Hella Bubble

Best tapioca in town, hands down. Soft and sweet cooked to the perfect consistency. I also like that their menu marks the non-caffeinated items for when I don't want caffeine.Ambiance of this location is only so so. There's practically no seating and the store is very small. Def more of a grab and go place.

I can't write my best review for this location, far from it, but I can offer you my best rap, to at least be a spot of dumbshine on a Kareny day. Or Keviny day, if you prefer.Yo my name is Fox and I'm a strange Fella,I eat pretty much anything but Salmonella,F. Scott Fitzgerald's cool but I prefer Ella,And Burning Man's nice but I'd rather do Coachella.I went to the bank and there was a cute Teller,I sweet-talked him into coming to my Cellar,We role-played, I was Yoda, he was Helen Keller,He showed me how to Windmill, I taught him to Propeller.I said my diamond's so hard I make that Tiffany Jeller,He said I make sausage disappear faster than Penn & Teller,I said you make The Jam better than Paul Weller,But is it really meant to be the colour of Nutella?So then he was hungry, I was hungry as Wella,(Please no comments on my skill as a Speller),I said, there's this place where the Boba is Sweller,And I took him for some Boba from the Bubble named HELLAWHATUnfortunately we had a very negative experience here. We are massive fans of the location near the Galleria, and of the owner, who also has locations over in San Antonio and maybe one or two more already open or on the way. But this one really rubbed us the wrong way.Long after COVID had died down in Texas, and I'm talking about 18 months after a lot of places stopped requiring masks, they still required masks according to a sign on the door, which is fine, but because I haven't been looking for those kinds of signs for a long time, since not even my mother's secret underground sex club requires masks anymore, I didn't realize.So we walked on in and were greeted with extreme hostility (i.e. I was yelled at by an employee in a mask LOL) for not having masks on. It was pretty quiet in here with nobody else in the store, so the yelling was... a surprise. Some would call it a raised voice, a firm tone, a Karen or Kevin would say I was flat out yelled at.So we were "yelled at" about the mask policy as if we were carrying a plague into the store. We hurried off to get a mask and tried not to act offended. When we came back we were treated with such disdain and anger, including both employees acting extremely passive aggressive and slamming things down on the counter and whatnot because we had walked in without masks. This all happened in 2022.We're extreme liberals, but it makes us very angry when Yelpers trash family businesses because they're "not enforcing masks" or when right wingers trash businesses because "they made us wear masks." We're not like that. Barbi doesn't like to be told to wear a mask when she's in full make up, but I never take a star off for it. However being yelled at and then treated like an enemy, long after everyone else stopped requiring masks, is too much. The milk tea came straight out of a tap (I assume it's supposed to) and didn't taste nearly as fresh or good as the ones we get (used to get) from Hella Bubble Galleria.The only reason I give them three stars is because I know that the location in The Galleria has good products and the owner is a wonderful guy. However, this location needs to have a word with its employees and I'm not sure if they intentionally made our drink bad, or they just don't make the tea fresh, but it didn't taste anything like the same product over at the original location, and I definitely won't be coming back to this location again. A lot of people look to me for Boba recommendations and I'd been recommending Hella Bubble to maybe hundreds of people for several years before this experience. I can only hope this sort of treatment and taste was an isolated incident. I know it's hard to find good help these days but this Karen and Kevin over here do not come to buy a $6 old-tasting milk tea from a pre-made container (I know everyone is doing it now but that doesn't make it a good thing), only to get yelled at.In other news - it's great to have more Boba shops in the Heights, and I'd still recommend this over Teapresso, for example.It would have been 1 star if I didn't love the owner, though.Anyway I have other reviews to JUGGLEAnd if I keep skipping sleep I'm gonna get UGGLEMeanwhile Barbi just wants to SNUGGLEI feel like Sean Paul with my DAILY STRUGGLE(DAILY STRUGGLE!)So come and get a Boba from HELLA BUBBLEAND DON'T UNKNOWINGLY BREAK OUR RULES OR WE'LL YELL AT YOU.

