Cozy Bubble Tea

Best bubble tea in town. Their taste is fresh, none others use overnight tea. It is also a cool place to hang out. They have so many games and even X BOX!!!

I got the original with boba and when I saw the offer I checked in on Unilocal to get the 10% off. The girl waited to see my check-​in first before giving me the discount. The total came out to 4.33. Whaaat, even with 10 percent off it was that much? Already I feel jipped. Either it is way overpriced or she rung me up wrong … but how can that be when she explicitly waited for me to show her the check-​in and I only ordered the most basic thing on the menu. It only hit me as I was leaving as I got the drink to go…
In either case, the drink itself was just okay. The boba was not good at all, very hard. The tea tasted fine, a little sweet. I’ve definitely had much better.
I don’t think I’ll come back especially when there’s a lot of other great boba in the area. The only thing that’s nice is there is a nice area to sit and hang out here it looks like

Came here because I read that there was a lot of seating and a good hangout place, but it kind of felt like I was hanging out in someone’s basement (maybe some people find that «cozy.») Seating was cramped. You can’t really pull out a chair without hitting another chair. I ended up sitting in the area with the TV and «couches.» The couches are literally futons with a slip cover… that have white stains. I definitely didn’t feel clean sitting on them and they probably haven’t been washed in a while. So, atmosphere wise, it’s not my style.
The bubble tea was decent. They have some stuff that Tapioca Express doesn’t have like red bean milk tea and milk pudding (I believe Tapioca Express only has egg pudding and I enjoyed the milk pudding more). They also have outlets so you can charge your laptop (Tapioca Express doesn’t have outlets). They are a bit more expensive than their competitor too. It was easy for me to go over $ 5 for a drink.

This is seriously the best bubble tea I’ve ever had!
I move to San Francisco and I haven’t found any close to this one.
The people who work there are also super nice and friendly
and love how you can play board games and have a bubble tea.
Me and my friend used to come like 3 times a week and sometimes stayed a little longer than their closing time and never even complain they really show that they want to work there and try to make you feel like the name «cozy» :D

Cozy bubble tea has tons of flavors and you can get them hot, iced, or blended. The shop is conveniently located just off of 520 at 148^th. They are open incredibly late, so I can picture this place being a late night hangout for the under 21 crowd (although I’ve never been late).
Another perk is that they use Fivestars, a newish program that seeks to eliminate the need to carry punch cards, and having to carry a loyalty card for each business you use. There still aren’t tons of places accepting Fivestars yet, but I appreciate that Cozy is an early adopter.
It would be nice if they had some more food options, but it’s a Bubble Tea place, so I suppose it’s fine that they stick to their namesake.

Big place, with plenty of seating and board games!
Prices = moderate
Drinks = good. Nothing to write home about but it’s decent.

This place is located in the same complex as the Safeway and Bank of America. The location is good and there is lots of space to hang out at the place itself. It also has video games and board games as you would expect from a lounge type bubble tea place. It also closes late which is a huge advantage on the eastside!
The biggest downside for me here is the bubble tea itself. I had a large group with us the other day and across the board all of our bubble teas were way WAY too sweet. And the bubbles themselves were way to chewy in the middle. Seems like they needed to be cooked for much longer. The flavors are all very typical and the style is nothing I haven’t seen before from a bubble tea joint.

Just like the rating says… «meh».
The watermelon bubble tea was severely lacking in the watermelon and overall way too sweet (and not in a good way). Way too pricey for something I drank half of and tossed.
Cool idea though that they have board games and stuff. They just need to boost the quality of their bubble tea and then they’d be a hit!

This place was pretty loud on a Sunday night at 7pm. There as a group of people there to play mafia. I got the honey green tea boba with half sugar and it was nothing to write home about. The pearls were tiny rather than the big boba size. The tea tasted average so for the price it was sub-​par. I suppose if you have a huge group of friends and want to play mafia somewhere, this would be your place.

