The Boba Co — Restaurant in San Marcos

The good: very clean, good music and vibes, great prices, and service was great! The bad: the food and drinks I got the Taiwanese chicken chop and 2 matcha latte. The chicken while interesting in concept, being just straight up a big slab of chicken battered and fried, doesn't work. The piece of chicken is pretty thick so as the chicken is fried, a lot of the juices leaks out of the chicken and into the batter outside, detaches the batter from the chicken and turns the crust into sticky mush. Flavor wise I had high hopes cause of the good smell but it just taste like salt when I actually eat it 4/10. I mentioned getting 2 matcha lattes both were for me, here's why. The first one is matcha latte, oat milk, half sweet, actually vile, taste like watery pressed grass juice 2/10. Ok maybe that's on me, bad combo, so I bought another one, a safer combo with whole milk and 75 sweet, this one was mildly better, taste of the matcha was still flat but the creaminess of the milk helped somewhat, still...

The place is definitely unique! It’s designed and advertised differently from most boba shops which alone makes it stand out, but the options they offer are also pretty unique. There are, of course, your common options like taro, Thai, etc, but then they also offer a couple drinks you don’t typically find anywhere else, like milk teas with shots of espresso, diverse flavors such as white grape oolong— which is what I got— guava, and grapefruit. The worker, Marcel was nice and let me smell the tea leaves before I decided to try the white grape oolong and offered to make me a new drink if I didn’t like it after he made it. I loved it so there was no need, but the offer was nice as well as his attentiveness in helping me decide if it was a drink I even wanted to try. I got the drink at full sweetness and it wasn’t overly sweet which I loved, I got it with oat milk.

Oh— that’s another thing I forgot to mention: they have alternative...

My Go-To Boba Spot!

This boba tea shop is truly the best in town! Every time I visit, I’m blown away by how fresh and flavorful the drinks are. My absolute favorite is the Strawberry Matcha with Sakura Heart Jelly and Egg Pudding—it’s the perfect mix of creamy, sweet, and just the right amount of matcha kick. So good!

The boba itself is always soft and chewy, and they really nail the texture every time. On top of that, the staff is incredibly friendly and welcoming. They even gave us some free snacks to try during our visit, which was such a thoughtful and fun surprise.

If you’re a boba lover or looking to try something new, I can’t recommend this place enough. Great drinks, great people, and a really chill vibe. Definitely a...