Ordered pick up online. Went to the store only to find it was closed. They're supposed to be open at 12PM and they said they were retuning at 3:20?? Their phone got hung up immediately each time when I called 3 times outside the door. Knocked the door and a lady opened the door rudely. No communication of any kind and she straightly went back to her seat and continued playing with her phone. My drink was sitting at the counter but she said nothing about it. No apologies, no eye contact, no talking of any kind. No wonder my order was still #1 when I placed it 40 minutes after it opened. The drink (fruit tea) has a strong taste and smell of sanitizer. I threw away the $8 drink. read more

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Self service kiosk as others have mentioned. Sort of slow service. Small seating area inside. Menu has so many options, it's a bit overwhelming. We tried the taro sago latte (even at 100% sweetness it was not sweet at all) and the yifang fruit tea with sago (which at 50% sugar was so incredibly sweet, tasted like my entire sugar allotment for the week)! The sago is nice though. For those who don't know sago are tiny, clear, somewhat chewy balls of starch (mouthfeel sort of like the little rice balls in tapioca pudding), and much smaller than the typical tapioca boba. I probably wouldn't get either drink again, but next time I might try the mango pomelo sago or just a regular milk tea with boba. read more

Yummy pancakes with custard filling, fruit tea is great as well! Recommend the strawberry tea for a refreshing drink read more

YiFang Taiwan Fruit Tea - Egg pancake with custard filling - Bubble Tea Near Me - Redmond, Washington

What an unhappy soulless place. Your initial interaction will be with a screen that requires that you supply them with your phone number. Then, you wait in an empty room with inadequate ventilation. Your only interaction with the staff is when they place your completed order on the counter but don't announce it. They have no place to sit and enjoy your hermetically sealed-in-plastic tea. Perfect if you are antisocial and can't be bothered to talk to others. read more

Food: Ive always ordered at this location and they always make my boba perfect. This was the first time I went in in person. Boba was good! Very refreshing. Service: to order it is self service. There is a touch screen pad where you can order your boba or snacks. If you are an introvert this is a dream! Lol the only time the workers talk to you is when they call out your number. Which I don't mind at all. Ambiance: the place is cute! Enough seating for maybe 10 people at most inside. They were playing cute music. I liked it! I will always recommend yi fang locations. The boba is really good not too sweet! read more

YiFang Taiwan Fruit Tea - (Smoothies)Mango Pomelo Sago - Bubble Tea Near Me - Redmond, Washington

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The service here is slow and really inattentive. The store itself is without a doubt the dirtiest boba shop I've ever been to. It seems to be seldom cleaned or repaired. Tiles are cracked, pipes are leaking, boxes of ingredients are just piled up in the waiting area. Not sure how they're passing inspections. read more

A small fruit tea (boba) drink shop across from the Redmond Trader Joe's. Too the family here to get a treat. The drinks are consistently done well and a good value. There's lots of opportunity to customize drinks. We got the egg pancake too. It was ok too. read more

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Person was very rude got my order wrong was just on her phone and looked like i was disturbing her by asking and ordering. I presented my passport discount but proceeded to charge me full price. Unacceptable! Asian girl with blonde bleached hair read more

I ordered online and was told it would be ready after 15 minutes. I arrived in less than 5 minutes after placing the order and when I walked in the smell of cleaning solution hit me and so strong. There was no one in sight. I stood there for around 5 minutes and no one ever came out. I finally walked closer to the counter and below the counter and not within sight from where I was standing was a drink and the tag had my name. It had been ready within 5 minutes of me placing the order yet I wasn't notified that it was ready and no one ever came out to help me. The drink was ok but I won't be coming back due to my experience. read more

TURN DOWN YOUR DANG MUSIC! It is so loud no wonder people don't want to come in. I walked into no one at the register. I said hello, no response. When I got to the counter to make my order I saw that there was a girl there - she didn't look up once. I placed my order then the music started and it was LOUD! I was standing next to my son and we had to yell to hear each other. Inside looked dirty...whoever is on shift is not cleaning the waiting area, spilt milk tea and it looks sticky. It really is a shame / I LOVE their menu and their teas. We fell in love with Yi Fang in Federal Way - that crew and store did such an amazing job! We came to Redmond and were sorely disappointed. We won't be coming back to Redmond for this... read more

