I had such a lovely experience here! I stopped by last week while doing laundry next door, honestly in a pretty bad mood. After I reading the reviews on Yelp, I think her name is Kelly (the owner?) greeted me with such kindness and even offered me a complimentary Oreo smoothie -- it completely turned my day around! Other staffs were nice too:) When I came back today, I was so surprised that she still remembered me. The drinks are refreshing and delicious, but it's the amazing customer service and genuine smile that really make this place special. Highly recommend! read more

Tea Friends - Bubble Tea Near Me - Menlo Park, California

Came back here for a quick boba run! We loved the new updated decors and our drinks are still just as amazing as the first time! And of course our pup Nori had to join in! Can't wait to try some of their unique drinks like lychee rose lemonade! read more

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The homemade honey boba was tasty and they have lactose free milk! It was very quiet when I went and the staff were super friendly. Jasmine green tea and classic oolong milk tea were delicious! read more

Great Boba place alternative compared to some of the other local places around here. It is next to a little Mexican restaurant in the same plaza. No food here, but Boba is delicious. The service is also extremely helpful. read more

Tea Friends - Lavender Love - Bubble Tea Near Me - Menlo Park, California

The highlight of my visit was definitely the service--the person at the register was very nice and police! Aside from that, I ordered a wintermelon milk tea with coffee jelly; the tea itself was not outstanding, but still pretty good/solid. I do appreciate that they have choices you don't always see like the aforementioned wintermelon flavor and coffee jelly toppings. The interior was also pretty cute and I can see myself studying there. Overall, I would give this place an 8/10. read more

Tea Friends - Winter Melon Milk Tea - Bubble Tea Near Me - Menlo Park, California

Went to this Boba Shop multiple times and always liked it. Order different drinks every time to try something new (had Tiger Milk Tea, Passion sunset, Mango Madness slushie, etc) they are always very well done and look exactly like you see them on the picture. 10/10 for drinks. When you walk to the shop you are greeted with warm smiles, staff is always very nice and the owner of the shop is also working there. It's very cozy and modern inside, a great place to sit down and have a drink. 10/10 for service and ambiance. Will come back there again, recommend a lot!! read more

Parking was very easy during opening hours since there were barely any customers in the plaza. Staff were very friendly. The odd part was there was no menu posted anywhere--not on a wall, screen, or even on a paper printout. We had to scroll through the kiosk (where I couldn't find the osmanthus oolong). Eventually I pulled out my phone to go to the website and found the full menu on the website. They should really have a physical menu in the store. Osmanthus oolong milk tea - tasted watered down. Not recommended Hojicha milk latte with boba - Very good hojicha flavor! Boba was delicious with strong longan flavor and perfect chewy texture. Some of the best texture and flavor boba we've had. Highly recommend read more

Tea Friends - Osmanthus Oolong Milk Tea (watered down not recommended) and Japanese Hojicha Milk Tea with boba (good strong flavor and chewy tasty boba) - Bubble Tea Near Me - Menlo Park, California

There is one tablet to place your orders. We ordered 3 drinks: peach matcha latte, passion sunrise, and classic milk tea with sea salt foam. After we ordered, one of the workers said they were out of green tea and there would be a 10-15 min wait. We agreed to wait thinking it wouldn't take that long. A 10-15 min wait ended up being over 30 mins. We were one of the earlier customers there and those who arrived after us got their drinks before us. I suggest ordering online to avoid the wait. I didn't like the passion fruit sunrise. It had a weird taste to it. Not sure if it was the passion fruit or green tea because it didn't taste like passion fruit to me. The other two liked their drinks. The peach matcha was good and had a strong peach flavor. You don't see this matcha combo often so it was definitely interesting. read more

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Ordered take-out and service was spot on for all our orders! The Mango Magenta is a must try! I ordered it 75% sweet with Lychee Popping Boba and the choice of topping was a great. The presentation of the drink itself is colorful and vibrant to appear very appetizing (which, it is). I want to try the most popular Mango Slushie or the Lyche Rose Limeade next. read more

