Pengo Drink Station — Restaurant in Laguna Hills

Friendly staff greeted us. The place is laid out well with a lot of seating from a long high top bar area to lower picnic style tables, very accommodating over all. Boba is cooked very well and tastes of high quality, also flavored really well. Not bland, yet not too sweet. Very good We also ordered macarons, one was a cute pushin character holding a donut. They were great! On par with Honey and Butter who I regard as one of the best Macaron options on CA. Rest assured they're good. They also have great flavors from cookies and cream to more obscure like Ube. I ordered an Ube and loved it. Tasted very much like Ube! Also ordered the Unicorn Burrito... so, about this thing. Had I known what it actually was (my bad for not looking at photos prior), i wouldn't have ordered it. It's absolutely a niche, attention grabbing dessert item. Its ice cream wrapped in cotton candy and then covered in Fruity Pebbles. The cotton candy and ice cream together just aren't magical like the name suggests. Dont get me wrong, outside of that (and you may love it) this place is a huge win. One huge point that is important to someone like me is, the teas are pre made... thata right so no ordering less sweet and no ordering fresh milk instead of creamer. I will say, they keep it on the lower side of sweet so you can always add sweetener to taste but for me, I really dont like overly sweet and love to be able to tell them to please sweeten with honey vs sugar, and use fresh milk vs non dairy creamer. Not an option here. That said, the milk tea was still very good and of course as I forat mentioned, high quality, well prepared boba. I hope you find this...

Pengo Dink Station continues to be the cutest dang boba shop I have ever seen.

I check out a lot of places on Google Maps, so when you see some place with a 4.9 star rating, you know it is special.

You walk in and know that this place is different. There are numerous decorations on the wall, each very cute and custom made.

They have a wide menu with many different drink options. Today I got a classic house milk tea, and a deep blue beauty. These are said to be two of their most popular items.

Any regular sized drink is served in a cute pengo branded reusable glass container. Pro tip, bring the reusable container back for a discount.

The drinks are both excellent in taste and visual appeal. Snap a pic for Instagram or sit down and sip a very tasty tea. I am not a fan of overly sweetened flavorless drinks. This is not one of them. The milk tea has a rich milky tea taste, and the chia refreshers are just that, refreshing. A nice sparking water, chia fruit blend.

Finally, it is obvious that this place cares about its guests. From providing tables and counter seats for guests to relax, or even offering free wifi for guests to get work done. Heck, if you need to print something, they got that too!

The reason for the high rating is beyond just the drinks. There is something special about this place that makes you think that they truly treasure all of...

DO NOT ORDER THE FRUIT DRINKS IF YOU NOT A FAN OF ARTIFICIAL FLAVORED FRUIT DRINKS! As someone who dislikes super artificially flavored drinks - it was a disappointment for me and my younger brother who ordered the Blueberry and Strawberry flavored ones - actual names are on the pictures attached. Adding toppings to the drink did not help us.

My sister on the other hand ordered a green matcha blended smoothie - and it was an absolute, sweet satisfaction. I think this station is better for milk tea based drinks.

The desserts they have tend to be pricier than I expected and did not look appealing enough for me to try.

Otherwise, quite a cute boba place to visit. My siblings and I were about to get the glass bottles they sell but for its price I think you can get prettier ones. The logo and the bottle seemed too small than what is advertised in pictures.

We came to visit by a 15 min drive - and I think it isn't worth it if you are living closer to other boba tea shops. Probably will not come here again - unless I travel around and it happens to come...