Seattle-Area Boba Shop Review #117…read more We visited Onit Cafe on a rainy Saturday afternoon in June, hoping to score an after lunch boba. Sprinting through the downpour, as we hadn't expected the rain, we threw ourselves into this modern, yet industrial shop, where we saw a couple of people sitting inside like us to wait out the rain. We placed our order with the friendly bobarista and got our drink within a couple of minutes. Jasmine Milk Tea, 50% Sweet, Less Ice w/ Boba ($6.75) - The milk tea has a heavy powdery creamer flavor, but it's not gritty or silty at all. Unfortunately it's so heavy that the drink tastes almost entirely like creamer with only a tiny bit of flowery finish. It's not the most pleasant flavor due to this quality. While the creamer is on the heavier end, the sweetness is not; at half sweet it's not too sweet. The boba is very good, super bouncy and chewy with basically the ideal texture. They aren't marinated that long so aren't quite that sweet or flavorful. Milk Tea Rating: 3/5 Boba Rating: 4.5/5 Onit Cafe is one of those rare places where I liked the boba far more than the drink. I don't visit Federal Way too often, but if I'm even down there again, I'd give it another shot to see if I can get a better drink next time. Bathrooms - Two individual rooms, one for men, one for women

Love coming here when I am in the area. Staff are friendly and my main order is their black sesame…read morelatte with oat milk. It is not overly sweet and you can actually see and taste the black sesame. I also used to love their black sesame macarons. The buttercream filling is so yummy and nutty! But lately the macaron shells taste like a freezer. Like on the verge of being freezer burned. Such a bummer because the shells have a great texture too but it's hard to get past that freezer burn taste.

Amazing raspberry filled churros 10/10. So sad they only…read moreopen on the weekends but worth that wait. Definitely recommend

If you're looking for the largest, freshest, most dense sugar donut then look no further and head…read moreover to a little pop-up tent/stand at the Mexican outdoor market in the parking lot, next to the Auburn Supermall. The churros are also really yummy, but the donut is next level! They don't have any other donuts and we didn't try any other desserts, but I'm sure they're just as fresh and tasty. It looks like they prefer cash, but they did accept a card as well.

the service is always good (very friendly) . drinks are very consistent and good as well. I always…read morestop by when in the area!

Ordered the mini boong uh bbang (mini taiyaki) to go. It was fresh and yummy!…read more I called ahead to order because it does say it takes about 15 mins after ordering as they do not have these pre-made and only are made after ordering. Next time I will be back to trial the non-coffee drinks! Highly recommend everyone to try here.

My husband and I saw JessReal featured on Evening magazine the other day. They said that he had a…read morekiosk at the Auburn outlet mall near Eddie Bauer so we went there tonight. The desserts are unbelievably fantastic! My husband said it was the best cheesecake-like dessert that he has ever had. I had the vegan, gluten-free Bom blueberry dessert. It is made from cashews and tofu, and it is fantastically delicious. You can even order the desserts on line. I highly recommend that you stop by the Auburn outlet mall and try these fantastic desserts. You will not be disappointed.!

Picked up some vegan desserts today at the Auburn Market, absolutely delicious! He needs to take…read morehis talent to the next level

Hunt for the best blueberry donut continued…read more Helen's has got a decent fan base so I went in search of the best blueberry donut. I tried them in the past apparently because I have photos associated to that visit (even bought a dozen). I obviously didn't remember until I started writing this review. First the location is pretty easy to reach. Small strip mall store front off Portland Ave. I walked in and there were two people ahead of me but no seating and hardly room to view the selection. There is a plastic COVID screen still up and pictures of people who have stolen from them. The selection of donuts is decent and apparently on the weekends there are speciality fritters. The owner operators are kind and so helpful (high praises!). I ordered one blueberry donut and one banana fritter. Both appeared to be well cooked and scrumptious. However, each of the donuts were over fried and tasted like old grease. The blueberry cake was full of blueberries but no real blueberry taste. The fritter was soaked in grease and no banana flavor. Sadly this is not on my list to try again.

Absolutely the best donut place in the state. I drive all the way down from Edmonds. Everyone that…read moreworks behind the counter is super friendly kind and nice. I love the banana. Fritters I come all the way down here for the banana. Fritters it's always a nice treat they have a good family ambience vibe great food great service. I love this place. Five stars hands-down I went to the dentist this morning right up the street and told them they need to start coming here and getting their donuts stop going to high large corporate chains when they buy donuts for their staff.

My youngest daughter told me about this ice cream place. She said it was her favorite so I just had…read moreto go there and see what she was talking about and she was correct this place has it all it was clean and tidy, and had every type of ice cream imaginable, it seemed. They had great parking. They had an employee that had a smile on her face and they had every flavor. I have to say ice cream store has five stars not just because it's my daughter's favorite. It's not mine.

The best Mangonada I've ever had! It introduced me to Mexican Spaghetti candy which I am now…read moreobsessed with. It's massive too. There are seats and tables inside if you want to sit, but I think it's more enjoyable to eat out at a park or something. Service is standard and it's not very busy, even on the weekend. Highly recommend a visit!

