A cozy Taiwanese bubble-tea and bakery stop with excellent drink variety and usually friendly service, though busy-period order accuracy and some bakery items are inconsistent.
Day Day Drink excels with strong drink quality and welcoming design, but inconsistent execution across its bakery and beverage menu prevents a higher grade. Friendly service and an appealing central location support repeat visits, though variable preparation of toasts, loaves, and specialty drinks creates unpredictability that keeps it from approaching grade A territory.
Day Day Drink is a small, cheerful Taiwanese tea-and-bakery stop tucked near the Covent Garden and Chinatown crowds. The compact room, window displays, and a few seats make it feel like a useful little hideaway; as one synthesized customer impression puts it, “it is a cozy pause from the central-London rush.” Service is usually warm and patient, although queues, forgotten orders, and wrong temperatures or sizes appear when the shop is busy. The drinks are the main event: brewed tea, fresh fruit, chewy pearls, ai-yu jelly, winter melon, Yakult, pudding, taro, and cheese foam create a playful menu with more personality than a standard bubble-tea counter. Kara Sugar pudding or pearl drinks, fruit teas, and winter-melon combinations are the safest bets. The bakery broadens the appeal with thick egg milk bread and filled buns, but reviews are noticeably less consistent about toast freshness, loaf fillings, and some matcha preparations. Expect roughly £11-13 for a drink plus a bun or toast, before extras. Families can find approachable choices in sweet milk teas, fruit teas, pudding drinks, cheese-and-ham toast, and filled buns, and one review specifically mentions ordering drinks for children. However, this is not a conventional kids' restaurant: sugar, foam, and topping modifications should be confirmed clearly, and the small seating area is better for a short snack than a relaxed family meal.
Area vibe: Touristy, theatrical district with heavy pedestrian activity and mixed retail.
Safety: Generally safe with high footfall and good lighting into the evening.
What's nearby: Near Covent Garden Piazza, West End theatres, Trafalgar Square, and multiple transport links including Leicester Square tube.