Chatime Milpitas

The milk tea here is pretty good. Its very spacious and the décor is cute. Its not very busy so if you want to sit down to play a game or two you wont feel rushed. The only thing I didnt like about this place is how its smelled very strongly of cleaning products. I understand the place needs to be clean but when you are drinking something sweet and can only smell bleach it really messes with your senses. Kinda sad they are currently closed.

Compared to the San Jose Chatime, this one is very disappointing in terms of the drinks. I got my usual mango green tea here, and it was drastically watered down compared to how they make it in their San Jose location. I usually get it with 70% sugar, but I asked for it 100% here. It was still watered down. The one thing I’d like to come back here for though is their snacks and desserts, they seem to have a wider offering of food with more Filipino snacks. The drinks also took forever when I came here as there was only one person running the store handling a lot of customer orders.

I’m rewriting my review to change my tone from my initial review. If you keep reading, you’ll see why I decided to do this.
When I entered, I felt the décor was tasteful and whomever made all their hand written posters and artwork had awesome talent. The store was really clean and organized too.
Ordered a simple Oolong tea with boba for over $ 4 and some change for a regular size. Nothing fancy. Just Oolong tea and boba. It came out hardly sweet and room temperature. It looks like they made my tea fresh brewed so it was hot first and they cooled it down with ice, but they didn’t add enough ice to bring it from hot to ice cold. I could have asked them to remake but there were 3 reasons why I didn’t:
1) Other coworkers already told me they didn’t like their drinks from previous times so receiving an awful drink was consistent with what other coworkers have mentioned. One also ended up having a stomach ache.
2) My experience also consistent with several other people’s experiences here on Unilocal.
3) I felt this awkward forced friendliness from the store owner. The way they mentioned that they had food TOO was just… I don’t know. not needed. I wasn’t the only one that felt this. My other coworkers with me felt the same. So if I asked them to remake my drink, would they genuinely wanted to help? Or would they show some sort of emotion or body language that they were offended that I would ask such a thing but «happily» agreed to fix? Not sure. but based on my initial impression of them, my gut told me not to even make a hassle and just bare with the room temp drink.
I gave them a 1 star review because literally it was the worst tea drink I’ve ever had. It was a complete disaster — as if they were making this drink for the first time. Also because their customer service didn’t feel genuine. Mentioning to us that they had food too made it feel like they wanted us to buy more. Now this is just conjecture. I have no idea if this was their intention, but due to the context I was in, it made it feel like they were trying to upsell, and as a customer, I shouldn’t have to feel this way.
After writing my first review, it turns out my gut feeling was right on the spot about the owners. They pm’ed me pushing me to remove my review among attacking me (because they felt I attacked them). I do agree however that my initial review may not have been objective, so that is why I rewrote my review. Although depending on how you want to take it, no matter how I wrote it, my feelings and rating is the same.
They also felt that me writing on Unilocal is a «game». I write reviews to let people know where I had good and bad experiences which is the whole point of Unilocal and review platforms. If they had politely asked me to re-​evaluate them, I may have considered deleting my review depending on how they worded their message. I could have also considered reserving my review after giving them a 2^nd chance.
This is business — NOT a game. I PAID for something and was not happy so I chose to come here and share my honest genuine experience.

This has to be the worst Chatime that I’ve been to. I came here on a monday evening and ordered a taro pudding. There was an order before mine but for some reason it took them 10 minutes to make my drink even after the customer before me left. As I was passing Fremont when I popped the straw in and started drinking. This taro pudding was the worst I’ve ever had. They simply did not know how to make the drink. It was watered down with no flavor. Whatever ingredients they put in it was all sitting at the bottom. It had a grainy texture. I didn’t notice it when I took the picture otherwise I would of returned it and asked them remake it. I didn’t feel like driving back to Milpitas so I just tossed it. I won’t be coming back!
Check out the photo I uploaded.

