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After going to all the Fantasias, I think this is the best one. This one and the McCarthy one come pretty close, but still I like the vibe of this one better. Lots of chairs and comfort in and out of the shop to chat and meet with friends. Their snacks/cookies section is always filled up. Service wise, they are super fast.
I find it funny/cute that their mexican worker understands all the drinks when said in mandarin..!
The Fantasia here is the best one I've been to among the McCarthy Ranch one/Santa Row & this one...… Read more »
I've been coming here for years. Since I was 10 or 11. My neighbor used to work here so I'd bus it over here or come with my mommy and get pearl tea. I think I used to be a lot nicer when I was younger. Less smokers, cleaner environment. I haven't been back here for a long time since I've moved to the city, not sure how accurate it is.
I love the green tea here. And the pearls are really yummy. I still think they have the best pearls. by far.
This place is for the people that actually want to enjoy a cup of aroma filled tea. Like eating dark chocolate or drinking espresso, this place is an acquired taste. Not for the youngsters that have the sweet-tooth and still drink artificial milk powder...
The almond milk tea here is fantastic! I love it. The taro here is great as well. The real killer there though is the green tea jelly, my asian mom likes. I have yet to find another tea store that makes it remotely as flavorful. The taro balls are also a delicious choice every single time. You know this is an authentic tea store when their hot tea tastes better than their cold ones. Fantasia is a tea enthusiast's dream come true...
p.s. So apparently, my friend's aunt owns this place. He tried to apply for a cashier position, but his aunt refused. Because they only hire good looking "ABC" boys and girls... This was couple years back though...
Yum. Strawberry green tea with yellow jelly and pearl Or thai tea and pearl sounds good too. Aww the memories, I took my gf here for our first date haha. Anyways back to the review. The outside seating is really nice as long as it is not to cold. Oh and remember, if you don't like the smell of cigarette smoke, be aware that smokers are usually around here. The service is quite fast which is a plus. Ohh and all the pastries are all lined up in their little containers just waiting to be eaten. Mochi please :D. If your hungry, walk around the plaza for a bit and you could get some food then head over to fantasia for some tea and coffee. Way to end a night :)
This is where I love to get my boba drinks. My favorite is milk tea with grass jelly. The hot almond is really good too. The staff is nice and the milk tea is good. Not too sweet.
Now that I've been going back to LA more often, I feel like Fantasia's milk tea tastes too thick...more like coffee than milk tea. Lately, I've been trying their other drinks - passion fruit green tea, honey green tea, lychee green tea with grass jelly, etc. They are refreshing but TOO EXPENSIVE. If you get one of these specialty drinks, it's at least $3.50 and if you want to add some sort of jelly in it it's another $.50 then you add on tax and your drink is easily over $4.00.
I know my milk tea. That's all I've ever ordered at any food and/or drink place. Having moved up… Read more »
I don't get it.
The green milk tea and black milk tea definitely sucks at this location. I know, it's all about the tea flavor. And I'm like that too, but did they forget to add the fructose?
& the drink was wayy to milky. And I just order the drink, and within 5 seconds I received my order. I'm not against quick service, but I question the quality if they give it to me within 5 seconds of me paying for it. They definitely had it premade and pour it into a to go cup for me. EW.
This place is amazing. The plaza is peaceful but the best part is how good the milk tea drinks are here. I usually order a different tea each time I come here, but the best one I've had is Passion Milk tea (I think its called). You can taste the tea in your drinks and it feels real. The boba here tastes really good too. Some places are either too soft or stale but this place is just right. Chewy, soft, and sweet is the right texture for me.
They sell some pastries here too and I never really tried them until my boyfriend saw Tiramisu. We ordered one and it was actually really good! It was quite expensive for a small cup but it was still worth the money.
Service is really quick. You order and pay right away. Less then 5 mins your drink is ready to go! Sometimes when its busy its still fast too and its great. Even though fast services can be bad, most of my experience here was never bad. The drinks still taste great.
