Macao Imperial Tea

I really don't understand how
People can dislike Bubble Tea now
There's so many good places
And this one's an Oasis
In Chinatown NY called Macao

And I don't know when, why, or how
But I need a Boba right now
So if we're close to Flushing
Then we should be rushing
For a Lemon Black Tea from Macao!

You may have seen various farm animals of mine, such as my pig, my goat (he's the goat), and my chicken. But have you seen Macao? It's here.

They offered super friendly service and they even recognized me from Yelp (lol) which was awesome. Chinatown in Manhattan has a lot of boba options, but this is one of the nicer ones, and one of my fave locations of Macao with yummy drinks and super fresh decor... looks brand new, in fact.

But then I brought Barbie here for what would have been my 3rd trip and it didn't go so well.

I've always loved this location and I love the service and the drinks are great too, and comparing it to the ones that I've recently discovered in Atlanta and Philadelphia, I would have said that this was one of my favourites as well as the ones in Brooklyn and Queens.

But the problem is that when I brought Barbie here about 15 minutes before closing, they had just closed up, and gave me a dirty look, and I didn't really appreciate that very much to be honest.

Still, life goes on and I'm sure I'll give them another try, but that left a slightly sour taste in my mouth. And not even from the drinks.

If that sort of thing happens again, they'll be losing some stars, I tell thee.

So although these drinks may look ethereal
At least they don't taste like bad cereal
Like at Momofuku
(If you like it, f*** you)
F*** that, let's get Macao Imperial!

Doesn't impress me. Nothing extraordinary from the ordinary. Excessive fruit embedded for fruit tea. I requested fresh fruit tea with ice and grass jelly $5.50 as the topping and nothing else, nothing more. A simple request. Is this extremely difficult to understand and fullfill? The fresh fruit contents were large pieces of pineapple, red grape, peach, strawberry, and orange. Large chunks of fruit in a ice tea does not impress me for being distinct to separate from competition. All I desired was grass jelly as the sole topping but the fruit overpowered the entire drink. Large is the only option size for fruit tea. Customer service is average.

Seating is limited but in a cool air conditioned environment. After I checked-in I forgot to notify the cashier of Yelp mobile check-in offer.

The staff is nice.

The drinks are kind of bland. The teas are not very strong.

What surprised me the most was their mango slush contained milk...only found out after I ordered it. Then after asking them about it, they said ALL their SLUSH contains milk. Nonetheless, I thought the mango one tasted pretty good. I only got to try it because the person I intended to buy it for is SUPER lactose intolerant.

The glass bottle is nice but I definitely did not think it through when I ordered mine. Never did I consider needing my big straw and not being able to close the cover.

Macao Imperial Tea is a gem. I came here for the first time a few days ago, and ordered their Grapefruit Yakult. I've had similar drinks at other tea establishments, but I've found this same drink to be much better at Macao Imperial Tea. They've definitely got their grapefruit to Yakult ratio down to a science. I am excited to try their other drinks out in the future and will make this place a must when I'm in Chinatown.

If you check in on Yelp you get 10% off, so that was a plus! I went through their menu and found other teas I can't wait to try on my next visit. Enjoy!

Macao Tea is a pretty solid place with a good ongoing number of happy customers. I recommend any tea with cheese foams.

Don't forget to use the Yelp 10% off for checkin.

Got the milk foam osmanthus tea. Very delicious milk foam!

It usually takes a while for them to prepare your drink.

Yes! Third review for this spot!

Great new tea spot near Chinatown! I happened to be around the area and saw their store on Hester and went in to give it a try. I ordered the cheese foam with ruby black tea, and ordered a size M at 30% sugar and 30% ice. Total bill came around $4.90 for a size M. Decent sized cup of tea.

Tea itself was very light and refreshing, like the way I like it! The cheese foam is my kryptonite - salted to a right level, but thick and creamy which definitely adds more flavor to my tea. Highly recommend Macao Imperial now that I know they have a new location in Manhattan!

Staff was very friendly, will definitely come back soon!

I came here the other day with a friend. Ended up choosing the strawberry & milk in the special panda cup w/ pudding. I don't like sweet drinks and they can't adjust the sugar level of any drink in the special panda cup. (The cup is super freaking cute) However, it was still super enjoyable & you get 20% off by checking in!

The best part of our experience was definitely the service. The girl who was assisting us was sooo sweet & patiently answered all our questions & explained all the different teas they had.

I highly recommend the blue curacao soda and cherry blossom soda from their soda series. They are $5.50 each. For one, they look too beautiful to drink! The cherry blossom soda is served with actual fresh cherry blossoms inside. The blue curacao soda taste like lemonade with citrus. Another thing I really love about this tea house are their bottles. Their special drinks are serves in adorable bottles that are reusable.

One downside is that there was too much ice in proportion to the drink. When I finished the drink, the bottle was still 3/4 filled with ice cubes.

I also tried their Special drink For Me (strawberry milkshake $6.75) before at their koreatown location and I remember the staff told me I couldn't adjust to light ice. Other than that, the drinks are super yummy!

Also this location has stamp cards! If you buy 10 drinks, you get 1 free!

I loved the cheese foam bubble tea. It was a great and the service was good. They gave affordable prices and a very extensive menu.