Sunright Tea Studio - Pasadena — Restaurant in Pasadena

What are my new favorite boba spots! It's hard to believe that Pasadena is becoming a high quality boba tea area, though not on par with San Gabriel or Alhambra because of the sheer number of boba spots in those areas, I no longer need to go south for top notch boba spots. Just in Old Town, there's Jin Tea, Motto, Prolece (my fave), Motto (Japanese souffle pancakes, yum and now now Sunright! Try their Oreo brulee tea and even their house is excellent, and for those who love yogurt, they have excellent yakult drinks!

UPDATE: Downgrade by a ⭐ star! The last few times I've gone, I get my usual milk tea, at 50% sweet, light boba, light ice. I can't totally pinpoint it but the last few visits have yielded a drink that has decreased in flavor, tastes a bit more watery or perhaps more milky, and less tea presence. That's the best way I can describe it. It's simply tastes lower quality and has less flavor overall. I even tapped into a fellow boba enthusiast who loves this spot, I bought him a milk tea and he said the same thing! He said it tasted less "tasty." I may give this location another couple of tries and then make a final star rating, but I may stop going...

On Sat. 3-18-2023, I stopped by Sunright Tea Studio for a boba milk tea, I have been to many other of their stores in Southern California (to name few - Diamond Bar, Costa Mesa, Eastvale, Rancho Cucamonga, Arcadia), they never disappoint me. However tonight I ordered the usual Sunright boba milk tea, when I received the order there is no boba in my drink , so I asked the worker why my drink has NO BOBA? The worker said they sold out the BOBA..! I was like for real #%*^! I am at boba tea shop and you ran out of boba WT#? So I told the worker I don’t want this drink , the worker asked if I want to replace with different drink , I told the store I don’t want anything else and I want a refund! They got my name and number , than told me refund will takes a week back to my credit card. This is very disappointing as if you sold out of boba , you either put a sign up next to the kiosk or remove the boba milk tea off from your menu. Not smart to make your customer upset and wasted 20+ mins from ordering to get your drink without boba, another ten minutes to and from where I parked my car. Horrible experience today and I hope they actually will...

I have seen Sunright all over social media but have never tried it until today. Their new location in Pasadena is next to Apple so when I saw it after picking up gifts I had to finally give it a chance. The store was spacious and staff welcoming. You order on two kiosks on the wall which I found super intuitive and all their drinks had photos and descriptions. I opted for the Sunright boba milk tea which is their #1 customer favorite. My drink came out in about 5 minutes and I was asked to shake it 17 times to blend the flavors together. They seem serious about you shaking up your drink because they even had a sign on the wall. So what's the verdict? The tea flavor was prominent, the brown sugar and milk melded together well and the boba was soft, chewy and surprisingly warm. One of the better boba milk teas I have had. I can totally see why Sunright is so popular and based on this excellent first impression I am eager to give more of...