"imagine my surprise to find a bubble tea place in newton."
(in 7 reviews)
"The year before, another, different ice-cream parlor."
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Bobalicious
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- Price Range:
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$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- No
- Parking:
- Street
- Attire:
- Casual
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Takes Reservations:
- No
- Delivery:
- No
- Take-out:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- No
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Good for:
- Lunch
- Alcohol:
- None
22 reviews for Bobalicious
Review Highlights
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Hot noodle soups on Tuesdays, Fridays, and Sundays have been my savior this winter! The type of soup varies each time but really, throw any asian noodle soup in front of me and I'll eat it happily. It's also a great chance to try something you might not usually order. I've never been disappointed.
If you take the soup to go, they do a great job packaging it up for you so the noodles and toppings are separate. No one likes soggy noodles!
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5/20/2009
These ladies serve up a decent boba but what I'm really excited about is the banh mi! It's the best… Read more »
I really love this place! I kept on hearing "their banh mi isn't as great as Chinatown's"...I went to Chinatown and tried a few places, and their vegetarian banh mi sandwiches didn't compare to these. I can say confidently that Bobalicious has the best vegetarian banh mi. I actually thought that it was real meat when they first handed it to me, that's how convincing it is. It's fresh, flavorful, and delicious. It's slightly more expensive than what you'd get in Chinatown, but the extra dollar is more than worth it.
I do have to admit that their boba teas aren't as good as those you'll get in Chinatown, and more pricey, but I don't mind. I usually go for the thai iced tea with pearls.
The ladies here really care about their business and customers, and are always friendly and accomodating.
My one pet peeve is that it's cash only. But there's an ATM right across the street.
All in all, highly recommended!
So their sign says they are open till 7p now. Whoo! Be sure to ask for one of their Buy 10 drinks Get 1 Free cards!
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11/10/2009
I'm on a constant quest to find the best taro bubble tea. I will search far and wide so it was only… Read more »
I really love the bubble tea here. Yes, they do use some powder, but they also use fresh fruit and even some ice cream. Delicious. They have almost 40 flavors! My favorite is the red bean boba, but I've liked the other ones I've tried too. I guess I can see the point that people have made that it is a little on the pricier side, but it's not a chain and they use fresh fruit, so I say it's ok (not that I would complain if the prices went down!). My main complaint is their hours. I wish they were open more often!
The owners are also super friendly. One of my coworkers got soup there once and the owner forgot to give her cilantro. The next people to go in also happen to work with us and she sent them back with the cilantro for my coworker.
I've mostly just gotten boba here, but the spring rolls are good and I've heard great things about their sandwiches.
The milk tea with boba was yummy but the pork banh mi doesn't even begin to come close to those in Chinatown or at Pho Viet's in the Super 88 food court. The pork was kinda dry and the bread was not even crisp. But I will give it another chance as I love the idea of having banh mi just a short drive from my house.
Definitely try the milk bubble tea though. It's creamy and some of the best I have ever had! Besides boba, it also had some other type of gelatinous cubes in there which were different colors. The boba was the right consistency too -- not too hard and not too mushy. The tea is priced higher than Chinatown but it is the 'burbs.
I'll go back to try some more food and drink menu items for sure!
Really tasty!! I ordered a green tea boba tea, but the lady working there also gave me a sample of rose guava, made with fresh guavas. It was delicious...the next time I'm there I will order the rose guava! (And I'll try a sandwich!) The woman working there was really sweet and friendly.
I did think that the tea was too expensive. I felt like each size of the tea could have been a buck less. The extra large tea (which is really more like a large!) is more expensive than a sandwich! But it's the only place to get boba around Newton, so I'll shell out the dough...maybe just less frequently than I would if everything was cheaper.
I love this place. So many great boba flavors, and the owners are lovely.
I live in Arlington, but was in Newton yesterday for an art fair at the cultural center. My GF (the artist) and I needed some lunch so we yelped around and found this place - we're both big boba tea fans, and the fact that they had food clinched the deal.
