I used to come here all the time a couple years ago. Unfortunately it is not the same. I used to be obsessed with their ultimate red velvet milkshake. Came with ice cream and macarons on top. The same thing I've always gotten. Unfortunately, the quality was terrible and the price was more. $17 for a milkshake that tastes like absolutely nothing very disappointing and won't be coming back anymore. read more

I've been going to Alpha for years and can say they have the best Nutella shake I've ever tasted! I really like the new interior design and how they value a clean and pretty presentation style. The kulfi plates and shakes are my go-to choices and I have rarely been disappointed. They have the kulfi sticks in several flavors, so there are options for everyone. I love stopping by after dinner to grab a late night dessert! For how busy they always are, the service is pretty timely. I also really appreciate how flexible they are to modified requests. I really liked one of the elevated shake options, but wanted Nutella ice cream instead of the original red velvet-and they made it for me! It was delicious and exactly how I imagined it. Can't wait to try their main course items next time! read more

Alpha Dessert Juice Cafe - Hillcroft - Desserts Near Me - Houston, Texas

I enjoyed their cane sugar juice! It is fresh pressed and very nostalgic. I used to drink cane sugar juice all the time as a child. My sister's strawberry kiwi smoothie was good too. Everything is made fresh with real fruits. read more

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Prepaid for drinks over the website via Google because my mother forgot her purse at home. Staff lets her know no one's paid for the drinks and refuse to give it to her even though she specifically said my name for the drinks. Even told staff what two drinks were ordered. At this point, business seems like it's running a scam. Piss poor quality service and staff. This is definitely going to BBB read more

Alpha Dessert Juice Cafe - Hillcroft - This is the receipts for yesterday's order. Refused to give drinks. - Desserts Near Me - Houston, Texas

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I hired Alpha Dessert Houston to cater a party for 150 people, alongside five other vendors. Every other vendor arrived on time, was fully prepared, and received glowing reviews and multiple referrals from my guests. Unfortunately, Alpha Dessert was over an hour late and completely unprepared to serve as the event started, which threw off the entire schedule and caused unnecessary stress for me and my guests. When I tried to give the owner honest feedback about how their lateness and lack of preparation affected my event, instead of offering a sincere apology or taking responsibility, I was told that my tone was the problem. There was no acknowledgment of their own shortcomings, just excuses and a lack of accountability. This was incredibly frustrating and unprofessional, especially considering how smoothly everything else went with the other vendors. If you value punctuality, preparedness, and respectful communication from your caterer, I strongly recommend looking elsewhere. My experience with Alpha Dessert Houston was disappointing from start to finish. read more

Ordered pani puri. Asked for more "pani" was told they will charge me for that. The pani that they give is about 6-8 tablespoons for 8 puris. Never going there. read more

great dessert place with some over the top dessert options. the cashier was reasonably helpful and friendly but mainly matter of fact. the desserts are made to order so you can see them being built. the atmosphere isn't the instagram vibe but that means the prices aren't inflated. read more

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I come here about once a month for Indian dessert. It is super casual spot. You order up at the counter and pick up your order when it's ready. I usually order the "Rabri Delight" which is ice cream/kulfi covered with rabri and some nuts. Rabri is a thick creamy topping and the closest thing I can compare it to is condensed milk, but even that is not really close... I usually bring my friends who are looking to try something new to this unassuming spot for the desserts, and they fall in love. Other things I enjoy here are the chikoo milkshake and the mango drink. read more

Yesterday me and my friend to hillcroft location. My friend ordered pistachio falooda. Me and her tasted the falooda's milk eas old rotten, smell so bad and tasted really bad. I would not recommend this place. read more

One of a kind for desi drinks, but way too overpriced! Usually love the sugar cane juice and mango shake from here! read more

Alpha Dessert Juice Cafe - Hillcroft - Desserts Near Me - Houston, Texas

Got the cookies and cream ultimate shake. The ice cream on top was good, but the shake itself was just watered milk. read more

Alpha Dessert Juice Cafe - Hillcroft - Cookies and Cream ultimate shake - Desserts Near Me - Houston, Texas

