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47 reviews for Go For Tea
Review Highlights
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"Try out their 'very mango mango slush' - this drink is..." In 4 reviews -
"The desserts and shaved ice are also very tasty." In 3 reviews -
"A satisfying bubbletea experience." In 3 reviews
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47 reviews in English
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Review from Johnny H.
Toronto, ON
5/9/2012
Nice selection of teas. Teas are fragrant and aromatic. Very soothing and comforting.
Tables are large and there is decent space between tables to give privacy. Noise level is rather high. Interior is very stylish. Very modern with a bit of Oriental flares. Good place to spend time with your friends. It felt like an oasis when I visited there since highway 7 literally turned into a ghost town after 10 PM. -
Review from Ehsan F.
Richmond Hill, ON
5/8/2012 1 Check-in Here
The menu is ridiculously large. After 20 minutes of looking at all the drink options, I had to ask the waiter what he recommended.
The place is quite large with tables and booth seating options. It's a good place to go with a group of friends and chit chat over fruity drinks or sit in a booth on your own and use up the free WiFi. -
Review from Raymond W.
Toronto, ON
3/8/2012
Go For Tea--yeah why not--a fob name for a fob establishment.
Never have I come here to that of my own accord, but regardless of my utter indifference for bubble tea, it is a inescapable social obligation of a Chinese person living in the GTA .
People from all walks of life visit this tea shoppe, but I can't figure out why. Friends from Richmond Hill, Thronhill, Bridal Path, Scarborough, North York, Hogs Hollow, even Downtown all come here. But what warrants this place's popularity? It looks and feels similar to other places like Destiny's, only slightly more intimate. Could that be the reason?
The décor is very cosy despite the high ceilings, the lightings design (I must admit) is very well done for a tea shoppe, crisp rectangular chandeliers hang from quasi-wood-like objects, and there's a semi-private section to the North side of the entrance where there is constant card-playing. It really does feel like a very wide corridor. Half the seats here are wall panels, the other half booths.
Also, the very highly maintained washroom is noteworthy, as I have never encountered an occasions where it was dirty. This is very important.
Fine, it's a comfortable space.
I can say that the drink selection is rather extensive, but that's the case for most places..as long as you're not at 168. The food is identical to that of Destiny's, perhaps smaller in portion, but equal in quality. But the waitresses here are obviously prettier, and better uniformed.
I'm almost certain that the hiring process for the female wait staff here is based on how high their uniform skirts rises on these girls' legs, and if it does not reach a height considered to be promiscuous, you cannot be hired. Hey, it's March 8th...Happy International Women's Day!
Yup, don't why I ever come here....^ -
Review from Kyle G.
Markham, ON
2/28/2012
I can't remember the last time I was here for bbt. I was a regular when the place first opened up but the service and quality was declining so my friends and I stopped going all together.
Their slush drinks and hot teas are pretty good but you can always expect them to give you the wrong orders. I would strongly recommend that you check your bill before paying it; there is always a discrepancy with the bill and the change that are returned.
Cheers. -
Review from Elaine K.
1/3/2012
Not bad, but not great, either. They have a good selection of teas and bubble teas, but I found the service a bit lacking (we had to ask a couple times for cutlery) and the food was so-so.
I probably won't be back again. -
Review from Jessica M.
Toronto, ON
12/25/2011
This is a good place to come to hang out with your friends and just relax/chat. The bubble tea is OK (Ten Ren's is better). However, their 'Very Very Mango Slush' is one of my favorites since I'm an avid mango-lover. It comes with mango slush and huge mango chunks! Awesome, yeah? One thing I don't recommend ordering is the milk tea (although it could have just been one bad experience). It tasted more like water than milk or tea... I usually don't complain about the food to waiters but I refused to drink watered down milk tea. They kindly remade it and it was still watery but I just let it go...
Ambience is wonderful. Very cozy, clean and a lot of seating available.
As far as food goes, it isn't the greatest but that's understandable since they specialize in bubble tea but if you were to get food, then order the popcorn chicken. It comes with thousand island sauce (I think) but it's something that never disappoints. -
Review from Hannah C.
