Go For Tea

I’ve been coming here frequently since high school for long, deep heart-​to-​heart talks with friends. Something about its dim hanging light bulbs and spacious seating make it so comfortable. The waiters are really attentive (ask if I need water refills frequently), fast and never pester you to leave even after your food is finished, so sometimes I would be there for 8 hours.
I’ve tasted quite a few things on the menu, and everything has been quite delicious. Today I ordered a beef paper hot pot. The broth was very fragrant even without the spicy or thai options. There was around ten rolls of raw beef, and some tofu, enoki mushroom, nappa cabbage, and squid balls already in the pot. The flame eventually died by itself and it wasn’t overly steamy. It was really filling with the rice. I also got the honeydew milk tea with tapioca. It wasn’t too sweet and it was very tasty. Other times I have ordered items like popcorn chicken and green curry seafood bento set, and I really enjoyed them all.
Price wise is not bad all. An entrée is around 13 dollars, and drinks are 5 to 6 dollars with toppings costing additional. Honestly, if you stay for a few hours, it’s really worth the few extra dollars.

I used to go there all the time .and after a while i found that they changed the menu and the price has increased quite a bit. i tried to order honey green tea but they gave me something else instead .good thing that they changed it back for me .the food was ok but not the same as before.

Went there at Friday night with friends. But really disappointed about everything! The space planning is not good at all. It’s like a maze and easier makes you feel you do not where you are. The interior is not bright enough, my boyfriend actually get tripped because they use two different colours of laminate floor. We order the traditional rose tea, I was so surprised they even put sugar inside. Can someone tell me what kind of traditional tea is this? I never drank a traditional tea has sugar inside for my entire life until now.
Overall the space planning is really terrible and the food is really pricey! I would not go there again!

I had the popcorn chicken with a side of rice and meat sauce. It came with three halves of spring rolls (which is kind of weird when I stop to think about it… why three halves??) and some fried basil on top. A sizeable meal for only 10.99. The service was quick and efficient. The staff tend to leave you alone after you’ve gotten your order, so you can take your time and just flag them down when you need anything.
This place has been around for a while and the quality has always been steady even as the prices have slowly crept up over the years. I would not suggest coming here to work or read since the place is not well lite but it’s perfect for chatting and catching up. A good place to catch up with a friend over a drink or to congregate in a larger group for a meal since they have some large tables tucked into the sides of the venue. This place gets busy during the evenings, especially on the weekends but I find it pretty quiet during the daytime hours.

This is a decent venue
Got a patio for the summer, which is where I had y first try of frogs legs
It has a dark cool vibe going on the inside with plenty of seating that doesn’t feel too exposed
You get a table button for when you want to call for service
Foods decent and the bubble tea comes in 500ml for 5 bucks which is a great deal
Wifi is slow as sin
Recommend going along and enjoying the food

I really like the environment of this place, it’s really dark with lights only shining on tables. It’s another of those good places to chill with friends and drink bobba tea late at night cause nothing is open. They have very comfortable U-​couch seatings which can get really nice a cozy! There’s magazines at the front for people to read, but I don’t think anyone reads it lol. They have free wifi and it’s pretty fast connection.
The only food I’ve tried from them is those mini hot pot dishes, which I think is sufficient for one person. The bubble teas are a little expensive. I got the milk tea and that was already $ 5. We also ordered the kiwi yogurt and it was waaaay too sweet. They put it under «healthy» section too.

It looks and has the spacious interior of a classy restaurant, yet feels like a bubble tea joint you could study in for hours.
Another unique feature compared to other bubble tea places is the very extensive food menu, which is pretty good but a tiny bit over priced for the portion you get. The quality of the food is good enough that I wasn’t bothered by it.
Overall, I think it’s superior in many ways to other bubble tea places, because of the menu and ambiance.

