Fresh Cup

Boba here is great but my actual favorite drink is the passion fruit slush with lychee jelly! Best combination cold drink in my opinion!
Family owned establishment and the drinks are always good, I’ve eaten here a few times and the food is average. It’s a nice quick meal with a drink… Usually. The last time that I came the orders were all mixed up and they were out of boba pearls so I was really disappointed but the owner gave each person in my party of 6 some kind of discount.
I like coming here for a quick fix for asian food cravings on a budget and getting my boba or jelly fix satisfied. The place is small and has Korean pop music channel always playing so it’s interesting and I find it entertaining to watch while waiting.
But if you’re hungry for a more fulfilling meal, I wouldnt recommend eating here. I find fresh cup to be more a quick bite snack kinda joint.

They seem to have a lot of food items, but I’m only reviewing drinks.
My friends invited me here, so I somewhat woefully detoured from my intended dessert. I’d been meaning to start trying the teas instead of the smoothies at the boba shops of Las Vegas, and I figured this would be as good a place as any.
Fresh Cup is a standalone structure in front of 168 Market and across the street from China Mama. They have decent seating, and it wasn’t too crowded at our off-​peak visit in spite of the summer heat. They also play a lot of Korean pop music and have posters of various girl groups all over the walls.
Other than the non-​Asian smoothies and the specialty smoothies, the drinks (flavored teas, milk teas, jelly juices, smoothies) are cheap. The medium is currently $ 2.77 and the large is $ 3.15. Apparently, these drinks are all cold/​iced since «hot» is a 50 cent extra, as are boba and many other add-​ons. Puddings and some other toppings are 70 cents.
I had passion fruit green tea. I also unwittingly sampled my friend’s taro milk tea, which was strongly (but not cloyingly) sweet, making it a candidate for future ordering but with the «less sugar» option. They have a «no sugar» option too (ugh, why?) and also less ice (ooh) or no ice, but I’m not sure if the cup will look as full without the ice.
So the sweet taro ended up throwing off my palate for the rest of my passion fruit green tea experience. Meh. From my first sip of my own drink, it seemed balanced with a little sweetness and non-​overpowering green tea. The boba didn’t seem quite as tasty as I’ve had before, but the chewiness was fine. Not the best rendition of this drink ever, but it’ll work if I somehow don’t find a better spot.
They have the typical buy 10 get 1 free stamp card. When I asked, an employee responded to me that they don’t use all fresh fruit in their smoothies, so I’ll probably stick to No. 1 Boba Tea if I’m in that kind of mood. However, I wouldn’t mind giving them a few more visits when convenient.

This place has good potential but they have a lot going on that they don’t notice the small things wrong with certain items.
The good:
–nice servers
–good vibe
–great location
— cheap prices
The bad:
–their California roll while cheap, lacks flavor
–the #4 roll (heart attack roll) is way too spicy! They basically put the entire jalapeño inside each piece and the heat is overwhelming. (See picture)
–pork katsu is a bit on the dry side and not enough rice for my liking.
Will I return? Yes when I want cheap California rolls during lunch, it is close to my job. Will I recommend it? Not so sure yet.

Growing up in Southern California, and subsequently Las Vegas, I learned what boba and milk tea was at a young age. Since then, I have learned, and never have forgotten what it should be like, and taste like. Fresh Cup does drinks right!
Fresh Cup has a pretty decent selection of various drinks and a good food menu too compared to a lot of other boba places. Usually, other boba places just have snacks that you can get along with your drinks, but Fresh Cup has actual dishes! Although the amount of food isn’t compared to that of a restaurant, they are still decently priced compared to the amount of food they give you. My all time favorite drink is the plain milk tea with boba, and they do it right at Fresh Cup! I rarely deviate from plain milk tea, but I do like chocolate, so I gave the chocolate milk tea a shot, and it was quite good as well I must say. If you want a quick drink to refresh yourself, especially in the hot summers of Las Vegas, I would gladly recommend Fresh Cup!

I am only writing review on the Avocado smoothies. That is my only order at this restaurant when I visited Vegas.
The Avocado smoothie is pretty good. It reminds me of the same thing at Verde (if you are from the bay area you know what I am talking about).
The sell Japanese bento boxes and the price is very reasonable. I never had them so I won’t comment on anything.
The whole store looks empty on a Saturday lunch time.

The other day I stopped here for lunch, I ordered the ramen, price was good and the serving was generous but it doesn’t compare to the Montas or the Soras in flavor, still good deal if I don’t have time to put my name on a list and wait for a table. I also ordered some sushi rolls, and again, they were good but not as good as other real sushi places, nonetheless a good price for what you get.
Service is great and the employees are very attentive and willing to help, also the dining area was very clean, no problems whatsoever in that department and to be fair, I must add that this place specializes on drinks, coffee, tea, and smoothies which I didn’t try, maybe my rating would’ve been higher but for now based on the food items I tried 3.5 is where they’re at… I’ll have to come back and try that avocado smoothie everyone talks about.

