Tea Rex

This place is a joke of a boba joint. No offense.
The drinks are not good. It is basically a tea bag soaked in with milk and syrup. Nothing against this place but compared to ShareTea or Thirstea or even Quicky’s — it doesn’t fit the standard. The waffles and banh mi sandwich are good but they should re-​do their drinks. Not a real boba place. Go elsewhere if you want authentic milk teas.

Super delicious, sooo many options and very nice, helpful staff! And they have a cute, clean shop. This is my new go-​to for in between errands!

They have good drinks, but I prefer to go other places to get milk tea and boba. Their boba is sometimes dried out and old. The drinks usually taste fairly decent. It’s an adorable place and there’s always the same guy taking orders, which is better than always seeing a random face. Although toppings are free, if you ask for extra boba, they never give you more than usual. Once they actual crossed out the «extra» on my cup. All in all though, it’s a pretty good place to go if you really want boba and don’t want to drive 30 minutes to Santa Rosa for boba.

Dude at the counter… why do you got to be such a jerk? Boba makes people happy. You screwed up my order again too. Maybe you just don’t care about boba like the rest of us do.

I absolutely love Tea Rex. Unlimited toppings and flavors for a great price, and delicious drinks. There are a ton of flavors to choose from, and the snacks are super yummy. The owner is friendly and is constantly connecting with his customers on social media. Tea Rex is my favorite boba spot in Sonoma County! :)

One of the first of many boba shops in Sonoma County to open. I believe they were one of the first boba shops to open in Sonoma county before quickly, SHARETEA and thirstea.
«Tea Rex» is such an adorable name. And the store front is so cute! They have a Tea Rex with Planes attacking the Tea Rex. It is so creative and fun! When walking in you see wooden floors and a cherry blossom mural. The interior of the store is so cute it’s small, but not too small compared to thirstea down the street (which on a side note is SO TINY).
Drinks: They have a wide variety of drinks and a lot of flavors! You can mix and match flavors for your drinks. And they have a long list of toppings you can mix and match from with no extra charge. I love trying new boba shops in the Bay Area and when the owner told me they don’t charge for mixing and matching your toppings was such a shock. Places usually charge an extra 50 cents or 75 cents. I feel like that’s a huge plus side to this place. I always love having extra boba in my drink and get this they DONT charge for extra boba at all. I even offered the owner and he said «no it’s okay we don’t charge for extra boba». He even asked me if I wanted more boba after I drank more than half of my drink. The customer service is so great and friendly I love it.
Food:
Waffles are bomb they have taro, Thai tea and pandan. The owner let me do half taro and half Thai tea and it was sooooo delicious.
Bahn mi: The only downside to this place is their Bahn Mi’s they use a different type of bread for their sandwiches and it was kinda of a let down. Over all it was a good sandwich just wish they had a different bread! I would give the sandwich ⁴⁄₅ just because everything else in sandwich was right expect the bread.
Spring rolls: I can only say one thing they are HUGE. I have never seen huge spring rolls like this before. I ordered the chicken spring rolls and r had; carrots, lettuce, chicken, and rice noodle. It came with two different sauces it was a refreshing snack to munch on with my boba.

This place was great good enough that I decided to comment which I don’t do often. Plenty of selections and a great but small atmosphere. I’d skip the Starbucks across the street of your looking for something cold and not expencive.

Unlike Belgian waffles, the ones made at Tea Rex don’t crumble in the hands of the Nazis. Good boba too.

I came here not too long ago with my friend after a day of being out and about. I am from San Jose so coming to such a small place of course there are not a lot of boba places. I got a taro slush with pearls. I felt that it was a little watered down, but the flavor was still there. They gave me a good amount of boba, but it was not as sweet as I hoped it would be. The service was great and answered a lot of my questions. It was great that they use non dairy creamer for their drinks because it allowed me to get whatever I wanted! They also have almond milk, this is great. Overall I think its a nice place, I like the environment and hope to return again soon.

This place is YUMMMILICIOUS!!! My personal favorite is the Strawberry/​Black Tea Milk w/​EXTRA EXTRA BOBA & the Taro/​Coconut Waffle TO DIE FOR!!!
This place is a must try, must goto every day & the owner is super nice & awesome as well!

