First time at the Palo Alto Tsui Wilson was very helpful and knowledgeable about the new classic…read moredrinks... but instead went with the coconut puddings!

The mango mochi and earl grey pudding is hella fire i highly recommend, the ambiance is also very…read morenice and the establishment is clean

Easy ordering process: you can order online ahead of time or use the kiosk near the front door to…read moreplace your order. Once ready, you'll get a text message and can pickup your drink inside. Each drink is organized by order number, so you just walk in and pick up. It's strange to not have to speak with anyone, but it's efficient. Most of the drinks offered are fruit teas, and are light and refreshing. It's a typical "boba" spot; good but nothing super amazing.

Milk tea was average; I would've liked a stronger tea flavor. Boba was great chewy texture but…read morepretty flavorless. I would maybe go again if it was a super hot day, and I was craving something to drink at the mall, but probably get it with grass jelly.

I like this location- it's very good and the popcorn chicken is very good. They have kiosks so you…read moredon't order with a person. It is not bad because they are pretty fast. When I place the order online, it is ready pretty fast. The only down side is that the parking lot is not right in front- If you are in a rush you have to double park but it's an alley so it's not too busy.

Mr Green Bubble is a small boba shop in Menlo Park. I really wanted to try the matcha drinks but it…read morewas a little too late in the afternoon for caffeine for me. I went with the Purple Cloud instead since I've never had a drink like this before. I assumed it would be ube or taro flavored, but the employee informed me that it's actually yam flavored and there's a yam puree inside. I didn't know what to expect but I figured i would try it. The yam inside reminded me of a bean paste. It was definitely an interesting drink. I liked it but probably wouldn't get it again. However, I am interested in checking out Mr Green Bubble again and trying some of the other flavors next time.

Another bubble tea shop that found huge success in NYC China town before arriving at the famed…read moreuniversity Ave in PA. This place has a great selection of floral bubble tea. An amazing location fit for this area.

Oookay so I finally got around to trying Molly Tea and I gotta say I don't understand the hype…read more Got the Snowy Jasmine and it was good, but incredibly basic. I know people who can basically ONLY drink Molly Tea so I was expecting the best, most transcendent experience. Yet if you were to put this drink in a lineup with jasmine tea from all of the other boba chains I wouldn't be able to pick it out. Again, it was good, but I wouldn't go out of my way to come back. Any other jasmine tea tastes the same. I'd give it a 2.5 (rounded to 3) because it was still a decent tea if you want to get jasmine, but the bar isn't high. Also, the service was very good and fast and the workers were very friendly. I was just disappointed because I feel like I could get a tea that tastes like this anywhere. Very small space inside. There's technically seating, but it's very minimal and not the greatest place to socialize. It's more like an area to temporarily chill while you are waiting for your drinks.

Chicha has great tea at all of their locations, but this location in particular did a really good…read morejob on an order of 10+ teas. Everything was correct and they delivered ahead of schedule. My favorite is the peach green tea! Love that you can adjust the sweetness level and they don't charge extra when you ask for no ice! If you go in person make sure you ask for the tea experience where they teach how the tea is picked and brewed.

Did a tea tasting as a surprise date! You're allowed to choose from 5 roast levels. My partner…read morechose the medium roast (3), and I went with the lightest roast (1). I've never done a tea tasting before; so this was a wonderful experience (esp since it's free...you just have to make a reservation). Our tea guide Shi was very informative and answered a couple of off-the-script questions. We went at a time when it was less busy - so it was also easier to hear all the tea facts. Afterwards, we decided to partake in more tea...because why not? (For comparison, we've been to a location in the South Bay during the weekend, which was a daunting, chaotic, and long experience in and of itself.) Overall, very pleasant. Thank you, Shi and the Chicha San Chen staff.

-Watermelon Lychee Green Tea Perfectly sweet with less…read moresugar. Refreshing and goes great with crystal boba (85¢). -Jasmine Green Tea with Milk 25% sweet tasted amazing. Note that milk is an extra 60¢. Honey boba, an extra 85¢, is always on point. -Jasmine Green Tea Aka the drink in the middle. Good tea flavor, as simple as you can get. I opted for 0 sugar so I added my own stevia packets. Generous boba serving. Plenty of seating. People like to sit and chat here. There is also a restroom. One of the most solid boba spots in the bay.

This place is definitely a vibe. Located in Mountain View off San Antonio and El Camino in the…read moreshopping center near the Safeway. Great music and great people. No wait and was greeted immediately and was asked if we needed help placing the order or we could use the tablet to place the order. Order the Strawberry Matcha with Regular milk and less sugar and it was fire. Still tasted sweet to me maybe because of the matcha, but I didn't expect it to be that good. Decor set up has a nice calm set up that you literally relax and enjoy your drink in. Got a new spot.

