Leo M.
Yelp
The only reason to stop by Teriyaki Wok II is to get the boba tea, and then specifically the snow. When I lived in California, there were boba tea specialty shops around every corner and I was lucky enough to travel outside the country recently to have Taiwanese boba tea (AKA the original boba tea).
Boba tea's most iconic form is as a milk tea, however, in the US, it's usually served cold instead of hot. At Teriyaki Wok II, the milk tea boba, the slush, and the ice teas are all subpar. Oftentimes, I can taste the powder, which means they don't use real ingredients (not that their facility has the space for it) and that they don't care much for the boba tea to blend it thoroughly enough to where the customer doesn't notice the powder. These issues aren't as prominent in their snow boba, which measures out as only okay in the end. The actual tapioca pearls are good, but not great. The pearls are, at least, consistent in their texture, but they're clearly not made in-house (which is like a coffeehouse that buys pre-ground coffee).
I basically only come here because I get boba cravings and I'm not willing to drive down to Denver just for a cup. I also hate that for $4, the boba here is so mediocre compared to literally every other boba place I've had in California and Asia.
The food is definitely not worth trying, so don't waste your money. It's poorly made and it's fairly obvious that the only reason why the owners opened up this place was because they wanted to sell poorly made, cheap food to broke college students that are too high half the time to tell that it's bad.
Honestly, if you want to experience real, traditional boba milk tea, see yourself to Master Tea in Broomfield. I consider it to be the best dedicated boba shop in the state. It's ran by a guy who is a certified Tea Master, has over a decade's worth of experience working in tea houses in Taiwan, and actually cares about the product. Or if you like overly sweet, Californianized boba tea, there's Volcano Tea House in Aurora. (Volcano has really good popcorn chicken.) I'm pretty sure both are cheaper, both don't use powders for their boba teas, and both allow you to customize the drink's sweetness, flavors, and ice levels.
If, however, you like the food here, you should instead go to Aloha Coffee & Grill. Aloha serves similar fare at a competitive price point, but everything there is made from scratch and better executed. It's only two miles away on the East side of CSU.