I discovered my new favorite treat here: EGG PANCAKE WITH CUSTARD! I also enjoyed my nondairy milk tea with pudding, too. But I can't believe I've been missing those little treats all my life. Lovely griddled flavor, not too sweet and a mix of textures with the smooth custard inside. I'm craving these again today! read more

YiFang Taiwan Fruit Tea - Egg pancake with custard. YUMMY!! - Bubble Tea Near Me - Redmond, Washington

I had yet to visit this Eastside location of the Taiwanese fruit tea and bubble tea franchise. Orders are placed on a kiosk by the front counter. The printed menus pasted on the side walls were outdated. ----- Mango Pomelo Sago: classic mango smoothie made with fresh mango, mango jam, coconut, and topped with grapefruit pulp and chewy sago ($6.80). A refreshing summer drink that is rich in mango. I found 30% sugar was adequate enough for the sweetness level. Extra toppings could not be added, but inside had plenty of fruit pulp and sago. ----- The business was short on staff with only two employees working through the long list of orders. It took a long 45 minutes for our order to be fulfilled on a late Friday afternoon. Inside had a few bar counter and table seating. read more

YiFang Taiwan Fruit Tea - Mango Pomelo Sago: classic mango smoothie made with fresh mango, mango jam, coconut, and topped with grapefruit pulp and chewy sago ($6.80). - Bubble Tea Near Me - Redmond, Washington

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I love Yifang. I loved this location but I came in today at 6:50 and it was just a bad experience. When I pulled up to the parking lot I saw a girl walking out of the store and didn't think much of it. I came in and placed an order and I didn't see or hear anyone in the back but didn't think anything of it. A few minutes later the same girl came in and went to the back. I heard her making the drink but she didn't even call my order when it was done even though no one was in the store.. When I tried my drink it tasted like the ratio was off. It wasn't as good as it usually was and seemed like it was rushed to be made. read more

YiFang serves a variety of Taiwanese teas and snacks. My favorites are the Mango Pomelo Sago and Super Trio Milk Tea. There are milk replacement options and many topping additions and customizations available. Service is quite impersonal- ordering is done by tablet and there is little acknowledgement of the customer besides calling the order number. They will usually prop open the front door on nice days, but when it's not, there isn't much ventilation causing steam (presumably due to tea brewing) to build up in the air and is very visible on the windows. I've found this location runs out of ingredients quite a bit, so your drink of choice might not always be guaranteed. read more

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Fruit teas are so good here! I also love the addition of lychee gel in the teas I ordered. I feel bad for the single person who was working, there was a lot of people and a lot of orders with a lot of pick ups. I hope they add more staff member soon. read more

YiFang Taiwan Fruit Tea - Strawberry Fruit Tea - Bubble Tea Near Me - Redmond, Washington

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We were thirsty and wanted something to drink. This was on the way home so we decided to check it out. We got the mango pomelo sago and the mango fruit tea with cheese foam. Both drinks were pretty good, a little pricy in my opinion, but you do get a larger cup. I like the mango fruit tea as it has a lot of fruit in them. For some reason it wasn't as refreshing and i was still thirsty. They do have a few things that i was confused about: first, the cheese foam wasn't in a sippy cup, so i guess you're suppose to swirl it? Another thing was that the mango pomelo sago had mango chunks in them that was too big to fit through the straw so i had to open the cup up to eat them... OVerall, if i'm in the area, i would get drinks but wouldn't go out of my way to come here. read more

YiFang Taiwan Fruit Tea - Mango pomelo sago and mango fruit tea with cheese milk foam - Bubble Tea Near Me - Redmond, Washington

