Gong cha (Western Ave, Albany)

Chain bubble tea shop that is FINALLY locally available! Always delicious tea here, with lots of options, from type of drink, flavor, sweetness level, ice level, toppings, etc. The adjacent sushi bar is also quite yummy. The staff have always been friendly and the space is clean, with a few tables available for dining in. Never had a bad drink. Highly recommended.

Great spot! The staff is super helpful in helping you choose what you may like to try. It's basically a make you own drink build able. You can pick drink from foam milk to reg tea to slushie and then add what you want in it as far as pearl type or bobba etc... Plus how much ice you want and how much sugar!. My fav is mango and black tea which also has pieces of mango in it. Too it off with black pearls (Lg tapioca) and little ice and 30 sugar. It's amazing. Way better and healthier then ur typical coffee place! And there's a sushi place in the same building so add it to your meal there

Best place for bubble tea. My personal favorite is dirty brown sugar and passion fruit yogurt. They have so many options. I also love their sushi 🍣 sooo good! Must try.

Very good boba, the pearls are nice and soft and there are a good amount of options for both the tea and the add-ins. The staff is also nice and quick, the sitting area is clean:) price is standard

So happy they’re here in Albany! Our drinks were yummy! I love the milk foam black coffee, my go to drink. A lot of boba shops places, my drink always end up tasting like a sweet creamy drink with no coffee taste. Here it actually Still has the Coffee taste (you can chose your level of sweetness) & tad very faint salty taste to it from the milk foam. Our taro milk tea was also great.
The strawberry milk one, next time we have to do less sweet vs how it comes regularly, in my opinion i thought it was on the sweeter side. Definitely coming back.