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Go For Tea
Category: Food Coffee & Tea Coffee & Tea [Edit]
3700 Midland AvenueUnit 113-115
Toronto, ON M1V
Neighbourhood: Scarborough
(416) 292-0221
- Price Range:
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$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Parking:
- Private Lot
- Outdoor Seating:
- Yes
- Wi-Fi:
- Free
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
21 reviews for Go For Tea
Review Highlights
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"The bubble tea is yummy, and the cost is very reasonable..." In 11 reviews -
"...combination with the great lounge-like ambiance provided a..." In 3 reviews -
"...environment to have a drink, snack or hang out with friends." In 3 reviews
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21 reviews in English
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Review from Tina H.
Toronto, ON
3/24/2012 1 photo
One of my favourite places in Scarborough for Bubble Tea and nice ambiance. I have been here several times with my family and have enjoyed each time here. They have a daily tea special between the hours of 3 to 6pm, their desserts are half price. Looking forward to going back here in the near future! :)
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Review from Sanzo L.
Scarborough, ON
1/22/2012 2 photos
Pretty dark place when comes to lighting but that could be improved. On weekdays, it is pretty empty minus a few groups of business associates gathering for meetings and what not. Me and my co-workers had stopped by since we were in the area. I'm not really impress with their service. It's really slow. Trying to flag down a waiter even when the place is practically empty is almost impossible unless you're yelling waiter! waiter! LOL even after taking our orders, it takes almost forever for them to bring out the food or drinks.
I just ordered the popcorn chicken and lychee green tea that day. I'm surprised at the price for drinks. It's a bit expensive compared to Destiny's. After this first and final time, my co-workers decided next time we go out to eat, we're going to Destiny's instead. -
Review from Mel C.
10/26/2011
This is another bubble tea hang out place that I like to go to with my friends. Personally, I like this place over Destiny but there's really no big differences (prices, quality of food) except perhaps the service is slightly better here.
I've ordered fried rice, cakes and drinks before and they're all pretty decent. They're not exceptionally delicious but it's a great snack when you're just chilling with your friends.
They also have very interesting bubble tea choices here such as peanut butter, rose and lavender which all taste pretty good!
My only complaint is that this place can be better lit (which isn't a real complaint!) -
Review from William T.
Scarborough, ON
7/10/2011
Go For Tea at this location is less than impressive. The interior of the venue is quite trendy & has really high ceilings however, general lack of warmth & weak customer attention does not float my boat.
The actual food & drink is decent though, however I should note that if you do order Taro bubble milk tea that is a powdered substitue & does not contain actual Taro.
It's survial sits on the fact that this place is open significantly past midnight & that it is open regardless of holidays. Another noteworthy detail is that Korean BBQ restaurant "Chako" is less than 3 minute walk across the plaza parking lot.
I would only go to this Go For Tea out of convenience. -
Review from Vivien L.
10/17/2011
This location is a lot darker than the Thornhill location and the decor is very different (it's more sleek and lounge-y). The menu is exactly the same and the service... exactly the same too haha.
The service here is ok.. one cannot have high expectations when you're in a Chinese bubble tea place. The servers really only know enough English to take your orders. (Note, make sure you speak slowly and are really clear when ordering, like point to the actual item you want or else they will take your order down wrong.... actually no they, they will get it wrong anyways)
Honestly, I'm not really fazed by the bad service and the over-priced drinks, it's really the good times I've had with my friends that make it worth it for me. You can pretty much stay here are long as you want without getting kicked out which is nice. Essentially it's $5 for 3 hours of fun =) -
Review from Thomas M.
Toronto, ON
10/18/2011
Sometimes beautiful decor with comfortable lounging doesn't necessarily mean that you are going to have a great time. I went here twice and the service was terrible, Go For Tea is rather a hotspot for your friends to socialize for hours and hours and don't mind how long the drinks and food going to arrive.
The first time that I came here, no one greeted me at the door and so I just walked in and sit myself to a seat. I also took awhile for a waitress to come over to give me the menu even though I called the waitress over after having no waitress where I sat. Although at that time I was going to read and finish a 400 page book that seems like a great idea considering how bad the service is.
I ordered a large apple black tea with tapioca which took long enough but it's pretty good, considering that Go For Tea specializes in drinks but with the food, it's terrible and expensive. I swear that the prices for the cakes is a ripoff, five dollars for a small slice of cake that is probably not fresh and probably stored-brought.
The only plus side for this terrible place is the decor and the moody music that is often relaxing. -
Review from Tony F.
