XingFuTang Republique — Restaurant in Paris

Bad experience. The place was empty on 18:00 approximately on 1/11/24. I went in to buy passion fruit soda, I wanted the bobba balls, there seller was a young man who didnt even looked at me when I asked him and kept looking at his phone, he was watching cartoons. He just said “yea yeah boba jelly”. Then I said okay so I want the passion fruit tea. This rude dude suddenly said : “oh my god what do you want,tea or soda?!” Angrily. I was shocked and asked what is the difference and he said “tea or soda?!”. Anyway I said soda and he made it while still watching his phone. It cost me 6 euro and wasnt tasty at all, it didnt had bobba balls!!! The only thing I wanted out of this place. It was too sweet too. I tried to said something but he came back to sit and watch his phone. I asked where the balls are and he said, “oh It has jelly fraiser” Annoying. Dont go there especially if...

I go to the Xinfutang frequently in NYC and it's my favorite, so I thought this would be the perfect treat after quarantining inside for days.

I've had boba literally hundreds (possibly thousands) of times from mom-and-pop pho shops to upscale shops like Boba Guys and this is by far the worst cup of boba I've ever had in my life. Boba is undercooked and leaves a powdery residue, which I've never experienced before. The drink itself (which I know what it's supposed to taste like) is beyond lackluster. You pay €7 for slightly sweetened milk.

Avoid, try the The Alley or even a different Xinfutang...

First time coming to this branch in Republique - they gave me a terrible drink, nothing like the brown sugar boba tea I ordered, just milky bland-ness with half cooked boba. The shop was not even busy when I entered. I guess the staff were more focused flirting with each other than doing their job. Been to the Reamur branch many times previously, was...