Green Island Frozen Yogurt & Tea Bar

I love Green Island! The smoothies are soooo good (the strawberry mango is my favorite) The ham and cheese croissant sandwich warms my heart. It is light, airy, flaky and made to perfection. This place is perfect for a lunch visit especially if you’re looking for something that isn’t too heavy on the stomach but is also very filling and very healthy!

One of the OG boba shops of Brandon. Been coming here since the very beginning. Sam, the owner is really nice. Looks like they renovated the interior walls. Great place to hang out with friends, chill and study. Their drinks and boba has been consistent for years and their frozen yogurt is great as well. I love getting their eel bowl and sushi if I’m ever hungry.

Summary: A great boba tea spot that’s unexpectedly an underrated sushi/food spot! Wait time is a lot longer during covid but worth the wait. The drive back home knocked over my sushi so please excuse the pictures 😆. I’ve been coming here for years whenever I’m in Brandon or Valrico! It’s only recently when decided to try their food and I was happily surprised at how good the food is here. Coming from Montreal, Sushi quality in the United States, in general, is not that great. Good sushi is hard to come by and I still find that to be true. However, I didn’t expect one of the better sushi spots in Tampa to come from a Boba Drink and Frozen Yogurt Specialty shop! Papaya Milk Tea, 1/4 sweet with protein- I’ve had it at regular sweetness and it’s super sweet. They use a sugar flavoured powder for the papaya taste. They also add a shot of condensed milk as well as more sugar. I’ve tried it without the condensed milk and no extra sugar and it became too watery and not sweet at all. Then I just did condensed milk and no liquid sugar and that was a great balance. Adding 1/4 sweetness to it really brings it up to a sweet treat in my opinion. Adding the protein powder gives it depth and an extra layer of creaminess and makes it a bit more filling! This is my favourite sweet drink to get. 5/5 Chicken Teriyaki bowl- feeling hungry? This is a decently priced filling delicious hot bowl! The chicken is lightly crisp with a delicious teriyaki sauce. The vegetables(carrots and broccoli), being plain, make this healthier than one drenched in sauce. 4/5 Spicy Tuna Sushi Roll- not spicy at all but delicious! Very light seasoning on top to attempt to make it spicy. 4/5 Dragon Sushi Roll- this was my cousin and partners favourite sushi. There’s avocado and baked eel in eel sauce (a sweet delicious sauce). The inside is imitation crab and cucumber. 5/5 Lobster Sushi- this was my favourite sushi. The baked crawfish on top mixed in an eel sauce and spicy Mayo sauce is delicious. This is served on top of the California based sushi roll (imitation crab, avocado and cucumber). It’s expensive for a non sushi specialty place but I think it’s a filling dish that’s more flavourful than a Big Mac meal which is a few more dollars expensive. 5/5

Sooooo I’m giving 4 stars because my son liked it, but they do not have vegan options. One lady said they did and I keep on questioning and she gave me the info on the yogurt and tada not vegan. Also, other tea places have “juice” and bobas they add in.

I went for frozen yogurt but ended up with a taro smoothie and an order of spicy tuna. Surprisingly this is one of the best sushi rolls I've tasted. Maybe it the little seasoning they top it off with. I'm not too sure but it was amazing. My only critic would be that they should roll the sushi tighter. The insides fell out a few times but still delicious. Tari smoothie was also yummy, I sampled the yogurt to get a taste for the taro. I preferred the yogurt over the smoothie, may have been a texture thing. I will visit again