Drinks: Milk tea Oreo with tiramisu salted cheese (7/10) Tảro milk tea with puff cream (-100/10) We were so excited to drink this Taro drink because it was a new drink BUT first sip and it tasted SOUR AS HELL!! It honestly wasn't edible. Customer service: 0/10 We went back inside to request a different drink (which is normal to request because most stores offer this) but the barista said she wasn't able to offer a replacement drink. Really upset about this & don't think we would come back after this interaction. read more

Happy Lemon - Bubble Tea Near Me - San Leandro, California

My go-to tea place didn't have the tea my hubby wanted, so I thought we'd give Happy Lemon a try. It was a mixed experience and kind of a letdown as they forgot boba in one of our drinks when the order is literally stuck on the cup. I know...mistakes happen, especially when it's busy, but still disappointing as we felt like the boba would have completed the drink. On a positive note, I enjoyed my Oreo Milk Tea, since I've been wanting cookies and cream ice cream and this was a nice new twist on a milkshake. My hubby liked his Lemon Honey Green Tea with boba except I probably tortured his tastebuds a bit by ordering it with 0% sugar (my bad boo). Yeah, so definitely go with at least 25% unless you need to cutback on sugar or like the tartness. Not sure if we'll be back, but Happy Lemon is located in the Greenhouse Plaza with plenty of parking and many restaurants and stores nearby. read more

Happy Lemon - B3. Fresh Lemon Honey Green Tea (sadly missing the Boba...) - Bubble Tea Near Me - San Leandro, California

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Only 3 stars bc the products are really good. Everyone just lacks customer service skills lol. Makes me feel like I bother them .

I have always hear great things about Happy Lemon. When there's one finally opened close to home, I was on a mission to try it. Took advantage when there's no line. I have tried few items and they were all so great. I know why their salted cheese is super popular. I think I am more excited to find out they have crystal boba. Not a lot places carried crystal boba, so I know this will be one of my go to if I ever crave for crystal boba. Be ware, they do get super busy at times, so good luck on that. The past few times I went was on a weeknights, but I did drive by during weekend and it gets super pack. Location: lots of parking spaces around there. It is surrounded by few restaurants, perfect when wanted something sweet afterwards. read more

Happy Lemon - Milk tea Oreo tiramisu with salted cheese added crystal boba - Bubble Tea Near Me - San Leandro, California

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Yay ~ Happy Lemon in the East Bay! Not sure when this place opened, but I only know of Happy Lemon from when I first got it in Monterey Park in SoCal. I love lemon flavored stuff in general, so lemon flavored drinks/tea is a major plus to me. I'd gotten the Jasmine Lemon Slush 25% sweetness this time and it was ah-mazeeee-inggg. I didn't even know that it came with jelly (Aiyu Jelly?), but I loved it with it. Pretty excited to go back again soon and try some other things :3 read more

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Honestly I think it's a pretty 4 star chain overall, I'm pretty satisfied with the recent pop-up of multiple new locations of Happy Lemon. Pretty reliable with a better taste to me than i-Tea. My go to is A1 - green tea with salted cheese. Something I love about happy lemon is their drink lids - I appreciate that there's an established hole I can drink out of before I mix (you know, the whole drink it at a fast enough speed where you get the salted cheese AND the tea), and then a hole for the straw if I choose to mix it. Staff - very friendly/ professional - I like the system they have where you grab your lemon number and then they call it (LOL I have a friend who "accidentally" takes these lemon numbers home...) If you have the chance, get a rewards card that you can swipe at ANY happy lemon and rack up rewards for free drinks. The San Leandro location can get pretty crowded, especially on a Saturday afternoon the line can be really long. Not a TON of sitting space, maybe like 8 tables total. Easy parking in the greenhouse plaza, great location - super close to ShareTea and other competitors haha. read more

Happy Lemon - A1 & G5 - Bubble Tea Near Me - San Leandro, California

I got the passion fruit tea w/ boba. Highly disappointed. The boba was old. How do I know? It was rubbery and super chewy. Took a while to break down in my mouth. If I do go back I won't be getting the boba read more

Happy Lemon - Passion fruit with boba (boba was okd) - Bubble Tea Near Me - San Leandro, California

We were in the neighborhood and decided to stop by for some drinks. Drinks ordered: Classic milk tea - ordered it with no boba, 25% ice, and 50% sweet. I am glad we are able to customize the level of sweetness as 100% would be much too sweet for me. 50% was perfect. Smooth flavor and exactly as expected. Oreo milk tea - this tasted exactly like the classic milk tea with Oreos crumbled and included in the drink. Interesting taste and I liked it. I almost felt like I was drinking a cookies and cream drink/shake. Strawberry milkshake - there were little pieces of strawberries in this, slightly tart, but refreshing taste. Fast and friendly service. Only complaint is that the cups seemed kind of small for the price. I am use to the bigger sizes at other typical milk tea places. read more