As an avid bubble tea fan, I was excited to hear that YiFang found a home on the Eastside. YiFang is known for their use of fresh fruit and natural ingredients, with one example being their "golden jam" crafted from overripe pineapples. That's exactly what I was here for....the Pineapple Green Tea! Right after entering, we placed our order on the self-service kiosk at the front. With only one kiosk operating at the time, I could easily see this hold up the line during peak times. In the time it took me to scroll through the menu and input customizations, an employee could probably process two orders. Our teas were ready within a few minutes and I received a text to pick them up from the front counter. Considering how the store operates, there is minimal interaction between the staff and customers, which left us feeling barely acknowledged. A simple greeting when we walked in would have at least made a difference. Also, when we asked one employee a question, we received a very curt response. Maybe they were having an off day, but we didn't feel very welcomed. I ordered their recommended Pineapple Green Tea with pearls ($4.75 + $0.50), 30% sugar and light ice. The ice and sweetness levels were executed well, but the flavor was not what I expected from a supposedly homemade pineapple jam. It didn't have a juicy ripe pineapple taste and actually seemed diluted. My tea was just sweet, with a subtle fruit flavor. My friend had the Black Tea Latte with pearls and 30% sweetness. The drink contained real milk instead of a powdered base which was nice, but she said it was on the weak side as well. Additionally, our pearls were quite soft and didn't have that chewy bite that we long for. I arrived with such high hopes, but my visit left me feeling a little low. I would return in the future to give it another chance and hopefully an additional star. read more

YiFang Taiwan Fruit Tea - Pineapple Green Tea + boba - Bubble Tea Near Me - Redmond, Washington

The best location I really enjoyed this spot. Nice staff. Clean. Great experience. Would like to come back and try other flavors though- I tried something new, and didn't care for it/couldn't finish it. I should have stuck to flavors I enjoy. Never the less, give them a try :) kind of tucked away in Redmond neighborhood. read more

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They have a very good selections of tea and the black milk tea with grass jello drink is delicious and the Yakult with pineapple green tea drinks is good too. I am glad they have the Microsoft discount. We have been there many times and they make the drink pretty decent time even though there's one person and sometimes two people working hard in the back. read more

My favorite drink is the Mango Pomelo Sago! It reminds me of the Hong Kong style dessert that I eat during the summer, but in smoothie form. Evidently, YiFang offers unique drink combinations and flavors. The Yakult with Pineapple Green Tea tastes exactly like how it sounds, but I appreciated the nostalgia and incorporation of yakult in the drink. The YiFang Fruit Tea was refreshing and attractive with the sliced fruit. I'm interested in trying more drinks on the menu, but I have to admit that the drinks are $5-$7 depending on the drink and toppings. They're pricey and the locations in the Pacific Northwest are far for me, especially this Redmond location. During this COVID-19 pandemic, indoor seating is closed, so I recommend online ordering for pick-up. This location still takes order via the OrderToGo platform. Visit the YiFang Pacific Northwest website for the link. read more

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This is the second time I've gone to a YiFang (different location), and I'm still not impressed yet. It's "ok", but that's like getting a C. I'm Asian, so that might as well as be an F. :P I spotted an item on their wooden menu plates on the wall that said Grass Jelly Tea Latte. I like grass jelly a lot and thought, sure, I'll try that. I looked through their menu but didn't find it. I asked one of the staff, and she said, I can make something like that for you. Hmm, ok. She pressed Black Milk Tea with grass jelly as an added topping. Well, that's not how I would define it, but fine, I'll try it anyway. The wait was reasonable, about 7 mins. The flavor of the milk tea is good. Not much of the grass jelly was coming up the straw though. What pieces that did come up have a stiffer and chunkier texture than they should be. Freshly made ones are slurp-y and easily goes up a straw. These, not so much. About half way through the drink I was starting to see big pieces of grass jelly at the bottom. There's no way these will fit through a straw. Towards the bottom, I emptied the remains into a bowl. Some pieces were at least 3 inches in diameter. Sigh. Can you please at least cut them to a more reasonable "drinkable" size? I ate them with a spoon. Not fun at all. Milk tea taste - 4 stars Grass Jelly - 0 stars Staff - 4 stars Cost of this drink - 3 stars Location, parking convenience - 4 stars read more

