Happy Tea

Live down the street so its convenient…
Popcorn chicken smells good but not so tasty…
Portion is more than average for a $ 4.99.
Min one drink per person or u cant sit.
I would go back jus cuz its near.

I only have one comment.
They didn’t turn on the AC.

Huh. A boba place that isn’t officially opened until 11:45 AM.
I went here because I wanted to try a new place and get more reviews written, and this was the only tea place that came to mind. I usually drive down Las Tunas/​Main Street and see this place, but never really made the attempt to go in.
After reading some reviews, and the warnings, I still decided to go.
Going back to the introduction, I pulled into the parking lot and saw that the male owner was chilling outside in the patio area. As I made my way to the door, he walked into the place and turned on the electronic «OPEN» sign. REALLY? So you only open when a customer STARTS going in?
Yes, the place is plastered with signs saying that you have to order ONE drink if you want to stay here. Along with papers and papers of that warning, the additional décor was kind of like walking into a rejected Christmas toy store, with old Christmas decorations, random stuffed animals hanging on the wall, and a TV with REALLY bad signal.
I just ordered the first drink that came to mind, Peach Flower Tea. Drink was made pretty quick, and the Wi-​Fi password was given to me on a jelly container lid, possibly with the store’s phone number as the password.
As I fan myself out on one of the tables, I started to sip the drink. The only way I can describe this drink is a sugary mess. All I tasted with liquid sugar, no peach flavor, no tea flavor, just SUGAR. Then again, for a drink that’s under $ 3, I shouldn’t have expected a better drink.
My opinion: make the extra drive down either way and either go to Half & Half or cha to get a better drink.
The only good thing about this place is the Wi-​Fi.

(Dined 06÷26÷11 SU) Came here for dessert around 6:00pm after having an early dinner across the street at Golden Deli. Most of us were craving some boba and the Golden Deli didn’t have any. Close enough distance to simply walk.
From the outside, it looks kind of fancy, but once you go inside, not so fancy, but it works. Benches and tables, and several TVs. Quite a surprise that they also serve food, but with a belly already full of food, a boba drink was more than enough.
I ordered the mango slush ($ 2.70) with boba ($ 0.25 extra) and super-​sized to a large ($ 0.50 extra). The mango flavoring was tasty and the boba was just right… not too chewy and not too hard.
The reasons for the 3-​stars are because they accept only cash and in order to sit at one of the benches or tables, each individual must order a minimum of one drink (notices are posted on each one). Not a big deal as the place does offer free wi-​fi, so I’m sure they used to get a lot of squatters. But as anyone in marketing knows, if a place looks busy, more people are attracted by that.
Overall, the value is there as the prices is about average (although they should do away with the super-​size charge — just offer one size at one price), but I’m all about customer service and accepting only cash is a big no-​no in my book. Which is why I’m not a big fan of food trucks… but that’s for another review at a later time.

Came here on a super random pit stop while in the SG area once because I was NEEDING boba.
I actually thought the boba milk tea here was pretty good. The boba was «cue cue» and not soggy/​too soft like some places make boba. I’m noting this because aside from the Quickly in Rowland, I don’t usually get boba from any other place anymore (come on, can you find 98cents boba anywhere else? No) So Happy Tea took me a bit by surprise.
However, if I’m ever back in SG and screaming for boba, I might hit up this place again.

This place isn’t bad. The drinks are decent, but parking is kind of lame. Also, you MUST order something or they will come over and bring you a menu. TRUST! haha It’s a good place to study or even hang out for a while, haven’t tried their food yet, but I’m sure it’ll taste like every other Asian tea place.
Btw: Almond Milk Tea is funky, Better off with Lavender Milk Tea Or Jasmine Milk Tea.

The drinks at this place aren’t bad i’ve actually been coming to this place since high school when it was originally a Tea Spots and continued to come here for a while even after the placed changed. Usually my experience here was good, but thats usually because i order a drink so the lady doesn’t harass me.
My past experience and definitely my last experience is what get this review 1 star. I go into the place to study i ordered a drink like they ask so it was no problem, stayed for maybe 30 minutes to an hour and decided to leave and go get some food. Come back to this place about 30 minutes later this time without ordering a drink cause I clearly already ordered a drink not too long ago and the lady most definitely recognizes me and she comes to harass me to order another drink. I told her I already ordered a drink earlier and she gives me some crap about if you leave and come back you have to buy another drink. That’s what did it for this place for me. My friends often complained about the service here but everytime they complained i was never with them. Now experiencing this stupid nonsense for myself i am definitely never coming back.
The only good thing about this place is that they offer a lot of seats for people to sit and study etc, but they’re wifi sucks too and is often really slow or crashes alot.

