I haven't been to Plaza Bonita mall in forever but I can say that they've really up'd their food court appeal because wow are there so many options. I really wanted a milk tea and I'm big fan of Happy Lemon in general so I ordered the ube milk tea with cheese foam. My husband stayed while I picked up another order and when he came to find me I noticed the coloring was all wrong. The flavor of the milk tea was bland and the cheese foam was so lacking. I'm not sure what could have happened, but man was I disappointed, I was too tired to go back to have them make a new one but I will not be ordering again from this location. read more

Located inside Plaza Bonita Mall Mango smoothie with crystal boba 4/5 Kumquat lemon jasmine green tea with Lychee bits 3/5 Got gifted a cute little cup sleeve 5/5 read more

Happy Lemon - E4. Mango Smoothie C4. Iced Kumquat Lemon Jasmine Green Tea - Bubble Tea Near Me - National City, California

Stop by on a Friday morning and it wasn't as busy. The young lady that took my order was really friendly and was very helpful. I ordered the mango matcha smoothie with boba. It was delicious and it did not disappoint. It wasn't too sweet and extremely refreshing. I have definitely stop by since and continue to order the sane drink, it's always great. The music playing in the background is the music the mall has playing. read more

Happy Lemon - E1. Mango Matcha Smoothie - Bubble Tea Near Me - National City, California

This is for the service of Ren at plaza bonita mall who doesn't listen to customers. Almost evryday I buy 2 or more item and requested to have it in a bag, he told me it is inky for more than 3orders since i am holding a bag of pretzels also. How inconvenient for a customer to beg for a bag. Very frustrating read more

Happy Lemon - Bubble Tea Near Me - National City, California

Happy lemon has really good boba drinks and lemon flavored teas. Clean establishment and really friendly service. We usually get the jasmine green milk tea with boba when we come and it's always solid! read more

LOVE MY DRINK ALWAYS REFRESHING!!!!!Customer service is fast. its perfect drink and perfect taste. read more

Overall, the drinks are really good, but the wait times especially on weekends have become excessive. The line often stretches past the perfume store and there are either only two people working and they're completely slammed making drinks, or there are five people but only one person is actually working while the others are standing around talking:/ I've worked at a boba shop when I was younger, and for premade drinks with boba, the wait time shouldn't be this long unless it's a blended drink or a waffle. Lately, it's been about 30 minutes just to get through the line and an additional 20 minutes to receive a drink.:///// I've been understanding because the staff seems young and could be overwhelmed, but lately the situation has been a little ridiculous. The drinks themselves are great, which is why this is frustrating. It really seems like a staffing and management issue, and additional support or better organization from management would make a big difference. read more

very fast & good service, yummy salted cheese & matcha, please everyone come here. - personally would come back! i heart read more

Happy Lemon - Bubble Tea Near Me - National City, California

The drinks are amazing, but having only one person taking and making orders is ridiculous. There was a full line, and I waited about 35 minutes just to get my drink, and that's not even counting all the online orders coming in. Management really needs to staff this place better. Considering it's located inside a mall, this level of service is unacceptable. Double thumbs down for management. read more

Excellent service. Would recommend as a place to get boba from at plaza Bonita. The strawberry shortcake drink that I got from them was amazing. Very quick. Very polite. Got my drink in a Very timely manner. read more

My Little Sister Loves Their Drinks Especially Their Bubble Waffle With Puff Cream Dip

Got an avocado shake for the first time. It was strange cause I didn't love it but I didn't hate it neither. Lol At the very bottom it had like brown sugar that helped sweeten it. Wish it had more throughout the shake as it need more sweetness for my liking. read more

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The drinks are good and the service is really fast too. They have a good variety of different drinks to choose from.

Love the drinks and friendly! Hate the fact you can't get lemons if your app is not working

I love it, would coming back and recommend to my friends, who also love milk tea and boba read more

Happy Lemon - I love it every time - Bubble Tea Near Me - National City, California

I ordered Milk tea Brown Sugar boba easy on ice, and sugar it was made fast not more than a minute and basically got my ordered right, hence service was good. The milk is on the top creamy side but it was good. It's located in a mall so it will be a hit or miss on wait times and I'm not fan of malls so ambiance is a ok. read more

Happy Lemon - Brown Sugar tea boba. - Bubble Tea Near Me - National City, California

Everytime we come here once it's an hour away from closing they won't make waffles. Too me that's crazy

We came before closing (this page states they close at 9p) and barely walked up to the counter and the worker there didn't give us a chance to even see the "we are closed" sign before he stated with a rude tone and his face even showed his annoyance with us walking up to the counter. This location always takes forever but I was not expecting that attitude. I understand you probably had a long day but if you would have just said "sorry we are already closed" there would have been no problem. read more

Pretty fast with employees making drinks and very customer friendly! Store is very well designed and decorated.

