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Drinks: 2.5/5
Service: 3/5
Overall experience: 2/5
(1- Terrible; 3- decent; 5- Fantastic)
Bubblemania (Bubbles) has been through about 3.. maybe 4 renos over the past 8 years. Its recent renos includes expanding into the space next to it which provides twice as many seats as before, and is more open/spacious. Its layout and decor has changed drastically; you can barely recognize it from the old Bubbles.
The decor is very simple yet sleek with white tables and black pleather seats, but has a deary brownish/grey paint job. They also have an unfinished ceiling where you can see the vents which leaves the place looking unpolished. However, they have coolest looking chandeliers above their booths which is shaped as a giant light bulb with a glowing ball of fibrous filament.
For a Tuesday night it was packed! There were a ton of servers working, a lot of familiar faces and a lot of new and young trainees. The servers are all dressed in the same T-shirts with a sentence plastered on the back to say that they worked there. The atmosphere is casual and the servers are laid back so don't expect too much. I usually have to wait 5-10min before our server greets us and takes our order. Then they leave you alone until you wave them over. On the plus side, the drinks and food came out fast.
Bubbles simplified their menu to two pages with drinks (which has been downsized) on one side, and a greater variety of food on the other. Their drinks includes: Signature Smoothies and Slushies ($5); Fresh Fruit Juice ($5.30); Teas ($6); Avocado drinks ($5.50); Green or Black Tea ($4.5); Milk Teas ($4.30-$4.70); Aloe Vera/Italian Soda ($4.30); and Milkshakes ($5.30). Their prices have increased but the size remains the same as before (a large glass).
My bf ordered a "Strawberry Fresh Fruit Juice" that is blended with ice, sugar (ordered without), and fruit syrup. Even without the sugar, the drink was overly sweet and didn't taste fresh. I used to love this drink but now I will avoid it. I ordered a "Black Sesame Chocolate Milkshake", but was disappointed in the way it tasted. The consistency was icy/slushy, and I couldn't taste the sesame despite seeing pieces of it. It was like drinking a chocolate syrup slush. Not worth the money!
Their food menu consists of a variety of new and old appetizers ($5-8); fried rice, and udon ($9.20); Wings ($7.50 for 10); and Dessert (cheesecake, thick toast, fruit plate, fondue) from $4-$20.
Their wing "special" only occurs every Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday at 40 cents a wing. We tried their new Korean flavour which was very sweet and had a ton of garlic pieces. It wasn't spicy even though they gave it a rating of 2 chilis. They downsized the wings, and we ended up with random sizes from "tiny" to "small". The only good thing was that the wings came out hot, fresh and quick.
Overall, the drinks aren't all that good and is a hit and miss. However, I recommend their traditional Avocado drink for something refreshingly creamy. The food is pedestrian and overpriced.
Bubbles has transformed into a more refined "cafe", but don't expect to come for great drinks and food. It's just a nice place to hang out with friends at.
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