The drinks were good, both tasty. The service was quick. The store itself is very minimal and is quite small, just enough to function. There are not a lot of places to sit down and enjoy your drink, more of a grab and go. read more

Hi Tea & Hi Chicken - Mango slush and classic milk tea - Taiwanese Near Me - Edmonton, Alberta

Yet another facelift done to this infamous location and they are sticking by with the Taiwanese influenced food to go along with their BBT. Any OG Edmontonians remember when this place was Taiwan Bubble Tea with the eye soar red booths, dimmed lighting and split sitting areas that didn't go with either scheme? Yeah, well when you walk into HI Tea you don't see any remnants of that decade which I'm glad we've moved on from. They've managed to renovate the space and make it more modern with LIGHT! Nothing like a 2018 cafe without some scattered potted plants for decoration, wooden panels for an accent wall and of course tables and chairs with the same wood to blend it all together. Ah, now Hi tea you've sure got the aesthetics down now! Now to their menu, before Hi Tea became Hi tea it was a split between Taiwan bubble tea and Cheers Cut (that place with the giant flimsy piece of chicken that was half bone and looked nothing like the display out front) Food wasn't great, and it was more of a novelty visit more than anything. Fast Forward to today, food wise nothing really different or tantalizing, same mix of Taiwanese snacks and bowls and bentos. Bubble tea prices start from $4.80 for an artificial flavor all the way to $7.50 for milkshakes and milk caps. More epensive than coco's but -OKAY HI TEA. We got the Toufu Mik Tea - ($6.xx) - Bae liked this a lot, One of their specialty drinks that wasn't on their main menu but a seperate picture poster, pretty unique! Super Fruit Iced Tea ($6.99) - I paid 7 dollars for a cup for 70% sliced fruit, lol. I mean it was good, but like $7. This was my bad. It was on a poster and looked super pretty. Competition especially around this area will probably be the reason why I wouldn't revisit. Not a bad place to go if you're in to try for something different though. read more

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Tried this place for the first time this week. It appears to now be only bubble tea - a bold move since there are several other bubble tea places within blocks. I was also taken aback that there was no seating and no washrooms. Good selection of drinks at reasonable prices. I had a blueberry slush with tapioca and it was huge and refreshing. If you're running errands in the strip mall here, it's worth checking out if you like bubble tea. read more

I have an obsession with bubble tea, and I am always on the hunt to find the best one in #YEG. How I like to judge them is based on: 1. The flavor of the drink. 2. The pearls/ tapioca 3. Price 4. Service All of this will determine whether I think it's worth going back. So, let's start it off with the flavors of the drinks. Having just tried two drinks, it is safe to say that their drinks are not too bad! I ordered the passion fruit green tea and the fresh fruit strawberry milk tea with tapioca. Out of the two, I would say the fresh fruit strawberry milk tea was the best one. It had a very strong strawberry flavor that was not too sweet. The ratio of milk to strawberry was great! It was highly addictive to drink. I personally did not really enjoy the passion fruit green tea because of the passion fruit seeds that were put in with my drink. It made the texture of the drink slightly off-putting. Personal preference, I like my juices to not have pulp. The flavor itself was great though! The tapioca I thought was pretty standard, nothing overly special. From what I have received to what I have paid, I did not mind. In total, the price was about $11 for both of the drinks. With the fresh fruit strawberry milk tea being the most expensive of the two. The service was really nice. They were friendly and the staff was quick on their feet to making drinks. The decor was very aesthetically pleasing! I would totally come back to try out different fresh fruit milk tea drinks and even different menu items like the chicken! read more

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I stopped in on my way home from visiting Pet-Valu to get something to drink for my way home on the bus. The staff member that helped me out was a really nice university aged kid. I noticed him outside when I was walking in having a smoke break and he ran right in to help me without any of that attitude you sometimes get from younger people in customer service who feel your imposing on their time. I agree with other reviewers who bring up the fact that yeah the city is currently heavily saturated with Bubble Tea places but with that being said I still think these guys will be able to hold their own. My watermelon bubble tea tasted great,was a good size,and wasn't at the six dollar mark that alot of the other newer places seem to be hitting. I would definitely come back for more as well as to give their chicken a try. My only real gripe with the place was that they are a little sparse on seating. If you like bubble tea I encourage you to keep an open mind and give them a try. read more

Hi Tea & Hi Chicken - The watermelon bubble tea I picked up for my bus ride home. - Taiwanese Near Me - Edmonton, Alberta

Drinks were good but the service wasn't great and they mixed up our orders and took a long time. Overall, it's an okay place