There are more and more bubble tea places on the Eastside and this one obviously has good business sense:
1. They have long business hours, closes at midnight or 2 am during the weekend
2. Big TV in the store and similar setup for cyber café, this means customers can stick around there for hours playing TV games or web browsing.
3. Great location, close to some big box retailers like Sears, Fred Meyer, Riteaid and a few Asian restaurants/​grocery stores. This place make it a nice stop during your shopping trip.
4. Selling more american beverage. It offers hot chocolate (my winter favorite!) on top of bubble tea and smoothies. It is easy to make and has higher chance to generate more revenue.
5. 10% off for MS employees, never go wrong for being in MS town.
About the taste of the beverages, it is about the same as elsewhere but since they are smart to do the above things, i can see myself go there more often.

Boba is boba — but a graffiti wall inside joint is unique! :)

I sort of feel bad for this place. I get the feeling that they’re trying so hard to stand out among the endless sea of bubble tea places in Washington. Yet it still falls short in the end, because there’s still a number of ways they can do a better job. First, how about starting by lowering the damn prices? I just ordered a simple bubble tea with tapioca bubbles; the total came to $ 4.27. The stores in Seattle tend to keep it around three dollars or less before tax and without adding the bubbles. This kind of price is just too high, and I had no idea that supply and demand were calling for an inflation of bubble tea prices.
They also appear to have a problem with preparedness, since they told me it would be about a twenty-​minute wait before their tapioca would be ready. I didn’t think it would be fair to rate them without the inclusion of those delicious bubbles, so I just wandered around the nearby Big 5 and Safeway stores during that time. They really should have a constant supply of those things on hand. When I came back, the cashiers seemed new and/​or inexperienced with the job, but I can’t blame them because we all have to start from somewhere.
The drink I ordered was an original + chocolate milk tea, whatever that means. It was all right and actually had a bit of that tea taste to it as it should. However, it still tasted for the most part like chocolate milk, which is a problem when it costs so much. The cup also appeared somewhat small, so the drink disappeared faster than I would have liked it to. I could have ordered another, but the high price was putting me off. They do have cards so that you get a free drink after purchasing nine, but I doubt something like that would do me much good.
It’s a huge shame because I sense a lot of wasted potential from this place. They have the TV to keep you entertained, and it does seem like they’re trying to turn the store into a popular hangout place for young people in the evenings. But I’m just not seeing that at all; the atmosphere at this particular store is rather weak, and I suppose that atmosphere is part of what you’re paying for at places like these. And if the empty feeling of this place is part of that inflated price, then I’m passing up this place next time. The problem is that you can’t have customers without atmosphere, and you can’t have atmosphere without customers. That’s why I feel sorry for this place.

Bubble Tea on the East side. Over priced, i marked this as $$$$ bbtea. What do you expect. Prime card holders get an extra 10% off. whoo.
But its nice having a place thats open decently late, just incase your bubble tea craving hits you. as if you were pregnant, and you just need it!
boba express = better, extremely more affordable. $ 2 different is a ton for a cup of bbtea!

I occasionally find myself craving bubble tea and occasionally find myself on the eastside, and one evening months ago both happened at the same time, so I decided to try Cozy Bubble Tea. (Thanks, Unilocal app & Unilocalers!)
They had a raspberry flavor option, which I don’t see often, so I decided to try it. I remember it being pretty good, so I was pretty happy. I also appreciated that they stay open later than a lot of the businesses in the area.
I was probably one of the only females there that evening and a little older than the majority of the customers, but that wasn’t a problem and I wasn’t there for long.
The only thing that didn’t make me happy about the visit was that I really wanted to use their facilities, but the women’s restroom was closed because something didn’t work, and the men’s restroom didn’t look like a good idea. I hope they have that sorted out now…

Good quality bubble milk tea– flavorful tea base, plump and chewy (right consistency) boba, but a bit pricey even though they have MS discounts. I like their late hours, but I think they need help with–
1) Ambiance and lighting, it’s too brightly lit
2) Curb appeal and signage, looks cheap
3) Needs sugar free syrups
4) Add food options (like Oasis and Pochi)

Despite its name, Cozy Bubble Tea is not a very cozy place. It is large and great for groups. Prior to Drive Thru Boba opening, it was also the best bubble tea I’ve had in the Seattle area. The drinks have a good flavor and the nice and courteous staff can adjust the sugar levels of the drinks for you, but the balls are somewhat too soft and unsweetened. They also have popping boba, which is a ball made from a thin, jello-​like film that is filled with really sweet juice. It was novel, but not for me.
They have a kinect and some board games (ie. Jenga, Monopoly, Apples to Apples). There is a 10% discount for Microsoft employees and a frequent buyer stamp card.

