Ahh, this spot has good desserts and a lot of them are with ube! With COVID going on, this place is just for taking out which is fine. We ordered: - Ube Monster ($5.99) - Ahh so good! This ube milkshake comes with oreos, so it can be kinda sweet. - Upside Down Halo Halo ($6.99)- It's pretty much how it sounds. Didn't try this, but my parents liked this! - Ube Leche Flan Cupcake ($3 something)- This was good! The cupcake was moist and the leche flan was good. - Ube Truffle ($2.75 I think)- So good! I think the truffles had some oreo in it. For the size though, I don't really think it's worth the price. Service was good and quick! read more

Cafe 86 - Ube Monster Milkshakes, Upside Down Halo Halo, Ube Truffle, and Ube Leche Flan Cupcake - Desserts Near Me - Chula Vista, California

Came in here on a whim, seen the place so many times while looking for coffee shops. The staff was very nice, attentive and overall patient. My only qualm is with the drink itself, i'll admit $1.75 for alternative milk is pretty hefty when the price for the drink alone is $5.75. The espresso used lacks flavor, and by flavor mean I literally can't taste anything but milk and the added flavor. Is it a trivial thing to complain about? Possibly, but given the fact that there are many local craft drink businesses in San Diego who can allocate funds to the quality of their products, I'd highly encourage this business to do the same. I'd come back again for the service alone and possibly try something without an espresso base as maybe that is not their speciality here. read more

Cafe 86 - iced cookie butter latte - Desserts Near Me - Chula Vista, California

I used to really like this place. I don't know what happened, but their portions shrank (picture below). The ube was barely half a scoop than it used to be. There was so much corn flakes and blobs of Boba stuck together that you could tell it's not fresh. My son asked for light ice to his large drink and they put 3/4 ice and barely any drink. I don't mind paying more, but not when you're not getting what you're paying for. Service has also fallen off. They used to be so nice and inviting. Will not be back. read more

Cafe 86 - Big chunk of boba stuck together - Desserts Near Me - Chula Vista, California

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The lattes here are my all time favorite. Great food, fast service, and the ambiance is always very chill; I love the music they play. read more

Cafe 86 - cookie batter latte - Desserts Near Me - Chula Vista, California

Perfect service and drink!!! The mermaid drink was ordered on accident but it's the best accident ever (: boba 10/10 and drink 10/10 UPDATE: I went back the next day and tried the churrochi and it was also great. It is a bit sweet for the average person but it wasn't a problem for me! It's was warm and gooey (lots of caramel sauce!) goodness. Perfect snack to share with a friend. read more

Cafe 86 - Mermaid drink with boba, full sugar, light ice - Desserts Near Me - Chula Vista, California

Love the menu they have but the service seems to be slow, its only 3 people waiting including us but the fact we ordered food that was in the fridge or the one in their cashier area that they can hand it to us right away, we waited maybe 5 min for it. But still good food but price a bit steeper than normal filipino dessert we have read more

I've been here a couple times and boy does it take foreverrrrrrr to get your order. First time I showed up and ordered there and it took about 30 minutes to get just two teas. Second time I ordered ahead of time just to avoid waiting so long! and guess what, I asked why they took so long and they replied that we have to 1. Order through the phone. 2. Then check in to let them know we have arrived. 3. Once you have checked in then they know you are there and present so then they can go ahead and make it. 4. Then once again you wait another 30 minutes. Ordering ahead of time is pointless. I tried giving this place a second chance but they failed me. I will not be going back again. read more

The milk tea boba was great! So great I went the next day to get another; unfortunately they didn't have the boba in time for it to be ready. They said it would take another hour. We arrived around 1pm - boba wouldn't be ready until 2pm. I get that it takes around 45 minutes to prep the boba, maybe it should be ready when you open? Just a thought. It's like a pizza joint not having the pepperoni ready during rush hour lunch; uh no thanks I don't want a pizza without pepperoni. read more

