Jumbo Jumbo Cafe – Germantown

Love the place. It is so clean and cute. They are very friendly. I got the combination noodles soup, yum! And home black bubble tea and it is so good

Decent bubble tea. Got the jasmine green milk tea and it was good, but not great. I don’t appreciate that bubbles cost extra though…

This small Jumbo Jumbo location has some great crowd pleasing special tea flavors that can’t be found at other locations.
I really enjoyed the strawberry shortcake smoothie with boba. I chose it because it sounded fascinating. Was pleasantly surprised when I was able to taste the strawberry shortcake because making a drink that imitates a classic dessert can either be a hit or miss. Luckily it was a HIT! Sweet and refreshing.
Would love it if the other locations had this flavor too! They’d have all of my business.

Always enjoy their pineapple smoothies and black milk teas. Drinks are always delicius but service can be slow, at times. Worth it for the drink though!

Was in the area and wanted bubble tea so my friend chose this place.
It was our first time here and I decided to try something new, after the person taking our order recommended the winter melon milk and said it was his favorite. So I ordered that with pudding and boba. I was given a good ratio of pudding, boba, and winter melon milk. It tasted amazing! It was milky and sweet with the winter melon, the egg pudding was good (not crushed or chopped up), and the boba was soft, chewy, and sweet. Winter melon milk might be my favorite now!

I’ve gotten the classic Taiwanese fried chicken here for take out a couple of time and it has always been great. The staff is always friendly, and worked to complete my order even though they were closing early for the blizzard. I didn’t know they were closing early and otherwise would not have placed an order to inconvenience them, but they were great about it!

This place has made me obsessed with bubble tea. There are so many options! I’ve only gotten food once which was the popcorn chicken. It was slightly bland to me and greasy but still crispy. Not gross but not for me. There’s an option to get it with rice & sauce which i’m sure is better.
Anyway the number of flavors that they have for bubble tea is endless. You can even get yours unsweetened but still flavored. The milk is nondairy. They also have grass jelly and lychee jelly. Even smoothies! The staff is great too and it’s really cute inside. Lastly, they give you punch cards so after purchasing 10 teas you get a free one. Yay! Obsessed.

California still has the best boba places but this pretty ok in the dmv area. I like the sizes of the cups. I heard the taro isn’t sweet like the powder but more of the root. I just tried the lychee and piña colada with tapioca and they were good

I love Jumbo Jumbo. I am a bubble tea enthusiast and I have been waiting for a bubble tea place in Germantown. I have been coming to Jumbo Jumbo for a year and I love their service, their tea and their bubbles, not to mention the food options (the taiwanese chicken meal is amazing).
Adey is one of the employees of Jumbo Jumbo and she was so sweet the last time I went. Me and my family really appreciate the great atmosphere, friendly service, and excellent bubbles!

My friend bought a groupon for this place by mistake so we came and tried it out. This place is even smaller than the other two locations in Rockville. The décor was nice and simple. However, there are limited seatings so it’s not suitable for big groups.
I always get the Taiwanese popcorn chicken which was really good. The spice they put was just perfect.
The beef noodle soup which is pretty popular here tasted ok to me. Not a big fan.
The fried tofu appetizer was too bland. I like the crispiness of the skin but some spice was missing.
I had a bite of the bbq chicken bun which was not as good as it looked from the picture.
The most disappointing item was my winter melon tea. The sweetness was alright but it didn’t have much winter melon flavor and the grass jelly was a little tougher than it supposed to be. I had to make a visit to kungfu tea right after because I wasn’t satisfy.

I usually frequent the other two Jumbo Jumbo locations, Jumbo Jumbo and Asia Taste both in Rockville. This location was definitely the friendliest, cleanest, cutest, and least populated. I did go on a Thursday at about 4pm in the pouring rain, but that’s beside the point.
I called in my order, two orders of crispy chicken with ground pork on rice. No problem placing the order, it was ready in about ten minutes and the nice gentleman walked around the counter to hand me my bag.
The crispy chicken tasted on par with the other locations, but lacking a bit of spice. The pork and rice was fine, but the cabbage was pretty much RAW. Thankfully, I didn’t come for the cabbage, but the rest of the dish. I will probably return to this location since it’s so convenient, but I’m still partial to my forever love, Asia Taste.

