Yaya Tea
Phone: (919) 908-9090
Yaya Tea is a café that takes boba tea to another level with premium tea leaves brewed fresh daily and flavored jellies. Imported Japanese snacks and homemade onigiri make this café a must-try.
Cuisines
- Coffeehouse/Café
Hours
Monday: 11:00 AM – 8:00 PM
Tuesday: 11:00 AM – 8:00 PM
Wednesday: 11:00 AM – 8:00 PM
Thursday: 11:00 AM – 8:00 PM
Friday: 11:00 AM – 8:00 PM
Saturday: 11:00 AM – 8:00 PM
Sunday: 11:00 AM – 8:00 PM
Tuesday: 11:00 AM – 8:00 PM
Wednesday: 11:00 AM – 8:00 PM
Thursday: 11:00 AM – 8:00 PM
Friday: 11:00 AM – 8:00 PM
Saturday: 11:00 AM – 8:00 PM
Sunday: 11:00 AM – 8:00 PM
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Google Rating
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Had a wonderful experience here. We ordered on the kiosk and they have a large selection to choose from! We choose fruit teas, pork belly rice ball, shrimp tempura rice ball and the takoyaki. It was all very good. The atmosphere is quiet and relaxing. There’s plenty of indoor seating along with outdoor seating! We came around 3:30pm and it wasn’t busy. 10/10 recommend!!!
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Service is VERY slow, but everything is made to order. They need to work on getting the food out faster, 30 min for 2 onigiri is crazy and no one was in front of us.. it should not take that long.
This shop reminds me of japan, because this is the only place you can buy onigiri in the area as far as i know.
I ordered the matcha milk tea with oat milk, half sweetness, with lychee pop & a chicken onigiri. Everything came out delicious.
You can order ahead on Snackpass, use the kiosk in the store, or at the register. -
My husband was trying to put a smile on my face after my bone marrow biopsy by stopping by yaya because he knows that I like boba tea. It was a bad idea by stopping at this location. The customer service was horrible. The atmosphere was unwelcoming, bland and boring. My husband asked if the spring rolls were vegan friendly and the young lady rudely responded with a quick yeah as if he was bothering her. She never turned around and kept doing what she was doing which was absolutely nothing. So we decided to not order the spring rolls being that we are strict vegans and I didn’t have time for her ignorance. We placed our order at the kiosk and patiently waited while she continued to hate life and her job. She had a bad attitude. Her face was twisted and bent up like she was experiencing a medical emergency. Usually I would ask for a refund because I don’t like people with negative energy preparing my food and drinks. But because my husband was trying to make me feel better and not worry about my biopsy I just went with the flow. When our order was ready she didn’t want to say his name or serve us but she had no choice. To add insult to injury she tossed our bag of food on the counter, pushed our drinks forward and walked away. She never made eye contact. I refused to allow her to ruin my day. I politely said thank you. I’m naturally a kind person and I chose to give her some grace. The drinks were incorrectly made. My drink was a thumbs down but my husband’s drink had a pleasant taste. Still incorrectly prepared. The onigiri was yummy, it just fell apart. We basically spent money for bad service and an incorrect order. We will never return to the Durham location and I will never recommend this business to any of my colleagues, friends, family or a complete stranger. I wouldn’t want them to feel disrespected and disappointed.
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My favorite place to get riceballs, but sadly this has happened twice in which they forget to put chicken for the YAYA chicken, I let the first time slide but it’s happened yet again. Check your orders before leaving the place!
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Ordered a fruit tea (the hulk), with less sugar. Honestly, it didn’t really taste like anything, or rather it tastes more like water with some mixed in flavor powder, rather than like tea. At least the tapioca itself was decent. Otherwise the place is super clean and the staff members were very friendly. Maybe it was just a bad luck, Perhaps will stop by again to try a different drink. They also sell some Asian snacks and merchandise in-store.
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