Living 2 minutes away from Charidise, I watched as the store prepped for its opening and simply couldn't way for the day it opened! Naturally, I can here for their grand opening (during which they had a BOGO deal on drinks) and ordered a charidise milk tea in hot with 30% sugar and a Likeaget6ix (which is essentially green tea with apple syrup and apple jelly) with 30% sugar and less ice.
I hated the apple drink, it look and tasted very artificial as if half the drink was composed of apple syrup. There was also way too much apple jelly (think of coconut jelly but soaked in apple syrup) and even 30% was still too sweet to my liking (maybe because of the ton of apple syrup).
The charidise milk tea was too milky in a bad way to my taste, it tasted as if a ton of milk powder/creamer was added to the tea. It would be nice if they had an option to have fresh milk instead of powder.
The environment is really nice, large and tastefully decorated with lots of tables and space as well as a patio overseeing downtown toronto. Unfortunately, a good number of tables were full of empty drinks and despite the large amount of servers employed, no one bothered to clean up the tables...
Giving the food/drinks 2 stars but +1 for the nice space perfect for studying/doing work/hanging out with friends!