Neighbors Tea House

finally. a good boba place with reasonable prices! Hokkaido milk tea tastes like half&half’s milk candy slush .boba is fresh and chewy with the perfect amount of sweetness. the decorations are super cute and shop is clean – please keep it that way and you guys will be my every-​day go-​to spot!

Been trying to support this place ever since it opened, but honestly, i would classify this place as «decent». (Without any bias, probably a 3 star for now based on drinks alone). Can’t out beat a lot of other tea houses, but people who work there is nice, plus no lines, clean & plenty of parking spaces. (For those reasons maybe 3.5 stars).
Drinks…haven’t found my favorite… still trying out stuff. Jasmine Green Tea Latte was average at best. Half & Half, 85 degree, A Plus Tea House, or Tbay’s tea latte tasted better. If I remembered correctly, boba milk tea tasted fine. Wouldn’t mind ordering again. Mango & other fruit flavored slush are good during the summer. Too bad they eighty-​sixed the Mojito. Didn’t get a chance to try it.

Small and clean. It’s great for what it is — a no frills drink place. I wouldn’t recommend it has a hang out joint but it’s easy to pop in for something to-​go. I like that they let you pick your level of sweetness in the drink. With the Unilocal — free large upgrade, it’s even nicer.

Great boba/​jelly/​slushy/​tea drinks! Cute place and a good way to bribe my kids to get their haircut next door (we all know how kids love to cut their hair

Cute little spot with a lot of choices! They have a decorated wall, selfie props, and really nice staff. I recommend it. :)

No hard, slimy boba balls to accompany powdered teas. Some freshly made boba and crushed ice to make for a slightly frothy delectable drink. You can customize sweetness in the teas, great for someone like me that doesn’t like sweet tea. Pretty good selection and bubbly owner that makes me want to support the local business. 30 cent charge on credit cards so bring cash.

They do a great job making my drinks. I usually order something related to chocolate, and it’s really good! They’re doing deals right now where you buy one drink, get a free upgrade on a second drink as long as you check in on Unilocal or Facebook.
Service: Wonderful. Like a lot of them all say, the cashiers look pretty sharp haha.
They also offer different levels of sweetness, so you can select that level on certain drinks.
Environment: It’s a small little tea store, but great for studying. They also close early, like around 8pm. So I suppose that’s one of the downsides here. But it’s a great tea place overall!

Great tasting mango strawberry fruit tea! Large is not full of ice like most places. Would recommend ¹⁰⁄₁₀

I came on a Tuesday evening around 5:30PM and the store was pretty much empty. There are a few seats inside the store but it’s pretty small, located in a plaza across from In N Out. It was hard to find with none of the business’ signs lit up in that plaza.
I ordered the mango passion fruit green tea. Wanting to try the original drink recipe, I ordered normal sweetness which turned out to be too sweet. But the cashier did ask how sweet I would like it so they do offer that option! My boyfriend ordered the taro milk tea which had more of a subtle taro flavor, not sure if my taste buds were still confused from my sweet drink. He did offer to make adjustments if we had any problems with our drinks though!
There’s a free upgrade to a large size with a Unilocal check in or with a student ID. The price is relatively cheap compared to most other tea houses nowadays.
Ambiance is very quiet, makes the place seem very quaint and relaxing. The server was very friendly and even gave us two free stamps on our stamp card.

This is a small boba place near Rosemead High School and In-​N-​Out. Parking was plentiful, I think it was the only food serving business in the plaza. Drink prices are relatively cheap and the free large upgrade Unilocal Check-​in deal was an incentive to give them a try.
I ordered the Jasmine Green Milk Tea with boba and 50% sweetness while my brother got the Peach Lychee Green Tea with boba. The drinks were okay, but overall we were disappointed with our drinks. It just wasn’t good enough to warrant us coming back.
Service was very friendly though! The worker offered to fix our drinks if we weren’t satisfied. 50% was not sweet enough, so I asked her to add a bit more sweetener to my drink.

