Pretty decent boba, better and cheaper than Tea Magic, and has pretty good sushi, froyo, and smoothies. Service is really really quick and the French vanilla is the best option. The mango green tea isn’t bad either. If you go 30 minutes before it closes, the sushi is buy one get one free.
Laila A.
Classificação do local: 4 New Haven, CT
This little café in the Columbia campus offered us a great opportunity to enjoy a milk tea boba on a hot day! We ordered the rose tea with boba and were quite impressed with the smooth, delicious flavour. As Persians, we’re very comfortable with rose flavourings in our food/beverages, although others may find it more unique/strange. The service was very courteous and the beverage was excellent. Verdict: If I’m ever in the Morningside Heights area and in need of a boba-fix, I’d return to Café East
Justin N.
Classificação do local: 2 Redwood City, CA
Expensive for the quality of food and not very great customer service. The guy didn’t wash his hands in between cutting fruit and making other smoothies which is gross
Shreyas V.
Classificação do local: 4 New York, NY
Café East is actually my favorite place to get bubble tea in Morningside Heights. Service is quick and good, and the tea is always delicious. The bubbles are a lot better than tea magic, in my opinion. Things I really like from here: Almond Coconut Coffee French Rose Honey Jasmine(hot, no bubbles, with fresh ginger = great drink when you’re sick) The strawberry dream shake(great when it’s hot out). Try this place if you’re around! It takes dining dollars if you’re a Columbia student.
Lesley C.
Classificação do local: 3 Manhattan, NY
Near Columbia, there are three main bubble tea places: TeaMagic, Café East, and Culture Tea Bar. Personally, I think Café East is 2nd best of the three, TeaMagic being the clear best. The bubbles at Café East are pretty decent– cooked well and a good size. But their teas range from really bad(Thai Iced Tea there is awful, imo– very watery) to pretty good. Their almond and ginger milk tea flavors are fairly good, though the ginger occasionally tastes awful. Sometimes it’s just way too watered down. By far, their best is the French Vanilla! I get that flavor every time I go now.
Jacqueline D.
Classificação do local: 4 Bronx, NY
It’s great because it’s convenient for students on campus who wanna grab something quick before class, but there’s really nothing quick about it when the lines are long. I usually get the avocado and salmon sushi and cold almond bubble tea. It’s good enough for my purposes. Just a bit pricey though.
Justyna K.
Classificação do local: 1 Ithaca, NY
There’s really nothing good about this place except that they take dinning dollars from Columbia and it’s a change from the usual Columbia meal plan fare. Sushi generally looks old and never tastes quite delicious. Bubble tea usually ends up tasting only of boba, no tea flavors. Froyo is overpriced. Good if you are in Lerner Hall and need a pick-me-up quick before class, but otherwise go anywhere else.
Militza P.
Classificação do local: 3 Bay Area, CA
((2.75);) I frequent this place far more often than I’d like to. It is not affordable for the amount and quality you receive, but as busy students we all pay the price for convenience. – Boba tea is consistently made but not as good as the other two places in Morningside Heights(Tea Magic & the newly opened place on Broadway by LaSalle) – The smoothies are pretty good but on the juice-y texture side. – Sushi is freshly made and better than some of the local markets but $ 1 for each teeny tiny half avocado half salmon roll is ridiculous –____-« – Frozen yogurt is good(and they have mochi toppings!) but again, a better deal and more flavor and topping options if you just head over to Broadway and grab a froyo at Pinkberry. Tip: Go in around close(usually 9pm) and depending on that day’s sales, they will have deals(e.g. buy one get one free) on sushi and fruit cups/bowls that they’d have to toss at the end of the night otherwise.
Stephanie R.
Classificação do local: 3 Manhattan, NY
They now carry premium boba tea brewed from deliciously aromatic tea leaves! It takes a few minutes extra but only 50 cents more.
Hawk S.
Classificação do local: 5 Morningside Heights, Manhattan, NY
Great café with AUTHENTIC chinese food!
Michael Z.
Classificação do local: 1 Teaneck, NJ
The staff here is extremely rude. I called to ask for a large order and the guy hung up on me because he thought I was spamming him or something. I then went into the store and tried the bubble tea. It tasted cheap, watered down, and had a weird after taste. avoid this place at all costs.
Ashley D.
Classificação do local: 1 Paris, France
Café East’s taro root bubble tea was awful. Way too sweet and a very chalky consistency. It gave my boyfriend and I upset stomachs… twice. It seems the other flavors are better, but I’m afraid to try them.
Christine H.
Classificação do local: 4 New York, NY
I’ve been coming here several times a week for the last few months.(Some people like to spend their $ 4/day on Starbucks, I’d rather have boba.) It’s reliable and speedy, and their boba is consistently chewy, fresh, and appropriately sweetened so you don’t have to deal with nubs of bland starch. For the price and proximity to Columbia, it’s a good deal. Good Asian products are hard to come by anywhere in this neck of the city. Never tried their food, but after some curiosity I did go to the restaurant from which they procure their to-go dumplings, East Dumpling House. I’d say to stick with the boba. Their«frequent» customer promotion sign usually elicits an eye-roll from me, since after 10 visits you’re entitled to NOT a free drink, but $ 3 off any of their drinks. And the most basic one, a milk tea with boba, is $ 3.81 with tax. Seriously now.
Darina H.
Classificação do local: 4 Folsom, CA
Honestly, I only go here for the bubble tea. Only decent bubble tea near the campus and I usually get the iced jasmine green tea with boba or lychee jelly. Definitely pricer but worth it! The wait can be a bit long if you go during peak hours but quick service! I have had their food; decent but prefer the bubble tea over any other thing. Going back soon! :-)
Tempest B.
Classificação do local: 3 Portland, OR
Not a big bubble tea fan, but Café East at least made me realize why people like it to much!
Harry H.
Classificação do local: 4 New York, NY
Pretty Good quick bite
Lisa P.
Classificação do local: 4 New York, NY
I love Café East for their bubble tea and their dumplings. I come here with the understanding that I’m not after the perfect dumpling experience– I pick a plastic takeout container of either pork, chicken or shrimp dumplings(boiled shui jiao only– no pan fried guo tie) from the refrigerated case and pass it over the counter to be microwaved. One caveat: they only give you soy sauce– no vinegar. A far far cry from the delights of Shanghai Café, but when I’m stuck on Columbia campus with a dumpling craving(happens ATLEAST twice a week), Café East definitely does the trick.
Heather H.
Classificação do local: 4 New York, NY
This is where I get my bubble tea fix. I like it so much better than downtown and Ollie’s(formerly Swish) offerings. My go to drink is the coconut bubble tea. It tastes nothing like coconut, but it is delicious.
Carol Y.
Classificação do local: 4 Sunnyside, Queens, NY
café east’s french vanilla bubble milk tea = love. even the regular boba is amazing. better than saints alp over in the east village. :D
Ben C.
Classificação do local: 4 San Francisco, CA
I’m all about Café East’s banana soymilk smoothies, watermelon juice and sesame black tea w/boba. Mmmmmmmm, so good!