3/23/2011
Might as well go for tea as nobody hurts, and nobody cries
Might as well go for tea as nobody drowns and nobody dies
It makes me thirst for love.
While it's true nobody else cries or dies, I cry a little from the attitude the servers all provide. If I didn't know any better, I'd think they were getting trained to do a little turn on the catwalk, yeah on the cat walk, but seriously they're not sexy enough to be right, said Fred. I also die a little for how much they charge for powdered water.
But alas, fobbie Asian kiddies need places to hang out, and you can't Karaoke every night. Plus they might break a nail if they went bowling every other night, and that's just the guys.
The interesting décor, has as much attitude as the servers.Listed in: Lyrical Miracals, Ridonckulousness! (Oh no you…
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Review from Yvonne T.
Go For Tea - we have a love-hate relationship... I go there because coffee gets boring after awhile, and I want to change it up... Every time I come back I have this undying hope that I will be greeted with a smile, and that they will have put their staff through some sort of ESL program... but every time I come back, I end up more and more disappointed.
While the decor of the place is very loft-like with its high ceilings and comfy couches... The cold stares, lax attention to customers, and lack of effort turns me off.
Met up with Dopey today after work as he had just gotten home from a trip and there was lots to catch up on. It was relatively empty as it seems the rich Chinese kids who drive the Mercedes and BMWs sponsored by mom and dad only come out to play at 9PM or later. There was no hostess at the front, and it felt like I was playing "Where's Waldo?" before I finally spotted a server who assumed we spoke the mother tongue (which has gone from Cantonese now to Mandarin).
We chose a seat and the menus were brought shortly after. With minimum wage being what now, $10 I wish they would smile more often. I used to work for $6.85 (yeah, remember those days?) and even I was more cheery than that!
If it weren't for a lack of options in Scarborough, I would probably never come back again... But unfortunately, I always end up here, and have to put up with the misery that is Go For Tea, over and over, and over again... My stars keep going down... I really do hope that the next review I write is not a 1 star.Listed in: Cheap Date
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1/22/2011
Came back to Go For Tea for the second time this week. As usual we were told the average wait was 15… Read more »
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Review from Marie M.
11/18/2010 2 Check-ins Here
Yesterday night, my friends and I had drinks here after work. They wanted bubble tea, and this location was the closest and most "baby friendly" because one of my chicas needed to bring her little bundle of joy along. It was late when everyone arrived, so most of my clique ordered dinner along with bubble tea. The food menu is more geared towards the conventional Asian, meaning meat eaters, but they do have 3 meatless, eggless, "milk-less" dishes. So one of my girls (she's not vegan) and I shared 2 of the 3: the garlic tofu and sweet potato fries.
The tofu was delicately fried, not greasy, not hard and had a good texture. The soy sauce / garlic sauce mix that was drizzled on top was good, although we had to ask them for more because the tofu came with so little. All in all, the tofu was satisfactory, nothing spectacular, nothing I haven't had before. In fact, I think it's a bit overpriced, but it's kind of expected at this type of establishment: they specialize in drinks, not really food... and the food they do have is very average and not worth the money.
The sweet potato fries were more like sweet potato tempura with pepper sprinkled on top. It was ok, nothing special, although I must admit I wasn't expecting them to batter their sweet potatoes before deep frying it. I really wasn't crazy about the extra batter because that means extra calories that I will have to lose or not eat. I had to ask them to bring ketchup and hot sauce, I thought the former would be obvious... cos really, who eats fries plain? It's so dry!
My favourite was the drink I'd ordered, which is what I always order when I come here because they can't really screw it up: the hot ginger black tea with tapioca. The only way they could possibly screw this drink up is if they served it lukewarm, which is why I always request them to make it extra hot. I love hot bubble tea with tapioca, there's something intriguing about a half-melted tapioca ball.
The service here really sucks. When we were waiting for everyone to arrive, the waiters kept pestering us and hawking our table. But when we were finally ready to order, they were no where to be found. It took them long to bring us the extra sauces for the tofu and sweet potato fries, although they were pretty quick with getting us the bill. What also frustrated me was that the waiters don't understand Cantonese, yet they also seem to not understand English either. Honestly, when you're serving the Scarborough population and when most of us are English or Cantonese speakers, it really makes sense to have a working knowledge of either language.
Regardless of their less than stellar performance, my friends and I still had a great time catching up over food and drinks. I'll come back, I always do, it's just a convenient place to meet with some of my friends who hate going downtown for better drink and food establishments, namely the non-franchises! I really am not a big fan of franchised restaurants... way too cookie-cutter and ordinary. -
Review from Craftlover K.
