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    Sweet Bamboo Boba

    4.6 (16 reviews)
    Closed 11:00 am - 8:00 pm
    Updated 2 months ago

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    Arrt T.

    Great idea to be able to customize your own boba with whatever creation you can think of! Unlimited toppings, helpful staff that explain everything, and inviting atmosphere with free arcade games and one of those boxing trainers! If they had a better location I bet theyd be a much bigger hit! Highly recommended and I hope they do well so they can further expand!

    Oolong milk tea + brown sugar syrup + lychee star jelly + boba
    Carly R.

    Cool little hangout spot in downtown SS. It's a fun idea to make your own drink but comes with some flaws such as many items are "ask staff for it" (even boba! The most popular item) so it's not as freely customize style and still require help. Understandable that the machine might not get the sticky boba out easily for this decision, but I think it'll be great to have it resolved for a better customer experience. The drink is good but also down side - you have no idea how sweet the base tea is! I didn't know Hokkaido milk tea is sweetened but oolong is not, so my Hokkaido milk tea came out way too sweet with syrup in; and the oolong milk tea is perfect sweetness. I hope more descriptions and details are visible near. Staff was friendly and attentive. Very nice vibe and great for hangout with friends and family.

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    Helene H.

    It's a cute place. It was quiet and empty when I went in. The employee was helpful, telling me how to make the drink. It was self serve other than the Boba, the employee has to put that in for you. They recommended a pump or no pump of syrup because the teas were premixed and sweet. I didn't get any syrup, just the milk tea and the boba. It would have been nice to have recipe suggestions.

    Ed G.

    This comes from someone who loves the seveen location. There's lots to improve here. I've been to the silver spring location a few times since opening. At 3pm on a Sunday there were about 12-15 customers in the store but one employee. When we walked in, there was not an employee in sight because they were getting the tapioca pearls for a customer. Which leads to the next issue. Why is the most requested topping only available to be completed by an employee? Tapioca pearls really need to be diy like the other location or have a dedicated employee with a tapioca container at the counter. Having them go back and forth is highly inefficient. For efficiency, let's have people pay when they get their cups like at the other location. People were filling up, then waiting in line to pay. Essentially creating 3 problems: people were in line waiting for cups, waiting in line to pay, which in turn were blocking other customers from getting the toppings. How was 1 employee handling giving directions on the process, refilling the toppings, giving out cups, checking out people, cleaning up messes, and giving requested toppings to customers? Just how? They were amazing but its not sustainable. We were stressed for them after visiting today.

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    Thank you Libby! We really appreciate your support <3 <3 <3

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    Loved this boba shop! We loved making it exactly as we wanted and the staff were so nice and helpful. Highly recommend for anyone.

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    staff is so sweeet, 100/10 flavor and so many options. amazing games aswell!!! love the style of this place aswell so inviting!!

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    I went to their first location in Severna Park and it was amazing to be able to make my own Boba drink.

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