Gongcha — Restaurant in New York

this is by far the worst bubble tea i’ve ever had (and i’ve tried about 15 bubble tea shops). i got green tea with bubbles and herbal jelly.

first of all, i always get 100% sugar at every tea place, and it’s always fine with me. this however, was so sweet it was gross. there was also no tea flavor—it tasted like straight sugar.

the herbal jelly tasted either rotten or chemically, i’m not sure what was wrong with it.

the bubbles were super mid. absolutely nothing special.

my friend who got a taro tea also hated her drink, and we’re both bubble tea lovers.

very disappointing and a...

They sent us a coupon for mother's day for two drinks for seven dollars. When we got there, the coupon didn't work at all. Bought the drinks anyways, and got a text with the receipt asking for feedback-- the link to the feedback form didn't work. Complete mess.

Edit: I understand that there was a minimum to spend to get the deal, but a) that information was no where for me to find and b) the employee didn't know that and just said the coupon...

XL taro had a piece of what appears to be steel wool in it. Called the store and apparently they knew what it was but not how it got in there, they offered me a free drink for potentially killing me. Swallowing steel wool is life threatening.

I filed a foreign contamination complaint with DOH. Don’t risk it.

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