4/8/2012
this place is huge. the decor is nice. it's a good place if you have 10+ people in your party. but i'm not sure about their food... we ordered a lot of things, but the only thing that was memorable was their popcorn chicken. unfortunately i didn't to try any of their teas, but i did try their bubble tea and it was horrible.
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Review from Justine H.
Toronto, ON
Restaurant: Go for Tea
Cuisine: Coffee/Tea/Chinese
Location: Thornhill
Address: 230 Commerce Valley Dr E
Price Range: $10-15
1: Poor 2: OK 3: Good 4: Very Good 5: Excellent
Food: 5
Service: 2
Ambiance: 3
Overall: 4
Extra information:
*HongKong Cafe + BBTea store
*Large seating area
*Party room avail as well as outside seating
*Can go for meals or just drinks
As a Vancouverite, I come from the city of bubbletea. There is a bubbletea store in every corner no matter where you go in Vancouver. Ever since it originally became popular in Taiwan and the trend migrated to Vancouver, I was there. Starting with my taro bubbletea, oreo smoothie, fresh strawberry slush and the odd mint milktea- without a doubt I can say I know my bubbletea. As I got older, bubbletea food places became popular as well. You start from the basics, salty & peppery chicken, marinated chicken wings to condensed milk toast. You name it? I've had it. Bubbletea food should have their own category in restaurant listings, it does in my list. I knew leaving Vancouver, I will def miss all the bubbletea food- so I was super excited when my highschool friend from back home told me about 'Go for Tea' and took me there!
Go for Tea is a huge BBtea place located in Markham. When you walk in, there are at least 5 different sections to the restaurant. They have tacky Christmas theme decorations everywhere with gold and red bows attached to every place you can imagine.
Once you walk in, you can choose between booths and tables. I noticed there are auto call-buttons on each table, but it didn't really seem to work cause noone ever came by when we pressed the button.
They have very large menu consisting of main, hot pot, meals with rice, noodles and then drink. I found the menu very hard to read due to the lay out because it's very messy and all over the place. As I was trying to figure out what they offered, it felt like I was reading those books you have to concentrate super hard to understand.
Ordered: DEEP FRIED INTESTINE WITH GREEN ONION 3.5/5
*Small plate of deep fried intestine for $9.99
*Green onion is stuffed inside of a deep fried large intestine
*Very chewy and is good with salt and black pepper that's served on the side
*Chinese restaurants usually serve intestines marinated or deep fried
*Comes with pickled radish and carrot that's sweet and tangy
*Pickled vegetables are good in between to cleanse the palette
*I really liked this dish, but found it to be a little pricey
Ordered: HONEY GREENTEA 5/5
*Small size for $3.99
*One of my favorite bubble tea flavors cause bubbletea food can be quite salty, so I just order this to wash it down
*Honey green tea is simple but sweet and refreshing
*You could def taste the honey in this drink
*I usually ask for it to be less sweet but completely forgot this time. Next time I will make sure to remember!
Ordered: BRAISED PORK BELLY SPECIAL 5/5
*Served with rice, side dish and a soup for $10.99
*This is a combo but it's very big, almost enough for 2 people
*Rice that is served in a bowl is almost 3 times the normal size
*Soup (beef+potato) is very decent for a side and it comes in a miso soup bowl
*Salad is made with imitation crab and lettuce topped with sweet honey mustard sauce
*Bamboo shoot and beef pieces (sidedish) was good with rice
*There were around 8 pieces of large pork belly
*Flavor is very strong for the sauce (sweet soy sauce based) that's poured over pork pieces
*There could be less sauce for this dish
*Pork belly is very fatty, therefore making it tender and juicy
*Few pieces were luke warm inside though, they need to reheat it better
*I would get this dish again for sure
Ordered: DEEP FRIED CHICKEN NUGGET WITH RICE 4/5
*Deep fried chicken nuggets, rice, marinated eggs, salad and a sidedish for $9.99
*Comes with meat sauce on top of the rice which was nice because this dish can be kind of dry
*There are about 9~10 chicken pieces
*Deep fried chicken nugget is always a basic dish at bbtea restaurants and you can't really go wrong with this dish
*This would be good with hot sauce or ketchup, depending on what you prefer
This place gets super busy on weekends and holidays. Keep in mind that there are no card playing after 9 on weekends. I saw good number of people here with their laptop doing studies or whatever they needed to do. There are lots of food and drinks option so this would be a good place to just chill with friends.