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Another boba joint in SL? The numbers just keep on rising and the competition gets stiffer and stiffer. When I first came to Happy Lemon, I was expecting to grab some kind of lemon tea fusion that would blow my mind. However, their well-known salted cheese drinks caught my attention instead and I decided that this would be the one to try. The drink featured a salted cheese foam near the top that you are supposed to drink in tandem with your tea. Avoid the rookie mistake of mixing the two- I know I didn't! For $5, you get to experience a tea drink that surprisingly works with the salted cheese. I enjoyed the savory taste of the foam on top as it mixed in with the tea to give it a bit more flavor. It definitely tasted smoother and silkier than other boba drinks I've had that relied on syrup to add flavoring. If you've never tried the salted cheese foam, I recommend giving it a shot as you'll be surprised how good it can be. As for the actual shop- somehow the entire place felt very long and poorly designed. There was an entire area with a wide open space that felt like some tables were missing. I bet that they'd have a lot more lurkers staying behind if they offered more seating. Great job Happy Lemon on building up some further competition in the SL boba scene. I'm sure there will be more where that came from. read more

Happy Lemon - Bubble Tea Near Me - San Leandro, California

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Happy lemon after dinner is a thing now for me. I have to search for the closet one after dinner and this one was in the same plaza where we ate. My go to spot is located in union city area and comparing this location to that, there was couple pros and cons. Pros: Much more space nice wall decorations. Cons: It wasn't THAT busy and I would say that the UC location is much more busier...but it too WAY too long for our drinks. We got a mango Yakult smoothie, matcha tiramisu, and Kumquat tea. There were people getting called that were behind us and our number even disappeared on the waiting list...So I went up there and asked. The lady didn't even know what happened and had to look for our drink. Our drinks were still pretty good...but the service wasn't. That was very disappointing. Probably won't come to this location again. read more

Happy Lemon - Inside - Bubble Tea Near Me - San Leandro, California

Happy lemon never disappoints. I've been to a few locations in the Bay, and their drinks are always consistent. This was probably the fastest service I've ever experienced at happy lemon. My friend and I both ordered drinks separately, and maybe one or two minutes after ordering, our drinks were ready! Amazing - very efficient! read more

Happy Lemon - F2. Mango Matcha Smoothie - Bubble Tea Near Me - San Leandro, California

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The inside feels like it could be a playground. The colors are so bright it's brings you joy. I got the D11. Okinawa Fresh Milk with Boba. It was my first time trying this is was good. Could have probably went with extra boba. I like that they are open until 9pm. read more

Happy Lemon - D11. Okinawa Fresh Milk with Boba - Bubble Tea Near Me - San Leandro, California

Happy place. Love the wall mural. The staff is friendly and efficient. I've tried the salted cheese green tea, lemon tea, grapefruit oolong tea. All 50% ice and less sugar. The egg waffle is a great snack read more

Happy Lemon - A1 salted cheese green tea - Bubble Tea Near Me - San Leandro, California

Service was terrible. I waited for 30 mins and people that came in after got their orders before me. I went up to ask about my order and got an apology. My drink was off to the side and they forgot to call it. Then I got cold, hard egg puffs. Sucks to lose time driving over and waiting. read more

I was absolutely off put by my phone call to order to-go. The lady sounded extremely busy, like she had NO time to spare. It was upsetting because I was looking forward to getting my Boba fix ALL day. Fortunately for them, the place smelled like a Lemon Meringue Pie! I fell in love with the scent instantly and the Mango Matcha drink was delicious! It only comes in Medium so I'm savoring every bit. The pearls are nice and chewy! It's located to the right side of the 99cents store. There's plenty of parking. When I came in on a Sunday evening, there was only one couple ahead of me. And there started to grow a small line behind me so I'd suggest calling in since I only saw one guy making drinks. I was looking for a "Happy" place to serve my Happy Lemon drinks but maybe next time, I'll find that happiness. read more

Happy Lemon - Your front desk! - Bubble Tea Near Me - San Leandro, California

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Hi! How are you today? If you r fine then y u forgot to put brown sugar in your Okinawa fresh milk? We ordered three but only one got no brown sugar. R you ok? read more

Happy Lemon - Okinawa fresh milk only milk - Bubble Tea Near Me - San Leandro, California

I came to happy lemon after wanting boba for a long time!! I got the cream classic boba tea. My partner got the lemonade slushy and the chocolate Oreo bubble waffle. I had a sip of his drink and it was soooo refreshing! I'm usually a milk tea person but would get his drink next time. I absolutely loved me drink! I'm writing this review the day after and I already looked up Happy Lemon locations near my house so that I can go back! So yummy! read more