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Fantasia is always my number one fave in North CA! I can even say, it has the best milk tea ever in CA! Lived in LA for 2 years, I had been craving for a cup of Fantasia almost everyday! Seriously, I'm so addicted!
Milk Tea with pearls is always good. But my fave among all the others is Lychee Green Pearl Milk Tea! Basically, it's not the originally milk tea, it's a bit sweeter. What's great is the chewy "pearls", and the Lychee meat in the drink! What can i say more? IT ROCKS!
And one more good thing about Fantasia is, you never need to wait for more than 2 minutues to get your drink! the people there are quick!
I like the taste of their green milk tea a lot. It's a little more flowery than some other places. I also like the green bean milk tea and taro milk with pearls (which isn't a tea). This Fantasia is really efficient and conveniently located in Cupertino Village. However, in recent months it just seems like whenever I get a boba at this particular location, the tapioca balls are all stuck together in one huge mass at the bottom of the cup, making it very hard to suck them up the straw.
Always liked fantasia, not too expensive for quality pearl tea. My favorite is mango green milk tea. I like this place because it's more like tea and less sugary than Quicklys/Verde/Q-cup. Their pearls are prime.
Always my favorite and have been going more often because Verde is a big disappointment.
So thus begins my 2nd ever review on yelp!
A quick background:
So after 3 hours of work into my insane 6:30 pm - 7:00 am shift at work (I went to college for this?! at least its only for a few weeks) my co-worker and I had a sudden craving for some boba (I guess nor cal ppl call it pearl milk tea [which is technically correct]). Being a native socal (Irvine) person, I only knew of three places: Lollicup, Tapioca Express, and Ten Ren's Tea time. // end of backgronud
Being the ultimate scrub I am, I assumed that the Ten Ren's in Cupertino Square would be open late (I mean come on Asian Tea Shops are always open late AMIRITE DX). Of course it wasn't, but oh wait! As I was pulling around the back of the plaza I saw Fantasia! It also looked like there were a good amount of people in there. SCORE O_O!
I promptly parked the car and went in. First thing I noticed, just as in SoCal, there were a good amount of Chinese people out front smoking (Lol I'm home again ^__^, and no I don't smoke). I walked in and there was a really nice girl @ the register (:. I promptly ordered a taro milk tea with pearls (so did my co-worker).
The drinks were done within.. I dunno like 30 seconds? SUPERSONIC FAST O_O. I hadn't even put my wallet away yet! Anyways, the drink was pretty good, although it tasted kind of powdery (could be actual taro, or just mix that didnt dissolve, I don't know).
Would I go there again? Sure!
Was it good for the price I paid? Yuppers~
Were there any cute girls there? *nods* LOLLLL
I'm not usually a big fan of pearl tea, but, I'd have to say that this is one of my preferred locations to go to for it.
Their drinks are not too much different than your average one, but, their drinks have this 'frothiness' to it and the drink is pretty smooth. They don't have this appearance of being a lower tier tea house, so, it might offer a better appeal.
Anyways, the drinks average $2.50 to $4.00 and to support my review, my friends enjoy this place over the others in Cupertino Village.
Recommend!
I had a sudden craving for milk tea this nice hot evening. I haven't had milk tea in who knows how long ever since the frozen yogurt epidemic started not too long ago! I wanted to mix it up and have something different to keep me awake during my studies tonight other than the normal Starbucks coffee run or redbull can.
Drove to Cupertino Village. Walked right into a crowded Fantasia. Waited 2 people in front of me. Ordered a Pearl Milk Tea.. which by the way you can't order a larger size cup... only for the hot drinks you can.. and BAM.. my drink was already ready on the counter to the left of me.
And i walked out of there within less than 10 minutes a happy camper. The milk tea is a right taste today.. Not too sweet. Not too bland like how the Fantasia at Santana Row usually does it.. Just the right amount of milk tea...
What surprises me even more that made me miss milk tea drinks was how incredibly CHEWY their tapioca balls are!!! I love them!!! so soft.......