Summary: I really liked this place. It was my first time visiting Markham and go for tea really reminded me of those bbtea places back in Vancouver. The only downside to this place is that it is very far from downtown and you can only get there by driving. If I am craving bbtea food and am willing to go far, I would come here! -
Review from Laura C.
Toronto, ON
7/25/2011
Wow, I haven't been back here for over 5 years, and I don't know what happened to it. I used to come here almost every weekend since it opened and it was the only alternative to a bar that was big enough to hold our big group. This used to be the place to be.
But since this visit, I won't be back.
It was the middle of the day, the place was moderately busy, definitely not like a packed Friday/Saturday night. Our group had about 10 people, we were at a wedding and had 4 hours to kill before the reception. I had thought of here because we could just plop ourselves and play cards.
When we sat down, it was about half and hour we realized that there was no menus given to us. Just as I got up to the front to get some, the guy came by and asked us for our order, and there I am standing there with a pile of menus. Awkward.
The food choices for lunch is diverse, but at a price point neither too cheap or too expensive. It's affordable, but knowing Chinatown prices, you'd rather go there. The difference between here and say, Congee Queen, is that CQ for the same price can get you a large shared portion for maybe about 3 people. Here, everything is individual (western style)
It is also very blatant that they covered old prices ($8.99) and increased to ($9.99 and up).
I got the Spicy Beef Noodle (Hong Siu) $9.99 - it was same old. nothing special, good, not amazing. It's one of my favourite taiwanese dishes. Some others got a rice/black bean beef bbq.
What is nice for a long sit down period of time is the bubble tea. However, the prices are decieving. For $3.99 or $4.99 you can get a small, but if you want a large the small print says and extra $1 and for jelly or tapioca is $.50. Basically a large drink is $$6.50 which is quite pricy.
The worst part was the service. Food came out the oddest times, and in the weirdest order. The foods were hardly correct and we had to send a few back. At one point, a bowl of noodles was left at our table and it didn't belong to us.
Doing the bill, they had offered us to mark down who had what and do separate bills - even that they screwed up.
Also what was disheartening, was the dirty tables, underneath. One of the tables had sticky food or something underneath. My friend got his SILK tie and shirt dirty by sitting too close. I was moving the tables and grossness was on my hands and got on my dress.
Ick. Next time we're going to Destiny's or the new Ten Rens that opened up down the street. -
Review from Yvonne T.
5/11/2011 2 Check-ins Here
In protest of the lousy service that I've experienced at the Go For Tea in Scarborough, I decided to drive a bit further to their Richmond Hill location. I do not mind driving the distance if it means that I'm less irritated on my way home about the horrible food experience.
This location is much bigger, although parking is not as plentiful as the Scarborough counterpart and you have to compete with patrons who share the lot with a plaza that is also home to a Baton Rouge.
I ended up scoring a sweet parking spot that I am surprised was not reserved as a Handicap spot because of its proximity to the front entrance, but I shall shut up and count my blessings!
We were promptly seated. It appears that the employees hired at this location have a working knowledge on their English. About 2 minutes after we were seated, our server came by to take our order.
I ordered a Honey Green Tea to nurse my undying cough, and Boyfriend ordered the Coffee Milk Tea.
We lingered for about another hour longer after we finished our respective drinks, and I was surprised when a server brought us glasses of water.
For once, I can say that I have found a bubble tea establishment that has quality service worth mentioning.
They also do not set a password on their wi-fi which means that you can start surfing the moment you walk in the door. The Scarborough location requires a password... I could crack a Scarborough joke, but I really don't think I need to add to the list of ever-growing Scarborough jokes that already exist. -
Review from Michael L.
Richmond Hill, ON
8/20/2011 1 Check-in Here
The service here was quite fast, making this a respectable alternative to Destiny's.
