Boba Cafe

Came here for dinner. Small place and not very busy. We came specifically for the food. Pretty okay place. I wouldn’t return here again because their menu didn’t have much variety. But it was nice to try this place. I would give this place ⁴⁄₅ stars for customer service.

Boba drinks are fire, everything else is meh. I get some milk tea here most of the time I’m in the area.

Not my to go places for boba but it is when I order from New Hong Kong Wok. One day I ordered porridge from New Hong Kong Wok and walked over to Boba Café to get milk tea while waiting for my porridge order, then to my surprise, Boba Café offers porridge too! I made a mental note to order the porridge here next time to compare and I did. The porridge at Boba Café was prices slightly cheaper (around $ 1 cheaper but not exact) and they seem to include more preserved eggs here too! The milk tea here are usually too sweet for me so I order it with a request to use less sweetener. Unlike most boba places, this place offers quite a bit of food that aren’t just «snacks».

Just got a Vietnamese coffee here and it has the worst after taste! It either tastes like poorly filtered water or old soap! Very disappointed and will not repurchase. I give it 2 stars since I’ve had their milk tea boba before and it was mediocre.

They helped me find my lost sunglasses, and the mango coconut delight is to die for!

I like the food, but they were just standard good. Nothing suprised me. However, the price was very good.

Been here a couple times because I liked their Taiwanese shaved ice, but that’s pretty all they have going for them. They’re surprisingly slow, even when they’re not that busy, and nothing else I’ve tried here is particularly good. They’ve messed up my order a couple times and the last time is probably my last. I ordered noodles with chicken and shrimp. When I got home I found that all they had given me was broth, no meat. I went back to get it corrected and when I got home I found the their «chicken and shrimp» had literally just two tiny shrimp in it. I don’t plan on going back :-/

This food is okay here, the beef noodle soup is not bad. The pork chop rice is okay as well. The drinks are average. This place is cash only.

This place is confused. It doesn’t know whether to be a Chinese restaurant or a milk tea place. The milk tea is decent actually. Pearls could have been softer and warmer.

I’ve had the stewed beef rice (not sure what the English title is), popcorn chicken, beef noodle soup and za jia mien (meat based bean noodles). They are all excellent, and while not what I’m used to, very good. I haven’t had such authetic food in a long time and definitely this is one of my favorite places. Plus great amounts of food for the prices!
There’s wi-​fi and games here, too, and they don’t seem to mind if you study here.
The boba is good – sweet, cold and chewy.
Be aware that parking can be a bit of a pain on weekends.

I’m telling you! If you want legit milk teas that are made with REAL TEA or you want a home cooked meal, you come here! I come here way too much, it’s like a weekly routine! It’s like coming home after college to a home cooked meal by a Chinese stranger who you wish was your dad! Hahaha! #10 with rice noodle substitute is my favorite right now! But don’t miss out on the bbq pork or fried chicken over rice either. And you can’t go wrong with any of the dumpling/​wonton soups! Thumbs up!

Best xiao long bao in Sac! Also scallion pancake, bok choi & pork chive dumpling soup, beef noodle soup. The dan dan noodles were too vinegary. The takoyaki is deep fried? Dishes and boba quality is not always consistent

My girlfriend and I come here waaaaay too often. They offer this stamp thing for milk tea. Stamp 10 times and U get 1 free. We got 3 full cards of stamps in a month. You already know how much we love this place. Their milk tea is so different from anywhere in sacramento. I asked how they made their milk tea and it is so authentic from what I tasted oversea. I’m not gonna spill the secret formula for it but you should ask. Lol. It’s not powder that’s for sure.
Anyways, their teriyaki squid ball is super good too. Milk tea and squid ball is a must every time. Love this place.

Absolutely love the slow cooked dishes. The taiwanese pork over rice with a side of egg never fails!

We were visiting family in Sacramento and came here twice! The restaurant is family owned and operated.
Boba Café has delicious beef noodle soup! I highly recommend it — not greasy, very flavorful and just a good meal. My cousin’s favorite is an order of their fried buns dipped in sweet condensed milk. Reminded me of Cinnabon but less sweet and overall pretty good. Oh and for you hot sauce folks, ask for their homemade sweet/​spicy sauce.
— it has a kick!
Drinks:
We also had the iced Vietnamese coffee and milk tea with pudding and tapioca pearls. The coffee was nice and strong. The milk tea and pudding was surprisingly good combo.
If you are in the area, this place has almost everything on their menu — great for lunch, dinner, snack, dessert (boba drinks, shaved ice).

came here craving for a good milk tea place, a little closer than blue moon café. I base my milk tea on how strong the tea is, I don’t like milk tea tasting more like milk. I ordered the jasmine milk tea and it tasted more milky than like tea. I ordered the fried calamari, they were rings and no good. they tasted really rubbery as if they were soaking in water for a while thawing from ice. there are combos around 7 bucks including a regular milk tea or tea along with some pre selected foods in the combo. I had the fried calamari and popcorn chicken. I like the popcorn chicken here better, but will still be going to blue moon café for my jasmine milk tea. their milk teas bursting with jasmine aromas when drinking it. the workers here at boba café don’t speak much English either. it’s slush ally quiet, a lot of people order togo.

Taiwanese shaved ice is my all time favorite dessert. I saw that this place had some and knew I had to try it. The place looks a bit eerie and sketch when you first walk in. The employees ignore you while you try to place an order too.
I should have taken a picture of the shaved ice but they put it in this long container, perhaps to minimize the number of toppings? Basically a small and large are the same thing; large just has more ice. The red bean was overly sweet. Just a disappointment overall.

This place sucked and when I walked in it was completely empty. I ordered the takoyaki here and it was awful, don’t order it here it seemed like it wasn’t cooked thoroughly. Also had the calamari and popcorn chicken and the calamari breading just kind of fell apart and wasn’t very good. Popcorn chicken was decent and tasted like all the other boba places popcorn chicken. The taro milk tea with boba was okay, it wasn’t amazing or anything and the prices here seemed about normal.

This place not only has milk tea but it also has a wide variety of food options. Whether you are hungry for a snack or a meal, this is a great place to stop by and check out. There are many options of food items as well as milk teas. I like that their menu isn’t limited to only a few options. You can add more to your drink or food OR take items away and substitute. They are flexible at Boba Café and leave their customers satisfied.
This place has parking right out front. I’ve never gone when it’s too busy to find parking but on the side streets there is also parking available if it ever got too busy.
I’ve been in a couple of times and really like how nice the employees are at Boba Café. Their establishment is clean and cozy. I recommend this place to anyone who is craving milk tea or delicious food.

To be honest, I only came here because we’ve been to every possible boba place in Sacramento already… and this was the last one. It’s a rundown little shop off Freeport Blvd. They have a lot of seating inside, and they serve boba, Chinese food, and plenty of snacks. It’s creepily quiet inside too.
I wasn’t expecting much here. Their menu is full of crossed out items and handwritten items added later on pieces of paper. There’s so many signs around the front counter, I have no idea what to look at! I just went for a honey milk tea, with egg pudding. Cashier wasn’t the friendliest lady, nor did we get a greeting when we came in. Our drinks came out and they were warm… Now I hate when places add too much ice, but this place had way too little. I always drink my boba right away, but this time I had to bring it home and stick in the fridge for later. Even aside from the temperature issue, I have had better versions of this drink elsewhere.
The only possibility of me returning here is for the takoyaki. I ate lunch before coming here so I didn’t have room for it today. But I don’t see takoyaki sold many places, so I guess if I’m REALLY craving it, I’ll come back to Boba Café.