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TLDR: refreshing bubble tea with natural ingredients. This place used to be used to be Vivi Bubble Tea. Small shared parking lot. If you place an order online there is a pick up window to the right of the entrance. Atmosphere: small quiet cafe area. While you wait you can look at all the tea brewing and see all the timers going on the wall. Menu is not very descriptive. The name of the drink should be more than enough info but if you have questions you can always ask! Each drink is totally customizable for sugar, ice and toppings. Service: order and pay at the register to the far right. You can order and pay at the kiosk. A menu is provided at the seating area and on the kiosk. Customizations can also be made on the kiosk. After ordering, wait for your number to be called. Sweet Taro Sago Latte: pretty good and starchy. There's legit taro in there! The sago is nice too and there is a generous amount. The best part is that it keeps well overnight in the fridge if you can't finish---the sago doesn't get all puffy and weird like boba pearls do. read more

This place is filthy. There's sticky crusty smears on every surface even their self service iPad. The girl working there was totally out of sight while I was ordering and eventually popped out to stand behind the counter scrolling on her phone. I asked her a question and she immediately went back to her phone! lol. She also did that thing where her coworker walked past while I was right in front of her, she said something to them in another language and then they both laughed. Rude. read more

Looked at the menu for a few minutes without any greeting. Employees was mostly out of sight on their phone. I couldn't find anything with boba or sago in stock. I finally asked if they were out of all boba and sago and got a "yeah, sorry" read more

The hostess had a terrible attitude. I ordered a milk tea without any adjustments. Hostess made my drink without any sugar and refused to believe me or remake it. read more

Sweet and chewy Works for you if you want different filling Custard/ taro/ red bean If you like egg pancake w/o filling Happy lemon is the best choice read more

YiFang Taiwan Fruit Tea - Yifang Egg Pancake 5pcs - Bubble Tea Near Me - Redmond, Washington

I have tried to order here and get my order 3 times, the first two times there were a few people and they told me it was going to take 30 minutes and luckily my appointment was going to take 30 minutes so I accepted that time. After 40 minutes the order was not done. Not once twice that has happened. The staff were fighting among themselves with the guy at the register, trying to coordinate with a lady doing the bubba and all hell broke loose. -- I have given them 2 stars instead of one, as they finally did it on time the third try. The drinks are ok, but nothing can make up for the sub par experience. It aligns with everyone's review of overly sweet. Stick with 70%. read more

YiFang Taiwan Fruit Tea - Take out - Bubble Tea Near Me - Redmond, Washington

The ingredients were out in the middle of the seating area and the ceiling was peeling. I bought a milk tea boba and the boba was hard and not pleasant to chew. The services was below average as the barista was not attentive engaged. I wouldn't go here again read more

I ordered 3 different drinks for me and my friends and all of them were so good! The quality of their tea is significantly different from other boba tea shops I've visited and the tea flavor really came through. None of them were too sweet or lacked sweetness and they are very refreshing! Ordering was done through a tablet, i didn't see if they cleaned in between but they do offer sanitizer around the shop. There's a window outside for online orders but since we ordered there, we waited around 25 minutes for our drinks to come out. A bit longer than we hoped but they were well worth it. read more

No bathroom for paying customer's 6 yr old boy. Was told to walk across the street to Trader Joe's. Really? Which business tells you to go to another business to use their bathroom? read more

Was in the area running an errand and decided to get bubble tea. I chose to come here because I wanted to try the Pink Guava Fruit Tea. It was quick and easy to order on the little screen on the front, and staff are friendly. The Pink Guava was very refreshing and tasty, with bits of guava in it. They don't use the regular-sized tapioca, which I prefer, but the texture is still good. If I'm in the area, I'll come back to try more flavors. read more

YiFang Taiwan Fruit Tea - Pink Guava Fruit Tea - Bubble Tea Near Me - Redmond, Washington

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Self proclaimed boba addict. Have tried or been to most of the local boba places. This is one of the better milk teas (or tea in general) that I've had in the area. They use real milk (yay!) and smaller (popular in taiwan/asia) boba balls which I really enjoy. Tea is good quality and fresh. Boba was sweet and well cooked without being too sweet. Got 50% sugar which was great! This place ranks high for me in terms of boba, probably in my top three in this area! Ordering is done on a machine with little person to person contact unless you have a question. You enter your phone number and then wait outside and they text you when your order is ready! There is a pick up window on the outside too! Lots of parking outside. In the old Vivi tea location. We will be back! read more

YiFang Taiwan Fruit Tea - Black Tea Latte - Bubble Tea Near Me - Redmond, Washington