Ordered : Almond Milk Tea w/tapioca
- smooth taste
- a bit on the sweet side
Total Cost:
just over $5 including tip.
Overall feeling:
I would choose this place over destiny's if only because it is $0.50 cheaper for the basic drinks and the staff are more attentive. The payment system is also adapted more so for bill splitting than destiny. -
Review from Michael V.
Toronto, ON
We've been here a number of times. Love the atmosphere, the tea and especially the snacks. It gets busy during the weekends. There is a large variety of things to eat. Read the menu over carefully so that you get what you want. There is a potato lace dish that is quite tasty. The Taro on Ice is very refreshing.
We like this place and enjoy hanging out with friends there. -
Review from Rainie L.
Markham, ON
1/8/2012
Really nice atmosphere to go with friends to catch up. The menu selection is large and extensive. They have a variety of cold and hot teas, milky drinks, slushies, smoothies, traditional style teas. The food here is pretty good too. I like their king pao chicken with rice. I personally really like their original milk black tea. It's the closest resemblance to the ones I have all the time in Taiwan. Their tapioca has a nice texture, not too mushy, not too hard, perfectly chewy and sweetened :) And if want some cake, they have half off cake specials between 3-5pm.
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Review from Faye C.
7/23/2011
I've been here a few times before, but I don't head north of Steeles often anymore, so it's been a while since I've been here.
First thing to note is that Bubble tea has gotten pretty expensive over the years (it can be $10 including tax and tip etc, for a drink with no alcohol?!? - I'll take that with a shot of vodka, please...) Nevertheless, we had a good time.
I ordered a large almond green milk tea with tapioca, and the drink that came out was monsterous (it was the size of my head), the girls ordered some brick toast with condensed milk (for old times sake - but it's $4.99, and pretty big as far as brick toast goes). Not to be cheap but it's pretty much a thick slice of bread with some condensed milk poured on top and toasted...the mark up on this is crazy (I need to buy me a bubble tea place, and retire, just kidding :))
So other than the prices getting a bit out of hand over the years, I'd say this was pretty good value, the portion sizes are massive, so I'd go with the regular size next time... -
Review from Tanya N.
3/14/2011
This is one of my default places to go to in Markham. For me it's really a place to go to chat with friends and the drinks/foods is secondary. Decor is nice (they still have their Christmas decorations are still up - yes to Christmas time all year round!) and they have a large selection of drinks. Of all their drinks, I think their Very Mango Mango slush is their freshest one - it comes with mango chunks and star shaped jellies. How fun! My friend had a mango shaved ice that also has condensed milk poured over it - it was pretty good! I expected it to be really sweet but it was just right.
My friend reserved a table for us and was advised of a $6.99/person minimum but we weren't held to this (apparently they were at the Midland location). We left around 11:30pm and the line up was long (as usual) so if you don't want to wait you can always go to Destiny's on the other side of Hwy 7 or west to Ten Ren's.Listed in: Yes, Tea Please!, Bubble Tea Spots
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Review from Tara L.
7/10/2011
Their popcorn chicken is pretty tasty. I've had it at many other locations down in LA and i think this one surpasses them all. Not dry and over fried; a nice crunchy coating that also has a warm moist interior with a good balance of salt and pepper.
We ordered the passion fruit red tea, and it was just so so. Nothing out of the ordinary and nothing terrible either. Luckily we got a small cup; their large cups are too much! Sugar overload!
The atmosphere is nice, and since we got there before the big dinner/post dinner rush, it was quiet enough to enjoy a nice chat. Our friends said that once dinner is done, this place gets super loud, so I'm glad we got there earlier than later. If you want to have a nice chat with your friends, get there before 6pm, but if you're fine with the noise, come whenever! -
Review from Jonathan L.
Richmond Hill, ON
1/2/2012
Not a fan of this place. The waitresses are extremely rude and seem to ignore beeps from customers to place their order. They mess up our orders quite frequently as well.
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Review from Alfred K.