Even tho there are other fantasia locations, IMO this one has the best tea. I'm not talking about the boba, which are equally good at all the locations, but the tea is just outstanding at this location. I've had most of the selections, from lychee to passion fruit to milk green tea. My favorite is still tapioca milk tea, and fantasia does it right. The tea has great tea flavor, not watered down like other places. I always try to pop in when I'm driving down south bay.
Only con is the huge line, which sucks but you gotta take the bad with the good.
my drinks were watered down tonight.
Consistency seems to be their problem...
ugh.
Tall skinny older looking asian guy...you're cool. You make me drink nice and warm. I shall add one… Read more »
I STILL love Fantasia!
I've been going here since high school. There was a point in time where I would get the same drink almost every day and so their employees knew what I was going to order before I even got to the front of the line.
My favorite drinks:
- ai yu jelly without pearls
- green milk tea without pearls (less sugar)
- passionfruit/mango/peach green tea
- hot grass jelly with taro balls
One thing I especially like is how they make their hot drinks really hot. I hate the lukewarm drinks they give you at other boba places. I also like how when I say "less sugar" they barely put any sugar into my drink.
Yay Fantasia!
i looooove fantasia!! it is my absolute favorite boba place. it has the most authentic tasting pearl… Read more »
Fantasia is the top-of-the-line PMT place. It's like Chanel or Gucci of pearl milk teas. I am absolutely addicted to Fantasia. Frequent customer stamps (buy 9 pearl milk tea, get 1 free!), fast service, and quality drinks.
I like their green PMT or green tea with pearls. Sometimes I'll mix it up and order a mango PMT. On a cold day, I'll order a hot green milk tea.
When the weather is hot, there is a long line in front of the store. But they are pretty quick at making drinks so it's not too much of a wait. There is outdoor seating and also indoor seating (though it gets loud when it's packed). There are outlets (on the ceiling) for laptops.
It's the best pearl milk tea place in Cupertino. No doubt about it.
I loved this place, used to come here all the time when I lived in Cupertino. It was "the spot" to be for the asians because it was cheap and stayed open till late.
It's pretty much your typical milk tea place. I wouldn't go for the food items they have there, just stick to the tea.
When you order tapioca here, it's called pearls not boba for those socal people out there.
Fantasia has been my favorite shop to go for milk tea for more than 4 years now. It seems that every milk tea shop I've been to, none of the drinks match up to Fantasia's. Whenever I'm in Cupertino I drink as many Strawberry Milk Teas as I can manage, b/c at other places it just tastes too fake / cheap.
I also love how Fantasia doesn't go the stereotypical route when marketing their brand. If you've ever noticed, a lot of pmt shops out there have bubbly lettering and cutesy colors / graphics. Fantasia goes with classic lettering and earth-toned colors. The shop inside reminded me a little of Starbucks with an Asian feel.
i do do do do love the taro milk tea
it isn't the atrocious purple color
it doesn't taste like powder
it's DEEEEEEElicious!
I have yet to find a Taro milk tea as good as Fantasia's. I think it's because they don't use the… Read more »
I love milk tea that actually tastes like tea! I remember the very first time I EVER tried boba was here at this location about 10 years ago with my cousin. Since the whole milk tea craze died, I have never been back. I came here after church with the boyfriend because I was super parched and a little hung over.. (I know, I know...) Anyways, it kind of annoys me when there are employees that do not speak a word of English. I don't speak Chinese but if I moved to China, I'd at least try to learn.. The girl working here obviously gave up or didn't even start to try. Trying to order my simple drink MANGO MILK TEA.. was so difficult! I finally ended up ordering from the Mexican guy filling up the ice in the back.
Yeh...
After having lived in Cupertino for 20+ years, I've tried all the different pearl milk tea (PMT) places that have sprung up over the years, and Fantasia is still my favorite, hands down.
First off, you can actually taste the tea in its PMT, which definitely separates it from its competitors (Verde, Tapioca Express, Quicklys, Q-Cup, etc.) Tapioca pearls are always a huge factor in determining whether or not I like that cup of PMT, and 90% of the time they're perfect (in the other 10%, they're too soft and not as chewy).
