Kung Fu Tea in Cleveland
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Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, US
Site: https://kungfutea.com/
- Monday:12–8:30PM
- Tuesday:12–8:30PM
- Wednesday:12–8:30PM
- Thursday:12–8:30PM
- Friday:12–8:30PM
- Saturday:12–7:30PM
- Sunday:12–7:30PM
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Service is extremely slow. Ordered the Honey milk tea with boba and this might be the worse that Ive ever had
Oh it tastes so good! Very busy spot, worth the wait. I got a Thai Milk tea with boba
I give this place only four stars because service was very slow but I am glad I went there cause I was satisfied. I had the caramel boba. So I recommend this place.
Their hours said they close at 7:30pm today. I got there at 6:54pm and the door was locked and I saw a sign on the door that said closed at 7pm for maintenance, which is fine. However, I was there 6 minutes before that. It’s not good business practice to close earlier than your posted sign, I understand maybe 1-2 minutes but 6 is unacceptable. This isn’t the first time this happened, it seems like the employees are just lazy.
The boba was good but the poke wasnt great to be honest.
I love the milk tea here! It’s good service, but can be little slow due to the crowd. The boba pearls are a little odd, but everything else is good! Me and my friends like to come here.
Would not recommend because the employee do not know the ingredients of everything. was told a drink was dairy free but there was milk in it and it did not end well :/
Ordered the Rosehip Milk Tea. So good, I ordered a 2nd one. Clean dine-in experience.
Obviously its bussin my mom even likes it an she low key afraid of sushi. 10/10 will come again
Bad service and I payed for popping bubbles but he give me tapioca bubble 👎
The bubble tea was a different and tasty experience! The sushi was awesome! The people were great! Cant wait to try this again!
Just walking by and decided to run in to grab a little bite to eat and I liked the vibe in there. It was clean and the customer was good. I will definitely revisit
The slowest service (even when Im the only person in line), the drinks taste pretty bad, and theyve only gotten my name right once for my orders. Their straws are not covered in a wrap (which is really unsanitary during COVID times) and they have you use a touch screen for card payments, which they dont sanitize in between uses.
My favourite place to get sushi hands down. Been visiting for 5ish years and love it every time. The kung-fu tea here is so amazing just tried the tarro milk greentea. 10/10
I got some boba as a treat and it was delicious! The menu was easy to follow and the cashier was friendly and helpful. The seating area was nice and open. It had a nice overall style that was uniform while still being interesting and authentic.
Oh Kung Fu Tea. You used to be my go to whenever I needed a treat during undergrad. About 5 years ago, the drinks were fresh and delicious. One extra star for the nostalgia factor I guess. Now, every time I’ve resorted to giving you another chance (most likely bc I’m too lazy to go to Asiatown) your drinks make me feel ill. I’m not sure if it’s the sugar level, the lack of fresh tapioca, or maybe the tea, but about halfway through a cup, I’m always super jittery and slightly nauseous. And this never happens with any other boba I’ve had literally anywhere else. Ever. Here’s to hoping you figure out what’s going on...and maybe organize your front of house a bit. The counter and tea making station are looking a bit rough
It was really good! I had the Taro milk tea with black tea, boba, and pudding, which is my favorite drink. But, the wait was much longer than I’ve ever waited at a bubble tea place. However, I think ordering on a tablet was cool.
Great decor and friendly staff got our boba tea pretty quickly even while they were busy would recommend trying it out if you can.
Feels like a chain but my bubble tea was delicous. The service also good. The food is a little expensive seeing as how you can get the same food in the hood for cheap. The quality is pretty good though. When its packed it will feel like an Asian inspired Chipotle that serves Bubble Tea but the service will always be good.
I got the teriyaki bowl, which was delicious! Their bubble milk tea is definitely the best Ive ever had (and I have been to a lot of places for bubble milk tea). It is a tad bit pricey but nothing outside of a reasonable range for the amount and quality of food you receive. I definitely recommend it :)
The ginger milk tea is SO good...omg. It has strong hints of actual ginger with an overall gingerbread flavor. The watermelon or winter melon milk tea isnt as creamy and sweet as the other bubble teas. It has more of a strong tea taste. Still good, but people should be aware that they dont all taste the same.