This is my first review and I’m hoping this will help Jumbo Jumbo open their eyes and improve!
After having some of the best bubble teas in Asia and Toronto I don’t have any complaints when I come home and have bubble tea because I don’t expect much. However, if my bubble tea don’t have bubbles then that’s a problem.
I’ve been here on 4 occasions in the past 1.5 months and they have run out of bubbles.
#1– I went on a Sunday morning around the time they opened at 11:00…“sorry the bubbles aren’t ready yet” Ok… no big deal I get something else, Jelly I think it was. #2– The following week I went during the same time…“sorry bubbles not ready”. At this point I started to ask questions. How can you not have bubbles ready? Don’t you open at 11? Basically she said it takes them 1 hour to get the bubbles ready and they come in at 10:50am. If that’s the case open at 12! Or maybe come in at 10 and start making the bubbles. I mean you specialize in BUBBLE TEA… you kinda need bubbles. It’s like me going to Dunkin’ Donuts and there are no donuts.
So my husband gave it another shot yesterday which was a Thursday night at 8:15pm
(I think they close at 10pm) And of course «Sorry we don’t have any bubbles…» BIG Surprise.
So I’m hoping by sharing this review maybe they will have bubbles ready during their advertised time of business. Until that happens I’ll get my bubble tea from Mr K’s.

Their drink is horrible and no quality, the milk tea tasted just like water!!! Those people don’t even know how to make bubble tea.

It was OK, but is the only bubble tea near me.

I was hesitant to go here because I LOATHE the Jumbo Jumbo in Rockville (worst customer service ever) but it as 5PM and I didn’t even eat lunch yet (I get hangry) and this was the most appealing option in Germantown. Service was quick and friendly, food was fantastic and affordable. I wish the black milk tea was a little stronger, but it was still very very very good. The bubbles were just perfect as well– the perfect chewy yet soft texture. And I usually dislike the fruit flavors but my SO’s strawberry one was on point!
i ordered the asian chicken entrée mistakening it for the taiwanese fried chicken, but it as excellent nevertheless. Unlike the taiwanese fried chicken, this one does not have basil and it’s one whole cutlet. They use the same savory (MSG ladden) seasoning salt and cornstarch coating giving it a good umami crunch and add little pork crumbles and some cabbage on the side. They are not very generous with their pork crumbles (If you like that, you HAVE to go to Taipei Café in Rockville) and the cabbage was so-​so (akin to the cabbage you get at Sarku’s teriyaki stand in malls across the area.) Nevertheless, good chicken, good amount of food, good price.

Like this place for bubble tea/​basil chicken snack, but behold I was transferred to a crappy area so, just when one of my favorites comes to uptown I got to go down county, sucks to be me sometimes:(
Guess I got to go back to Rockville but this one was sooooo close… And so easy to get to oh well… it’s next to the Merecedes dealership adjacent to Sunoco

I am torn about what review to give. I love this place but they have been having a lot of issues.
Pro — Cute girls, decent tea, decent prices.
Cons —
They open at 10:30 yet struggle to get bubbles out anytime before 12/12:30.
They also have a buy 10 get 1 free stamp card but if you get jumbo like me which is $ 5.83 every single day, my 11^th «freebie» costs me $ 1.86 or something like that the difference from large to jumbo. I’m sorry but I come every single day rain, snow, sleet, or sun, I shouldn’t have to pay for my freebie.
The other issue is a jumbo tea w/​bubbles is $ 5.83. Sometimes i ask for ½ bubbles ½ jelly and sometimes the price goes up to $ 6.80. For starters each topping is $.50 so at most for double they should charge $ 6.33. Somehow getting ½ jelly ½ bubbles equals triple the cost.
They also have a bunch of stuff on their menu board tv that they don’t carry. I get you have other stores but if the biggest sign in your store is for soup, maybe carry it?

