Korean wings are delicious! Can't stop ordering them. Bubble tea also good. Be aware you have to add the "bubbles" separately from the menu. I didn't know this on first order so was disappointed. Guess I assumed a place called "Chkn & Bubbly"would automatically include bubbles. No ambiance since always have delivered. read more

Love thier Korean Fried Chicken. I love the sweet and spicy sauce. Really really tasty! Thier bubble tea also taste good with a variety of toppings. My to-go place for quick n good snacks! read more

Chick'n Bubbly - Good snack! - Korean Near Me - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

I can never say anything bad about these wings. They are not the biggest but when it comes to crispness and flavor they are the best !! I wish there was another location. I am glad they are still cranking out Korean wings in an economy that has made everything less affordable!! Do yourself a favor and treat yourself to these yummy, flavorful wings! If you like them spicy you can get that too!!! Worth the effort of fighting Oakland traffic! read more

CnB is a very little resturant in the heart of Oakland. It's right across from two sushi places which are also very good. The menu at CnB is very small. It's fried chicken wings, exactly like you would expect in an American restaurant, plus a couple appetizers. They also have a large selection of bubble tea's. I'm a little crazy for bubble tea. I've tried it in several countries and this is an accurate representation. We ordered a strawberry and a mango slushy, plus 10 wings. We ordered the sauce on the side. They only have two sauces, spicy and soy. They were both good, not amazing but adequate. The one thing that really makes this place special is the breading on the chicken. It might be panko, I'm not totally sure, but it's amazing. I could just eat the skin and breading. Everything is sold in togo boxes, and everything is very reminiscent of Chick-fil-a. The logo is even a Chick-fil-a knock off. If you're in Oakland I highly recommend you try this place. read more

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A great place for Korean fried chicken in Pittsburgh. The flavors are strong. The chicken comes out hot. The prices might be a bit high, but the food is so filling and satisfying that it's worth it. I will say the wait can be a bit long if there are other orders ahead of yours. I once waited 45 minutes for my order. But it definitely hits the spot when you're craving juicy, hot, delicious fried chicken with Asian flavors. I have come here a few times not only for their chicken, but also for their bubble tea. Their black milk tea beats a few other nearby bubble tea places, in my opinion. It's creamy and sweet with soft yet firm tapioca pearls. True to their name, this place serves great chick n bubbly! read more

One of my friends highly recommend this place for the bubble drink. Finally, on a warm summer evening, I decided to go there to get some bubble drink. I remember my friend mentioning the bursting bubbles which is my favorite. So, I ordered a mango smoothie with lychee bursting bubbles. The staff is very friendly and helpful. They didn't have the mango bursting bubbles, so they let me sample the lychee flavor before I decided to get that. This is very nice and I recommend you to try before you decide on a flavor. The drink is worth the price!! I will go back for more during the summer and I highly recommend this place. read more

Chick'n Bubbly - Lychee bubbles in mango smoothie! - Korean Near Me - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Chick'n Bubbly is the best fried chicken I have ever had!! It is everything you dream your fried chicken could be!! It is extremely crunchy and equally sweet/spicy tasting on the outside. After you get through the amazing crunch of he outside of the fried chicken , you enter bliss.the inside is extremely tender and bursts with flavor. I highly recommend this restaurant if you are looking for amazing fried chicken! And their octopus balls are absolutely delicious!! read more

Chick'n Bubbly - Korean fried chicken and octopus balls - Korean Near Me - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

I adore Chick'n Bubbly! I work nearby and come in every six weeks or so to get my crispy KFC and takoyaki fix. They serve strips, chicken on a stick, a variety of sides, and boba teas in addition to the aforementioned items. I almost always order the spicy soy sauce on my wings, as the other one is too goopy and sweet for my taste. The snack size with a side is enough for an average lunch, since it consist of six large wingettes double fried in a crispy coating. Their takoyaki (fried octopus balls drizzled in kewpie and brown sauce) are small and best eaten fresh, since they become soggy very quickly. With that said, they satisfy the takoyaki craving I developed while working at Umami, seeing as how a table there is a hot commodity nowadays! Their boba teas are solid as well, and they offer almond milk for people like myself who can't drink regular milk. I only occasionally order tea though, since it's more like a dessert than a beverage. Chick'n Bubbly meets the need for solid KFC and cheap eats in the Oakland area. I'm glad to work nearby and I'm sure I'll be a fairly regular customer for the foreseeable future! read more