Two big thumbs up for Boba-licious! We both found our teas delicious (I had Taro, she had Thai tea), and I liked the multi-colored boba and the fact that it was neither too sweet nor too hard or soft. The sandwiches were off the hook tasty - we got a beef and a chicken and split them both. The ingredients all tasted very fresh (mm cilantro) and I'd take the Vietnamese version over an American sub any day.
If I lived in the neighborhood I'd totally be a regular at this place.
A banh mi place that isn't in chinatown? wha? minimum of 2 stars already.
they serve larger than typical banh mi (compared to pho viet's at food court), and offer more varieties. They also do a very nice job with their selection of boba drinks, even if they are more expensive than I am used to...
Let us sum up
1) higher prices than typical for banh mi and for boba tea
2) but it is conveniently located (for me)
3) better quality banh mi
4) attention to detail
I call my orders in ahead of time so i don't have to wait. Wish I could make it here on Tues or Fri for soup days!
Well I'm knocking it down a star since I have now experienced far better boba. The drawback is that they primarily use powders to flavor the drinks, but the boba itself is chewy and delicious!
It still gets credit for being a cute shop with pleasant employees and I'm pretty sure it's one of the only places to get boba tea in my neighborhood. Oh and beware of odd hours like 10 - 6 and closed on Sunday. I guess that leaves me with only a Saturday visit.
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3/31/2008
Let me say this was my first experience with bubble tea and I can't stop thinking about getting… Read more »
I go there with my girlfriend all the time... It is a pretty cool place located on Watertown street in this spot which usually has switching ownership every six months or so. Last year, it was an ice-cream stand. The year before, another, different ice-cream parlor... Hopefully these guys are here to stay. They have a huge selection of buble tea and their quarter inch bobas are chewy and delicious. They don't use the traditional powder + water + sugar combination but instead add a little pezzaz to the recipe.
I actually asked them about it and saw it for myself. They add a touch of ice-cream and actual fruit (ie: granny apple for the green apple boba tea) which intensifies the flavors. It's surprisingly refreshing and I really wish that their large size was bigger.
There's a few down sides to their business though. Their prices aren't cheap and their hours aren't that great either. They are closed on Sundays which really sucks but make up for some of it by offering a selection of Vietnamese foods such as these subs known as (Bahn Mi) and a bunch of other pastries.
So far I've tried many flavors and also tried their rainbow jello cubes which neither I nor my girlfriend liked; we were happy to try though.
So if you want a nice bubble tea, this is the place to go. Worth the drive too, I promise! Especially since parking is usually a breeze.
I like this place a lot. I passed it the other day when I was at work and dragged my little sister here.
It still has the look of an ice cream parlor - the massive menu board boasts a ton of tea flavors and some different kinds of sandwiches and desserts that I want to come back and try.
The ladies who were working there were really nice and though my tea wouldn't seal two times in a row, the wait seemed worth it.
The places seems to be crawling with high school students, which is good, I guess - it means they might stick around longer than other businesses have in that location.
I want to try the eraser looking rainbow jello cubes, or the fresh rolls. They looking interesting.
Who would think a bubble tea/Vietnamese sub shop would be found in heart of the Newton's little Italy. Tons of flavors, and they are the following...Avocado Banana Blueberry Blue Hawaii Cherry Chocolate Coconut Coffee Cookies & Cream Fozen Hot Chocolate Green Apple Green Tea Honeydew Jackfruit Lavender Mango Mango Peach Orange & Cream Papaya Passion Fruit Peach Pina Colada Pineapple Strawberry Taro Vanilla, and Watermelon. I love the Honeydew, perfectly refreshing on a 60 degree day in March, yes it does feel like springtime.
Great Bubble Tea and surprising strong and deep flavored Vietnam coffee. I've only tried the drinks, but the eats (pastries and subs) smell wonderful and by the look of the happy faces eating behind me they must be.