Tea Friends - Mango Magenta. Hella good! Love the presentation! - Bubble Tea Near Me - Menlo Park, California

Tea It Up is pretty good! It's nice to have a boba option in the area. My friend and I came here yesterday and I had the honeydew milk tea with boba, and she had a mango smoothie or slushee. The service was extremely fast. I do wish you ordered with a person and not at a kiosk. There isn't very much decor, but I think if they decorated the interior and added food options other than chips, this would be a solid hangout! Editing to add that I had a similar experience to a Yelper below- some of the boba in my drink was perfectly cooked, and some of it was not cooked all of the way and a little dry/too chewy and hard. read more

Small and cute on the inside. Adequate seating space. There's a screen to order or you can order in front of the cashier. Parking is in front of the shop itself in a lot, and very easy. The boba itself is not bad. The honey boba is yummy and chewy, and the egg pudding is nice and sweet as well. I got the "Double O" (oreo + potentially oolong) with egg pudding. One thing I noticed is that I got 0% sweet and that was definitely unsweet (would recommend 25%). However, I went with some friends and some of the drinks that they got were a little wonky on the sweetness scale - like 25% is sweeter than 75%. Knocking off some stars for that inconsistency. I think their fruit teas tend to be better than the milk teas. read more

Tea Friends - Double "O" Milk Tea - Bubble Tea Near Me - Menlo Park, California

tea it up / tea friends (new owner?) from fruit tea to milk tea to slushies overall standard, lychee bits were jellies not real fruit. honey boba decent. read more

Customer service is awesome and always making the drinks on point. It's always clean and love that they play music now too. They give a great space to work and hangout with friends . The new owner is nice, funny and respectful. read more

Tea Friends - Matcha Lemonade so refreshing and yummy . The honey boba is the best . - Bubble Tea Near Me - Menlo Park, California

Went here over the weekend as we crave milk tea. The area was great, people are nice.. wait time was longer than usual due to one of their team mate is training which I 100% understand that. Got our order 3 drinks, and all of them had 20% soft boba and 80% hard/ old. I then went back in and asked if they got the old and new boba mixed, and they both asked each other and told me "no it was new." Also, the sea salt foam was not added which I paid for, and the 50% sweetness seemed 100%. I went back in for the second time to ask them and replace the toppings with grass jelly. They used the same drink with the brown sugar from boba mixed in it (makes the drink sweeter). Sad to say, but even the grass jelly was old.. it wasn't smooth, kind of powdery/ dry texture. We threw away all three drinks and went to happy lemon to pick up new drinks. read more

Tea Friends - Bubble Tea Near Me - Menlo Park, California

A boba shop that meets expectations. Got the Strawberry Jasmine with no ice, and they put some kind of slushy ice inside? It was extremely refreshing so I didn't mind. Ordered through a tablet kiosk and it would have been a better experience if the menu had pictures. Menlo Park is a bit of a drive for me, so while my experience wasn't necessarily bad, I wouldn't go out of my way to visit here. read more

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Stopped by here on my way home, after a visit to the nearby Stanford Shopping Center. Located in a rather quiet and unassuming corner lot, filled with a few other businesses and a private lot for parking. The store itself is clean, spacious, well-lit, and inviting; with both indoor and outdoor seating offered. Being a rather hot day, I ordered the Passion Fruit Slushie with honey boba. 1st topping is free, and drink was very reasonably priced at $5.75. While the drink itself was fairly refreshing, the boba was a bit firmer than I would have liked. Service was very friendly and efficient. And I was in and out in about 5mins. read more

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I brought my group over after Round Table to enjoy some milk tea which was 2 blocks down. A small place in a plaza. You have the option to order at the kiosk or with the cashier. It's a well lit and bright shop with a few tables. They have decent size menu. I decided to try their Japanese Hojicha milk tea which I quite like. The others enjoyed their tea except for one. One had the strawberry with popping boba, avocado mango milk tea, lychee-peach-passionfruit-mango ice tea and fruity delight tea which was the least favorite for one member. Their menu has some unique items for the boba fan to try out. If you're in the area, swing on by. read more