Markham, ON
5/5/2011
the first I went there was with my friend, she introduced that to me because of their great lunch sets. And the place is super quiet with very high ceiling design. I love their interior design which creates lots of privacy for group gathering.
I spent almost 3 hours there with my friend for lunch, and no one disturb us. you can say that it's good or bad, because it takes a long time to ask a waitress to come over. There was only one waitress serving on that day which means it takes really a long time to order/ handling food and giving you the bill.
the food portion was big with good presentation, I would give 5 stars to the food quality and taste.
One thing I must mention is their washrooms, it's so neat. Each washroom has toilet, sink , dryer...etc. It's clean and stylish.
The bubble tea is yummy, and the cost is very reasonable too (Around $3.99-4.99).
Will definitely go again and again. -
Review from Erika P.
Toronto, ON
11/15/2010
I'm surprised this place got some 1 and 2 stars. The service can be hit or miss, depending on how busy it is. When worse comes to worse, just stand up and flag someone down as they walk by.
We usually get take out and order ahead of time and have yet to be disappointed. The stamp cards are a plus!
I haven't had any adverse experiences with the quality of food - so far so good! Items that are ordered frequently: fried tofu with garlic sauce, popcorn chicken, chicken fillet with rice, sweet and sour fish fillet with rice, black milk tea (cold, no tapioca).
The place could use better lighting; sometimes I feel like my eyes are being strained just trying to see in there. -
Review from Katrina L.
Richmond Hill, ON
11/17/2009 1 photo
This place looks amazing! It just opened recently and I've been patiently waiting and waiting since the sign went up about 3 months ago. I finally got to go inside and take a peak.
The inside is super chic. Sort of looks more like a Moxie's than a Go For Tea. There are semi circle booths lined up in the middle and on the sides, basically they utilized all of the space to fit booths, which I commend because who doesn't love to sit in a booth?
When walking in the entrance you are faced with a dilemna, the fork in the road, which way to go, left of right? Left is for take out and right is for dining in. I go for the left. The take out counter is tiny, Very small and narrow, which is fine because I'm only planning to be here for 10 minutes.
Looking into the dining room there are cirque du soleil type curtains from floor to ceiling and it's a high celing at that. It's quite dark inside so taking homework to do there isn't quite a good idea. I'm not sure if there is free wifi here as the other location offers it but I don't see why they would not keep the same perks.
I can't wait to come here and try their food since I feel like they've gotten the ambiance part down. It may be a bit of a drive from my house but trust me, I'm in this part of town too often since my grandmother's apartment is across the street at the Yee Hong Centre and my dad's office is just up the street.Listed in: Asian Sensation
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Review from Rainie L.
Markham, ON
9/12/2011
Place is dark inside and somewhat hard to see things, ie the menu which doesn't help. The interior looks more like a lounge then a bubble tea shop. I much prefer their Thornhill location's decor with nice lighting and ambiance. The bubble tea here is decent. Price is typical begins at $3.99 for regular sized, green tea. Additional $0.50 for tapioca / jellies and additional $1.00 for large. I really like their very mango mango slush. It's mango slush with pureed and chunks of mango inside, and it comes with star shaped lychee jelly. I ordered one in large and added tapioca pearls and it was so good. But it costs over $9 after tax. A steep price for bubble tea.
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Review from Karen S.
1/21/2010
Great ambiance? Check. Attentive, friendly service? Check. Tasty drink? Yes. Over-priced bubbletea drinks in an extensive menu? Yup, got that too. I usually roll my eyes a little at myself whenever I got to bubbletea places because it is rare that I feel that I am getting much value out of the product, and service is usually spotty due to the popularity of these places. This time, the service was spot on and the drinks arrived in a timely manner served in proper bubbletea-ware (not plastic!). While the drinks were standard, the friendly and quick service in combination with the great lounge-like ambiance provided a positive experience.
The music is kept at a level where you don't have to shout to be heard. The washroom corridor is like walking into a hallway of mirrors - interesting design and a must wander for every narcissist. Love the rounded benches that allow for intimate and cozy conversation without feeling too crowded. There's an interesting selection of meals, snacks and desserts too. It's a great location to catch up with friends!Listed in: Chinese, Chinese, Chinese!, Bubble Tea!
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Review from Jason S.
Toronto, ON
7/6/2011
I should have read the reviews before I ventured out here because most of it is true. Very disappointing bubble tea and quite possibly the darkest tea house I have ever been to.