Richmond Hill, ON
6/8/2011 1 Check-in Here
Before even talking about the drinks and food here I have to commend this place as having a super clean men's washroom. Either Asians have no aim or no desire to keep their washrooms clean as typically I fear entering washrooms at places like this. Whatever the reason, I appreciate it and can only imagine their kitchen as being super clean if they can manage what many establishments fail to do.
There is a huge selection of teas and drinks here. My favorite is the papaya milk. It is sweet, cold and refreshing.
Their food items are of great value and everything is rather tasty. Squid tentacles are a must have snack. One of my favourites on the menu for a nice cold dessert during our hot summers is the shaved ice dessert. They don't say it on the menu, but you can mix the toppings so for example instead of just taro or just red bean, you can have taro and red bean shaved ice. A slight increase to the price, but worth it in terms of tastiness. -
Review from Christopher T.
Scarborough, ON
7/3/2011 3 Check-ins Here
Service : 3 / 5
Environment : 3.5 / 5
Food & Drinks : 4 / 5
Price : 3 / 5
Overall : 13.5 / 20
Comments :
- there internet is extremely unstable, always disconnects and loses connection.
- music being played in the background is to loud during evenings, but okay during the day.
- the waitress should learn to speak and understand english
- drinks are better then Destiny but not as good as TenRen's -
Review from Vivian L.
North York, ON
10/25/2011
The drinks are good. The food was so-so but don't expect much for the food menu at teashops. However, the service was not that good. I have to incident!
1) The only thing I'm not very happy with is the service. I ordered a honey green tea with tapioca. The waiter heard "honey milk tea" and made a mistake in the order. He gave me the "honey milk tea" and I said that was not what I wanted. And I don't know what it was but he was trying to explain to me in his poor English about paying something. I did not know what he was saying until finally, I figured that he said, "I have to pay for the wrong order". Well, I'm the type of person where I don't mind paying extra money to get what I want. Therefore, I told him, "whatever, I will pay for both!" Therefore, he basically insisted that, "I have to pay for the order so......!" If i was not in the mood that day, I definitely would complain to the owner of the ridiculous policy that they have.
The waiter literally told us that I have to pay for the order so you need to consider about taking this drink or pay for another one. First of all, it's not my fault that he made a mistake in the order. Second of all, the policy causes the waiter to make this action!
2) I went to the tea shop with a party of 15-16? Yes, there was a lot of people. The waitress made a mistake with one order and my friend asked for a change. The waiter yelled at my friend and was angry as hell! No need to explain more about this. -
Review from Malyshka M.
Richmond Hill, ON
2/19/2011
They have a nice selection of bubble tea as well as food. Very nice grilled squid that comes with a great radish salad. The desserts and shaved ice are also very tasty.
The decor is very impressive, especially during Christmas time.
The main problem is huge lines and lack of adequate parking, especially Friday and Saturday night. -
Review from Alex P.
Vaughan, ON
9/15/2010
The bubble tea is very good and they have a large assortment of hot tea as well. The health drinks are also quite good and differentiate it from other bubble tea spots.
I am not a huge fan of Chinese food, so I can't comment on the food except for the fried rice which is tasty but they have recently shrunk the portion size dramatically! When we complained nothing was done and here we come to the downfall of most bubble tea places -- service.
I've never really seen great service at a bubble tea place and Go For Tea is no exception. The waitstaff is basically competent but somewhat grim and harried. If all goes well it doesn't matter, but watch out if you have a question or problem: you won't get far with the waiters or even the manager. They're not rude exactly; they're just indifferent.
Oh, and the desserts (with the exception of the toast) are miniscule and not worth it at all. Better to have your tea and then cross the street to Demetres.
In short: go for the tea, nevermind the food. -
Review from Patty L.
North York, ON
I don't usually go to bubble tea places to sit and hang out, so this was an interesting experience for me.
Their drink selection is overwhelming so I went with a friend's recommendation and tried the popular "Very Mango Mango Slush" and it was awesome! If you like mangoes you'll love this drink!
The food items were good, and I liked that the wait staff didn't hover over you - you press a button on the table if you need anything. It's very relaxed and casual. The free Wi-Fi is a plus too!
