Tala Coffee & Tea

10734 San Pablo Ave, El Cerrito
(510) 660-8555

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G. H.

Chill vibes. Delicious drinks and yummy food. Enjoyed their Thai tea and avoc6egg sando while doing some office work.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Monica Boedigheimer

I love the egg and avocado sandwich. Everything seems carefully handmade to order. The staff is friendly and there's always some nice instrumental music playing, not too loud. Great place for conversation.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Theresa Washington

The coffee and tea drinks were delicious

Atmosphere: 5

Service: 5

аскар кенжеев

Turkeys avocado sandwich is super good !

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

David Paris

amazing avocado turkey sandwich

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Cloudy

I am a lifelong fan of bubble tea, so I’ve had my fair share of experiences with these from various cities that I’ve lived in in my life. This place has hands-down by far the worst bubble tea I have had in my entire life.

I went here with my niece yesterday- we both ordered Jasmine green tea with bubbles, and when we started drinking them in the car, we both agree that they were both extremely bland and unsweet.

I got mine with 50% sweetness, and it tasted like there was no sugar at all in it, and my niece got 100% sweetness, and she said that it tasted like it had no sugar as well. There was absolutely no flavor either of the supposed tea that was in these drinks. All either of us could taste was the milk. Additionally, I got almond milk put in mine, which I should add is an extra dollar charge to switch from the default they add which is powder milk. That is just absurd..

May I add that these drinks were hefty as far as the cost. It was about $16 for two of these drinks, including tip, which I severely regretted giving later. These people do not deserve your money!!! They are a scam! I seriously hope that they go out of business and I don’t say that lightly.

There are so many bubble tea places in the Bay Area to choose from, so there’s no need to go to one that is so bad and overpriced.

I guess the icing on the cake is that the people that work there aren’t very friendly.

AVOID at all costs!

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 1

Service: 1

Kayden Mc

I wish more people knew about this place, it's really nice and all the tea and food is great. I hope they stick around for a while longer!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Anya Shcheglova

Genuinely terrible experience and a scam.

I placed an order online, I got multiple confirmation messages about the order, one even saying the “order was confirmed by the merchant.” Once I arrived I had to get the owners attention because he was on his phone in the back. When he finally got off his phone and came to the counter he started aggressively giving me directions on how to order. I said I had an online order, but he claimed otherwise. I kept trying to show him proof of my order but he continued aggressively saying that he didn’t get an order. He didn’t care that I had already paid for the order either. At a certain point I was just fed up with his rude behavior, so I just left. Waste of money and time, do not come here, terrible service.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Simple Snacc

Big waste of time. I waited by the cashier for 10 minutes and the guy didn’t even acknowledge me or even say to wait a few minutes. terrible.

Papa K

I’ve taken my daughter here a few times for boba since it’s near where we live. I should’ve listen to her and gone to Ranch 99. The guy always look like he doesn’t want to be there. Today May 20, 2025 my daughter asked for a blended taro smoothie but he made a taro milk tea. We asked him if he could remake the drink and he gave a short answer “I can’t”the look of disappointment on my daughter’s face after he rejected hurt me.
Let me tell you the drink tasted like perfume and not even close to taro. Last time we will ever go back to the shop. 1 star for poor customer service and 1 star for the disgusting drink.

California Living

The best top 3 in the east bay

Regine B

Every time I come here it makes me regret coming back, the guys attitude SUCKS so badly he definitely shouldn’t be taking orders and dealing with customers, he has the worst customer service ever ! He needs help he’s doing everything by himself and it shows

Alexis Parker

Decent boba drink. I always get the taro smoothie, never fails. Nice and quiet for those looking to study or work from a cafe. Lots of space.

Corley Lacey Whitfield

drinks are always good and it’s never a hit or miss. i always get the same thing but it’s always good or better than the last time never a one hit wonder! the sandwich i got which was the turkey avocado sandwich was okay. a lot of avocado and onion but little turkey. i’m sure you ask for your specific topping preferences that wouldn’t be a problem. found out about this place a couple weeks ago and have been a regular ever since. my new favorite boba place ever since the first time i came. highly recommend! (the boba in the picture is the devil zang zang, if you like boba and oreo and don’t know what to try definitely get that. it’s also the middle boba picture on the window.)

Recommended dishes: Milk Tea W

H K

I asked for the egg and avocado sandwich because it looked so good on the pictures but they gave me an avocado sandwich with a boiled egg on the side, so check your to-go orders before leaving the place.
The coffee was very good tho.

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