I love this place for shaved ice! I have never gotten anything else, but it looks good. There is something about their shaved ice that I just crave during a hot summer day– especially here in Vegas during the HOT summer heat. My usual order is the Fresh Cup shaved Ice. It is so simple, yet so good. Simplicity really is better! They serve you in a huge tear shaped bowl with fluffy shaved ice and in the middle, they give you a scoop of sweet red beans. Around it, they put there daily fresh fruits. Some days they have kiwis, bananas, watermelons, etc. What I like about it is that it’s different every time. They use fresh fruits every time. Then they drizzle condensed milk on top of the fruits. It is so refreshing and very cooling.
I definitely want to try their boba slushies! I saw them use fresh fruits and I guess you can say I’m sold on fresh fruits! One of my favorite places for shaved ice… must try!

Fresh Cup is basically my second home. I am here at least two days every week. The staff is also super friendly that I’ve actually become friends with most of them! Their boss is also a sweetheart!
This boba-​smoothie joint is probably one of the very few places that you can get drinks for UNDER $ 3 or $ 4, AND it’s actually pretty freaking good. Most cheap boba places suck but Fresh Cup knows how to make great drinks.
My usual orders are: Thai tea smoothie, milk tea, green tea smoothie, and a strawberry-​banana smoothie
These are my top favorites and they never do me wrong.
This place is also a great spot to study and do hw because they provide free wifi! You also have entertainment with the tv’s that play K-​pop shows.
Fresh Cup is my favorite place to grab a tasty drink, relax, and stare at epic Korean dancing/​singing/​fashion (mild humor).

One of the popular places in town for milk tea. Great place to hang out, grab a drink, study, read, play games, etc.
Opened a few years ago, it has been one of the main places to hang out. Prices are cheap (in comparison to the chain Tea Station). They offer a variety of hot or cold drinks (tea, coffee, smoothies, slushes) to various foods (appetizers, snacks, and actual meals)
Free Wi-​fi (password is their phone number located on their menu or Unilocal XD). Great for those who are working or studying for their phones (save data XD) or laptop/​tablets.
Environment is pretty nice. Not really loud, most times fairly quiet aside from their korean videos playing on the TV. They have various posters of different korean pop groups like Girl’s Generation ! :D woohoo ! XD
Staff is friendly. Over the years, their staff has been changing due to their employees or mostly students in either late high school or early college.
They have a «frequent customer» card where if you get 10 stamps, you get one for free.
Food wise, they are decent. I wouldn’t be too strict on them because their speciality isnt in food. Bibimbap is pretty good. Good amount and ratio for ingredients to rice. Katsu is ok. Not my favorite place for that. Their sushi rolls are … like most sushi rolls. Kind of hard to mess up. Decent for those who like to eat sushi rolls.
The only issue i have with Fresh Cup, is their inconsistency. Due to the periodic change of employees, and different people working, each drink is different. My friend and I are huge fans of a GOOD jasmine milk tea. I am an avid tea drinker and love a nice tea. We once had a really good one. Strong flavor, less sweet, and a good amount of milk. Yeah that was the only one. Any other time it was ordered… flavor was a bit lacking or too sweet or too much milk or any combination of the three. If they could somehow figure a way to be always or fairly consistent, and keep their flavor up without helping people get closer to achieving diabetes…
Another example is their avocado or papaya smoothie. I appreciate their honesty when they say their avocados aren’t ripe, which prevents me from ordering it, but thats fine. quality control right? I wish they’d control their measurements for a more consistent result. Sometimes sweet. Sometimes not. Sometimes not blended enough.
Overall still a nice place to go to. Would be the best if they can be consistent.

This place is delightful! For one, it has free wifi– my original reason for stopping in. They also have bobaccino– which is iced coffee, with boba. DONE, large please!
The cashier was super friendly and danced around, garnering yet another star.
Tasty drinks, consistent and strong wifi, no one judging me for spending an hour here on Tumblr? Another star!
Oh, and their menu also includes katsu, bbq bulgogi, bowls, and sushi? I’m pretty sure I’m about to be a regular here!
ETA–
Solid four stars for dining options. BF and I had dinner here before a flight (thanks to the wifi, we found out there was a delay!), sharing the soft shell crab app, the bulgogi bowl, and the #1 sushi roll. Side note, all rolls are $ 7, and they’re large 10-​piece rolls, not wimpy little ones!
Wouldn’t get the crab app again– just wasn’t impressed, though it was both affordably priced and impressive to see on the menu in the first place.
The bowl was okay, seemed lacking something– I added a hefty shake of soy sauce and that perked it up a little.
Roll was tasty! Simple but good, will be trying others again. Happy with $ 7 price tag for 10 pieces.

