This is a great choice for lunch. They have nice combo meals with food + tea. You do have to upgrade if you want a milk tea with boba but it is worth it (versus a standard tea). They don't ask for tip and they offer a staff discount. I like the crispy chicken or crispy pork steak extra spicy. I would caution that it is easy to forget and get the wrong tea without boba you need to be sure to specify. It would be nice if they asked as I guess most people want the tea with boba.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Crispy Pork Steak
Liz Zhang
Crispy chicken combo and strawberry frost with boba are the main culprits for my freshmen 20 pounds but I’ve never
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 5
Service: 1
Maxime Lorang
The food is absolutely horrendous, chicken cold plastic like, rice is mid and
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 4
Andrew C.
This spot is clowned on pretty hard by basically everyone at UCSD, and sometimes for good reason. The milk tea and boba can be lacking at times, but I think the meal options make up for it. For the price, I find the sausage rice combo to be a solid meal, especially when it's drizzled in sweet and sour sauce. Shoutout to the workers who replaced my meal for free after I dropped it trying to douse it in sauce!
hena ramay
I ordered stir-fry with vegetables and tofu and it was a very sweet goo with boiled broccoli and carrots. It was tasteless and really not what you would expect from a simple stir-fry. I had to add different sauces to it to make it edible. A lot of people were ordering bubble tea from here so I suppose that is what it is better at. No recommended
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 3
John Mark Ramento
Their staff Joaquin was really great! Made my boba made my day!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Tommy Can
Order the chicken combo meal on Saturday and now as of Tuesday I am hospitalized with food poisoning. Avoid this
Food: 1
Paulina Sanchez
The fries are excellent! I asked for medium spicy and it was still a proper spice level so do beware if you can't handle spice.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Emily Gharibian
i had ordered online but mistakenly at the wrong location. the manager was extremely kind about it and made it at the ucsd location with no extra charge. food was delicious, and quick!
Regina Mareglia
Best boba I’ve had in years. Also chicken snacks slapped.
I had tapex on a Monday night and the experience was amazing! The cashier Eva was very attentive and welcoming, and provided me amazing customer service when asking what was popular here. There is a reallly extensive menu with combos, snacks, blended drinks, and regular milk teas. I got the recommended Triton MT and it was so delicious! Perfect hint of flowery and a subtle milkiness. I really recommend this place because of the crispy chicken snack - so crispy, crunchy, and the sweet chili sauce is amazing. Usually, I mix sweet chili and sriracha together for sweet and spicy.
Alice Y.
Do not get crispy fried pork steak. It was nasty to the point that I had trouble finishing it.
Grace N.
A lot of people hate on TapEx. A lot. However, for me I believe that TapEx is severely underrated. $10 bucks for a meal I can eat for two days and it comes with boba? I honestly crave their crispy chicken sometimes and the free green tea goes so good with the combo meal. Been going here as a UCSD student and I still go sometimes for a quick meal! Good place for college students looking for a late night snack or quick meal :) Reccommend: Crispy Chicken Meal with Green Tea (add boba) Must eat the chicken with the sweet chili sauce that they offer on the side! The spice level is also not that bad so I usually get medium spicy. I would also recommend getting the #1 Crispy Chicken Rice over the Manager's Special Crispy Chicken Bowl because it comes with more food and includes a free tea drink.
Qixuan X.
Chicken was good. Rice and the cabbage was terrible, Super raw and under flavor. Had only finished the crispy chicken and didn't touch the rice.
This is a great choice for lunch. They have nice combo meals with food + tea. You do have to upgrade if you want a milk tea with boba but it is worth it (versus a standard tea). They don't ask for tip and they offer a staff discount. I like the crispy chicken or crispy pork steak extra spicy. I would caution that it is easy to forget and get the wrong tea without boba you need to be sure to specify. It would be nice if they asked as I guess most people want the tea with boba.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Crispy Pork Steak
Crispy chicken combo and strawberry frost with boba are the main culprits for my freshmen 20 pounds but I’ve never
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 5
Service: 1
The food is absolutely horrendous, chicken cold plastic like, rice is mid and
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 4
This spot is clowned on pretty hard by basically everyone at UCSD, and sometimes for good reason. The milk tea and boba can be lacking at times, but I think the meal options make up for it. For the price, I find the sausage rice combo to be a solid meal, especially when it's drizzled in sweet and sour sauce. Shoutout to the workers who replaced my meal for free after I dropped it trying to douse it in sauce!
I ordered stir-fry with vegetables and tofu and it was a very sweet goo with boiled broccoli and carrots. It was tasteless and really not what you would expect from a simple stir-fry. I had to add different sauces to it to make it edible. A lot of people were ordering bubble tea from here so I suppose that is what it is better at. No recommended
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 3
Their staff Joaquin was really great! Made my boba made my day!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Order the chicken combo meal on Saturday and now as of Tuesday I am hospitalized with food poisoning. Avoid this
Food: 1
The fries are excellent! I asked for medium spicy and it was still a proper spice level so do beware if you can't handle spice.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
i had ordered online but mistakenly at the wrong location. the manager was extremely kind about it and made it at the ucsd location with no extra charge. food was delicious, and quick!
Best boba I’ve had in years. Also chicken snacks slapped.
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they served me crispy chicken that was raw inside
I had tapex on a Monday night and the experience was amazing! The cashier Eva was very attentive and welcoming, and provided me amazing customer service when asking what was popular here. There is a reallly extensive menu with combos, snacks, blended drinks, and regular milk teas. I got the recommended Triton MT and it was so delicious! Perfect hint of flowery and a subtle milkiness. I really recommend this place because of the crispy chicken snack - so crispy, crunchy, and the sweet chili sauce is amazing. Usually, I mix sweet chili and sriracha together for sweet and spicy.
Do not get crispy fried pork steak. It was nasty to the point that I had trouble finishing it.
A lot of people hate on TapEx. A lot. However, for me I believe that TapEx is severely underrated. $10 bucks for a meal I can eat for two days and it comes with boba? I honestly crave their crispy chicken sometimes and the free green tea goes so good with the combo meal. Been going here as a UCSD student and I still go sometimes for a quick meal! Good place for college students looking for a late night snack or quick meal :) Reccommend: Crispy Chicken Meal with Green Tea (add boba) Must eat the chicken with the sweet chili sauce that they offer on the side! The spice level is also not that bad so I usually get medium spicy. I would also recommend getting the #1 Crispy Chicken Rice over the Manager's Special Crispy Chicken Bowl because it comes with more food and includes a free tea drink.
Chicken was good. Rice and the cabbage was terrible, Super raw and under flavor. Had only finished the crispy chicken and didn't touch the rice.