Astro Boba - Parksville, British Columbia

shalu N.

I drove from Courtenay to Parksville just for boba tea because I had an amazing one last time. The previous time, a guy made it perfectly, but today, a girl made a watery milk tea that was disappointing. I asked her to blend it and add extra whipping cream, even offering to pay, but she didn’t bother and made it even worse 👎
Reply:
Hello Ma’am, Thanks for your valuable response. I’ve been drinking boba my whole life. Maybe it would be more helpful to focus on better staff training to prevent these kinds of issues in the future.

BC F. A.

A solid place for a small city like Parksville. I ordered the brown sugar boba tea, slush style. It was a good drink, but I'll try the traditional iced version next time.

There are two things that held this place back a star ⭐. It was 18-20 degrees outside, but inside it felt really hot. I would hate to be working inside during mid 20 or hotter days. Another thing is they don't have any real fruit in the drinks, just syrup. It would be good to offer a few seasonal real fruit drink options.

Otherwise the service from the guy there was great. The drink menu looks awesome, so many choices. Hoping to give this place more tries in the future.

Trinh V.

I have tried different bubble tea places before, so I know what it should look like and taste like and Astro Boba is one of my best, favourite place ever on this island. The staff is super friendly and the drink is super tasty. Always happy leaving the store with a big smile. I'm glad that Astro Boba is in Parksville. 💝💝💝

Ono N.

I really want to like this place. I can tell it was designed by an artist and the people were really nice, but this is ultimately a review of the product itself... Which was unfortunately... Gross. Sorry.

It's hard to mess up mango, but they managed to do it. Ditto on the jasmine. Instead of ingredients an oddly flavored syrup was squirted into the milk for both flavors.

I think the space really has potential, and a good location, but the ingredients need to be updated or they need to pivot to a new product. (Perhaps slushies or gelato?)

To the owners: please let me know if you apply any of this feedback and I will revise my review. Best of luck!

Alina D.

First time going to it. Place is such a cool vibe, staff is so friendly and there's so many options 🤯 I love how the menu helps u choose everything so clearly. The bobas I got were absolutely delicious and I can't wait to come back 😍

Rosalee G.

The blended taro with tapioca balls was the best beverage I have ever consumed. The vibes in store are immaculate. They have beautiful healthy plants. The lady working was knowledgeable and kind. This is a must stop while in town!

Megan B.

An incredible little place with an amazing vibe and cool friendly staff. Astro Boba is not your traditional boba spot! They have some cool modern flavours and a really neat vapourwave aesthetic inside highly suggest! Flavour was great but the building and adorable cat mural outside is worth going alone.

Ruby C.

Pretty good Bubble Tea place. Prices are what you should expect to pay in a small city, away from the larger hubs. They were friendly and fast.