Cafe 86 - Mt View 738 Villa Street, Mountain View, CA 94041

"My Sister in Law told us about Cafe 86. Very interesting and unique Cafe. Some delicious choices, you want them all, but you have to get just enough to keep the suspicion going. We have gone back three times since our first visit. This will be another monthly treat !!!"

"First of all, staff are friendly and helpful. I find everything too sweet , I still prefer the original Pinoy style halo halo , I find their halo halo too sweet and had too much ube, also had a distinct taste that i dont like, it had an overpowering taste of coconut milk ."

"Unfortunately, I was unimpressed by the milk tea. I just wanted black milk tea with boba and non-dairy creamer. That ended up being over $8! Non-dairy creamer, which is standard in most shops, is $1 extra for your choice of soy or almond. $1 boba is more standard, and the drink is very large, but too many shops still offer $6 drinks for this to be affordable. The milk tea itself had decent flavor and plenty of sweetness, but also had a fatty fruity taste. I wonder if the taro flavor was accidentally mixed into this batch. The boba pearls themselves were a bit firm and stale but had decent sweetness. The drink also had a grainy texture, which wasn't great. The shop itself is quite cute, my drink took less than 60 seconds to make, and the staff were friendly and helpful. It's a shame the drink was so expensive and underwhelming. At this rate, I'm inclined to go to Happy Lemon just a few doors down."

"Fun stop for an after-lunch treat. The Mermaid boba was fabulous - the mix of sea salt and jasmine tea was so unusual and delicious! We also tried the ube butter bars. Had great texture and interesting flavor, and we thoroughly enjoyed it. Staff was super helpful with my first-time ordering questions. Welcoming seating areas to enjoy your goodies. You need to go!"