Ms R.
Yelp
ANIME BOBA CAFE LV
I review this with extreme disappointment. The Good: the server and cook are the nicest people ever, and the food was average but low cost. The Bad: follows ...
So, we drove some distance to try out the new hype-advertised Anime Boba Cafe in Henderson. It's in a "tiny" good-looking strip mall building shared with a 7-11 store at 1680 W Sunset Rd, Henderson, NV 89014. If you blink, you'll miss it. But that's okay, you may "want" to miss this one ... that I rate "Meh!"
What does "meh" mean? "Meh (/m/) is a colloquial interjection used to express indifference or boredom. It is often considered the verbal equivalent of the shoulder gridle. The use of the word "Meh" shows that the speaker is apathetic, uninterested or indifferent to the question or subject. [Thank you ... https://meaningdb.com ' meh] And "meh" used here sadly does not even meet my apathetic interest in ever coming again.
The cafe is the size of two medium bedrooms. The whole cafe! Looks like about 500 sq. ft. It has about half a dozen tables, most seat only two people. It has two toy-size pinball machines, a small bookshelf with Anime reading material, a couple of small display cases, two small TVs playing Anime cartoons, and ... that's about it.
The menu? It has about ten items on it. Drinks are $5+ each (abt 5 choices), fries loaded $9 (one choice), food bowls $10+ (abt 5 choices). That's it, the entire menu.
There were four of us, and the available seating was very limited. We ordered at 11:30am. There are four other customers in the store, that already had their food. Food was brought out at 11:55am.
We ordered beef bowl, curry chicken bowl, teriyaki chicken bowl, Osaka (loaded) fries, and boba drink.
Rice was overcooked and tasted like stale water, no rice flavor at all. Meat was okay, some had flavor, some did not. Four dishes, four tiny packets of soy sauce (one each). It was "meh" at best. If I lived next door and didn't have a vehicle, I might eat there more than once. The workers were very pleasant, smiled a lot, but also seemed bored!
The Grand Opening ads stated they would have waitresses (servers) cutely dressed in cosplay outfits. Nope. Guess that was for the Grand Opening only. One person, working the counter for food orders, and a waitress was wearing an Anime teeshirt.
They should "not" have hyped this up. The bare truth would be enough for their "chosen audience." But when a person arrives with an inflated perception of a place and the possible interest it offers (I saw two ads promoting an exceptional Grand Opening) ... then steps into a standard alley way harboring nothing of interest, it is more than disappointing - especially if they bring friends to share this pumped up experience.
It's sad that you can't trust Instagram and other food review postings anymore. Influencers have taken over the market with hyped, overly positive untrue reviews just to create advertising. You have to choose more carefully these days due to fake reviews and glamorized comments, plus business owners can pay now to take down poor reviews. The food photos are even deceiving. I've gone to several places lately and the actual food looks nothing like the promotion or menu pictures.
Do I recommend trying it? No. There are better experiences for the same or less price, with better food and ambiance. Skip this one. It was over-hyped, and "meh!"