This place is very dimly lit. I understand it’s meant to set a mood, but it was just very dark in here and hard to see. This location is pretty spacious, and the seating arrangement looks cool, but the seats themselves are actually kinda uncomfortable.
I came here with a friend who ordered what I believe was the Taiwanese sausage rice. It was very simply arranged, but I personally found it average in taste. I only ordered a green apple bubble tea while my friend got the peanut butter one. These were good. My friend’s drink actually tasted like peanut butter. I found that really amusing. The sizes come in regular or large, and if you’re dining in, come in these huge mugs. For dessert, my friend ordered the crème brûlée, which was small but tasty.
I also ordered a milk green tea with tapioca to go for another friend. It costs 80 cents for the tapioca which I found to be really expensive for just tapioca.
This place is pricey for what is basic food and drink. I don’t know if I’d return.

We ate like way to much Korean BBQ and decided to go get some Bubble tea to digest.
It was quite busy and even though it’s quite huge it had a feeling of classy trendy place where Kids and young people goes instead of a Starbuck. It’s a restaurant with a huge menu and a bubble tea/​drink menu as big.
I had a Peppermint with tapiocca which was a powder bubble tea. It was tasty but they have some more natural with better tea option.
In my opinion, they wanna please way too many people by having everything they may be losing on the quality.
I can’t say for food as I didn’t eat but I was told it use to be better by my 2 locals friends who goes there often.

I love the dim lighting and the vibe here. I love how you can play cards while sipping bubble tea with friends. But I don’t like the drinks. I used to come here all the time before Chatime, Coco Tea, or ZenQ existed and the drinks were always decent to me. Now that I’ve had better, I can honestly say damnnn they suck. It’s been probably a little over a year since I last came here to chill. They’ve changed the menu a bit — added more food options but the drinks are still the same. I can’t stand the powdery and sugary taste. They need to catch up to Chatime and those other popular bubble tea shops. You know. those special flavours. options for ice and sugar levels. I really don’t mind the fact that the servers don’t understand or speak English too well, but they’re very slow and not very attentive. At least I know they won’t interrupt you randomly when all you really want to do here is hangout with friends, play some cards, or just talk.

My friends took me here for the first time.
I usually go to Starbucks for tea so I thought a change in environment would be nice.
The employees were relatively friendly and knew the menu well. (I’m not a bubble tea drinker so I don’t know what to order.) There was too much to choose from so I just went with the Fresh Aloe and Apple Drink, 1 matcha pudding and 1 mango pudding (I just realized that I didn’t order the mango pudding, I ordered the original milk pudding.) Not a big deal… everything I ordered was yummy anyway.
When we went around 21:00 on a Friday night, we got a seat right away but when we left an hour later, there was a lineup of young teens and students sitting, standing, chatting, texting, blocking the doorway, and such.
2^nd time going there was a much better experience, and it was to go. It was a Tuesday night around 21:00. There were a few empty tables so service was faster. Got our drink in 2 minutes.

Go For Tea has become one of the better hangout places for me when I want to see friends. There have been a lot of places recently that have either closed or simply started getting worse and worse.
Go For Tea is a pretty large restaurant that has an incredible atmosphere to it. There’s a ton of space and the fact that tables are far apart from each keeps things a lot quieter than you may expect for a large place like this. There’s actually a lot of walls too so the sound doesn’t echo around too much so it’s perfect. Parking’s reasonable and they’re open very late so that even those night owls can go out and have a place to hangout!
I haven’t ordered a whole lot there but based on what I did have, I was impressed. My favourite is the lamb udon. While it has egg and mushrooms in it — which I don’t eat — the lamb, noodles and soup base themselves are all way above average. It also comes in a semi-​fancy bowl with a wooden holder. I also got the popcorn chicken and wings, which weren’t as great, but worth trying at least once. I got strawberry milk green tea and wasn’t too fussy about it… got black tea instead and it was a lot nicer.
Prices are pretty reasonable, but it varies from item to item. Just be warned that they tack on an extra 10% service charge for groups of six or more.
It should be noted that this place is a really nice place to bring friends to play board games. They don’t seem to mind and the tables are plenty big enough for most games assuming you don’t fill your table with a ton of food. I went with three friends and the table we got was plenty big enough for Flashpoint and any card game you’d likely play.
Service could use a little bit of work but I wouldn’t go as far as to say they were awful. They seat you right away, assuming there’s room. I think it was getting full around midnight on a Sunday (when I went there once) so just be wary that you might need to wait. There have a button each table that appears to let the waiters /​waitresses know that you need them but it can take two or three tries because they actually follow up with you. While the system itself isn’t terrible, it clearly isn’t perfect. I’d be happier if they just assigned each server to an area and had them check up on you every so often if they can’t follow their current system. However, after you order, the food /​drinks are actually really quick to arrive at your table, so that’s a plus for sure. Since I use this place as a lounge-​type area, I don’t honestly mind waiting all ‘that’ much.
Go For Tea is a fantastic place to go if you want to hang out with friends and you need a place that’s open late. The atmosphere’s amazing so if they can bump up their wait times on it’s customers down a little, I’d be more than willing to give this place their fifth star.