This was my first time visiting the Hella Bubble franchise and this location was smaller than I thought. There is completely no seating in the inside and just two chairs outside. However, the $7/drink was amazingly delicious and I think for the size, it's definitely worth it. But what made me not give the full 5 stars for this location was the service. I came here on Saturday, 09/10 and the staff had the most obnoxious look on their face. When I was asking questions regarding the menu and ordering, the girls looked really annoyed. I'll definitely be returning to Hella Bubble but I don't think to this location.

was looking for a great place to pick up a simple and refreshing tea in the Heights. This was one of the first recommendations and thoroughly enjoyed. It. Definitely want to return to try some of their tapioca and other teas!

I was so excited to try Hella Bubble since it looked amazing on Yelp! However, this is a reminder that looks can be deceiving. The store also smelled incredible so perhaps that is why I am a bit underwhelmed by my order. I ordered Hella Bubble's famous milk green tea. The boba is bit expensive at ~$7 but I thought it would be worth it if it was good. The store's service was pretty quick and the size of the boba was good but my drink did not have much tea flavor. It seemed that my drink was mostly mango puree and milk. I felt like I was drinking some type of mango smoothie. I ordered 50% sugar and no ice because the employees said it would be cold without ice. However, I should have gotten less ice since my drink wasn't cold enough. The boba was a bit too mushy for my preference. I am used to and prefer boba that is chewy and coated with some honey so I did not enjoy the plain, soft boba. This drink might have been good for others but it was not for me.

Below par is the best compliment I can give this place. The drinks I ordered were underwhelming & quite disappointing. I decided to get two drinks which are Mango Passion fruit green tea & Thai tea with lychee jelly. The mango passion fruit green tea was weak in terms of tea flavor, I felt that they were heavy handed on the syrup which took away the flavor of the tea. I was informed by the cashier that the Thai tea is already pre made because I wanted to adjust the sweetness level. I'm assuming that it's powdered. Taste wise it was just okay & it was too sweet for my liking. I should've ordered something else when the cashier said it's pre made. This spot doesn't have indoor seating, only outdoor & it's about two tables. Overall I was not impressed at all, drinks were quite sad & service was okay. Will I come back? I'll probably give them one more chance when I'm around the area.

*I recommend reducing the sugar unless you like it super sweet. I got 50% sugar and it was pretty sweet. Any more sugar would have been overkill. I think I could have gone with 30% sugar and it would have been ideal.Pretty good milk tea. I had the mango green milk tea and thought it had a nice prominent mango flavor. Ample boba. My boyfriend liked the flavor of his matcha red bean milk tea but he ordered small boba and it didn't seem that way. It seemed to be the same exact size of my regular boba. The shop is tiny -- you can only fit a couple customers inside. No seating. It's in a small strip mall so there is parking.

For the longest time, Hella Bubble is my favorite boba place in Houston until other places started to pop up around town. My top drink here is always the Hella Bubble Deluxe because of all the toppings that go with it, so it gives you the most bang for your buck. The drink itself (now that I have tried places like The Alley and Ding Tea) is very mediocre. It's just tea and some milk. Nothing special. However, the value cannot be beat so I will keep coming here for my fix. For this particular location, the store is very small compare to the Galleria location. There's no indoor sitting, only 2 tables outside. The plaza itself is also an odd choice considering it doesn't look as fancy as the Galleria area. However, the drink here and the one at the Galleria location tastes the same so no loss in quality there.

Hella bubble is a cozy boba shop in the heights that has all the essential drinks to fix your boba cravings. We ordered the mango and passion fruit tea and the hella bubble deluxe. The fruit tea was VERY sweet so if you don't like too sweet then definitely reduce the sugar level. The hella bubble deluxe was nice because it included FIVE toppings in the drink for only $0.30 cents more! I think that's a pretty good deal. The service was great and he made the drinks fast.

Ya'll.... I had to write an update b/c I originally gave this place 4 stars, and you absolutely don't go to a 4 star place on a weekly basis. Yes, this has been mine and my son's weekly Friday tradition for the past 6'ish months. I pick him up from school, and the first thing he says is, "mommy, guess what day it is is - it's Hella Bubble Day!Anyway, I've stuck w/ the Hella Bubble Deluxe like an old habit until I finally asked the employees what their fave was. I haven't perfected the additional toppings, but I'm really loving the Wintermelon milk tea. As for the price, I remind myself that 1) you get what you pay for, and 2) other places have now raised their prices so it's pretty much an even playing field.