My go to place for strawberry matcha. It can be a bit inconsistent with how good it tastes depending on who makes your drink. The honey boba is usually warm and fresh when you get your drink. Bobbivie is also good.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Nicole Spoljar
The quality of the tea and the taste was amazing. I truly appreciate places that prioritize organic ingredients and boba tea places that use real milk and not powder.The atmosphere and the inside of that place is really cute too, we spent a good amount of time just looking at the art on the wall that can be bought.No complaints on the service either, everyone was friendly.
We got The Osmanthus oolong with oat milk at 50% sweetness and added crystal Boba and it tasted a little watered down. Not sure if that was because we substitute oat milk or maybe we should of gotten honey Boba instead...The drink cups were cute and inside the boba cafe was very nicely decorated. There was lots of available seating when we visited during the afternoon.There are also a few seats located outside the cafe. We were out running errands and I had a bathroom and to be completely honest, it wasn't very clean. I appreciate the availability and use for customers, but it needed to be serviced a bit more. Maybe it was because they were short staffed at the time...Overall, I think there may be better boba options, but I'm willing to give them another chance next time we visit the area!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 3
차마고도
The staff is friendly and the food is good.However, it is not enough to sit quietly and enjoy.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Mandy L.
Cute little cafe in Vietnam Town! I was ordering on the Kiosk but a cashier offered to take my order, so that was nice! The drinks are alright, I think that there's definitely better places for boba in the same area. 3.5/5 stars!I used to study at Teahee, another boba shop in VN Town, but I now love studying here! The music is low so I can stay focused on doing my assignments, and I don't need noise cancelling headphones if I want to listen to my own music. They play music from artists like Mac DeMarco. I spend at least 3-4 hours here. There's chargers at every sitting area that's next to the wall so you don't have to worry about your devices dying. You can also buy plants here too! :)
Sydney May S.
Such a cute spot for milk tea and to purchase plants! I came here an hour before closing on a Monday night and it wasn't busy. The parking situation wasn't a problem for me, but I can see it being difficult on the weekends with so many different businesses in this plaza. There wasn't a line so I was able to order at the cashier, but I also saw there is a tablet to order from as well. The employee was nice and delivered my drinks to my table. They unfortunately ran out of Lavender which wasn't known until AFTER my friend placed her order and was given the option to choose any drink off the menu to replace it. I thought that was a nice offer, but should've been addressed before placing the order.The menu was quite large! Seems to be only one size for their drinks though. Most drinks are also customizable with sweetness and ice levels. I was eyeing the horchata series and ended up ordering the Strawberry Horchata, but unable to adjust its sweetness. It was good, but there was a strong cinnamon taste that was was overbearing of the strawberry flavor. Overall the vibe of the shop is cozy and there is sure to be a drink for anyone.
Jeremiah M.
If you're in the San Jose Vietnam Town Plaza and looking for boba, Tea Lyfe is where you should go!A local friend of mine took me and some other friends here to try it out, and walking in I really liked the way it was set up inside. The vibe felt kind of home-y using lots of wood furniture and many green plants around the store. I ordered one of the matcha drinks and it was pretty good, and the boba had a decent consistency to it. One of my friends was really excited about the Vietchata as it was a combination of Vietnamese Iced Coffee and Horchata. He's half Vietnamese half Mexican, so it was definitely great for him to see a representation of himself in the form of a drink haha!If I am in the area again I would come back for their drinks! Would recommend anyone coming here as well.
Albert Wong
Offers some cool reverse-engineering drinks like tea and latte (e.g. hojicha latte) and your obvious milk tea series. I got their strawberry hibiscus tea and it has a lot of strawberry bits in it which explodes with flavor after sipping it.
G Lee
Despite good atmosphere and service I give three stars. First and foremost the boba wasn’t good. It was like hard little balls. Not even chewy. Second even at low sweetness, which they openly recommend against, I’ve never had a jasmine tea as bitter as this. LuckilyI can drink butter tea, but others who tried it thought it was very bad. It’s not cheap either. I think I’d try other boba places around this mall.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 2
Service: 4
Matt
It's been hit or miss here, sometimes the drinks are great, other times it's flavorless water.