Nice little snack to share with friends. It's a super cute place with flavorful chicken and great menu options. There was a little bit of a wait after ordering but you can see them making your food/drinks fresh so you stay entertained. read more

Chick'n Bubbly - Sweet and Sour Chicken - Korean Near Me - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

My review is based just on the bubble tea and service. The greatest disappointment was that I had stopped by for bubble tea but they had run out of tapioca... Even so, the restaurant was full of people but it looked like there was only one person making the drinks so it took longer than expected for my friend and I to receive our drinks. I noticed that all the fruit flavors were made with powdered mixes rather than actual fruit, so the flavor was a little more diluted than I would have liked. read more

Came here on a Friday and be prepared to wait. I ordered fried chicken and a bubble tea around 5:20. They said 20-25 minutes, but was probably closer to over a half hour. There is also not much room to wait inside. I got a lychee milk bubble tea, which had a good amount of lychee flavor. I got a small order of chicken with half being the spicy soy garlic and half being sweet & spicy. The fried chicken wings were cooked perfectly and the outside was nice and crispy! The spicy soy garlic sauce was my favorite as it had a nice heat to it, but was not too overpowering. The sweet and spicy was good as well, but not as flavorful. Prices are on the higher end for fast food. Definitely call ahead so you don't have to wait too long. Overall, a great place to satisfy your bubble tea and fried chicken craving. read more

I SERIOUSLY don't understand with the many great reviews. I wanted to try this place because whenever I come to visit my boyfriend in WV, we always end up going to Fuku for milk tea and we both wanted to change it up for once, so we stumbled upon this place. PROS: This place seems to be great with snacks, there are a couple items we were interested in trying but unfortunately we were still full from eating dinner. I like that you can order boba and snacks and I believe they have a happy hour menu with a decently priced combo meal. Maybe ill only come back to check our their snacks. The service is great, which is why I decided to keep the third star. CONS: WOW, I was kind of at lost for words when I first drank their milk tea, and not in a good way. My boyfriend and I were blessed with milk tea places EVERYWHERE in the Bay Area, specificallly in San Jose. We have both tasted alot of the milk tea places because I sorta have an addiction to milk tea. The first thing I ordered were two Thai Teas because who can mess up a good Thai tea? Well, apparently this place can. It had no flavor that is distinctive to thai tea and it was super milky, what is worse is it had this lingering medicine taste I couldn't shake off. DISGUSTING. Never have I said those words about milk tea and this is the first. I had asked the young man working there if this was how they always made their Thai and he said yeah. He said they add powder flavoring..WAIT WHAT?! I was very hopeful that was only for the Thai I ordered so I asked them if I could change my drink and I got a regular milk tea instead. I took a sip and it seemed fine and then that weird aftertaste came back. EWWW, WTF. I was furious, this really had to be the worst place for milk tea that I ever been to. My boyfriend and I ended up just walking to Fuku and throwing away our drinks. This place is also tinyyyy. Will be difficult to get seats for a group of friends. This is definitely not the place for legit milk teas. read more

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Convenient for students- quick and can call in to order. For a couple of months, I would go at least once a week for their milk tea. A good bubble tea place has to get their milk tea down and this is the place in oakland. Their chicken is crispy and I always get the soy garlic. read more

Their chicken wings are so so good! I really enjoyed my boba drink was also really yummy too. I will say it is a little expensive for how much you get but so delicious! read more

Not the best fried chicken I've ever had but still good. Okay price and quick take out process. If you're craving some fried chicken for lunch or after work then it's a good place to call ahead and pick up on the way home. read more