Currently my favorite boba place because whenever I need my boba fix I come here… I’ve have been coming here pretty regularly even if I don’t live on the west side. I usually get the Thai tea with boba, which is good to me because surprisingly other places don’t make it as good as Fresh Cup. I’ve also tried the shave ice with fruit and it’s just «meh okay.» The staff here are usually those Asian teenagers, but they are pretty nice and friendly for the most part and their service is quick too. The chicken katsu and other sushi items look pretty tasty so I’ll probably have to try it out one of these days. Slowly filling my stamp card, yay!

The milk tea and their chicken teriyaki box tasted pretty good! The chicken is really lean and has no skin, either. This was definitely healthy, too!
I also love the fact that they have kpop music on tv and posters of kpop stars.
If you frequent this place for tea, be sure to ask for a stamp card!
Also, $ 5 minimum for credit card~
Note: Tea drinks are generally sweet, so be sure to ask them to make it less sweet if you don’t want a sugar high!

First thing’s first, there is a $ 5 minimum if you want to slide your CC. Now, if you’re there for boba and want to slide, I’m sorry to tell but you’re gonna have to get two drinks. If you’r there for food, well, you have no issues!
My review is strictly for their drinks — boba or not. Now, I recently moved from California so their variety of flavors doesn’t really do much for me. I’ve seen it plenty of times. Their regular sizes are about $ 3.22 and their larges are about $ 4 (?) I haven’t ordered any larges so I’m unfamiliar with the price.
+1 for them for having egg pudding as one of the choices. I love egg pudding in my milk tea and it was hard for me to find a place that had it as a choice in the Bay Area. It was probably more prominent in SoCal versus NorCal. It tasted like egg pudding too! (Trust me, I’ve tried egg pudding that wasn’t egg pudding.)
Now comes the real deal. I’ve been to Fresh Cup three times and all three times, my Jasmine Milk Tea tasted different.
Visit #1: Jasmine Milk Tea with egg pudding. My first visit was actually really good. I was surprised that the balance of jasmine tea, milk, and sugar was on point. I could clearly taste that it was jasmine and the milk/​sugar combo did not kill the tea taste. Whoever mixed this drink for me has my thumbs up.
Visit #2: Jasmine Milk Tea with egg pudding. Whoever mixed this clearly likes diabetes in a cup. There was NO jasmine tea flavor. The milk and sugar covered up any other flavors in this. It was like drinking water, milk, and sugar mixed in a cup. HORRIBLE.
Also had a Mango Green Tea with boba. Yup. Definitely diabetes in a cup. The mango syrup killed everything. It was mango syrup water to me.
Visit #3: Jasmine Milk Tea with less sugar. Nope. No jasmine flavor. No tea flavor. It was just milk with less overpowering sweetness.
I’m not sure if I wanna go back for a #4 or #5 visit. Honestly, I do like their prices — it’s possibly the lowest in Las Vegas. I mean, tea station charges you almost $ 5 for a regular but then again … quality. What I really want to do is find who mixed my drink on my first visit, take down their name, and always go back to them. Granted, I may just find another place instead.
Oh and they do have a stamp system. However, the workers that work there never pointed that out to me or asked me if I had one. I didn’t find out until on my third visit, my best friend took her stamp card out. Three separate visits and no mention of any stamp card. Great job. You could say that I should’ve read more Unilocal reviews but I didn’t go to Fresh Cup because of Unilocal.I went because my friends liked the place.

My honey wanted to treat me to boba after spending several hours studying, so he brought me here and I am glad he did! I went ahead and tried the papaya boba. I had never seen that flavor before. I’m not the biggest fan of papaya, but I do love when I get a sweet papaya. The drink wasn’t overly sweet (hooray!) and I just really liked how it tasted. After the girl made my drink, she let me have a taste to see if I liked the amount of sweetness. I did!
I also had the Hot Night Roll: avocado crab, spicy tuna and shrimp tempura. I’ve had spicy tuna before and I love it, but I have never had it as hot as I did this night! The roll tasted great, but too much spice for me!
My honey ordered the chicken Yakisoba appetizer, the breaded chicken cutlet, and a strawberry smoothie, all of which he loved. Three food items and two large drinks = $ 30.
They have a great variety of drinks and food to choose from and their service is great! Thanks for a nice late night meal.

This place definitely gets 5+ stars for its service and attentiveness, but the food and drinks are alright. All the to-​go packaging is done really nicely for you though.
I ordered the bbq popcorn chicken entrée & the bibimbap. The bbq chicken dish was kinda weird. Maybe it’s just me, but bbq sauce and white rice are not a good combination. I think if I had a different sauce it’d be a lot better. The bibimbap was very fresh and healthy-​tasting though, which was good.
Also ordered a jasmine milk tea with boba, but the boba was kind of whatevs.
Again, 5+ stars for service. If I came back, I’d stick with the bibimbap.