Great personal service and I find the prices are more reasonable than other coffee shops in the area. Wide selection of coffee and tea drinks, but also have smoothies and other yummy, non-caffeinated drinks. The hot apple cider (with salted caramel flavoring!!!) is delicious- better than Starbucks. And they offer almond milk for the vegans/lactose intolerant.
Nice place, and location. Really good staff and good service. Clean. I just hate the menu, not authentic! Soy/rice paper wrap on sushi--so bad! Sushi should not be warm and doughy! Bubble tea was made well enough but I found it to be bitter. The ingredients were fresh enough but the menu items are just bad recipes! Stick to the traditional, authentic sushi ingredient combos! Also the rice layer was too thick. Miso soup was bland. Sorry to say.
Waited too long for bubble tea. Instead of fulfilling order, the staff were busy socializing and standing around. We entered an empty store and placed our order. People that came in after and ordered food received their orders before my brother and I. We eventually had to ask at the counter about our drinks. They finally gave us our drinks after 15 mins of waiting and no apology. Never again.
I was in a week ago ordering 6 bubble tea drinks.I saw one of the girls on the cold food line (ready to eat) leaving her nose expose from her mask. That drove me nuts! Not even the other employees said anything to her. Everybody had themselves covered all the way. Good thing i dont eat their food there!Hope no one gets disgusted!
Small menu, long wait, watered-down tea, unfriendly staff. Beautiful building, though.
I ordered a large with no red beans. they gave me a medium. when I told them I ordered a large, they took the medium and poured it into a large cup, Then filled the rest with red beans and boba, and didnt add any tea. It was an insane amount of beans. I strained it out and it was an astonishing sight to behold. I guess Ill have beans for dinner. - Eliza
I got a mango slushy & it was delicious. They have a clean facility, decent prices, quick service, comfortable seating, and gender neutral bathrooms. Seems like a quite popular place in the area. Would go back when in the area, for sure.
I love the bubble tea delicious.
I have been to this place many times and do recommend it. Today, was somewhat a little different. I noticed my drink came up at the usual pace but the food portion longer than necessary. The time of this visit was on the slower side for the restaurant so I was expecting everything to be flying out at the usual speed. The food did take longer due to vegetables being made for it. Definitely understandable but this is where I took one star off, after the food was set up on the window and ready to be served, the person at the register walked away and started helping make drinks. I looked over and the food was sitting there getting cold. A little disappointing as no one bothered looking at the window to bring the food to the front where I can go get it. It took about 4-5 minutes before someone noticed and then another minute to figure out what was going on with it before it was handed to me.The person that put the food up in the window lacked communication with the person at the register. Nothing was said nor was a sign given about the food being ready.Usually at a hectic time for this place, everything is as smooth as a hot knife running through butter. On average, a busy day I am able to get my specialty drink and food given to me in about 5-6 minutes, today, it was given to me in about 12-13 minutes. Pretty disappointing but since I was waiting for someone, I did not complain to them about it.
This bubble tea place is by far my favorite in Cleveland!First, the staff is extremely friendly! The head manager is really funny and upbeat. Other employees are efficient and lively. The delivery of the sushi and the bubble tea is quick and tastes amazing. They make the best wintermelon milk tea and oolong milk tea!If you are a student, this is definitely a great spot to study! The dining are is very cozy and a great environment to get in the zone and grind for exams. Even though, Im not a student in the area, I do enjoy doing work here!
The tea is phenomenal, the sushi excellent. I havent had the teriyaki, but my husband says its delicious. There are usb/power outlets at most of the tables and the staff is super friendly, even during rush.