Went here with two of my friends one day to get some boba tea. This was actually my first time at any Jumbo Jumbo café. One of my friends had actually came here before but had a poor experience with the workers about their free drink coupon. (she wrote a review about it on here) Both of my friends are more familiar with the Rockville location though.
I got a strawberry milk tea boba with lychee jelly while my friends bought a blueberry boba and a yogurt boba with bubbles. My strawberry milk tea was pretty good in my opinion. We each tried each others drinks but the blueberry one was gross. The yogurt one was alright. I ended up finishing my strawberry drink while the other two only drank a little less than half and threw the rest away.
I don’t know what was in those drinks though because after we all went home we ended up getting a stomach ache. Not really sure but I think I’ll stick to going to the Rockville location.

I LOVE the Taiwanese chicken! Super delish!
This is the only food item I’ve tried so far.
Inexpensive. You have to eat the fresh! A quick on the go snack, good portion too.
I’ve had the bubble tea however not a fan.

Love this place. I always get the popcorn chicken. Too bad there’s only a few places that offer the Taiwanese popcorn chicken in our area. It doesn’t compare to Cali and Houston but still does the job. You can ask them to give you more spices if it’s not spicy enough for ya. Bubble tea is alright. I get the almond milk tea with pudding, that is always a solid choice.

When you’re spoiled with «top shelf» boba in California, it’s hard to really enjoy the «house» stuff elsewhere.
Jumbo Jumbo has a huge variety of ice smoothies, milk tea, iced tea, and summer drinks. You order by choosing your type of drink, your flavor, your size, and your toppings.
They have pretty average boba drinks. Definitely a place to satisfy your boba cravings, but nothing I’d crave really badly.

I know this place is known for bubble tea so was excited to try it since I was craving some… But service sucked, they got our orders wrong, and the tapioca tastes super old. The taro milk tea is very watery and the honeydew smoothie doesn’t look or taste like honey dew. It tastes like a mixture of honeydew and lychee. How could they get everything wrong? I’m definitely giving it one more try and hoping they just had a bad day today.

We stopped hitting up the Rockville shops because their quality had gone down and snowbots tastes better.
But this new shop pops up and it’s ever so conveniently located across from our newborn’s pediatricians office sooo basically we are always here.
Service is always friendly and their drinks, boba, and popcorn chicken are up to par! It’s still pricier here and they don’t have the same foods as the other jumbos but their quality is way better! Hope they keep it up!

Plenty of parking in the shared plaza lot, some seating inside for you to get your snack on immediately. Friendly service, though only the shift manager really knew what was going on– no shaved ice until summer makes sense, but not knowing if you had noodles to make the soups that were on the screen menu is a little odd. Taiwan popcorn chicken is solid (no candle to COJ), evenly coated small pieces that aren’t as spicy as the reasonable portion of fried string beans. The boba in my jumbo cup stayed cooked through, and the red bean pretty much has no sweetener added– should’ve asked for some milk with my ice. Meat takes longer to come out than veg, as to be expected. I’ll be back to try the pork dishes as well, and eventually the soups that have passed my scrutiny at the other location.