I tried their brown sugar milk tea with strawberry popping boba. Their popping boba was very flavorful. I like that their milk tea was milky and not watered down. read more

Tea Friends - Brown sugar milk tea with strawberry popping boba - Bubble Tea Near Me - Menlo Park, California

I love Genmaicha tea, and I wanted to try a new place. -- TL;DR -1 star for watery milk tea -1 star for an inconsistent menu across 3 platforms (had I not ordered online, I would have missed out on the other cool drinks!!) -- In the plaza on the corner of El Camino and Menlo Ave, it's convenient that there's a mini parking lot and the lights to regulate the traffic. On Yelp, their menu options seem limited, but when you go their website, it has more options. Even more options if you choose to order online. Not sure why the menu is so inconsistent, so at first glance, this shop doesn't look like it has much to offer. I'm also a bit biased against boba shops that look extremely aesthetic because in my experience, the tea/boba shop is IG worthy, but the drink is bad. My Genmaicha tea was watery (ordered less ice, so maybe the ice melted while I was on my way to picking it up or they add water to offset the "less ice"), and don't think I'd get it again at this place. However, their menu is adventurous enough that I want to come back and try a different tea, and maybe do regular ice instead. read more

Tea Friends - Japanese Genmaicha Milk Tea - Bubble Tea Near Me - Menlo Park, California

I did a big order here and it was a fast delivery for 11 drinks. The drinks are good but nothing that really stands out to me. I got the dragon cloud 75 sweetness with boba. The honey boba is good but the drink was okay. The Thai tea was okay but make sure to get either 75% or 100% sweetness. read more

Tea Friends - Bubble Tea Near Me - Menlo Park, California

Found a metal spiral in my drink. I was the 1st customer too. I had to toss it out. please check before serving. read more

Tea Friends - Spiral - Bubble Tea Near Me - Menlo Park, California

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Bright, quiet, no line and friendly service with customized ordering. Always delicious.

the place is just ok. staff is nice and ambiance is fine. i will say drinks are just ok, nothing special or just like some other stores. basically they just use syrup while i expect to get fresh fruits. only avocado smoothie is using fresh avocado. three stars from me... read more

Tea Friends - Avocado Smoothie, Peach Please, and Sakura Yulu Green Tea ~ no milk... - Bubble Tea Near Me - Menlo Park, California

I randomly saw this boba shop on Doordash and wanted to try something new. They have a lot of various drinks on the menu. I tried the Passion Sunset and instantly loved it, so I've always kept ordering that drink only since. The drinks are on the sweeter side, so definitely recommend ordering half sweetness. I love their boba--it's always consistently soft and the right amount of chewy. Sometimes boba is hard or just too chewy. They do it right! read more

Update: Have gone back on a few occasions and while some teas are a slam dunk, other times they don't live up to our expectations (may be by employee basis). Overall still one of my top spots read more

Tea Friends - Taro milk tea (left), Lavender milk tea (right) - Bubble Tea Near Me - Menlo Park, California

It was my first time at Tea It Up and the experience could have been better. The employees were all wearing masks and were very friendly! My friend and I got 4 drinks. Aesthetic wise, the drinks were very pretty! WHAT WE GOT: - Lavender Love: 1/5- my friend said that this tasted like lemonade. - Purple Rose: 2/5 - my friend described this drink as cherry medicine. - Strawberry Jasmine: 1/5; 75% sweetness + boba. It tasted more like a strawberry smoothie which was a bit disappointing. I definitely tasted the strawberry syrup as well which was a bit overwhelming to drink. Some of the boba for this drink was not cooked so I had some hard boba in my drink which wasn't very good. - Ocean Potion: 3/5: light ice, 75% sweetness + boba. The drink was so pretty, but the flavor was just okay. Some of the boba was not cooked all of the way so I had some hard boba. Overall, a 2/5. I think I would only come back if a friend wanted to try it. If that was the case, then I would just stick to the classics for this boba shop. read more