All of my friends had been posting photos from their Cafe 86 experience and I finally had the opportunity to try them out for myself. At this time, you had to order in advance through their website and pick up. Super easy to do, getting their was so hard, Siri had me drive into the parking lot but don't just stay on the road Cafe 86 is on the street side and there's parking the front. I ordered an ube leche flan cupcake, ube crack cheese and a regular Halo Halo (I actually wanted the upside down halo-halo but oh well). I'm sure most people know what Halo-Halo is, Mix-Mix in Tagalog mixing coconut jellies, boba (usually red beans or mung beans) flan and ice cream in some shaved ice. Cafe 86 gives it a twist by adding frosted flakes, added some fun textures at first then it got soggy, not a fan of that, next time I'll ask them to omit that. The leche flan on both the cupcake and the Halo-Halo are my favorite so delicious, they should have a larger version for order. I really like the cheesecake that was super tasty definitely would get that again and try their ube truffles. If you have a sweet tooth and love ube you would love Cafe 86 but I feel like they can decrease the sweetness by just a touch. read more

Delightful desserts, delectable drinks, splendid sandwiches, kind/superb service, and..... cute place overall read more

Cafe 86 - Matcha monster milkshake - Desserts Near Me - Chula Vista, California

I love this local spot for our milk tea / boba cravings! They also have a variety of awesome Ube desserts/drinkswhich is their signature ingredient! My go to drink is the Tiger Milk tea with boba. Half thai iced tea and regular milk tea. Great combo and not too sweet. I also mix it up a bit and get the Jasmine Calamansi iced tea with Aloe. A cool and refreshing drink. They also make milkshakes, loose lead teas, expressos and lattes. Friendly staff and nice atmosphere when they were open, prior to Covid19. *less one star because they dont have different boba options and other variety drink add-ins. read more

Cafe 86 - Cali Mango Slush / Jasmine Calamansi iced tea with aloe - Desserts Near Me - Chula Vista, California

Fun ambiance and delicious food and drinks. The vibe is like you're in downtown Seattle or San Francisco. Definitely going back to try something new on the menu. read more

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THE FOOD HERE IS SO GOOD! I got a Upside-down Halo halo, Thai tea boba, and some ube crinkles. The halo halo was nice and sweet. The thai tea was strong in the tea flavor. And the crinkles were super soft. The cafe looked really vintage which was super cute. And the service was not bad! Excellent spot. read more

Cafe 86 - Thai tea and ube crinkle. - Desserts Near Me - Chula Vista, California

On a Friday lunch, we've been waiting for 15 minutes in line and they still didn't get our order. It's like they didn't care if we leave.

I wanted to like this place, but it didn't meet my standards. I ordered the tiger tea which is a combination of the milk tea + thai tea and the drink felt really watered down. The ambiance is nice and this is a great place to hang out with friends if you want to catch up and talk. They have couches and lots of available seating. Parking, however, is limited as well as timed if you want to park in front of the store. Also, the free cooler with check in only applies with purchase of a pastry, which isn't mentioned on the yelp page before you click "check in". I felt like this gave me a bit of false hope and that there should have been the mention of the need to purchase a pastry for the free cooler before I checked in. read more

I read hella good reviews about this place! My first time here, and I got Ube flan cheese cake,upside down halo halo and Ube truffles .All of the desserts was super delicious, but my favorite was the Ube truffles it was amazing. read more

Cafe 86 - Yummy - Desserts Near Me - Chula Vista, California

I live very close so I'm guilty of repeats but I have to add their coffee has gone from matcha tasting to watery, it's awful. The worst thing of all is how exorbitant expensive it is. It's $ 10 for one coffee and I have literally paid $13 for one cup, yes maybe it's the add shot that they never add? The customer service is usually awful! read more

Cafe 86 - No lie and for sure no add shot! - Desserts Near Me - Chula Vista, California

Best milk tea I've ever had in my life! The ube flan was moist and sweet too, service was always quick and the tea was tasty every time.

