Boba Quest: Boba Baar

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As part of Boba Quest 2025 🧋, I'm trying and reviewing a new boba shop each week.

I want to start by shouting out PixDeVl, who after reading last week's review, visited Débutea and took much better photos than me.

This week's review is a bit different as it, unfortunately, is the first boba shop I didn't reach by public transit. We visited Boba Baar in Garden City on Long Island.

You technically can get there by taking the Long Island Rail Road to Mineola, then catching the n22 bus to the Roosevelt Field Mall, and then walking half a mile to Boba Baar. Or take LIRR to Carle Place and then walk 1.5 miles. Point is, it's pretty inconvenient to get to from the city.

But Boba Baar seemed promising at first, a literal thirst trap.

A car bumper mounted to the wall with a fake New York license plate that says THRSTRAP.
Basically the first thing you see when you walk in.

The shop itself had really nice ambiance; while we waited for our drinks, we got in a few rounds of Mortal Kombat II.

A classic video game arcade machine with Mortal Kombat II.

Boba Baar posted their top 10 drinks, and the first one listed was a cookies and cream milk tea. I was tempted to try it, but Kajol, my girlfriend, was more interested in trying the tiramisu milk tea, which people had, surprisingly, positively mentioned on the Google reviews.

Two boba drinks.

In the end, I ordered a more traditional thai milk tea with brown sugar. It was:

  • Boba: 1/4 the boba was overcooked and pretty flavorless.
  • Tea: 4/4 on the flip side, the tea was quite good, it tasted like a normal thai milk tea, but with a nice bit of brown sugar mixed in.
  • Bonus: 0/1 the ambiance was quite nice, but it's just too hard to reach without a car.

Total: 5/10. I was disappointed, they've clearly put a lot of thought into building a nice space for people on Long Island, but the boba was a let down.

Kajol ordered the tiramisu milk tea. Her review:

  • Boba: 2/4 the boba wasn’t consistent and was very chewy.
  • Tea: 2/4 it was good and sweet but it didn’t taste like tiramisu at all and I’m not really sure what it did taste like.
  • Bonus: 1/1 there were very unique flavor options along with dairy-free options. The place was also decorated really well and had plenty of seating for people to hang out or study.

Total: 5/10. Kajol further said she would return to try a different flavor, maybe something more classic that would allow for better comparison (like the brown sugar boba) but wouldn’t return for the tiramisu boba.

I, Kunal, tried the so-called "tiramisu milk tea" as well and have yet to figure out what it actually tasted like, but it definitely was not tiramisu.