Every time I visit Pittsburgh I come here for bubble tea and it usually tastes pretty good but this time I tried the almond milk tea and I have literally never tasted bubble tea this bad. The almond milk was sour and had chunks in it. I normally get almond milk tea at other bubble tea places so I know that's not what it's supposed to taste like. I went back after I took a sip to ask if the milk went bad and they said they make the milk fresh every morning. I'm giving 2 stars instead of 1 because the workers were really nice and friendly. read more

Chick'n Bubbly - Almond milk tea - Korean Near Me - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

This is the second time I ordered from them and they didn't put the extra sauce on my order and they charged me for that! This is so RIDICULOUS! I don't know how busy they are but they should pay more attention to the customer order. I don't want to pay money and get nothing from it even the small amount of money It was so disappointing! And they barely put any sauce on my order as well and I feel like I'm eating tasteless chicken! read more

Chick'n Bubbly - Korean Styled Fried Chicken - Korean Near Me - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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This is my go-to place for Korean fried chicken in Pittsburgh. It can get pretty crowded on weekends and weekday nights but the wait is worth it and not that bad if you call and order ahead of time. I like their fried chicken without any sauce so I just get the sweet and spicy sauce on the side. The takoyaki here is pretty good as well. As others have mentioned, the only downside is that they don't give pickled radish as part of your order, but you can easily stock up on pickled radish from Seoul Mart or Sambok to bypass the problem. There's definitely nowhere around Pittsburgh that offers as authentic Korean fried chicken. read more

Chick'n Bubbly - Korean Near Me - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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I'm going to start off by saying the best Korean fried chicken that I've ever had was not too long ago so it's still very fresh in my memory. It was at Turntable on 5th Ave in NYC and since eating there every KFC place I've been to in Toronto I've had to measure up against Turntable and while I've found some places that make it decently, I've yet to find a place that comes even close. Chick'n Bubbly being the only place I was able to find in all of greater Pittsburgh to claim that they make a Korean fried chicken almost obliged me to have to go and try it for myself. On this short little strip of Oakland Ave between Fifth and Forbes has a bunch of places to eat including another Asian place on the same side of the road as well as two sushi places right next to each other across the street. Chick'n Bubbly is a small little storefront, so small you could probably miss it. The counter is small, the menus are on backlit flat panels and there are only 2 tiny 2 seat tables near the front entrance. All the other seats are stools along the side wall, facing the wall. We were 3 so I went with 30 wings half spicy sauce and half garlic and soy along with a tea drink each. All the food and drinks came up to 46 bucks. It seemed kind of pricey being that the large teas were 4.25 each and 30 wings was the largest order we could get. They boxed each flavor of wings 15 to a box in two separate boxes. We were eating but they don't have plates but rather tiny trays which is what we used to for the bones. The spicy sauce again, this is the Nth time a hot spicy/sauce place has used TOO much sauce. When we got to the bottom of the box the ones at the bottom were swimming in sauce. Again, the garlic soy were better than the saucier ones. The garlic soy although having sauce were much lighter and stayed crispier and overall were better tasting being more savory than sweet. The chicken itself, the wings were large. I would have preferred to have them be much more crispy/crunchy as I have had at other places that serve KFC. It seems to me their batter seemed much more thicker than I was expecting as opposed to the paper thin batter I've come to expect when having KFC. Overall the food was OK but it certainly wasn't great and it was a 5 compared to Turntable if that is to be a 10... basically half as good if that. Price wise it's not really as good of a value either. For the same money in NYC at a real sit down place we only had 20 wings but they were exponentially so much better and I had beer and soju as well as fries etc. The bottom line is while Chick'n Bubbly is OK, it's not as good as other KFC I've had in NYC or at home in Toronto. They use way too much sauce and the batter is much too thick when compared to other KFC places. It would also be nice if they had proper tables to eat. As far as their drinks go that they do properly. There are a gazillion places to get bubble tea in Toronto and they make it good here. read more