The first thing I did when I arrived to Canada for the first time was look up a milk tea place because I'm from San Jose Ca and we have milk tea everywhere..for a 10 hour flight with 2 stops in different cities and long hours at the airport I had to get my fix of caffeine aside from the one offered as a complimentary on the airplane -.- I tried their black rice jasmine tea with lychee jelly and their sweet potato plum fries!! I definitely enjoyed the two!! I loved the seasoning on the fries!! It was slightly sweet and sour..crispy on the outside and soft on the inside! Whenever I go back to Canada I for sure will drop by here and order something again! Oh but if you don't like gooey things in your drink..do not try the black rice in your milk tea haha. read more

Hi Tea & Hi Chicken - Black rice jasmine milk tea - Taiwanese Near Me - Edmonton, Alberta

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I noticed this restaurant a while ago, but the kids are not want to try anything new when they have other nearby places that they already love. So a solo mission was conceived to check this place out. Cheers Cut is apparently a chain with places across the planet, but it appears to be such in name only as the only think that notified to that was the large map with stars on the wall. The ambiance is not much to get excited about. Just a standard hole in the wall restaurant with some comfortable seats up front (lounge chairs). After passing the lounge chairs, you come to the counter; table service is apparently not something they do. The menu is on the wall, above an insanely huge piece of faux fried chicken. Think of a flattened chicken, battered and deep fried. Apparently, this is not on the menu, so I opted for a couple dishes. The menu is not deep, but they had deep fried diced beef and a choice between samurai (small) or ninja (large) chicken bento boxes. I ordered one of those along with the diced beef. 80% of the menu is made up of drinks. Primarily bubble tea and similar; I opted for a matcha bubble tea with pearls. The diced beef came on top of a bed of cabbage. It was tough, chewy and 2 of the 8 pieces barely edible. I chewed them for a few minutes, but I was essentially eating battered deep fried grisle. I asked for Korean sauce on top which tasted like sweet and sour chili sauce. But that was thinly laid and the breading tasted like it was 50% chinese five spice. Next up was my Samurai chicken bento with sichuan sauce. The bento was served all in a bowl; deep fried breaded chicken, broccoli, steamed rice, pepper, and cabbage. Again, Chinese five spice was the predominant flavour. The matcha bubble tea was decent; not much to say about it. This was a Sunday evening and I was the only sit down customer. A couple customers came in while I was eating, but otherwise, the place was empty. However, there was a lot of delivery traffic coming in to pick up orders. Despite the lack of customers, this place was loud and distracting. The phone rang often and there was music playing. If I was not alone, I think it would have been difficult to carry on a conversation. read more

Hi Tea & Hi Chicken - Unconventional bento - Taiwanese Near Me - Edmonton, Alberta

Everything was suppose to ho well! Because we love this place a lot based on our past experince! But today, we were treated badly by the counterperson who was very disrespectful and wanted to take our order as fast as he can.. even when there is no line up. Then when we are paying. He gave us our order number and slammed it in the counter. Later on asked for water and he was asking us to pat 50 cents. Which I find it really funny read more

Great place. I love the bubble tea and the large crispy chicken is great. There chicken nuggets are great for the kids. Will be returning with the family more often. read more

So goood!! I had avocado smoothies and sweet Thai crispy chicken XXL!!! Both the drink and the crispy chicken are amazing!!! read more

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This place sure has a variety of entertaining qualities. We decide to try it out on a whim when driving past it. It was decorated pretty basically on the inside but you find a range of board games to play in the back, along with some odd green stuffed toys and a few posters. They serve bubble tea mostly but you'll find fried chicken along with a few other limited food teams on the menu. I ordered chicken nuggets and you get to choose from 8 different sauces to come with it (teriyaki sauce was tasty but the nuggets were mostly just batter). My brother got a giant piece of fried chicken that came in the most interesting packaging along with gloves (so you don't get your hands greasy) he said it was pretty tasty, It was definitely entertaining and picture worthy . The taro bubble tea was delish. Staff was very polite and one of the kitchen staff came out and asked us if we liked the chicken , he mentioned this is a popular way serving fast food chicken in Taiwan. read more

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This restaurant is plain disgusting. The water, tables, or everything about it is just filthy! If they can't provide clean services/place for their customers, I can't imagine how dirty it can get in their kitchen where they prepare our food. The chicken's good but this would be my first and last time in this place. read more

The drinks were good, on par with any other bubble tea place. We had the hi chicken, which was good but again, nothing special. Service was lacking. Wouldn't go here again. read more

Chicken was good but not the cleanest restaurant out there. The place is filthy and they even served us water with some weird pulps in it.

Avocado smoothie with bubbles was delicious, it warmed up a bit too quickly though. The Hi chicken is literally a pound chicken piece that is breaded and you can choose a powder topping for an extra $0.50. I decided to go with the extreme spicy (which was a mistake, ended up with a stomachache). Aesthetic was really nice, they had board gains to play while you wait for them to bring over the food. read more

Excellent fried chicken, reminiscent of what I had in Taiwan!!! I've been going here multiple times a week! So glad it's around!