Such a waste of nice decorations since their food is awful. My friend and I went there for lunch since magic noodles is under renovations and we ordered the beef noodle soup 10 $ and Thai curry chicken combo 12 $. Noodle soup was plain and tasted like preservatives. Curry chicken was wayyyyyyyy too sweet. I barely touched the food.
Service was bad too. Tables were poorly cleaned despite few customers. At first I actually really really wanted to order their mini hotpot but I don’t like the brown sauce it comes with so I asked the waitress for sesame oil instead. She immediately denied me and said she can’t change it or they don’t have it or some bs??? How is it possible for an Asian kitchen not to have sesame oil???
There’s so many better alternative places in the area. Don’t waste your money here.

Very slow and inattentive service! Environment is clean and decorative, drinks are average.

The only time I come here is when it’s late and I can’t think of anything else to do with friends. They are open late and good for big or small groups of people. Expect at least a 20min wait if coming on the weekends.
Service: The service has gotten significantly better from about 5 years ago. Staff are quick if you can ever get a hold of them (which can be problematic sometimes). Drinks come out fast too. You don’t feel pressured to leave asap which is nice when catching up with old friends.
Drinks: Last time I got the black sesame cold tea which was good enough, not the greatest but sufficed. My friend got the milk tea with tapioca. The milk tea was too sweet and light on the tea flavour but the tapioca was cooked well.
Food: I don’t normally order food but the menu has gotten bigger and almost all the tables ordered multiple dishes. Maybe next time I’ll try.
Atmosphere: I like the high ceilings and decorative lights. The people that come here can get a bit loud though. They have free wifi so people tend to watch shows/​movies at their tables. Nothing you can do about that. :/

I’ve grabbed bubble teas to go several times here, recently I actually dined in only because my boyfriend’s friends had chosen the place.
Got a special that night «Streaky beef» the name did not sound appetizing whatsoever. However it was a basic box/​combo compared to the other specials (I’m a picky eater). It had beef, rice, salad & soup, which were all decent; nothing amazing. Also got a large Taro bubble tea, which was fine too. Again nothing spectacular, just the same quality as mall bubble tea. Not too sure what my boyfriend got but as for food portions, they were small and their menu is totally overpriced.
Let it be known that it took FOREVER to order because they are clearly not trained to provide customer service. The servers would stand together and just talk, they did not check on their tables. They only attended to us after being waved at or called for.
When it came to pay, my group of 7 asked for split bills (which they messed up 3 times)– this wasn’t the worst part though! When they finally got it right we noticed they sprung a fixed tip because of our group size. After we all paid individually the server that brought the card machine flipped on us telling us «you know you didn’t tip??» «You didn’t add any tip when you paid?» He said this several times to my group and we were like «yeah we know.» He then left, when he came back to clear the table we told him that he already included the tip. And he was still pissed that we didn’t add anything additional. Excuse you, that is optional and reflective of service. This server turned me off from ever coming here again. DON’T BOTHER.