Friendly enough staff and cool vibe inside. Choose between the coffee lounge scene, flower area or watchful section on the other side. Like the vibe and a stay place to make a stop but feel some kind of way about paying $10 for a cold brew, Ham and cheese croissant and $1 tip...dont think it was that great to be so expensive.
Have been coming here for the longest time for the bubble tea, and occasionally for the teriyaki bowls. The bubble tea is high quality, and the teriyaki bowls arebalso pretty good. Recently got in to sushi so I tried that the other day and it is a great deal for the amount you get. First time having deep fried sushi too! (Was alright, but deep frying it seemed to negate the freshness, which to me is the main draw of sushi)
I ordered the teriyaki chicken with fried rice. It was... not good. Especially for the price. Every chicken piece was fatty and I think I got the bottle of the barrel because there were so many small scraps. I ended up throwing away all of the chicken. The fried rice was not good either. It was basically white rice with some veggies and eggs. I would have said it has no flavor, but it was swimming in teriyaki sauce. Yuck.
Cant wait to go back and try something else 🖤
Not impressed, drink didnt taste correct, order wasnt entered properly so I was missing the toppings I had requested and I had waited so long as it was to get the drink (people who ordered after me got theirs first 😤) that I didnt have time to request a fix because I had an appointment to get too.
Extremely slow service and limited menu compared to most Kung Fu Tea locations but bubble tea quality is consistent. Much better than any other option in the area.
My favorite spot for bubble tea. Tried their terryaki bowl for the first time and it was good. Thought it might have more of a strong terryaki flavor. But, it was still fine and probably a healthier version of what I was expecting.
Hands down the best and most legit bubble tea spot in Cleveland and possibly the US, we are so lucky to have a place like this in town! The best part about this place (aside from being attached to a quick casual sushi joint) is the variety of options and that the sugar and ice levels are customizable. Some favorites are the taro, Oreo milk teas and lychee and mango.
The poke bowl was pretty good, although the tuna and salmon had a noticeable fishy smell to it, which it isnt suppose to. Also, I wouldnt recommend their milk teas. They taste like the smell of air freshners.
I got some Boba From here and...... OMG IT WAS AMAZING I LOVED IT SO MUCH i go there everyday!!!!!! Trust me it is amazing! lol. ik this aint related but it would be nice if u follwed me on tiktok it is @courianaisaqueenokFOLLEW MAH
Boba tea here is amazing
Undercooked boba. Long wait because of the attached sushi place. Idk why they dont have 2 different checkout lanes.
They don’t fill the cup all the way…
We got sushi and teriyaki, neither one was impressive. The teriyaki was bland and the sushi was ok. We also got juice, some with the bubbles and some without. The juice without the bubbles was terrible and the juice with the bubbles was worse. I will not go back to this place again.
Fun selection of bubble tea/milk/slush that you can *super customize*. Fairly good made to order sushi ordered from their menu or build-your-own.
Great original milk tea. The green tea was great and pops was PERFECT!
Lines are messy and boba was undercooked.
Different ways to order for drinks. Which means fast orders. Wide variety of food. Quality of food is great too. Best place to get boba tea around Cleveland 10/10 reccomend.
The food is fantastic, staff is so nice, and the kiosk makes it so easy to get in and out during my lunch break. One of my favorite places to eat and the only place I go to get my bubble tea
Best Boba tea in Cleveland. You can customize amount of sugar in your drink. Some places ruin the drink with too much sugar.
Clean, fast, and nice food. Lots of options.Wooden, cushion-less benches make sitting for longer periods a bit uncomfortable, but that probably helps to keep clients circulating.A bit pricey ($10 - 18), but this is to be expected given its proximity to campus and possibly cost of somewhat custom ingredients (e.g. various teas & sushi, boba, deserts, teriyaki bowls, etc.)
Its a really cool place! The boba was a bit stiff but overall everything was really good, we had the boba and some gyoza. Very very good.
First of all the wait was 30 minutes for a “medium”Sized tea, it was actually the size of a small McDonalds cup, and it was nasty as hell.
