Boba Panda

1796 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley
(510) 973-0786

Recent Reviews

Frankie Rodriguez

Super unprofessional business the drinks tasted disgusting, and she wouldn’t remake or adjust the beverages at all. When ordering, you were just at a kiosk, and she is not there to answer any questions about the menu. The drink options say latte or milk tea….? The taro is literally taro paste smeared around the cup with milk filled to the brim. It tasted grainy and unsweet and just overall disgusting. Finally, I had to ask for a refund which she did not give to me, and then she made her eight-year-old daughter come out and translate, the conversation between us, while yelling at me in Chinese. Super, super, super unprofessional, I cannot recommend and I will not be coming back.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Annabelle R.

This boba shop has a simple and inviting atmosphere, a bit of indoor seating, friendly and instant service, and a colorful menu of refreshing teas and beverages available. We got the passion fruit tropical fruit tea, and strawberry smoothie without cream on top, and they were served exactly as requested, just the right sweetness and flavor, and the perfect treats to take with us to the beach on a warm and sunny afternoon.

Fran G.

Super unprofessional business the drinks tasted disgusting, and she wouldn't remake or adjust the beverages at all. When ordering, you were just at a kiosk, and she is not there to answer any questions about the menu. The drink options say latte or milk tea....? The taro is literally taro paste smeared around the cup with milk filled to the brim. It tasted grainy and unsweet and just overall disgusting. Finally, I had to ask for a refund which she did not give to me, and then she made her eight-year-old daughter come out and translate, the conversation between us, while yelling at me in Chinese. Super, super, super unprofessional, I cannot recommend and I will not be coming back.

Sydney J.

I had been wanting to try them so after I found out they'd finally reopened, I ordered ahead for the fresh taro and ube, no sugar no ice, whole milk, with the milk tea option (you can pick milk tea or latte).They had probably made the drink right away but they didn't set a notification on the DoorDash order to explicitly confirm it was ready - I only got the standard automated message from DoorDash saying based on the original prediction time that it was probably ready. When I got there, the worker told me it had been ready quite a while ago.It really wasn't sweet at all, which is what I hoped for when eslecting no sugar, so it is good if you actually wanted to just basically drink taro and ube. However, I do wish there was more flavor in general, though I understand taro and ube aren't very strongly flavored to begin with as ingredients go; maybe a stronger milk tea would've helped to make the flavor more interesting.The prices are pretty expensive, unfortunately, but I might still be willing to give them another try since they have a decently sized menu including fruity drinks, matcha, and milk teas.

Mauricio Rivas

Excellent ?

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Bayden Jung

gave me food poisoning from “fresh taro” drink. overpriced. watery.

Matthew Daniel

I found it was expensive for what it was, the boba were tough when I was there shortly after noon on a weekend, and the selection seemed oriented toward slush drinks as compared to the tea varieties of other

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 2

Service: 3

Josh!

passion fruit tea was INCREDIBLE!!! got 50% sugar and it was perfect. unlike other places, the drink had lots of real passionfruit pulp as well as lime and grapefruit slices. tea flavor was also strong but not bitter at all. 1000/10 ?

Kim l.

The clerk was more interested in her phone than taking our orders. Also there was cigarettes smell wafting through from the back. So odd!We ordered a few of their top sellers and everything was overly sweet even though we got less sweet. Boba was kind of hard.

Marian W.

Warning: Watch it out if you place a mobile order here--they claimed they did not get my mobile (pick up) order, even though my credit card was charged and I received an email confirmation. They were unwilling to troubleshoot their POS system and told me to place another order. Be careful!

chloe gol

clean, efficient, yummy. a good quick bite!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Matthew Hise

I have diabetes – as such, I ordered what I was told would be a very subtly sweet Boba drink. I was served a drink that was incredibly sweet. I took it back to the counter and politely asked if there was something that we could add, perhaps, more milk, that would make the drink, less sweet. After a 15 minute back-and-forth trying to explain my concern to the woman behind the counter who didn’t seem to understand what I was saying, she told me there was literally nothing she could do to modify the drink. She suggested I purchase yet another drink. I was left with a drink that I couldn’t consume because of my diabetes. I ultimately left $10 out with no drink. She was completely unwilling to help in any way.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Nigelzapper “Nigelzapper” NC

Amazing service by the lady upfront, and gave me a very well-made boba, and A great price too,I have never reviewed anything but this definitely deserves it. For anyone who care, I got a plain iced boba milk tea 10/10 would go again.

Elizabeth L.

I have been wanting to try Boba Panda for years, they are finally opened again - I thought they were closed for good. I had drove by the old location in the past, but they were never opened - it looks like they remodeled and are a bit more clean/modern. Parking is street parking, which may be hit or miss. The employee working was not that friendly either.I ordered my usual - the jasmine milk tea with boba. I had high hopes for this spot, probably because I waited so long to try them out, but unfortunately it fell short of my expectations. The milk tea tasted like a candy milk tea like a slightly sweeten milk tea with a weird aftertaste to it.

Alaric S.

first time here and not that many folks were inside! i ended up getting the lychee tea add boba and my friend got a brown sugar boba! to my surprise, they were still making the boba which was another 15 minhot boba in a cold drink, well, that doesnt always work! instead of boba , they had us pick another topping instead! i like boba bran or chia seeds which they didnt have, but the server suggested agar jelly, which was a tad sweeter than bobathough i ordered my drink half sweet, it was still too sweet for my liking! we crossed off this boba place in the area to try! maybe we will try 25% sweet next time!

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