MandRo Teahouse

I had no idea they have a MandRo Teahouse in Alameda but I'm glad it does. I normally go to the ones in Fremont and Milpitas so I know that people come here for Bingsoo (Korean shaved ice). Although it's using Korean name but I'm fairly certain the owner is actually Chinese. The shaved ice here is extremely fine and as a result super smooth and delicious. I prefer this over the coarse Hawaiian shaved ice. My favorite is the matcha or original flavor but a lot of people seem to order the mango one. This location seems to be much less crowded than the other places and has more seating as well. However parking can be a pain because of limited street parking and its location. You order through the kiosk and just wait for the number to be called.

This is my first review here on the Google Maps. I used to not write a review. This time I was so unhappy with this tea house. We ordered a Roasted Milk Tea with boba, Chocolate Bingsoo and also other two things. The Roasted Milk tea is the disgusting milk tea I was ever had. It tasted just tea and mix with water, NO milk taste and so bitter, and the boba you need to pay for $0.67 they gave just a little bit. Not worth for almost 7 bucks! And the chocolate bingsoo just ok, $17 bucks just has shaved ice, chocolate powder and crumbs of Oreo. Also, we have 4 orders and they just gave us only 1 piece of napkin. I will never come back again. Good luck.

Soooo delicious you must try!!!! The strawberry one is delicious. I ask for the condensed milk on the side cause I like to pour it once in make a little volcano hole in the middle. Hahaha I’m hooked! And they are super nice and fast service.

I ordered a matcha latte with taro added. While I was drinking it, the taro was there but the whole drink tasted like sweet milk and upon opening it the tea was barely tinted with green. Compare it to the product photos on their menu and there is a large difference. The reason why I am making this review is because their cups are opaque and I would not have otherwise opened it if I hadn’t gotten curious when my husband said his Thai tea just tasted like sweet milk. He has the habit of guzzling down boba in record time so I could not get a picture of his drink. Just want to save anyone else time if you want to go here. Make sure to check that your order is well done. I want to add, we arrived around 8:45pm and they close at 10pm. I understand them running out of pearl, but if they also ran out of tea they should take it off their menu or have enough supply to make it through the whole time they are open… considering they are a tea house.

We tried this dessert and boba tea place yesterday, and it was absolutely fantastic! My wife and I shared the Mango Bingsoo and it was delicious and plentiful! We added an extra condensed milk for .50 (the dessert includes 1 serving of condensed milk, but I was happy we had 2 servings). This was is such a unique dessert experience. It consists of a milk-based shaved ice, with a generous layer of fresh mango slices and mango syrup on the top, and some mango pieces syrup and possibly condensed milk inside as well. It is kind of pricey as desserts go ($18 incl tip), but it was large enough for 2-3 ppl, and the price seemed fair once we received/ devoured the dish! If you have 3 adults sharing you might spring for the large size, which cost a few bucks more as I recall. Truly an excellent experience and we’ll definitely be back to try the other dessert flavors and drinks too. I have to say that it felt much healthier than many other desserts I could name, but I don’t actually know the calorie count. I don’t want to know to be fair, because I like assuming it’s very healthy, so we can return often!