This was my first time here, Jordan and Hose helped me find the best chicken wrap I ever had in my life! Hands down! Crispy juicy fresh, and the restaurant is very clean read more

This place has rebranded it's name to Alpha Juice & Cafe. The place is quite known for its desserts, specially Falooda, along with freshly made juice. Post rebranding it has also started serving snacks like Pani Puri and others. We ordered Original Falooda, Lahori Falooda and Pistachio Kulfi. I found Kulfi to be okayish, not sweet enough too. I guess should have had ordered Original Kulfi as well. Falooda is a North Indian or probably migrated from Middle East to India. It's basically some vermicelli with Kulfi or ice cream with some nuts. I really liked the Lahori Falooda, which had Kulfi on the top. Whereas the original was good too. The original Falooda was rose flavored. The portion size is big, so I'd suggest sharing it with at least one person unless you have a really sweet tooth and can eat the whole thing. We ordered 2 Falooda shared between 3 people and we couldn't finish it all. read more

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The milkshakes are really good and if you're looking for a crazy decorated milkshake, this is one of the only places in Houston I know of that does them. The birthday cake shake was good and the Macarons on top were surprisingly really well made. They were chewy and fresh and I loved that they came with the shake! I did give 4 stars though because these milkshakes are very expensive and we did not know that before we drove all the way way there. I knew they would be more expensive than a normal shake because of the way they looked but they were like 11 dollars each which is pretty high for a shake. Even though it was really good, I probably wouldn't come back because of the high prices. read more

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I've been wanting to try a falooda for years now and finally got to have one tonight! The man that rang us up answered all of our questions and was very nice. I had the cream soda falooda and my family had the rose falooda, dulce de leche falooda & cookies n cream shake. It was all super delicious. I love that they are open late. We got our drinks very quickly as well. I can't wait to go back to try more menu items. read more

Never had a falooda before but it was so good and the staff was incredibly helpful! I'll definitely be back.

delicious kashmiri tea, mozzarella sticks, and dubai chocolate pistachio ice cream with strawberries. limited staff behind the counter so service is not super fast but is still reasonably prompt. plenty of seating and they keep the place clean. read more

Seriously? I came from Katy to Hillcroft to eat at this place and was very disappointed to not have air conditioning. How can this happen when the temperature is 97 degrees?? Never again!!! They may not care about losing a family of customers but NO ONE SHOULD GO THERE! read more

Amazing falooda! Try their signature falooda with mawa rabri ice cream including fresh and dry fruits. You will never go to any other falooda place... maybe Aga's but still Alpha is Alpha! read more

They have really good fresh juices & also a very good fusion menu cooked with fresh ingredients. Almond shake is a must try Mango Shake & mangonada read more

The staff was extremely rude for no reason. She did not smile, she got mad while I just trying to order one item. The food was pricy and average. I will not go here again. read more

This is a great dessert spot! We ordered signature falooda and rabri delight. Both are fantastic! read more

Alpha Dessert Juice Cafe - Hillcroft - Signature falooda - Desserts Near Me - Houston, Texas

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The original establishment is probably trying to reinvent itself to have a broader appeal and it also appears to be working. This used to be a more inside only haunt for south Asian connesiuers of fruit desserts and fruit juices and milk shakes. There were several items that were not available when we visited but I tried the Rabri which is a thick syrupy and very filling milk solids dessert with crushed nuts and generally associated with the southern sindh province of Pakistan The rose falooda is thinner than it generally is and probably needs more ice cream in the mix. The Chikoo milk shake was just the way I have tasted it in south Asia as well. I just worry a little about the hygiene though. The bathroom was not functioning and it was quite disgusting in there actually If they don't care what the bathroom looks like it just worries me about the overall hygiene issues. read more

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One of the best place me & my girlfriends had icecream from their flavours were the best & it was almost closing time guess like 15 minutes . Pedro & leticia were the most sweetest people they welcomed us in with a smile and still served us . I would highly recommend this place coz the staff is very welcoming and friendly . read more