Other pros:
Price: It's very cheap - less than $3 for a regular Pearl Milk Tea, which is less than Tapioca Express.
Service: fast. Usually by the time I'm done putting my change away, they already have my drink ready.
Snacks: tons of cookies and other Asian snacks at the counter for your purchase
Seating: plenty of indoor and outdoor seating
Stamp card: Buy 10 get 1 free :)
I've tried the Fantasia in Milpitas & Santana Row as well, and I still believe the Fantasia in Cupertino has the best PMT. It's a go-to in the Bay Area if you're ever craving quality, affordable PMT.
This is the best place to get pearl drinks...the quality is a lot better than at any tapioca, q cup, or quickly.
Workers are friendly and very fast.
Lots of outdoor seating and cute plaza to walk around at.
I wish there was one closer to my house.
Their drinks are amazing. Not like Tap Ex or Quicklys (though I don't mind the drinks there either). Fantasia just seems real. The milk teas actually have a strong tea flavor. I ordered the Taro milk tea once and I just wasn't a big fan of it. Maybe I'm too used to Tap Ex's Taro milk tea or something. Fantasia's milk tea has chunks of taro...which I guess is actually a good thing since there's real taro...but it was just really unexpected.
If it's even legal for me to set up tent in front of Fantasia.. I would definitely pack my gear. I visit Fantasia at least twice a week, but only at this location. Santana Row's location does not measure up to Cupertino Fantasia; they are significantly on the opposite end of the spectrum.
Fantasia does get jam-packed and can be overwhelming on the weekends. On certain weekends, I have seen the line pass the Optometry office, but be patient. The staffs are fast and friendly, they will be with you shortly.
My favorite drinks are: black tea w/ grass jelly (pearl optional), red bean milk tea (no pearl), and lychee w/ grass jelly in honey green tea (no pearl). I deem them as a semi-sweet dessert that is notably healthy compared to eating a slice of cake.. and especially less calories than drinking a frappuccino from Starbucks.
The milk green tea itself was above average. May not be the best milk tea out there but that was fine.
But the 4 stars was for its location and availability of internet access and tables and chairs. A very convenient place to do some work on the computer or simply to hang out with friends.
Although I'm Asian, I'm not the biggest fan of tapioca drinks. This place, however, is one of the few places I'll ask to tag along to when my friends are going out for drinks. They have a good mango ice that has a bit of a sweet milky taste to it, as opposed to the flavor of candy mango syrup. It's pretty clean inside and the baristas are friendly.
**POOR COLLEGE STUDENT HIGHLIGHT**: Most drinks are under $5 with basic milk tea going for only $2.50. Cool!!
I have been to pretty much all the Fantasia around town, but this one is by far the best Fantasia. The place is a lot bigger than the one in Santana Row and the one in 99 Ranch Supermarket, but they still carry the great quality lychee jasmine tea with pearls that I'm hooked on.I haven't had a better quality pearl drink than here at Fantasia and I don't think I'm going to find another place anytime soon.
Quality tea, real milk tea. None of that too-sweet-powdered-tea. And their lychee drink with real lychee? To die for. That green tea is the best I've had yet. The pearls are consistently chewy. My favorite pearl milk tea place hands down.
Usually a passion fruit loyal, I tried their guava green milk tea on a whim...it was actually really good!
Definitely one of the tried-and-true boba places in the South Bay. I've been going here since high school! I wish there were more options on the menu though...
But at least nobody seems to really mind when you're here with a bunch of friends and you're playing cards loudly and obnoxiously...(haha j/k I don't think we were THAT bad...)
This place made my friend, who's only had boba once and had a bad experience with it, like boba… Read more »
Fantasia, I have a love-hate relationship with you.
I LOVE that I can taste the tea in your drinks (and not have to ask for less sugar like I do at most pearl milk tea places), and the fact that you use real taro in your taro milk tea, unlike other establishments that use some sort of unappealing bright purple "taro" flavoring.
