Cafe’ Aroma

I love this place! They make the best boba milk teas, and their food is amazing! It is down the street from where I work, so I have pretty regularly there once I discovered it… The owner is so friendly and sweet. She made it a point to learn and remember my name. Great service, and great food! I recently went in and ordered a green salad with chicken and a drink. There was a bit of a rush that came in after me, so when I got back to work I noticed that she had forgotten my chicken. No big deal, I need to eat light anyway lol… but less than 5 minutes later she called me at work to say her husband was going to personally deliver the chicken for my salad! These people are really, truly honest and hard working people… this is definitely a little gem of a place, I almost want to keep it to myself so it doesn’t get so busy when I go in there! Haha. Just kidding. But really, friends, it doesn’t get much better.

Try the Binder Burrito. Great Salads too. Always perfect coffee.

Tried this place out today, and let me tell you, this place is a one stop shop, they even have papaya salad ! Delicious food, excellent drinks, clean and relaxing environment, very nice and friendly owner ! I would highly recommend this spot.

Stopped by around 2pm, and there was a couple who ordered couple items before us. That took long. One person on register/​made food/​drinks. We already waited atleast 15 minutes.
Our turn finally to order. We ordered one black coffee, one avocado smoothie and one of their Italian panini sandwiches. It must have taken another 20 minutes for our items.
Avocado was not fresh, and tasted like a stale coconut icee. I asked if there was any and was told is was a pre-​made bought mixture… I was shown this mixture and it was lime green.
Ham inside the sandwich was one of those you buy from Walmart packages… sandwich pressed with a small home George foreman type grill… overall was not tasty either, even if there was pesto inside. we would’ve made better from home.
Now we understand with one person working it could pose a long wait, but not with the quality and how items were made/​prepared. It should have not taken this long.
We left very disappointed and will not return.
With the price we paid, I should have received better ham and real avocado.

So I work really close to this shop and decided to get some coffee. I seen on the menu they had boba drinks and Vietnamese ice coffee. I wanted to try it because I always hear about Vietnamese iced coffee and the new owner is so sweet! She assured me its delish! And yes indeed it was!
I’ve always came here ever since for their Vietnamese iced coffee. So yesterday I decided to have lunch here to try their Vietnamese sandwich, I ordered the house sandwich & like everyone says it’s soooo good. I asked if they had any appetizers and the owner said they have a secret menu where the have fried egg rolls, shrimp rolls, and I forgot the rest. So I decided to order the shrimp rolls. And AGAIN it was a hit! I couldn’t wait to review this place on Unilocal.
The wait was a little long but there’s only two of them working. Definitely call ahead if you already know what you want. But I’m actually going there again today because I love this shrimp rolls lol!

Updated: Banh mi and Vietnamese iced coffee was so legit that we went again the day after! No wait! Until I brought a crowd after me.

Had a banh mí which was delicious but my milk tea was way way too sweet. Not sure if they used condensed milk or what not but not a fan. The tapioca pearls were ok though I had several that were still pretty hard. I’d go back but just for the food not the drinks

Came here the other day because I was looking for a boba spot in Manteca! And stumbled upon Café aroma’s Unilocal page. I’m glad I did because the service is great and the drinks are yummy! Ordered an avocado smoothie with boba for my mom and a peach smoothie with boba for myself. It was yummy! And I’m glad it wasn’t too sweet like other places in the valley that I’ve gone too. Def will come back again!

We stopped here for a quick lunch. Definitely a spot we would come back to if we lived in town. Great wide variety of menu choices for food and drink with the most friendliest of service! Food was delicious and fresh, ambience is very relaxed and quiet with wifi and again service was great!

AMAZING!
I thought I’d give this place a try, moving from the Bay Area to the valley I’m always looking for something new!
I decided to try the chai boba over ice
And also grabbed the shrimp spring rolls
They were amazing!
The owner Lina is the sweetest, they are from San Francisco bringing diversity and great food !
I recommend this place 100% to anyone looking for something different and delicious

Boba drinks, Delicious vegetarian sandwiches, and lovely art. Oh, and Friendly faces!

I was craving boba and didn’t want to drive all the way to Stockton where I usually go… so looked up and found this place on Unilocal.I liked it so much I came back 3 days in a row. I tried the Chai w/​boba, taro w/​boba, black milk tea w/​boba, and the Vietnamese iced coffee. They were all good, and satisfied my cravings! Owners are super nice and help you find the right drink if you don’t know what to get.

Great services. Really nice people. It’s a very clean place. And just amazing good. Tastes so fresh and it’s just delicious. I would say this is the best café in the area.

New OWNERS!
Been going here for awhile since it was owned by previous owners… and the menu has changed and is great. I can highly recommend! Try the fresh sandwiches or a spring roll. Coffee is great also.

First time here and I have to say I enjoyed this place. My boyfriend and I both ordered the Herb Chicken Torta (I think that’s what it was called) and a Thai tea blended. The cashier who I learned to be the owner let us know that this drink would taste different from authentic Thai tea. We kept the order anyway but I was a little worried while waiting for it. It was actually really good! I’ve had my fair share of Thai tea, and while this was obviously different, it was still tasty. Tastes sorta like caramel? Regarding the sandwich, I have no idea what I was expecting but it didn’t taste like I thought it would. BUT it’s not necessarily a bad thing. I ended up liking it because it tastes like pizza. It really does. My boyfriend agrees.
Overall, I give the food & drink ⁴⁄₅ but I give the place a ⁵⁄₅ for its service. The owner is super sweet and friendly. She even gave us the leftover Thai tea so it wouldn’t go to waste. I definitely recommend checking this place out. (:

Met the owner of this great little shop and she was wonderful. Very welcoming atmosphere and great Americanos! Will go out of my way to come to Café Aroma the next time I come to Manteca.

Café Aroma is owned by new owners and coming up with new menus to place in its board. They have delicious sandwiches; had to order one and could not put it down, washed my tummy down with their awesome boba drinks and waddled out the door completely satisfied. The owners are very nice and attentive. I could not have not asked for better service. Totally coming back for the entire experience. Thanks Café Aroma, you did not make my road trip a boring bust of fast foods stops.

We’ve been here a couple times, the smoothies aren’t overly sweet. My go to is the matcha green tea and the kiddos usually get the strawberry or honeydew. Haven’t really tried anything else. Staff is friendly and helpful as well

Edit: Joe is gone! New owners are nice, however no longer living in Manteca
This place has really tasty panninis and the best boba in town! I assure you, they have a bountiful amount of flavors to choose from and its always so tasty no matter how creative you get like cotton candy bubble gum or Snickers cookies n crème!
Remember to add tapioca pearls for an added blessing. Just…
Long story short
*Amazing boba (best in town)
*Amazing food (high quality but a little pricey)
*And a great atmosphere

I ordered avocado shake but it didn’t taste like an avocado. It tasted like cold
Milk.