The chicken sandwich was very good, and even though the bubble tea was from a powder base, I think they did well.
The two women that run this place are very friendly and talk to their guests, bringing in a variety of customers from young school students to grandmothers with little kids.
Very snazzy.
Now, if only they had more tables...there is a lot of floor space, after all.
I'll definitely be going back with their little boba stamp cards and all those amazing flavours to try!
Five stars because they are soooo nice. The Boba is perfectly great too. There are lots of great flavors, Taro being my favorite. My boyfriend is crazy about the hot banana milk.
Like Boba? Give Bobalicious your business! Go, Bobalicious, go!
i'm getting tired ping ponging my way through boston's bubble tea shops. it's an exhausting thing to do all the way from west newton. (but i just can't stay away from boba!)
imagine my surprise to find a bubble tea place in newton!
so first off, i absolutely LOVE mom and pop places over chain restaurants. the owner is the sweetest lady, and she was so helpful with my order, and chatted it up with me while i waited for her to finish preparing my order.
the drinks here are made with fresh fruit, with a dash of flavored powder. i will admit, i wish she used more honeydew in my shake, but it's refreshing to see that they use real fruit at all.
the boba itself was notably different for anything i've ever tried. it definitely tasted more home made, and i wish it was a little bit sweeter but i'll take it.
overall, not a bad deal. they have a bunch of sizes, tons of flavors, and friendly staff. they are a tad bit on the expensive side, but i think it's worth it for the real fruit.
oh! one more thing, i don't think they accept credit cards here. i didn't try to pay with one, but there was no sign with a visa/mastercard/american express logo on it at the cash register, so come with cash handy.
This place is genious. When I'm trying to be a good Italian kid and I venture to Nonantum, I now get my option of a nice cold bubble tea to go with my pastries / pizza! What Italian could turn down such a wonderful selection of flavors and sweet goodness? The Vietnamese sisters who own this little shop are so friendly and make great quality drinks (I haven't tried a sandwich but they look good too). Their shop fits in perfectly with the spirit of this great little neighborhood! More convenient and homemade than the bubble tea I score at Super 88. Nice work sistas!
Extend your hours!
When the store first opened, we were skeptical... asian boba tea place in... Nonantum?? We would usually expect places to open in allston/brighton/boston area, since there is more of a customer base there.
I tried out their vietnamese sandwiches and a boba tea. The sandwich was pretty cheap for what it was... very filling and good!! Their boba tea was flavorful, boba texture was just right. At first sip it was different from all the other tea places i've been to, it was thick, like smoothie, but it quickly caught on and it's great!
The only negative thing is the hours... too short!!!!
I've been searching for some good bahn mi that was close by, and this place delivers. The bbq beef sandwich is absolutely delicious. It blows the super 88 out of the water, and it only costs a dollar more. I haven't tried the tea, but I'm not a tea person.
The owners were extremely friendly and the place has a nice charm, although it still appears to be in humble beginnings.
an oasis among the subs shops in the area
I'm not exactly sure how to review this little shop, since I grew up on boba milk tea from the bay area in California, which tastes completely different from this. I ordered a green tea w/boba: my first surprise was that I had to pay 50 cents extra for boba (in CA boba is included; you pay extra for EXTRA boba). My second surprise was that I couldn't taste any hint of tea in my drink- it was more like a green tea-flavored milk shake! I can see how this would be a perfectly fine drink, it just wasn't what I was expecting. In CA, boba tea is tea + flavor + cream + soft black tapioca pearls, but at this shop it was flavored powder + friendly's vanilla ice cream + rainbow colored tapioca balls. Also surprised by how expensive it was: my kid size drink (smallest size available) was $2.78 total, but I'm glad I didn't order a larger size. Otherwise, it's a small shop with just a few seats, so plan on taking your drink elsewhere if it's a busy night.
