Elixir Tea Bar

Second visit in a month, and still EPIC! It's my daughter's birthday, and she wanted to bring her friends. For an 11 year old, this really hit the spot. For us grown folk, it hit the spot too, without feeling like I'm at a children's party. Always a bonus for us! Since it's a "first come, first served" situation, you may need to be prepared to wait a little. On a Friday night, our wait was less than 15 minutes for 8 people! It's the parking that took us a bit to figure out. We were greeted and seated by the wonderful Ladybug once again, and she was ever so pleasant. Grateful for her warm welcome. AURELIA was such a rock star, walking 6 kids through their Wizard Test with ease. Truly, she made their night, and probably convinced a few kids to bring their parents back too. She served each of us with such an enthusiasm for her job that it was infectious. Highly recommend asking to be served by with of the two ladies who helped us tonight! It's so great to see the owner mingling with the crowd, and joining in all the fun too. He told me that they are adding a "Dragon Stew" and "Dragon Jerky" to their offerings as well, so we're all looking forward to enjoying that on our next visit. Same as before, this place is too great to pass up. Exceptional staff. Memorable environment. High quality drinks and ice cream. It is a perfect spot to visit, regardless of your reason. Thank you Elixir crew for making our night special!

Have seen this place several times on social media, looks magical and whimsical, so wanted to take my daughter and her friends to experience this. When you enter the place, you will be on the first floor and see a smoke shop, and to the right of it is an unassuming stairs leading to the second floor. Up there is a tarot fortune telling spot and then the entrance to Elixir. Outside is an adult lingerie place that is prominently name displayed. The reason I wanted to bring this up is in case you have smaller children joining you on this adventure. We arrived around 3pm on a Sunday.The staff of ladies welcoming you in are in costume and role play as if you've entered a fantastic middle earth tavern. Lots of random decor abound, from Harry Potter to Game of Thrones, and even some Star Wars. There is a membership portion of this place that cost $100 that will give you access to additional areas, monthly events, special menus. That I did not have. So I can only mention the regular menu does not offer food, only drinks and ice cream. Drinks were really good, well made, and ice cream portions were three big scoops. Each item was about $11-15 each. The drawbacks I experienced were no wizard test ($5 additional) available when we arrived. Not sure if this is a timed thing or what, but we saw some guest arrived after us do the test, and some that already ordered. They just told us that the next test won't be available for a bit and may have to wait. Another thing was when we arrived, boba ran out. The staff stated that they would need to make more and it would take 30 minutes. No mention of substitute. So my daughter expecting to celebrate her birthday got some ice cream instead since there's no reason for her to get a drink that suppose to include boba, but no boba. Then nothing "magical" with the drinks since the time period to get it passed or we may have to wait? So this place is more ideal for dates, group of friends for an older crowd. It may look cool and fun, but teenagers and younger may find it disappointing if those "magical" things don't happen. The other thing is the secret entrance to the area with extra drink menus and games. Without it, and having no clue what it could be, I would expect this more suited for locals or people that plan to come visit more often. It's not suited for the once in a while celebration type. Maybe there was some way to reserve table or setup a time thing, but it just felt like we were missing part of the fun and uniqueness of this place without the above mention. Also, drinking a $11+ boba drink without boba is just ... nothing special. Our server was awesome though, she had an accent that fit her theme and costume, and super friendly.

We were really excited to try this new spot, especially since my kids were looking forward to the wizarding tests. The place itself is beautifully decorated, and the atmosphere was magical at first glance. Although the menu had a limited selection, we were willing to overlook that because of the experience we thought we'd have.Unfortunately, our visit quickly turned disappointing. When we ordered, the waitress informed us that they were "out of wizard tests" and told us to check back later. We watched as other tables had their tests done, including ones who arrived after us. After my husband inquired, the waitress casually told us that they were done with the tests for the time being, but if we wanted to wait, we'd need to order more drinks. This was frustrating and made our kids feel even more let down.My daughter was so excited when we arrived but ended up leaving in tears, which was heartbreaking. It was supposed to be a fun, magical experience, but it turned out to be quite the opposite. Sadly, I can't say this is a very kid-friendly establishment, and we won't be returning. Disappointed.

This place is so cute!!! The girls are the sweetest and the decor is on point! Sephyr and Whisper were so amazing and warm. I appreciate their great customer service and excitement over the place. The drinks are very sweet, diverse and good. I'm not really a sweet drink fan and would love to see more variation in the menu or alcohol? Overall, a great experience for children and adults. The people are great and I highlyRecommend!

It's a little weird getting here because there is no signage outside. However, when you see Purple Haze you are there. Go up the stairs and you'll be at Elixir. This is such an enjoyable and unique experience. Think alcoholic drink prices, but with boba. There is so many things to look at and the servers make a great addition to the entire atmosphere. I had the Oracle which wasn't bad. The drinks here were average, but the entire experience was very memorable.

I've bookmarked this place forever, and I'm so glad we got to check it out! Though it looks like it'll be a really cool, unique bar, they serve desserts, boba and tea, and is super family friendly! Our family is into Ghibli, Harry Potter etc, and the decor here is so magical and there's so much to see in every corner! The staff were all sweet and nice, and the kiddos loved the magic test. I highly recommend it if it's your first time here, you can bring your own wand if you want! The drinks and desserts were pretty good, the kids loved the Ube and the milk ice cream. It's a bit hard to find, it's next the Lovers and the smoke shop, look for a staircase to the second floor in the smoke shop.