Addicted to this place. Delicious food!!!
I love their sushi, you can build your own or go with the rolls they have. Their bubble tea is also amazing and highly customizable to make it your own.
One of the only bubble tea places Ive found in Cleveland. Great selection and friendly staff. Easy to get to on food, parking nearby is a challenge.
Today is June 6, Saturday at 5:30PM. Whoever is that lady who answered the phone was rude and unprofessional! All I wanted to know is the hours and will Kung Fu Tea open on Sunday, then she hung up on me.
The food here is very mediocre and doesnt justify the price. Bubble tea is probably the best you can find in Cleveland area for $5-8 per drink.
Food is fresh and tasty for fast food and the milk Kung Fu teas always hit the spot
Love the franchise and Kung Fu Tea consistently delivers the best bubble tea. So happy to officially have one in Michigan now.
They were out of caramel bubble tea so I had to pick something different and lets just say its not my favorite.
Excellent made-to-order sushi. They also have teriyaki meals, soups, and teas including bubble teas. Ive enjoyed every meal.
This place is amazing. Quick and easy sushi and teriyaki that is top notch. Along with every tea youd want to try.
My daughter is obsessed with the Bobas
The food was great. The teriyaki bowels where a lot bigger then I thought they would be. We actually had to bring some food home. The service was good also.
Food was tasty, but we want there more vegetables and paid for double, however its not enough. The tea was excellent! We love it!
Sushi was handmade right in front of me so you know its fresh!!!
I always order the teriyaki bowls. And they never disappoint! Great place for sushi too!
Ive been going here for a few years now and the food and service has always been great!
Honestly love this place for the milk teas and build-your-own sushi!
Best boba tea Ive had but the parking lot behind the building wont fix theyre ticket machine so you have to give a random stranger your card number over your phone to pay its highly inconvenient
Great boba tea at good price. Pretty convenient for students
I got their strawberry lemonade with boba and 😋 It is sooo good and everyone was so nice
Average Japanese food (sushi and teriyaki bowls) and high prices. There is not much to distinguish this restaurant from the numerous others along Euclid avenue.
Loved the food, all the choices, the portions for the price, and the atmosphere! Very chic and clean! Would love to eat here again when in town again!
Bubble tea is the best one around. Price are good. Also you can creat your own Sushi roll.
Huge line. Seemed overwhelmed with tea drinks. Took 30 minutes for Boba tea. Then given the wrong tea order.
One of my favorite places for lunch in University Circle area. I have a tough time deciding between sushi or teriyaki bowl.
Decent bubble tea. Sometimes the quality is a little inconsistent. Food is good, but expensive. Staff generally friendly with quick service.
Very good. Very flavorful teas and smoothies located within a quick service pan Asian restaurant.
The mango boba slush is soooo good. Hoping to try their other flavors soon.
Had a great time! Food was hot,fresh, and delish. The staff was very friendly and helpful.
Always the best bubble tea
Ok food, but a wide variety of delicious bubble tea! I recommend less or half sweet.
Love this place so much, best bubble tea around. The service is great too! I love the people here 😁
I loved the green tea boba! The only thing is somehow there were just way too many bobas for me.
Have had my favorite bubble tea in Virginia and Philly and the taste is consistent.
Clean restaurant with friendly, patient, and helpful service. Cant wait to go back!
Best place to get bubble tea in Cleveland! Staff works quickly and efficiently, even during busy hours.
Yeah! Theyre back! Love this place! Tasty, affordable and fun!
One of the best place in Cleveland to have bubble tea. Yet the quality sometimes is not consistent.
May need check the boba are expired!!?? Got a stomach ache after that 😖 And also the drink are way too sugary !!!!
Love their teas! The most consistent chain. Same delicious flavor.
Really sad they discontinued the Thai tea. They are still great, but I loved that flavor
Clean, easy, modern, innovative, delicious.Teriyaki sauce could be stronger. Fried rice could be more fried.
Best bubble tea ever. The strawberry lemonade was simply Devine.