While putting in some gas, I saw this Jumbo Jumbo, and I knew I had to grab some drinks! I’ve been to their Rockville location, so I knew that their smoothies and boba beverages would be delicious. They have your three sizes: small, large, and jumbo (get the jumbo to quench all that thirst!). The ladies on shift this evening were so unbelievably awesome and oh-​so-​sweet — Wendy and Euphie!!! :D They also made some great recommendations! I had the Coconut Milk Tea (little ice, no tapioca), Lychee Smoothie (with tapioca), House Black Milk Tea (little ice, no tapioca — creamy and delicious!), and Wendy’s favorite, the Lychee Green Tea (little ice, no tapioca — one of my favorites, as it had a lovely flower-​y taste to it (which I actually really enjoy!)). Just keep note that you can also request the sweetness level (I ask for ‘not too sweet’). Be sure to check out the little board next to the cashier that lists the ‘Top 10′ drink flavors that changes weekly. The place itself is a little small, with a few tables, but updated and clean. Located behind Sunoco, be sure to stop by! :D
+Lychee Green Tea
+Coconut Milk Tea
+you can control the sweetness
+ask for Wendy and Euphie!!! :D
+located behind Sunoco

What the pork? Limited menu with lots of rice. If you want the classic Taiwanese fried chicken, pork over rice and bubble tea, they have them. But most of the entrees are pork over rice + another ingredient, which means you better love their appetizers and pork if you come here for dinner. They don’t have noodles or hot beverages, so we ended up getting more pork. Seating is very limited, with 4 – 5 small tables on the side, and parking spots are labeled 1-​hour only, but hard to say if that’s actually enforced.
Despite them getting our order wrong twice, they were polite in handling our food and transaction. Jumbo Jumbo in Germantown will remain a good snack place until they come out with a full menu, and we will wait to come back to this location until then.
It’s located behind the gas station, and not in the actual town center.

i went to this location twice.
hard to find parking in front of the store but you can park on the side of starbucks and safeway. lots of parking spots near the safeway area and it’s not even a long walk to jumbo.
3^rd jumbo jumbo location
i went on sunday with 3 friends and we ordered lots of things and we def ordered fries but they misheard us and gave us wings instead (we did order wings as well but i think we ended up with an extra wing order) so we told them and they apologized and gave us fries. fries were good and hot! i love hot fries! :) taiwanese chicken is always good.
i went friday night and we went inside at 7:15 and it took the lady so long to help the group in front of us. she was taking orders but also chatting it up with the lady on the side. :(we finally got to place our order for 2 taiwanese popcorn chicken and 5 drinks. we were finally out around 7:37… i felt like it took way too long. the lady there is nice but she needs more help. since it’s fairly new right now i think it’s okay but eventually business will pick up.
when you order make sure you are specific about wanting grass jelly or lychee jelly. the first time i went, i asked for grass jelly a few times the first time and she continued to say lychee jelly so i had to point out that i wanted grass jelly. the second time, friday, i asked for grass jelly and she repeated grass jelly when she repeated my order, but when i got home i had lychee jelly!!! D:
***** make sure you check your drinks before you leave. i was soooooooo sad when i got home.

YES finally a bubble tea joint in Germantown! My days of trekking out to Rockville Pike are over. I’m a huge fan of Jumbo Jumbo’s other locations and was thrilled to hear that they had opened nearby.
The location is small but has a decent amount of seating — may not be good for large groups though. Same bubble tea menu as the other locations (black milk tea with red bean is by far my favorite). The food menu is much less diverse but the cashier assured me that they would be adding noodle soups and shaved ice within the next couple of months. The famous Taiwanese popcorn chicken is here though and highly recommended.
Boyfriend and I got the BBQ chicken with ground pork over rice. Almost everything on their menu is fried, so we opted for this entrée. Very simple dish but felt like comfort food. Not too oily and a decent portion size for the price.
Will definitely be a frequent visitor here!

I’m a fan of their Rockville locations, so I’m really happy they came up to Germantown! The store is clean and modern inside, but there is very limited seating.
Their Taiwanese popcorn chicken is just as crunchy here and the bubble tea offering is still just as extensive as ever.
Parking could be an issue, as the row of spaces is shared with a nail salon, cleaners, and Starbucks, but there’s a massive parking lot nearby. You’ll just have to walk a little extra to satisfy your cravings.
They’re currently operating on a limited menu, which means no noodle offerings quite yet, but the star essentials are there.