I LOVE your pearls, with their perfect amount of chewiness and their slight sweetness.
I LOVE the speed of service. After ordering my drink, it usually takes five minutes or less for me to get it, no matter how busy the place is.
I HATE the parking on weekends.
I HATE how crowded it can get and not being able to get a seat inside.
I HATE that there's no Fantasia in San Diego and that I haven't been able to find any establishment that serves taro milk tea that is as tasty as Fantasia's. Every time I'm in town, I can hear the call of your drinks, beckoning me to come.
Fantasia, why are you SO good?
This place is pretty good. I'm no milk tea connoisseur, but my friends and I all like the drinks from here, so it's probably at least decent. The environment is nice -- fairly friendly staff, generally cheerful fellow guests, nice bright space -- and there's free wifi and outlets. The staff doesn't seem to mind deadbeats hanging out working or surfing the web, either, which is always pleasant.
The outlets are bizarrely (but understandably) placed on the ceiling, and that makes maybe only one or two tables usable for people on laptops. The ice machine can get kinda loud sometimes.
If you're a telecommuter like me, this place is nice to get a drink, spend an hour or so checking up on projects or polishing one off. And its proximity to great, cheap food in Cupertino Village is a big plus if you're there around lunchtime.
This is where my love for boba started!! My buddies and I would ditch class to come to this Cupertino location for a great drink - and we lived in Santa Clara!
Staff is always upbeat no matter how busy it gets. Not to mention the are all cute! There are a lot of drinks to choose from as I always grabbed an order of lychee slush with boba. Ingredients here are top notch - none of that fake powder stuff! Atmosphere is always lively and it's always clean.
Another reason to love the Bay.
Since I'm not from the area and I was craving milk tea, my friend brought me here because she loves the place.
I like the place, there's a LOT of seats and there's always a good amount of people there, a big indicator that this business does well (or just has a lot of room to sit down and relax)
The drinks....not so much. I mean, it's good but it's standard. It tastes like any other milk tea I've had. I like milk tea that has a strong flavor to it and this one just doesn't. I didn't try the other drinks but I'm kinda assuming it's all the same. Most Chinese places I go to all taste relatively the same but this place DOES win for having more seating area.
MEHHH.
There's just something a little off about the milk tea here. It's a little bland, a little too bitter, and just left me a little perplexed. But the boba itself is good (chewy and soft). By the way, they do have jasmine milk tea, it's just not on the menu for some reason.
My friend usually orders the strawberry milk tea, but we found out that they just add strawberry Nesquik syrup to the milk. Booo.
The best thing about this Fantasia is the location. After eating at any restaurant in Cupertino Village, I'm sure you'll need something to wash it all down. The tea is whatevers, but it's a good place to sit, chill, and continue the conversations after your meal is over.
A good number of friends & I make the drive down to Cuppertino, Milpitas, etc. from SF for Fantasia. It is THAT good. You would think San Francisco would have more decent boba joints but nope...fantasia for the win.
LOVE their HOTTTT Taro Milk Tea!!
Don't forget the Taro balls! Mmmmmmmm~
1. Medium size Hot Taro Milk Tea w/ Taro balls = $4.01 w/ tax.
*** It may seem a bit pricey compared to other pearl tea places, but the quality is incomparable - Fantasia is REAL tea!
2. What a refreshing change from the boring number I always get at Q-cup: NO MORE "Regular" PMT with "Regular" pearls. (Needless to say, I've converted to Fantasia!)
This is a great place for pearl tea, I've been here a couple times or so and the last time I came here, I got the chocolate pearl tea and it's great!. Since this place is in Cupertino, it's a great place to check out all the Asian hotties that are around here too!. I will be back again!.
I love this place! I come here probably once per day as I work across the street from it.
A sweet location with lots of seating, free internet, very friendly staff, and customers make this a no brainer for me.
I have the sugar free green tea and sometimes I add the boba. I have tried every drink here and switch it up depending on my mood.
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