8090 Eninety Tea Factory

For starters, I don’t love that they have a $ 20 MINIMUM on credit card. I guess that’d be ok if they had a sign, but a quick glance shows… no.
I’m a little wary of the place with its poor reviews, but our car battery died and we gave in to the first tea stop in front of us (we’d planned to walk 0.5 miles over to BAMBU, but the summer heat made us weak).
Décor, decent. Nice place to work if you prefer Asian music to your typical coffee shop tunes.
Service, I only waited about 5 – 8 min for my 2 drinks on a Tuesday afternoon.
Taste…unclear. I ordered a lavender milk tea half sugar, and my brother a rose milk tea. The half sugar could’ve been a bad choice on my part bc my tea just taste of watered down green milk tea with only the slightest hint of lavender. Not very much milk or very much tea either. Primarily water. Tbh this is why I’m tempted to give only 2 stars.
The rose one wasn’t bad, esp w the bits of crushed rose petals. It was far too sweet for me though. Not overpowering in the rose taste, which is always tricky, so back to 3 stars.
All in all, I probs wouldn’t come here again with so many options just across the street. If I were stuck in this plaza w a dead car battery again? I’d probably still walk 0.5 miles to try something else.

I’m upset because they didn’t let me use my stamp. I asked them to combine two cards. One that had six stamps and one that had four, a total of ten. But they wouldn’t let me redeem it for a free drink and said I had to wait until next time. WHY?!
There are always people smoking right next to the door (which is typical of Asian boba places, but still violates health codes)
Service, drinks, and food is mediocre. Parking is madness on weekends. Drivers are not ideal so road rage or you getting upsetis highly possible

I’m not sure why but my friends and I always complain about the customer service but we end up coming back anyway LOL. I think their service may not be as great because most of the workers have broken English. No offense, of course! I’ve noticed that every time a person orders a drink, the order needs to be repeated like three times, not even including toppings or size! Maybe that’s how they clarify things but waiters or waitresses always sound so aggravated. Remember that if you have a party of 3 or more, you get free fries and if it’s a party of 5 or more, you get free popcorn chicken! They’re pretty sneaky about it so if you want it, you must ask for it. Their seasoning for the food is pretty bomb. One of my fave boba places to get snacks from. They used to serve ketchup and stuff to you but now they don’t. Maybe because people ask for too much from the workers? I always get the hokkaido milk tea because that’s my faaave! However, it’s not as sweet as boiling point’s. 80 – 90 has more of a tea taste! Their matcha smoothie and almond milk tea are yummy too. Not really a spot to do homework but it is chill to kick it.

I ordered large size tea but only got regular. They just put my drink aside for couple of minutes and no one even cared about it. Very disappointed!

Horrible service! I wish I can do no stars at all! We went with a group of 7 and ordered 7 drinks. As we waited for our drinks We sat at a table outside and it only had 2 chairs available and we noticed them bringing out extra chairs for other customers so we asked them if they could bring us a couple out too. The lady at the register told us the chairs were for customers only. If I ordered 7 drinks what does that make me??? Then they tried to argue that we ordered our stuff to go when we specifically told them «no, not to go well be right outside.» Very rude!!! Very crowded and when they r busy they cannot function with proper customer service! I will never spend my money at this place or take my family there ever again. If I pay and spend my money in your business that makes me a customer and I should be able to sit on your chairs. How childish!

Definitely not a good boba place. My drink was overloaded with sugar and the service there was super unfriendly! Everyone looked like they were forced to work. The boba/​drinks were so basic too. It was just very sad.
The only upside was the free side of fries my friends and I received when we purchased our drinks. I would not recommend this place to anyone!

A good place to grab s boba and chitchating with friends to consume the whole afternoon if you have nothing to do. Lots of seating and spacious. Besides drinks, I am not sure if they serve anything else.

Service is a bit choppy even for takeout. Took a good 10 minutes for my drinks to come out and within that time people who came after me already received theirs. It was only five drinks but drink after drink mine was just not coming up.
There’s a understanding I have that sometimes «larger» orders need to be pushed back a bit to get smaller orders out but not in this situation. That’s just pure idiocy. If I had ordered 10−15+ drinks that would have been understandable but 5 is well within an acceptable medium order. –1 for making me wait longer or possibly even forgetting my order. I don’t know what happened other than I received my drinks last despite arriving and paying well before other people.
Not only that but there was a slight hiccup in the condiments. Instead of guava green tea with no toppings and passion fruit green tea with grass jelly, I received guava green tea with grass jelly and passion fruit green tea with no toppings. So another –1.
The drinks were fairly good but I do want to return for the popcorn chicken. I always love a good comfort food but whenever I’m here it’s being I come to this plaza for a sit down restaurant so I’m always too full to try it out.

