Star Tapioca

Lots and lots of flavors to try and open extended hours for convenience. Hope to come back for a more updated review.

My boyfriend and I stayed at the Hilton next to Chinatown, meaning that this place was only five minutes away (walking-​distance). I absolutely fell in love with this place.
The staff members weren’t very helpful, but the food and drinks were made fairly quickly. The food was decent but the beef stew was very tasty. The one thing that I loved the most are their boba drinks. This was the first place I had pudding in my drinks and it was amazing! The pudding was sweet and tasty. I never want to go back to regular tapioca/​boba drinks. Unfortunately, Dallas doesn’t have many places with pudding in their drinks. :(And when they do, they’re not as good as this place.
The next time I’m in Houston, I’m coming back for the pudding!

Cheaper than most bubble tea places. They also give you a good sized drink. Yummy and tastes more natural than other places!

THIS PLACE IS CASH ONLY. Not worth the price and that is the reason for the –1 star.
That being said, I paid somewhere from $ 3 – 4 dollars for a caramel milk tea with ice cream. Very good if you’re in the area!

Service was good, prices good, taste was delicious.
For $ 3.50 each, I had a red bean tapioca and my wife had a strawberry banana tapioca. The place was not very busy at the time and the drinks were good.
These drinks would easily be a dollar more at the tea houses elsewhere in the Houston area.

This place has amazing bingsoo [shaved ice dessert] [pic uploaded]! The ice is probably the best I have ever had. The ice was shaved into thin stands which gave it a really delicate texture. The ice didn’t compact and stayed fluffy the whole time we were eating it. The fruit was also fresh and they also give a big scoop of ice cream on top. Overall, it was really delicious. However, their bubble teas weren’t any good. Way too watery without much flavor.
Like many Asian places, a bummer about this place is that it’s cash only. Another bummer is that they didn’t have the most pleasant staff working there. Our server looked really solemn while she was placing all the toppings on our bingsoo [at least she gave us a lot!].
Food:3.5
Value:3.5
Service:2.5
Overall: 3

There are a billion tapioca (bubble tea/​boba tea) places on Bellaire that all just kind of mesh together. I’m not necessarily I’d return to this one since the service was so rude. I did feel bad since we were interrupting their meal, but unfortunately, that’s what happens in the food industry – you’re constantly bombarded with customers!
My strawberry milkshake with tapioca balls was great. It wasn’t too milky and overpowering and decently priced. However, a cash only policy never settles well with me since I hardly ever have any on me and the lack of ATM wasn’t helpful either.
Again, with so many bubble tea options in the area, I’m not really sure why anyone would become a regular at a place with rude service and cash only.