Tapioca Express

«Teaven»
–Green Tea is bitter
–Pearls are stiff
–Snows have huge ice chunks in them
–Cashier can’t distinguish between single and double pearls
–Cashier mistakes products (puts double pearls in wrong drink and says wrong name)
–Skimpy on pearls
–Cashier talks to friends in Chinese about the customers
–Toilet seats are always up
–Toilets take too long to flush
–Lid machine is alway out of order
–My spirit was not refreshed
–Go to TapEx

Thai Tea Tapioca is my addiction! Cant get enough of it and you cant find any other place that makes it better than Tapioca Express.

Tap-​Ex just isn’t what it used to be. But compared to what I’m getting here in NY, I would trade the lot of it for a reg milk tea with tap.

Everytime I come to order a drink here while those two guys are working… everything tastes like water. No flavor at all.

I like their drinks. The banana peach smoothie is definitely good.
The only downside to this place is that the floors are unusually sticky. So sticky that you have to use effort to lift your heel and toe to walk.

liked their tapioca balls cuz they are chewy. But their milk tea is too sweet for my taste. We ordered one regular milk tea and one jasmine milk tea. Since there’s no label on the cup, i poked the straws and sniffed both drinks to see which one was my regular milk tea. But I couldn’t tell cuz there’s no smell. Whereas last time at Quickly’s I was able to differenciate my drink by just one sniff. Their jasmine milk tea really had the jasmine smell!
tadaa. winner is Quickly.

Got to take away a star for lack of consistency.
When you have something you love and and you know that it is a staple, for me, tapioca drinks, you should not give your heart/​stars away so quickly.
After taking a break from this place, I could go here every other day, really, I came back again for my tapioca fix.
This visit they were out of large tapioca. Cashier said they’ll substitute with the small ones. Sure. I’m a reasonable girl, it happens. But
to my dismay, there wasn’t enough tapioca again! See previous review. My first thought was don’t they use a standard measuring cup?
Tapioca drinks are a comfort food for me and my comfort food needs to be consistent.
The search for the great tapioca drink begins again. *sigh*

Massive fail for a Tapioca Express. Have been to numerous Tap X’s around the bay and this would be the worst.
Came in to get a quick tapioca after dinner and it wasn’t too busy since there were only 2 orders in front of me which the cashier had already taken. I guess whoever was working was new but he only had to make 4 drinks before mine. Still thinking I could get my drink pretty quickly, I wait around.
As the person tries to make the drinks before mine, he asks the people before me what their drinks were twice after he took the order. I was quite surprised since he wrote them down on small post-​its but still asked them. So after waiting for 15 minutes, I finally get my drink. Finally it comes but behold, there’s no tapioca after he had asked me what my order was for the 2^nd time.
Massive fail, wouldn’t really recommend coming again unless someone else was working but whatever.

After being dragged here by the wife numerous times, I’m now beginning to like this place.
To their credit, I can see why she appreciates going here.
They have a good selection of tapioca drinks served either hot, cold, or even blended. They also make smoothies, snacks, and rice plates, and I wouldn’t be too surprised if they started serving fro yo anytime soon.
I’m kinda enjoying the blended caramel drink with tapioca — slushy consistency with just the right amount of caramel and slightly sweetened by the tapioca.
But that’s not why I’ve finally started to enjoy coming here; it’s because of the guys running it.
You see them in back concocting new menu items, goofing around when there’s no customers, or just hanging out with friends and doing a little karaōke.
It feels like a business one of your buddies started on a whim out of their garage instead of just another chain place at a strip mall.
I hope they succeed.

I LOOOOOVVVVVVEEEEEEEEEEEE Tapoica Express… but not this one.
I came here enough times to fairly give it two stars.
Drinks: blended; too water
String beans: TOO FUCKING SPICY… Don’t get me wrong… I love spicy and I love string beans. but there is such a thing as TOO FUCKING SPICY. After every string bean I ate I had to drink. NOT COOL when it leaves you’re mouth burning that you need a fire hydrant to cool it off.
Plus, the new Asian girl almost got my order wrong… technically she did. So I ordered SPICY string beans. I made sure I emphasized the word SPICY loud and clear. I had to correct her. And for my drink I said to get tapoica. however my drink came without the balls. Darn!
Nothing more fun than eating spicy snacks and drinking the drink while chewing on the balls.

I just started going here recently at the recommendation from my bro. Before, I knew it was right there but I wasn’t too big on Tapioca/​Boba places.
He knew I was starting to get into liking fro-​yo slowly but surely (will NOT wait in long ass line for it tho) and suggested I try TapEx’s Yogurt Frost drink which comes with 1 of 4 or 5 different fruit flavors. At first, it tasted REALLY weird… like runny fro-​yo but I did admit it tasted a lot like it… even the sour-​y taste. I have now ordered it 4 times and like it even better than regular solid fro-​yo.
I also really love their Crispy Chicken but I order it mild since the HOT is WAY TOO spicy.
Ive tried a few flavors of tapioca drinks and they taste fine. I want to try oreo, coconut and avocado drink specials next time.
All the time Ive been here, Ive never had any service problems with an attitude or anything like that.
FYI, I like to go during non-​peak hours cus I don’t like waiting inside there with a bunch of kids crowding the place. Same thing with Quickly… I love the food/​drinks but always feel the need to leave right after getting the order cus its loud, congested and just not my age group of peeps.

This place is pretty good! I really like the Milk tea… its my favorite milk tea out of every where else. Also, the tapioca is good =D I love MIXED tapioca… the texture you get in your mouth is fun XD.
I think the service is pretty quick too… except for when its super busy. then you’d have to wait like 5 – 8 minutes for your drink But other than that, its great. Highly recommend. Also try the calamari!!!
They also accept DEBIT cards!!! yay!

I love honey green teas and can’t imagine my weekends without at least one tea drink. Every time I walk into a Tapioca Express, I always end up buying several little items to munch on with a extra large drink.
I’m not so sure about this store… I have no idea what they do differently but their drinks taste really funny to me. It’s almost like the teas are sweetened with WAY too much artificial sweetener. I would recommend getting the milk teas instead of the plain tea, the milk dilutes the fake sweetness out and makes the drink more bearable.

My Xo & I wanted something a bit sweet after eating sushi so we walked over here. I ordered the Passion Fruit Snow Bubble & my Xo ordered the Peach Snow Bubble. My Xo said that they ran out of the big tapioca balls so we had to have the small ones instead. It took forever to wait. There were only 2 workers. On top of it all, it was way too cold inside so I went outside where it was warmer & smoked a cigarette.
This joint is not too bad. They also have food in their menu such as bento boxes, onion rings, chicken & other varieties. There is a bunch of high schoolers around. I guess this is one of their hang out spots. The prices is a bit high for some ice cold drinks.

I got the Mango Snow Bubble and it wasn’t all that great. I think I’ll have to try the other drinks to have more to say about this tapioca express.
Quickly is way better!

So, before a bunch of us went bowling at Classic, my friend and I decided to try this place because we learned they had crispy chicken (popcorn chicken). We ordered two drinks (watermelon slush and milk tea) and the crispy chicken. I didn’t like my drink too much as it tasted unnatural, like perhaps they were using powder and didn’t brew any tea (?) or it just didn’t taste good. The popcorn chicken was ok, but it was nothing compared to the popcorn chicken I’ve had elsewhere (see my Quickly review). Not only did they go skimp on it, but it didn’t have much flavor. It did not do our craving any justice. After that, we swore we weren’t going to get popcorn chicken anywhere else but Irving St. I don’t know, maybe I have to try something else to give at least 3 stars, but for now, they only get 2.
Oh and yes, there are a bunch of high school kids here, but understand it’s their «kick it spot» and I know you’ve all had one before; Tapioca Express just happens to be theirs.

this place is good, and the drinks are delicious. I recomend mango snow bubble or tapioca milk tea :) yuum. I frirst tried this place with my bestfriends, and I liked this place. The place is pretty stylish, and they have vending machines for toys and all.
4 stars just because I think its too pricey just for a drink. The price range for food is about 7 – 11 $ which is not worth it since the food gives small amount. Chicken teriyaki bento box is good though, lol. & last thing, too many BOPPERS! uugh.

They should call this place Teenie Bopper express. j/​k
Well the Tapioca drinks there are not bad and very consistant everytime. My fav is the milk tea. The fried chicken there is off the hook and can be pretty spicy.
why i only give 3 stars? Not too much or non at all customer service. If you go there? Just go for the drinks and snacks. Don’t get mad at the youngstas. Leave’em alone! They just kids aight! :)

Food: Ordered a green apple snow bubble. The drink was good!
Price: Cheap
Service: Fast!
Atmosphere: Nice sized Tapioca Express, plenty of places to sit and chill. Also kudos for having a big flat screen! (with Shrek 3 playing!!!)
Location: Right in that Ranch 99 area… near Dim Sum King

Definitely better than the King Drive Tapex. They actually have ramen and rice plates here. The crispy chicken and squid are a bit spicier, but they contain just as much MSG. I don’t really taste any difference in the milk tea. But they don’t take as long in preparing your food and drink as the King Drive one.
They also got a bunch of capsule toy vending machines, and some chinese-​translated manga and free WiFi. The location is on the small side though, only 5 tables and a sofa. But it’s not like you wanna spend too much time there anyway.
One thing I noticed about the menu, they have combo A, B and C, but then it jumped to combo Q. Weird. Why not D? Is the letter D bad? Because it stands for douche, or dumb, or die?
Just wondering.