The Alley

I love that this place is built to take alot of order fast. Pretty good drinks and kind workers make it worth coming back! This visit was part of my "30 before 30" challenge to go to 30 animal themed tea places before I turn 30! The little social distancing sticker made me so happy haha

If you're confused like me what the menu consist of.. well me too.. but I'm here to clear that up! The popular items: Brown Sugar- it comes with their trademark "deerioca" boba (slow cooked with brown sugar) consist of fresh milk and brown sugar. Stirred not shakenAnd they actually use real Creme brûlée for that version! (Delicious!) Snow Velvet- Sea salt cream on topMilk Tea- Alley Trio has 2 types of jelly ( coconut and konjac) and Boba and made with Assam ( Black) TeaRoyal No.9 is blueberry infused black teaCame to also check out their tea infused popcorn! I had to get one of each! Black and Oolong Popcorn for only $3 each!

We've visited The Alley two times when we were in the Fountain Valley area and we're not disappointed. The decor inside is nice spacious. The staff relies more on customers ordering from the tablet, but we're able to answer questions we had on drinks both visits. Overall the drinks are delicious, but also a little pricier than we're used to. I can't remember the exact names of the drink we got, but there was a mango purple rice and an ube taro drink (not the crème brulee) that were memorable. While we don't frequent this ares often, I look forward to coming back. Great now I want boba lol

The Alley has the most incredible Brown Sugar Milk, I've been obsessed with it ever since I've been introduced to it. It is a little heavy, but every once awhile it doesn't hurt to enjoy. They have self order kiosks or you can order with the workers. The store is super clean and cute, located in a good plaza. ig: @cravingswithcat

Royal No. 9 Milk Tea- interesting blueberry taste- not too sweet- good tea flavor- weird chunky creamer

Tried the Royal No 9 recommended by my cousin - 50% sugar, less ice, with boba and organic dairy milk. great flavor and hint of blueberry. You can select your milk and i was happy to find out the tea flavor did not get diluted with dairy milk. Boba has a nice chew and flavor! Highly recommend!

Decided to give this spot a try since it's right across from Miles Square Park. The interior is beautiful. Modern and clean, well-lit, with plants and mirrors surround the seating areas. You can order at the front or the two kiosks located on the sides. We chose the #1 from the top 5. Drink: Brown sugar crème brûlée deerioca w/ soy milk This sounded interesting and we love crème brûlée as dessert so why not. We're glad we did! The presentation of the drink is beautiful. Love that there wasn't an extra charge for the non-dairy milk. Boba was the right texture - soft and chewy, seems like they're made fresh. Drink itself was great, and not overly sweet. I think there's egg pudding in the drink? At first it caught us by surprise, but we liked it once we got past the texture lol. We'd get it again. Location:Located in a big plaza next to Nep Cafe, Dave's hot chicken, and Moi. Street can get a little congested as it's by the park and off of busy streets. Inside has a decent amount of seating. Plenty of parking. Service was fast and friendly. There were some groups at the tables and people picking up orders but we got our drink within a few mins. Would come back!

I've been here a few times in the past but it never really crossed my mind to keep returning when I want boba, but my last visit might change that. After a meal on memorial day, I wanted a place to grab a drink and get work done on the laptop. I spent a long time looking for something new to try, but somehow I decided I wanted something with ube so I stopped here.Upon entering I checked for seats and outlets and there were a few so I decided to stay. After speaking with the cashier, I decided on the ube brown sugar creme brulee milk which comes with boba. Of course I asked for extra ice and the drink came out perfect. I didn't notice this before but I think the boba is top notch. Sweet, warm, chewy, and somehow gives off a high quality taste. I definitely can't get boba at the market to cook at home and have it turn out this way. 5/5 for the drink.I was able to stay focused for about 4 hours and got a reasonable amount of work done even though the place was busy. I will definitely stop by to try their other drinks or maybe just get the same drink today, but either way I have a feeling I won't be disappointed!

I went late night on a weekday so wasn't too busy. There lots of seating and space so I wouldn't mind coming here again to chill for a bit with friends. The decor is very modern and aesthetic.As for the drinks, we got the lychee smoothie and assam milk tea.I got 25% on the assam milk tea with sweet cream and that was a nice balance of tea and sweet for me.I tasted the lychee smoothie and like the yogurt and lychee but it was a bit sweet for me.

I wanted to get something unique, and saw they had a strawberry peanut that they collab with spy family, but it literally tastes like a basic strawberry smoothie. There wasn't much peanut flavor until you drink it halfway, but the flavor isn't that prominent. As for the price point which was almost $10, it wasn't worth it.Service was fast, and it had pretty interior. There was a good amount of people in there, and I'm sure this place has good boba, but im not really impressed with what I got.