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True's Tea
Categories: Food Coffee & Tea Restaurants Taiwanese Coffee & Tea, Taiwanese [Edit]
8400 Alexandra RoadUnit 1
Richmond, BC V6X 1C3
Neighbourhood: Golden Village
(604) 207-8469
- Hours:
Mon-Thu, Sun 11:30 am - 2 am
Fri-Sat 11:30 am - 3 am
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Attire:
- Casual
- Price Range:
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$
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Delivery:
- No
- Take Away:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Wi-Fi:
- Free
- Noise Level:
- Average
- Has TV:
- Yes
- Caters:
- No
5 reviews for True's Tea
5 reviews in English
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Review from Melissa C.
Richmond, BC
As Edward L. pointed out, this place used to be where Estea was, I think it's pretty much the same stuff besides from the "Tru" added to the name - not to mention the windows and take-out menus still say Estea on it.
Upon entering this restaurant on a Saturday night, we were greeted with the thump of a DJ playing hip-hop, which then provoked the loud chatter of laughing, talking people. I really dislike loud places, but we were able to sit in a both near the entrance, which was semi-barricaded from all the noise and people.
Besides from the cover, the menu is the same as Estea in it's generalized taiwanese food with rice, noodle, hot pot, sandwich, and fried snack choices. The drink menu is pretty extensive with choices of green, oolong, and milk tea, calpis, and soy drinks with additions of boba, coconut and grass jelly, pudding, etc...
I already ate so I decided to just have a bubble tea. As my usual venture to new bubble tea places, I must try their version of the Honey Milk Tea ($4.45) with pearls ($0.50). The milk tea was light yet had enough taste to be pleasant. I generally don't like the overwhelming taste of honey, so this was perfect for me. The pearls were one of the best I had - super chewy and had a sweet taste to it. YUM!
My boyfriend ordered the Kung Pao Chicken ($7.95). His order even came faster than my bubble tea! Which had me thinking some of this stuff must have been pre-made already. Regardless, his chicken was warm and tender, with enough spice to make him happy (which is a lot). The chicken was mixed with tiny hot peppers, green onions, and peanuts. The rice and side dishes (spicy cabbage and spicy preserved veggies) were decent too.
Overall it was a good meal, which was only possible due to the service button attached to the table. Estea was known for very bad service, so this button is a SAVIOR to slow, poor service. Our male server was nice and quick.
Note: If you have the old Estea VIP card, it still works here! And I agree with Edward L. again, it says Free Wifi is available, but the entire night I was unable to connect to it. -
Review from Michael C.
Vancouver, BC
4/2/2012 1 Check-in Here
This place used to be called Estea but probably changed their name because their neighbouring restaurant's name sounded very similair, ST (Silver Town). Today we have the one and only TRUE'STEA...... lol wow.. I wonder if it's the same owners.
Crappy service, WIFI fail, overly sweet drinks, not a place for me. I rather go ST than True STea. Seems like all the other reviews have a common problem with their service. It was hard to get service here and when they brought the drinks by, they didn't even know what it was and just walked away never to grace us with the answers.
The only reason we came here was because we thought it was Estea here, but just changed to "True" Estea..... True'stea, you fail and never ever again!Listed in: April Challenge: The Underdog, Never, ever, ever!
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Review from Edward L.
Came here for some munchies.
Parking is available in the nice huge lot outside. With that said, the lot does fill up.
This restaurant is located where Estea used to be. Interestingly enough, the Chinese name hasn't changed from that of Estea's. Also, the stickers on the windows still curiously say Estea. Hmm..
It looks like they didn't even bother changing the interior decor. This is not a bad thing though, as the previous Estea looked pretty decent and somewhat classy. The only thing noticeably different are the staff uniforms.
I didn't have a drink, and so cannot comment. However, I did have the salty peppery chicken (one of the easiest ways to benchmark a Taiwanese place). Good - batter wasn't too heavy, and the hot sauce it comes with makes the difference. Bad - where's the basil? None at all in this dish. Hence the 2 stars.
The restaurant claims to have free Wi-Fi and I could see it on my smartphone, but I could not connect to it at all.
Hoping the new owners and managers don't screw up this place. I miss Estea.Listed in: 2012 Cheap and Tasty, Open Late
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Review from PePharaoh T.
Richmond, BC
1/15/2012
Just had lunch there w/ my frds. So disappointed on their service. My frd ordered soup noodles w/ beef but they ended up giving us lamb. So we asked the manager to change it but she insisted it was our fault to order it wrong. My god, I will never come to this place again.
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Review from Betty L.
11/1/2011
True's Tea is situated on the restaurant filled street of Alexandra Road in Richmond. It's a bubble tea joint/Asian snack food for the young Asian crowd. I went there with a group of friends to have a little snack. There were quite a few servers when I went and the place wasn't full, yet service managed to be slow. I didn't feel the servers were that experienced or efficient.
I ordered a warm seaweed dish and a pork organs in a light sauce. Both dishes were considered Taiwanese snacks. I had it before at other places and it was pretty tasty. Here I found the sauce too sweet for the seaweed dish. Then the pork dish came with a bunch of sliced Thai chili peppers. It was pretty spicy!! I don't mind spicy food, yet since it lacked an actual spicy sauce those peppers didn't really serve a purpose for me.
My friends complained the servers messed up their order and took forever to bring out the bill.
Given the mediocre service and food, I won't be back for a very long time.
