Bubble King

Came here for bubble tea after dinner last night. Ordered the green tea with pearls which was $ 3.00 (before tax). Cash only.
The pearls are soft and chewy and are delicious! Only huge negative is that there only appears to be one person running the entire kiosk. Cash, drinks, everything. So I had to wait a good 5+ minutes before my order was even taken. And then had to wait for my order.
If it wasn’t for the delicious pearls and great price, this would have easily been a 1 or 2 star review. I recommend coming here only if there is no line up.

Decent bubble tea, but nothing extraordinary. My girlfriend and I stopped in here for a quick drink after walking around Chinatown. The store was located on the second floor of the International Village Mall. I had the honey green milk tea while my girlfriend had the taro milk tea. The honey green milk tea was very nice– very sweet, which made up for the fact that the pearls weren’t cooked in sugar. The taro milk tea was decent, a little bland and powdery, but otherwise okay.

Bubble King Tea House. I was craving something to quench my thirst after walking around and freezing my butt off outside. We stumbled randomly into the International Village Mall, which has quite the random assortment of stores. Head upstairs to the second floor where you’ll see a decent amount of food options. A few actually looked promising, specifically Canra Srilankan Plus, sadly, we were too stuffed to try anything.
Let’s keep this short and sweet. The options are pretty standard and price is average. What I found hilarious is the mock, plasticky bubble tea drinks in the corner. And if you break them, it’ll cost you big time. Gheeeettttto.
— Strawberry bubble tea with lychee pieces ($ 4.25 +$ 0.75 extra) — you won’t be blown away but for what it’s worth, it was decent. I wouldn’t go out of my way to try this BBT spot but if you’re in the area/​seeing a movie, then maybe. Only one person manning the front — service is meh. Not the friendliest people, let’s just say that. Cash only!

Great pearls and the greatest matcha bubble tea for miles.
Don’t expect any smiles or any questions answered. Go up. Order. Move along. These are the Soup Nazis’ of the bubble tea world.
All yum, no fuss.

Fantastic Taro or Taro and coconut bubble tea, you can ask them to put in fewer bubbles, and to make it less sweet. For $ 3.50, I’m sold.
Cash only!

Bubble King has soft and chewy pearls, not overly sweet drinks, and a decent variety. I applaud them for having good quality drinks in such a poor quality mall/​food court. Also, it’s cheaper than your typical Taiwanese restaurant bbt’s. The one I’m drinking right now is the grass jelly green milk tea with pearls — yums!

I didn’t even realize this place was new until I noticed the words said «Bubble King» instead of «Sammi’s» which is what used to be in the spot. Looks like the sign was the only thing they changed.
Parking is free under Tinseltown for a few hours.
Today they had a $ 4 avocado bubble tea special. Even though I went in with no expectations, this one was pretty weird. After letting my friends try as well, one of them (who was quite the diplomat) said that it would «not be [his] first choice».
The good news is that the food court is pretty empty, so you can easily host a group of 100 here.
Maybe the other drinks are better. Who knows.