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Glad we have another boba option nearby! Convenient online ordering option, delicious drinks, good service, and lots of flavors Including non-dairy options available. Ordered online for pick up but they are very clean inside for onsite ordering. Nice pit stop after a Trader Joe's run :) read more

It tasted like colored water I would not recommend this place for milk tea... The place is small so it's also not an ideal place to hangout at. read more

Tea Friends - Ocean Potion - Bubble Tea Near Me - Menlo Park, California

The store was in compliant for COVID-19 precautions. They had ground markers to ensure social distancing and a shield between the cashier and customers. Staff was wearing masks correctly. We're not from around here, so we found this place on Yelp and wanted to try it out. There was 1 party already waiting for their drinks and another party that was waiting to order. It was around 7:30 PM on a Sunday night and it seemed like there was only one staff working. We ordered 2 drinks and it took a long while, about 25 minutes. Strawberry Jasmine: It was pretty decent. Blended tea drink. Reminded me of the strawberry Milkita candies. I love my teas, so I wish the tea was stronger. Passion Sunset: We asked for half sweet and it was still wayyy too sweet. It tasted more like a juice than a tea. Pearls were good, sweet and soft. It's definitely a pretty drink that has two distinct layers, red and yellow. read more

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Stopped by for a quick boba tea pick up. First time here and I decided to try the lavender milk tea because it was something new, usually I would get a rose milk tea (which my friend got) because it's always a safe choice. I got light ice, 75% sweetness + boba. The lavender is very very fragrant, a little bit too much for my liking that it over powers the milk tea to the point where I can't even taste any tea. It kind of tastes like milky lavender water. read more

Mom and I were waiting at Chef Kwan's for our to-go order to be ready when I remembered seeing a neighbouring boba place, Mr. Green Bubble, down the street. I proposed for us to get some milk tea while we awaited our food and Mom mentioned this boba tea spot located even closer, kitty corner from the restaurant. She was right - Tea It Up isn't even a five minute walk from Chef Kwan's. Venue: Tiny, but clean. They have tabled seating inside and outside for those who want to hang out and drink. Service: Friendly, but a little slow. Our visit was not during a busy time, but customers still had to wait in line to place their orders and stick around for a while to get their drinks. Drinks: Mom ordered the Taro Milk Tea with Red Bean and enjoyed it. I didn't taste her drink, but it looked prettily purple. I had the Thai Milk Tea with Grass Jelly which wasn't bad, but not the best - I have had creamier and tastier at other places. My son liked the Strawberry Smoothie. Mom will likely be happy to return. I will try the Organic Jasmine Green Milk Tea next time. read more

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We found the drinks to be very watery. The boba was solid but the tea taste really wasn't there for us. The drinks came out quickly and the staff was nice. read more

Tea Friends - Strawberry milk tea, Honeydew Milk Tea - Bubble Tea Near Me - Menlo Park, California

3.5 STARS It's hot. You're sweating and you forgot to stuff paper towels into your bra. Cuz, you know boob sweat. You NEED something to quench your thirst but not just anything. You want milk tea. BUT....it's also COVID-19 so pickings are very slim. Well, Yelp to the rescue again and thank you to the business owner of Tea It Up for staying open during this pandemic (and keeping your hours current on Yelp). On the menu are Freshly Brewed Teas, Blended [Fruit] Teas, Fruit Teas, Milk Teas, and Coffee ($3.95- $5). Ice and sweetness levels are customizable. I've visited Tea It Up twice during COVID-19 - the first experience was pretty good but the second time, sadly, not so good. On my first visit, I tried the Organic Heavy Oolong Milk Tea, 50% sweet ($4.75). Despite the pale color, I was pleasantly surprised that the oolong milk tea had prominent tea flavor with a good balance of milky creaminess and just the right sweetness. This will be my go-to when I'm in the area again. I also ordered the Strawberry Jasmine Tea ($5) to drop off to a friend. At 50% sweetness, my friend said, it was very cloyingly sweet. On my second visit, I ordered the Decaf Oolong Milk Tea, 50% sweetness ($4.50). It had a weird aftertaste from the non-dairy creamer and at 50% sweet, it was unbearably sweet. It seems like the Decaf OMT is made with non-dairy creamer but the Regular OMT is made with real milk? I also ordered the Strawberry Lemonade, 25% sweetness ($4.50?) and it tasted like artificial sugar water. There was no tartness to offset the sweetness. Service was kind and prompt. I appreciated that ALL the staff wore their masks properly and for the touchless payment (place your credit card on a tray and tell the cashier how much tip you want to add). Easy parking in the shared private lot. With very few options in the area for milk tea, 3.5 STARS rounded up. Tea It Up is less than 4 months old so I'm sure they'll work out their kinks soon. If you're in MP or PA, and in need of a thirst quencher, come support Tea It Up! read more

