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    Happy Lemon

    3.7 (148 reviews)
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    Youngnan K.

    We like to stop by sometimes after visiting the zoo since it's close. I really enjoy their salted cheese topping added on to any milk tea I get. This time I also got a fruit tea and the even though I ordered 50% sweetness it was plenty sweet. Fair warning the cashier told me it would be sweet! But even with how sweet it was the tea tasted bitter like it was steeped too long! The service was good! I asked for a water cup for my daughter and they were really sweet to provide it with a smile!

    Oreo Milk Tea with boba added
    Amy T.

    Stopped in on Friday afternoon. Parking is limited in Crocker Village. We ordered 5 drinks. Everything came out quickly. My son liked the Oreo milk tea with boba.

    12.20.24
    May A.

    Soooo lemony! [Sacramento CA] We were already in the area so we stopped by Happy Lemon before heading home. Located in the Crocker Village in Sacramento... this is my first Happy Lemon visit anywhere. Hubby was not too thrilled because they didn't have his avocado drink, I gently reminded him there was a reason they called it Happy "Lemon" I ordered the Mango Lemon slushy... the drink was nice and tart, very refreshing, energizing, tasty and tropical... never mind that it was 44° in mid December outside. The flavor was overwhelming in tartness and packed the pucker power! It came with lychee jello but I had it substituted with boba. Customer service was great. My drink was ready before I could say "whoooeeeey!" Review #3631

    A8. Milk Tea Salted Cheese, F5. Strawberry Milk Shake Smoothie with puff cream
    Ann H.

    We love visiting Happy Lemon to satisfy our boba and egg puff cravings. We always order the original egg puffs with salted cheese and the salted cheese milk tea with boba. No complaints with these 2 items on every visit. The strawberry milkshake with puff cream and boba was delicious as well. I do not recall the name of the other lemon tea. It was too tart for my liking. I am looking forward to my next visit.

    A4. Roasted Tea Salted Cheese with grass jelly

    Service can be quite slow even though there's about 2 other customers in the store who has already ordered. Since teas (not milk teas) are usually sweeter on their own, I suggest lowering sweetness. Unfortunately, I got this same drink about 2 visits later and my tea was watered down. Almost as if the tea was not brewed long enough. A little disappointed.

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    Dilraj S.

    Something bout that D5 with puff cream and slight boba balls just hits good. Nice for refreshing day to get it rolling ya feel. Just wish I had bought the houses across back in 2021

    Decisions... decisions!
    Joey B.

    The closest place to get bubble tea with boba to UC Davis Cancer Center. The boba specialist do a great job helping their customers, even giving me a sample to try out some teas to ensure I like it before wasting money for something I dont like. Kudos to you Happy Lemon Employees. Pros: -They do rewards programs, so please sign up. For every 10 purchase of bubble tea, you get 1 free. :) -The lobby is clean. The aroma is fresh! Cons: -No military/veterans discount. -And no Okinawa donuts. The signage threw me off, and I ended up ordering an Okinawa Drink. :(

    Full menu. Prices as of April 2024. Tried to get photo with as little glare as possible.
    Gianna E.

    I stopped in with a group of three others while in the area for work around 5pm on a Friday, as when I searched for boba near me, Happy Lemon was one of the top search results. I did not know it was a franchise until my arrival. All of us unfamiliar with the menu, we ended up ordering a large boba milk tea (D1), a medium mango lemon slushy (H5), and a medium kumquat lemon green tea with lychee jelly (E10). Price was roughly $18. I found it neat how you could adjust both the sugar and ice levels on the drinks, the options being: normal, less, half, light, and none. The staff member who took our order was polite, however on two the drinks we asked for them to be made with less sugar, and they responded both times with they couldn't for one reason or another. I wonder if that was inherently true. By far, my favorite drink was the basic boba milk tea, but it didn't have enough ice! We didn't adjust the ice level at all, and it was basically fully melted and only barely above room temp. Some of the tapioca pearls were very chewy the way I prefer, but I found some of them to be a bit hard in the middle. My second favorite drink was the kumquat lemon green tea with lychee jelly! I'm glad I didn't get it less sweet because I think it would've been too bitter, as there was certainly a bitter-citrus flavor from the kumquat, but I enjoyed it. My least favorite was the mango lemon slushy, it was way too sweet and syrupy! It was not at all worth the $6. I do want to try Happy Lemon again, as I did not try their salted cheese options, which seems to be their specialty. I would like to try their boba milk tea with puff cream or their black tea with salted cheese.

    Ashley C.

