Apparently they're the "original creator of boba milk tea" located in Taiwan. Their drinks are okay. Def less sweet so if you like your drinks on the sweeter side, ask for 100% sugar. I got their beef stew rice and it's not bad. It's very savory. Their popcorn chicken is actually good! Super juicy and moist! Their service is quick! Literally I waited 5-10 min and the food came out, hot and yummy. It's not the world's best boba store but I think you should give it try. :D read more

Hanlin Tea Room - Popcorn Chicken Rice -$14 - Taiwanese Near Me - Rowland Heights, California

I remember hilariously enough going to the Arcadia Hanlin Tea Room before they closed before ever going to this one, despite this one being much closer and existing for a much longer time. Shout out to when this used to be a Stinky Pot on Stoner Creek Road lol. We ordered via Hungry Panda and got their popcorn chicken (came with some fried and seasoned bits of basil and garlic) and their fried tofu (came with some small bit of veggies and dipping sauce). There's plenty of tables and seating inside and there were other customers or workers on their break I'm not too sure. You can tell that the place is a bit aged, but it's charming in that way. Very casual ambiance and I can see it as a place for people to get food and hang out. Though there were people smoking super close to the entrance. Our order of food was not big at all portion-wise and it definitely was intended to be more of a snack than anything. Popcorn chicken was overly salty. Fried tofu was just okay. A bit dry, but that's what the dipping sauce was for. Crazy thing was that even with the Hungry Panda discount, this was almost $20. You can get way more at that price at other places or even an entire meal, rather than 2 snack sized fried foods that barely tide you over. read more

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It has been long time that I haven't come here for a long time, therefore I almost forget abt they also have spring tea. Wow, It's so good! This is the best Taiwanese Spring tea! Must come back and try it again. read more

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Came here for takeout on a Monday afternoon. I ordered the pork chop noodle soup after asking the cashier for a recommendation between that and the dry pork noodles. She suggested the pork chop noodle soup, but unfortunately it was really bland and the pork chop itself was chewy. Also pretty pricey- $15 w/tax. The pork chop portion was small. My husband got the black pepper beef with rice -- the flavor was okay, but the corn on the side was cold. Also about $15 with tax, which maybe a tad bit more reasonable. The service also left a bad impression. The cashier seemed really unhappy and came off as rude, like she didn't want to be there. That said, the ambiance was comfortable -- it's a chill tea spot and could be a nice place to hang out if the food and service improved. read more

We came here hoping for some boba and my husband wanted pork chop and rice. The pork chop tasted sour and was soggy, the tea egg tasted odd, my daughters noodle soup was worse than bland, more like boiled water with chewy meat. We all had milk tea figuring that would be good, it was NOT. Staff look bored to tears. As rated 3.7 stars, we should have known better. read more

OG tea house in the area. Besides their bobas, food were great here as well. Oh yea, and suuuper friendly staffs

Their personal hotpot is one of the best I've had! What makes it so yummy is the broth - rich, clean, and super flavorful. The ingredients are able to absorb all of its yummy goodness. The amount of food is substantial, and it comes out fairly quick. We also tried some of the other items on their menu, and everything tastes fairly authentically Taiwanese. You order via a QR code at the table and pay up at the register. Service is quick and efficient. There is plenty of parking in the parking lot. Will definitely be back! read more

Hanlin Tea Room - Taiwanese Near Me - Rowland Heights, California

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Stop by here for quick snack run with wife to kill some time. Wasn't busy on Saturday evening. Ordered hot jelly and oyster omlette and popcorn chicken. The food was good as always portion was a little small for sure. The staff was tentative to us. Decor as always is modern. Parking really isn't an issue. Will be back again when in the area. read more

Hanlin Tea Room - Popcorn Chicken and Italian Tomato Hot Pot - Taiwanese Near Me - Rowland Heights, California