Their desserts are amazing! We have been twice and tried their Karachi burger (their version of bun kebab) and mozzarella sticks which were just okay. Things worth trying are kachori and chicken paratha roll which are excellent! Sugarcane juice and cold coffee transported us back to Pakistan! Parking available in the strip mall and restaurant is always clean and up to covid standards. Highly recommend! read more

Alpha Dessert Juice Cafe - Hillcroft - Kachori, Paratha roll, mozzarella sticks and Karachi burger - Desserts Near Me - Houston, Texas

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Came here for dessert after a ridiculously filling lunch buffet down the street at Bhojan on a Friday on the recommendation of my coworker, who's Pakistani. It was going to be a day full of gastronomic pleasure! The place, according to her, was newly renovated because she was there a couple of weeks before and it looked different. I don't know how different - just different. Just know that the decor is new. :) There are some simple tables and chairs scattered around and what looked like one person working the front and a person in the back, making the desserts/drinks. Don't expect much friendliness or even a smile because I didn't really see one. They had a steady trickle of customers. The place wasn't very clean - the tables still had bits of food crumbs scattered about - but the area was open and well lit. They seem to specialize in desserts - mainly falooda (an ice cream-milk-noodle dessert of varying flavors) and some smoothies. I'm intrigued by the sugar cane juice since I love it, but I've only had the Vietnamese version. I wonder if Pakistani sugar cane juice is any different? However, I wanted to indulge a bit, but not too much, so I got the kulfi (Indian/Pakistani ice cream.. I believe they're made with condensed milk?). They also offer some savory options (I recall reading something about a burger), but it's mainly all about the sweets. The important stuff. They make their own kulfi. If you look over the counter, there's a section with these molds with little wooden sticks coming out of them. Those are kulfi molds. They have several different flavors like malai (milk/original), pistachio, and mango. I think they also have chocolate and strawberry as well, but don't quote me on that. I got the pistachio. The lady took it out of its metal mold, wrapped the bottom in some wax/parchment paper, wrapped that in a paper napkin, and handed it to me. Awesome. The kulfi was good - the texture 'thicker'/creamier (more solid?) than your usual ice cream and they use REAL pistachios. It's also not too sweet! My two coworkers got the Kashmiri Falooda, which was reportedly very good. I got a taste of the ice cream portion of it. It's like a Pakistani/Indian version of a root beer float, but no root beer. I can't really make a final decision, though, since I only got the ice cream and not the liquid or the other items in there. I'm mainly worried on if it's too sweet. I may visit again so I can try the full cup (and probably share it; it's a pretty decent sized cup). My Pakistani coworker who's a regular said she likes the place because they use real stuff and not flavorings, so when you're there during mango season, their mango-flavored stuff is divine. Basically, good place to get a sweet treat. I highly recommend the kulfi based on my taste. Service is okay and cleanliness could be a lot better. However, just based on the food, I'd definitely return if I'm in the area. UPDATE: I finally returned and got their Original Falooda. I went with my sister and a friend and we all shared that one cup. It surprisingly reminds me of a Vietnamese dessert drink called Suong Sa Hot Luu (it's actually my favorite Vietnamese dessert drink and the flavors are very, VERY similar) but a little sweeter, probably due to the ice cream. The flavor is hard to describe unless you've tasted it, but it has these surprising bits of rice noodles (among other things) and is colorful, in the pink sense. A very unnatural color, really, but it's an occasional treat so I ignored it. I enjoyed it, but would probably share it with one other person (it comes with two scoops of ice cream/kulfi!). There's more parking in a covered garage around the back. :) read more

We have heard quite a name of this one and visited with bunch of friends. I ordered rose falooda which was just good. I have tried falooda at many other places and this came out or be just average when compares to others. Other friends ordered mango shake and Rabdi out of which everyone liked Rabdi but mango shake was average too. read more

Alpha Dessert Juice Cafe - Hillcroft - Rose falooda - Desserts Near Me - Houston, Texas

Ordered habanero mango burger and curly fries. Both tasted well and hit the right spot. Certainly, revisit the the place again.

