Pleasantly surprised! I came here for the first time a couple of days ago and bought a boba milk tea with 1/2 sugar and it was awesome. The tea was great and the boba was fresh and warm. Hopefully it'll be just as good today. read more

Can I just say I used to love going here but the cashier named SAMALY is so rude. She has no customer service skills. I herd her talking to her other co worker talking crap about my sister and the accent she had. Why is she making fun of her, just because my sister has an accent? (They make u say your order in the microphone due to covid). Regardless, SAMALY, is so rude and disrespectful. Manager, please teach her to be kind to the customers. Disgusting how she makes fun of people due to their accents. I even herd her say to her other co worker say "did you hear her omg" etc and the co worker said "omg shush she's still there in line". SAMALY, you're disrespectful since I loved this place. Manager, teach your staff, especially SAMALY to be kind. read more

I felt discriminated by Gigi. She had 4 people inside waiting for their orders. then when it was only 1 left I was waiting by the door then she told me to wait outside. I felt discriminatef againstbec she picks and choose who can stay not following their guidelines. read more

SUMO size BOBA!!!!! that itself deserves 5 stars. check out our SUMO size instant ramen challenge (after our dinner) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHYR9Z7n3ZA epic read more

Very good! Their main draw is their sumo-sized drinks, which is the X-large size they offer that is short and wide. They are constantly changing their menu trying find the right combination. My favorites are the favored milked teas. They used to have a ton of boba flavors but they are now down to around their special incarnation of the honey boba. They also have a huge amount of other toppings available such as pudding and jellies. Their food menu is mostly burgers and ramen based. You can also do their ramen eating contest. If you finish, they put your name and time on the wall. The wait time is pretty long. But the service and product is very good. The staff is very helpful and there are even little picture boards for you to take funny cell phone pictures. This is one of my favorite boba spots in SoCal. read more

Cool concept in Gardena. Open late, good music, funny Sumo videos, and sumo challenges. Great boba tea selection. This place would be a 5 hands down except no wifi :-( I had my iPad with me and planned on getting some studying done and had to hold in my shock when the girl behind the bar smiled nicely and said "sorry no wifi here." Oh and no more mochi waffle either (moffle), so I don't know dudez, not looking too good right now, Lol. read more

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Oko's drinks can be a bit sweet so I'd recommend that you ask for half-sweet. Their boba is smaller than usual but I like that as sometimes boba clogs up the straw. My favorite is the Okinawa black milk tea as it still tastes like actual tea and not just flavoring. I also had the kumquat milk tea and it tasted like a push pop. I appreciate the larger "kawaii", "sumo" and "K.O" sizes as I really love milk teas. The best time to go is at happy hour (3-5pm I believe) and get the $5 KO size. I don't finish it all but I put it in the fridge for the next day so it's pretty convenient as I'm not super close by. The wait can sometimes be a bit but it's from all the customers they have and it's worth it. I haven't tried the food as it is served at night time only. read more

One of my favorite boba places to get boba they have the cutest cups that are reusable. The service is amazing they're super nice and friendly I personally always get milk tea but they have a load of different flavors. read more

The service was really slow. The cook messes up the orders plenty of times. The food was cooked with MSG. I know because one of the workers told me. I tried the steak okonomiyaki and my date tried te takoyaki okonomikyaki and it took then about 45 minutes to bring it to us.. The salad tasted too much like Vinegar... The boba here is horribly made as well ( tea station next door makes better, if not the best) I wouldn't recommend this place to anyone. read more

JENNIFER! Let's talk about this for a minute. I'd come in here by myself several times before and mostly everytime I come in, this younger girl in the front named Jennifer has helped us. She'd always have a friendly smile and was always nice to both me and me, and I'd have occasional small talk while waiting for my drink when it wasn't busy. CHANGE OF EVENTS: Different day, different night. Now I usually don't go in there unless I'm with myself, but on this night I had stopped by to pick up boba for myself. Jennifer is at register and she gives me the usual smile and small talk. I always remember the name of the drink I order because I'm not incompetent, but somehow, she orders for me anyway. How cool is that, right? So I'm in this train of thought that she's just really friendly. In fact, that's all I think about because I try to keep my orders professional between me and Jennifer. I'm on my phone messaging friends back via regular messaging app, and she claims she didn't have a phone in December but she has one now. However, it's company policy to not share personal information with customers so she was inclined to tell me not ask for her number. I reluctantly sat down in my seat, Defeated, yet satisfied with the delightful customer service. I will always remember Jennifer by her charismatic smile and witty humor. Thank you Oko Cafe for having such an amazing team running this amazing establishment. read more