Date of visit: multiple times Omg this review is long overdue! I was introduced to this restaurant by a friend of mine end of Nov 2019. She's Taiwanese and a foodie :D Since then I've been coming here several times with my family Long story short, these are things I like to order here: - beef tongue rice: ORDER IT! my kids' and hubby's absolute favorite. - Taiwanese beef stew noodle: ORDER IT! pretty good. - Hakka salty pork noodle soup: their soup has subtle flavor but imo still pretty good. ORDER IT! - popcorn chicken: somehow inconsistent as one time we came and it was super bland, like they forgot to season it with salt and pepper. I had to ask for salt and pepper and seasoned it myself! But for most times, this item is really really good and absolutely one of my fave here, so I would say ORDER IT, but proceed with caution lol - pork chop rice: very subtle flavor but it was good. Just wish the pork chop can be a little more tender. Would I order again? Hmm...maybe I will... Drinks are also pretty good here. I tried Panda milk tea and I love the flavor of the black tea. Would definitely explore more drink selections next time I stop by. Note: pictures are collection from my multiple visits here read more

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Having used to come here biweekly for lunch during work. This place is very mediocre but nothing wrong with that. Nothing is truly bad, but nothing is truly great either. The best dish here is their porkchop fried rice, which is a good portion and tastier than DTF's in my opinion. That would get a 4 by itself. They can seat people inside and out, and its relatively clean. read more

This is my second time coming here for lunch. First time I had a regular soup bowl. It was very good, but forgot to write a review. This time we were tired from a night out and wanted something warm to fill our tummy's. Normally my goto is boiling point but my husband wanted me to try the hotpot here, and I was very happy he did! Place opens at 11, decor is nice open concept design is modern. Plenty of parking in this complex. Service was great we can scan the code and order with your phone or you ask your server to submit the order for you. My husband order the pickled broth hotpot He liked it a lot so 4/5 for him - it's honestly an acquired taste so I was not a fan I order the original seafood - large portions fresh seafood and all its toppings and good warm broth. 4/5 The only thing is, they add alot of cabbages so it felt wasteful since I can't finish it all. Of course order bbt - yummy ( the boba is chewy and soft 5/5) Highly recommend ! read more

Hanlin Tea Room - Pickled Cabbage Pork hotpot - Taiwanese Near Me - Rowland Heights, California

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Ordered food to go. They were packed nicely. Popcorn chicken: skip. The portion was small and the chicken were in super tiny pieces and some were actually just the fried batter. Only the top layer had some regular sized chicken. No flavor at all; unsalted. Sausage: dry and hard to chew. But the garlic sauce was good. Pork chop rice: pork chop was marinated well but it was cooked too dry. Beef noodle: not the traditional kind but pretty good. Strong tea flavor. Beef was tender. Sesame oil chicken vermicelli: smelled great. A decent dish. read more

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Tried out the famous Hanlin Tea Room. Their hotpot is good but boba is just okay.. Service isn't great either, they always forget to give us water lol read more

Hanlin Tea Room - Trying out the famous hanlin tea room! - Taiwanese Near Me - Rowland Heights, California

the food and tea is always amazing! i've been coming here for a while and the service is always good.

Hanlin is one of my favorite restaurant/cafe for many years! The service and the food are always outstanding! Great atmosphere! Nice crowd - great parking ‍ read more

While I do miss their old tea room, I do think this new boba shop format will be much more successful for them! There are plenty of seats for dining in with free parking! The hot pot was flavorful and filling, but would pass on the grapefruit green tea for another milk tea based drink. read more

One extra star for service, which was not bad, pretty courteous Came here for lunch, daughter ordered shrimp fried rice. picture in ordering system looked really good, tho expensive for fried rice imo but inflation these days so guess it's becoming somewhat normal. However when the "actual" fried rice came, I was just laughing in my head. The whole portion was like the size of my daughters palm. For $12? No thx. Talked to couple of their servers and they both resorts to their "leader" for my curiosity in essentially false advertisement. One came back and politely said they can take it back, which was fine with me, no way paying what looks like double of what was served. Boba was good, which I also got, so credit is given where is due but I know inflation is bad just this shrinkflation for this order is ridiculous in my opinion. Judge for urselves, u have been warned, I m taking my biz somewhere else read more