I have to agree with the other reviewers that the leftover Christmas decorations are distracting and tacky. Otherwise the decor in here is quite nice - dark wood on white. The benches are do start to get uncomfortable after a while, but I'd rather deal with the hard wood bench than sit on a gross padded one with torn vinyl repaired with duct tape that I've seen in other places. -
Review from Miriam W.
3/4/2009
I was first introduced to bubble tea in Toronto in 1998 so when I returned here last month I knew I had to have some. My pal Yves obliged me and drove me to Go For Tea.
I was initially overwhelmed by the grand space and the endless menu options. Barley embryo, fresh watermelon juice, yogurt with aloe. . .
After perusing way too long we got the brownie cheesecake to share and I had the peppermint green tea with tapioca - two choices I was quite pleased with.
Sort of makes me wish I had a Go For Tea in New York. -
Review from Ziyi C.
Toronto, ON
8/20/2011
Your best bet for bubble tea. perfect tapioca/bubbles/boba/pearls. quality ingredients, decent taiwanese home style dishes (some notables are stewed beef noodles, popcorn chicken, taiwanese sausage fried rice), serving cakes and creme brulee, great for catching up with friends, studying during lunch, takeout, expect an asian community, nice space and decor, high ceilings, best "asian" tea house in richmond hill, busy friday/saturday nights, service is... quiet, you pay for quality drinks and environment, debit/credit friendly
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Review from David S.
Toronto, ON
7/3/2009
Ahh.. the days of going to Ten Rens Metro Square to get bubble tea with your friends. Sitting there for hours, nursing one drink, eating brick toast, flipping through fobby magazines, and stalking Cynthia - the world's hottest bubble tea waitress to walk the face of this earth. Cue Michael Jackson's "Do you remember the time?"oh yeah, what was I saying?...
Yeah, bubble tea. Looks like Go For Tea is the new kid on the block to take away from the Ten Rens Assameia Tea Time places. What the heck is an "Assameia" anyhow?
Ok, quick run down...
1) Service - 3/5
2) Food - 4/5
3) Tea/Drinks - 4/5
4) Atmosphere - 5/5
Oh, oh, oh... Free WiFi! woohoo... Lots of nerdy fobs with their laptops. I'll bring my Mac next time so I can fit in. It's also quite obvious that guys come here to gawk at girls in their skimpy summer attire. Otherwise, nice ambiance and vibe. Gotta love their late hours too!
Ready, set, GO FOR TEA! (Toyota Jump) -
Review from Jenny T.
2/6/2010
The decor in this tea shop is fantastic. They really make an effort to decorate for some special occasions too, like Christmas - and it's not the cheesy green tinsel that you get that the dollar store. It's really nice, with lights and ornaments.
My friends and I go here a lot just to talk over bubble tea and we're willing to wait the 15-20 minute wait sometimes for a table during busy hours (weekends at night). The bubble tea is good, I like their "very very mango mango" (I think it's called... I just know it has multiples of the words "very" and "mango" in it).
The food is usually good too (but over-priced). The food serving portions used to be really large and so, that justified the high price but I noticed that they recently changed the portion sizes to about 1/2 to 3/4 of what they used to give! That disappoints me greatly, or else I would have given 4 stars.Listed in: Late Night Eats
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Review from Jay G.
Toronto, ON
7/31/2009
I've tried bubble tea places all over this fine city and throughout the US and this is by far my favorite place to have a deliciously bubbly treat; I'm not even a huge fan of bubble tea! They are open really late, until 3am if I recall correctly and also have free Wi-Fi.
Walking in you are welcomed in the huge space with high vaulted ceilings, large windows all around, dark wood and glass dividers, dark hardwood floors, an elevated middle section, seasonal planters, Japanese style private booths, banquettes, perfectly dim lighting, magazine and game racks, floating shelves, and even a heated patio area. This space's decor was expertly chosen as it has been open since 2004 and still looks great and modern.
