Dragon Tea Taiwanese Cuisine

My fam likes this tea place. Little hole in the wall shop on N School Street that is a great spot to get boba tea fix. Prices are reasonable and much much cheaper than many of the boba tea shops in Honolulu. Bought recently at TEAPRESSO on Kapiolani and was disappointed when my tab was $37 for 4 boba smoothies. Like who pays $9+ just for boba smoothie or tea? So we had to find a new place and found this place just down the street from our house. We been here all week to get boba slush. We always do phone order like 20-30 mins before they close. The guys is friendly and gives good service. His honesty is so innocent and if our order isn't ready when we arrive he tells us the truth that he got busy. How can you get mad if you have to wait another 5 mins? For the price and size of the drink, it is definitely worth it. Flavors are good and we always get the Taro or Honeydew slush with boba. I really liked the blueberry jelly I had with my Taro slush. So tasty! I also tried the DT Black Sugar Milk Tea, and that too was yummy! Definitely our go to for our boba fix.

I'm grateful that although this location is in town, Uber Eats delivers to Ewa!Their popcorn chicken is the perfect rendition of Taiwanese street food. And their braised beef soup??? Oh gosh, the intense bone broth with a hint of anise is absolute perfection. It's become a semi monthly treat in our home now.

Helpful service, gave me good recommendations. The price is medium, not cheap but not super expensive. Nice food selection with foods not typical of what we normally have here. Tasty drinks. I'm quite fond of the design, but I like the industrial look.

Amazing selection for boba and appetizers! I ordered Popcorn chicken and it's good compared to the ones I've tried in Honolulu.

Decided to try here and it was pretty good! Milk tea had a good flavor and the ratio of tea to milk was perfect. Only thing I have to critique is a few of my boba were still a little hard in the middle... However, 95% of them were cooked perfectly! I will be back to try the food they have as it looks so yummy!

So much better now! Not sure if previously it was because of Covid or just a bad day, but this place is now awesome. Very authentic Taiwanese food. We love this place so much! Great for boba and a snack or boba and a meal. They even have my favorite Jasmine green milk tea which only legit boba places have. The bento boxes and beef noodle soup are all excellent but our fave is the egg omelette with pork. Honestly, everything on the menu is good. We've also had the fish ball skewers and dumplings- all good. This is a casual cafe with walk-up ordering and then you grab a seat. Interior is spacious and clean. Free Parking in back.

I still wish Dragon Tea was still in Market City Shopping Center, so I'd be able to enjoy its variety of tea and fruit drinks, but also its variety of Taiwanese noodles, snacks, and other savory items.Just recently, Dragon Tea began offering BBQ skewers, which was enough for us to make our way to Kalihi!Dragon Tea is probably the first tenant to be in that newer building at the corner of Houghtailing and School St. It shares the same complex with Rainbow Drive In, Katsuriki BBQ House (formerly Gyukaku), and Aloha Cones. There's a parking lot in the back, accessible from Houghtailing. You can enter from the back of the building too! Quite convenient!The inside is quite spacious and clean with a decent amount of tables. I like the gray walls that make it look like cement or is it cement (with brushstrokes)?You order up front and pay first. There's a "30 cents" credit card fee, but I'm not sure if they meant 3 (per)cent. Not gonna find out. I get cash!We started with the Braised Dishes (Tofu & Seaweed). It came with seaweed knots, fried tofu, and black tofu that looks like stinky tofu. The seaweed was my favorite. Nice umami flavor. The fried tofu was delicious. Soft and just oozing with flavor. The "stinky tofu" looking one was actually quite good. It didn't taste or smell like stinky tofu, but it had a nice, subtle soy flavor with a hint of spice.For the skewers, we just went with beef. It was all right. The beef cooked a bit too long and became on the dry side, but they were larger pieces, so it was still tender inside. The spices didn't quite come through for me. There aren't too many skewer choices with lamb, chicken, wings, fish balls, hot dog, shrimp, and etc. with frog legs being a unique one. Prices are okay. Seems about the same as other skewer places.The Braised Tomato Beef Noodle Soup was good. Quite simple. The broth was hearty and clean with a nice amount of tomato flavor. Braised beef was tender, and everything just went well together with the tomatoes, radish, pickled mustard cabbage, and etc. The noodles boiled just right.Next was the Braised Pork Rice Noodle Soup. The broth was good in this one. Good clean, savory taste, but there was way too much noodles compared to the broth and other ingredients (three fish balls, shanghai bok choy, a spoonful of bean paste, and a scant amount of braised pork, which felt like boiled minced pork than braised).Since we were at Dragon Tea, we had to get a drink. The DT Brown Sugar Fresh Milk was really good. Creamy, milky, and with just the right amount of sweetness.Overall, this was a decent meal. It was very homey with the simple flavors, simple ingredients, and simple dishes. Location is convenient, and inside is comfortable. Service was good. Food came out quick. I'll definitely come back again to try more things!

Food is awesome here , very fresh food. You can taste the freshness, not the frozen stuff. I'm not a big fan of caffeinated drinks. So I got the winter melon drink here , it's super good. We came right when they opened so the boba was ready yet. I'll be back again , but not right at opening time. I want to try the boba here , I'm sure it's going to be good too.

I love that dragon tea stays open a little later than most boba places. I stopped by here after my flight landed and really needed to get a quick boba fix and some Taiwanese eats. I'm pretty picky about my milk tea, so I was pleasantly surprised that theirs had a strong tea profile and the tapioca was nice and bouncy. Their tea eggs are nice and flavorful and the Taiwanese beef noodle was very filling.

Got a peach green tea with no ice, extra sweet, like I normally would because it's good and safe. I repeated my order 3 times over the phone and the man said he got it. But there's ice, and it tastes like black tea instead of green tea. I've gotten this drink of this place so many times that I know it's not the same tea. One thing they got right is the extra sweet. But the moment I picked up my drink from the bag, it spilled. I guess the cover just wasn't on well. Disappointing.