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Happy Lemon

3.9 (85 reviews)
ModerateBubble Tea
Open • 10:00 am - 8:00 pm

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Storefront... in Makai Market Food Court
Nadine C.

Refreshing beverage in Honolulu, Hawaii... I needed a drink and noticed that I hadn't written a review for Happy Lemon... yet... so... I've been to this Makai Market Food Court location at Ala Moana Center for a Yelp Hawaii Experience, so I knew exactly where this Happy Lemon was... It's on the Waikiki side of the Food Court, next to Auntie Anne's (Pretzels)... between See's Candies and Honolulu Cookie Company. The free parking at the mall is much appreciated! It's a takeout kind of setup with a shared dining area among all of the vendors. Order at the front and pickup at the side. Note: Happy Lemon is a chain. The other O'ahu locations are in Pearl City and Kaka'ako. I saw an advertisement for the new Wintermelon series... it sounded good to me, so I ordered one. It was good! It wasn't too sweet nor too tart, but just right! Thank you for the efficient service! It was a bit confusing when there were a bunch of customers, but the staff got through it professionally!

Mic V.

Happy Lemon is very refreshing and the taste is very good. I usually get it with 50% sugar because it can get pretty sweet. I haven't had anything bad on the menu. There was only 1 worker there. He took a couple orders after me and worked on our drinks right away. He made all orders in only a few minutes! The location is the downstairs Ala Moana Mall food court. There's plenty of seating there to relax after walking this big a$$ mall!

Peach C.

Service was horrible! I can't with the cashier!!!!!! She was so rude!! I went in today to get a drink because I was thirsty. I want to get a mango green tea with mango boba, but also add fresh passionfruit inside. The cashier told me they don't do fresh passionfruit anymore! So why is it on the menu then? I don't get it! Then I ordered my drink and hand her the money. She then rudely told me "we don't accept $50 bill!" she had an attitude with me and I don't understand! Money is money?? I normally don't write bad reviews but the cashier who work today on Monday around 4:00 need to be taught customer service!

Mango Sago
Mabeline M.

I finally decided to try Happy Lemon only because my brother and sister in law happened to be at Ala Moana and was waiting for their order. My family decided to try it. Customer Service could be better especially that it was my first time there and was still looking at the menu figuring out what I should order. Decided to order the Mango sago and the strawberry Shortcake. The Mango sago seemed to juicy for me, I thought it was gonna be a little thicker. But it was still good. OMG tho the strawberry shortcake was BOMB! Haha I almost wanted to trade my drink with her kids hahaha next time I plan to try another flavor and to try the waffle bubble haha

Gail U.

Three of us joined the line here as a 2 nd choice since it was open. I usually ask for no sugar, no ice. When my order was given the employee said he can't make it 0% sugar because it wouldn't taste good. Hmmm, some people with a medical condition are sugar restricted. They request no sugar by choice. Perhaps HE needs to be informed.

Jana A.

No star for this "hardworking" employee. Why wear a shirt that says, "happy everyday" but you're not smiling. I ordered a few things, nothing crazy. She missed one. I ordered 2 strawberry shortcake (other employee heard me and made them right away.) , she charges me for one which I shouldn't be complaining for the free drink but she needs to listen to her customers if she's gonna work in food service. I ordered 3 waffles. Got both of them nicely, given by the other employee. I was waiting for my third one by the wall for another 5 minutes, she then come and finally asks me what's wrong. I mentioned I'm waiting for the other waffle. She gave me an attitude while I was still ordering my food and wasn't smiling or giving attention to the customers in front of the store she works at. When she finally gave me my last waffle, she asked if I already had 3 puff n cream sauce.. which they decided to give it to me one by one along with my waffles I purchased. I said no and waited for her to give me the last one. She said just stood there, so I grabbed it from the counter, said my thanks and walked away. They weren't busy because they weren't doing much but there was 3 employees total & they were all tucked far away from the cash register where there was people waiting to be helped, so unprofessional. To whoever this employee is, I'm not sorry for putting you on blast. Your whole customer service attitude is shitty and if you hate to serve people without a smile, leave. You make people feel unwelcome. The whole wait took about 15 minutes. I won't be going here anymore as someone who's always coming here for your drinks.

Store front in the bottom food court
Todd M.

So refreshing and good! First time trying this place so I went with the mango lemon slush with lychee jello. Amazing! Really fast. Waited about 1 minute and it was ready. It was so enjoyable I'm glad there's one close to where I live and I don't need to drive to Ala Moana to get one. Probably go back in a few days...or tomorrow.

Tuhin C.

The last time I had Happy Lemon was a while back in California, but I was so happy to find a location here! I had a strawberry boba and it was so fresh and I love that they incorporated fruit in the drink. It was truly refreshing for a hot Hawaiian day!

Walter H.

Happy Lemon has lots to choose from, but they even have boba! I got the chi tea boba and it was the best that I've ever had! Amazing! The staff is friendly and quick! The kiosk is a kiosk, so nothing special there - but the great service and reasonable prices are great!

Kevin J.

Happy lemon is nice small boba shop in the center of ward village. It offers a lot of refreshing drinks but what makes it stand out against the competition is it focuses on salted cheese as an add on. The bubble waffle with the salted cheese dip was one of my favorites. It adds just the right savory punch to a sweet dessert. I would say that if its a hot day, they really need to turn on the a/c in there. The cool drink doesnt really even help with the heat if the place itself is hot. So i would say take it to go.

Renee H.

My sister and I decided to get a drink that we don't have available back home (close to us, anyway) and chose Happy Lemon in the food court of the mall. They had a pretty good variety of drink choices. My sister got a smoothie which was really yummy. I opted for a lemon green tea as I had a cold and thought it'd help. It was quite tart (as the employee warned me) but delicious! The employee who helped us was not very pleasant and wasn't very patient. The kitchen area didn't look at clean as it could (and should) be, but I didn't notice this until after we had ordered.

Mabelle T.

I was today years old when I learned that cheese foam is an actual thing. Located on the first floor of the food court at Ala Moana, the friendliness and quality of service is a little corner oasis in the midst of the entire business of the center.

Folks, it's winter melon not watermelon.
Lou C.

I have been to Happy Lemon on the mainland. This was my first time to visit an Unhappy Lemon. Sorry to say that my friends hated Happy Lemon because they misread "Wintermelon" for "Watermelon". I immediately noticed it says winter melon because I grew up with winter melon drink in Taiwan. I think the restaurant is responsible for deceiving customers to purposely misspell the drink ingredient. First of all, winter melon drink is brown color and it should never show as big red color drink. Second of all, another drink says with fresh milk next to it. Brown with white is never pure white. That was super confusing. I had to apologize to my friends profusely because it was my idea to get them to try Happy Lemon. I can't reverse the clock to make them happy again.

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