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Review from Mudar A.
Toronto, ON
7/13/2011 1 Check-in Here
The only thing that keeps me coming back here are the drinks. When I usually walk into this place it makes me feel that it's a crime to be friendly. The waitresses are in their own zone following their daily routine, I guess trying to be as less friendly as possible? Doesn't make sense at all. I understand that is a Tea house with mediocure dinner sets, but personally, I think the waitresses really ruin the mood for this place. The interior is dark but really neat looking, the music they play is really good, (not like a club, just over the speakers) and the drinks are really good. My 2 favourite mixes are: Rose Slush with Lychee Jelly, and Peppermint green tea with Pinapple jelly or Tapioca. I highly recommend the Rose drink because its more universal than the peppermint, but both of those mixes are goooooooddddd. Prices are really good too, the drinks are massive and the prices are not. So there you go lol its a good ratio.
So final verdict? If your looking to be left alone by the staff and ignore their gloominess, great place for drinks and socializing with friends. However, if you would like a little more friendly and upbeat decore with a sociable staff, this is a place you can avoid.
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Review from Jennifer K.
Markham, ON
6/26/2010 2 photos
Dropped by Go For Tea on a rainny Saturday.
I found the inside dark and depressing. The chairs no comfortable if you not lucky to get to sit on the cushioned sofa seats.
Services was not too friendly or attentive. We have to wave the wait staffs down a few time before they will take our orders.
The bubble tea is ok. I have better. My friend mistakenly order the extra large with tapicoa. ($5.49) Yes it is huge with a lot of tapicoa. But not something I really enjoy.
The Mango cake is delicious though! Not to sweet and really light. More like a mousse cake.
I may not be back again unless my friends want to meet up here for a drink.
They accepts Visa and Mastercard. -
Review from Joanne W.
Updated - 2/21/2011
Service still isn't the best, however, I have to admit - the braised beef noodle soup isn't bad here.
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5/22/2010
I've been here twice in the last few weeks. Once with a friend about two weeks ago, where I ordered… Read more »
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Review from Jennifer O.
12/29/2010
im from california and where im at theres a pearl (tapioca) place on just about every block. my family took me here the last time i was in town and i absolutely loved it!
the decor and the whole vibe of the place is pretty cool and chill. i just like the concept of it because its huge and open late so you can potentially sit n study in there (if u like to study in the dark).
but anyways! i really really enjoyed everything we had there. i remember garlic sauce and fried tofu! popcorn chicken on a classy modern plate and milk teas that come in beer mugs to me. milk teas here in california are still better i think but it was decent. in general it was very different! not our average pearl places. i wanted to try more sweets but its had to eat all that stuff in one seating. haha
i heard the place gets really busy but we went on a weekday night so we didnt really have a problem with that. but then again i must say we got seated in some corner where no one could see us. had to push a button for service and it was amazingly SLOW! but yeah...will and must go back again when im back in canada...but only for food. -
Review from Angela N.
11/9/2010 2 photos
This place is huge. Coming from NY, we don't have many restaurants that take up this much space, let alone a teahouse. Goodness - impressive. Bf brought me here; it's his favorite place for the ice mango bubble tea. I ordered my standard hot sesame bubble tea and it was a great combo with the sesame and condensed milk toast - yum! The nifty bell you can ring at our booth was a great way to get the waitress' attention (as I can totally see how it'll be difficult the flag someone down in this large dinning space). Service was initially slow even though there were only a handful of costumers (weekday around 4pm).
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Review from Tina N.
Toronto, ON
12/16/2009
I'd recommend this place to anyone that's looking for a cozy environment to have a drink, snack or hang out with friends. This place holds one of the best atmospheres to enjoy bubble tea or Taiwanese foods. The ambience has a very Asian contemporary design to it where it attracts mostly young adults and couples so definitely not a family type restaurant. They have a large selection of foods, drinks and desserts so you can choose to have a whole meal or just drink and chill with friends. I had such a difficult time choosing what I really wanted from the vast menu because honestly.....I wanted everything! After 10 minutes of reading the whole menu, I finally decided to go with the Popcorn Chicken to start (nothing too special, I'm pretty sure KFC did it better), Fried Rice with Taiwanese Sausages as my main (too much oil was used but it was ok, not bad) and an Almond Milk/Green Tea (a heavenly drink! The star of the night!). The prices are slightly on the expensive side but I guess in a way, it worth it once in a while to get together with friends. This place also includes free wi-fi but there are no outlets available along with magazines and cards.
