Sweetea — Restaurant in New York

Store hours say until 9pm. Left work hoping to get a drink before heading home and saw a street sign promoting and pointing to where the store is. When I arrived, the door was locked, and there was a man at the counter too distracted by his phone, so I tried to get the man's attention and when he noticed me, he rudely just waved me off shaking his head no. Being that it's a small store/business, I understand if they run out of supplies or if they just needed a small break but there are more professional ways to let others know these things. Unfortunately absolutely nothing indicated either of the two and the man didn't care to let me know why they were closed and kept gesturing at me to leave and I was left with a bad impression of their customer service.

EDIT: Seems like this store lacks to update proper opening and close times and then get defensive when others give them bad reviews. Also a lot of signs were up, but none indicated the store was closed as the owner's reply suggest. Lastly, if you were so called "closed", I would assume any business owner would take the HUGE sidewalk curb sign off the street that was promoting that...

The other day my friend and I stumbled upon this place.

The inside is so cute and aesthetically pleasing. With a photo opp wall for your drinks 🧋 It was also very clean inside.

We got to meet the owner and he was so accommodating and funny. He guided me through the process of ordering and I loved that you got to pick your sweetness level. They also sell coffee & tea as well.

They unfortunately didn’t have the Oreo Oat Milk drink (was craving something sweet) & I'm not a huge fan of Strawberries, but I listened to the owner after some convincing and got the Strawberry Oat Milk (without cheese foam, due to me being lactose intolerant ). & it was amazing. I finished it in about 10 -15 minutes. My friend liked his tea as well and said it was refreshing!

If I’m in the area I would come back! I have the try the...

I’ve been going to this shop for almost a year now and it’s easily my favorite. I’ve made it a mini mission of mine to try everything on the menu (I’ve been struggling because each one is so good I want to order it again and again haha), and so far I haven’t had a drink that I didn’t love!

All the drinks are consistently delicious, and refreshing. They all also have a great balance of sugar to flavor, which lets the flavor from the fresh ingredients shine through. I’ve had a lot of favorites from this shop, since it’s so hard to choose just one. But recently, I’ve been loving the new Oolong and Osmanthus drinks, and can’t pick between the Peach Oolong Tea or the Osmanthus Latte.

This place is criminally underrated, and will always be my recommendation for good drinks, friendly staff, and a...