bad.

Super expensive and not good. And got my order wrong, which was pretty straightforward and there were no other customers. 0/10. If you’re around I’d recommend lollicup instead.

I love boba tea (without boba) and this is another one I happened into recently. The flavors are delicious. I prefer the boba tea places that have the smashed fruit in the tea. Tapioca Express is more like juice rather than fruit chunks, however, it is delicious. My husband prefers Tapioca Express to the places with smashed fruit so it's a personal thing, I think.

Had the mango icy cuz the guy recommended becuz it was my first time there and also said to pick a jelly so I pick mango and green apple I was very impressed.

The second time I went there I ordered the strawberry icy with Boba and green apple jelly. The strawberry icy was weak and u can't taste the strawberry at all and I'm not a fan of Boba becuz to me it had no taste.

I'm willing to try the pineapple and the watermelon ones next only with jelly not boba.

Best boba around, and believe me when I say we’ve tried them all. We live 15 minutes away but happily make the drive for a favorite treat. I love that the menu has so many choices, and we always get friendly, quick service. I also love that they’re open a little later than other places, so helpful!

Accessibility: there are a few disabled parking spots across from the entrance of this building and there are two ramps to get onto the sidewalk. The doors to enter are pull doors. There are no places to sit outside but there are short tables with moveable chairs inside.

Masks: required as of 2-6-2022. All the staff and customers were wearing masks.

Experience: this place is a little hidden but it's great! I ordered a peach green tea with aloe and it was very good. It was a stronger flavor than I expected but still good! My friend also loved her drink with boba in it. The employees were all super nice and welcoming!

I was in the Oceanside location today at 2: 45pm looking to get my favorite boba drink and snack. Not only was the kitchen closed for some reason but the young lady with curly long black hair that was working there was very condescending towards me and said she couldn’t make my drink because she had been getting complaints about it…I always order this certain drink and never had an issue with ordering it. All in all she just seemed like she was annoyed that maybe she had to work a little extra? Also with the kitchen being randomly closed and I could easily order food on postmates or doordash. I’m just really confused why it was complicated to order a drink and food from a place where that’s what they do? There was no sign saying the kitchen was closed and there was no sign saying my drink couldn’t get made either. She did make my drink and she was done she stated “this is the best that I can do” I was super confused the drinks were fine and tasted fine so yeah I just think she was annoyed cuz I made her work? Which was weird cuz she works at a restaurant lol.

I just order drinks and food at 6pm and they close 10pm but the guy i spoke too said i can make drinks only because of short people and i can’t able to cook the food because of short people but i saw 3 person inside and there’s few customer like 3 person only I don’t know if the staff was lazy to cook or they just don’t want to clean in the kitchen because there’s a lot of time to do it but they just rather don’t make money tonight poor owner.

Worst customer service ever. Didn't greet us when we walked in, just stared us down, ignored and never helped us. We walked out. What is wrong with your employees? !

Drinks are meh and the fried string bean is not even fried… I encourage the management to check out the fried green bean that the Island Burger is offering in the same price range.

Not sure why I still bothered coming to this location, besides it being convenient for me. Trust me when I say you’re better off taking your money to more deserving boba place.

Employees have the LOUSIEST attitudes. I’ll be waiting in line and hear at least one girl talking smack about a coworker who’s within earshot, or talk condescendingly to their customers, not sparing a modicum of respect. Shocked at how much worse it’s gotten, as if they despise anyone who enters this establishment.

Lately the boba has absolutely no taste whatsoever with the consistency of soft snot. If I order any food, it is the furthest thing from fried, let alone cooked or warm.

I experience this every.single.time. Suffice to say, this’ll be my last visit to this location. Hopefully it gets better management…

Rudest employees EVER! Came in today and was given the worst dirty looks ever. If looks can kill… I’d be dead. Drink was decent.

Was really happy with how generous they are with the serving size when I ordered extra boba, thank you! I love how they’re not stingy with ingredients, I love the great quality & their mocha ice boba?