Found this place on Google. This location is located near a lot of shops and a large grocery store…read morehowever I feel like from the outside it can easily be overlooked. When you walk in you will notice the clean aesthetic. They have lots of amazing options. We were not prepared for all great choices we could make. Service was just OK. Not friendly but not rude. Just OK. In their defense I will say this area that they are located in is probably not the friendliest. They probably don't get many people that want to chat it up before ordering. The drinks were delicious! Not too sweet, just right. Probably one of the best we have had in a long time. It was a great treat. We aren't in this area often but have friends that live close by. We will be telling them about this place. Totally worth your hard earned money.

Nice location in a plaza with tons of parking. No restroom and only two seats so definitely more of…read morea window boba spot than a cafe to sit down and chat in. Interesting specialty drinks alongside the classics. Classic Jasmine Milk Tea w/ Boba - fair tea with a balanced ratio of milk. At 25% sugar, there was tea evident but not very strong or floral. Boba was very soft and chewy but not too flavorful. Overall, solid.

Never disappointed from the food and service I get here! I definitely recommend to all my Samoan…read morefriends & family who are homesick and are craving food from home

very disappointed with food quality, IT SUCKED!! the cost of polynesian main ingredients is…read moreobviously high as we're aware its imported but the preparation of it can be better! we got baked taro and a little bit of everything that they sold that day on the warmers. baked Kalo was hard as rock and NOT fully cooked. still MAKA!!! Asked the boy working if the pastries were made fresh daily and he said YES! after having a bite of the Jam in bun, it tasted hard, stale & few days old!!! Also customer service SUCKED, tried making small talks with the gentleman there and he didn't seemed interested at all, he was the only person behind the counter and seems as if he didn't wanna be there and looked irritated with who knows what! Definitely not going back there as we drove 49min away to see what the hype was about, unless we were just there on the wrong day!! Steven & Sons, DO BETTER!!

Tried one bite cafe for the first time and I loved their menu! They have a variety of drinks and…read moresweets. I got a strawberry lemonade refresher and it was perfect in sweetness. Their oreo cheesecake was also really good! Service was great and fast, you order through the self service screens. Inside is super cozy as you can see in this picture. Will definitely be back for more desserts

I've been to other OBC locations in Seattle and Woodinville…read more However, this location made me question their food safety practices. Firstly, the inside was clean and welcoming. There was one employee working, but it did not look very busy inside. We ordered 4 dubai chewy cookies, 1 taro croffle, 1 small galaxy ade, and 1 large taro/oreo smoothie. Our total came out to around $60. Dubai chewy cookies were very tasty, I am a huge fan of dubai chocolates. My galaxy ade tasted very watered down, barely any grape flavor, and little to none carbonation. The taro/oreo smoothie was decent. The basque cheescake was flavorful. The taro croffle was actually very good, better compared to the other locations. My main concern was the fact that I found some sort of hair in my croffle. We had already eaten some of the croffle and we brought it up to the employee. He told us it is a sugar strand and showed us an example. Yet, when I pulled the strand out of the croffle, it was more attached to the taro cream and it had no similar texture to the sugar strand. The sugar strand should melt and break easily but this strand did not, it was also more like a white-ish color. I'm thinking it was maybe a pet hair. The employee was very friendly about it and made us a new croffle free of charge.

Parking is always easy. Seating not so much. It's really busy. I don't think I've ever seen a table…read moreget whipped down here. They do sometimes run out of things because it is so busy. But their Strawberry and their Mango are absolutely delicious.

I don't like to leave bad reviews, but I'm all for communicating feedback to improve processes and…read morealso save others from a bad experience. This was my first time at this location of Snowy Village, and it's been years since I've visited any of the others because IMO the quality has dropped off since the U District days. 1) We walked in and the smell was rancid. Smelled like bad milk, bad/sharp cheese, mixed with hot dairy and chemical cleaning products. So unpleasant we had to cover our noses with our shirts the entire time, and my sister even had to step outside to breathe. 2) There was only one employee working and drowning in orders when we came in at 9pm. Understandably close to closing time. Self-ordering kiosk was doing half the work. The employee didn't greet anyone walking in and only spoke to call out the names of the orders. 3) We finally got our order. Strawberry and Taro bingsoos with extra condensed milk, and a taiyaki trio. The taiyaki dough had unfortunately gone bad. We all tasted small pieces because we couldn't believe it, and it was true. It smelled okay, but the aftertaste was strongly bitter/sour and chemically. 4) I flagged down the employee to let them know that the dough had gone bad. He just said "ok do you want a refund?" I kindly said that would be appreciated, and he said "ok" grabbed the box, and went back to work. I was confused and had no idea if I was supposed to do anything next. Im used to refunds being processed on the spot and having to sometimes provide my card again. I waited a few minutes and flagged him down again to ask him if I needed to do anything, and without moving from the kitchen, he said no he'll find my order and I'll get the refund. 5) We poured the extra condensed milk all over our bingsoo, but then realized that there was hardened condensed milk at the bottom of the little cup that it came in. This only happens when the condensed milk is left out. When tasting it by itself, we realized the condensed milk was spoiled too :( I know working in understaffed environments is hard. Most likely, he was leaving things out because orders were back to back and he didn't have time. So I leave this review in hopes that management schedules more people, and improves their processes for food handling safety. Also, I'm disappointed to see so many business taking the humanity out of customer service. Self serve kiosks are replacing workers who can answer questions, provide recommendations, and represent the company in a warm way. Companies should invest in humanity again. As of now I don't see any refund for the taiyaki. I am hoping the whole order is refunded due to the condensed milk too. Order #24 on Wednesday 5/20 approximately 9PM.