Yaya Tea Garden

Good teas et good onigiri, perfect for quick lunch

Ordered mango smoothie and it was refreshing. Funky lil spot kinda out of the way of major areas. Food comes out from the back on a conveyor belt which was unique. Will definetley go back again for food and other snacks.

Best rice balls in the neighborhood. I have tried the Japanese, Yaya Chicken, Yaya Shrimp, Salmon, and Spring Roll rice balls and they are always on point. They sell snacks that are hard to find in other places such as flavored kit-kats (green tea is one of them!). Friendly, fast, helpful staff!

My cousin and I went allll the way to Chinatown from Brooklyn yesterday for two reasons: because he was in town and to try YaYas rice balls! I'm hooked now! I had the french kiss (mango) bubble tea and it was addictive! And that triangle rice ball thing made the trip worth it COMPLETELY. I will definitely be back again! :-)

I ordered the Aries honey tea and it was soothing, not too sweet with the added aloe vera. The smaller size was $2.50. My co-workers were particularly impressed to see that the larger size was only $3.50. Having been into the store once, I'm impressed with the wide selection of snacks and sweets to choose from.

The drinks also contained a taped on fortune-cookie-like reading or should I say Snapple factoid fortune? - which was a fun read.

A lot of kids like to hang there in the limited seating area, so I wouldn't expect a seat unless you want to share it with them.

My coworker wasn't entirely impressed by their dumplings which seemed hard and likely reheated by a microwave. I can't say much about that because I haven't tasted one yet.