Teatery - Tea and Tapioca — Restaurant in Baton Rouge

Teatery is one of my favorite boba tea shops in Baton Rouge. I frequent there often when I lived in Denham and I always make an effort to go when I am in town. I recently visited and went there 3x. Once at the corporate location and twice at the college location.

I have been wanting to try the college location for awhile now but never got around to going when I lived in town mostly bc it was a 30min drive from my house. Since moving to Houston, I don’t have issues driving 30min so it doesn’t bother me now (though it did back then lol).

The location off college has way more food items you can order. I have been wanting to go to try their Taiwanese popcorn chicken. I finally was able to order it today and it was SO GOOD. The chicken was tender and juicy bursting with flavor and the outside was crispy and spicy. It truly was worth the wait. I love when I can find Taiwanese popcorn chicken bc it is one of my favorites. I also ordered a Mango Passionfruit tea and a pina colada. My husband actually wanted to try their Pina cloudy but they made the wrong drink. They offered several times to remake the drink but my husband said it wasn’t a big deal and the pina colada was still very good. His absolute favorite is the Okinawa tea though lol!

This is definitely one of the best boba teas in town with their drinks being consistently good. They measure every drink so you can be sure that if you like something, it will be just as tasty the next time. Not everyone has CONSISTENTLY good teas but Teatery definitely is one of the best ones around town! The only other place that I would go to besides Teatery is...

I was so excited when I found out Teatery was going to open on College Dr. I’ve been ordering off Corporate Dr. & always waited no more than 15-20 minutes for my drinks.

Today, I went try them for the first time and it was disappointing. For my first drink I ordered it at 2:11 and I waited 30 minutes. My family wanted me to order 2 more, so for my next 2 drinks, I ordered them at 2:21 and I didn’t get them till 2:48.

After my first drink I asked them how long it’ll take for my next 2. The cashier couldn’t give me an estimate, despite me being the only person in the store. She just said it’ll be right out.

It also must be the norm for them at this location to take this long because they didn’t communicate the wait time at all.

So I basically was in there for 37 minutes for 3 drinks.

The cashier told me 20 minutes later for my first drink they were out of the big tapioca pearls & asked if I was fine with the smaller ones, which I said it was.

If you know 30 minutes in advance what you want, I suggest you place a call in order. I wasn’t the only one with an incredibly long wait. The lady in front of us had to ask twice when her drinks would be ready. I went right after Walmart and was only expecting to be in there no more than 20 minutes. Never again. The location is beautiful. Love the design and the outlet availability, as well as how clean the bathrooms were. I notice there was only 2 employees so that might have to do with it? But still, the wait definitely makes you...

I came to this store to purchase some of the delamanju (fish shaped pastries with custard inside). These typically sell out by mid afternoon at the location on corporate.

Asked the cashier if they had some available still. She directed me to prepackaged ones on the counter. At first thought, this is weird since they are usually behind a glass storage window. When ordered, usually they take those delamanju and wrap them in a box for you to enjoy.

This leads me to obvious follow up questions. Me "Are those fresh, like made today?" Employee Response "No" Me "How long have they been sitting out? Employee Response "They are in a package, so that means they are fresh" ( Imagine the fake big condescending smile after she completes that statement.

After this steep incompetence, I simply left the location. I would rather just take 1 minute extra of driving to the original location than deal with this location and...