Eighty Ninety? How did they come up with this unique name for a Boba place? At least it’s very creative of them to make up such a name. I wonder if there’s a superstition behind the meaning of 8090… I’m quite sure there is one. That’s the nature of most Chinese owned businesses.
We had a party of three, so we get served free french fries along with our drinks. I hear if there’s five or more people it’s upped to free popcorn chicken. I think this is a great marketing tool to build a business. Who doesn’t like free food?
I must admit that their french fries are like crack. Very addicting! Fresh from the fryer to our table sprinkled with chili lime salt. Yes, that sh*t is like crack! I love seasoned salt, chili pepper, lime salt, etc. They wake up your taste buds, and makes the order ten times more delicious. Next time I will try their popcorn chicken. I’m almost certain they’ll use the same salt, just like the way the other places uses chili powder.
I believe the real reason for the free french fries with crack in it is not only a marketing tool, but also a game that will make you more thirsty just so that you’ll order more drinks!
I ordered my usual favorite Almond Milk Tea with boba and less sugar. It was a delicious flavorful drink with a strong almond flavor. The drink is almost as good as my all time favorite at H and H… I’m almost certain if you are a true boba drinker, you’ll know which place I’m talking about. However, their boba was still a bit too hard. They need to soak it a bit longer. Good drinks with bad boba ruins the whole drink! Sorry, but I’m a bit boba anal. Ha!
My other two friends ordered smoothies. They said it was okay. So I can’t complain or rave about it since it’s more of a personal preference. But at least they also enjoyed the french fries.
This place is still new. I know it use to be another boba place. It seems to be an upgrade ambiance wise because it looks quite rustic and nice inside. We almost got free food… a rice order with a fried egg on top. It looked and smelled so good. The waiter placed it on our table by mistake. But of we didn’t touch it and informed him about his mistake… yes, be a honest person and you’ll go further in life.
I’ll give this place three stars. Good marketing technique, nice place, and decent drinks. But do improve on the boba please!

pretty good place to hang out with friends. the décor is cute for a tea place, they have this rustic and dark natural wood theme, which makes me wonder how it ties in with the name 8090?
they also have some fancy containers for their tea. if you ordered the 6 dollars gourmet tea like I did, you got to use the copper gold teapot or this intricate glass jar.
the drinks are decent. I did not mind the services. I mean when you come to a fobby tea place to chill with friends you technically are not here for 5 star services anyways.

Fist of all, their service is the WORST I’ve ever experienced in 626 area!!! All the waitress give kind of attitude to the customers and they all are chatting n do not pay any attention to us !!!
Drinks are average, and foods are too oily !
Environment and parking are plus :
Hope the owner could improve the service !!!

First and last time I ever come here.
Ambience: I like the décor! It might be a little messy but I like the cute Christmas ornaments and simple black furniture. The music, however, doesn’t match the décor at all. I expected nice jazz music or something, I was greeted by Lil Jon, blasting through the entrance. Yeah. I wanted to eat there but I got my food to go after sitting for about five minutes.
Service: The girl in front was nice, but quiet. I had to ask her twice about our order and she didn’t bring it out even though we saw it on the counter for like, five minutes. So slow! I finally got up and just grabbed it.
Food: We ordered the milk tea and lemon honey green tea. Milk tea was okay! I think the cups were quite cute, I like their transparency, I can see how much boba I have left as I drink, haha
Honey green tea was soooooo sweet. It’s like they just added a ton of sugar instead of honey, I barely tasted any honey.
Overall, nothing spectacular, service kind of killed it for me.

Drink is decent, just like any other tea house in the nearby area. Order less sugar still come out regular so save your breathe. It would be nice if the wait staffs speaks a little more English! Refill is half price, but second drink always come back a different drink. Outdoor seating and heat lamp only available after 9 pm.

