Cafe Yarn

Love this little place! Customer service is great and excited to see more of the art work there! I also got to try «The CrawDaddy» it was very tasty, I will def be coming back soon!

Cute/​quiet café conveniently located off of Western. It’s been empty virtually every time I’ve been here, which is pretty cool for me/​us, but probably not so much for their business.
Iced green tea, house coffee — all have been great.
We’ve sat around using our laptops on some visits and played card games on others. Friendly owner/cashier/“barista”. Clean.
As far as mom/​pop cafes go, this one closes later than others — big plus in my book.

I love this place! Oreo banana boba is the best boba ever!!!
I go there 2 – 3 times a week !
Good services too! Nice worker there ;)
I love it!

Came in at around 12 and they didn’t have boba yet, and there was only one employee present… wtf? I shrugged it off and just got a royal milk tea with no boba. Tasted SUPER watery and artificial, like a mere idea of what real milk tea tastes like. I’m just giving this another star because the milk tea buy one get one free deal they have.

Quite a nice place, I tried the milk tea and the red bean shaved ice. The milk tea was ok, it was a bit watery. However, the red bean shaved ice was delicious and huge. It was worth the price. This is a hole in the wall and the guy there tries his best to leave you satisfied with a smile. Overall, a place to stop by.

Boba consistency is gross. The drinks are powder. I would probably recommend a mocha or taro. Can’t mess those flavors with it being powder. The only time I’ll get a drink here is if I have no other option, skipping the boba.

Some of the drinks are pretty good but do NOT get the boba in the drinks. Theyre gross and they turn super hard in like 5 minutes.

Small café made for «to-​go» orders mainly. Ordered two drinks which were more on the sweeter side. And ordered popcorn chicken & fries with our order. Wish they offered dipping sauce. Needs sweet & sour sauce for popcorn chicken. Food was eghh.
Sweet customer service though!

I was recommended this place from my co workers. At first, what I noticed was the prices of the drink. It’s $ 4 for a drinks and it’s not worth it. Plus, their food prices are ridiculous. It was not worth $ 5 for their popcorn chicken. The worker didn’t even help me by asking questions on what I wanted or suggesting anything since it was my first time there.

Drinks weren’t the best I’ve tasted, but this place is quiet and has game boards. My GF and I had a blast just talking over board games.
Service was very kind and helpful.
–Good​food​.LA

Came here on a Wednesday night after work. There wasn’t a single other customer in there, which is a little awkward but it was actually really good for me since I just wanted to grab a drink and go. Ordered a milk tea with boba, which was ready extremely quickly. It tasted watered down yet sweet — I wouldn’t consider this good boba, the consistency is off, but it’s definitely not the worst. I just have high expectations when it comes to boba. Still satisfies the craving. I think it is pricey for the quality, though.
Looks like a typical boba shop, potential to be a great hang out spot. Located in a pretty busy plaza with a number of other food establishments.

Probably one of the worst places I’ve been to. Even AU had better stuff than this place, and that’s saying a LOT considering that I’m still standing by my 1-​star from it, and STILL have not returned back.
Back to Café Yarn. I was debating about going here or Yami. Couldn’t find Yami (or didn’t try), so I decided to go to Café Yarn. I mean, a name that has Yarn in it reminds me a playful kitty, getting tangled up. Yeah, it got tangled up alright. Tangled up in a web of lies.
I saw the easel outside, showing food and combos, thinking I can relax here for a bit and get some studying done. Walked in and asked for a lychee Italian soda.
Alarm #1: The girl behind the counter said a taro milk tea with lychee. I brushed it aside, thinking that maybe it was the music that was a bit loud. I said my order again, and she said the same thing she said. Instead, I pointed at what I wanted on the menu. And she still looked lost. Finally, she looked up at the wall menu, and I pointed at the item I wanted.
Alarm #2: She said that she doesn’t have Italian soda, but she can make me a lychee soda. I blinked and really wanted to leave. Decided I’ll just take the gamble and order it. I pulled out the food menu on the side and was going to order the beef noodle.
Alarm #3: «Oh, we don’t have food.» And there goes the web of lies.
I just ordered my drink (instead of canceling it), and sat down at one of the chairs nearby. I’m sweating, inside of a tea house and the front door is open. No AC. Not a good idea.
I drank my soda after it came out, it’s okay. Nothing mind blowing, except that I noticed the foam on top never settled down, so I’m left with a weird aftertaste from digesting the foam.
Never again will I step foot in this tea house ever again.

Good boba and drinks here. Come here all the time, nice place and environment to drink boba and hang with your friends. The slush and shaved ice there are something you should get if it’s your first time.

