Chatime

This place isn’t closed. It’s very much in business.
Chatime has a large selection of teas where you can adjust the sweetness to your liking. Extra stars for that! Hot drinks cost 25 cents more than cold drinks. The fried chicken was actually quite good and there were real chunks of meat covered in a light batter.
There’s 2 tables with bench seating in the store. No tv or board games. Just the screen flashing the menu items. I’d come here again. Cash only.

All they did was changed their name to Cha Town. Cups are the same Chatime cups. Drinks are the same Chatime drinks. Menu the same.

As it is with most newer stores, they don’t quite have the ship humming smoothly yet. There seems to be one person running the store so it seems slow and not as organized as it should be. I walked by the other day and it was actually closed for health inspection reasons which is bad considering its surrounded by hole in the wall Chinese spots which are still open. This is temporary but its definitely a blow for a restaurant so new. They definitely need to put more money into hiring a full staff that knows how to run the kitchen and keep everything clean.
For what its worth the drink I had there tasted decent. They use real taro. Can’t speak toward any of the other foods or drinks.

Was walking by and saw the old quicklies place changed into a chatime, heard chatime was good from my friends so I decided to check it out.
Went into the store, the place looks way better than the old quicklies, so props to them.
Ordered the chatime milktea with boba, wasn’t sure how sweet it was, but it was ok. The boba was not soft, but rather crunchy and the tea taste was rather weak. Customer service was pretty slow, with only one worker at the time, I guess thats how it is.
Overall an ok experience, might come back in the future to tryout some different drinks and snacks.

The drinks for regular sweet is very sweet ! You have to adjust it! The cashier didn’t even remind me if I wanted to adjust the sweetness and ice level… I have a bad impression here now !

Been a long time chatime fan and glad that finally there is a new store opened close to my home. Still same great flavor and nice services just like every other store. It is comparably cheaper than other milk tea store as well. Now I get another great place to hang out with friends.

I didn’t know we were going to have a chatime in Chinatown until I walked pass it one day. I went to check it out and got the taro milk tea. I was surprised that it tasted really good, wasn’t powdery and it was creamy unlike the other taro milk tea I’ve tried. I would definitely come back and try it again!
P. S. I got 70% sugar, less ice

tasted good. It has buy one get one promo now. Also you can customize your own
suger and ice level！I love it very much.

Time: 12:07am/68°F partly sunny
Purpose: SF Unilocaler message me about a problem with their sign. Told me its now Chatown. I message back that I only go by what’s register with the city of SF new business section.
Ambiance: Located in Chinatown bordering line to Nob Hill, North Beach, Russian hill, Jackson Square etc. Chatime replaces a similar business Quickly. All brick structure with painted over security bars on the outside. Inside is a two table and cushion bench with company signature painted walls. Couple of pottery plants place here and there. Counter area two electronic menu panel, brew tea pots, bins/​containers, sleeves of cups, wide straw, topping display, cup sealing machine. No entertainment of any kind makes the place somewhat cold and not so inviting.
Staff: Two girls about mid 20s one was soft spoken and shy looking. No eye contact upon entering. That’s alright, but better change when I place my order. Later she was talkative and explain what is the best seller there. I usually don’t like to go on recommendation. There’s something that they’re trying to get rid of that they don’t want you to know. Pay and waited nearby checking on next client on phone.
Cleanliness: Grade A, no complaints since they’ve just open a few days, I won’t hold any against them. Window can use some windex however no biggie.
Eats/​Drinks: Mousse series matcha tea $ 3.75 w/​coconut jelly. Since I select 50% sugar level it was done right and came out just how I wanted. Spoonful of jelly was given along with thick creama floating for pretty long. Refreshing drink, but took girl long enough to do it. If you want a drink in a hurry don’t pick anything mousse series.
Main Features: Mousse series drinks.
Products/​Services: Refer to posted menu. Pop tea, smoothie, jelly, juice, fresh tea, coffee, fruit tea, mousse, milk tea, choose topping/​sugar level/​ice level, takes plastic. Cash only, free large upgrade (2 weeks only).
Punch Lines: Chinatown, Nob Hill, Russian Hill, cable car stop, minutes from Union Square, street parking (hard), hotels, warm service, long wait time, better than average, seats are minimal, laid back, can’t go wrong, nothing out of the ordinary, kept its standards.
Tradeoffs: There’s no small bites or any snacks to pair with your drinks because there’s no public restroom here.
Final Thoughts: It’s just another common asian place that does boba drinks among other offerings. Popping up all over, its really nothing new to me anymore. Every now and then, I may stop by since I’m only four blocks away. Come if you’re in the area needing refreshing quenchers. Treat yourself for something you’ve accomplished during the week. Just don’t expect much gourmet small bites, as most are fried finger food. Service is efficient and friendly that helps to brighten up your day.

First time Unilocaler here to give my first review. Very flavorful. It has buy one get one promo. Will come back next time.

Update & Correction …
It was open and running with the «Chatime»
For several weeks … Formerly «Quickly»
Today … It is covered w papers!
Was it a soft opening last week?
Or the transition was not fully complete?