I've had so many people tell me about this spot I had to try it! I basically wanted every iced drink but decided on their iced ube milk tea. It was delicious and not too sweet. We basically shared all the desserts and I pretty much liked all of them. Checkin on yelp and get a free hibiscus drink. read more

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Got a chance to try this place out famous for their "All Ube" desserts. Fyi, u need to get there early if u want a chance to try everything. We got there later in the afternoon and a lot of choices were sold out. We wanted to try the ube flan and those sold out quick. And of course right now certain stuff will sell out even quicker because it's only phone and online orders so order early and fast. Maybe once everything goes back to normal, then they may have more choices and less likely to run out so fast. The cafe is located in Chula Vista/Eastlake in a upscale neighborhood. The cafe looks like it's part of an apartment building along with other businesses surrounding it. It's across from a big park so it'll be nice to grab your desserts and just chill at the park. I hope to visit again and get other items they have there. read more

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I've been wanting to try this cafe for years. And I was disappointed. Every dessert looked so good but I guess pictures could be deceiving. The flan ube cupcake seemed like the most popular so I tried that. The cupcake itself was moist and good but the flan had a weird texture and it was a little bland. I also got the the cheesecake and it was ok. It tasted mostly like sour cream and the crumbs on the bottle didn't stick to the cheesecake. I also got the hibiscus tea. And it was the best out of the three. read more

Cafe 86 - Ube cupcake - Desserts Near Me - Chula Vista, California

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I went there to try there Ube items and go when it opens cause they were sold out on a lot of stuff, the display case looked very empty and had nothing to replenish it. It is a very small store and the staff is friendly. I tried the Ube flan cup cake and the Ube truffle. Both were good. read more

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the cutest place ever , the drinks and food never misses!!!!!! the kouki monster milkshake is AMAZINGGGGG!!!!! SERVCE IS SO NICEEE love it if i could rate this 10 starts i WOULD!!!!! read more

Cafe 86 - meoww - Desserts Near Me - Chula Vista, California

Cute place but so over priced. $5 for a hot chocolate that tastes like nesquick. 2 stars for cute ambiance and nice staff only. Otherwise don't waste your money , in hot chocolate here at least. read more

Ordered the Cookie Butter Monster it was love at first sip! Service was good! The place was chill, great for students who want to study.

Upon browsing some restaurants here on yelp. I came across with this cafe. It's called Cafe 86 and they mostly sell with ube in it. I told my husband we got to try their Ube leche flan cupcake and Ube crinkle because I read the reviews from yelpers and said that they were really good. Due to Covid-19 pandemic, we can't dine in yet to this cafe. I thought of ordering online for pick up here on yelp than calling. So I ordered ube leche flan cupcake, Ube crack cheesecake, Ube crinkles, mini ube monster milkshakes and grilled cheese. Everybody at home got their own taste verdict (lol). We voted everything and all of them were good. The leche flan cupcakes were moist and ube crinkles were soft. Ube cheesecake was good too! This was our first time to try and not the last for sure. read more

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Only giving 4/5 because I believe the prices are way too high. Otherwise, FINALLY a location in SD! Smaller than the LV location, but still does the job. Service is great and the cafe is clean. Parking is tough, but I believe there is a back lot where people can park and just walk to the cafe. There are desserts that change everyday, and because it has been so popular, I recommend calling in and asking for their inventory on desserts so you don't waste your time making the trip. They do not make the desserts in house, which is why once they run out, they are done for the day. Besides all of the dessert options, they also serve drinks from shakes, teas and coffee, as well as a couple sandwiches! So obviously, if you don't like ube, you shouldn't some here lol. But if you do, I highly recommend the truffles, ube flan cupcake, and ube monster drink! Although, the other desserts do not disappoint. read more

