Golden Tea Shop

Got the roasted oolong milk tea half sweet, less ice with boba. Good tea flavor and boba was nice and chewy. Ordered at the kiosk and got our drinks in about 10 minutes. There's 2 tables and 3 seats at the bar.

I have been drinking boba drinks before they were even popular in the 1990s, so I've had plenty of different types and styles. My go to drink has always been red bean smoothie with boba. If you don't have this basic drink, then your shop probably doesn't cater to serious milk tea connoisseurs. I went to a shop in San Jose that used red bean POWDER!? I asked for a refund before they even made the order. I was in Alameda today and was craving my usual refreshment. I yelped "boba" and this shop came up. Checked their menu and sure enough, my favorite was included in several different drinks, so I headed over ASAP.Their menu is very extensive with a few different options with red bean, but I settled on the Fresh Taro (no purple powder here!) and red bean milk with boba. I ordered on the kiosk and noted to please add ginger milk for my order. 25% ice and 50% sugar.Minus 1 star due to service fee for using my credit card. I could have paid cash, but thought everything was through kiosk only. I selected 50% sugar, but my drink was much sweeter than 50% from other places. I think they add a bit more sugar to their red beans and thus a sweeter final product. Note for next time for sure.This was absolutely the best drink I have had in a long while and it didn't cost me an arm and a leg. It was made with fresh and real ingredients and the bonus of the ginger made it super special! I will definitely be back for much much more!!!THANK YOU!

This review comprises 3 different visits:Strawberry mango tea, black tea, 0% ice, 25% sweet: It took the workers nearly 20 minutes to make it since some people ordered a bunch of drinks ahead of us. It was very fruity, and included star-shaped jellies and popping boba, so it was still very sweet even at 25% sweetness since I assume the sugar was also partly in the toppings themselves.Rainbow guava green tea, modified to have oolong tea, 25% sweet, 25% ice: It was very fruity and had strong flavor. It tasted a lot sweeter than I would expect for 25%, not sure if that's partly because of the rectangular fruit toppings again which were in the bottom of the drink.Mango dirty tea, 25% ice, 25% sweet: The ordering kiosk asked us to select milk type so we picked whole milk, but I didn't actually taste milk in this drink so it might've just been an error in how the customization was set up for this menu item. I liked that it had actual mango bits in it.Overall, the drinks have been solid and would be good if you have a sweet tooth and like fruit teas. I have not yet tried 0% sweet and am curious how that would turn out with the drinks that have sugary toppings like jelly in them, or if it's just not feasible in that case to make it low sweetness.

Excellent quality tea, good options, milk alternatives, amazing unbeatable price. Delicious!

This little tea shop has all the others beat! The secret is they use freshly brewed real tea to make their drinks. One side of the shop is a true classic Chinese tea shop with fragrant expensive and rare teas sold by the pound, the other is a bubble tea shop with snacks, bubble tea/boba. What I absolutely LOVE about this shop is that it is the only one in Oakland that makes tofu-fa (silken tofu dessert) by hand the old fashioned way - UC dessert has tofu-fa but it is not as silky and served with all kinds of sauces and syrup whereas here eating just the plain tofu-fa tastes better than even with the ginger or cane sugar syrup. This is a true hidden gem! Also I'm going to spill the beans that this place makes the best egg waffles in Oakland Chinatown, they are served the old fashioned way - in a brown paper bag, and super crispy outside with a chewy center. I'm so glad I found this place! I hope they never stop making tofu-fa here! Be sure to call and ask if they have it before you head over, they don't always have it on hand or they may have sold out. I love the health drink menu too - if you want a refreshing beverage that is both delicious, perfect for summer and gives you a pretty complexion check out their health conscious Scented Tea menu!

A must when visiting Oakland!!! They have the best drinks in town!I got the hong kong milk tea 75% sweet with boba, my bf got the boba milk tea 75% sweet! Both were less than 10$ total, which is not bad!They also have a tea shop next door that I recommend visiting if you want to buy your own tea leaves!Great small business that I definitely recommend if you are in chinatown!

I came to visit some family on Sunday and stopped by this place for a milk tea drink.There was a small wait less than 5 minutes very fast service.Don't be fooled by how the outside looks this small milk tea store in China town of Oakland is very tasty. I personally love strong flavored tea over sweet ones and this store fit my tastes. They have a wide variety choice of milk teas and different drinks. I love to drink oolong tea and they had 4 different options. Since it's my first time here I got the roasted oolong with 50% sweet and 75% ice it was really delicious. The oolong was strong and the boba was soft. If I come to Oakland again I will definitely stop by to try other oolong drinks!

This is my go to teashop when I am in the area. I placed an order for my work yesterday and picked up today. Got 2 free drinks. Very happy with this shop. Drinks are always good & Owner is very accommodating and friendly. She even comes to make drinks on Tuesday which the shop was supposed to closed for our work order of 20+ drinks. I would refer this shop to all my friends.

Very delicious drinks and quick service as well. Parking is very tricky but good thing is you can order in advance and just pick up.

This is my new go to spot when I'm in the area! Tea is strong and they give you a lot of toppings not like other boba spot! Cute little shop and they sell tea next door. Last time I ordered 6 drinks, and forgot to tell them one drink no sugar, the owner remake the drink and gave me the other one for free! I told her it's ok and she still made a new one! Great customer service!