It’s so close to home yet I choose others that are farther away. I’m not really sure where to start.
I had a full stamp card and went to get my free drink and another for a friend. The second stamp was a little smudged and the lady wouldnt give me the free drink, she said I marked it and didn’t fill the card… ok why the heck would I stamp the second stamp myself?! She kept saying no I had to pay for both drinks. So I said ok well I’m buying two drinks anyway. I’m only missing one stamp can’t I just stamp one drink and get the other free??? After thinking she finally sighed and agreed. Another incident, I bought two drinks and she only stamped once on the stamp card. I went to ask for another but she said it’s one stamp per person doesn’t matter how many drinks… wow really?!
They have a sit-​in fee, understandable. The chicken was very fatty and no meat to it really. I ordered just a plain milk tea to go, they gave me an almond milk tea instead. Their blenders are really loud so if you want to sit and talk to a friend don’t even bother trying to talk or listen while they’re blending. The restroom key?! It’s this stuffed animal rabbit, I don’t even want to know how many germs are on that thing…

I went to this place with 2 friends cause we were just walking around the SG area. So I ended up ordering a toffee mocha slush with egg pudding, and pan fried dumplings.
I read other reviews here when I got home concerning about the size, and its true. They don’t ask you what size you want and just give you a large. The drink was pretty good though on the bright side.
The dumplings were interestingly served in my opinion. When i tried it, it was good but I tasted a hint of sourness as well. You get a decent peice of 8, but on the bad side they didn’t put the price on the menu for dumplings.
Service was alright, not to bad although as stated earlier, the girl could have asked if we wanted regular or large. What I also noticed was when i sat at the tables, there was a signed taped to the table saying like you gotta purchase a drink to sit at tables. The only part is, the number of drinks per person is erased off so yeah. If you wanna sit, you gotta buy.

Came here on a quick boba run for the boyfriend. Didn’t try the boba myself, but the service transaction was good. Quick and easy. A large Tapioca milk tea was $ 3.
The restaurant… was pretty empty. There was a table of two and a table of one… Outdoor seating is available as well.
Used to be a Tapioca Express. Definitely not as busy as it used to be… or at least, it wasn’t that night.

This place is absolutely terrible. I told myself I would never come back here. Don’t even bother coming here because you have much much better options in the surrounding area. The reason why I won’t come back to this place is because the service is terrible and the drinks aren’t good.
The owner here is greedy, stingy and needs to realize that tea/​boba places catering towards the younger generation should be more relaxed. Last time I came here I asked the lady if she would give me the «Buy Two Get One Free» deal for one different drink on the menu if I paid a little more extra than the normal price of the drink. The owner agreed but would only give me one stamp on the stamp card. I casually asked her for one more because I had bought two drinks and even paid a little extra to get one not on the «Buy Two Get One Free» menu. The owner became very angry and said that she was already doing me a favor already and that it wasn’t fair to her if she gave me two stamps.
I wasn’t angry about not getting the extra stamp but that she was acting so unprofessionally and was being so stingy and greed over something so trivial. Owner needs to learn how to do business in a more professional manner without having to be so stingy.

Overall:
Not all is Happy at Happy Tea. There are many better choices in the surrounding area.
Drinks/​Food:
They don’t ask you for the size you want, they automatically assume you want a large. This isn’t what I consider fair play since not everyone want to pay the extra for the bigger size. Plus when I asked for water, they insisted that I pay for bottled and wouldn’t give me tap.
Service:
Service was fairly average, but not the friendliest I’ve seen.
Seating:
Good amounts of seating
Wifi/​Power:
Speedy wifi and a modest amount of power outlets
Parking:
Fair sized lot with some street parking to back it up.
Atmosphere:
Not really a lot of energy. They need some peppier music to get things moving.

Ok so, I came in to wait for my friend since she was almost done studying and we were leaving for dinner. I didn’t want to order a drink since I had just studied at Piece of Cake beforehand.
The lady that works here came over THREE times to make me order something. When I said that we might leave soon, she says «actually if you no order drink you cannot sit here».
Yea I understand coffee and tea places don’t make a lot if money so they have to enforce the one drink min per person rule, but I’ve never seen them actually say that, bc it’s already printed on the menu and plastered on the walls.
So because you wanted to make $ 3 off of me for sitting there for 15 min & was so mean about it, you lost me as a customer forever. As an avid studier in any place that’s not my distracting room, I’d say you lost quite a lot of business.
And I used your wifi anyway, so take that!
Btw the place isn’t very clean. My friend keeps pointing out the ghettoness of the place.