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Cafe 86 is a location across the street from Heritage Park which is so great! If you love ube, you'll definitely enjoy this place. The ambience was very warm and cozy. It's really cute inside! The lighting, furniture, paint, etc. went really well together. I loved it. We got there around 7pm. I guess that was kind of late because most of the pastries were gone. We were able to get the ube cupcake with the leche flan on top and an ube truffle. Both were really good! I'm not a huge sweets person, but you can't say no to ube. For drinks, I got an ube latte (I'm pretty sure there was no coffee but I also didn't ask). My boyfriend got an ube monster. It had Oreo crumbles on the bottom of the cup, ube shake, and Oreo crumbles on the top! So good. We'll have to try it again at an earlier time because I really want to try the ube crinkle cookies! read more

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Food and service always has been their priority will always come back for more. All the ae86 guys love this place

We took a stroll down to Chula Vista to check out Café 86 new location. We arrived about half an hour before closing so we expected that some things were going to be sold out. My husband and daughter both got the ice cream sandwich and I got the ube flan cupcakes. The ice cream sandwich was pretty good and worth the price. The cookie was soft and they used ube ice cream for the filling. The ube flan cupcakes were really good. Cupcake wasn't dry at all and the flan didn't just taste like egg compared to some places. The service could've been a little better from the supervisor or whoever was suppose to be training the cashier that was helping us. He was a little slow, which we didn't mind at all (you could tell that he was new). The only issue was that he was constantly going to the back to ask his supervisor questions on how to ring up the items. Rather than the supervisor staying with him until he completed our transaction, she just kept going to the back. He started getting really nervous and kept apologizing, which he didn't have to. I just thought that his supervisor could've stayed out with him if he had any questions instead of throwing him to the wolves. Other than that we would be back again. read more

My best friend showed me pictures of the desserts from here. They all looked amazing. So we came on the night before Thanksgiving to get the upside down halo halo. It was delicious! We even got lucky and the lady in front of us didn't want her Ube Crack Pie she ordered & we got to buy it just in time for Thanksgiving! read more

Cafe 86 - Ube crack pie - Desserts Near Me - Chula Vista, California

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I was in the mood for an Iced coffee that was not from Starbucks, and this place definitely came through. I ordered ahead of time, and it was ready for pick up when I arrived. The homie at the register was so nice. He told me to have a nice day and I believed him. I ordered the Iced Sea Salt Coffee. It didn't look like the picture, but that's ok because the flavor was good. read more

I'm not driving so far anymore. Thanks for opening here in S.D. My favorite ube flan ever read more

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New spot in my neighborhood. It's been open for a few weeks now and we finally decided to check it out - even if the weather is cold lol. The line was kind of manageable (it was just outside the door) compared to the days I've seen that goes around the building - possibly because of the rain. Well, it was well-worth it. My cousin Rhyan actually told me that he knows the owner from LA (where he's from - visiting for the weekend) and that this place is awesome (reason why I finally said let's go and try it - I'm not into waiting in line just for dessert). Ordered the upside down halo halo and the ube cupcake with flan --- OH MY GOD! I would say that I have a new favorite spot for dessert and it's just a couple of blocks from my house!!! Hopefully the long lines will calm down lol. read more

Cafe 86 - Desserts Near Me - Chula Vista, California

Parking: A little hard to get a spot in front of the Cafe but there are plenty of parking the the back of building. Ambience: Cozy Service: Fast and Friendly. Very helpful with going over menu for first timers. Food: I came there to try the famous Ube Crack Cheesecake, Crinkles, Ube truffles. Sadly this is my third time going and still never got to try them as they've ran out. I got the Ube Monster and Ube Leche Flan Cupcake instead. Both were pretty good. Overall: My order was good but probably not worth the price and hype unless I do get to try their infamous ube crack cheesecake. I think to get the best experience I would recommend going earlier in the day when they still have all their popular items available. I've gone once in the evening and twice in the late evening at other locations and they've alway sold out. read more