Happy Lemon - Bubble Tea Near Me - San Leandro, California

I go to this location many times and have had no issues with their service or food until today. My drink had physical contamination. There was a piece of plastic at the end of my drink. read more

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Seriously, you cannot go wrong with Happy Lemon! We ordered the Mango Slushy and Milk Tea Boba. Both were delicious. The Mango slushy was very refreshing - exactly what I needed on a hot day! The staff were friendly and offered quick service. This is located in a plaza so there's plenty of parking. read more

As expected from a chain tea shop. Fast service. Clean place. Plenty of parking. Good tea service. I only order and like Happy Lemon's green tea salted cheese. It's perfect for my taste, not too sweet and not too heavy. read more

Happy Lemon is located in the Greenhouse Marketplace Shopping Center in San Leandro. Grand Opening weekend in San Leandro and BOGO free drinks drew me to this location -- I think it used to be a discount store of some kind. The line was inside the store -- a good thing with the AQI outside being bad. The wait was about 30 minutes to get to the counter. I chose my drinks with the staff who were attentive and helpful. The wait for the drinks to be made was about 2-3 minutes. The drinks were refreshing and tasty. I'll be back when the lines are not as long. read more

took them over 20 minutes to get my order done with only two items. there were barely any customers either.

Order online for pick up, as they can get pretty busy sometimes. My usual go to drinks are Green Tea Salted Cheese with Lychee Jelly or Dragon fruit with salted cheese Plenty of parking in the parking lot. read more

We got the ube milk tea with taro puff and boba, the Oreo milk tea with tiramisu salted cheese, and the matcha with tiramisu cream. Favorites were the ube and Oreo. Maybe we just didn't like the combo of matcha + tiramisu but it was just alright. The drinks were as expected as other happy lemon locations. It's pretty big inside and some seating with a nice mural too. Staff interaction was minimal due to kiosk ordering but one of the staff members were kind enough to let us know that their wintermelon seasonal limited drinks were available to order now! read more

I've always enjoyed stopping by a happy lemon because of their refreshing drinks. I've never been to this location but wanted to check it out especially because my husband has never had it. Shop looked clean and it was quiet for a Monday afternoon. We went around 1240 on 12/19 and the girl that helped was pretty rude. Ive been in the service industry for over 15 years and apart of the job is greeting the customer and saying something back when they thank you. When I was rung up I said thank you and no response. When we got our drinks, my husband said thank you and no response. I even tipped 18% because I get how exhausting this industry can be but come on... don't work in a job like this if you don't want to do basic customer service. Drinks: 5/5 Ambiance: 4/5 Customer service: 0/5 Ps the guy working was friendly with the customer he was helping. Almost wish he runs us up and made our drinks instead of the girl... read more

TL;DR: A solid boba spot in San Leandro. I really like their salted cheese drinks! Thoughts: Whenever I am craving for salted cheese drinks, I stop by Happy Lemon! My two go-to drinks are black tea with salted cheese and matcha latte with tiramisu salted cheese. The salted cheese compliments well with the tea and the matcha latter. To avoid sugar overload, I usually get the drinks half sweet. Personally I think the other drinks are just alright. Plenty of parking as it's located in Greenhouse Plaza. Tips: 1. For the salted cheese drinks, sip directly from the cup! read more

Happy Lemon - A7. Matcha Latte Tiramisu Salted Cheese - Bubble Tea Near Me - San Leandro, California

I haven't had any boba since SIP (shelter in place) started, and I finally hit my breaking point. I finally decided to venture out of the house and quench my boba thirst. My girlfriend and I went to Happy Lemon because it was fairly close to our place. We went around 7:30pm, there was probably around 7 or so people in line or waiting for their drinks with a staff of 4. We ordered milk tea salted cheese and a lemon slush. They were out of the jelly topping and itt took a while for our drinks to come. It was probably 5x longer than what I'm use to waiting for a drink to come. One star knocked off for that and that they were out of some toppings. My salted cheese milk tea was pretty meh. It was pretty flavor-less, and my gf's lemon slush was crazy sour. Based on my previous experiences at other Happy Lemon, I know how they usually taste. This was not up to par. I'm gonna chalk it up to a off night for the crew or maybe it was the B squad manning the counter. I got my boba, mediocre as it may be. I can get by another few months or weeks without boba now. read more

Love Happy Lemon! Faves: Yakult Green Tea Mango Yakult Smoothie Mango Matcha Green Tea Salted Cheese Yakult Lemon Slushy So-so's: Lemon slushy, waaaaay sour Chocolate Tiramisu They also make egg puffs now! read more