Not worth the drive from Wilmington. The bubble tea in Seattle definitely tastes better as we use real fruit instead of powder! Well at least the places I go to. The only plus about this place are the sizes of their bubble tea! Crazy big for a great price! read more

Oko Cafe - Sizes of the bubble tea compares to iPhone 5 & Samsung Galaxy - Cafes Near Me - Gardena, California

Takoyaki were takoyummy! Ended up eating here because the two places I had wanted to eat were closed, but glad I made the stop. This is a trendy little eatery serving takoyaki (squid balls) with a variety of fillings and various teas - with and without boba. They also have three Bento box options. The takoyaki were tasty, tho a little undercooked for my taste, and the bento box was delicious. It comes with a drink included in the price so a good deal. The hazelnut tea I tried was lovely. They seem quite popular - especially for their drinks - and the disco ball and pumping tunes made it popular with the younger crowds. Great for tea and a snack but not for if you're really hungry and want a proper meal. read more

sumo size 1 liter of boba, there are a lot of selections to choose from. Milk tea boba to slushies. This is also sells instant ramen and they have the sumo challenge. Eat a giant bowl of ramen in 15 min and it's free. the place is tiny but it's like any boba places, they play loud japanese songs and show japanese informecials. read more

Came here because my friends said it was pretty good so i gotta give it a try and plus they said that they had challenges there so i had to go and try it even more :D Food: i came here not expecting anything so that was a good plan. the first thing i got, without hesitation and a second thought, was the boba challenge. i will say thats its pretty worth it. For 5 dollars you get this freakishly huge shaker cup. you only get one drink type and its a milk tea. no ice. with mini boba. you gotta finish it within a minute. AND I DID IT IN 41 SECONDS!!!!!!! it wasn't that bad of a drink either. and plus if you don't finish it you get a huge as hell milk tea drink for 5 dollars :D they have other challenges there too but i will talk about it later I also got the Osaka Burger Sumo Sized and omg was it worth. well its only worth if you are really hungry cause its kinda filling :D i asked what a sumo sized burger was and they basically said imagine a 3x3 from in n out but with bigger patties. at first i was like OK bigger patties till i got it. it was pretty darn huge. and SUPER JUICY. the patties were very moist, the buns were evenly toasted. veggies were nice and crisp. Oh and the teriyaki sauce used make the burger even more perfect. it complimented the burger oh so well. The other challenges that they have is the burger challenge, fries challenge, and ramen challenge. The ones i know well are the ramen and fries challenge. The rules for the burger challenge is you get to choose your ramen of course. and basically you have to finish 5 bags of ramen in 15 minutes and that includes the soup too. its not your everyday bag of ramen its actual a king sized ramen bag XD the fries challenge is basically eat 5 or 3 pounds of fries. I'm not sure what it is and the time limit you have is i think 5 minutes or 3 minutes. but i will say that people have completed these challenges. and if you win you get to make a mini poster to post up on their wall and you get your money back too i think :D Location: the only problem i have about this location is that its far from where i live. but other than that its pretty much an awesome place. the store could be bigger but its OK there are outside seating so no worries. and parking is excellent. you are in a huge plaza so plenty of parking to go around Service: i will say the service here is exceptional. its by far the best service i ever gotten for a boba shop. the servers/ waitresses/ cashiers are super friendly. anything you need just ask. they answer all questions and they give their honest opinions too. *they try to get you to get sumo sized everything* but hey its worth :D * this is not just a boba shop. they have burgers, ramen fries noodles, etc.... so there are plenty to pick from :D read more

This place has done a major change but still kept most of the things from before. Got some new items on the menu, and new challenges from the last time we were here. read more

Oko Cafe - Changed it up a lot, looks good. - Cafes Near Me - Gardena, California

Came here on a whim late at night craving milk tea boba. The place gets pretty packed and seems like a local late night hangout with seating inside and outside. I ordered a milk tea boba in their collector light bulb cup that actually lights up. The milk tea was really good. They also sell food I didn't get to try it but I'll be back to try it soon. read more

Oko Cafe - Cafes Near Me - Gardena, California

Great boba! They have this virtual stamp carp via square (jk!) but don't sign up for it it doesn't work. they owe me 5 stamps! *Edit* They totally gave me my stamps I feel dumb read more

Nice place. Polite staff. Drank my tea and worked on my laptop. They knew to leave me alone. read more

Easily the best boba in the southbay! Great variety of flavors and their boba is the perfect consistency. Highly recommend!

