BOBA ICE BAR,

13428 Boyette Road, Riverview, FL 33569

"Great, quirky place for a refreshing boba tea! They also have milk teas, ice cream, and rice bowls! Staff was friendly and the atmosphere was perfect."

"Really cute and clean. They have ice cream, slushes, poke bowls, and boba. Definitely recommend for everyone to check it out. Best boba I’ve had in a long time. Even my sister who visited from the San Francisco Bay Area and drinks boba every day said it was the best in this area and was craving it while she was here! Also have smoothies, ice cream (only $3.50) and slushees with or without boba/jelly/etc."

"I was a little disappointed with this visit. I was going to wait to write this review, but decided it would be best to give early feedback for improvement. It's a new business and I want them to succeed. There aren't many boba tea shops in the Fishhawk/Riverview area. It's great that there's even an option there. I visited around opening time on a Sunday. They open at 2pm. The atmosphere is cute. It has anime characters all over the walls. There's some creative artwork of a tree with a swing drawn on the wall for picture taking. They have a shop with plush boba cups and Japanese snacks (Pocky Sticks) and ramune sodas. It's a fun & family friendly atmosphere. The service was good. I was greeted right away. The menu was limited compared to their online menu. I was expecting to see the coquito, Thai tea, mangonada, ube, and taro ice cream flavors. They only had 4 basic flavors. I ended up getting a scoop of green tea ice cream and the rose milk tea with brown sugar boba and the cheese foam cap. The boba wasn't ready yet for some reason. They told me it would be another 15 minutes. I don't mind waiting for fresh made tapioca boba. It also gave me time to eat the ice cream. The green tea ice cream tasted like any other of that flavor. Perhaps adding toppings at an additional charge would have made it better. But honestly, I really wanted to try the Thai tea or coquito ice cream so my expectations were high. The rose milk tea was ready after I finished eating the ice cream. I took it to go, and started drinking it on the way back to the house. The rose milk tea part was okay, but it needed more ice. The brown sugar tapioca was terrible. It was bitter and totally unsweet. This was a major disappointment. Mainly because I actually waited for it to be made. I can think of many places that make it 100 times better. The cheese foam cap was literally foam. You know, like foam on a cappuccino? It had a faint taste of cheese topping but it was a thin layer, and it was dissolved in a matter of minutes. I'm used to the thick cheese foam that makes the drink nice and creamy. This wasn't it. Needless to say, I've had way better boba tea. I drank about half of it. I couldn't finish the rest. I don't know... maybe a bad day for boba. Will I be back? Maybe when they start serving more of their unique ice cream flavors. I've read that they will have poke bowls soon. I do want to try the Thai tea smoothie, but I think I'll wait until they are better established. It has potential. I'll give it that."