YiFang's ordering system is a fast and easy self service where you can select no ice, less ice, sugar level, and toppings of choice. I got the yifang fruit tea with less ice and 50% sugar. It has real fruit (orange slices, apple slices). The sugar level is perfect with 50%, don't go any sweeter if you don't like super sweet drinks. It took about 5 min to make my drink. They don't have air conditioning inside but had put on fans on each of the tables. It was about 90 degrees that day so kudos to the 6 or 7 staff working without AC! read more

YiFang Taiwan Fruit Tea - Bubble Tea Near Me - Redmond, Washington

This milk tea chain is located across Trader Joe's in Redmond city center. They offer a variety of milk and fruit teas, both hot and cold. When I went there on a Friday evening, there were hardly anyone else there. Currently, there is no indoor seating at this place. All orders are placed electronically via a tablet at the counter. I ordered a cold Sago Red Bean Latte with 70% sugar for $5.95. The taste was ok, but the texture was powdery. It left me wondering if this store uses power flavorings to supplement other natural ingredients in their milk tea. Overall, I was not particularly impressed with the quality of their drink. read more

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mid place even worse after several attempts. wait time is long, and nobody cares about customer service/experience. the vibe here is so off. i'm never coming here again. also, for the record, meetea is not better. i'm sad read more

I went with my boyfriend and got a taro smoothie. I work at a boba place myself so I understand how these things taste and how sugar affects it. I'm a person who likes less sweet desserts so I ordered 50%. When i got the drink there was a hair on it which was really odd and I decided to ignore. Then when I started drinking, it was terrible. I'm not sure if the taro went bad or the milk but it was sour. It was definitely made with rotten ingredients. I decided to go back, inform them of this, and get a refund. When I explained it was sour, one of the two girls working told me it was probably because I didn't put enough sugar in it and asked if I wanted her to add more. I told her no and that it tastes sour. I've had a taro smoothie before with this amount of sugar and it is NOT supposed to taste sour. I asked her to check the date on the milk or review the ingredients used as they may be rotten. She ignored me and chose to not even check. I then asked for a refund and she said she couldn't give it to me but I could choose another drink from the menu. I politely declined as I did NOT want another spoiled drink. I asked why a refund wasn't possible and explained she could just void the order and recharge for the drink my boyfriend got. It was a confusing and stressful situation. The other girl working knew how to issue a refund and gave us one. OVERALL, this was a terrible experience. They were very rude about the drink and decided I was wrong and didn't know what I was talking about without even addressing my concerns over their ingredients. I would NEVER recommend this place to anyone and will NOT be returning. I suggest everyone goes to MEETEA CAFE instead, a boba place 2 mins from this one. read more

Highly recommend the Mango and Brown Sugar series! Also the onset of winter has reopened yifang to the option of hot winter beverages. It's a bit late to the party, but the ginger tea is really good! read more

Ordered the yifang fruit tea and peach fruit tea with less sugar and little ice. Googled the best flavor tea to try and resulted in Yifang Fruit Tea. Bobba texture is off. The peach tea was much better flavor. read more

YiFang Taiwan Fruit Tea - Yifang fruit tea. - Bubble Tea Near Me - Redmond, Washington

Super excited that YiFang come to the PNW! The first time we came I got the wintermelon with boba and my husband got their brown sugar boba. Knocked off one star because their boba is quite a bit smaller than the standard size - closer to mini pearls, which I'm not a fan of since they don't give me the satisfaction of chewing them :/ Other than the pearls, the flavor of the tea itself was excellent. Second time we came, we got the milk tea with pudding which was just as delicious! read more

I've gone to other YiFang locations many times and I usually ask for "less boba" and for some reason whenever I ask for less boba at this location they either seem confused or say we can't do that because we pre-make the boba with the brown sugar. I've explained that I'm not asking for the boba to be less sweet... I'm asking for LESS boba (volume). For example, if you normally put 2 scoops, I'm asking for only 1 scoop. I've NEVER had any push back or issues at other locations but every single time I've gone to the Redmond location they say they can't do it or they say they'll "try." Because of that half my cup is boba and is too sweet. I'm done going to this location. read more