Wanted something cold and refreshing. After Unilocaling, my boyfriend and I decided on Neighbors Tea House. Verdict: drinks = 3 stars; service = 4 stars, rounded down to 3 stars.
+Yelp check-​in: free upgrade to large drink. YAAS.
+The cashier girl was SO nice. My boyfriend and I were paying together and I used my Unilocal check-​in to get a large passion fruit green tea. My boyfriend is rather shy and he didn’t think we could use two Unilocal check-​in in one transaction so he ordered large mango passion fruit green tea without claiming his check-​in. Then the cashier girl asked my boyfriend if I had Unilocal and that he should use his check-​in. What a sweetie pie! Awesome customer service.
+My boyfriend ordered mango passion fruit green tea and I ordered passion fruit green tea. Both of our drinks had fruit chunks, which was a plus. :)
+The girl employee also asked us if we wanted a stamp card even though we didn’t ask for one. Didn’t even know they had one so it was super nice that she asked and offered it.
+When we got our order, the same girl saw my boyfriend take a sip of his drink and asked if the drink was ok. Yay to her customer service!
–Located in a small strip mall that’s pretty dead. Went here on Sunday around 6PM and all the lights were off except Neighbors Tea House. Not sure how it’s like during day time but location seems to lead to less foot traffic.
–Our drinks were good but I found my passion fruit green tea too sweet to my liking. I actually asked the employee in advance if I could make my drink less sweet. Apparently they don’t add sweetener to the drink so I guess it already comes sweet? Wish we can customize the strength of sweetness if possible.
Seems like other Unilocalers complained about the sweetness of drinks as well. If they could tone it down a notch, I’d happily give 4 stars because of their stellar customer service!

New kid on the block. **MY RATING IS TEMPORARY, WILL GO BACK AND TRY SOMETHING ELSE AND RE-​RATE IF DEEMED NECESSARY**
The entire wall on the side consisted of pink/​red hearts with extra ones on the table with a sharpie and pen for you if you’d like to write something to hang up. The décor made me fall in love with everything as it made my IG post that much cuter with the Eiffel Tower on the wall. They also had a picture frame with Neighbor’s tea house, great way to promote their place as many people would love to snap pics with it.
Rainbow Slush: I should have asked what was in it… but it consisted of rainbow jelly, what tasted like mango slush, strawberry slush, green apple slush (?). Please correct me if I’m wrong. But the entire drink as a whole was decent. They layered the drink in a way that everything wouldnt mush up as a whole. But the texture was a bit off. Other than that it was decent.
Got a free boba MT drink for checking in on Unilocal.
Milk Tea with Boba: it was very bland with no taste except for a weird bitterness and the boba was extremely hard. I would probably not get this next time.
Staff was friendly. Parking was not hard as we came 15 minutes before it closed and the parking lot was quite empty.

Reasonable prices and friendly service! I have tried their taro milk tea and chocolate milk tea and both were delicious. I really like how it doesn’t have too much caffeine in their milk tea, allowing me to still be able to sleep at night if I have one early evening. It’s a little smaller than I expected and not that much seating inside, but it’s fine for a place to get a drink before, between, or after class; I love that it’s only 1 block from PCC Rosemead campus.
You can choose different levels of sweetness for your drink; I ordered 50% both times and the chocolate milk tea was still super sweet; next time I would get 25% or no sweetness for chocolate. 50% for taro milk tea was perfect for me. I would’ve liked to have real taro bits in it like in some other boba shops, but it’s not a deal-​breaker. I also asked for my chocolate milk tea with no ice and there was still some ice in it. They also don’t have mini boba. I will be coming back again!

Located near pcc rosemead campus its literally walking distance. So thats a plus. Walking in, the music is so loud maybe because it echos and no one is inside at the time of my visit.
I ordered the honey milk tea because its top rated and if u check in u get a free upgrade to a large. Its actually way too sweet for me so ill probably consider getting it at 50% sweetness since the scaling is on a percentage.
The owner seems kinda rude. I asked about the rainbow slush and she just screams no dont have it. Although the worker was polite and said that if there is anything wrong with my drink theyll fix it no charge.
I dont think its a good study place like most boba places are, because the music is loud and itll be hard to focus. Unless u like the loud music.
The boba is really chewie and warm when served to u and thats always a plus for me.
The place overall just seems kind of tacky. Everything is hand written and theres a random cart full of random snacks. The look theyre going for is settling but, it looks thrown together.
Price is good also its not expensive not fancy like most boba places try to be like BYOB in west covina or half n half in city of industry. Although i got a small which is 2.49 for the drink and plus tax should be only at $ 3 at most but i was charge almost $ 4. I got a 1 FREE upgrade to a large (if i check in) and that obviously shouldnt have costed me anything. I didn’t get me receipt but im sure they charged my for a large when they shouldnt have.
Ill have to come back more just to get a better feel of the place and enhance my experience.
They also gave me a stamp card, first 2 stamps on the house and 3^rd one for ur purchase so u have 3 out 10 when they give it to u.
Would i recommend it? Sure. Try it just so u can see what its like since everyone is different. The drink i got was just too sweet. If i were to come back, it would most likely just to grab and go.