C7 Mango lemonade is great. I also like the puff waffles. I would definitely one back

How do you like this place if you see employees struggling to accommodate people. Short staff foreals and employees are really looking drained and poop tired. Why? One person only working, yes its weekdays but managers should know when to schedule employees during prime hours. Do you always anticipate its always slow? No! Management please be nice to your employee. Have some empathy please. Ending they can be grumpy or stress to customer and I can't blame them plus it compromise the service. read more

The worst Happy Lemon Ive been to. Today there was a long line and for some reason it took almost 30 minutes just to get my order taken. And the baristas werent even busy, I know this because after every customer thats been helped there drinks come out in 3 minutes or less. After every customer the cashier helps , he goes to do something else and takes an extra 5 minutes. Like Im confused you cant restock after a long line ?? You have to do it then and there while visibly aware theres a long ass line ???? There should not be any reason for it to have taken this long, happy lemon you need to work on your plaza bonita location because who seriously wants to wait 30 minutes for a dang drink. read more

This is my second time and so far the waffles are my favorite the original cheese and ores ana the fact that you can order 1/2 and 1/2 the teas so far ok but I'm dying to try the smoothies I would come back to try more read more

came here to order and patiently waited for an employee to call us or speak to us. nothing complete silence and just IGNORED. there was 3 employees working and none of them even bothered to say anything. we were right infront of them and just nothing, not even a sign of acknowledgment. i work customer service and i understand but ignoring your customers is not very customer "service". there's nothing HAPPY about Happy Lemon Plaza Bonita. read more

This is my favorite boba place because they have so many dairy alternatives and they taste so good. read more

Happy Lemon - Our favorite boba place with dairy alternatives which is always a plus. - Bubble Tea Near Me - National City, California

I wanted to order a waffle at 7:40 and they wouldn't. They said it was too late since close at 8pm.. thats really lame excuse..

First time trying out Happy Lemon. I was in the mood for Jasmine Milk Tea and they offered it. Delicious. So happy with this tasty beverage from Happy Lemon. Highly recommend and I look forward to having it again. read more

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Happy Lemon is always a great place to get a cold and refreshing drink. I loved their avocado matcha smoothie, mango matcha smoothie, brown sugar milk boba, and wintermelon with boba. These are must-try drinks, especially in the heat of summer. Come down to Plaza Bonita Mall or any other Happy Lemon location to enjoy their super soft boba and delicious cold drinks! read more

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The drinks were good and at the end the person who gave me the drink was nice. But the only problem was the cashier was super rude. She did not once ask me if I was ready to order, or asked me if I needed help. She kept staring and I had assumed they were changing registers but nope she was just standing there. Was not happy with the service i received in the beginning. read more

Sadly, never coming back to this location again. I am a huge fan of Happy Lemon but the employees at this store front need to be re-trained on how to deliver consistent and quality tea. It has only been twice that I come here in a couple of months frame of time and yet the location only offers Large drink sizes, which is bizarre! Way too much tea for one serving. The other issue that I've had was the employee(s) not following my order on my sweetness level. I like my tea on the less sweet side (25%) and both times I was given a drink that was sickeningly sweet and far beyond my requested 25% sweetness. It's sad to see this location struggle because I know happy lemon is capable of far more. read more

I found that this location is the grand finale of bad customer service. Bye bye. Drinks are mid

Usually a wait if you're ordering waffles. It's in Plaza so a lot of younger ppl waiting in line to order. This last visit was pretty quick. My order was messed up but luckily I caught it while looking at the receipt after paying. Was able to walk to cashier & wait for person to finish paying then they adjusted my order. The salted cheese foam was superrrrrr salty. Made my husband gag & spit it out after taking a sip. The waffles are good. I ordered half/half Oreo & cheese. I ordered a mango matcha smoothie which is supposedly one of their most favorites drinks. Tastes like green tea. Didn't have a hint of mango in it. Pretty expensive for what it is. Paid near $30 for 2 drinks & 2 waffles. Ambiance is loud & hectic depending on the day you come. It is a mall so expect a lot of high schoolers hanging out. The drinks alone were mediocre. I've had better. read more

Was here yesterday and there was no line so I waited in front of the cashier since I was standing there for ~15 minutes assuming since no one saw me and a line started to form. The individual working there told me I needed to go back in line when I was being ignored for 15 minutes and waiting in the nonexistent line up until people waited behind me so I waited 15 minutes just to go back in line. Not only that the female with heavily placed blush on the register was chewing her gum (unsanitary) since she was obnoxiously chewing it. I ordered an A3 with boba and extra oreo but for some reason they put a lot of ice in my drink when I asked for a regular amount. Don't like the happy lemon here due to customer service, always a bad experience. I had a review for Eastlake but also a bad experience and bad reputation in the work community due to bad management. You're better off somewhere else read more

they have no change. they want exact. my son had to leave crying because he wanted a smoothie but he said he just wanted exact change. that is not okay. read more

I luv this place. The drinks are super good, and live the variety of drink choices to choose from. Also a convenient way to order ahead online for pickup. And they give you a fire carry on bag that you can re-use. read more

very polite and friendly staff and great service. my go to drink shop when I go to plaza Bonita mall. my favorite drink is the strawberry black tea with salted cheese. read more

Pretty standard franchise. Conveniently located inside Plaza near the food court. I love their waffles here! I usually always get the 50/50 oreo/cheese. I love how it's not too sweet at all. read more

Happy Lemon is a must when going to Plaza Bonita for an after shopping pick me up. Their bubble waffles are a perfect snack to go with your boba, I got the cheese waffle. I tried the Jasmin Green Tea with Salted Cheese, one of their most popular drinks and I can see why. So bomb! Don't be like me and forget to add boba though, if that's your thing. This time wasn't as busy, so my order came out in less than 10 minutes. The workers are always great, never had an issue. Please never leave! read more

Happy Lemon - Bubble Tea Near Me - National City, California

Their drinks are so refreshing. The lemon honey jasmine green tea is excellent! Ever since I tried it, I am hooked. It's been made consistently every time. Service has been good. Two thumbs up for me. read more

Happy Lemon - Bubble Tea Near Me - National City, California

Came in on a weekday excited to have some happy lemon and ordered the Yakult Lemon Jasmine. After 3 sips found literally what looks like a toe nail or finger nail in my drink read more

Happy Lemon - Definitely a nail - Bubble Tea Near Me - National City, California