We went to Elixir for the first time -- it's a fun spot with a whimsical vibe! My fiancé and I, being the nerds we are, went with our best friends who definitely share the same nerdy gene, lol. We'd been excited to check it out for a while. I loved how it had that speakeasy feel--it's kind of hidden, with no big sign outside, just a small entrance up the stairs next to a smoke shop.The drinks were okay. I had the jasmine green tea, which was really nothing special, and the pistachio ice cream was okay too. Unfortunately, Martin never got his drink, even though we let our waitress know. She never came back, and when we tried to get her attention again, it felt like we were wearing an invisibility cloak, lol. We mentioned it to another waitress when we asked for the bill, and while she was nice about offering Martin's drink then, it was too late since we'd already finished everything, so she took it off our bill.The servers looked cool in their outfits, but the service definitely needs a little improvement. There was a bit of a wait when we arrived, and it was even longer when we left, so be prepared to wait a bit. Overall, we still had a great time, but I hope the service improves next time!

Don't be frightened off by a few reviews that mention "not so good" service. I almost was and I'm glad I didn't listen - the waitresses were so charismatic and made our "wizard test" so much fun. Everyone coming in through the doors wants a wizard test- so they are direct and communicative that you have to tell them right away - they can only do 5 in a certain amount of time. So be patient and understanding. The ice cream - I tried the princess buttercup - it was very nice and I would get it again .. but there are too many great options I'm going to have to try another when I go back!I tried their cirenity and dragons breath drinks. Get the dragons breath at a drink for the whole table to try its very unique and fun but I could not have it as a full drink. The cirenity on the other hand.. that was delicious. Fun place to bring a group of friends - thank you to the waitresses that made the night so fun!I loved coming here as part of my "30 before 30" adventure to go to 30 animal themed tea shops before I turn 30. This place's logo counts along with the whole fantastical theme. There is a freaking unicorn and Phoenix on the wall!!! How cool. (As other reviews mention - search for the smoke shop, It has harry potter Easter egg hinting at the shop being there, enter the first door but then go up the stairs to the right.) There is plenty more parking in the back of the buildings by the way!

Elixir is a place everybody should visit at least once. I've seen lots of pictures on social media and have been meaning to come here for quite a while. We found ourselves in Costa Mesa on a Sunday afternoon and made it a point to visit since they open at 1pm on the weekend. Definitely do your research ahead of time to know where to go because there are no visible signs of where it is on the outside. Look for the Purple Haze Smoke Shop sign, enter through the front door, turn right and go up the stairs. Once you get to the top of the stairs, turn left and you will see the front door of Elixir. Its semi-hidden nature gives it a speakeasy sort of feel.We arrived a little before 5pm on a Sunday afternoon. There is a red velvet rope and a horned demon creature eyeing you at the front door. You can get a little peek inside through the glass window on the front door. There was no line and we only waited a few minutes before a host came out and invited us inside. It was pretty full inside and we took the only available spot which was two comfy high back chairs with a table in between near the bookcase. You are immediately wowed by the environment as you are immersed in medieval times with a lot of great scenery and knick knacks everywhere. Even the ceiling has a lot of little greenish blue lights, green octopus tentacles, and stormy clouds.We were given menus within five minutes and there are nine tea drinks and thirteen flavors of ice cream available to order. It took quite a while before the server came back to take our order and it took about another 20 minutes for our two drinks to arrive. I ordered the Labryinth which is a jasmine green tea latte with honey boba and "magical crystals". When the tea maker brought the drinks out, he apologized that they were almost out of boba and there were maybe five to eight boba max in the drink. It wasn't really anything special for $12, especially with hardly any boba. My girlfriend ordered the Cirenity which is passion fruit guava, strawberry hibiscus lemonade with honey aloe vera and "magic crystals". It was an ok drink but there was no aloe vera in it at all and a little pricey at $13. I was tempted to try the Dragons Breath drink which sounded interesting but service was kind of slow and I wasn't sure how long we would have to wait for another round so I just asked for the check. We walked around the whole space on the way out to get a little better look at all of the interesting stuff inside. There is some bar seating, several booths, some two seater tables against the wall and two chess tables in the middle. There is also a merchandise area towards the front at the end of the bar. They have an annual membership which gives you access to a VIP area which is entered through a hidden door in the bookshelf. I'm not sure what the perks are to the membership. I don't know what I was expecting the environment to be like, but there were a quite a few kids and families sitting near us which made it feel more like a Disneyland vibe than an adult speakeasy vibe. There is definitely a lot of cool stuff to look at and it was fun to check out once but I don't think either of us feel like we need to go back.

Amazing Experience. Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Adventure all in one place. Members have access to the Secret Party and Game room, Special Drinks are available, Complementary Food when there is an Event. Sometimes there are wonderful dances and Cosplay events. For a fun afternoon or night, Elixir is a great entertainment destination. Try the Wizard test and have a tasty drink or delicious quality Ice Cream. They will be serving food very soon from what I am told. Kid Friendly till 9 pm.