Gong Cha is another Taiwan export in the Toronto Boba Tea offering and with most of their stores in GTA East, I have never been to this brand till I happen to be near their Yonge St store.
This particular store is not very big but it does have several shared tables where you can sit to enjoy your cup. It is one of the nicer ones with the decor being modern and the ordering area is organized. Service is quick... I think they moved through the line a lot faster than most places. I dont think they were staffed as crazy as Chatime but they still managed to get our drinks quickly.
Brown sugar oolong coffee jelly - What sounded great in theory... probably didnt pan out drinking everything. We chose wrong with the coffee jelly. Even at less sweet (30%), the coffee jelly was kicked up the sugar a fair bit. BUT The tea flavour was a nice prominent note without being watery. The brown sugar added a nicer caramelized note compared to just the regular classic tea. 4/5
Classic with boba - Compared to other spots, this is a solid black milk tea. Bubbles were nice and chewy without being overcooked. The milk tea flavour was strong and not watery. I got it half sweet and it was just enough to allow it to flavour instead of overpower. 4/5
Compared to other recent spots, the speed of service and good quality drinks make this a top spot to keep going back to. Personally with so many great choices (Ahem... Alley!), there's always a good spot to head to.