The Alley

Came to finally try this place out, having heard good things about their bubble tea... Cosy little space, so you probably can't gather a big group, or if you did, you could take away and head up Albert Park on a sunny day. The decos are pretty cute though. Now the bubble tea... I ordered the no.1 tea which was the plain brown sugar with pearls. It was good, but I might've overhyped it haha. They have a massive menu though, so I would come back to try something else. They also have wifi so it's a potential workspace too! Sadly they actually closed up before the time on google maps (around 6.30). Not sure if that's a regular thing or one off but it worked for me since I needed to head off anyway, but just giving people a heads up...

I was looking forward to trying this place when I first saw it. Their specialty is a brown sugar deerioca milk. I thought it was milk tea but upon ordering was informed that it was milk. Not the biggest fan of milk but tried it anyway. It wasn't until after ordering that I noticed they had chocolate deerioca milk. The brown sugar pearls were warm and had a nice chewy consistency. The flavour was quite nice. it also came out remarkably fast. The shop is very quaint with a few stools around as well as a couch. It looks very comfortable and inviting. The drinks were good and they do have milk tea on the menu. A nice place to catch up with friends or just to sit and relax.

Their signature Brown sugar deerioca milk is delicious and the quality of service is excellent. While I was enjoying the brown sugar deerioca milk, I was interrupted by the voice of a customer. I noticed that one of the guests was very impatient to hear the staff explain. Even though the staff kept apologizing, she ignored them. I sensed her disrespect for the service staff and even some racial discrimination. I hope I'm overthinking it, but I have some sympathy for the staff. Hope everyone has a nice day.