I’ve been here twice and each time was a horrible experience!
The first time I came here it took me 15 minutes to get ONE drink and there was only one person ahead of me.
The second time I came here I walked in, and the cashier saw me and walked right into the back WITHOUT SAYING ANYTHING. I had to wait 5 minutes for him to come back with no idea what he was doing! When I finally got my drink, I ordered white pearls but I got black pearls instead. I informed the cashier and he did not even apologize for the mistake!
The drinks were mediocre tasting, but the customer service is TERRIBLE.

One of our friends insisted on trying a new boba place near his house, so we came here. Chatime is not new to me, but this location is new. I thought their drinks are horrible. I actually did not order 1 for myself, but I tried the milk tea from my husband. He ordered 50% sweet or so and it was super sweet still. He had to ask them to pour down the tea and add more ice, but it was still not good. My friend tried other drinks, and all of them were so disappointed.
We ended up leaving to another boba place nearby.
They also have no snacks. Yea, I like to snack but too bad. Wrong place!
By the way, this place is overwhelmed with purple.
Sorry, this doesn’t work for me.

Most definitely a great spot to drop in for a pearl tea and snacks. With lots of the places nearby for errands how can’t you?
Came in today for my regular but gave it a little twist. I was admiring the artwork on the wall. It’s great how they invite people to express themselves. Gotta love the family feel!

Chalky bland not sweet taro milk tea wtf?!? And milk tea tastes like straight up tea! Expired chips displayed! Ughhh wish there was some decent boba in milpitas!

This is the spot I will get my boba at if somehow it’s like 10pm and somehow I’ve forgotten to eat dinner. It’s conveniently located next to all the fast food joints! Also it is one of the only boba places open past 10pm …
My favorite thing to get here is the jasmine milk tea with rainbow jelly, half sweet. I highly recommend this!!! My beau always gets the banana milk tea, half sweet, and says it is delicious (i refuse to try anything banana flavored). They also have snacks now, though I have not tried them.
In the beginning, there were some issues with this shop. I have come with people before and their regular boba milk tea drinks were like 200% sweet or something to the point where they could not finish their drinks. Also I have come multiple times where drink people were being trained or something and service was extremely slow. However, I have not ran into any issues recently and this boba place has become a favorite despite the earlier issues!
I never really encounter other customers at the time I am here so the atmosphere can feel a little lonely.

Came here to get a taro milk tea with pudding again. It’s good at 30% sugar. When I came with my friend, we saw that they were now selling snack options, too. So, we decided to try the popcorn chicken here. My tea was good, but the popcorn chicken was realllllllllllllllly salty and the portion size is a lot smaller than other places. I probably won’t order it again. I would definitely come back for bubble tea.

BAD, really bad! I’m a fan of the Chatime in San Jose, on McKee, so I thought this would be similar, or at least decent. NOPE.
This location has the same purple theme going on, and it looks like a chic place to kick it with some friends. The location isn’t that great for a milk tea spot, I feel like it wouldn’t bring in as much foot traffic. I mean, I wouldn’t think to come all the way to McCarthy Ranch to get some milk tea late in the evening or anything.
Anyway, onto the tea, I tried their pearl milk tea, and it was bad, really bad! I couldn’t even drink more than ¼ of the regular cup and I had to throw it away. Maybe it’s my fault? I tried it in the store and I should have rejected it, but I sucked it up. My coworkers tried their milk tea too, and they hated it! Said it tasted like nothing/​water.
I was excited to see that there would be a milk tea spot close by to work, and not Fantasia, but this was not what I was looking for. Definitely not my cup of tea.

Love this location! Except during the summer time… (Thanks Milpitas. You smelly, but I love you.)
Parking: Really small parking lot (with 5 or so reserved spaces, but you’re in a huge shopping area so it’s not too bad.
Wait: I’ve never experienced a long wait at all. I think the most I’ve had to wait was 5 minutes.
Seating: A couple of booths. I’ve never had an issue with finding a place to sit.
Drinks:
— Chatime roasted milk tea: MUST TRY. If you don’t get this I’ll be angry.
— Banana milk tea: If you go bananas for bananas– this is a must have. I’ve tried several banana milk teas in the area and they’re not as good as Chatime.
Skip: Thai tea. Bleh. Really watered down.
Service: Friendly high school students mostly at the counter. They’re adorable and still have life in their eyes.