YUM but buyer beware -- the wait is extremely long!!!!!! My friends and I ordered ahead of time and…read morearrived 70 min later only to find that our drinks weren't ready yet! They had 120+ drinks being made at all times according to their board, so definitely order at least an hour ahead of time on the weekends. When we finally got our drinks, we chugged them because we were so thirsty and they were sooo good. We ordered a variety of drinks: Strawberry Avocado Kale, Strawberry Daifuku, Durian Smoothie and a few of their other fruit smoothies. The Strawberry Avocado Kale and Strawberry Daifuku were definitely the top 2 drinks for us and I'm excited to come back to try the regular Avocado Kale with popping oat boba! There is plenty of seating inside but if you don't like the smell of durian, then I probably wouldn't sit there. Once you enter the store, you are blasted with a waft of durian air. Overall, 10/10, can't wait to come back when I'm in South Bay!

Shu Shia is an up and coming tea and smoothie shop that's known for their variety of flavors and…read moreoptions. Given their notoriety for fruit drinks, I went for one of their grape smoothies with jelly for a topping. They don't offer traditional boba here but other similar toppings are available. The smoothie I had was very good I must say. I could taste the fresh fruits blended with just a hint of sweetness. None of it felt overpowering and was really refreshing for a hot day. We did have to wait maybe 15 minutes for our drinks due to so many online orders but I've had worse wait times. The parking lot is small but we were lucky to find a spot rather quickly when we went on an early weekday evening.

The best Molly Tea in the Bay Area. I know they are all Molly Tea, but having tried different…read morelocations, this one has consistently delivered perfect drinks each time. Of their drinks on the menu, white champaca, white champaca oolong, dancong, white champaca matcha are the top drinks I cycle through. Although they recommend 70%, I actually prefer 30% sweetness, less ice. Truly brings out the tea flavor. This location had a new drink Camellia during the LNY. However, I have not seen it on the menu since March. Hopefully they'll bring it back. They now have order online via their website (chowbus), and I recently learned that they have an app. This makes ordering drinks at this location easy since it is located in corner strip mall with minimal parking.

I've tried Molly tea a few times now. I like their Champaca teas. Recently tried the grape series…read morethat they have going on as their seasonal menu drink. It tasted nice, but definitely had the artificial grape candy flavor, although mild. It is usually pretty packed and busy here and rare to find parking right in front of the store. They have nice ambience and good store, branding and merchandise. I think they could do a little better on their drinks though. It's definitely known more for and there's a hype around the merchandise, the drinks are good quality ingredients, but taste OK and a bit pricey as well.

I went with my friend the opening when you first walk in the store is pretty small so if there are…read morepeople inside be prepared to squish yourself around. The outside of the store has a large pink rabbit and is great for cute photo opportunities, the chairs inside and outside are pink which fits their theme pretty well. Everything inside the store is mostly pink, and they have a small wall on your right when you first walk in with trinkets and other small items. I ordered a mango matcha the matcha was well concentrated and not too watered down, the ice cream that came with the drink was so delicious. It was creamy, smooth, and not too bitter but you still taste the green tea/matcha flavor. Make sure to mix the drink because the mango chunks at the bottom help sweeten and add depth to the matcha. My friend got a crème brûlée pudding drink (I think I am not sure what it is called) and she said it was good. The pudding was soft but still dense which made it easy to break and drink up with the straw, the milk tea was also very good, it was sweet but not too sweet with the small chunks of pudding was amazing though. It took about 10-15 minutes for them to finish our two drinks, and with other people ordering, online orders too, and the complexity of the drinks their workers worked fast and efficiently which was a really nice. Over all this place is definitely the place to go to when in close by, definitely try out one of their matcha or mango drinks!

Portions were so small for the price, shop interior was dirty and clearly lacking care. There was a…read morehuge pile of dirty fabric with wires running through it - what looked like an inflatable mascot that's all deflated and filthy in the corner partially blocking the order machine. It's so damn sad seeing Ume go lower and lower. When one of the first ones opened in LA I remember the huge portions with toppings so rich it felt like slurping on sweet porridge. Today's Ume is not even a shadow of what it was back then, just a sad place with small uninspired drinks cheap on toppings and expensive in price. Avoid.

Solid quality milk tea and consistent with all Molly Tea locations so you know what to expect!…read more Location is great in DT San Mateo to grab a sweet treat after your meal. Do yourself a favor and order online since the line gets super long (it's a small shop). The wait after ordering is about 15ish min on average.

I have came here before and it's very busy everytime. This was the first time the person giving me…read moremy drink was a bit rude. I greeted her with a smile and said 'hi!' & showed her my phone which had the order # on it, she responded in a very direct/annoyed tone of voice with 'what's your order number' . I told her the number as she looked away after asking the question and said 'what?' , I repeated my number again. I understand it's busy, I've worked customer service before but I feel like you should still be professional/polite to your customers regardless of what's going on in the back of the house or front of the house. Now the drink itself was delicious, I got the velvet champaca matcha. No sugar just how I like it.