Really nice place. Its not a really obvious store. It sells traditional Taiwanese dessert. I really recommend people to try this.

Pricey but worth the money as you get large portions. Good service and excellent deserts

Another Taiwanese dessert store similar to meet fresh. It was generally good with lots of varities. Slightly priceier compared to meet fresh with less ingredients. Not really a fan. I hope the crushed ice could use more condensed milk instead of syrups.

Cool decor, good service, quick and not bad dessert selections. Crushed ice desserts were good. Black sesame soup dessert should be thicker.

I ordered the lychee shaved ice with additional aloe vera topping and it was the best combo ever! its a great mixture of fruity flavors with a variety of textures from the taro and yam balls, aiyu jelly, and nata de coco toppings. the cashier was also very sweet and made us feel welcome 0u0

Great place to have Taiwanese desserts and boba desserts. Particularly liked the hot rice cake pudding dessert thing as it was very comforting. Will definitely come back again.

Taiwanese Milk tea chain. Drinks can be made hot/cold. Fairly standard and up to expectation. Like the other reviewers mentioned, you can not change the level of sugar/ice. This corner store has a smell of old building. But the inner decoration did not reflect that. This store can use some redesign to fit better into the old international district. Overall good place to spend a whole afternoon.

Great place for some quick sweets . Lots of selections for any sugar cravings . Very easy to find on King Street . Matcha Jelly isn’t jelly but it is shave ice. It is still delicious although, and comes with boba and some orange thing that was chewy. 5 stars. The grass jelly was amazing, it’s like a sweet pudding/jelly#GoProAgent #SanJoseValues #NextHome

Terrific Taiwanese desserts and drinks in a casual cafe ambiance that comes with a generous check! Of course, desserts are not cheap. I know that. One too many options and ordering format may take a little while to figure how to order. And if one messes it up, one lives with a surprise dessert!Convenient corner location on the Main Street in international district.

Me and my friends came from out of town to Chinatown and found this store. The line was quite long however many people took it to go so we had a lot of space to chill and relax inside the store. The prices are very reasonable and it tastes quite good

Yummy dessert, I like number 21, Blackball. If they can pay more attention to the restroom cleaning, that will worth another star.

Wow! The milk tea was fantastic!We went in the evening and the service was fine.The milk tea w/tiramisu is probably my favorite milk tea in Seattle!I would describe the flavor as smooth and creamy, with a perfect blend of sweetness. It doesn’t taste like your eating sugar.

It was good desserts; not too sweet.

Soooooo damn goodGet the fresh milk with matcha jelly it’s the best drink ever

Delicious bubble tea! I would recommend the Iced Fresh Milk Black Tea or the Tarot Fresh Milk Tea with Tapioca Boba. The flavour of their teas and the sweetness levels are really good! Queues werent too long on a Saturday afternoon (approx 8 min) and they accept all cards. Great for eating-in or taking-away. The staff were friendly and helpful.

They are very nice here.The selection is fine and so is the milk tea.

The place is very aesthetically pleasing inside and overall very beautiful. Great for pictures. The only part I dont like is that for the MILK tea, they put in about 80% black tea and 20% milk. So it was super bitter. But the boba is absolutely amazing and perfect.

Chill corner spot with awesome sweet treats. Worth a look if you want some good jellies and teas.

Favorite boba in Seattle! They have additional seating upstairs, with boardgames. Their desserts are also good, but a little too sweet for my tastes.

I chanced upon this new milk tea place wandering around the International District. I liked the matcha jelly dessert and milk tea with grass jelly topping. Typing this is making me crave for them again =)The place has a lot of seating (they have a loft type space above the counter if the ground level area is full), has a bright interior but no dedicated parking like most establishments in the district. Park on the street or find a garage.The staff was friendly and service was very fast. Note that the toppings and bobba are add on at an additional cost so be ready to pay higher than Starbucks prices if you want to customize and pile on the bobba and toppings.

I love BlackBall. Great deserts and unique to Seattle. So much that is delicious here. People are great too!

I had the cheese bubble tea for the first time at this place. Initially I was afraid that cheese would taste really bad in the bubble tea but as it turns out, it is more like the cheese in cheesecake. I recommend the tiramisu cheese tea with coco jelly. 🙂😋

Yummy desserts and fast service! The taro and rice ball toppings are so good.