Great atmosphere, freshest sushi Ive had. Will recommend!
Such good bubble tea, my favorite restaurant, very clean and play bangers only
Five stars for the bubble tea. The restaurant is just OK food with higher prices.
One of the best bubble tea places in Cleveland
The food was fresh and cooked prefect.
With the different options when ordering bubble tea, I can have a drink that tastes like it came straight off the streets of Taiwan!
Good tea, just the kiosk was being faulty and didnt want to get our cards.
Tea was great. But the young blond girl at the register could be nicer. Service service service...
Insanely slow service and give me a bit of a stomach ache every time I drink here.
The best bubble teas in town!!
Need a refreshing light tea? Large, black tea, no bubbles. My go to.
The beef teriyaki has about two ounces of beef. Not a great value.
Makes sushi right in front of you. A wonderful experience for a date or the family!
Decent choices and automated rice dispensing make this a quality fast and tasty sushi experience
Nice cozy place. Would like to come back and try the foods from Kenko.
Taro Milk Tea was amazing, will definitely be back to get it again.
Love this place! They have a great teryaki bowl.
Friendly, helpful staff. Delicious boba!
Good food and service, very clean and fast. A little on the expensive side but good.
Good boba👍🏿
I love this place! Best bubble tea in Cleveland.
I love getting food from here. Pricey but worth it
Nice little spot to have a nice tea and hangout and get some work done.
This place has the best bubble tea in town.
It was good but the tea was missing something
Great food but a bit pricey
I dont like powder boba tea.
Good prices, easy to order, and great boba!
Really good sushi, teriaki and thea as well.
Delicious drinks and sushi made to order.
Fast service, good boba! Lives up to the brand name.
Best place to get bubble tea in Cleveland
The ordering system is a little confusing, but the tea is good.
The best bubble tea near CWRU.
Good sushi. Fresh.
Great tea
Horrible
It is pretty good service and the food is pretty good.
Awesome place to have bubble tea!!
Wow! So good!
Best place to get bubble tea!
Sushi is always awesome.
Great Boba and sushi!
Okay sushi. Fast food sushi. No alcohol.
I like the strawberry milk slush 👌
Love the taro milk bubble tea!
Food was good and price was reasonable
Great.
My daughter loves this place!
Online order only now.
Best sushi in Cleveland must go to
I live kenko this place made me live sushi
Favorite place for boba tea
Cashers have very nasty attitudes..
Their boba tea is disgusting
Good environment good and fast food
Tastey but a bit pricey for what it is.
Combination Sushi restaurant and bubble tea
Yummy boba drinks.
Nice tea
I like it and cant wait to try it
Food was fresh and good
Love the boba jellies
Nice boba tea!
Best bubble tea in Cleveland
Very cozy dining plan
Great
Love it! Fresh ingredients
Simple casual Japanese eating
Great sushi!
Food so good
Good teriyaki bowel
Great rice bowls
Love it
Tea was awesome
Expensive but good.
Tea is awesome
I enjoyed the food
Excellent Sushi
Mediocre Asian American food
Good
Great atmosphere
Great sushi
Quick service
Awesome food
Love this place.
Delicious!
Amazing food
I drank their Regular Wow milk. It’s a little sweeter. You can choose to add a lot of ingredients to the drink. You can also remove the ice. The pearls are hard, but the milk part is not bad.
Bubble tea is recommended! Sushi restaurant Kenko
Delicious
Total reviews rating 4.4
199 Reviews for Kung Fu Tea 2023:
Review №1
2022-03-31It is one of the best boba tea I have ever had in Cleveland ! The shop is little too smelly but I really enjoyed the tea. They have good range of flavors in tea and bubbles! Little too concentrated in strawberry lemonade. But I was really impressed and definitely would go again for boba tea.