Super cute spot!!! The vibe inside is so pleasing. Plants everywhere! The employees are super nice and made our drinks very quickly! Absolutely will come here next time to get some work done!
Kathy B.
Love this place! I always find myself here to study for school + getting a delicious drink! There's plenty of tables with outlets if you plan on staying here a while to study or even to talk with your friends! You order on the screen they have or order at the front with the worker. The workers are usually really nice and helpful! Strawberry Lychee W/Boba : 10/10 Parking in front of the store may be difficult because there's so many restaurants/stores in the same vicinity.
Kelly T.
CUTE! So this was my first time coming, I had a couple friends who wanted to come by and study while grabbing some coffee together. When I first came in I already loved the interior and how calm it was, I ordered the bobbi vie and It was so freaking good! I loved all the flavors and everything was just so amazing and a calm place to study. I enjoyed it while me and my friends getting everything done :) I'll most def come back to study or just to pick up drinks! The service was good too as well, the only downfall is that the wifi is kinda iffy and was hard to connect but it's okay we got it to work other than that I enjoyed being here and being around plants it helps the community to focus better with the soft music and white noise they have playing around the shop as well!10/10 recommend
Gerald L.
Despite good atmosphere and service I give three stars. First and foremost the boba wasn't good. It was like hard little balls. Not even chewy. Second even at low sweetness, which they openly recommend against, I've never had a jasmine tea as bitter as this. LuckilyI can drink butter tea, but others who tried it thought it was very bad. It's not cheap either. I think I'd try other boba places around this mall.
Lisa W.
This boba place was a disappointment. First they have those 1990s cups for boba and not those resealable ones. Limited toppings too. Not like the newer ones, but came because it had good reviews.The milk tea flavor itself wasn't too bad, it was the hard stale honey boba that got me. It definitely was NOT fresh boba. It was hard and stale and starchy. What a waste! I drank the milk tea but spit all the boba out. So gross. I also added grass jelly and they put like 3 semi-medium size one, usually you get more but they on stingy side. Would not come here again! I'll stick with what the common boba shops that I know.
My go to place for strawberry matcha. It can be a bit inconsistent with how good it tastes depending on who makes your drink. The honey boba is usually warm and fresh when you get your drink. Bobbivie is also good.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
The quality of the tea and the taste was amazing. I truly appreciate places that prioritize organic ingredients and boba tea places that use real milk and not powder.The atmosphere and the inside of that place is really cute too, we spent a good amount of time just looking at the art on the wall that can be bought.No complaints on the service either, everyone was friendly.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Strawberry Horchata, Matcha Sensation
We got The Osmanthus oolong with oat milk at 50% sweetness and added crystal Boba and it tasted a little watered down. Not sure if that was because we substitute oat milk or maybe we should of gotten honey Boba instead...The drink cups were cute and inside the boba cafe was very nicely decorated. There was lots of available seating when we visited during the afternoon.There are also a few seats located outside the cafe. We were out running errands and I had a bathroom and to be completely honest, it wasn't very clean. I appreciate the availability and use for customers, but it needed to be serviced a bit more. Maybe it was because they were short staffed at the time...Overall, I think there may be better boba options, but I'm willing to give them another chance next time we visit the area!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 3
The staff is friendly and the food is good.However, it is not enough to sit quietly and enjoy.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Cute little cafe in Vietnam Town! I was ordering on the Kiosk but a cashier offered to take my order, so that was nice! The drinks are alright, I think that there's definitely better places for boba in the same area. 3.5/5 stars!I used to study at Teahee, another boba shop in VN Town, but I now love studying here! The music is low so I can stay focused on doing my assignments, and I don't need noise cancelling headphones if I want to listen to my own music. They play music from artists like Mac DeMarco. I spend at least 3-4 hours here. There's chargers at every sitting area that's next to the wall so you don't have to worry about your devices dying. You can also buy plants here too! :)
Such a cute spot for milk tea and to purchase plants! I came here an hour before closing on a Monday night and it wasn't busy. The parking situation wasn't a problem for me, but I can see it being difficult on the weekends with so many different businesses in this plaza. There wasn't a line so I was able to order at the cashier, but I also saw there is a tablet to order from as well. The employee was nice and delivered my drinks to my table. They unfortunately ran out of Lavender which wasn't known until AFTER my friend placed her order and was given the option to choose any drink off the menu to replace it. I thought that was a nice offer, but should've been addressed before placing the order.The menu was quite large! Seems to be only one size for their drinks though. Most drinks are also customizable with sweetness and ice levels. I was eyeing the horchata series and ended up ordering the Strawberry Horchata, but unable to adjust its sweetness. It was good, but there was a strong cinnamon taste that was was overbearing of the strawberry flavor. Overall the vibe of the shop is cozy and there is sure to be a drink for anyone.