Cozy’s is one of a kind on the east side.
Sure the prices maybe a little high but where else is open late on the weekend that’s not a bar or lounge? If you’ve been to any places on the Ave they are trying to go for that vibe, they are a lot cleaner since they are new. They have a bunch of board games and even an xbox for those who play!
Come check it out if you’re doing nothing late night and need a place to hang with your friends!

In an attempt to find a replacement bubble tea spot (my favorite closed!) and after reading the reviews for this place that made it seem like the wrinkles were ironed out, I decided to give it a shot!
I was surprised to see so many customers inside, but it made me feel like it would likely be good opposed to an empty shop with no customers! The customers were all young-​ish (high school? college?) and some were seated in the area with a few sofas playing video games. It definitely seems like this place is meant to be a hang out spot as well.
A milk tea is $ 3.88 and is a larger size if compared to other places that have a «regular» or «large» option. The bubbles are extra, 50 cents for the regular boba. I ordered a Hong Kong Style milk tea w/​boba and my husband had a cantaloupe tea. Both of us were pleased that the drinks weren’t overly sweet. The boba were also chewy and not grainy (yay!), just as they should be. Unfortunately, though, I ended up with a milk coffee instead of a tea but we took our drinks to go so I couldn’t correct the order while we were there. I will say the coffee had good flavor, but I was really wanting tea so it was a bit of a disappointment.
They do have a stamp card — 9 stamps and then a free drink. The service was friendly too. Overall, it does seem more pricey than other bubble tea places around, but I think the quality here is a bit superior to the current other spots in the immediate area. Cozy Bubble Tea definitely has some good potential!

I am close to being obsessed and addicted to bubble tea. I have been here for 4 weeks (from Ontario) and pretty much gave up looking for good bubble tea until my bf ran into this place on his way home from work and decided to surprise me with it.
To be fair, I have only tried WOW bubble tea, Uwajimaya (who didn’t even know what green apple + green tea was PLUS they added milk to it…), din tai fung, boiling point and regeant bakery. All pretty gross in my opinion. EDIT** okay, not «gross» but definitely not my ‘cup of tea’.
At cozy bbt i ordered (as usual) the green apple green tea. I try to be fair and order that in any bbt places I go to in Washinton state and was VERY surprised to find out how hard they could fail at it. Cozy bbtt (however still short of the flavour from back home that i’m used to) was the closest. The tapioca texture was PERFECT. I prefer my tapiocas to be chewier than the usual stale & overboiled kinds that i’ve been having. The green tea part of my drink however was exactly what I had been looking for. Although it’s still powder, you can really taste the difference of the jasmine green tea as opposed to the other places that tend to use the bitter kind. The green apple actually tasted as ‘green apple’ as it could despite the fact that it is still artificial.
I really hope this place strives and survives. I don’t know if the standards are different or if I just have a different taste, but I was told WOW Bubble Tea and Boiling Point were the best and it was far from it. They would not survive in Toronto.

I passed by this place one day and was excited that there was a new boba place opening so close to home. So boyfriend and I decided to give this place a try once it opened. Honestly, I love that it’s open late at night. The only boba places open this late are in the ID, and usually, I’d rather not make the trek.
I got the taro milk tea with boba and boyfriend got the almond milk tea with boba. The taro milk tea is really, really good. The almond milk tea could use some improvements and the boba was a bit too chewy for my tastes, but I liked the taro milk tea so much, I’d definitely return because I’m sure they’ll work out the kinks.
The place is actually pretty big and there are even board games, so it’s definitely a great place to hang out with friends.