Hanlin Tea Room - Shrimp fried rice - Taiwanese Near Me - Rowland Heights, California

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During covid and the constant promotions from uber eats and postmates, this place was one of my go to's for delivery order eating at home. I got to say i prefer this place over boiling point. Their individual hot pot meals were so good and spiced just right. A mild is actually mild unlike Boiling point which varies time to time on their spiciness level for a mild. There dipping sauce is also good which consist of a sesame sauce and a sweet soy based sauce. They also offer other main entrees and sides. I have ordered there oyster omelettes which is large enough to split into 2 portions. The oysters are generous in quantity and the traditional red omelette sauce is perfectly sweet to counter balance the saltiness and the oyster flavor. The taiwanese sausage with the sticky rice hot dog combo is delicious as well. I would wish they had it made it like Taiwan where the sausage is actually placed inside the sticky rice like they do in Taiwan, but it will do. I also got an opportunity to dine-in and the service was good enough for a tea shop. It was attentive and it was not difficult to get services from the waitress. The place is clean and the tea choices are a plenty and great as well. I don't do boba, so i do not know how the quality of their boba are. This place has something to eat for anyone, whether you want a rice plate entree, or something warm and soupy to something to just snack on. They are quick and quality is great. read more

Hot Pot Sesame Oil Chicken I had expected it would be a traditional Taiwanese cuisine, but it more like a chop suey in the sesame oil hot pot. Not so sure how to make out of this. The ambiance as cold as freezer, I ended up dinning outdoor where was warmer. There was practically no service at all; ordered the food from QCode, the server brought it out and paid inside. The two staff inside were so occupying on their smart phones never showed any courtesy. I really like to try other Taiwanese dishes, but might never come back when I think about chilling indoor and no service dining. read more

Hanlin Tea Room - Taiwanese Near Me - Rowland Heights, California

Hot grass jelly is great for winter time! I come here whenever I feel home sick. They offer a variety of healthy food options.

We ordered Uber eats from here late night cause hubby was craving his hometown Taiwanese food. I am not a huge fan of Taiwanese food but I do like a few signature items. So we decided on quite a few signature Taiwanese snack food to munch on while watching a movie at home. We ordered meatball soup, pork rice cake, fried cuttlefish ball, fried fish cake, oyster vermicelli, oyster omelet and popcorn chicken. Food was surprisingly delicious in large portions. I especially liked the oyster vermicelli and this dish has always been one of my favorite Taiwanese food. Hubby really enjoyed pork rice cake and oyster omelet, the popcorn chicken was very flavorful as well. I didn't order any teas this time but I'd like to go to the actual restaurant to try some teas and hot pot sometime. read more

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First time ordering takeout here because of all the 5 star reviews, and man was I disappointed. Chicken leg + rice combo: This should be the safe bet, I thought. Pretty hard to mess this up right? The chicken leg was fried to oblivion and left out to dry, with the edges so rock hard they could cut the inside of my mouth on every bite. Side items also had very little taste to them. Stir fried cabbage with garlic: Greasy, bland, and you won't know there's garlic. Spicy tofu: Kinda spicy and that's about it. I expected all the smells and flavors associated w spicy szechuan hotpot but i guess that's too much to expect. I can attribute one poor dish to bad luck, but having all three at below par quality is just sad. One star, would not recommend. read more

