Tastea Costa Mesa

Wow i can't believe I haven't reviewed this Tastea location yet. This is one of my fav stores since i like visiting here after I visit my mom at the cemetery.Located in a busy shopping center as Stater Bros market next door to confetti Italian ice joint spot.Lots of parking right out front.Associate here is all so friendly and service is great too.My son been craving for popcorn chicken. And we love Tastea Karate Chicken. Ordered a large size w Weak sauce spice on the side. They gave the spice that looks like somewhat paprika seasoning to spice up the chicken on the side.The weak sauce now is given in packets.Mee my hubby got out free samples of my Fav refreshing drink. Peach Me Sweetea but with Stevia was being offered on the app for the new year.1.02.23I don't really care for the stevia edition. My fav is the original Peach me sweetea. It's a black tea with strawberry peach bits. Really refreshing.The Hot matcha milk tea sample was good. Something I'll actually order in the future for hot drinks especially during the cold rainy season. The matcha isn't too strong and over powering like some matcha drinks. Perfect blend indeed. Love it.The shop is a good size with the same decor like any other Tastea shops. Very simple and basic.Tip~download the Tastea Ap to receive deals promotions like free sample drinks along w a 5 bday month reward. Highly recommend it to also accrue points for future savings off.

Unpleasant experience. Rude cashier, wrong order, all and all just underwhelming.

Solid service! Solid drinks!Came here on a Sunday morning and had a pleasant experience! The server who helped us was nice and quick. Our drink was ready right away! We had the Peach Me Sweetea at half sweet. It was super refreshing and had a nice flavor! Glad we went for a lower sugar level because it was pretty sweet as is. I can totally imagine myself craving this drink in the summer. I'd definitely go back!

The service was very quick. Touch screen kiosk to order when paying with credit card. It's not the best boba place I've ever had but it's passable and we drank it all. The milk tea for me was lacking sweetness even though we put it to the full sweetness option (they allow you to pick sweetness levels). I went with my family and all of us who ordered the milk teas felt that it wasn't sweet enough. My sisters matcha strawberry was also not sweet enough. The Thai milk tea however was overly sweet. The crystal boba was a bit more jelly like in texture almost like aloe. The honey boba was green and very mild in flavor. Texture was good however.

I come to this location at least once a week. A rainy Saturday afternoon I walk in and was asked if I am paying with Card. I affirmed I was and was directed to a self checkout kiosk I completed my order and wanted to add my rewards and attempted to get an employees attention and was ignored. Another employee comes and let's me know that I need to have a barcode scan on phone to add them in order to checkout but that THEY CAN TAKE MY ORDER. NO APOLOGY. I understand that they want to be efficient yet, they need to provide customer service at all times. I can see that they are overwhelmed maybe management needs to support them.As for the drinks they are always great which is why I come once a week.