TE'AMO Boba Bar - Chicago, Illinois

Raquel S. Allen

My daughter is a huge fan of boba drinks in Omaha but Te’ Amo is the cutest & best tasting spot we’ve visited so far!

Our barista, Aiyanna, cheerfully explained every drink option! She was kind and professional.

My daughter chose the Organic Strawberry Dalgona Coffee with boba and a strawberry Mochi donut! My son and I had coffee with boba drinks! Fancy!

We will visit this location again when we visit home again!

刘振

The drinks were delicious, with the perfect balance of sweetness and flavor. The tapioca pearls were fresh and chewy, and they had a wide variety of options to choose from. The staff was incredibly friendly and helpful, making recommendations and ensuring I had exactly what I wanted. The cozy atmosphere was the cherry on top. I’ll definitely be coming back for more!

J Gipson (Curvatude)

Normally I only get the Matcha latte here and it’s not always consistent but it’s OK.

The issue is mainly the last three times that I’ve come in, including today the staff is borderline rude//disinterested or have no clue what the ingredients are in their own products.

My cousin asked one of the worker what desserts had white chocolate in/on them and she said none of them which is wild when there’s a donut sitting In front of her with it drizzled on it.

Today they were also out of boba, which is for a boba bar.

Kate Androva

Update: I feel likeTe'Amo really listened to this problem and that their service has since massively improved! Every time I go now, there is a very friendly lady who prepares my drink order (correctly) and accommodates my requests for no ice. I have seen her training new staff as well. I changed my star rating but leave my old comment below for reference. Thank you Te'Amo!

Hello, I really like going to Te'amo but wanted to alert the owners that one of the recent hires (of the Te'amo in Hyde Park) needs to be fired. I have legimately never experienced worse customer service; she has a 0% rate of getting my drink orders right, and every drink I've ordered from her I've asked her to remake. She always briefly argues with me about what I've ordered, then admits that she made an error and remakes the drink. The remake also has a 0% rate of correctness. ---I'm not exaggerating, she has literally never gotten my drink order right. The mistakes are not small, either; for instance, the first time she made a drink for me, I asked for a rose tea with boba and a mustache. She prepared for me a matcha latte with a mustache and no boba. In talking over my drink order with her multiple times, I have learned that she actually does not know the difference between matcha and plain green tea, and she seems to think that all mustached teas need to have matcha. I thought this might not be her fault, and that she might not have been properly trained, but the final straw was when I saw her interact with other customers. She and a friend of hers were drinking teas at one of the tables, talking and hanging out away from the counter. A customer came in, ordered, and sat down to work while he waited for his drink. He waited for twenty or so minutes, got up to look at the counter for his drink, and then sat back down. All this time, the woman who was supposed to be working the counter was hanging out with her friend. Finally, about ten minutes later, he got up, approached her, and had to let her know that he had ordered a drink. He was just sitting there for half an hour, with no other customers waiting ahead of him, while the woman was talking with her friend.

I am not sure how to describe this woman other than that I think she worked on the afternoon of Thursday the 18th of January, and that an Asian lady came in to work after her. I have gone to Te'amo Hyde Park very frequently, but I decided I had to stop because I couldn't pay $8 for the wrong drink, especially since when this lady prepares a drink it can be undrinkable (somehow the tea is too concentrated). I really think removing her and perhaps giving better training to the new hires would massively improve people's experiences. I hope to have a better boba experience in the future!

Samantha

It takes them 3 business days to make one drink . And i started ordering in advance, still show up 8 minutes after the time and it hasn't even been started. I love this place but come on nah, we already paying $10 for a tea.

Celest Contreras

Happy to have a boba tea place in HP and love that they don’t charge extra for ND milks. Very cute and family friendly place, good place to study or have a nice chat with a friend.

TyRell

Boba was good, but i really just go there for this girl at the front, she’s great. I think her name was aiyanna i don’t remember but she’s great.

Y W

I generally enjoy the matcha strawberry —— if I could change anything, it's to lower the sweetness level.