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Our work place orders food from them at least once a month so I've had my fair share of eating their dishes! Wanted to start off by saying their takeout is super fast and reliable. We always order at least 5-6 dishes with drinks and they're able to whip them out in 20-25 min for us to pickup. Going to rate some things I've had so far! I've tried a range between their hot pots and rice dishes so here's my speed review (: keep in mind I've only ever had their food via takeout so this is purely a takeout review!! Original Beef Hot Pot: Solid hot pot with a variety of ingredients inside (tempura, veggies, beef slices, meatball, crab tempura). The broth is a simple broth, tastes kinda like a bone broth but nothing too wild. They always give the hotpots with some dipping sauce (i think one is a soy sauce type? Taiwanese soy sauce that is similar to the ones at boiling point and a sesame sauce). Very comforting meal. Pork tripe white pepper hot pot: I'm not a fan of white pepper broth but I wanted to try out all the hotpots just to taste. It was a pretty good broth, you can taste the white pepper in it so they got that down! The meats included pork tripe and some pieces of chicken. Also came with tempura, fishball with filling, pork blood rice cake thing). It's also not a bad choice if you're a fan of this soup base! Italian Tomato Hot Pot: I got this hot pot with beef slices and rice. Everything in the hotpot was essentially the same as the original beef one (with maybe a couple switches) but also really good!! The soup base was a little weak in my opinion, not a very strong tomato flavor but the food items were good enough for me. I usually bring home the soup to boil some noodles in when I get home and add my own seasonings to my taste. Beef Tongue with rice: Not bad, but the beef tongues are a little small? I got this dish twice, the first time it was pretty good but the second time the beef tongues were slightly overcooked. It was still a good dish if you're craving beef tongue but I would probably opt for something else (for price reasons). Spicy Beef Tofu: The spice on this is a good kick with the beef! The beef usually is pretty tender and the tofu pairs well with the beef and rice. Oyster Omelette: Pretty solid! A really big portion and very homey flavor imo. Taiwanese sausage: Kind of has a medicinal aftertaste compared to other places I've had, I got it a couple times and it usually has that aftertaste ( I always forget that I don't like it as much here lol) Popcorn chicken: I feel like you can't get this wrong especially if you're a taiwanese restaurant. Solid and was a nice tea snack! QUICK TEA REVIEW: most of their teas have great flavor, and they are very flexible with adjusting sugar levels. For something refreshing I usually get the Honey spring tea (50% sugar) has just a right amount of sweet and tea flavor if you're not big of sugar. Tried their fruit teas which are also pretty good and refreshing as well. read more

3.25 stars on this visit. They are missing pickled vegetables and or smashed cucumber salad. Something fresh with some acid is required to offset the heavy or greasy aspect of some of their dishes. Ordered the pumkin milky broth hot pot. Not as pictured. - It had nice premium slices of beef, alot of cabbage, some bok choy, a little bit of onion, sausage balls, and I think 1 block of black blood sausage (which I didn't eat) - I asked for it medium spicy, the chili dollop they added was EXCELLENT - The broth though was amazing, outstanding - The rice bowl was tiny. It was made with terrible cheap dried out rice. Perhaps it was cooked and in the pot for more than 1 day. Perhaps I need to bring my own rice. LOL. Service was good and kind. But there were only 2 servers. Seemed a little understaffed. I had to waive down the servers to get my needs met. The dish comes with two types of dipping sauces. The light brown sesame sauce is better than the dark ginger soy one (too strong in flavor, but great for the meat). read more

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I've been eyeballing Hanlin for the longest time since my bank is literally across from it. Finally had Taiwanese food cravings for once, so decided to take the plunge! Decided that I wanted to get some popcorn chicken and regular black milk tea. You can tell the quality here is just a tad higher than your regular boba place. Popcorn chicken actually had a very uniquely sweet flavor to it, which I was a fan of. And the black milk tea actually had some legitimate tea flavor to it, so you know it was made legitimately and not using powder! Service here is very good. They were very friendly and accommodating for my to-go order, and were happy to help me out as I had never been here before. Plus the food came out pretty quickly, so no complaints here. Definitely have been missing out on Hanlin! Need to come back here for some of the other items on the menu. read more

