MOMOT Tea House — Restaurant in Mission Viejo

You've no idea how much I appreciate this place not going out of business and surviving for this long. I was super excited about finally having a boba place nearby and I was worried that they might go out of business because boba might not be so popular with the kind of folks that live around here. Well this place is thriving! I am delighted to see how many people with their little ones (and seemingly the entire family) drop by to order sweet drinks for the entire fam on a hot summer's day. I do have to warn that if you are used to the kind of subtle sweet flavors of regular boba you're not gonna find them here because even when you get 50% sugar it feels like you're getting the full 100%. But maybe they switched their sugar level logic to fit the needs of the locals here who are used to drinking suuuuuper sugary drinks. I'm not sure if they remake upon request but I'm too scared to ask. I just asked them to dump out half of my drink and fill it with water so I can at least drink the thing lol but I think they would oblige if I wasn't so scared of bothering...

Taro milk tea w boba (75% tea instead of 50, less ice): This was very odd maybe because I got more tea because I wanted it to be less sweet. It tastes like vanilla coconut cream but not rooty like pure taro paste. The black tea made it taste odd. It was good, but weird. Also in another review the drink had pretty purple swirls but that definitely wasn't the case for mine 2/5

Brown sugar boba milk tea: Pretty sweet so I'd suggest going 1/2 sugar. Other than that the black tea flavor is nice and the brown sugar flavor is perfect! The boba is also squishy and a nice size! 4/5

More berry (w cheese foam) w boba: Ahhh I love the berry flavor. It isn't too sweet and has some texture to it. The cheese foam is really subtle and like a salty cream rather than cream cheesy. 5/5

Peach slushy w boba: Really good as well! Nice clean peach flavor and slightly more frothy on top. 5/5

Mango slushy w boba: Tastes like Alphonso mangos! Really good. There are bits on mango inside...

If you’re a boba connoisseur, this isn’t the best place.. but it’ll scratch the itch. The texture of the boba is pretty consistent every time I go which is good. It’s chewy and thoroughly cooked unlike other places where I can tell it’s underdone. The only reason why I am not rating higher is because their portion for a double boba (me paying $.75 for that additional scoop depending on the drink or $1.50) is always so inconsistent. One day I’m getting what looks and seems like double scoop, and like today, I got a scoop and a third of a second scoop (and yes I did watch them put it in the cup). If I am paying .75 cents for that second scoop… then I should get the same amount every time. One of the things that separates good from great is consistency, and unfortunately this place has a little too much inconsistency...