Nohohon Tea Room

Toronto, Canada

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20 reviews

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Telephone:
+1 416-603-2366
Website:
nohohontea.com
Address:
467 Queen Street W, Toronto, ON, M5V 2A9
Queen Street West
Nearby public transportation stops & stations:
320 ftQueen Street
520 ftRichmond Street West
660 ftAugusta Avenue
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Takes Reservations
No
Delivery
No
Take-out
Yes
Accepted Cards
Credit, Debit
Good For
Dessert
Parking
Street
Bike Parking
Yes
Wheelchair Accessible
No
Good for Kids
Yes
Good for Groups
Yes
Attire
Casual
Ambience
Hipster
Noise Level
Quiet
Alcohol
No
Outdoor Seating
No
Wi-Fi
Free
Has TV
No
Waiter Service
No
Caters
Yes

Today

Today 12:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Closed now
Local time (Toronto) 10:50 Thursday, 22 May 2025

Business hours

Monday 12:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Tuesday 12:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Wednesday 12:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Thursday 12:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Friday 12:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Saturday 12:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Sunday 12:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Description

Specialties

NOHOHON Tea Room offers a healthier alternative flavours for bubble tea enthusiasts! Keeping true to the owner roots our green teas are imported from Japan and are steeped to the every guests’ order. NOHOHON Tea Room specializes for their matcha drinks, which are hand whisked to each order ensuring maximum freshness.

NOHOHON Tea Room is white-​sugar Free and uses NO artificial powders or powdered milk in the drinks. Pure sugar cane and organic agave are used as a basic sweetener. NOHOHON also offers an option of sugar-​free sweetener and dairy alternatives, Almond milk and Soy milk to cater to your dietary needs. NOHOHON Tea Room is able to offer Vegan and Gluten-​Free bubble teas as well.

History

Established in 2015.

First ever Japanese style bubble tea café in Toronto, focusing on healthier options without any artificial powders. All ingredients are brewed fresh to order, all teas are imported from Japan and we use no white sugar to sweeten our drinks — instead we use honey or agave.

NOHOHON Tea Room specializes in Matcha which is hand whisked for every order.

Meet the Business Owner

Nanako M.

Business Owner

Nanako was born and raised in Japan, she moved to Canada seeking equal opportunity as a young woman entrepreneur at age of 19. When Nanako first moved to Canada she did not speak a word of English, nor did she know anyone upon her arrival. After she graduated the Hospitality program at Georgian College, she moved to Toronto and continued working to maintain her statues in Canada.

A few years of saving up money and gaining her permanent residence she purchased a bubble tea franchise downtown Toronto. During the two years owning the bubble tea store, Nanako noticed the effect of artificial powders and flavouring were having on her customers. Nanako took a trip to Taiwan to learn more about the bubble tea industry — as it originated in Taiwan. It was there she noticed that there was no artificial flavours being used, instead everything was made with real tea.

At the age 27 Nanako decided to open her own healthy, fresh to order bubble tea store influenced by her Japanese heritage.

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«We serve fresh Abokichi Onigiris with Gluten free and Vegan options!»

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20 reviews of Nohohon Tea Room