I asked the guy at the register (who looked slightly annoyed) what he recommended and he said mango jasmine milk tea and charged me $ 4.08 for tea without boba. I have to admit that it is probably one of the oddest and worst tasting milk teas I have ever had. My boyfriend ordered a lychee lemonade black tea (slush) with boba also for $ 4.08. The tea isn’t bad, but the boba is absolutely horrible. It is greatly undercooked and bland. The atmosphere was really stuffy and the t-​Rex outside the store has a striking similarity to buzz lightyear…

Sometimes, Unilocal reviews are subjective to the palates of people that live in the area. That’s definitely the case here. This is the only boba place in Rohnert Park, which is probably why it has a decent rating, but if you come here expecting the teas to taste like anything from LA or 626 or even the rest of the Bay Area you’re going to be sorely disappointed.
I’ve been here several times, trying to appease the boba addict in me, and every time I’ve left wondering why I thought anything had changed. The drinks are always too powdery, too watered down, or the boba flavorless and plasticy. It’s disgusting, and the only consistent thing about their drinks is that they’re bad. If you buy a sweet tea from McDonald’s and put creamer in it, it’ll still taste better than the milk teas you get here.
You can tell they got some ideas from the successful boba joints though, such as horchata boba and thai tea waffles. In short — one star for trying.

I go to school in San Diego. I get boba in LA, Irvine, and San Diego, and when I’m home, I go to SF, Berkeley, San Jose… basically anywhere you can find Asians who can actually make milk tea and tapioca. I’ve given Tea Rex about four tries over the course of about a year or two.
This place serves the worst milk tea and boba I’ve ever tried in my entire life. The teas are noticeably made with powder (which is supposed to be normal but in this case it isn’t) and are heavily watered down and have weak flavor. Boba tastes like mush, and can be either flavorless, plasticy or both.
FOUR DOLLARS FOR THIS? Hell no. I can buy sweet tea for $ 1 from ANY fast food place, add half and half, and it will taste better than this. Sell this to me for $ 0.50, and we got a deal.
Good job, Tea Rex. You’ve fooled people in Sonoma County with your terrible boba because they don’t know any better.

More expensive than SF, but much closer and the cups seem larger (probably not, just taller). I had ordered a traditional milk tea and something about it was off. The boba was fine, but it was the drink itself. I think I’ll have to try it again to give it a fair rating, but the one right now seems fair. There is only a few staff and it was kind of slow.
They have a variety of other tea store things like rolls and waffles! Additionally, tons of flavors of milk tea and tapioca.
The inside of the store could use some brighter lighting in a different color temperature — daylight mixed with warm is not good for the store. Also, clean up the walls — they looked dingy.

I’m really picky when it comes to milk tea but I give this place props for being the only tapioca place opened in the Sonoma county area. Now this spot is located in a very deserted looking plaza. It’s very easy to miss. They have a variety of snacks and drinks. I have never tried the snacks mainly because they are more on the pricey side. They have a variety of tapioca but sadly, no grass jelly which is my FAVORITE.
Now I am very much a milk tea person. I love black milk tea. Sadly this spot doesn’t do it for me. I’m pretty sure they brew their own tea. It has tea taste and you can tell it’s not powdered, but I like my milk tea with a good balance of milky sweetness and that tea taste. So Tea Rex doesn’t hit the spot when it comes to milk tea.
However, besides that, their fruity drinks are good. Pricing is a bit on the more expensive end.
Tea Rex isn’t my go-​to milk tea spot but if I’m craving something like a strawberry green tea with lychee, I’d stop by occasionally.

Let me start with: I think my order was wrong. (might explain a lot)
I walked in and the employee was nice and friendly. Menu is a lot smaller than what Im used to (compared to Boba places in Sf) which kind of made decision making easier especially for a first timer at this place. I ordered taro MILK tea and asked for ½ boba and ½ lychee jelly. i got to my car and was looking at the cup thinking where are the lychee jellies… I took a sip and for some reason, little stuff started bursting in my mouth. i guess they put lychee bobas instead of jellies. I dont think i said the wrong thing because I normally order the same thing anywhere I go for boba. Also, i think I got a smoothie instead of a milk tea. Anyways, I guess its not bad but its not really that good either.
From what I see on the food choices, its owned by a vietnamese person (i might be wrong). I have never seen a boba place sell spring rolls usually lobster balls, popcorn chickens and squid balls. They have flavored waffles which I have seen but I have not yet tried.
I love boba and I go to the city every week just to get it… sometimes 4 times a week and I come from Petaluma. I enjoy the drive so I personally think its worth going to the city. A couple of my friends that live in petaluma found out about tea rex. They thought I was crazy to be driving to the city just for milk tea. Well, tea rex charged me $ 5 and some change for 1 drink and I dont even get to choose a size. Teaway in sf charges $ 5 for 1 extra large milk tea with lots of topping to choose from and you can add whatever you want and 1 small. which is equivalent to 3 times the size of Tea rex drink. I know it cost me more to drive to the city but i would rather pay for something I absolutely enjoy than something that I cant even get myself to like.
I am willing to give tea rex a second chance just because its convenient. and maybe if I get the right order, it might change my mind.