To the owner: we love your grass jelly products. However can you please clean up your dining area better? The floor is sticky and there are many flies!!!

So happy to run into our favorite type of Taiwanese dessert shop! Taro balls and the grass jelly are excellent, flavorful and QQ, along with the brown sugared Tapioca balls. They even have “Aiyu” jelly, a special Taiwanese summer staple. This dessert cafe is pretty close to authentic. We could eat this everyday!

A typical Taieanese dessert restaurant offering large variety of drinks and dessert. The ingredients are authentic and full of flavors. The service is pretty fast. The only problem is the lack of consistency in their quality of service. There is one time I ordered a cup of milk tea to go, and they did not seal the cup properly. As result, the cup leaked and the milk tea spilled all over inside my car. It was a pain in the @#$% to try to clean it up later.

Theres boba here.

I had some type of cheese tea it was awesome. Its a nice atmosphere. The servers are nice. Right in the international district. Perfect for people watching or reading the paper or surfing your phone. Clientele can be a bit shallow at times, but thats not the places fault..

Cold months call for warm desserts or cold grass jelly with toppings of your liking. Summer days the shaved ice options are great. My personal favorite toppings are taro, sweet yam, and rice balls.I do wish they have hot tofu with ginger dessert.

以一個生長在台北23年的台灣人來說，這間店大概就一般吧...As a Taiwanese who drinks thousands of bubba milk tea, the level of blackball Taiwanese dessert wasn’t that original, the flavor is too sweet and the staff didn’t actively ask customer the sugar and ice content of the drinks, it’s standard operations process in Taiwan.

Amazingly authentic. Best boba & shaved ice Ive ever had outside of Taiwan. Perfect texture & delicious.

Cheese tea and matcha milk tea WOW, just tried some jelly bowl #14. Super delicious. Only 1 problem with this experience....... the same pop song has been playing over and over for the last 14 mins. I really dont think the best representation of a Taiwanese dessert place if the hip variety torture their unbewildered guests with Charlie Puths We dont talk anymore!. Seriously they had 5 stars in the bag!!!!!! But no one added more that 1 song to the playlist. Hey at least it has a nice beat...

What I ordered is with ice, but they didnt add it due to busy hours. And they still have ice on the must-have items only. What a bad service ever.

Placed a delivery order on Doordash. Ordered two SAME jelly bowls but got bowls in diffedent sizes. Paid extra to get my winter melon tea upgraded to large yet still received medium. Will not order online again.

This place is great for some dessert. They have a decent variety of desserts to choose from. Our smoothes tasted great. The staff were nice and friendly when they were taking our order. They have an upper level where you can sit, its has some deep ambient lighting for those looking to mellow out. Overall, Id recommend stopping by.

Great desserts..hot and cold

Best shaved ice ever! Need to go back there whenever going down again!

This place has such delicious hot and cold beverages!! My friends swear by their Mango cheese boba drink! Personally, I love their hot oolong teas!Do checkout this cafe for some yummy tea!

They argued with customer when they made a wrong one. It was not the first time they provided poor services.For example, my friend ordered matcha milk tea with boba but he got a matcha milk tea “without” boba. When we tell them they made it wrong, we received a small cup of boba instead of a new correct drink. Lol ( see picture)Updated:I gave this place a chance and bought caramel milk tea standard size. Look at the second picture... only 400 cc?Expensive drink. Skip it to save your money.Downgrade my review to 1 star.

Personally the milk tea (havent tried the fresh milk tea, which comes with while milk) is too bitter for me, not mixed well. Asked for more brown sugar, but they only use regular sugar. Came in an hr before closing, so they ran out of black tea. This is a personal choice, as I prefer my teas with less real tea and more powder and sweetness, akin to Oasis.

A nice almost cozy desert shop. Turnaround from order to pick up is decent. Has a second floor for better socializing with groups. Street parking or nearby paid parking.

Order two boba teas and it was somehow $14.00

Fresh milk green tea was ok. Tea not that strong/fragrant and the pearls were hard.

Very good. Staff was very friendly. I recommend the pineapple smoothie.

Reasonably priced. Great menu. I have really enjoyed every dessert I’ve ordered form them. I recommend sitting on the ground floor - better ambience.

