Janis Brooks

Yaya tea is the best place to get black bubble tea hands down fight me! The bathroom needs a code. Also their small foods are really good!

Meep Meep

Excellent service, excellent location, excellent coffees and teas, and excellent decor. There isn't much seating and parking is scarce (it is downtown-ish) Have recommend that you go. I wish their we're more snacks/pastries. But everything they have is delicious.

Allen Luo

Wonderful place. Love to have this option of food and snacks in the area now. I like how we can choose the amount of sugar we want in the drinks. Staff was super friendly and helpful. It did take a little while for us to get our food even when no one else was there, but I also do believe that the Panera's and Chipotle's have spoiled society a bit in terms of wait times.

Honoreé Brewton

This is my first time trying Yaya, and I love it! I've already been there 3 times this week. I've always wanted to try onigiri (rice ball), so I'm glad they serve them-- and with all kinds of fillings! I would prefer if the cold teas they serve came with ice, but I guess they might accommodate if I asked. Right know, until the end of July, they're having a promotion where if you order a small tea, they'll upgrade it to a large for free! This is becoming my new favorite place.

Jossie

The foo is usually really good, sometimes the bobas are good but some other times they are really hard to chew on, they also got my order wrong once but it’s still a really good boba place for a first timer

Eric Shen

Got a takeout order for dinner one night during COVID19 quarantine and overall was pretty happy. The fried udon and yakisoba were very good, with great flavor and texture in the noodles. It was a bit on the salty side so if you are on a salt-restricted diet, please let them know when you order. The takiyaki that I ordered was okay; it sort of steamed itself in the box on my way home and became mushy. The taste was good though and I will be ordering from Yaya Tea again in the future.

Mingxuan Shen

Excited to see it open!!! Love this place!!! Their food are delicious and not expensive at all!! Their meals and rice balls are dope! There milk tea is not the best. Bad WiFi connection. Very cold inside.

Haley Tucker

Yaya is one of two new bubble tea establishments that have opened in the last month or so in Chapel Hill (the other being Cha House, just a little further up Franklin St.). I visited Yaya during their grand opening, and I was impressed with their food and bubble tea. Frankly, the Thai iced tea was the best I've had since I lived in Chicago, and the edamame and tempura shrimp were amazing. I was a little disappointed that they didn't have more vegetarian options though.

Isabella Grandic

Super watery bubble tea (25% sweet). Interior smells a little artificial. Large diversity of toppings and flavours. Popping boba is fun. There is seating, wifi, and a store with stuffed animals. It’s fast service and not usually crowded. I just find the bubble tea (Boba) very hit or miss. $8 for mango green tea w lychee jelly and mango popping boba … that is not very potent… is just a bad deal. I hear their rice balls etc are nice, though.

+4

Tiffany Le

I just ordered here for the first time today. We got 2 teas, takoyaki, and their crawfish riceball. Personally, we enjoyed their fruit and milk tea. It was sweet and flavorful. After reading the reviews I was scared the boba was not going to be good, but for us today, it was cooked well. The takoyaki was good, especially given their price. The reason why I only gave 3 stars was because of their rice ball. It is a hefty size; however, most of it is filled with rice. Today, the rice was a little bit harder, it may have been from the previous day. I ordered the spicy crawfish riceball, and was EXTREMELY disappointed to find that they put none-little crawfish. I didn't expect it to be filled with crawfish, but I would have hoped it would be visible. I even dug my fork around to find crawfish, and was very upset to only find 1 piece. Because this was take-out, if it was closer to my house, I would have immediately went back for a refund. Again, the food and drinks were good, but I feel extremely cheated out from the crawfish. I will go here again, but will always feel skeptical.

+1

Sylvie Rouhier

Service was okay but probably the worst boba I've ever had. I came a early Thursday morning and ordered a Oolong Milk Tea with boba an Almond milk? The tea itself unfortunately tasted very watery an I do not appreciate the fact they didn't mention they use Vanilla Almond milk because in my opinion it wasn't good in this drink. They offer one free scoop of boba as well, which I added. The scoop is not a full scoop it's a half a scoop. I was disappointed seeing this at first but after tasting the boba I was thankful it was only half. The boba was so bad it was super soggy and gelatinous on the outside and NO flavor, not sweet at all. It was very crummy and clumpy, HONESTLY taste like it sat over night (which I believe was the case). My sister got the Mango tea an unfortunately that tasted like a cheap artificial flavoring syrup. On a good note the Vegan chicken Onigiri and Seaweed Onigiri was really good an I have come back for that recently but I would NOT get the drinks here again.

+2