Bubble Waffle Cafe – Kingsway

Stopped in late for a bubble waffle fix. This place was easy to find and lots of parking available. Inside, the interior is very small and it’s hard to figure out where to wait if you’re ordering to go (we ended up just sitting at a table). The menu was presented on the tables and is also available outside, which would be handy if it was super busy inside (perhaps they should consider a take out window, haha).
Prices were excellent — we paid about $ 12 for two flavored milk tea bbt and 2 bubble waffle. Cash is the only payment accepted.
The bubble waffle was delicious! Light as air, crispy and slightly sweet with that perfect slight chew. They made them fresh and offer some different flavors, but you can’t go wrong with the original.
My complaints? Well, they don’t offer soy milk instead of regular milk, which seems unusual as I’ve been able to get soy in every other bbt café I’ve ever visited. I’m Asian and lactose intolerant, isn’t this a bit of a common problem? They wouldn’t put tapioca pearl in the drinks we ordered (why, I have no idea, but it didn’t seem to be because they were out of them) and instead offered coconut jelly, which was unbeknownst to me, green apple flavored and didn’t taste good with the flavored milk. I’m not sure if all my other bbt experiences have been «wrong» and you’re not supposed to put sago in the milk tea shakes, but it seemed to me like it would have been an easy substitution.
I might come back for the waffle but won’t be in a hurry for the drinks. Maybe you get what you pay for.

Awesomely bad service. Food took ages to get to half our table (the other half finished eating before the rest of the food came). Our drink order was wrong, but we waited so long that we just took the drinks. We still got charged for the original drinks we ordered (more expensive).
We had friends who weren’t Chinese with us, but the staff kept asking them questions in Chinese anyways, even when our friends obviously expressed they could not understand.
I ordered a noodle combo, and it was… Mediocre. If you’re going to go somewhere for customisable noodles, go to Deer Garden!
The restaurant itself was loud and cramped. Not a pleasant experience at all.

Came here this time for their noodle and soup combos. I would say it’s relatively cheaper here for 7.60 for noodle and soup with a hot drink. But the price reflects back on how much they give you. It wasn’t anything special or wowing to me that I would come back for. But get that combo I can add 1.00 for bubble waffle which is pretty good. Friendly reminder though, they don’t have the Chinese herbal chicken broth but they have that on the list as a choice.
I would totally suggest people to come here for their bubble waffle. Its nice, sweet and the texture is just right.
Service wise, its no different from other Chinese café. The place is relatively small because it’s located on a corner and there is only 2 waiters for the whole place.

I came here with the boyfriend after lunch to grab some HK milk tea and bubble waffles. We each ordered an iced milk tea and bubble waffles in cheesecake and green tea flavour.
The milk tea is delicious! Closest thing comparable to the milk tea in Richmond cafes. Now I don’t have to travel all the way to Richmond for decent milk tea. The bubble waffle wasn’t too sweet which I like. We enjoyed the cheesecake flavour more than the green tea but they are both good.
They also offer noodle soup meals similar to Deer Garden where you choose your soup base, toppings, type of noodles, and drink. I think it’s $ 8 and specialty drinks are only $ 1.50 more so less than Deer Garden.
The service was great. The two ladies working were friendly.
Cash only

I mentioned in my tip that if you’re getting one of the combos, you can add $ 1 for a bubble waffle which is a pretty stellar deal. While their food is between decent to good in my opinion, I’d say there are a couple drawbacks preventing me from being a regular.
First off, this place is tiny! I wouldn’t recommend a big group coming, as you’d most likely be waiting a long time for your table (also, parking can be annoying as well since it’s shared with quite a few busy shops/​restaurants within the complex). Secondly, while the service was attentive, I found there to be too many people working and it felt pretty chaotic. Granted they’re still pretty new and are probably sorting through the kinks, but during our meal several employees asked us the same questions so it seemed unorganized.
Try it out and be your own judge. But if you’re claustrophobic, I’d say stay clear from this location.

Don’t let the pictures fool you, what you order is not what you get.
We ordered:
Beef and Egg Teppanyaki Rice Set Meal, $ 8.95 comes with HK style Milk Tea
The picture is beautiful, what it actually looked like is a soft pan fried egg sitting on top a mountain of rice, with tons of soy sauce mixed in, surrounded with well cooked, sinewy beef slivers. It’s too small to call it slices, served over a greasy iron pan. If I wanted to eat tons of rice with soy sauce, I would have stayed home.
Combo noodle — 2 toppings with noodles $ 6.80
Lamb slices, Beef Brisket over Tomato Pumpkin Fish Soup with Rice Noodles, what arrived is over cooked lamb, again very sinewy, decent brisket with some flavors, over watery fish soup, they served the wrong noodles cellophane instead of rice noodles.
Dessert wings with Ginger $ 2 for 3 if ordered with set, this was seasoned well and very tasty. Only good item of the meal.
Bubble Waffle $ 1 if ordered with the Set Meal — you get what you paid for. This is the worst Bubble Waffle I have ever had. It looked really nice but once you bite in, it was really crisp then Dough, Dough, and more Dough. There were hardly any egg, sugar or butter in the taste, and tons of flour taste. I think they heat it too fast and the inside is not cook enough.
If the name of the restaurant is called Bubble Waffle Café, you would at least expect the bubble waffle to be good. Unfortunately, it isn’t.
The milk tea which I ordered hot arrived cool, the staff was really good at taking it back and making sure the replacement is hot.
This is a small restaurant with very tight tables, not suitable for big groups.
Located right beside London Drugs
Cash Only
Washroom is located outside, you have to ask for the key.
The only good is the staff is very pleasant and quick to bring you the bill, but when I pointed out that what I was served does not match the menu picture, they said that they will have to change it. I really hate eating over cooked sinewy meat.
When we left, our clothes smelled like we have been through the fryer. The ventilation is probably not on.
We will not be back again unless it’s take out for the chicken wings.

The affordable noodles, meal combos, and waffles have won their way into my heart. Keep it up and I’ll be back!

Food was delicious and affordable. They even upgrade their bowls from plastic takeout container to restaurant standard bowl.
Original and cheese flavor bubble waffle are the most popular flavor. My favourite was the HK style waffle cake. It contains butter, peanut butter, condense milk, and suger. Sounds very deadly but it’s so good that I will definitely come back for sure.

I rarely write bad review but this one is a must. If you are not ready for opening, just dont. Coz this is gonna screw up your business badly
1. There is no washroom in the *restaurant * there is one outside tho, if you must go. I was very shocked to hear that.
2. They are serving with disposable plates, cup and plastic bowl in a «restaurant «. How earth friendly is that?
3. food are expensive for serving size that are serve with plastic togo bowls and no washroom. So shocked.
4. Anything that has Curry sauce init taste horrible, watery, MSG and spicy. Tastless. Ex: curry fishball, pig skin, etc.
5. Waffle egg bubble is served cold, Ridiculous.
Probably not even fresh? I never had any bubble egg waffle that are cold!
I will not come back again. Good luck to your business if you keep working like this, customer is not stupid, there is no second time for me. Totally fail.