Nehal

A tiny bubble/boba tea store, with a giant bubble tea cup statue in front of the store. The interior is minimalistic and pretty. They have a variety of drinks from green tea, milk tea to slush. No other type of foods are served. The ordering is typical like other bubble tea stores, you pick the drink type, size, bubbles, sugar and ice level. Drinks are made within decent wait time. They use the golden boba, and put a lot of it. I almost got tired of chewing so many boba in my large Mango green tea, but it was refreshing on a hot summer NYC day.

+6

Willow Lackett

Extremely delicious! I got the Jasmine Green Tea with Golden Boba Pearls (all-natural cane sugar tapioca). Very refreshing! And the optional $5 cup-carry bag is cute, and fits most cups and thermuses! The staff is very friendly, with fast and efficient service. One of the best new Boba Spots in town! Perfect place for spilling tea with the girls, but don't spill the boba! It's delicious! 💜

GSTonyTseng

Fifty Lan is my favorite bubble tea in Taiwan, I ordered a Golden Oolong Tea with boba. Golden Oolong Tea is tasty, and boba too. I gave it 4 stars because of the boba. The boba size should be large size of boba, not medium size. Very pity After more than two years, I finally got to enjoy 50 Lan again! This time, I skipped the milk tea and went for just the tea 🍵. Thanks to a Thanksgiving promotion, I got a free topping of pearls with my large drink—such a small joy! The Golden Oolong was as reliable as ever, with a rich aroma and a subtle aftertaste that really deserves to be savored. ✨ As for the pearls, there’s still a bit of disappointment. The texture didn’t quite match the chewy, QQ experience of Taiwan’s boba. Next time, I’ll probably just stick to the tea for a more satisfying experience!

Wenlan

Decent bubble tea, although i ordered 25% sugar and it tasted more like 75% imo. I didn't mind, but in a city like NY this ain't gonna cut it. Doesn't make my top 5 bubble tea list

+2

Chau Ha

This is actually a 3.5 star review rounded up to 4. The milk tea is decent. It has tea flavor. However what they're known for is their golden boba but their boba is so hard that it is difficult to finish the drink. It seems like it isn't fully cooked because you can see the starch on the inside of the golden boba and it is more translucent on the outside of the boba. If this is their recipe, then they should let corporate know that that is not a good recipe. The boba tastes way too hard! Not tasty at all! It's also bland. They might need to change the receipe to soak it in honey or something if the name is golden boba. I definitely would not get the milk tea with the golden boba. I hope they do something about their boba so that it can be better so they can continue to stay in business because I support small businesses especially if it's something they can fix.

Lele D.

I wanted to give a 5 star because it’s my favorite boba place in NYC as it’s my favorite brand and milk tea flavor in Taiwan and in mainland China (under another name). The golden bubble milk tea is my favorite and the only drink I order for 98% of the time (because I’m a bubble tea lover and not so much keen on other kinds of drinks) but I can’t give it a 5 star because the bubbles are totally different than the ones in Taiwan and mainland China (they have big bubbles and mini bubbles for you to choose, you can choose either one or both of them together in one single drink and they are free as toppings), but this store here only has medium-size golden bubbles and they are relatively hard to chew. I sometimes only wanna have big chewy bubbles and sometimes only wanna have mini bubbles, and sometimes wish to have them together. (I might be a little picky and specific at one thing sometimes, but I think I can give some opinions as a bubble tea lover since I’ve tried countless bubble tea shops all the way from 10+ years ago. ) The golden bubbles might be the only thing I don’t like in this store, but this only thing is one of the most important factors when I decide which store I buy bubble tea from. The golden bubbles as the only option for bubbles are awkwardly in the middle for the size in my opinion. They are also hard and firm to chew, which I don’t like very much. Although the flavor of the milk tea is absolutely my favorite and is the same as the flavor back home (and is the reason I still come here very often), sometimes I have to choose other bubble tea shops because they have either bigger and softer (but still chewy at the same time) bubbles or they offer the option of the mini bubbles! This is a thing that I feel pity and sad about and is preventing me from fully enjoy the bubble milk tea. If they can offer the same bubbles as the ones in Taiwan and mainland China, then it would complete my wish and satisfaction! It would then truly feel like home!! The difference in the bubbles is the only but very important aspect for me (and maybe for a lot of other customers as well) when choosing a place for bubble tea. I asked one of the staff before if they were gonna have bigger and smaller bubbles as the way in Taiwan, their response was kinda vague and said they will see how the market is and decide later. I’m not sure if they have made a decision yet or had enough observation and analysis from customers. But if they are gonna have the new bubble options as I wished, I’m sure it will MAKE MY DAY and I’ll come more often instead of switching to other boba places for boba variations. P.S. I’ve included a photo of the fiftylan bubble teas I bought in Taiwan for anyone who don’t know what I’m talking about. The left one only has mini bubbles and the right one has both big bubbles and mini bubbles. I still wanna give you guys a thumbs up because I think you are still doing a great job and maintaining great qualities of your products and the cleanliness of both of your stores in NY!

+2

Vicky C.

Waited about 15 mins to get my order. Average bubble tea place. Mango green tea macchiato is good. Dense sweet foam that is not cheesy and tea is quite refreshing. Might revisit to try their milk tea and bubbles.

+1

yingxin ye

I tried their signature Golden Bubble Milk Tea and a Bubble Ice Cream Milk Tea. No big difference between two, just one added an ice cream at the BOTTOM! ( I thought it will be an ice cream topping) Well, adding the ice cream just made the milk tea sweeter but nothing much special. The golden bubble pearl taste good and chewy, I really like it. But the milk tea is just ok. I probably won’t come and buy the second time since there are lots of bubble tea choice in New York and this brand didn’t impressed me a lot.

+6

Nikhil Shah

Cool looking spot, pretty solid tea but not the best boba in the city. I got the brown sugar boba tea and compared to other spots which only sell brown sugar milk, here you can get the brown sugar tea. However, the boba was hard almost pebble like. There are better places in the city…

carra williams

Came here with 2 people, got 3 drinks. All of them tasted watered down and just bland. Also, this is a personal preference, but eating konjac jelly in diluted lychee yakult makes me feel like i’m a sad child in england eating jellied eels. For good boba, go to literally any other place in the area.

Cyanne Williams

-absolute worst bubble tea I have ever encountered.. I got the oolong tea with bubbles. tea tasted like water on water in water with watered water 🙂 the bubbles were fine but they didn’t have much flavor either. I got 25% sugar because usually it’s too sweet, but apparently this place uses sugar to pretend like there’s flavor.. nice workers tho 😇 but not paying $7 for this sorry -interior nice and clean, just wish the trash cans were on the floor and not on the counter