Pretty good drinks! It was completely empty Saturday late afternoon/​early evening. We were the only customers for awhile which was surprising since we’ve heard of only good things about this place.
Drinks: We tried the taro milk tea and I had the roasted milk tea with pearls. The drinks tasted legitimate. The taro milk tea tasted fresh, smooth, and was boasting with flavorful real taro. My bf thought it was the best taro milk tea he’s had. I had the roasted milk tea, 50% sweet, and it had a strong tea taste, which I was looking for. I was afraid 50% sweet would be bland but it had the right amount of subtle sweetness that I wanted; I believe the pearls helped add some sweetness to it. The drink had a roasted taste to it and kept me awake for a couple of hours; I highly recommend!
The workers were friendly and answered our questions with a great attitude. I only wish there was a Chatime nearby our place! I would love to come back here and try the rest of the menu.

I’ve been to their Redwood City location multiple times, this is my first time at the Milpitas location.
The décor inside is really cool. Everything is purple, they even have these pretty comfy plushy purple chairs. We got the roasted milk tea and the brown rice green milk tea. Both were made perfectly! I got a regular size, but the person making my drink accidentally put too much toppings, so she transferred it into a large cup– so I basically got a free upgrade :)
Flavor variety: 4
toppings: 3.5
consistency:? (only been to this location once so far)
quality: 4.5
So far so good! I’m hoping I can give this place at least a 4 on consistency, I won’t know until I come back, which I definitely will. I love my drink toppings, so the fact that this place LOADED my drink up is a huge plus.

Great location! I love the convenience of grabbing boba here. There are plenty of lunch spots in this plaza, but not many places to grab something small and quick, especially on a hot summer day!
I first tried cha time on the east coast and this was the least likely place I expected to see it again! Their boba is always consistent (unfortunately they were all out on a Wednesday at 4 pm, at the start of their «happy hour»… not cool, guys!) and a cool drink is always great after grabbing a burger at In-​N-​Out or depositing a check over at BofA!
They’ve partnered with Five Stars and they have promotions going pretty often for deals on drinks here. There are a ton of choices, so I’m sure there will be something for everyone!

Every time I learn of a new boba place, I throw a silent fist in the air, +1 for boba lovers everywhere. Boba adventures are my favorite kind. ChaTime? In McCarthy Ranch? Of course this means I go and drink all the things … I mean do research … for Unilocal,yknow? :D
More often than not, I am a creature of habit. My tendency is towards tea-​forward milk teas, or fruit-​forward milk-​less teas. However on adventuresome whims and a test of wits, I like to ask cashiers at boba places what their favorite drinks are to see what they know about the ins and outs of their menu, what’s popular, and their personal preferences. Previously, I have tried roasted milk tea with grass jelly, rice milk tea, matcha with red bean, mango green tea, and mango milk green tea, the first of which is my favorite. A recommendation I’ve gotten multiple times here, surprisingly, is banana milk tea. I have yet to try it, but I might just next time.
On one visit here, my friend ordered the mango green tea and was not quite satisfied with it. He asked if it was possible to add milk, and the girl working that day was more than willing and accommodating to make an entirely new drink, even letting him keep the old one. On another visit here, I had mentioned the previous experience and the cashier, a different girl, was sure to let me try the drink and made sure I liked it before she poured it. Customer service on point, 2 for 2! Ladies of ChaTime know what’s up.
This location was not busy on my visits during weekday afternoons. During the summer, the AC keeps the place perfectly cool, there are plenty of outlets, and a great variety of plush purple padded seats for wherever is your butt’s content. I also really enjoyed the music here (R&B, chill hip hop remixes and other jams) on my latest visit. This doesn’t hit my top list of boba places, but it is a welcome addition to a broad plaza where boba had yet to step. Til next time, Chatime!

Chatime here isn’t as organized as others. replaces a froyo place?
brew: tianguanyuan tea mousse (L.4) requested less sugar
–still very sweet, must be the mousse, tea taste faint
drips:
–service slow, 10 minutes.
–not as fully staffed as other chatime places.
–order taker also mixes the drinks…
3.5 stars.