Hanlin Tea Room - Black Milk Tea - Taiwanese Near Me - Rowland Heights, California

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Ah a good hot pot is great for the winter time. One thing I love about this tea place is that offer the rare Taiwanese delights. It's hard to get good Taiwanese food nowadays even in the 626 area. Give it a try if you crave for decent Taiwanese cuisine. read more

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The restaurant gets a lot of sun in the afternoon so I would recommend going earlier in the day or after the sun sets for a more enjoyable experience. Their food is usually pretty good and authentic but I had to point out the chicken to garlic ratio in their popcorn chicken. After eating a few pieces of chicken, we were left with an almost full bowl of garlic. The garlic had been cooking for a while and was deep fried so instead of a crunchy texture, it was soggy inside which made it not as exciting to eat. I would definitely go back as I love their Panda Green Milk Tea but their food is simply meh. read more

Hanlin Tea Room - Beef Tongue Rice - Taiwanese Near Me - Rowland Heights, California

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Panda Milk Tea is all that you need to know! I've literally only been here once to try this drink recommended by a friend and damn, I'm hooked. It wasn't overly sweet (I got 70% sweet) and the boba was perfect. You can taste the actual tea leaving you with qualitEA drinks. They use real tea, none of that powder stuff! The kitchen was closed when I arrived at 10ish, so I will try the boba peanut butter sandwich next time. Please come out to OC area, preferably in GG area so it's not so far LOL read more

Hanlin replaced a previous smelly pot restaurant. It's at the corner behind In N Out area on Colima. Servers speak English, but it doesn't seem like it's their native tongue. There's one single bathroom in the back. Parking is pretty easy. The first time I came here was Wednesday night to get their AYCE drink for $15. You can get any drink you want as long as you're about done with the previous one; you don't have to get refills on the same drink. One down side was they ran out of some items, like plum and aiyu. Those were actually the only things I was looking for, so I was pretty disappointed with the "AYCE". My fave drink would be the honey lemon with aloe (it supposedly doesn't have caffeine!). Food: I had the three cup chicken dish $12.95 here because someone else at the table also ordered it. We both thought the chicken wasn't flavored enough. My parents actually visited the next day and ordered the same chicken dish. Because they don't have Yelp accounts, I'm going to post for them that they thought the same about the chicken! The dish wasn't cooked long enough for the chicken to get all the good flavor. The beef tongue was good, although it's a small portion for the price $13.99. The sesame oil chicken vermicelli smelled really good (and was very oil) because of the sesame oil, but it tasted ok. The hakka salty pork noodle soup $11.95 was hella salty and not for me. I won't be ordering that again even though the menu makes it look delicious. I'll be back because they have free wifi and a few outlets. It's pretty quiet in the evenings, and they have outdoor seating. You'll usually find people smoking outside. read more

Hanlin Tea Room - Outside display - Taiwanese Near Me - Rowland Heights, California

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BOGO 50% off M-Thur 3-5pm Best sea salt cream Pu Erh tea (普洱茶）in town! Food wise ~ I tried many of them. To my family, I think these are the best: Oyster pancake (one of the best in SoCal) / dry noodle with tea noodles! / most hotpot, especially seafood. Shrimp with egg rice is fine, kid's favorite. Beef noodle is ok. Dislike their pork chop (fried & too hard) & beef tongue rice. read more

Hanlin Tea Room - BOGO 50% off M-Thur 3-5pm - Taiwanese Near Me - Rowland Heights, California

-Hakka Salted Pork Noodle Broth was mild in flavor. Highlight was the pork which was crispy on the outside and tender inside. Noodles had a decent texture. Not as chewy as I'd like them. -Beef Noodle.Soup Tasty broth. Less meat than the pork noodle that we got, but still good. -most teas are 50% off M-F w a purchase of an entree. Ordered passion fruit tea w aloe which was good though I would order it 30% sweet next time. read more