The lady in white(not in the uniform) who served me tonight has poor customer service. She needs to learn how to serve her customers with better manners next time. The shaved ice I got in my dessert was more like shaved ice blocks and was different from the one I bought a night ago. Inconsistent with their quality probably different set of crew.

Fast service and good taste.

Very interesting experience! I didnt love the desserts but thats not because they werent good. They were very good. I think I like chocolate mousse better though:)

Best milk tea Ive had so far in Seattle. Convenient location in the international district near Seattle. However, the interior is at times hard to navigate, very poorly set up. There is so little in the area where you are supposed to stand and order, and even less in the area where you are supposed to pick up your drink, that even with just a few people inside you can feel very cramped. This wouldnt be a negative if the interior wasnt rather large inside. The space is just being used very poorly.Interior issues aside, the milk tea is great and the service is friendly. Prices are about what you would expect at a bubble tea place in Seattle, about $5~6 per person if you are each getting a singular item.

Apparently people in this store needs to learn how to serve customer in a polite way. Impatiently communication doesn’t keep your customer. If it’s a family business, you bare whatever results your family member’s behavior cause. Else, you definitely needs to hire better people.

Good desserts, many of them is very sweet and have artificial flavor, though you can choose something healthy. I was there 3 times and I can tell that the customer service is below 1 star! Speak a little English so since the beginning is a communication problem. When I try to communicate with one waiter, the other ones were counting cash and talk out loud next to me, putting dirty cash on my order. I was only one in the bar and I was waiting 20 minutes for my order because of come problem with cash they forget to prepare my order.

I take my girlfriend here every once and a while, place is cheap and she has left happy every time. A large selection and the staff turns around orders quick. There is seating, but please bus tables yourself. Parking is easy enough. Open till midnight, which is great for a 10pm treat. I go every other week.

Blackball is an authentic Taiwanese dessert shop in the ID. Most popular menu items are their shaved ice. My favorite is the Blackball shaved ice. Look over the menu description to find the toppings you like most. Note that they have both English and Chinese menus. At least for now, they match.

Their grass jelly is really good here, so Id definitely recommend getting that as your topping (instead of your basic boba). Theres a TON on the menu, so I still have a lot to try out. What Ive had so far has had just the right amount of sweetness and great texture, so Ill definitely be back for more.

Im obsessed with any soup style desserts hot or cold. Blackball does not disappoint. They also have herbal tasting desserts. The deserts are between 6 to $8. Their drinks are around 4 to $6.I definitely recommend this if youre ever in an area with a blackball Taiwanese dessert place. Its my go-to place for sago and boba textured food items.

Very authentic Taiwanese dessert shop, highly recommend it! It so has some delicious for boba lover, if you find yourself need some sweet drinks, this will be a good go-to place for you.

Blackball is one of my favorite places to go for bubble tea. It tastes like its fresh (as opposed to powdered milk).

Strawberry Shaved Ice was great

The taro milk tea seems like its just made from a powder, and 30% sweet was way too sweet. they do have interesting toppings like mini matcha which was nice and chewy. the red bean soup was not great and had the sugar added afterward instead of being cooked with it. ive had better taiwanese desserts

The Cheese tea is something worth trying, especially the salted one. Although there are iced desserts with tapioca and other fruits I remember tasting only in Asia. The service is fast although the Edmonds store is quicker. It is best to go with friends so more desserts can be ordered and shared.

Many delightful and adventurous options for a hot or cold treat. I enjoyed a taro tea with boba and some kind of vegan jello - delicious and refreshing 😋

Not cheap but a fun experience for those not familiar with Taiwanese sweets. Be brave and try the soup warm. The base soup is sweet and you can add rice balls, sweet beans and other toppings.

Delicious! And they offered me a sample of grass jelly since I didnt know what it was. It was so good! Definitely going here every visit to the ID.

Im nostalgic for these desserts. Can be pricey depending on what you get, but hey - its a treat! Their grass jelly is authentic and delicious.

The staff were so helpful and boba tea was delicious!!! They went above and beyond when my phone was dying so I could continue on with my commute home :) THANK YOU!

