Boba Gen
260 5th St, San Francisco
(415) 519-0042
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Their drinks are Quickly's quality, so that's like a 2 star. The $1 no ice option bumps them down to a 1 star.Their boba is hard and not sweet.Drinks are watered down.
Food: 1
Great brown sugar boba fresh milk!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
This rice roll is my favorite :) so delicious.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
If ice is a part of my tea by design, then I don’t want the tea because you guys end up stuffing a bunch of ice anyway to not serve me tea. And when I actually ask for tea without ice, you charge me a dollar extra.
Food: 1
Service: 1
Good variety of teas and good boba. There is only one table for customers outside, so be prepared to take out.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
My number 1 spot!My most go to and all time favorites are…• milky strawberry top W/ cream top• milky blueberry top W/ cream top• icy strawberry• icy mango• mocha slush• brown sugar boba fresh milkThe ones in the picture are :• milky strawberry top W/ cream top• milky blueberry too W/ cream top• brown sugar matcha boba fresh milk
Had this when I went to San Francisco for the warriors game on Christmas! I got it doordashed to my hotel room and it was pretty good! I did not like their matcha that much, but everything else I got was really good! The thai tea is alright. BUT THE BROWN SUGAR BOBA IS SUPERB! I also got one musubi for my brother, but it was alright. We make it better at home.In order of the photo :Lychee slush (5/5)Brown sugar (10/5 *this was the best one*)Thai tea (3.5/5)Matcha (2/5)
This is more of an online order filling station than anything. No attempt at an ambiance to make you want to hangout here and enjoy your drinks. Save yourself the headache and order to-go. Definitely worth coming here for boba as they have a little something for everyone and theirs tea is fresh (at least it tastes fresh). You want boba, definitely worth ordering to-go. But i feel it really misses its mark as people attract people. Have people hanging out enjoying their drink and more people will come. But you walk by an empty store and what do you think? "That place probably isn't good because no one is in there."
Vegetarian options: Boba is from Cassava. And that's a root. Anything without milk should be vegan. And i didn't ask if they had milk alternatives.
Kid-friendliness: Kids, boba, need i say more?
Wheelchair accessibility: Side entrance is accessible.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 3
Recommended dishes: Eggette, Spam Musubi
They use a non-dairy creamer for their milk tea drinks and offer plant milk as a substitute as well. Perfect! I went with their Roasted Oolong Milk Tea with Boba and reduced sugar ($6), which is my usual go-to drink of choice. They have designated standing sections in case it gets busy in order to keep with covid compliance. After a few minutes of mixing, my drink was prepared and ready to go. I gotta say - I loved what I tasted. There was a nuttier flavor to this oolong tea that I couldn't quite put my finger on, but I definitely liked it. The boba here was prepared well and very soft to chew on. I love it when a boba spot gets the right consistency to their boba as it can really make or break a drink for me.
Indoors is closed and they don't have a bathroom. No popping boba and they use a ton of plastic on their lids. Tasty drink, staff was courteous, it was ok, overall though.
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Ordered sesame fresh milk and taro milk tea. Like the sesame drink a lot, pretty unique. Boba was good.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 4
I live nearby so I come here all the time. That said it is not the best boba in the area. Here are some opportunities for improvement:-Incredibly slow, minimum 10 minute wait after ordering-They don't seal the tea and instead use a heavy plastic top-The straws are too short for the cups!!!-Seating area is blocked offOtherwise the flavor is pretty good and they use real milk. Price is high but everything is these days. If they would seal their cups and get longer straws I would be sooo happy!
Ice slushies like icy pineapple were way too sweet and can't adjust sweetness on these. Probably better to get the ones mixed with tea to offset sweetness as I bet they use the same sugary jam/puree for both
Nice variety of boba options! We all enjoyed our drinks.It’s on a very busy road and parking can be a bit of a pain but parking nearby is walkable. Because of that, we ended up ordering our drinks online to pick up later.For some reason, there were tables and chairs around but they were closed off…maybe due to Covid?
Pictures looked good. Product was the polar opposite: chunks of brown sugar floating in whole milk with not a sign of Taro flavor. All of this for $8.25. Extremely disappointing.
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