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Place rating: 3
Buffalo, NY
I ordered a hot matcha latte, it was freshly whisked and prepared with heart. But it tasted watery for some reason. I liked how it was lightly sweetened by agave though, and the lady was very friendly. I may give it another try.
Place rating: 4
Toronto, Canada
Located slightly west of Spadina on Queen St. W, Nohohon is conveniently located near, but far enough away from the hustle and bustle of Queen West. Nohohon is a small, but very cute tea shop specializing in Japanese matcha; they also offer onigiri and uniquely flavoured oatmeal cookies (e.g. yuzu chocolate, miso). There is very limited seating.
I had the Tokyo fog, hot. Of course, I made sure to check-​in on Unilocal ($ 1 off any drink). Although it wasn’t as creamy as I had expected, it was subtly sweet and had a beautiful vanilla aroma. In general, Nohohon teas won’t be as sweet as other chain boba shops; they use organic agave and pure cane sugar — according to their instagram, an 80% sweet level at other bubble tea shops is equivalent to Nohohon’s extra sweet.
To top off their delicious drinks, the girls that work here are super sweet; if you have any questions about their matchas, they will happily answer you. They’ll also explain to you how they freshly grind their matcha to order. However, the true display of Japanese hospitality is how they’ll open the door for every customer once they get up to go — I loved that!
Place rating: 3
North York, Canada
lovely place! I ordered taro latte, the taro was made fresh and smell very nice but it’s way toooooo sweet for me. I will try matcha next time.
Place rating: 1
Toronto, Canada
I headed over there during December to get an onigiri (I was so pumped to find somewhere that sold it that was closer to where I live/​work than Sanko), but was told that their onigiri makers were on vacation. Fair.
I stopped by yesterday around noon to pick one up, and was told that the onigiri was being delivered within the half hour, which put a damper my lunch plans. I ran some errands and went grocery shopping which took me to 1:30pm, and stopped by again on the way home. Still no onigiri… more like NOnigiri.
Don’t get me wrong, I like tea, but the real draw for me for this place hasn’t been delivered — literally.
Place rating: 5
Toronto, Canada
I had the taro latte and it was the best thing ever. Thank you for the recommendation. It was made with real taro, the drink was thicker than normal tea but super smooth and homey. Love it
Place rating: 3
Toronto, Canada
Overall — 3.5÷5.0
Gave an extra 0.5 for their great service. This place serves up all natural matcha and milk teas as well as lattes. They also use natural sugar cane and organic agave as their sweetener. Tried a few drinks and they were pretty decent. I would prefer the latte to be a bit thicker and more frothy as it was a bit thin for me but the taste is just right.
It’s a very cozy little ‘tea room’ and by that I mean there’s just a few small tables approx 20“x20″ so it’s more of a grab and go kind of place.
Place rating: 5
Toronto, Canada
Cute tea shop! Had the Furano Field (lavender) matcha drink hot on a chilly night and it was the perfect thing to sip while continuing our journey down Queen Street. The lychee jelly was plentiful and yummy, but overpowered any lavender flavour. Next time I’ll try it without!
Place rating: 2
Richmond Hill, Canada
okay drinks here. I only went here because Dannie Riel was here and liked their stuff. so i tried it out for that reason. i have ordered the Tokyo Fog two times now and idk… not a huge fan.
the first time i got it, i didn’t shake it too well so i ended drinking up all the sweetness and therefore was left with a drink that tasted like nothing
the second time, i mixed it better and idk still not a huge fan. i felt like it wasn’t sweet enough — no actually — it just lacked taste and flavour so yeah probably won’t rly come here again unless my friends wanna come. their drinks aren’t necessarily cheap (like with almost every other bubble tea or tea drinks store) so i would choose other stores over them. also, i feel like their store is REALLY STUFFY AND HOT. i always end up sweating even in the winter so yeah
**their servers are rly nice. occasionally the owner is there and she’s very sweet
Place rating: 2
Markham, Canada
Seeing so many positive reviews I had pretty high hopes this would be a a pretty good place to get a bubble tea. The place itself is super tiny and isn’t really a place to stop and have a sit down, just grab and go.
I tried the gingerbread milk tea with tapioca. The tea itself was pretty average. With no requests to change sugar level it was actually very bland as it it wasn’t sweet enough. The main offender here was the tapioca, it was tasteless and could use improvement.
Place rating: 4
Toronto, Canada
Been wanting to try here for a while. We got some drink with hazelnut mist.
How did it taste? Not a fan of it per say. It came with free tapioca but by the time we got to it at the end (it was a hot drink) it didn’t go.
