BAKO TEA HOUSE

Great and tea and even better service. I tried the roasted Oolong tea, they had the option to increase tea or milk. The barista let me know if I didn’t like I could increase tea after trying it for free. I did and the drink is wonderful, the tea is strong and the boba is cooked perfectly. Wonderful spot I wish them the best.

At least 3rd time here since opening. Favorite new place in OC. Love the tea or milk heavy options. Boba: right texture and chewiness. Agar boba: on small side and sweet. This will bump the sweetness up several notches, ie, if 25% sugar, tastes more like 75-100% sugar. -Jasmine milk, tea heavy: superb! 5* -Roasted oolong milk, tea heavy: Great but I think could be little more "roasted" aroma, 5* -Phoenix milk. Tea heavy: superb! 5* Overall: 5* and will return each time we visit OC. 12.22.25: for the road to airport

Tasty boba drinks! 🧋🤎 The menu offers a pretty wide range of teas and flavors. Everything seemed good and the prices were reasonable considering the quality presented! * Passionfruit Green Tea: 8/10 - good flavor but they aren't able to remove the passionfruit seeds which is annoying * Lychee Oolong Tea: 9/10 - nice balance of sweet and tart * Tapioca Boba (Topping): 9/10 - soft and chewy The shop itself is not super tiny, but also not very spacious either. They offer some tables and chairs inside as well as a couple outside. It's located in this apartment area which is a bit weird, but there were plenty of parking spots and underground parking. The workers were nice, but they seemed to be pretty backed up. We noticed a bunch of drinks just sitting on the counter waiting for the worker to give them out. Highly recommend checking them out if you're ever in the area! 😊

Update to my latest visit: Little disappointed me in the service part. The cashier was rude and hell attitude. It kinda killed my mood. Good and balancing flavor. We tried phoenix and roasted oolong. I can tell they have a good tea supply. Compared to other shops, their Phoenix has more floral. Also, I love their decorations. Just wish they have more chairs to sit down.

It's an artisan tea shop that focuses more on quality tea than desserty, trendy stuff. The teas are all amazing and you really get to taste the richness and slight bitterness of all the flavors. I'd recommend 25% sweetness if you're here for the tea flavor. The servers I've usually gotten are quite stand offish and not super friendly but still polite. Wish I could get some more conversation about recommended items and options and such. Drinks: 9/10 Atmosphere: 7/10 Service: 4/10 Value: 7/10

Great small boba shop packed with customers on a Saturday afternoon. The server recommended passion fruit green team and I went for 50% sweetness (lowest level). The tea tastes extremely refreshing and full of real flavor while not overall sweet. Definitely worth the hype and wait and I would try other flavors next time!

love love their tea lattes! i ha e tried phoenix oolong, rose guanyin, and ceremonial grade matcha latte and they were all great! i would recommend phoenix oolong for anyone who likes classic oolong rose guanyin for anyone who likes sweet floral flavor. it kinda taste like lychee matcha latte for anyone who likes matcha 🤷‍♀️ the matcha is more on the sweet side and the flavor of matcha isn’t strong nor bitter they also use real whole milk and oat milk and not the powder kind