I give them a B for effort. I’ve dropped in here on a more than one occasion, so that give them my bod of confidence I’ll do it again for my boba or tea fix. Cannot say this place would be where I could meet up with guest or want to invite my family to.
I like how fresh their teas are. And they have a great variety of teas, and their baristas are pretty good with working quickly when groups of people come. I appreciate their hustle. I kinda wonder if the gentlemen behind and on the SIDE of the counters working aren’t little hustlers themselves: P
Nonetheless, I would come here for a quick chat, quick tea fix, and quick me time. More than that and you feel a little awkward.

Open late, has milk tea, has food of the late night drunken variety (ie fried/​greasy/​sweet etc), has comfy seats, and is crowded with asians: everything a modern boba joint ought to have. Oh, and it has boba too, but I don’t like boba in my milk tea. Go figure.
They also have a stamp card thing. That’s a boba shop essential too.

Out of time, out to lunch, need my green tea… and now I am out of luck.
I came in and the place was full. Not much room. I waited by the cash register for about ten minutes staring at the «cash only» sign. No one helped me. I said «hellloooo» to no avail.
I initially thought this would be a Japanese place. It is Korean. I saw they had a green tea latte, but I left after no one was helped me when it had been ten minutes. It looked like someone was in the back, but they were too busy or it was too noisy. Either way, they should keep an eye on the front if they cannot hear.
Ten minutes of my life I will never get back. My hunger took me elsewhere.

You remember how when you were a teen, your friend worked at a small little shop where the owner was never around and they gave you kick backs for stuff?
yeah, this place is that.
The little boba place is mostly filled with Korean teenagers hanging out with their friends. It even looks like a teenager’s bed room with korean pop star mags and posters covering the walls.
the boba is horrendous, and the food is not much better. I mostly come here cuz my gf has late night boba cravings, and this place is the only one that’s open.
Yeah, unless you’re not legal to drink, are korean, and not out of high school yet, don’t come here, I don’t think you’ll fit in.

I was craving milk tea intensely and after having dinner near by, decided to stop by since I always see it.
Turns out it is a Korean café, with small couches and tables for sitting around with friends. For drinks, the menu isn’t really that big, but decided to go for the jasmine milk tea.
The jasmine milk tea is alright but it tastes like they use condense milk as well. I never did like condense milk as a dairy substitute but it does add a good bit of sweetness so be sure to ask for half sugar is you can’t handle things that are too sweet. I do like how the tea is fresh brewed rather than sitting in a big container so you might have to wait longer than usual to get your drinks.
They also have snacks and food here and I certainly won’t mind coming back one day to try to Korean pancakes.
Not a bad spot for drinks around the area but certainly can’t compete with others.

Since Ciara G always talks about this being her fave boba place, I decided to follow her good instincts and check this place out today.
I’m not a huge sweet drink fan (I prefer to EAT my calories), so I ordered an iced decaf and a Korean pancake ($ 1.50 ea, min order of 2).
The decaf was dark and strong and cold, and hit the spot! Especially with the AWESOME Korean pancakes!
I had never had a Korean pancake before Café Yarn’s, but I have read about the carts in Koreatown that sell this sweet treat. This pancake was toasty brown on both sides, crispy and thin yet still chewy, with a LAVA HOT melty filling of cinnamon sugary-​brown syrupy goodness.
OMG!
Each pancake was small-​ish, maybe the size of a corn tortilla, and served folded in half in a cup. I remembered the *blazing hot!* warnings in the Koreatown reviews, but I still couldn’t wait to try it — and took teeny bites of the hot sweet. In the center were even a few crushed peanuts, whose nuttiness really added to the sweet-​chewy-​cinnamony experience.
The menu here has some other tempting little snackies that I’d like to come back and try — like the mini corn dogs, chicken nuggets, and even deep fried rice cakes with spicy sauce on them.
I have a feeling Ciara G will be game to try these snackies with me in the very near future, as she is the Duchess of Café Yarn!

With my second stamp card almost full I feel that it is probably time to do an update for this great place.
I love Boba. I am now completely hooked thanks to Tara C. introducing me to these delicious bouncy balls that float around in the bottom of a milky, fruity or icy drinks.
I started off always getting the Thai Tea Frap and then one day it was super hot so I wanted something fruity. There I met the Peach Icy. So sweet, peachy and totally hit the spot on that particular hot summer day.
I went today for a Thai Milk Tea (not Frap style) but sadly they did not have any ready as they opened shop late due to the holiday. Not feeling like the Peach Icy as I was more in the mood for a milk tea I opted for their Royal Milk Tea, Delicious and just what I wanted.
Of course I always get boba in my drinks bc those big boba straws win me over. Their boba is the best in town. Chewy and squishy and just perfect. Staff is great and always gets my drinks out fast. Still need to give their yummy nomnoms a try. Thanks to IF and HC for introducing me to this place. Café Yarn is not to be passed up if in the area.