Inexpensive | Best Place Up North for Boba
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Unless you go to certain Asian restaurants up in Northern California, this is the best place to satisfy that boba crave.
I was actually thinking of opening up my own Boba stop nearby colleges, but now that this is here, I’m thoroughly happy and have no complaints :)
First time I went, I got the Thai Milk Tea with boba and thought it was good, just normal, nothing special. Second and third time I went, I got the Green Tea in a smoothie form (known as ‘snow’ at Tapioca stops in south and east bay) with boba. SO GOOD. I think this is what I’ll be getting every time I stop by to treat myself in RP.
It’s $ 3 — $ 4 for their regular size, which is equivalent to the ‘Large’ at Quickly’s/Tapioca Express.
The owner is friendly too. They just added tv screens and a fan.
Cool small spot in RP and I’m coming back (many) times: P

Punchline– «Boba» is a sugary drink with sugary candies at the bottom.
Sometimes the sugary candies are on top if you ask for it that way on the Frappé style drinks.
I’m practically laughing off my chair every time a new person walks into the shop and asks «what is a boba»? Then they look at the the menus (plural) and have expressions on their face as if they’re taking a mid-​term exam.
They offer three «liquid types», regular fluid (tea, coffee, juice, horchata, etc.), slush (semi frozen) and frappé (blended like a smoothie with ice). Then you have the option of choosing a «flavor». This is really getting a second fluid added for more variety of flavor. Certain secondary «flavors» are not encouraged by the owner, Bunroth. You’d have to ask him why. Seems to me that anything goes if the the flavor combo floats your boat!
Thirdly, and perhaps most importantly is choosing the «Boba type». There are three types, true Bobas, popping Bobas, and Jellies. Honey Boba is a tapioca-​like chew and technically the only true Boba. It is dark almost black and tastes thick and rich. I think it interesting that this whole «Boba» phenomena is based on these little black candy chews.
Popping Bobas are about the same size as real bobas, but are rather delicate and burst immediately in your mouth with just a little pressure. Feels like little water balloons on your tongue! Finally, Jellies are exactly what they sound like. Slightly smaller and more square-​ish than either bobas or popping bobas. They taste like super soft Jujubes!
I like just about every «Boba» drink they make! I have had seven or eight different combos already and about fifty more to go!
Tea Rex also has some savory food offerings like Chicken Spring Rolls. They’re cold and similar in taste and presentation to spring rolls in a Thai restaurant.
There is non-​stop traffic of kids from Sonoma State, local high schools and Millennials galore from all over the North Bay!
Tea Rex means «TEA King», and top dinosaur predator maybe? Definitely means the best Boba in Sonoma County!
4 stars for the novelty, plus ½ star for the word Boba, plus ½ star for the Bobas being in Rohnert Park = 5 Stars!
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I will be the first to admit, I am totes guilty of food jealousy. Y’all Unilocal friends in sf and southbay check into renowned boba joints, something inside me starts pouting. Its the body’s boba center, not found in all models, but to ignore it, is to risk complete system failure.
Imagine my overwhelmed shocked delight, when I stumbled upon a friend drinking a milk tea boba in Rohnert Park! I just about bodily accosted her to find out this mystical unicorn of a drink’s origin. When she revealed my city’s best kept secret, I panicked and had to verify for myself. Sure enough there it was.
Tucked in the veritable culinary abyss of the Padre Town Center, Tea Rex is neighbor to the only other marketable business, 9 Islands Portuguese bakery. Lucky for TR, the only other place doing boba is Surf City in the mall, and it’s a mess. Doubly lucky for TR is that they pretty much have the market cornered in exotic (ish) in RP, as besides Hana, there’s not really any substantial culinary competition.
I tried the honey boba black milk tea, and it was strong, authentic, and flavorful. Bobas were chewy, not soggy or overcooked. My mom tried the Jasmine blended with lychee jelly, and it was fantastic also. I’m looking forward to trying the Thai tea next, in addition to the Thai tea waffles and taro coconut waffles. (Wut? Yiss!)
Prices are substantially more than places in the city, but I really don’t care, it was just that good. Wishing TR all the best in business success so they can continue to be my boba hookup. Tell everyone! Chew on these balls! Er… tapioca balls!

There haven’t been any boba places around here other than a couple of Asian restaurants or the place in the SR mall and none of them were ever very good. We always had to go to SF or the Eastbay.
We have been here a few times and are always greeted by the owners. I tried the Horchata tea and it was OK. My favorite is the Lychee or Almond milk tea with boba. The wife likes the Green Apple with bursting apple boba. The Thai Tea waffles are a new item, sounds weird but they are really good!
They also take Square Wallet for payment too. So now when we make the Costco run or are heading up 101 we don’t have to go to far to get a boba fix!