Cinya Cafe Xīn Yǎ Xuān - Alhambra

Eating the Creme Brûlée Soufflé Pancake was like eating a super soft, sweet but not too sweet, fluffy cloud. Legends have foretold of the mesmerizing jiggle jiggle no fold of the soufflé pancakes they serve here but seeing it in person is truly believing. 11/10 would recommend ordering one of these bad boys. Drinks were mid.

Pros: -Cute idea -Lots of corgi themed merch Cons: -Never open when they say they will be (it was open 1 out of each 4 trips I try to make there during posted business hours. -Smells like wet dog -Tells you after you already order that they are out of marshmallows -Drink didn't taste that great

What an adorable cafe! I was looking for a place to get some work done on my laptop and I jumped when I heard Corgi! The decor was adorable and there were so many merch opportunities available. Ordering is interesting, rather than ordering a live person behind the counter, you order at the kiosk. The kiosk glitches though when you try and do any customizations (even the simple ones you expect from a boba place like sweetness and ice level). I ended up having to order through the kiosk and then telling the person making the drink that I wanted less ice. I got the sparkling lime kiwi drink and loved it! I loved the contrast between the milky yakult? and the carbonation. I want to try everything else!

My friends and I like to come here to do work sometimes. Although seating is limited, there's a decent number of parking downstairs in the basement garage. Overall, the drinks are just okay but we like to come here to work.

Have things changed here? This was super disappointing. The staff greeted me when I came in, was helping two customers in front of me while I was still deciding. When they were done ordering, the worker started to make drinks while I waited to order at the register. She redirects me to use the kiosk instead. It was really slow to get the drinks out to customers. I finally got my signature boba milk tea and it tastes like ceylon black milk tea (wasn't what I was expecting since it didn't say that on the menu) but the boba was actually bad. They were slightly mushy on the exterior, they didn't take the right size of regular boba (see pic with the boba in the boba straw. that's not how boba fits inside a boba straw). Was it overcooked? Was it the last bits at the bottom of the pot? I was very disappointed. I usually finish every bit of my boba drinks but this one I had to toss after finishing the milk tea. There are fruit flies flying around inside too just fyi.