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| - I wanted to like this place, really. However, as far as first impressions go, Cafe Unique17 didn't fare very well; they're going to need to make quite a few improvements before I'll consider coming back again. I'm aware that they opened very recently, but I don't think that's an excuse for a lower quality of service.
On decoration alone, I'd give this place four stars: the area is spacious, and I absolutely love the murals, which featured many pokemon and famous anime characters, as well as Venom from Spiderman. The glazed wooden tables were cute, but there were no napkins readily available, which became a problem when we had to address a light spill. Though the lighting is warm and cosy, it's a bit too dark (as you might be able to see from the pictures).
The food, however, is two stars for me. I personally thought the menu was disorganized and a little hard to read, but we were excited to try many of the items. In total, we ordered three potato springs (two garlic flavoured, one spicy mayo), some bubble tea, two popcorn chicken, and pad thai. I didn't try the pad thai, but I heard it was pretty good. However, the two plates of popcorn chicken were cooked inconsistently (i.e. different colours), and our potato spring (garlic flavoured) tasted kind of disappointing - like... a potato.
Our main issue was with the bubble tea. Though we stayed to eat, all our bubble teas were served in to go cups. I ordered the regular special, 30% sugar, which tasted fine - as in, what you expect 30% sugared bubble tea to taste like. I've definitely had better tapioca; it tasted a bit like the tapioca I tried once to make at home. However, my friend ordered the lychee 100% sugar, and, somehow, it tasted the same. Maybe a fraction sweeter. Lastly, our matcha bubble tea was accidentally made with two times the concentration of matcha powder, so we all flinched a little when we tried it. They made us another one, but it still tasted bitter, even though it was supposed to be 100% sugar. My friend had ordered it in a large size, but she couldn't finish it.
When we went to pay, the prices weren't bad. The servers were very nice, but it was clear that they needed at least a bit more training. I don't mean this as a personal attack, but this three star rating is a very generous three stars.
At least there was free wifi.
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