Review №2
2022-04-21I never heard of this restaurant before, but ended up ordering a drink online while I was waiting for my food at Capos to be prepared. I’m not local to the area, so I wanted to maximize my food experience and ordered the Thai milk tea. The online platform allowed you to not only order your drink ahead of time, but also customize your order. Without knowing anything about this restaurant, I ordered my drink with light ice, sweetness was a 1, and I didn’t add anything to it because I had no idea what would be good. I was able to pick my drink up earlier than the order stated, so it was ready quickly. It unfortunately wasn’t what I expected, but it wasn’t horrible either. It was not sweet at all, which was fine because I didn’t know how to gage the sweetness level when ordering. I’ve had authentic thia tea many times and this tasted like black tea with milk in it vs what I am used to.I’d like to come back and try something else I would probably ask for a suggestion from the staff so I could find a popular item or a good combination of a drink and add ins.
Review №3
2022-03-08I ordered 3 cups of milktea with regular sugar but it taste like water. So disappointed when i drove 40 mins to get there but end up with throwing it away.
Review №4
2022-02-08My matcha boba was good, but I’ve had better. This is probably one of the better boba places out of the very few options we have in Cleveland
Review №5
2021-11-14I went here for bubble tea. I am grateful there is a place that has Boba here. I would have preferred a milk tea but they didnt have dairy-free options I felt good about - something from a powder and artificial creamers doesnt sound good to me. I think I got spoiled by Boba Guys in California using real almond milk and coconut milk. The hot green tea boba that I did order was good, though.
Review №6
2021-05-27Kung Fu Tea is part of the oriental restaurant Kenko, Japanese name for “health”, which is a great concept, it is “fast food” so you can have a healthy Teryaki bowl, or sushi rolls, sashimi/niguiri on the go, and also can choose an endless variety of bubble teas, coffee and other tea flavors.The amability and prompt service are definitely the five star I’m giving to this place. Nancy was adorable and nice, and wanted to get my name right (Graziella, italian) and she was attentive to the end to spell it right to place my order.Limited seating but fresh and has great light.
Review №7
2022-05-13It took a staff of 5 more than 20 minutes to make a single drink, and make it incorrectly. Half of them were on their phones just standing around, and the girl at the register didn’t even help me when I was at the register because she was on her phone. God awful customer service, how can someone be this terrible at their iob.
Review №8
2021-08-21I came here wanting to be spontaneous hehe such a great vibe and the food and tea was so good! I got a rosehip milk tea and a chicken teriyaki bowl 😋🥰
Review №9
2020-03-04Its good to have stations where you can place your order at your own pace. I wanted to have a hot drink, but somehow, I couldnt choose hot. My order took so long because of that and I felt sorry for the person behind me (only one station was working). I asked the staff how to choose hot and he said they did not serve hot drinks. What a disappointment!Their service was slow. I could say it was the slowest bubble tea making I have ever experienced. Also, they did not make our drinks correctly. I suspected that they kind of mixed up different directions for the two drinks we ordered.All in all, the drinks tasted good; their review score is not high for nothing, I suppose. Their service, on the other hand, was less than average.
Review №10
2020-09-18This would have been a 4 star review, because the winter melon bubble tea was delicious and the staff were awesome, but, when I went at around 6:45p today, the restaurant was too crowded for the rooms floor plan. About 13 customers, all wearing masks, were ordering/ waiting to order/ waiting to pick up orders in a space that didnt allow for social distancing with that many people inside there. I dont think Ill be visiting Kung Fu Tea/Kenko while that many people are able to be in their bottleneck-laden space* at once. Maybe there could be a limit on how many people can be inside at one time?Other restaurants that allow for indoor ordering and carry-out ask you to wait outside until your order is ready (Rood Food and Pie in Lakewood did well with this). I think Kenko/Kung Fu Tea should do this too.*Theres a half wall partition that takes up the middle of the room, and along the walls there are caution-taped table tops and bar stools. This leaves a narrow aisle for you to stand in while you wait for your order (about 4 feet wide), and makes it cramped when you try to pass people to collect your order (less than 2 ft between you and people you have to pass if its crowded like it was today).