If you're in the San Jose Vietnam Town Plaza and looking for boba, Tea Lyfe is where you should go!A local friend of mine took me and some other friends here to try it out, and walking in I really liked the way it was set up inside. The vibe felt kind of home-y using lots of wood furniture and many green plants around the store. I ordered one of the matcha drinks and it was pretty good, and the boba had a decent consistency to it. One of my friends was really excited about the Vietchata as it was a combination of Vietnamese Iced Coffee and Horchata. He's half Vietnamese half Mexican, so it was definitely great for him to see a representation of himself in the form of a drink haha!If I am in the area again I would come back for their drinks! Would recommend anyone coming here as well.
Offers some cool reverse-engineering drinks like tea and latte (e.g. hojicha latte) and your obvious milk tea series. I got their strawberry hibiscus tea and it has a lot of strawberry bits in it which explodes with flavor after sipping it.
Despite good atmosphere and service I give three stars. First and foremost the boba wasn’t good. It was like hard little balls. Not even chewy. Second even at low sweetness, which they openly recommend against, I’ve never had a jasmine tea as bitter as this. LuckilyI can drink butter tea, but others who tried it thought it was very bad. It’s not cheap either. I think I’d try other boba places around this mall.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 2
Service: 4
It's been hit or miss here, sometimes the drinks are great, other times it's flavorless water.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 5
Restaurantji Recommends
Super cute spot!!! The vibe inside is so pleasing. Plants everywhere! The employees are super nice and made our drinks very quickly! Absolutely will come here next time to get some work done!
Love this place! I always find myself here to study for school + getting a delicious drink! There's plenty of tables with outlets if you plan on staying here a while to study or even to talk with your friends! You order on the screen they have or order at the front with the worker. The workers are usually really nice and helpful! Strawberry Lychee W/Boba : 10/10 Parking in front of the store may be difficult because there's so many restaurants/stores in the same vicinity.
CUTE! So this was my first time coming, I had a couple friends who wanted to come by and study while grabbing some coffee together. When I first came in I already loved the interior and how calm it was, I ordered the bobbi vie and It was so freaking good! I loved all the flavors and everything was just so amazing and a calm place to study. I enjoyed it while me and my friends getting everything done :) I'll most def come back to study or just to pick up drinks! The service was good too as well, the only downfall is that the wifi is kinda iffy and was hard to connect but it's okay we got it to work other than that I enjoyed being here and being around plants it helps the community to focus better with the soft music and white noise they have playing around the shop as well!10/10 recommend
Despite good atmosphere and service I give three stars. First and foremost the boba wasn't good. It was like hard little balls. Not even chewy. Second even at low sweetness, which they openly recommend against, I've never had a jasmine tea as bitter as this. LuckilyI can drink butter tea, but others who tried it thought it was very bad. It's not cheap either. I think I'd try other boba places around this mall.
This boba place was a disappointment. First they have those 1990s cups for boba and not those resealable ones. Limited toppings too. Not like the newer ones, but came because it had good reviews.The milk tea flavor itself wasn't too bad, it was the hard stale honey boba that got me. It definitely was NOT fresh boba. It was hard and stale and starchy. What a waste! I drank the milk tea but spit all the boba out. So gross. I also added grass jelly and they put like 3 semi-medium size one, usually you get more but they on stingy side. Would not come here again! I'll stick with what the common boba shops that I know.