I've been here maybe 3 times. And each time the food blows my mind. Maybe because I haven't been back home to Karachi in a while and I'm starved for the flavours of back home? Had their Karachi beef bun kebab. This thing is a UFO. It's huge. Their kachoris are legit the real thing. Fresh and flavourful, they remind me of kachoris from weddings back home. Highly recommended. Of course the lahori falooda is off the hook as usual. So is their malai kulfi. You won't regret it. (Maybe the calories but you don't count those at a place like this. ) read more

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Just bought a Taste less Mango Shake . Waited in line for 20 minutes. Great staff service but short handed like always . Over worked and most likely under paid . read more

Excellent mango/pineapple juice. The price is a bit steep at more than $4. My friends seemed to love their ice cream and a smoothie with vermicelli and dry fruit. read more

Alpha Dessert Juice Cafe - Hillcroft - Pineapple mango - Desserts Near Me - Houston, Texas

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This place has the best faluda. What is falooda? Stunning rose a drink desert with cool sweet basil seeds silky noodles and milk topped with creamy vanilla ice cream. Optionally garnished with nuts or rose petals. These guys make it the best and you will get addicted! The attendants are very nice and polite. read more

We were craving for some falooda and this place came to mind. Ordered the special with which was $7.99. The wait on Christmas eve around 2 pm was quite long. The menu is on the wall but with no description. Thank God the cashier explained some of the drinks. We saw they also have a burger and fries menu where we will try it next time. Masala fries sound good! Our drink came in 10 mins after ordering as there was only one lady taking order making drinks. It's mixed with jello, some nuts, kulfi and it wasn't too sweet. Definitely satisfied the craving. Our friends had the mawa badam (almond) shake and it was creamy. Spacious sitting area but parking is limited. read more

Alpha Dessert Juice Cafe - Hillcroft - Desserts Near Me - Houston, Texas

Sitting here waiting on 2 original falooda, 23 minutes to make them when there was 1 singke order in front of us.. Terrible service. Ordered a brownie shake, tastes like a mocha shake, not a single brownie like taste. Last time here. read more

Very poor experience. Menu on the door and the countless menus inside look good but most dishes are not available plus the ones offered are premade and just brought out to you on order!!! So many more better options around. read more

So I came here with a friend a year ago, late review. We got there right at 11 AM. The lady walked to the door of the restaurant, unlocked the door, started up the open light, locks the door, doesn't even acknowledge our presence, and walks in to the back of the restaurant and disappears. 11.10 AM and yet nothing. She can see us through the glass and she is completely ignoring our existence!! We are leaving. No excuse for rude inappropriate unprofessional behavior. Worst restaurant read more

COVID RISK ALERT! Employees making falooda and shakes not wearing masks or gloves. Even after I told the cashier the concerned employee did not put on a mask. From what I know, it's against the city and county ordinance. Certainly dangerous for patrons. Very irresponsible and disappointing. read more

Now called Alpha Juice. This just might be the best mangonada I've ever had. So fresh! Even the Mexican candy! read more

Alpha Dessert Juice Cafe - Hillcroft - ~ Mangonada ~ - Desserts Near Me - Houston, Texas

If you are in the mood for dessert, this is the place to go. It's located in the Hillcroft Indian district in a strip mall, so parking can get crowded at times. They do serve regular food like kebabs and sandwiches, but I have always gone here for sweets. Their kulfis and faloodas have been delicious. I have been wanting to try their chikoo ice cream but it has always been sold out whenever I have gone. There is plenty of indoor seating and the service is pretty quick. If you need to satisfy your sweet tooth, check this place out. read more

Alpha Dessert Juice Cafe - Hillcroft - Desserts Near Me - Houston, Texas

This is my go to place after i finish all my ethnic wedding/Eid wear shopping. This place is clean, has a good selection in their menu and the staff are kind and diligent to make the order nice and fairly fast. This place is child friendly and everything off the menu would be a hit with the kids. read more

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