The boba tea is good and I want to try the desserts when Im less full (I always go to dim sum first before stopping here!) But the service is a little off. The small pony wall that serves as a back rest is not bolted in on one side and by leaning back, I knocked a milk tea that another customer had bought on the floor, spraying it everywhere and on the guy. No one rushes to clean it up and it was still a mess on the ground when we went to leave. Fine place if youre just in and out for milk tea though! Just left a bad taste service-wise.

I had the iced tiramisu black milk tea with Crystal boba. It was delicious! Im excited about the other offerings.However, the air conditioning was on so cold (full blast) that my friend had to put a sweater on. We had to leave.

Great drinks... The almond smoothie is da best... An the girls there r super cute too... Love this place...

Boba drink was to sweet and boba balls were to soggy.... service was great though

We usually dont waste food, but we couldnt finish the shaved ice. Way too sweet. Tastes like lychee syrup from the can was dumped into it. Disappointing.

The dessert is nice. Cozy place for hang out or doing homework.

Shaved ice with sweet sticky rice balls are too good

The people in front of me had ordered one thing and they they gave them something completely different. Took 20 minutes to get one small tea and it ended up tasting bland. I put up with the time because they have a good reputation in other locations but this location is terrible. Their food rating is okay, I dont know if that bothers anybody just thought Id mention it.

Big tea drink selection, and they have mango popping boba! Very refreshing! Didnt try any food but tea was great.

Great place for dessert and great service !! Love the ambience small and cute. Very friendly (at least towards us)! We are out of Towners visiting and had great experience.

I enjoyed the fresh ginger sweet peanut ball soup but i preferred thinner shell/wrap.

Shaved ice? SO GOOOOOD! we got lychee, condensed milk, and some other rice ball grass jelly mystery.... Ice isnt as shaved as youd expect, but the flavors and jellies make up for it!

Different kind of desserts. My wife loved the Taro dessert. Friendly staff.

One of the best bubble tea in Seattle but it is pricey and parking is hard to find. Every time I am in Chinatown, I am there.

Matcha milk!

Very fresh ingredients! I got the salted cream cheese black tea and it was exceptional.

Desserts and drinks are too sweet, please dont put Healthy on your cups if your stuffs are that sweet. Stinky restroom.

This place is overly sweet. Replaced gossip which was way better imho. Gossip had a much better atmosphere as well.

Just visited here today with a family member I will give it 4 star for taste and a lot of selection, but for service it need to be quicker and the front staff could be a bit more informative.

Worse service ever. I ordered 7 drinks. They made only 6 drinks. We asked for the missing. They had bad attitude with us. I dont want to give you even 1star. Never come back.

Only the mix and match menu(grass jelly) taste good. Others are terrible

I went there twice and I love their hot taro milk tea

It was good but not my kind of dissert. Quite busy though. Most ppl ordered bubble tea...maybe I should have went with that instead?!

Very fun! Great place, wonderful staff

Pineapple smoothie and wintermelon tea with boba were very good.

All kinds of yummy desserts, with lots of topping options.

Bad customer service. The Oolong milk tea taste very watery.

The desserts there are great, they have an abundance of choices to choose from and a lot of sides you can add on to the dish. However the place is a little messy and crowded, especially the upstairs part.

I love this place 😋😍

Busy af in the evenings. Matcha laate and matcha jelly. It was just okay. 3 stars

Warning: theres a hair in boba. Yikes!Ordered a large black fresh milk tea with boba. Got a small green milk tea with boba. So I told them that they got my order wrong.Cashier girl was really nice said no problem, theyll make a new one for me. But the girl whos actually making the milk tea looked very annoyed and didnt want to remake. Waited for a bit, I realized shes not remaking my drink, shes just making other customers drinks. I had to ask her are you remaking my milk tea.The end result is a watery, very bad tasting milk tea. She ABSOLUTELY did not add much milk into the MILK tea. AND later on, I found a hair in my boba. Yikes!

Wonderful desserts, very different from what Im used to in a really good way

My favourite place to get boba . Upstairs area is cool

Delicious, quick, popular, highly customizable, and flavorful without being over-sweet!Theres a variety of drinks including milk teas with many toppings (incl. Boba, mochi, red bean), as well shaved ice, hot drinks, grass jelly dessert with toppings. The latter is great for sharing!Free WiFi + board games + couches to enjoy upstairs!

The jelly is cool and refreshing in the summertime!