Pop Pot Noodle &Tea Spot — Restaurant in New York

I've had the opportunity to visit this establishment three times because it's quite possibly the only place in the neighborhood offering both ramen and bubble tea.

On my first visit before the pandemic around the time when they first opened up, I decided to try the Tonkotsu Ramen and it was subpar.

Hoping for better, I gave the place another chance after the pandemic in 2022 and ordered the Shoyu Ramen ($13.50, prices have increased since to $13.95) and a medium Original Milk Tea w/Boba ($4.50 + $0.50) online for pick-up. Unfortunately, the meal was still disappointing.

Fast forward to a year later now in 2023, I decided to forgo the ramen and give their other bubble tea options another try. It seemed like many other customers also came primarily for the drinks, so I ordered two different milk teas with boba (now a $0.75 add-on). However, I was left somewhat underwhelmed. For instance, the Mango Milk Tea smelled like mango but lacked the actual authentic mango flavor I was expecting. The boba pearls were also unusually tough and hard to chew.

I must commend the service as the staff is always friendly when I frequent this establishment. Despite this though, it's highly unlikely I will return...

I wanted to give this place 5 stars but I had to take away 3. First of all I love my tea and will travel far and near to get it. I have been coming to this location because it’s convenient. They sell all types of teas and “lemonades” but today the sales associate became aggravated with me and began behaving insubordinately when I asked for “lemon”in my honey green tea I mean doesn’t that go together. She sarcastically stated they don’t have lemons than she said they don’t put lemons in tea… I have been ordering the same drink all week with lemons she said it was a courtesy…I said well I can pay for it…. I almost asked for my money back but I kindly asked her to add lemons and she did it like she didn’t want to… I asked her was it a problem for little brown me to come to her place of business she didn’t say anything so I’m taken this personal cause I really think it’s a racial thing at this point… do...

I ordered through Uber Eats and I can say the service is quick and the food and drinks we ordered were well-packed. It is on the pricy side. I ordered Japanese Tantanmen that didn’t disappoint. The teriyaki chicken over rice was okay. I will understand with how they priced the food but the drinks are not as good and are overpriced for the quality. The Pineapple Smoothie was not a real smoothie and was just a flavoring so I was disappointed considering it was almost $6. The Thai Milk Tea isn’t as good. Overall, service was fast and...