    It's always so hard for me to pick a drink here at Happy Lemon because everything sounds good! TIP: come on a Wednesday to take advantage of their buy 2 get 1 free deal! I wanted the classic green tea with salted cheese but decided to try something new instead. The ube milk tea with ube puff cream and taro balls was pretty good, and the sweetness is balanced between the plain texture of the taro balls and the sweeter puff cream. But if I was going to come back, I'd stick with my usual green tea with salted cheese because it always hits the spot! We also had an Okinawa milk tea with puff cream which was pretty good, but on the sweeter side, and a mango Yakult smoothie which is a very refreshing non caffeinated option. It has mango chunks and although the Yakult causes it to separate after a while, just give it a little stir and it still tastes just as good.

    Carol P.

    Great location in the Sac City College/Land Park/Curtis Park area, next to Ono Hawaiian and nearby Somi Somi. I like this particular Happy Lemon because they aren't as busy as the other ones and their service is fast. I ordered 2 large drinks, customized ice and sweetness levels on both, and added mango boba and salted cheese cream to my mango green tea. Prices for a large about $6+. I got my 2 drinks and right away I noticed there wasn't any salted cheese cream. I gave it back to the staff and she politely apologized and added it to the drink. It was delicious and the mango boba pearls were refreshing. My husband loved his lemon green tea. You cant go wrong with any of their lemon drinks! Makes me happy that they found a home in this new shopping center.

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    Michael W.

    This Happy Lemon is near Sacramento City College in a new shopping center. Everything inside the store looks spotless. The employee at the cashier is very friendly. I have my drinks a few minutes after the order is placed. It is delicious!

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    Great drinks at this location! It is a very clean store and I received excellent service by Dalton!

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    Never has boba!! Been here on three different occasions and all three times I've been told OUT OF BOBA!! How does a boba shop not have boba!

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    My favorite place for lemonade frozen boba that is not too sweet and so freaking refreshing.

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    Ask the Community - Happy Lemon

    Why does the phone go straight to a prerecorded message? I wanted to see if you have boba before I drive over since you've been out every time I've arrived for months.

    Every time I've gone the past few weeks there has been boba.

    Is there any option for online ordering?

    They accept order through DoorDash

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    I had high hopes for this place cause I'd seen it online so much. It was a little hard to find --…read morebut that's not uncommon in downtown. Inside was a little small, but again that's just downtown for you. If you think you're gonna be able to sit and study here that's not likely. If there are 3 people sitting inside you'll likely have to stand awkwardly around till your drinks come out. While the staff was really kind, I felt really bad cause there was only one person. All orders, all questions, all DoorDash orders.. only one. My friend and I ordered only two drinks but it took over 30 mins to get them. Overall the drinks were good but nothing I'd go out of my way for. I'd definitely give it another chance, maybe i came on an off day. But truthfully I felt it was overhyped.

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    A group of friends and I came for late night boba on a Thursday night. There were a few people…read moresitting at a table inside while others came in and out for their to-go orders. The dimly lit space with music playing definitely gave night lounge vibes. We each ordered from the kiosk and received our drinks with a short turnaround. Call me old fashioned, but the process of ordering from a kiosk without an employee present then grabbing my drink that was left on the counter takes away any customer service worth a tip. It's annoying when the tipping screen pops up after placing my order. Sure, the drink came out timely, but we were the only ones ordering in the shop at the time and the tipping screen pops up before my drink comes out. Due to the late hour, I opted to get a non-caffeinated drink. I got the Mango Cloud, 50% sweet with brown sugar boba. The boba was still warm and had a nice chew to it. I particularly like the mango bits.

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    I've been here for a couple years now and they never disappoint every time!! I tried their monthly…read moreflavors with the matcha floats and recently tried their hojicha latte float which was SOO GOOD. Also, I've been craving for their banana matcha latte for a while ever since they came out with this item like a year ago so I had to come back when i saw that they're selling it again. Banana Matcha Latte - 8.2/10 I got this with soy milk and honestly it tastes really good although since their matcha is premade, you can't really adjust the sweetness and I wish the matcha a bit less sweet especially since the banana cream top is already sweet itself. Also, the soy milk gives the creaminess without overpowering the matcha too much. The banana cream top has a nice banana flavor (although kind of tastes artificial) but it's still very tasty especially with the Biscoff biscuits and fresh bananas on top. One thing to note is that they don't put a lot of ice in the drink so even when the drink is diluted, you can still taste the prominence of the matcha. The workers are pretty nice and they have really fast service even during rush hours. Also, this place is quite small so it's more of a to-go spot. I would mainly recommend coming to this spot if you're looking for high-quality matcha desserts since that's what they're really known for. I would definitely come back if I happen to be nearby.

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