I was really afraid I wasn't going to be able to find a good boba spot in Arizona, but luckily I found out about Fat Straw. It literally opened a month before I arrived here so the stars aligned for this to happen (haha).
It is located inside the mall which so far has not been inconvenient though I'm sure parking can get bad during the weekend. I did have trouble finding the store initially just with how the mall is laid out. It is a couple stores down to Forever 21 (which I knew but since F21 has two entrances I still ended up walking a lot), but the easiest way to find it is to go through the Rainforest Cafe entrance. Once you walk in it will be to the right with the eye catching yellow layout. You can't miss it!
So forr the boba...I get The Original (literally what it's called) with honey boba. I always try out the regular milk tea whenever I try a new boba spot. It is a taaaad sweeter than what I would prefer, but overall a really good milk tea. The honey boba is sweet as well and has a nice texture. It comes in two sizes: baby fat and fat cup. (If you've ever been to Purple Kow you know what kind of cups these are). I used to think these cups were cool, but it does get annoying to hold and they don't fit in most cup holders. They do have these very fancy straws that come in these sleek black wrappers (hence why they probably don't have them laying around in the store).
I've also ordered the Ice Age drink which is pretty much like a green milk tea. I didn't like this one quite as much, which is okay since I normally like black tea when I get milk tea any ways. I've tried a few sips of the Cali Girl as well which is a slushy fruit drink. This is also quite sweet, but good if you're not a milk tea drinker.
My only gripe about this place is the price...sadly it's quite expensive for boba. I'm used to paying these kind of prices being in San Francisco, but not so much in AZ so paying over $5 for a cup of boba does kinda hurt. This doesn't deter me from coming, but I definitely got on that gift card deal they had around Thanksgiving (buy a $50 gift card and get $15 free!).