Since I introduced my little niece to Boba -bubble tea we have made it our after school Friday treat. Our favorite is the green tea boba -nothing fancy. This is the closest spot from Old Town when I was searching for places. Our usual haunt is The Street in Mesa -always on point and we have also been to the boba tea place in Chandler -which was good too.
So when we walked in the place was empty with one customer already putting in her drink order.
I ordered the jr. grilled cheese, the green tea milk boba, a samosa empanada -with my yelp check in I got a free 20oz fountain drink. The cashier/food heater-upper didn't know how the coupon worked and seemed frazzled while putting in my order -I had to repeat myself a few times. No big deal but I hope he got it right. A line started to form. He gave me my total $17! But things didn't seem to add up. More people walking in. So I just signed the receipt and found a seat - my first mistake. Second mistake was sitting in the full bright sun -we moved back inside -they do have a cozy little patio area. Third mistake -getting the fountain drink -iced tea tasted old but I was thirsty -should have settled with water. We waited close to 10 minutes when the cashier/food dude came up to us asking what we were waiting for. What are we waiting for? Don't you have a list of orders and I believe everyone that ordered behind me just had drinks! We got our food a few minutes later. Fourth mistake -the empanada was small -not much flavor or filling mostly the "pastry" outer shell and barely luke warm. Fifth mistake- the grilled cheese -the regular size grilled cheese -when I asked for the junior one -this is why it was so expensive. It was covered in kettle chips which she enjoyed more than the actual sandwich. I tasted it and the cheese smelled weird and that's why she didn't like it. It was pathetic for close to $8. A Sonic drive thru grilled cheese is better than this thing. My niece enjoyed the tea I was not a fan. Too much milk not enough boba.
It's a nice place with cool design and atmosphere but when it comes to the food and drink it's a miss for me. I wanted to like it so much too.