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KFC! Korean Fried Chicken hits Pittsburgh! For some of you, these are going to be some of the best wings you have had...ever. This is KFC, double fried for crispyness and smothered in a glorious sauce, either sweet and spicy or soy garlic. These are not your typical bar hot wings: these are almost double the size, bursting with flavor. Cut the spiciness with some pickled radishes, and then go for some more. chick'n and bubbly is currently in its soft opening, offering bubble tea and wings. Grand opening with be 8/25/14, where they will offer their full menu, including various katsus. The space is small, only a few seats and tables, so for now, take out is your best bet. I tried their black milk bubble tea- very, very good(if you see my previous reviews I love bubble tea). The tapioca pearls are sweet and chewy. Is this like Bonchon or Kyochon, the famous KFC chains from Korea? Not exactly, but it is equally as good, and the wings are a bit bigger. If you've never tried KFC, this is the place to do it! read more

Chick'n Bubbly - Sweet and spicy wings, pickled radishes and bubble tea! - Korean Near Me - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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Service: Took longer than I expected for the food to be ready (probably 10-15minutes) Employees: Friendly and helpful Menu: Not a large selection... also a bunch of the specialty menu items were unavailable when I ordered. The bubble tea menu selection is pretty diverse though! Seating: There wasn't much seating... probably 6 seats at a bar-type area and 5 now seats at a couple tables. Food: The wings were delicious and crispy. Also, the spicy sauce was actually decently spicy!! The bubble tea was delicious and the boba was definitely a good amount of chewy. Overall, I'd definitely come back to get more wings and bubble tea! read more

Chick'n Bubbly - Snack size with spicy soy garlic sauce - Korean Near Me - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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The first time I went here I got the milk bubble tea (100% sugar) I had no idea that they did reduced sugar. It was so. Sweet. Now I go to oshii bento and while I'm waiting for my lunch, I stop next door (here) and get $1 off bubble tea!! With 30% sugar (milk tea) , it is amazing! The bubbles are delicious too Actually. UPDATE Now even if I go to oishii, I go to Fuku Tea (Literally you walk straight down across the street and it's right there. You can see it from oishii) Sorry. Fuku Tea has replaced oishii for me. (Fuku has really sweet bubbles to I usually get 0% sweetness? That's just me tho) read more

Fiancé and i happened upon this place after finally finding parking. How did we get so lucky?? The restaurant is small with mostly bar seats and 2 tables. The fragrance of garlic-ky fried chicken countered the freezing rain that was beating down in front of their open-garage styled door. The cashier lady and the cooks in back greeted us with a smile and helped us tourists order a 20 piece meal and bubble tea! Everything was delicious. Picked radishes complimented the greasy goodness of chicken. The only thing was that they gave us the radishes in these tiny plastic cups made for condiments. They had no problem with giving us as much as we asked for though! Happy. read more

Chick'n Bubbly - "chick'n bubbly" is probably one of the most delicious restaurant names i've ever heard - Korean Near Me - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

I really love the milk tea and Korean-style fried chicken at Chick'n Bubbly. It would say they have the best Korean fried chicken in Pittsburgh! I would love them to expand their menu to include other Korean dishes too. read more

Omg the chicken here is crazy good - crunchy and delicious plus they have these adorable little finger gloves so you don't get messy eating the delicious goodness. It does take a little time to get your order but the food is worth it. I've gotten the taro bubble tea - it's a little sweet so you should ask for it not to be so sweet and it will taste good. read more

Chick'n Bubbly - Jelly shaved ice - sooo good - make sure to mix it up! - Korean Near Me - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

The sweet and spicy fried chicken is legit! Sauce will be pretty sticky on your fingers, so have some wipes handy.

Delicious korean fried chicken for a great price! My friends and I stopped by for lunch and all got the awesome lunch deal - $8.99 for milk tea, fries, and either 4 wings or 5 tenders. I got the wings with soy garlic sauce, which were very crispy yet tender, although they could probably use a tiny bit more sauce. The seasoned fries were also really well done and my friend enjoyed his sweet potato fries as well. I got taro for the milk tea, which I enjoyed and I like that you can customize how much sugar you want in it (less than half sugar is probably good). I got everything I wanted with the lunch deal for less than $10 (bubble tea AND chicken wings?!) and was definitely full after finishing everything. The shop owners/workers were also super nice and took time to explain the menu to us. The only thing is that our three orders probably took about 20-30 minutes to come out when we were the only customers present at the time (I could see them frying everything fresh in the kitchen) - we weren't in a rush or anything, but if we had been, I would have probably been more annoyed. So don't expect extremely fast service. Other than that, I highly recommend this place! :) read more