The star of the show is the bubble tea. They do have a huge Taiwanese menu and all the food I have had was very good as well as a very extensive tea offering but when push comes to shove, you gotta get the bubble tea and it better have tapioca bubbles, not that mango jelly stuff people love. The tapioca is the star of the show as I have never had it better anywhere else. They cook them perfectly, There isn't a hard chew in the middle from under cooking or crumbly bit from overcooking. They taste as if they have been cooked in honey because they are the perfect amount of sweet. You will not find tapioca bubbles cooked better anywhere.
Service is hit and miss but once your order is in you get things very fast. If you come after 8pm you may have to wait a while as this place gets really busy.
Overall, the best place for bubble tea anywhere. The price is average for bubble tea and definitely worth it. Bring your laptop and you can Yelp your review from there! -
Review from Vincci C.
Richmond Hill, ON
10/25/2011
Their food and drinks are pretty good. But during busy time it might take a while. There's always a long line up during weekends night. The environment looks nice but its too noisy sometimes, you can't really hear what yours Frds are trying Yo say. It's good for groups but except to wait for seats for a long while. There's another location at finch and midland.
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Review from Katrina L.
Richmond Hill, ON
10/2/2009
I've tried many bubble tea places all across the city. From the stores in Pacific Mall to the stand alone ones in Commerce Gate. The tea part of it is the simplest, it's a mix or a blend of whatever flavours you desire. That being said, what really makes a good bubble tea? The bubbles of course!
I've had half cooked, chewy, gummy, powdery tapoica, you name it I've probably had that form of tapioca. But nothing compares to GFT's exceptional tapioca. It's the best I've ever had and it has never ever disappointed me with an undercooked ball.
I usually have the jellies anyway, which are star shaped if you were wondering, instead of the usual rectangular shape. The jellies make me happy, they're chewy with a bounce to them and they are in a fun shape. I'm not forgetting the time that one almost killed me when I sucked a little too hard and it ended up in the back of my throat but other than that I have no complaints.
**Just a note about jellies, the ones listed on the menu are NOT the flavours that they have.
The decor inside is...lackluster, I mean the generic dark wood and no butt support on the bench seating. It almost seems like they decorated for the Christmas holiday and then ended up liking it or being too lazy to take them down and there they have remained ever since.
I have yet to try their food, I've had the desserts before and they're good, nothing great but very generic and by the book. I really have no desire to try their food mainly because I'm pretty certain that it's not good and there's no reason to waste my money finding out. The most important thing is the bubble tea and they do it marvelously. Note that if you want to collect stamps to receive a free drink, you can only do so with take out.Listed in: Asian Sensation
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Review from Steven N.
Vancouver, BC
5/24/2010
As a patron of decent bubbletea and having explored bubbletea from all four corners of the world including Taiwan where bubbletea was founded, I must admit that Go For Tea isn't too shabby of place.
Try out their 'very mango mango slush' - this drink is divine especially if you are a mango lover like myself. Mango slush with mango jellies topped out with nice whole chunks of mango.
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Review from Terry F.
4/30/2011
Ordered the special set menu. Picture shows a main dish, bowl of rice, soup and two side dishes. Side dishes in the picture was two egg rolls and a salad. I ordered this on the premise I would be getting what was in the picture. When I received it the two side dishes consisted of some radish shavings and tomato with scrambled egg. I asked them repeatedly for the egg rolls and they told me "EVERY DAY IS DIFFERENT". The advert says absolutely nothing about the side dishes being different every day. Complete scam.
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Review from Rachael T.
Toronto, ON
2/9/2009 1 photo
I was hesitant to go back to this Tea Shop as my past experiences have been sub-par. However, I decided to get together with my friends here since it was opened until 3am, later than all the other teashops in the area.
The ambience is beautiful - decorated with glowing lights. My friends and I were seated in a booth in the back, separated by fabric to the other booths.