But they sell a matcha bun there and it is so light and fluffy. My mouth is drooling just thinking about it.
Service is good! They open the door for you when you leave (awesome!)
Place rating: 5
Toronto, Canada
Wow! I just have to say, the service here is absolutely amazing. The owner is SUPER friendly, and genuine. Her politeness and joy are pretty contagious.
The interior is brilliant and looks very authentic. From what I gathered, the owner is actually from Japan. The store also sells vegan onigiri and Japanese bottled soda.
I had to try the Tokyo Fog, so I got a large, and she informed me that the topping was free! The price came out to around $ 6, so it’s pretty much the same as other bubble teas, if not a little more expensive, but the matcha is hand-​whisked in store. The store smells soooo good when she mixes the matcha!
However, the tapioca in my drink wasn’t as soft and chewy as I would have liked. It tasted a little bit undercooked, but the drink was pretty good. I think I may try something else that has more matcha in it next time. The matcha in the Tokyo Fog wasn’t strong enough for me.
Other than that, I really like this place! Not to mention, there are a lot of opportunities to save money here! For the Vicinity points card, you only have to get 3 points to upsize your drink for free, and if you check in on Unilocal,you get $ 1 off! SCORE. I even got a text after my first visit, saying I could claim a BOGO drink!
I saw a picture on the website where you got BOGO when you came in with Blue Jay’s apparel during the World Series. That’s so awesome how this place caters to its locals and supports Toronto’s culture!
Will definitely come here again!
Place rating: 5
Ann Arbor, MI
Great high-​end Japanese boba; I didn’t even realize that was a thing. I had a green tea boba, and asked for 30% sweet; that worked out nicely. The owner warned some people find the green bitter, but it suited me well.
Music is pleasant and unobtrusive. There weren’t any tables yet (they’re working on it), but there was a cushioned bench, with bamboo pads to put drinks on.
Tasty.
Place rating: 5
Toronto, Canada
I love the quality of the drinks they offer here, I know the owner puts in a lot of effort in choosing good quality ingredients. I love that the menu offers healthy choices and not your typical commercialized drinks. Tried their matcha on the rocks and also enjoyed their taro drink as well. Very different from your usual bubble tea shops, can’t wait to be back and try more drinks!
Place rating: 4
Markham, Canada
3.5 Star
I love anything matcha. So I was excited to try out what Nohohon Tea Room offers.
Calling this a tea room is a little deceiving as it is more like a takeout place, so don’t expect to leisurely sipping your tea in a zen like environment. Nohohon Tea Room can be so busy at times with more than a handful of people waiting in line to order and waiting for their drinks.
Drinks are hit and miss, at least with the ones I tried.
Tokyo Fog with Red Bean (Cold) — a tradtional combination which is really good,
Matcha Latte (Hot) — taste was balance and you can really taste the matcha
Forano Field (Hot) — Skip! More like a waterdown milk with water, matcha/​lavender both MIA
Matcha Caramel with Glass Jello (Cold) — Meh,
I might try some other more matcha intensive drink next time: Hot Matcha Straight. And some other Yuzu drinks which should be quite refreshing.
Make sure you use your Vicinity Card to collect rewards points to redeem for free offers and drinks.
The owner and staff here are all so friendly and cheerful. True Japanese hospitality!
Place rating: 5
Toronto, Canada
LETS GET THIS OUT OF THE WAY, APPRECIATE THAT THIS PLACE HAS A SMALLER MENU SO THAT YOU DON’T FEEL INTIMIDATED ON WHAT TO ORDER, YOU CAN CUSTOMIZE YOUR DRINKS HERE TOO ^_​^ honestly just go try this boba place it’s japanese and not taiwanese and chinese styles it’s Matcha tea actually does taste pretty earth and doesn’t have a powdery after taste: D
honestly the owner knows how to run a business you can she and her staff love what there doing and it’s so nice to be served by such warm friendly people.
one word to describe this places atmosphere is just zen, I remember going here and it’s nice and quite elegant charm was the best thing ever, if this place opened in the morning I would reward my self everyday after my jogs: D
Nana, Ryan, Laurel and Asuka keep doing your things you guys have alot of passion keeping your business awesome and you guys will only rise in the ladder of success: D I love you guys I can’t wait to try everything on your menu :)
Place rating: 5
Toronto, Canada
Cool bubble tea shop, love the environment. Nice location as well, right at the Queen/​Spadina prime location, near lots of nice restaurants.
I ordered the Tokyo Fog and it did not disappoint. The ingredients were fresh and were good quality. I liked that they offer free toppings. I got the tapioca and they were nice and chewy, with a hint of sweetness. The bubble tea was on the pricier end for $ 5.35 for large size, but hey there’s a Unilocal coupon that gives you a dollar off any size drink. For the quality ingredients that the store is offering I think the pricing is fair, would pay $ 6 (including tax) to support a local quality tea shop than somewhere like Starbucks.