I'm still loving the drinks here! My BF loves mangos, so he's trying all of the mango flavored drinks that Happy Lemon has to offer! & I have to say he has been picking the yummiest drinks from their menu! I decided to try their blended lemon black tea and I don't think I'll want to try that again! Lol the cashier did tell me that it would be bitter, but I was not expecting it to be super bitter and sour, since I asked her if it would be sweet as well. My mistake and never again. I would love to try all their other drinks though, as they sound super delicious, especially the fruit teas! I can't wait to get back there and try the other drinks they have to offer! They also now have Matcha cheesecake and classic cheesecake! I'm hoping to try their matcha tiramisu soon, as I keep seeing it on their board! :) read more

I'm a strange Happy Lemon customer. I don't like their cheese in the tea. It doesn't do it for me. For me, Its only good during the first half and I cannot abide it in the second half of the drink. What I do like here and can vouch for is their Okinawa Fresh Milk. It reminds me of the Crème Brulee drink-- the caramel part. The Okinawa Fresh Milk is what you should get when you're craving something caramel like (with milk) and with boba. I'm not sure what they're doing here, but they're doing it right. Its better than the Bomberman or Yifang. It is a little pricy though, but it is worth it. I've been here several times and I appreciate how fast the line goes. However, the space inside is rather small and there are only a couple seats, so its more of a grab and go boba shop since the Opening Weekend was so soon. I'm curious to see if theres anything else I like here as well. Location is in a good area, right off of park street. A good place to stop by. I do hope they will do a Happy Hour just like iTea and T4, that would be perfect. read more

If you can choose to go to any other location please do, they don't acknowledge you when you're asking for help, they have bad attitudes and the speed of service is horrible, there's absolutely no sense of urgency to get the drinks out, even when they'll have 10+ people waiting for drinks and both their baristas hanging at the register. You'd do better spending the extra time to get to a different store read more

I rarely go to boba places but I was with my daughter and her friends and ordered the mango matcha which was delish! I love it and it had bits of mango in it. The only thing they don't have is free wifi! read more

Happy Lemon - Mango Matcha - Bubble Tea Near Me - San Leandro, California

Lots of foot traffic since it is in a plaza, but none the less, great spot to go get your milk tea fix read more

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This specific location has the best salted cheese out of all Happy Lemon nearby. The sweetness level is accurate. Other locations are too sweet even with an order of 25% sweetness. read more

One of my favorite places to grab tea and boba! I am always trying something new and all of the drinks are pretty solid. Am especially in love with their salted cheese and always add on extra on the side to savor it later ;) When I go I would always grab extra drinks to put in the fridge for the next day read more

Happy Lemon - Bubble Tea Near Me - San Leandro, California

Their boba is so good! It's not at all too hard, very fresh and flavorful! I love the ube drink they have I highly recommend the puff cream!

Craving a sweet treat or boba? Can't go wrong with Happy Lemon. Your taste buds will be Happy Happy :). I like that they have a selection of Salted Cheese Foam drinks. For those who haven't tried it yet, I know it sounds weird, but I promise it's delicious. Something different from your ordinary boba drink, but it's a must try! We ordered: 1) Matcha Latte with Salted Cheese Foam 2) Mango Boba Green Tea The store interior is very bright and inviting, which reflects the business name. There's even a display table for your drinks if you'd like to do a photo shoot with the mascot on their wall. The staff are friendly and most importantly offer quick service. You'll be out with your drink in a jiffy. Very spacious with lots of room for social distancing. Parking in the front is convenient and it's located in the Greenhouse Plaza which has a variety of shops. read more

Happy Lemon - 10/2020 Drink Menu - Bubble Tea Near Me - San Leandro, California

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I was getting dinner nearby and thought I'd try this particular Happy Lemon in San Leandro. I've been to multiple Happy Lemon's before but it was my first time here. When I arrived there were a few people here on a Friday evening. I ordered a roasted oolong with salt cheese and an original egg puff. My nephew got a mango matcha dink. I got my drink and it wasn't very tea flavored. I did ask for less sugar 25% sugar and ice and felt like it tasted very light. I like a boba that taste like tea. The egg puff was made fresh and tasted pretty good. Overall tea lacked tea flavor and was on the lighter side. read more

It's nice they have a self-order station as well as someone who takes orders at the counters. Speeds up the order process especially where there's a line. Cute wall mural & comfortable seating. I always get the Strawberry milkshake with salted cheese & it's soooo good! It's like strawberry cream cheese as a drink in the best way. read more

This has been my new favorite boba spot in SL. I love the boba here and the variety of fresh teas and fruits they offer. I'm a fan of the taro milkshake, strawberry milkshake, and the strawberry green tea. Sometimes they forget to ask you how much sugar and ice you want, so make sure to mention in case they forget. It's always clean, the staff is friendly, and they never mess up my order. Can't wait to come back and try more drinks read more

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