I really like coming here with my friends because it is in the middle of everyone so its easy to get to. This go for tea is a great place for dates as well because the lighting is pretty dim, which is nice. It can get pretty loud when it gets busy but that is to be expected of a bubble tea place.
Washrooms are also very nice because you get your own room with a sink and hand dryer. There is also a «party room» if you have a large group of friends. Use the buzzer if you are in that room because staff normally doesn’t check up on you.
Open wifi is available but the connection is pretty slow when busy. Prices for bubble tea and food is pretty average. I recommend their popcorn chicken if you are hungry, it is really good. They also offer a selection of cakes but not all of them will be available at the same time.

This place is a good spot to come to with groups as they have intimate sections if you have group gatherings. My girls and I were put in a secluded corner and able to be as loud as we wanted.
The servers were nice but I didn’t like that when we ordered something, one of the guys would like be wanting to walk away while we were ordering or peering through the side of the wall. Also, it’s neat they had a buzzer to call the servers and they would come to our table quick.
Bubble tea was ok, I got honeydew slush and it was pretty sweet. The food was okay, quite salty but it wasn’t horrible. The highlight of the day… CREME BRÛLÉE!
Overall, an okay place to go, not completely horrible… customer service could be more friendly but they were quick and efficient. Oh and just an FYI… if you get seated in the back, the layout of the restaurant is really confusing. My friends and I felt like we were walking in circles lol

Upon entering, I was astonished with the interior and the décor. By far one of the most stunning restaurant interiors I have seen. It was also darker than I anticipated but was still okay for me. My friends and I were escorted to our seats without waiting too long and we basically had our own room to ourselves which was sweet. There was a beeper to call a server on our table which was convenient.
My friends ordered the Brownie Cheesecake ($ 5.99) and it was surprisingly not as big as we thought. I ordered the Very Mango Mango Slush with Grass Jelly in a large (dollar extra from small). Once I got my drink, I noticed they mistakenly added Coconut Jelly not Grass Jelly in my drink so I beeped a server to have them redo. The server came and asked if they could just add the Grass Jelly and I allowed it.
My slush didn’t taste amazing compared to other Mango Slush I have tried, it just tasted okay.

You’ll either find me here with a laptop and a pile of papers or with a poker face and a deck of cards. This is one of my all time favourite spot to study or hang out!
I LOVE the intimate vibe it gives off due to its dim lighting accompanied by its homey décor. This is the only location that I’m aware of that offers the «intimate» vibe. Other Go For Teas I’ve been to are very bright that it’s almost appropriate for shades. But hey, if you like the brightness then go ahead by all means.
It is very spacious and they have booths that can accommodate up to 5 – 6 people. Service is not the best as some of the Unilocalers have mentioned; they won’t bother you unless you need something. On the brighter side, they do have a service button! If it’s not on your table then just simply look behind your booth and you’ll find that gem.
Some items on the menu are a bit over priced however, they do come in a good portion and tastes expectional. I usually catch their lunch special (11am-​3pm) since it’s a fair deal for a price of $ 10.99 that comes with rice, soup AND dessert. Feeling for something more than soup? No problem. Order ANY drink from the menu and just pay half its price! I told you it was a fair deal, didn’t I?
Recently, I came here for the Golden Thai Style Curry while my friend ordered the Red Thai Style Curry. The Golden Thai Style Curry hit the spot however, the Red Thai Style Curry was a tad too sweet. I thought it would leave my mouth on fiya because it had 3 peppers beside its name on the menu but, that wasn’t the case… So, for all of you who love the heat in curry, I’m sorry to say that these thai style curry dishes will not do justice for you. If you’re not a fan of curry go for the Lamb with Cumin or Chicken and Mushroom dish. If nothing appeals to you on their Lunch Special menu, go for the taiwanese style sausage fried rice or vermecilli. You won’t be disappointed!
Oh, one more thing… I just have to mention that this place make the BEST strawberry milk green tea!
Overall, good spot, good food, good drinks and that’s what puts a smile on my face. (: