PJ Tea Room

Came here for a cold drink on a hot day. Waited a bit longer than usual because our friend was running late and my husband used their mens room while we were waiting (probably 7 minutes). The cashier rushed me to order saying that they had a rule that they would need to place an order within 10 minutes of guest arrival. There was no guests waiting in line nor were there a shortage of seats. This attitude was so unpleasant and put me off from even wanting to order anything– we were just trying to be polite and wait for our friend to order all together. After this uncomfortable exchange, my husband ordered something and we quickly left. It doesn’t matter how great the tea tasted– my experience was ruined.

Caramel icy milk with pudding and boba is the best boba I’ve ever had! So amazing!
They also have great soups and appetizers.

BEYOND GROSS. For the price, you expect close to tea station quality tea. I ordered a simple glass of iced red tea. You could really taste the nasty tea because there was no sweetener or flavoring to mask the awful taste of the stale tea. It must have been sitting in their fridge for 4 days. Mc Donald’s has better tea than this place. The best part was that the lady who made my tea, decided to FLOSS HER TEETH in plain view of the customers where the drinks where prepared.

I usually come here to study and drink tea, but today I was hungry so I ordered a bowl of beef noodle soup. I’m amazed at how good it is! Did not expect it to be this good from a tea place.
Beef is very tender all the way through the chunk, meaning they slow cooked this thing for a long time at low heat, soup is clear but has a juicy taste. the noodles looked like they were the average type you buy from super market, but they got the chewiness level just right.
Downside is the wifi is quite weak…

— Locale Destination —
It’s on E Colima Rd and Albatross Rd in Rowland Heights.
It’s inside of strip shopping center, located right next to «Ono Hawaiian» and «Starbucks». It’s kinda hard to find if you used the Unilocal app/​iphone navigation. It’s a small place. Very Asian, mix-​match, IKEA look-​alike, and cheap decors. Nothing fancy.
Service: A little slow, but what do you expect?
Menu: They have a cold Korean noodle on top of typical Taiwanese food.
Price: Tea is like $ 3.80+ for normal 16 oz cup. Expensive for Rowland Heights though it’s ok for credit cards.
C.C usage: Yes — they take credit cards! $ 10 minimum. Or $ 1 sur charge.
Free Wi-​Fi: Password: 7happyday
Bathroom: You need a key for bathroom. It’s right by the kitchen entrance.
— Gluttony Expedition —
Fish balls: Appetizer. They put some typical stinky Taiwanese seasonings. Fish balls were deep fried yet soft. Meh.
Bacon sandwich: Plain BLT with tiny bits of French fries.
Lychee slushy: Good! I just paid the small size price for large size (I was there right after they opened, but forgot to write the review till lately).
Caramel green milk tea: Not bad but 16oz for $ 3.75 in this area is expensive…
— Conqueror’s Deduction —
It’s great that they take a credit card in this town.
However, there’re so many food/​drink competitions around here. For the price, you can find something better somewhere else… At least Wi-​Fi works here.

You know that feeling when you are totally craving a nice cold drink on a super hot day? Yeah that was me and then I saw PJs near me and the proverbial lightbulb went off! ohhhhh slushie or boba YUM!
So I head over here and walk in. There is no one behind the counter. Ohhhh some girl just about freaks out and runs from the corner where she was doing something on her laptop to put on an apron and go behind the counter. That was no bueno IMHO. Are you really used to having no one there so much that you basically arent ready to serve a customer when they come in? Crazy…
So I see that they have a deal of a large for the price of a regular. Great sign for the customer… =) So from then on it was totally underwhelming at best… It took longer than I expected for no one else being there to get my drink. Maybe 10 minutes or so. Seriously how hard is it to make a lychee slush?
Then I got it… Talk about meh. The gal who had had to get up from her computer was also a lil frumpy about having had to do some work. *SMH* well it wasnt that well flavored. It made me realize that this is a place that I wont be returning to… too bad as I usually like to support the independent places. I wont be back so enjoy it if you head back…

The young lady working here on the night I went was really sweet and genuine. I’ve worked in the same parking lot of this place for the past 6 years and never once tried it lol
Haven’t tried the food yet but the Thai tea was fire. Highly recommended plus they upgrade your drink to a larger one for no additional charge.
Will def be back in the very immediate future.

Very hospitable and courteous. I guess some of the other patrons who wrote less than favorable reviews caught them on a bad day. The place is small but quaint. Not really suitable for meetings as they only have 3 four top tables, and 3 two top tables, and 6 bar stools. There is wifi, but you shouldn’t consider staying to finish your thesis here. It’s really not that type of place. While sitting and having our lunch, it looks like they have a lot of repeat «to go» customers. They were addressed by name and orders were placed with out the use of menu.
Personally, I like my milk tea a little sweeter, but it wasn’t bad. The Thai tea was a little strong, but not overbearing. We ordered the Crispy Chicken and Fried Squid Balls. They were both tasty. I’m eager to come back and try other items on the menu.
Again, the staff was very friendly and asked several times if we needed anything.

I used to frequent this place to have meetings with friends, study, eat, etc. I don’t go too often anymore because I drive a lot and it’s out of my way, but when I’m in the area I make sure I visit them. They’re a really sweet mom+daughter shop and I admire their attitude despite people being so rude to them. The very first time allll the way until today they do their best for great service. In regards, although it is «the same price» as other drink stops, I think it is more worthy of my dollar.
Their milk tea can be a little strong, but I really like it because it has character, and they don’t use syrup or any of that nasty chain boba nonsense. All of their drinks are made fresh without powder. AT ALL. If you want a milk tea that is less sweet, brown sugar is a good alternative.
Today I tried their brown sugar egg pudding (haven’t been here in a while) and it was pretty good! It had a caramelized flavor and quite tender, kind of like syrup. Pretty unique.
Give them a try. Don’t be fooled by the 3 stars.

Never come to this place. I’ve never been so offended in my entire life. I am a college student and just the other day I went in to order a boba and study until the owner of this place decided to kick me out after one hour of sitting there. I didn’t see any signs that said you were only allowed one hour inside this establishment. To be honest, I just think this owner doesn’t like mexican people because I was the only dark person in that room. And there were more people who had been there longer than I had been and they didn’t get kicked out, but then again they weren’t as dark as me. Go to another place if possible. Unless you like bad food and bad service go else where.

Service is terrible. Tea taste like butterfly food. Too many restrictions which discourage customers. I personally will never go back. Good luck in mediocrity PJ Tea Room.

Awesome!
I normally go to Starbucks (next door) but wanted a boba. I ordered a thai tea boba with steamed dumplings — these are the best dumplings I’ve ever had! They had shrimp and pork and ginger aded to the sauce — exceptional. She was very concientious when I told her I have a nut allergy… there was no peanut or nut oil used on my dumpkings. Yaay!
The lady also shared a sample smoothie. Dunno what it was… but it was purple and darn good!
Glad I came here. I’ll be back. :)

The owner of this place is super rude!
me and 3 of my friends chose this place to have our meeting and we wanted to move a table together so we would have more space but the owner deny the request! She said she need it for the customers later, the place was completely dead and we were the ONLY customers sitting there!
When I arrived, she never asked me what i wanted to drink or eat, so I decided to take my business next door to Starbucks! Eventually we all moved our bottoms up from this snooty place — since the owner seemed to treat us like dirt why stay any longer?! Food and drinks are super mediocre from what i tried… blah!
DON’T COME HERE!

Excellent service! I have been twice and she is the nicest person, very helpful and accommodating. Great job! The food is great! The PJ Cold Noodles are excellent. I was craving them and had to go back. It’s cold noodles with a mild spicy sauce, cucumbers, carrots and peanuts. It’s light and tasty. The boiled dumplings were fantastic. Pork and shrimp inside with a soy ginger dipping sauce. The beef sandwich was really good. Marinated beef on a large roll, mayo, with cucumbers & carrots on top. My son can be picky and he really liked it! Passion fruit green tea is sweet, and green milk tea and honey was great.
I hope they do well, good service, good food and drink. Only negative– getting out of that parking lot is always horrible. But it is worth it!

The caramel iced milk is better than half and half. The pork chop rice is a good deal at $ 5.99. I like the mixed beef sauce on top of the rice. The fried pork chop was very flavorful. Only hiccup was when they cut the pork chop into pieces, they cut the bone by itself which was weird. Very minor problem though. To be fair the bone had very little meat on there and I would have no problem eating the meat off the bone.
Service is top notch, very friendly, very attentive even though they can’t see over the work counter half wall, she even suggests recommendations. Free WiFi too.

Ok, I’m a big fan of PJ Tea Room. After consistently not being able to find a seat by the next door starbucks, I had to get to work on my projects, and need a place to be my «office for the day». PJ Tea Room fit the bill. It became a regular spot in my weekly rotation as I always found a spot to sit and work.
Ordering the most caffeinated drink was priority when working, so I always ordered the plain black tea that they had. The black tea here is quite tasty! On par with the bigger chain «Ten Ren», if not better. I noticed from my frequency of hitting up tea spots, each place or chain had a particular taste to their tea. It’s very subtle, but PJ’s has won me over by their tasty black tea and cold noodle soup combination. I miss it when I don’t have it once a week!
Touching upon this «cold noodle soup» meal item… It’s Korean inspired. They call it Korean cold noodle, but PJ’s got their own little spin on this as well. It’s on the lighter side. But man, is it tasty. And just enough for lunch imo. Typically, an american portion is just big compared to the overseas portion… it’s an over generalization, but again. This is just my opinion. haha. I find that many restaurants do give you a lot in quantity in also charge you a hefty sum. Costco and Walmart model in delivering more and lowering their groceries overhead. More for less… but for someone who don’t like leftovers, it’s a waste.
Anyway, the cold noodle… it’s good. I do have to knock it for not having a lot of meat, especially if your a meat lover… or a bargain hunter. but it’s a good size, tasty, and compliments the black tea spot on!
Some notable mentions…
–The beef noodle soup is good too, and has good meat portions.
–They play like coast 103.5 all day or, in the past, a chinese track on repeat… Suggestion, BRING HEADPHONES!
To conclude… If your looking to a place to plant your butt and grind away on your work, get caffeinated with a tasty black tea, decent food that fills just enough to be satisfied, this a good place to go!

November 16, 2013
I came here with the guy on a Saturday night, actually, we were on our way to Starbucks, but stumbled upon this place after walking over from Barnes and Nobles Bookstore.
The people who work there are very kind and polite. I ordered the Icy Milk with Taro and Pudding. I loved it. Real TARO in my drink! The BF ordered the Brick Toast with honey and Butter. That was so good, but extremely sweet, but good! He also got the yogurt tea, which is meh… i’m a milky tea with pudding person.
Do try the drinks!
My drink:
The Brick Toast:
Destroyed and created a Chewy-​bacca:

Popcorn chicken tasted like it had freezer burn.
No substitutions for anything, even if you are willing to pay extra.
Considering that Tea Room has no customers, that is pretty sad about no alterations to your food preferences.

I’m a sucker for small mom and pop places. There was no exception here, tucked away in popular strip mall is a small Chinese tea café that serves tea, slushies, and boba. However it was the Chinese-​Japanese-​Korean-​American food that drew me to give it a try. The inside is much more appealing than the bland outside (see photos). The service, very attentive and polite. The food, I had the okonomiyaki with noodles. Everyone has their own take on it, I rather enjoyed their creation. The slight peppery flavor was the hook for me. I’ll be back to try the other offerings.
Thumbs up. As always, let me know what you think!

I’ve been curious about this tea room since the sign went up. it opened today… christmas day.
we remembered seeing a grand opening sign earlier during the day. so after dinner, we went to check it out.
it’s clean-​looking with two bathrooms. everything is new. the owner is a young lady. prices are high… think tea station. my drink was okay. i ordered a large rose green tea with boba. the boba lacked a bit of sweetness. i’m not into honey boba but i like something in my boba. the rose green tea was fine but at that price point, i would choose tea station since it is consistently made correctly.
i asked about what they had that was special. apparently, they have something called «Fluffy», a.k.a. tea latte. the owner described it has a tea with two layers. you can have a mango cream or original (sweet milk) cream on top. you can have it hot or cold but there will be no ice since they need to make it look like a fluffy. hmm…
when i asked about what kind of tea they used, all i got were vague answers. i learned that the tea was from another country. they wouldn’t tell me the brand. i got to smell the tea from a jar, but that still didn’t tell me much.
they have specials of the day on the board. besides having various drinks, they also have snacks although i don’t know if they actually had them in stock since i didn’t order any on their first day of business.
i suggested that they frame a picture of the fluffy so that the customers could see what it looks like. no pictures on the walls. they will need to decorate more soon.
there was a stamp card but without having BOGO (buy one, get one free) or half off a drink specials, i don’t see how they can get business in with all the competition around them.
hmm… we’ll see… we’ll see…