Too cool! This place pretty much has everything you would want without having to go to other locations.
Specifically including boba, sushi, ramen, Hawaiian plates and more! The only reason i stopped by was to try out their boba slush after my dinner for dessert. Great selection of flavors to choose from too!
Inside is very clean and new which certainly brings the welcoming ambiance out.
Yup, thats all i got! Im pretty positive that ill be reediting this ‘Fresh’ spot to officially honor their 5 stars once i try all the goodies they have to offer.
Ill keep you all posted! :D

Just like the crystal meth that Walter White and Jesse Pinkman make, its crystal CLEAR that Fresh Cup is the best for your milk teas. Maybe they should rename their business to Meth Cup.
I don’t know what it is, but their Jasmine milk tea is superb, like it spits in the face of the other businesses here. Maybe they use some super quality tea, or maybe meth. Uh oh I hope this doesn’t get flag for drug references. Anyways! My other solid pickings are the lemon green tea and the duo duo. Duo Duo taste like the Yakult, those little Asian yogurt drinks. Their tapioca balls/​boba is great, not too sweet and soft, but a solid middle.
They don’t have a lot of those fancy teas that some other businesses have, BUT they do have free wifi (unlimited), various random Asian food (bentos, ramen, sushi etc), stamp cards, low prices, a quiet environment for studying, and ample parking spaces.
There is a $ 5 minimum for card usage though so carry cash!
Service is friendly and typically quick.

4.5 stars
This may be one of my new favorite boba places. The boba was awesome! The boba was still soft even though I got a cold drink and it was still soft 30 min later. I ordered a mango slushie and although it was a tad bit too sweet (hence the 4.5 stars) it still rocked my socks off. There seems to be a good selection of snacks too for a decent price. My husband loved loved his boba-​ccino and he slurped that down really quick.
Overall I think this place is awesome and I know I will be back

I THINK I JUST FOUND MY GO TO PLACE FOR AVOCADO SMOOTHIE WITH BOBA!
I just literally got home from there and went straight to my laptop to type this review! Originally I just wanted to check out their boba drinks so I wanted to try their avocado smoothie with boba. But when I got there, I noticed that they had many other choices like sushi, teriyaki, and katsu.
As I approach the counter, I am greeted with all smiles and a warm welcome. Already I am getting good vibes from the aura that I am feeling from the Fresh Cup peeps.
So I order my above mentioned favorite hoping that it is decent. When they called me up to get my drink, it turns out that they made mango instead of avocado. Now im not sure if they misunderstood me when I asked about their mango, but what happened next truly impressed me and definitely won me over in giving my business to them.
When I said I thought I ordered avocado, they apologized and said they will make the correct order right away. They said to go ahead and keep the mango to try. It was good but I have always been an avocado afficionado. I appreciated the fact that they apologized and quickly corrected the situation with no questions asked.
As for the avocado smoothie, WOW! It’s exactly what im looking for! The boba was soft and chewy. Im in love!
Some tidbits. 10 dollar minimum for cards. Free wifi. Open til 11pm fri and sat. Til 10 sun thru thurs. Plenty of parking.
Bottom line is, I just noticed this place the other day and decided to check it out without looking at any Unilocal reviews because I wanted to find out on my own what they were all about. Wasnt surprised that it was averaging 4 and a half stars. I gotta say that it has more than exceeded my expectations and that I am already planning out my next check in.
For more info on their menu check out their website

One of the best shaved ice in town, reasonably priced too! THEIR BOBA IS THE BEST in Vegas (just the right Goldilocks texture, not too hard and not too soft but just right). Plus you get complementary J-​POP and K-​POP décor and AYCE reruns of their «live» performances on TV while you enjoy a refreshing snack. Order is taken and delivered by a very cute and friendly staff (free on the house).
On a side note. I hope the owner will perfect the Snow Ice portion of the menu, as that was what I originally came in for with out of town friends in tow, but the texture of the shaved ice did not meet her standard so it was and will remain off their menu until she is satisfied with how it shold be served.
This is going to be one of my favorite place to relax when the temperature goes back to triple digits again for the rest of the summer.
Price/​Value: 4.5÷5. Very reasonable.
Ambiance: ⁴⁄₅. If you close your eyes, while you have a mouthful of their Fresh Cup Shaved Ice or Fruit Shaved Ice, you can almost feel like you are in Taiwan. Without having to spend the $ 1200+ and 19 hour trip time to fly their.
Location: If you are near the Las Vegas Chinatown area, this is close enough for you to stop by and get some refreshing snack.
Parking: ⁵⁄₅ Plenty.