I am pretty new at this whole yelp & writing a review on my favorite places!!! So here is my 1st review! OKO Cafe (Sumo Size Me) organic honey boba is the BEST! I can tell their boba is always fresh by holding the bottom of my cup and the black color of the boba! Always warm! Their drinks are so yummy! I'm loving the House Milk Tea & Taro Smoothie. Their prices are even better! The idea of Sumo cafe is brilliant! But my main appreciation of this fun environment is their customer service!!! All the employees care! Most of them remember my name & my order as well after my 2nd visit! Now that's service! The staff is very friendly! Waaaay better then tea station or cha2o!!! Hands down they got a royal customer now! Ty OKO! I will see u soon! :) read more

It has pretty good drinks compared to other boba places. Also, there are a million options to choose from. The only downside is the long wait. read more

Love love love their milk tea here! Friendly staff and owner! POG green tea is also recommended here!

THE BEST BOBA EVVVVVVVEEERRRRRRRR, I never get tired of getting my smoothies or slushies with boba from this place, very friendly staff and a very chill place. There's always something there that you'll post on your social media read more

When I have a long week, I enjoy a macha green tea smoothie with boba. The place fun and has a lot of energy! Sumo me please.

They have mini boba and use Okinawan black sugar in the drinks here. Recently they started serving Imagawayaki and Takoyaki on limited days. I think Oko Cafe has the best boba drinks in town. They also serve up a plethora of instant noodles. Always busy but the service is friendly and accommodating. read more

By far my favorite boba place because of their cheap but huge portions. I usually just get Thai tea or milk tea without boba. It's less than 5$ for a huge ass cup read more

First time and there will be no next time! Called ahead for my order of four drinks and still waited 30 minutes to get it! They are slow and there weren't even any other customers inside. Plus they got the order all wrong and said their lid plastic wrap machine thingy broke, so they ripped it off my drinks and put on disposable hard plastic lids. Wouldn't have minded, but it looked all tacky with the ripped off plastic wrap! Lack of customer service and take note, the drinks weren't anything special either! read more

I don't know why this place is extremely popular. okay boba at a decent price. never tried food here and the place feels dirty or old. wouldn't mind coming here again but better boba near by read more

Employees and owner are so sweet, left my debit card at the store and was so worried but thanks to them my card was safe and they were so nice about it!! A great place overall, the honey green milk tea was tasty and loved the interior of the place! Would definitely be a go-to place for me if I didn't live so far! :) read more

They were super nice! They had a bunch of cute different foam designs on top of their milk tea which is super unique and really cute. I've been to so many boba places and this place stands out the most, in a good way. They had a small little selfie area or group portrait near their bathrooms. But most of all, I was just really blown away by their cute foam designs haha read more

I am giving this place 2 stars because every time i go to get appetizers, they never have what i wanted, but the drinks are good. Always have the drinks from here when i get a chance to come read more

Nice drinks and cool atmosphere. The instant ramen idea is GENIUS. I also, with Carrie U. have been coming to this place for a long time (though not as frequently as her) and I really like this new place. As for the moffle, I've always wanted to try one ever since I saw a Japanese ad for a moffle machine! Sooo good! Tina read more

I liked it. I feel like boba places are really subjective with reviews and kind of run all over the place because you see reviews solely about the service and not about the food or you get people who complain about sweetness or the boba and still don't tell me about the flavors, but alas I gave this place a try yesterday and really enjoyed it. Now I'm not sure how long I waited, but I was in a pretty good mood after taking a 3 hour nap and after spending my day in Disneyland...but I'm pretty sure I didn't wait any longer than maybe 20-25 minutes all together for my cheese burger, two drinks and we ordered the little pancake things outside. Can't believe I don't know the name and I'm full Japanese, but my aunt really wanted to try it. It was also later at night that we went, but truly I don't think the wait is that long. The prices are fair. We tried this place because we've also frequented Honey Boba, but I didn't like my taro smoothie with egg pudding and boba for some reason. Got it at Oko and really enjoyed it. My aunt got a fruity tea with boba and it was really refreshing. I believe it was blueberry, but it was so refreshing. The boba is smaller, but very chewy. The only minus to this was it was pretty dang warm in my drink, which I do not like so had to wait for it to cool down. Also our drinks came not in boba cups so couldn't shake our boba around, just had it all sitting at the bottom unfortunately, but minor grievances for a still very enjoyable experience! Paying 3.25 for a cheeseburger I was quite impressed. I didn't care for the fancy bigger bun, but the meat was cooked with a little pink and tasted good. And the leftovers for morning were even better! Will definitely come back to sample more the next time I'm out in the area! read more

