Taipei Cafe - Urbana

Taipei Café has some taiwanese dishes that I can not get in other places throughout Chicago. I enjoy their “Taiwanese Spring Roll” and always end up getting a Bentobox. The Bento Box is VERY filling and reasonable, especially with a $2 bubble add tea! Her tofu is also a delicious side dish along with her plastered cucumber. If you want some of the more adventurous things, I would say to keep an open mind when things like the "stinky tofu hot pot" and get the "bawan" or "oyster pancake". These are very Taiwanese dishes and it is hard to compare them with everything you could have had before! Enjoy!

Ran from Tapioca, so I got red bean. The feeling of remnants was quite close to a real Taiwanese café.

A beautiful place to get some refreshments. It's a bit difficult to find because the café itself is deep in a corridor that you have to find first. When I left, it was full and they forgot a few orders. When we reminded them of our order, they apologized for the delay and immediately continued to do so. Drinks are great, staff are great, and the environment inside is great! Would recommend trying.

This place is a little hard to find, especially with the construction around it at the time of writing, but it is a very beautiful space. The bubble tea is ok, it is more tea than milk (which I prefer), and the taste is just ok. There is a wide selection that I will definitely come back to try more. The room is very nice and welcoming and great for hanging groups of friends. You also have board games available.

I like bubble tea [love actually], so I may be a bit biased, but this is a great place with a nice ambiance. They also have a lot of games to play if you're there with friends. The space is a bit small though but nice cafe nonetheless