Chatime

Chatime is my ‘go to’ for amazing, chilled tea. The staff are always happy and attentive and the menu is quite extensive. There is room to customise your order which it awesome. The chocolate milk ta and the matcha tea latte’s are the best on the menu, however the traditional is usually the premium pearl milk tea. I also really enjoy how you can become a Chatime member for as little as 50 cents and accumulate points to have a free tea for the next order. I really love this place, especially in Summer. So refreshing!

The smallest store out of the three in Adelaide so didn’t get full 5 stars. The service here was good and it’s convenient to wonder around Rundle Mall with you bubble tea or there are benches just outside of the shop to sit and enjoy. I always get the coconut milk bubble tea with coconut and coffee jelly. Yum!

Bubble tea was always a mystery to me — what was it? was it bubbly tea? Did you eat it? It was this strange wondrous thing I just wanted to try. Luckily, Chatime answered my questions, with their massive variety of drinks.
Bubble tea is an Asian drink that contains little balls (bubbles!) of tapioca, and is generally blended with sweeteners and ice. Creating a unique drinking experience.
What I LOVE about Chatime is the sheer variety of flavours and tea on offer, they have a selection of milk and fruity teas that you can add extra syrup to for the sweet lovers (that’s me) or ice, for those warm summer days. The ‘Bubble’ aspect can also be changed up, with a selection of tapioca balls, jellies, or malt powder. If you aren’t a fan of tea, they also offer a small variety of energy drinks, smoothies and milk shakes.
Being a fan of anything green tea — I would have to recommend their Green Tea Matcha drink! But if you are just delving into the wonders of bubble tea, perhaps try a royal milk tea, which tastes like a blended sweet Earl Gray.
This particular store is just on the end of Rundle Mall, near King William Street — the store itself is small, especially for the amount of business the place generates — most days, especially after school expect a line out the door! But it is well worth the wait with friendly and quick service.

I am a huge fan of Chatime and their great variety of drinks. They’ve got some real refreshing fruity ice teas such as pomegranate and milk based teas such as hazelnut and chocolate as well as smoothies (the matcha red bean green tea smoothie being my absolute favourite) which are great for during those hot Summer days. But they also have a selection of drinks made hot to order when you need something to warm you up during those chilly Winter evenings as you head home after a long day.
The drinks aren’t pumped out as fast like those at the Boost Juice Stores and their system isn’t as great but it’s still quite worth the wait! There’s very limited seating arrangements so it’s best just to head in to grab your drink and go. The other thing I have to say is that the service isn’t good at all, and most of the workers look like they’re tired most of the time and seem to not understand the concept of smiling but they get the job done so what can I say?
Oh and also the other good thing is that you can also choose your level of sweetness say you can go no sugar, half sugar or ‘normal’. if you haven’t already got the loyalty card pop in next time and request for one if you’re a regular customer.

I have an obsession with Asian food, so coming here was a no brainer. I only tried bubble tea once and didn’t really like it but I heard chatime was quite good. They have a great selection of milk and fruit teas with extra toppings of your choice. It can take a bit to understand initially. I tried coconut milk tea with sago and then hazelnut milk tea with black pearl. Both were very nice with no after taste. A regular is about $ 4.70, which is pretty cheap to me. They are a decent size too. I can’t wait to try their other flavours :-)

I’ve been hunting for a really good bubble tea shop for a while and, thank heavens, I’ve found it! Chatime have a wide range of teas with an easy to understand menu, friendly service and, of course, delicious bubble tea. I love the fruit teas, especially the lychee and mango with tapioca. For this scorching Adelaide weather, nothing else will do!

I have been a regular customer of Chatime since it opened as the drinks are so yummy, and there is such a variety! In summer I like to go for the milk pearl tea and I winter I pick one of their hot selections — usually milk tea with red bean.
One of the best things about Chatime is that you don’t have to worry about overly sweet drinks here — choose your level of sugar or go without, like me!
The service is OK… Sometimes I have had communication issues (is it my accent?) but usually it works out in the end. You can be in for a long wait when it is busy.
The only thing I don’t like about this place is the limited and poor seating. There are only a few tables and they are with tiny stools that are hard to balance on and uncomfortable.
Great for takeaway drinks, not so good for dine in.

Holy Moses! I didn’t know this place existed. It’s fairly new, you see.
This is like upper-​class bubble tea. It’s magnificent. I’ve always found my bubble tea at Chinatown, and I won’t grade this one better until I’ve been there a few more times but my first visit was promising.
My old favourite flavour was peach, but I’ve since forgone favourites. Now I’m trying to go down the entire list of flavours at the shop in Chinatown. For this new establishment, I went back to Peach and it was very, very tasty. It’s risen up in my mind as a favourite again.
This place is so clean and neat and the atmosphere’s so great you can’t help but feel good whilst you’re partaking in the liquids here. I’m telling you, go and enjoy. Being a franchise, I’m a little worried about giving it my business, but if they continue to impress me as they have done, I’ll soon be powerless against making Chatime my new favourite bubble tea establishment.

All fans of bubble tea unite! Chatime is a Thai based bubble tea and smoothie global franchise. The Adelaide store only just opened.
I’m a big fan of bubble tea, I enjoy the Premium Pearl Milk Tea personally.
They also sell beverages that aren’t bubble tea. A lot of other kinds of teas, smoothies and energy drinks. They have some pretty interesting mixtures. The Black Bean Sesame Matcha is most intriguing.
The store itself is very modern and unique. Worth a sit in if you have the time.