What happened to Tapioca Express? That place was THE place in high school. Many years later, it’s not 8090. Yes, time to move on. Change can be good right? Right. What sold me is the free, yes FREE, popcorn chicken that comes when you have a party of 4 that orders something. You only have 2 others with you? No problem. With 3 people, you get FREEE fries instead. My goodness, the sight of that just rolls off the fingers (the sound of it out loud rolls off the tongue) like butter. I need say no more. End of story.

This place is not too bad. A lot of people think it as a noisy tea place, but I think it’s not that bad especially the area all the way inside to the back.
I ordered the rose milk tea, which was not too fancy. I liked the refreshing rose flavor of it. The milk tea itself was just plain in taste. The tea was not too sweet, which I liked.
There are plenty of outlets for laptops and phones, so it is good for those who come here to use laptops.

First time here, maybe I’ll try it a few more times to really make a final review for 8090 Tea Factory. I ordered the Lemon Kumquat Slush — since it was an absolutely hot and stuffy day.
Lemon Kumquat Slush– It was refreshing! It was not too sweet or too sour. Made to perfection. I really liked it. I even got brain freeze from it haha.
I thought the decorations inside 8090 is quite good to the eye. It’s very comfortable when i walked in. I’ve noticed that they have a wall rack to stack their wooden stools if extra stools are ever needed inside the tea joint. Neat!
What really will get me coming back may be the offers they give to their customers when they dine in…
If you have a party of 3– you get a basket of fries for free
If you have a party of 5 — you get a basket of popcorn chicken
If you have more than 5. you will get both I assume?
A-​W-​E-​S-​O-​M-​E!
I went at literally around noon time at 12 so the traffic flow was a bit slow since it’s hot and everyone is probably inside this plaza to grab dim sum than caring about grabbing a drink. Definitely will give 8090 another try. possibly on a cooler day.
They play music in here but mostly chinese pop music. Wifi is available.
Price is actually decent. 3 dollars something for a drink and I assume it’s closer to 4 dollars if it’s a large drink. (They do offer stamp cards here as well!)
Parking might be a bit challenging if you come during the plaza’s rush hour (dinner/​lunch/​dim sum) time because it’s a shared parking lot in the plaza.

Boba Ave or 8090… whatever they are calling it these days, this place has made my list!
And why would that be I’m sure you’re asking —
FREE fries if you have a party of 3 or more
FREE popcorn chicken if you have a party of 5 or more
And to even answer your follow up question —
YES, if you have 8 people, you can indeed get a FREE popcorn chicken AND a FREE order of fries.
HOW WONDERFUL!!! (dine-​in only).
Credit cards accepted. Plenty of seating and credit card accepted! Their drinks are decent to good so not sure how the bad reviews came about.
Service is sometimes slow but overall worth being a spot for hanging out with friends in my books.
NOTE: Wifi here is not the best. Not a good choice for studying.

The lavender matcha smoothie here is delicious. It’s a great blend of flavors you may not have thought to put together. The lavender isn’t too overpowering and it’s super refreshing on a hot summer day!
Try something out of your comfort zone and you may be pleasantly surprised :)

I came here after crashing a wedding but failed to partake in any lobster… and so my stomach was empty. SOO stupid though, everyone was drunk, no one would even know I wasn’t a guest! ARGHHHH anyhoo
My date and I split an order of chicken wangz. It took a longass time for them to come out, like 40 minutes? There was no one in front of us!
The service was aite, they did offer us water cause we asked.
The chicken wangz came out and were really yummy. They were kinda salty, six pieces, but were quite large. The flavor was good and I would definitely order these again if service did not take so damn long. Are they chopping a live chicken back there?
The baked squid looked yummy too! Must order that if I’m in the area.

I was a bit thrown when I didn’t see the sign for Tapioca Express anymore, and I admit I was a bit hesitant to go in. No more squid balls, Binh T! :(But being as I was already here, why not give them a chance? I’m glad I did!
It’s a tiny bit different than before. Now we choose our seats and the server will give you a menu and take your order rather than ordering your drinks at the counter first. I definitely liked that they repainted everything and changed out all the old chairs. You could enjoy the same venue but a little more comfortably than before.
The service was very attentive. My friend was pretty picky about her drink and the waitress made sure every detail was fulfilled. And after all the whipped cream was gone, she asked for more and our waitress was happy to grant her wish! I was actually very surprised when I took a sip of my drink, it was quite delicious! And if you can’t finish your drink, they will give you a to-​go cup to take with you on the road. Hot drinks get 1 refill, which you can also take in a to-​go cup.