Chick'n Bubbly - $8.99 lunch combo - Korean Near Me - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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It's hard to determine a solid rating for Chick'n Bubbly because some items are great while others aren't. The bubble tea is pretty good but I personally think the regular is way too sweet, which thankfully, they have a reduced sugar option. With a huge selection of flavors, there are plenty of options and combinations you can choose. In terms of food, it's hit or miss. What you'd think would be the star of the show, the chicken, sadly was not for me. The batter was really crispy and that's good and all, but the sauce kind of left me wanting more. They only have two sauces and they both were not that flavorful to me, especially when served atop ultra greasy chicken. I think the chicken is missing a bold sauce that will cut the flavor of the grease. We also ordered the takoyaki (squid balls) and they were delicious! The batter was really soft and the flavor was on point. Overall, I may or may not come back. Although if I do, I probably won't get the chicken. The tea and takoyaki will have me coming back. read more

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Ordered soy garlic sauce wings & drumsticks, Thai milk tea with green tea jelly, and black milk tea with boba. Their tea is not overly sweet & the jellies & boba are the right consistency and nicely flavored. This is hands down probably one of the best Korean fried chicken places that I have eaten at. In terms of crispiness and flavor, it was Bonchon & Kyochon beat. It was not overly greasy, salty, or sour & the double fried crispiness was so satisfying to bite into. Additionally those "finger condoms" for eating the chicken is an ingenious idea. I really hope that other fried chicken/finger food establishments pick this up as well. Service was very courteous and friendly. It might take a bit of time for your order to be ready since the chicken is double fried, but it is definitely worth the wait! My only con is that I wish they had boneless nuggets or tenders to order. read more

Best Korean style fried chicken in Pittsburgh! The chicken is crispy and well seasoned. There are two flavor sweet spicy and ginger soy. I'm not a big fam of their sweet and spicy. I think it taste weird compare to other KFC that I have had in the past in other cities or countries. I wish the pickled radish would just come standard with fried chicken but you have to pay extra for that. I only ordered for pickup but the seating area is limited read more

Yesss, so happy Korean fried chicken made its way to Pittsburgh when I did! I'm used to frequent artery-clogging Bonchon outings at home, and Chick'n Bubbly definitely lives up to my standard for KFC. By the way, if you've never had Korean fried chicken... brace yourselves. It's a life-changing experience. + Relatively short wait for chicken (especially compared to Bonchon) + Delicious, crispy soy garlic wings (didn't try the other flavor) + The five wings snack portion filled me right up + The wings themselves are pretty sizeable +/- Very sweet bubble teas from syrup. They're tasty, but I would love to have some fresh fruit smoothie options - Pretty much takeout only, since the seating space is very limited. On the bright side though, the wait times are fast enough to grab and go! When that post-studying fatigue strikes, I definitely anticipate more cravings for KFC, and I'd happily come back here. read more

Chick'n Bubbly - snack size (5 wings) portion - Korean Near Me - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

I used to really love Chick'n Bubbly, but it's been a little inconsistent so I'm only going to give it three stars. The chicken is wet sauce style and is generally pretty good. They also have plastic finger caps so you can avoid getting your hands dirty, genius! I think it also comes with free daikon so even out the spiciness and chicken flavor. The problem with this chicken is that it tastes great fresh, but if you take it home and put it in the microwave, it gets soggy and isn't as appetizing. Then they came out with their tteokbokki and I was a huge fan of that. I started getting it over the chicken because it was cheap, had great portions, and tasted good. The tteokbokki was the right chewiness, and they put little pieces of lettuce and slices of fish cake in there as well. Unfortunately, they started raising the price, decreasing the portion, and overcooking the tteokbokki (it was so bloated). Getting this dish became a hit or miss, so I started just making my own. I like the bubble tea, but I think it really depends on personal taste. It's definitely more milky than most places, but I like the way it tastes and the boba is pretty good. If you get a meal from Oishii Bento next door, you get 50 cents discount on the bubble tea here! read more