The following drinks and desserts were ordered throughout the night:
DRINKS:
1. Hot Almond Milk Tea with Tapioca
2. Lychee Green Tea with Passionfruit Jelly
3. Mango Green Team
4. Mango Slush
5. Orange Juice
6. Coffee
DESSERTS:
1. Custard Filled Toast
2. Tiramisu
3. Mango Mouse Cake
4. Chocolate Mousse Cake
5. Chocolate Cheesecake
For the most part, I was very happy with the dishes (yes, I tried a little bit of everything!). Their cake assortment was extensive, in addition to their overall menu, but we didn't get anything cooked since they stop serving after 10pm. My friend was upset that his mango slush was watered down and when the orange juice was ordered, what we received seemed like orange powder mixed with milk. All the hot drinks were accompanied by sugar syrup in little shot glasses.
Thank goodness for good company :)
A new invention that Go For Tea has implemented is a buzzer system. Instead of checking on you consistently if you are ready to order, you can buzz them to your table. Pretty effective!
We stayed until 2:30am and I was not impressed that they were using heavy cleaners to mop the floors while we were still there. It was very nauseating and made me want to leave. -
Review from Vivian C.
7/30/2010 3 photos
We decided late one night to go for tea... no, actually we had our eyes on the Very Mango Mango Slush, which one of my friends had tried before, and which came with these cute edible stars. And very tasty too! It came in a choice of two sizes ($6.99/$7.99) in these heavy glass mugs.
The place wasn't quite hopping, since we had no trouble getting seated immediately, but it wasn't empty either. They had some tame Christmasy decorations up... in July...
Service was a bit slow, but I'd come again. While I'm a fan of the VMMS, for now I'll rate the restaurant itself A-Okay. -
Review from Edwin A.
4/19/2010
The drinks are okay, food is alright. It's got the most food selections than the other bubble tea shops in the area. So if you're looking to eat a meal instead of a snack then this is the place.
Only gripe is the interior looks like Christmas ornaments all year round. They haven't taken them down.
It needs to be updated and maintained, and I find it's too dark inside. Gone here since it first opened.
There are better bubble tea places in the area like Ten Ren and Destiny in my honest opinion. -
Review from Kat K.
2/22/2011 7 Check-ins Here
Out of the 3 large capacity bubble tea cafe in the York region, this one is the one that the others do try to compete with the most. The service is ranges from ok to highly inattentive; which is perfect if you are looking to catch up or doing a large group meeting. They are able to accommodate large groups of people and offer more options for food than their competitors. Should mention they do offer your choice of 2-7 dish combinations with rice and soup, which is moderately pricy in the York region area, especially when you count your drink order. There is a minimum charge of 3.99 per person. Also free, but slow Wi-fi is offered.
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Review from Ray G.
Toronto, ON
4/20/2011
This is the largest tea-house I have ever been to. The place is nicely designed, they have a large selection of tea and bubble tea, and it has free parking.
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Review from Candy W.
11/17/2009
The decor is beautiful inside! However, the quality of bubble tea does not reflect the prices they charge. Everything is quite mediocre here but it's a nice place to hang out with your group of friends! It's about $5-6 for a small bubble tea but I guess it's worth it since they let you sit there for hours and hours. (they're opened pretty late)
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Review from Austin V.
2/20/2009
I came here last around 3 pm to grab some tea and internet before heading to a meeting. I was looking for just a coffee/tea spot in the area, and although the decor and staff don't really make this spot feel like a hang out joint (rather a destination), it suffice for the purpose. I'd say in between lunch and dinner the place is a ghosttown. Even the staff were no were in site. When asked to get my hot tea to go, I was told they weren't sure it could be done, then another server asked me for my order and produced a hot green tea in branded togo cup (15 minutes later). For a $7 cup of tea to go and indifferent service I'd probably rate them a 2 star, but I'd give them a benifit of coming at an off time and appreciating the food, tea selection and decor to bump another star.
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Review from T. T.
1/10/2010
I gotta give it to this place...it has a mind-blowing selection of drinks and an ambiance anyone and EVERYONE would enjoy. The decor is considered posh-like for a place where you simply go for snacks and drinks with friends. If you need a cool hang-out place while out on a date THIS WOULD BE IT!!! Definitely try their condensed milk toast...it's DEEEE-'lish! Oh...stay away from the fried-tofu thing (it's on the appetizer list)...it's not tasty. However, DO EXPERIMENT WITH THE DRINKS! =D