The owner was actually running the store when I came around noon today and she was really friendly. The store wasn’t busy that time and my friend and I had a nice chat with her. The owner was attentive and asked for our suggestions on how to improve the tea shop. I told her it would be nice to show on the menu telling the customers that they can order different levels of sugar and ice.
Another good thing about Nohohon is that they take Vicinity points card and offer different perks for the points
3 points — free upsize
6 points — free add on
10 points — free drink or snack
Can’t wait to come back another time
Place rating: 5
Toronto, Canada
Yay for vegan options! This place isn’t really meant for sit down, but rather a place for take away affordable yummy drinks! I had the matcha on the rocks, not too sweet at all but super yummy. My boyrfriend had the PB latte which he loves! Something different from the typical pumpkin spice you can get anywhere. Service is fast and sweet. They also serve vegan cookies and vegan onigri.
Place rating: 5
Markham, Canada
I’m not downtown as often anymore, but when I do, I will definitely stop by here as often as I can.
Pros:
No powder and refined sugar used at all
Macha drinks are hand made
Very nice owner
Cons:
No sitting area
There aren’t too many places in the city that serve Japanese green tea. When my GF heard about this place it was a given that we would come here. The place is a very tiny place. You have the counter where you order, a small padded bench on the side and a little open space in the middle. Very minimalist which works for this place.
They have a good selection of drinks to choose from. You have milk teas, macha, sencha and some fruity selections as well. One thing to note is, unlike a lot of bubble tea places, this place uses no powder of any sort and no refined sugar as well. Also, I don;t know about all drinks, but the macha drinks we ordered were all hand made. You can really taste the difference.
The owner of the place is super duper nice. She was very helpful and had a ton of knowledge behind her products. When it comes to tea, my GF loves to ask questions and she answered them all in depth. She always has a pleasant smile and makes you feel welcome the moment you walk in.
The only thing I can remotely gripe about is there are no seats available here. There is a small padded bench to the side and that’s it. This place is strictly take out more or less. Being downtown, you’re usually on the go so it shouldn’t bother most people at all.
I have a new fav place to get my tea fix downtown. I’m not down often, but when I am I’ll be sure to try and stop by again.
Place rating: 3
Toronto, Canada
3.5 stars upon first try!
Excellent service. The staff was friendly and informative. We bought one drink, but got another one free, on the spot, when we took a picture of our drink and put it on Instagram with the hash tag #nohohon This was a nice touch! I love free!
I got the large honey oolong tea with 30% sugar and less ice. They accommodate the sugar and ice despite not having it on the menu, which is pretty cool. With the drink, you get a choice of tapioca, lychee jelly, grass jelly, or red bean included in the price. I got grass jelly. The drink came up to $ 5.37 (including tax). You can pay with credit card. The tea itself was pretty refreshing. Very authentic. However, the grass jelly wasnt very good. It didn’t have much flavouring and was not as soft as chatimes. A possible place to improve.
The free drink we got was the matcha macchiato with tapioca. It was cool looking with different coloured layers, but we couldn’t really taste the matcha till later because the caramel overpowered the matcha. It got better once we stirred it more, but overall, I would put more matcha than caramel. I dont like my drink too sweet. *What I do want to rave about is the tapioca. One of the best I’ve had. Very flavourful and soft! Melted in my mouth. Soooo good!*
I would definitely come back for another drink, the menu isn’t extensive, which I like, and there’s a whole bunch of stuff that ive never seen before like sencha mojito and yuzu lemonade.
Definitely worth it if you use Instagram! You buy one drink and get the next one free if you Instagram a pic of the drink you bought. You get a free drink on the same day or a coupon to redeem on another day.
Place rating: 5
Toronto, Canada
Nohohon: A pleasant state of mind. Calm. Tranquil.
Streamlined menu. Freshly brewed tea. Real ingredients for full flavoured beverages. No powder or artificial tastes here.
Minimalistic, traditional, Japanese décor.
There’s even a display of tea cups made by local artists.
The owner, Nanako, is lovely. She clearly has a passion for what she does.
The current menu has summer drinks, but in the winter, the menu will change accordingly.
This is a great place for a pick-​me-​up while shopping on Queen West!