I was really a skeptic and boy did Chatime smack me into place.
So we were aiming for a couple drinks for dinner and well we were going to stop by Best Buy in McCarthy Ranch. So I suggested to the bf that we should go and try the new boba place nearby. I kept seeing photos of it since it opened. I saw the kitchy inside with the purple seats and post its. I was holding off to go here.
So we arrived. The inside had a few booths and a few tables with large plush purple seats. There were two guys who felt a little pushy on us ordering and acted a bit immature during the whole process. The menu had a good variety of drinks and desserts. We focused on just the drinks and ordered a Tieguanyin Mousse which is basically like a creama at many other places and a mango green tea with QQ topping (a mixture of boba and coconut jelly). Both drinks were ordered 30% sweet and less ice.
Drinks came out fairly quickly and we were off. What did I think? Tieguanyin I learned was just a premium oolong it was fairly pleasant to drink. It had this roasted tasted quality. Was it necessary with the mousse? It was a nice change and trial. I would get it again. Now how about the mango green tea with QQ? Gosh it was so sweet! But you know what? Since we took it home, we dumped it into a LARGE tub of ice and water and diluted it and well it was like the drink that kept on giving! They were also VERY generous with the boba and coconut jelly. It was like half of the drink was just that which was nice when we did dilute it with more water which helped balance it all out. I appreciated the QQ since sometimes you want a combo of boba and coconut but don’t want to pay the price of $ 1. I like that it’s just $ 0.50 to get both!
The boba was a little overcooked, but the boba has a sweetness and a good chew. Probably one of the better bobas I’ve had in a while! Again much a surprise.
They have Five Star as their rewards system. They text a lot, so make sure you either unsubscribe or get ready to be spamed.
Overall? Gosh, it was such a surprise and could say it’s in one of my top boba places I’ve been to. I’ll definitely be back! I just hope the quality doesn’t degrade over time like Verona… we shall see.

Whoa… did I walk into a Virgin America aircraft? There are purple couches! It has to be, right? Nope, it’s just Chatime!
I’m a big fan of Chatime in Oakland, so I was ecstatic when Ashley D. told me there was a Chatime in Milpitas now. I feel WAY safer coming to Milpitas versus going to Oakland for some delicious boba… if you get my drift.
Chatime Roasted Milk Tea is the go-​to-​drink. Trust me, I’m a doctor. (I’m really not, it’s just so fun to say!)
They ran out of boba (I hate when boba shops run out of boba…) because they had a catering order right before we got there. No big deal — that just means I have an excuse to go back!

Chatime seems to be opening up everywhere in the Bay Area. They recently opened in Millbrae and now there’s one in Milpitas too. This location has been opened for about a month. I came across this location on my way to Walmart.
The venue is spacious with plush purple booths and tables. Instead of a blackboard where you can draw/​write messages, this location has a cork board where you can leave notes on a post-​it. This would make a great place to hang out with friends as you can enjoy a game of Jenga, Connect Four, or Scrabble while sipping on your boba.
We ordered:
Chatime Roasted Milk Tea — This is one of the drinks I normally order at Chatime. On this visit, I asked for less ice, 50% sweet, and grass jelly. It may be that they’re still new, but my drink was off. It was watery, lacked tea flavor, and tasted more like 30% sweet versus 50%.
Red Bean Pearl Milk Tea — «A’s» go to drink at Chatime because he likes red bean. I asked for the pearls to be omitted and the barista kindly asked if I wanted more red bean instead, which I thought was nice. I’ve never been asked that at the Millbrae location. «A» thought the red bean milk tea tasted better than Millbrae.
Brown Rice Green Milk Tea — Ordered this drink with less ice and 50% sweet for my mom. She liked her drink.
Staff was friendly, but the service was extremely slow even though there were two workers.
Currently, they have a promotion where you get a free Chatime tote bag with a Unilocal check-​in. Unfortunately (or fortunately) they ran out so the barista gave me 10% off my order instead. Sweet!
Notes:
Parking is easy
Restrooms available for customers
Clean
5 Star Rewards Program