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This was a cute spot to visit before heading back home! The atmosphere was nice, staff were friendly! It felt really hot inside there but it wasn't too bad. I highly suggest trying the Ube desserts (I unfortunately couldn't get a picture of it) but the truffle and ube cheesecake were my faves. Fort drink, I ordered a hibiscus tea with boba and it was really refreshing. Highly recommend :) read more

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A great addition to this quiet neighborhood! Came here on a Saturday night with anticipation of some line action and wait time. I was told that this spot is still very new and trending (justifiably so!). The wait time wasn't too bad since there is a lot to look at on the menu. There are so many options for drinks that don't always have deacriptive names. If you're not a milk tea consumer on the regular, you'll probably be a deer in headlights. Despite the variety of more interesting and complex drinks, I heeded to the basic choice of the honey milk tea. It's delicious and definitely what you would expect the drink to taste like. It is sweet, so I would adjust the sweetness next time. My mom got the Rosie milk tea and hers tasted better than mine. I will most likely get that next time! We also tried the ube cupcakes...and well, now my pants are tight. The consistency of the ube cake is perfectly moist and dense that it makes you appreciate every taste buds that are still fully functioning. I've never had an ube concoction that really tastes like ube halaya...the major Filipino brands can't even compare. read more

Finally! A good boba and dessert place in this area! Walking in, the esthetic definitely delivers. It's cute, it's clean, and the menu is easy to navigate despite the many items to choose from. I ordered the ube concha cupcake and the house milk tea with boba. The cupcake was perfect! Not overly sweet so it'll keep you wanting more. And they have non-dairy options for their drinks for lactose-intolerant people like me. Phew! My husband ordered the ube monster and the ube crinkle and they were both delicious! We love how all the ube taste real, unlike other places that taste artificial. We will definitely be back! And we'll tell our friends and family in the area about this little gem of a place! read more

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UBE GALORE! I've tried the truffles, ube leche flan, crinkle cookies, cheesecake, ube monster drink, and mermaid milk tea. I was so glad Cafe 86 landed in SD after dreaming of one day going to their north locations. And they chose Chula Vista, compared to the many other valid areas in SD they could have chosen. My favorites are definitely the truffles, ube leche flan, and ube cheesecake. The ube monster was also very good. Ube overload! The mermaid milk tea is a sea salt jasmine milk tea. For me, I tasted more of the sea salt. Would have liked to taste more of the jasmine. The boba itself was alright. Luckily the 2 times I went it was pretty chill with no line. Parking can be a little tricky if you go during the day. Evening is not busy at all. read more

Came here yesterday Monday at 2pm with my gf. Line out the door but we decided to try anyway. No pastries in sight, no signs but my gf was going to get a drink anyway. So I didn't feel the need to ask. Plus she said she came Sunday and they had pastries in the back. When we finally got to the front, they had just run out of all pastries. I decided to try my luck again today after picking up my daughter from school. Got here around 330. Saw line by the door again, got lucky and found "customer parking" in the back. What's nice is that I don't have to walk all the way around the building. U can't enter through the back door but there's a small corridor that leads to front next to it. I did try to call during my drive over but the phone was off the hook or busy or something. I called multiple times. As I was standing in line, a woman came in and walked directly to front. Apparently customers were parking in the back in "tenant parking". So they changed the sign on pastry glass to warn customers that they were towing. Only one cashier, took awhile to get to the front but I was able to order all that I came for and more, ube flan, ube crack cheese cake, ube truffle. They had more pastries in back FYI. My daughter wanted ube monster shake and added boba. I had a free small hibiscus cooler for checking in on yelp and was able to add lychee for 50 cents. Also, thanks to my gf, she told me i could order a "mini" monster shake, the cashier was actually unaware she could do that but she figured it out right away. it's the first week. I get it, they're trying and I'm sure they're doing their best with the staff they have and hopefully will be more fluid as time goes by. I Hope this business stays in the area for a long time cos I'm not in LA enough to hit up their other locations. P.s. they wrapped up my pastries and made the beverages in a timely manner, way shorter than what I expected since the line took so long. read more

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