This place never seems to disappoint me in hot almond milk tea for a cold blooded guy like me. I usually get it boba less unless I want a snack. For some reason I didnt feel like getting mmy usual almond, so I went with the loongan tea. Man, it was so good and it helped my sore throat too.
The owner is pretty cool since my friend and her have an interesting and somewhat amusing relationship.
Try to get here early if you want a table to study at, otherwise you’ll be chilling on a straight bench hunching over a coffee table.

So this place is set up to be a hang out/​study place.
If I go rate according to what they intend to be, this place fails.
Wi-​fi is slow, most of the time doesn’t work for macbooks. Works for a little bit and shuts off.
Every table and every corner of this place has a sign that says «1 drink per customer,» which doesn’t mean you can only buy 1 drink, instead it means everyone who steps in to this place MUST purchase a drink, which makes it very uncomfortable for me, I feel obligated.
The ambiance is pretty quiet, not as lively as before when teaspot owned the place.
The drinks are very mediocre. They’re stingy on the syrup so drinks aren’t as sweet, which works for me.
The owner washes their car outside almost every night, taking up a parking spot in the already small lot it has, shared by a few other restaurants.
The food is very very oily. do not recommend.

3.5 stars This place is all sorts of «OK» /​«not bad».
Ever since Tapioca Express vanquished, Happy Tea took over and didn’t really change much…
Ordered a warm tapioca milk tea with pearls …
warm (and not piping hot) milk tea — a plus! tongue was not scalded.
tapioca pearl was soft but not mushy. I didn’t get a sugar high which is good.
I guess I couldn’t really ask for more … but it’s definitely no bin bin konjac.
By the way. i felt the boba was a little expensive. $ 3 for a cup. Is that expensive. I don’t really know since I don’t drink this often.
But. overall not bad. The place has free wi fi too.

I didn’t know about Happy Tea until my friend told me to go study with her there.
The prices are very reasonable for the quality. my beef stew rice along with a green tea was only about $ 8. The green tea wasn’t that great, but I didn’t expect a «wow» quality. The beef stew rice was surprisingly very good. They also give a bigger portion than what I get from a Tea Station and charge waaaay less! For it being only $ 4.99, it beats getting the same thing at Tea Station for $ 3 more.
Another thing I liked about this place was that it was very spacious, and had a lot of tables and electrical outlets for people to plug in their laptops. Great place to study.
Overall, this place gave me a pretty good impression. I will definitely go back to study and have lunch while I’m at it.
Pro:
Decent food
Lots of tables and outlets
Free WiFi
Open pretty late (great for studying)
Con:
Mediocre drinks
WiFi unstable (maybe too many people go on at the same time)
Parking can be a challenge

This place used to be the Tap X.
Let’s see what’s good and what’s wrong with this place.
The good stuff:
–Drinks aren’t that expensive. They’re what you would usually pay
— You can use your wireless devices with the free WiFi. Most boba places have to have free WiFi, otherwise they’re going to go out of business.
— People have to order at least one drink in order to sit. This is great because people won’t hog the seats.
— You can study here I guess but really if you’re going to study, study at home. It’s a lot more quiet and if you can’t study at home you are not disciplined.
The Bad:
— The workers don’t really speak English. I don’t mind repeating my order but when you look at me with a confused look and have no idea what I’m saying, then that’s not good. I understand this is an Asian place but you have to have someone speak English.
— Their outlets are on one side. Do not have any wires sticking out as someone will trip on them.
— Closing time at 12am. What happened to hanging out after 12am?
— Parking lot is always full. The lot is shared by Subway and another restaurant.
— Drinks and food combos are not that good. I tried curry w/​chicken and I was super disappointed. It tasted nothing like curry. Maybe it was out of a packet or something. I thought hey maybe their food will be better than the Tap X. It was not meant to be.
Never coming back here again.

Worst service ever!
They have a one drink per customer rule if you stay and sit at the seats and if you don’t buy a drink right away, the owner comes around and gives you attitude. The place is half empty, so I understand if you need everyone that comes in to order; however, if I say I’m going to order later, don’t yell at me.
Never coming back again. This place used to be a hot spot for groups to hang out, but now deserted except for a few people on laptops.

I dont know what the other reviewers are talking about, ive never had any problem with their services, then again, ive never ordered food here either.
The Goods:
–their drinks are decent price.
–reminds me of a little pricier version of Gingko House. I say a little pricier because Gingko house is dirt cheap, but still declious.
–Free wi-​fi for customers
–everyone dining in must order at least 1 thing
–great study area
–plenty of outlets
–very clean, spacious
–closes at 12am
The Bads:
–music here sucks, they dont update their music very often.
–sometimes my yogurt green tea can be too sweet.
–only 1 – 2 staffs understand english