Tea Friends - COVID-19 Takeout: Strawberry Jasmine Tea & Organic Heavy Oolong Milk Tea | $5 each - Bubble Tea Near Me - Menlo Park, California

Tea It Up is located in a small plaza with some parking in the parking lot. The interior is modern and simple. There are some seating inside, as well as some outside. I ordered my usual - jasmine milk tea with boba. The drink did not have much milk or tea taste to it. It was pretty sweet at 50% sweetness, and there was a strong and lingering cane sugar taste to it. Honestly, it tasted like a cup of sugary vanilla water. The boba was on the chewier side. read more

We went and used the self-ordering system to order two fruit teas, and after waiting for a bit we were informed that they had run out of tea (?!) and honey boba. We weren't notified about this until long after we had placed the order, and there wasn't any signage nor did the workers inform us of this when we walked in. We asked for a refund but the workers didn't have admin access to the payment system so we couldn't get a refund either. We were forced to choose from the drinks that didn't have tea in it, which was disappointing since we didn't want any of the other drinks. As for the drinks we did end up getting, we ended up getting the Refreshing Lychee with Lychee Bits and Refreshing Peach with Peach Bits, both at 50% sweetness. The drinks were far too sweet, it tasted like 120% sweetness level and I couldn't even finish my drink. The drinks also tasted very artificial. I definitely would not come here again. read more

This place is capable of making a good-tasting drink, but I've noticed it's luck of the draw: sometimes it's good, other times it's bland and watered down. It turns out that's because the employees sometimes use two teabags, and sometimes only one -- even for the exact same drink. I'm no barista, but it seems clear to me that when it comes to supplying a 22-ounce drink with adequate flavor, one teabag won't cut it. More recently, I learned that the owner has instructed the workers to only use one teabag in certain drinks from now on, which means that the last watery disappointment they made me was intentional. Considering a second teabag costs less than 10¢, this reeks of cheapness. read more

Love this place. The tea is so rich and strong but it works so well with the other flavoring. The wait time is also very short.

Been going here for several years now and the drinks are great, the staff is lovely, and it's pretty consistent. The boba is always fresh and delicious, and the tea is strong and flavorful. It's hard to find places nowadays with a good honeydew milk tea, and this one takes the cake as one of my faves. My top recommendations as of recently would be their Thai Green Milk Tea or their Mango Milk Tea. read more

Not the best boba I've had, but it's decent for a place like Menlo Park (thus bumping it up a star). While ordering and ease of pick up was easy, even no sweetener to the drink still made the drink....sweet?!?! I REALLY don't like my drinks sweet so I think I'll just go a little further down to Boba Guys next time. Was trying to save gas and this was the only boba shop within walking distance. Oh well, still glad I got to try it. read more

I am happy that Menlo Park finally has a boba spot. I was a little skeptical to try this place at first but I absolutely had to. I love the brightness of the area, the menu, and the knowledge of the worker as to what the best drinks might be. The prices are reasonable, and the drinks we got were better than we expected. Menlo Park is not known for having places like this. I have lived here all my life and in order to get boba, I would have to drive 20-30 minutes to other cities for it. I look forward to trying more and hoping to make this place my new go-to. read more

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