Hung out with a couple friends here. The drinks are HUGE; did not taste one but I'd like to order the matcha green tea based upon other reviews. Not good for talking and having a conversation. It smells like smoke and alcohol here, yuck! read more

I've only been here once, but i like it. It's very gimmicky, but that doens't bother me. whatever floats their boat to draw in business doesn't bother me. i like their boba! it's smaller than the average boba, but still big enough to not look like fish eggs at the bottom of the cup. it was yummy! i also saw a wall of ramen packages which is used as a ramen menu. pretty cool concept. but i know all too well about packaged ramen as i am asian and that's kinda like the 6th food group in our diet. it was cool to see which ones are offered, but i'd rather go to the market and buy a package instead of ordering it here. i mean, it's not that hard to make. cool place to chill with friends. read more

Honestly, i wouldnt go back I went to oko cafe with 2 other people, and we each ordered a drink. We probably spent around 45 minutes waiting for our drinks, even though there weren't very many people in the store. I feel that that's ridiculous, especially since there were 4 or 5 workers there, who just seemed to be doing nothing. There's also a language barrier, which shouldn;t be too bad unless you're ordering something a little different (e.g. no boba, no ice, half sugar, something like that) The sesame shake was pretty good though, and the boba was decent. If I was ever in the area again, I would just choose tea station next door read more

Just a forewarning: if you need to be somewhere (aka you're on a lunch break) this needs to be your first and probably last stop. When it's even slightly busy, the girls just shut down to a hault. I've waited on multiple occasions, anywhere from 15 to 45 minutes for a boba drink before. However, on why this is a 4 star review: this place is just great in general. It's got a nice feel to it and the drinks are really what shine. The Sumo's are always worth the shot, especially for just 50 cents to a dollar more depending on your drink. I always like to get their snow drinks, which is a combination of Taiwanese snow ice shaved on top of a blended drink, Delicious with their honey boba. It's always fun to come here with friends or coworkers. I really enjoy their drinks and despite the wait, I'll sometimes just go in, put the order, go to Mitsuwa to get food and come back and grab it then. They don't mind at all. read more

I like their boba a lot, and for a girl that is picky with her boba, they are generally right on the dot. Tried their boba milk tea and their thai iced tea, which was both above average. It's nothing that makes you go, "WOW I MUST HAVE THIS EVERYDAY," but it's enough to make you go, "Wow, this is pretty good...I'm coming back again for their boba." Also had their potato twists today ($1 special!) with the garlic Parmesan seasoning, and that was pretty good too. Once again, see explanation of reaction above. I give them props for keeping the place super high-tech and using the Square app to email me my receipts and whatnot. Would like it if they offered more food choices besides ramen and potato twists...throw some chicken options at me! Otherwise, super good. Clean facility and good place to hang out with friends and grab a quick fix of boba. read more

Its always packed whenever I come here. Watch out for your number and pay attention to your order. You dont want to get someone else's. I like how you can mix up flavors and they have a lot of selection both flavors and toppings. And the size too! Oh! And one time I accidentally left my purse but soon as I realized, they were already closed. So I had to call them the next morning. Told them I left my purse and all my IDs were in there. We came to get it and the guy, who I think is the owner, kept it safe. The girl who served us also noticed and good thing she knew it was mine. Checked my purse if anything was lost and nothing was missing Appreciate their honesty so much. And to tell that I got my paycheck in cash inside was not touched. read more

I was so excited to see a new teppan place was opening in Gardena! I checked it out the first chance I could, which turned out to be few minutes before they were closing for the day. Still they let me order to go! =D So I ordered Pork Okonomiyaki, and Pork Yakisoba. On the menu they have other things like takoyaki and taiyaki, but I was here for the food. They also have a small drink section which I believe cheaper than the Tea Station next door. I tried their Milk Tea and it was alright, I'll try their other items next time. Took them about 10~15 min to give me the food ready, each came with a mini salad and a tiny desert! (I wasn't expecting them so that was nice) Okonomiyaki was great! Yakisoba wasn't so great, found a lot of chunky veggies that weren't cooked thoroughly. I def will have to come back here to dine-in. read more