Great service! Fair price. Delicious drinks. My kids love to come and have a smoothie or fruit tea.
Anne Peng
BEST bubbles in Binghamton! And cheap! I love bubble tea! My family is from Taiwan. I grew up in Flushing (Queens) where there are over 20 bubble tea shops within a mile of my parents' house. In other words, I'm an expert on bubble tea.
Nihao is the ONLY place in Binghamton that gets the bubbles (aka tapioca pearls) right! Some people might disagree, but for me the most important part of bubble tea is the tapioca. Most bubble tea places mess up the bubbles. They either do not have the right texture (e.g. too mushy, too hard) or taste (e.g. too sweet, not sweet enough) or both. I've even had bubbles that were hard on the inside and not fully cooked! Moreover, after being cooked, the bubbles have a shelf life of a few hours, after which they become gummy and slimy. You can't refrigerate them either because then they become hard. In Taiwanese, the ideal texture is stylized in English as QQ, which is a very specific type of chewy that has some bounce to it (as opposed to, say, taffy which is chewy but has little bounce). All that to say, it's VERY hard to get the bubbles right. But somehow Nihao does it!
THAT SAID... Nihao does have fewer options for toppings compared to some other places. Some people in my family love to add pudding and grass jelly, which Nihao does not have.
Also, personally, I'm not picky about the tea. I know some people do not like the powdered mixes. There's no question that actual brewed tea with milk tastes better. But imo that's small potatoes! I can brew and mix the perfect cup of milk tea by myself at home. What I'm unable to do is obtain good quality tapioca and cook it to perfection!
OH! ALSO! Nihao is about $1-2 cheaper per drink than every other bubble tea place in Binghamton!🧋
Jill C
Loved my fruit tea with boba!!! 💕
Andrew Xie
Owner is very nice and always patient. The boba isn’t fancy but very authentic and traditional. The tapioca is the best here! Chewy and perfectly sweet, and you get like almost half a cup of tapioca in your drink.
Laura Nichols
The very best bubble tea! All the milk tea flavors are wonderful but we particularly love the taro and original milk tea. Their tapioca pearls are always the perfect texture too!
Westin Lee
Nothing wrong with it best bubbles tea I’ve ever had
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Ryan Truong
Easily the best boba in the area. Their tea comes through beautifully, the drinks aren’t overly sweet (like at taichi), and the tapioca pearls are just the right amount of chewiness. Prices are great too!
get the jasmine green tea rn
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Megan S
My favorite place for boba in town! Good prices, good boba, & fast service. Owners are actually from Taiwan so it is authentic and tasty, they always give me a lot of tapioca. Convenient parking too. I recommended to my friends and they like it too.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Eva Guzewicz
The tea here is always great, never watery. Tons of great flavors, cute and quiet atmosphere, and the man behind the counter is always very nice!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Lychee Jelly
James Hansel
Went in for two Boba's. Both tasted great with abundant Boba pearls. Very good price for drinks when compared to other places. Atmosphere was a little lacking, as the shop seems like it's in someone's home, no seating, weird items for sale. Overall, would reccomend if you're looking for a quick stop for Boba. :)
The owner is amazing and so sweet! The boba tasted perfect as well!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Heather Marie
If you're looking for a cute bubble tea spot, this is not it. I've been to cute and authentic bubble tea shops up and down the east coast and in the PNW that make this place seem like a parody. Customer service was non-existent which I might have been able to ignore if the bubble tea itself was good, but it was so watered down, it almost had no flavor. I like to support locally owned small business, but I also expect to get a good product.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Niyar Baivob
Cozy, not too busy, respectful staff. Great tasting boba
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
F Maplez
Best bubble tea place in the Binghamton area! It’s take out only so be aware. Prices were reasonable as well.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Olivia Sengsourichanh
This place is very calming including they also have fishes there and very beautiful plants , although they don't have much employees they still make the drinks very quickly and the boba has great texture! 10/10 would recommend the Thai tea!
Great service! Fair price. Delicious drinks. My kids love to come and have a smoothie or fruit tea.
BEST bubbles in Binghamton! And cheap! I love bubble tea! My family is from Taiwan. I grew up in Flushing (Queens) where there are over 20 bubble tea shops within a mile of my parents' house. In other words, I'm an expert on bubble tea.
Nihao is the ONLY place in Binghamton that gets the bubbles (aka tapioca pearls) right! Some people might disagree, but for me the most important part of bubble tea is the tapioca. Most bubble tea places mess up the bubbles. They either do not have the right texture (e.g. too mushy, too hard) or taste (e.g. too sweet, not sweet enough) or both. I've even had bubbles that were hard on the inside and not fully cooked! Moreover, after being cooked, the bubbles have a shelf life of a few hours, after which they become gummy and slimy. You can't refrigerate them either because then they become hard. In Taiwanese, the ideal texture is stylized in English as QQ, which is a very specific type of chewy that has some bounce to it (as opposed to, say, taffy which is chewy but has little bounce). All that to say, it's VERY hard to get the bubbles right. But somehow Nihao does it!
THAT SAID... Nihao does have fewer options for toppings compared to some other places. Some people in my family love to add pudding and grass jelly, which Nihao does not have.
Also, personally, I'm not picky about the tea. I know some people do not like the powdered mixes. There's no question that actual brewed tea with milk tastes better. But imo that's small potatoes! I can brew and mix the perfect cup of milk tea by myself at home. What I'm unable to do is obtain good quality tapioca and cook it to perfection!
OH! ALSO! Nihao is about $1-2 cheaper per drink than every other bubble tea place in Binghamton!🧋
Loved my fruit tea with boba!!!
💕
Owner is very nice and always patient. The boba isn’t fancy but very authentic and traditional. The tapioca is the best here! Chewy and perfectly sweet, and you get like almost half a cup of tapioca in your drink.
The very best bubble tea! All the milk tea flavors are wonderful but we particularly love the taro and original milk tea. Their tapioca pearls are always the perfect texture too!
Nothing wrong with it best bubbles tea I’ve ever had
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Easily the best boba in the area. Their tea comes through beautifully, the drinks aren’t overly sweet (like at taichi), and the tapioca pearls are just the right amount of chewiness. Prices are great too!
get the jasmine green tea rn
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
My favorite place for boba in town! Good prices, good boba, & fast service. Owners are actually from Taiwan so it is authentic and tasty, they always give me a lot of tapioca. Convenient parking too. I recommended to my friends and they like it too.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The tea here is always great, never watery. Tons of great flavors, cute and quiet atmosphere, and the man behind the counter is always very nice!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Lychee Jelly
Went in for two Boba's. Both tasted great with abundant Boba pearls. Very good price for drinks when compared to other places. Atmosphere was a little lacking, as the shop seems like it's in someone's home, no seating, weird items for sale. Overall, would reccomend if you're looking for a quick stop for Boba. :)
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 5
Service: 4
Restaurantji Recommends
The owner is amazing and so sweet! The boba tasted perfect as well!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
If you're looking for a cute bubble tea spot, this is not it. I've been to cute and authentic bubble tea shops up and down the east coast and in the PNW that make this place seem like a parody. Customer service was non-existent which I might have been able to ignore if the bubble tea itself was good, but it was so watered down, it almost had no flavor. I like to support locally owned small business, but I also expect to get a good product.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Cozy, not too busy, respectful staff. Great tasting boba
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Best bubble tea place in the Binghamton area! It’s take out only so be aware. Prices were reasonable as well.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
This place is very calming including they also have fishes there and very beautiful plants , although they don't have much employees they still make the drinks very quickly and the boba has great texture! 10/10 would recommend the Thai tea!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
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