Hanlin Tea Room - Hakaa Salted Pork Noodle Soup - Taiwanese Near Me - Rowland Heights, California

5 stars for Hanlin Tea Room for their amazing service! I came here yesterday with a large group of friends 8-10 people and we sat under the tents in their outdoor dining area. Hanlin was super nice and accommodating and there was easy access to go in to order more drinks, ask for water, or use the restroom. The tents kept us in the shade and helped a lot since it was really hot that day. I'm extra happy that they were really nice about giving us water (we asked for water twice) since it was so hot outside and we didn't want to dehydrate. The drinks are decently sized and the popcorn chicken was good! Ample parking in the area. There were also plenty of tables and chairs for other large parties. read more

I enjoyed this place and the panda boba was sa bomb. I'd be back if I'm around the area read more

Hanlin Tea Room - Taiwanese Near Me - Rowland Heights, California

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Been coming to this place for years, and both food and their tea drinks are really delicious. Growing up from Taiwan, this place definitely reminds me of the flavors from home. I always love ordering their hot pots, and my husband usually gets their rice dishes. Their hot pot soup flavors are tasty and rich, and I usually take home the leftover soup and add more ingredients to create a second meal the next day. Definitely recommend this place if you like Taiwanese food like me! read more

Hanlin Tea Room - Stewed pork with rice - Taiwanese Near Me - Rowland Heights, California

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My boyfriend got food poisoning from eating here. He ordered the braised meatballs with soy sauce. We will not be coming back!

Just wanted to drop a line about a not-so-great experience I had at your place recently. I tried to get the menu using that QR code thing, but the website wouldn't load. When I mentioned this to the waiter, he kinda shrugged it off and said there was nothing to do about it. I thought maybe he could have run me through the menu or pointed me to Yelp or something. It was a bit of a letdown, to be honest. Hope you guys can sort it out for next time. read more

Hanlin Tea Room - SB - Taiwanese Near Me - Rowland Heights, California

Wow what a great and authentic Taiwanese place! I recently discovered this gem during a work lunch and can't stop thinking about it. I got the Taiwanese beef noodle soup and it didn't disappoint. The tea noodles were different and lightweight. The beef was very tender and juicy - only downside was they gave you the chunk of tendon that was too chewy for me. The panda milk tea comes with black and white boba mix that's super good. Apparently they are the original maker of this type of boba. I even ordered a popcorn chicken to-go and couldn't stop eating it while back in the office. They even had chunky spicy toasted garlic in there! As a fellow garlic lover, this is probably the best popcorn chicken I've ever had. read more

Hanlin Tea Room - Taiwanese Near Me - Rowland Heights, California

I love the taste of authentic, strong-brewed Chinese tea...and this place definitely has that! I've tried both the Tieh Kuan Yin Milk Tea and Panda Boba Black Milk Tea. I highly recommend both! The latter drink has a mixture of tapioca pearls and boba, which is different from the average "panda" that usually features both white and black pearls. Although the drinks are pretty good and have really nice roasted flavor to them, the food is extremely lackluster and bland. The hotpot has absolutely no taste to it, while the beef stew noodle is super light and seems to be missing key herbs that are typically in the soup base. The popcorn chicken is also rather naked and unsalted. I could barely taste anything, despite a few shreds of basil and cloves of garlic that were tossed into the mix as an afterthought. This probably would have been better if they had actually fried everything up in one pan together, so the aromatics could have rubbed off on the chicken itself. Despite the fact that the drinks are pretty decent, please be forewarned that there is a major language barrier here. I was able to navigate my way successfully through a conversation, but would recommend coming here with someone who has at least medium speaking fluency in Chinese! read more

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Did not Like milk tea I purchased from them , I would advise the store to taste it before selling it. Not even edible bad just unusual.

I was disappointed to discover that they no longer honor their BOGO free drink check in...RIP. (-1 star) They should remove it, so it's not misleading to those of us that go for the discount. I still really like their teas though. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ read more