"I'm pleasantly surprised that factory tea bar has kept up its quality of boba and food after being around for so many years.I recall coming here a few times when I was in early college. This place used to be so busy, I usually would get the boba, maybe get to sit for a bit, and dip. It was very fast paced and even though the drinks were good, nothing stood out at the time besides how dark the interior was.After a decade or so, I finally got the chance to visit again and I was impressed by most of the changes there's an expanded area for claw machines, arcade games, very nice looking new pool tables, ping pong tables, and even karaoke rooms!So we wanted to try out the karaoke rooms and got the Malibu room, which is beautiful with nice LED lights. The only downside are the terrible karaoke machines that can only play English songs on YouTube (no voice if karaoke versions), and we had to play non-karaoke versions while looking up the lyrics. Only international songs can be found through the regular song selections. Another issue with the machines is a lot of feedback so there's no way to use the mic stand as a mini stage.The food here is actually pretty good. Between myself and two friends, we couldn't stop eating the sampler of 6 items, from elote fries, nice crispy popcorn chicken, great fried dumplings and fish balls. The drink qualities were still good, not mind blowing. The boba was one of the best, but the grass jelly wasn't up to standard this visit.Their service was excellent for being so far away and there's no button for us to let anyone know we need service. Even though they were as helpful as they could be, we had to take turns walking all the way to the front each time we needed anything or had questions. I'd definitely go back for pool or play some of the games while enjoying their known food and drinks, but honestly wouldn't go back for karaoke unfortunately."
San Gabriel
