The Alley

A boba place in Rowland Heights. One of many! Da Alley is located in Diamond Plaza, a now quiet shopping center off the 60 freeway due to all the construction on the adjacent streets. Decor is cute; industrialized and minimalist. I like the option of ordering teas in larger catering sizes. I haven't seen a lot of places do that. Service is fast and drink quality is acceptable.

Always wanted to give it a try. Their another location is in San Gabriel so it’s kinda far. Happened to come here during their soft opening so there’s no line. Boba is great and chewy. Suggest their royal no.9 or any of their milk drink. Beware of the sweetness though. I am a sugar fan but their 100% sugar is still kinda too sweet for me. I’ll go for the 50% sugar. Anyway. So glad that they have this location here :)

Ok...so, I've been here a few times and I can't say that this is my favorite location. I ordered the Ube Creme Brulee and I was SUPER disappointed. First, nowhere on the menu did it say that it has boba in the drink and the person who took my order did not ask if I wanted boba...which I did not. I had assumed that since there wasn't any boba at The Alley locations that this would be the same. When I asked if the drink came with boba, the person said, "We cannot remove them for you." I didn't ask if he could, but at least a gesture to remake the drink would have been nice. Secondly, the "brulee" in the drink had the consistency and flavor of mung bean and not the creamy brulee that other The Alley locations have. Overall, customer service was not great and drink was quite disappointing. I won't be going to this location again.