cafe bungalow — Restaurant in Azusa

I’d rate this cafe 2.5 stars — the pros: plenty of seating, staff were friendly, and there is a variety of both food and drinks on the menu.

However, the cons were the drinks were not made up to par — they were either too sweet or SEVERELY lacking in any real flavor. For example, the pumpkin chai latte, both hot and iced, tasted more milky and creamy than anything else; it needed more pumpkin syrup and chai flavor.

The sour cream and onion fries were anything but! Instead of the flavor you’d typically associate with ‘sour cream and onion,’ the fries tasted like they were dusted in cinnamon. They were sweet!

The curry fries needed more curry powder — the staff seemed to have dusted only the top. So when you dig in, the fries at the bottom are devoid of any curry seasoning. How about coating the fries more evenly? We had to ask for more curry powder.

The fries in general could be crispier — most of them were soggy … who likes bland, soggy fries?

The fried mushrooms had a very strange, CHEWY texture. Flavor was OK, but the chewiness may throw some people off. What kind of mushrooms are these?!

The beef lumpia were very thin, and honestly for the price of these food and drink items, nothing here is worth it.

We don’t mind forking over money if the items we spent on are actually GOOD. Everything just missed the mark here, which is really a shame. There are many, many boba shops around that...

I had high hopes for this place given the averagely positive reviews and pictures. I ordered an iced lychee green tea and their Truffle Egg Open Faced. I love truffle anything so I was excited to try it. The meal was extremely disappointing and appalling. Starting from the salad, it was nowhere like the salad pictured online showing a fresh green mix salad topped with cherry tomatoes.  Instead, there was what appeared to be a kale salad, looking like dried out herbs and grass in a scorching hot summer day. The leaves were visibly dry and brown. Just looking at the salad, I wanted to send the plate back and ask for a refund but I didn't want to cause a scene. I also wanted to give the benefit of the doubt for the main "piece", the truffle egg sandwich which, to be honest, already looked sad. It was mostly mayonnaise, couldn't even see any big chunks of egg because it was mostly thickened mayonnaise. It didn't taste like truffle either. It felt like they barely smeared the toast (one slice of bread in total cut in half, not quite a sandwich) with a drop of truffle oil. To sum up, I would not recommend to anyone this spot. The quality of food is terrible. As the waitress, it was shameful to serve a customer that plate. I give 1 star because they had free wifi and restroom available...

So I have to say that the drinks at this place are really good. Not quite the best in the entire SGV, but then again you have some steep competition. But definitely the best around the Glendora/Covina/Azusa area. Their rose tea was really good. I was super satisfied with that. The other drinks I got were good too, but they weren't as good as the rose tea.

The staff was friendly, if not a bit overwhelmed. They were super helpful and they were as quick as they could be given the sheer number of people, so I have no complaints with them. But maybe it might be helpful to hire more staff for when it gets a little busier. Right now it just isn't cutting it...

The interior is really well done. It's cute and looks like a tea house. However, there was definitely not enough seating. There wasn't even enough standing room to be honest. This place was so packed that the line was out the door. That's the only reason I knocked down and gave them 4 stars. It's not because of the seating, but maybe if they got more staff there wouldn't be as many issues with the wait times.

I like this place. If I don't want to drive far to my regular teahouse, I'll definitely come here. The boba and tea holds up, so I'm a...