I had a snack size (5 wings) in spicy soy garlic and it was delicious. The wings were the crispiest I've had in Pittsburgh and the sauce was the perfect amount of spicy. Definitely keep some water near but you can still enjoy the flavor without being overwhelmed by spice. The price was definitely fair for what you receive. Staff was super friendly and accommodating of my friend's sesame seed allergy. Would recommend and will be returning! read more

Chick'n Bubbly - Korean Near Me - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Love the chicken here!! At first I thought it was a little overpriced, but the chicken is so tender and the pieces have so much meat on them so you'll definitely be satisfied. I ordered a large drumsticks and wings combo and split it with 4 people and we were all so full by the end of it. I love the sweet and spicy saucy. The pieces are all a little crispy on the outside but still tender inside. I don't know if the flavor combination is for everyone, but all my friends and I love it! The bubble tea was also great. Nothing too special about it, but many restaurants mess it up and this place didn't. I would highly recommend this place and will probably be ordering from here again. read more

Chick'n Bubbly - Chicken and bubble tea! - Korean Near Me - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Over the last few years, I have really grown to love Korean food. CnB is a small, lowkey spot in Oakland with good KFC. I usually get the sweet and spicy Korean Style Fried Chicken and fries. I say the chicken is good not great, because it's not quite as crispy as I would like. However, the flavor is great and seasoned fries are fantastic. They also recently added spicy rice cakes (tteokbokki) with fish cakes to their menu! This is my favorite thing to get at Korean restaurants so I'm thrilled about addition. It's so delicious and doesn't disappoint. I think CnB is a great spot for Korean food- due to its smaller menu, it's quicker and less expensive than the other options in the city. read more

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This is one of the best concepts in campus dining. Chicken & bubble tea...whaaaat! I ordered the Passion fruit Milk Tea & Thai Milk Tea for drinks. The passion fruit was slightly too sweet, but I'll just ask for a smaller pump next time. There is very little seating, so plan on taking your order to go, otherwise, sit at the tiny tables and enjoy your chicken and tea! read more

Super friendly staff and delicious grapefruit slushy (less sweet option!) with bubbles and lychee! YUM. read more

Chick'n Bubbly - Less sweet grapefruit slushy with bubbles and lychee! - Korean Near Me - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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Their fried chicken is awesome! Very crunchy and never disappointing. I love that they have a snack portion for when I want a quick meal. Not the best fruit milk tea, but great plain black milk tea to satisfy my cravings. Good amount of tapioca, never undercooked. Calling ahead makes ordering and pickup quick and easy. I've never had issues with their service. read more

Korean fried chicken coming to Oakland... times really are a'changin' in Pittsburgh! I wish I could say it remotely measures up to anything bigger cities have to offer but... no :( Underwhelmed. It's a shame, because the shop is very cute. Easy ordering instructions and options for drinks and chicken on 2 menus. A garage door in the summer, though the seating inside is pretty limited. And honestly, the chicken is not a bad deal. Either a combination of decently sized wings (drums and flats) or actual drumsticks - or a mix of both - for decent prices. But the sauces aren't great. The sweet/spicy is just sweet + sliiight afterburn. Not much of anything else besides sticky sweet - pass. The soy option is better, but strong on garlic, and there was something off about the overwhelming garlic that I didn't enjoy. The better of the two though. Overall, they lacked the aromatics and balance that makes korean fried chicken so addicting. And the batter... too much cornstarch? Because it's like unpleasantly crunchy instead of crispy. I probably wouldn't eat here again, unless they changed things up a bit. Tried a couple of bubble teas and they were pretty good, so it's definitely an option to keep in mind for a quick grab and go tea/smoothie place in Oakland. Nothing I would go out of the way for. If only the chicken were better... read more

this place has always been really good but I just got the spicy soy garlic this week and it is WAY too spicy and I can tolerate spicy pretty well. If they're going to make them this spicy by default, there should be some hotness level because it's next to inedible. read more