Neighbor’s tea is in a little plaza near Rosemead High School. I was really glad there is a new boba shop nearby because there are not a lot of very hyped up or popular locations near the high school. Although it is near a high school, the store is a bit small so there is not a lot of seating area or space. It would not be a very great place to do homework or hangout.
I got the milk tea with boba. I really really liked it. The tea was perfectly sweet and smooth. The texture of the boba was good. It was not soggy and mushy but rather it was had a perfect chewiness.
The second time I came here I was a little disappointed because my tea was way too sweet. I asked someone to fix my tea and make it less sweet. Every time they made me a new one it got sweeter and sweeter. The texture of the boba and tea were still good, but I could not handle the sweetness.
Hopefully my third trip will be better.

Well… I ordered passion fruit green tea because the cashier convinced me that they use real fruit (although I highly doubt that) but I wanted to give it a shot anyways and I got my drink… mango green tea. LOL WHAT. HAHA I can’t even. Well it was passion fruit green tea I guess with real fruit… mango fruit I DON’T UNDERSTAND. Like you couldn’t even give me passion fruit seeds to play off the authenticity of the fruit. So sad.
I’m probably just a boba and tea nazi but who can blame me? I’m Asian, I’m young, this is a staple beverage in my life. And not to mention I worked at multiple tea houses myself, I know what things should be like and shouldn’t be like. One things for sure, there shouldn’t be little tea leaf remnants lying around in your tea when you serve it. That’s not good for presentation or taste.
One star for service, the girl was sweet but still don’t know why there were mango chunks LOL very strange. Another star for taste… it was average but not diluted at least. I ordered a honey green milk tea for a friend and he liked it, but I also treated him so I don’t know if he was being honest… lulz.
But honestly the whole Teahouse seemed very new. Like VERY new. Like just recently learned how to make teas and decided to open a tea house for kicks. I watched them make my tea in a blender which is strange because usually flavored teas are shaken.
Atmosphere was like your average small tea house, 2 – 3 tables and some counter tops, kind of tacky setup.
The two cups cup holder they gave me to use for my THREE drinks totally threw me off too that was a –star because like what the hell. I didn’t have a purse and I was struggling trying to figure out how to hold everything while leaving the store and getting into my car… the cashier opened the door for me… I guess. LOL please get some real cup holders. Good luck to this tea house. It’s tough competition in 626, it’s a dog-​eat-​dog boba competition out here.

I thought it was hilarious that several reviews mentioned how good looking the staff at this new boba shop were, but I have to say, the few girls I saw working here were pretty cute.
That being said, the shop is CASH ONLY, for those of you who were hoping to pay with card (or there might be a 0.30 $ charge if you use card, but at that point, I would probably just want to use cash). The drinks were relatively good, the girl actually gave me the wrong drink, but I’ll forgive her since it seems like this place is relatively new.
The décor is kind of random, but pretty cute, but the space is really small, so definitely don’t plan on sitting down or getting any work done here if there is anyone else in the store.
Will come by again to grab a drink to go if I’m in the area!

I first found out about Neighbors Tea House through John T.‘s photos! A new boba place to join the many others in San Gabriel Valley. This location is very close to In-​N-​Out and Rosemead High School, and is located in the very small plaza across the street from Jack-​in-​the-​Box. Definitely anticipate students coming back after school ends to buy a few drinks or study at this tea house (probably one of the main reasons they opened at this location). There’s generally plenty of parking spots outside of the tea house, but there’s street parking as well.
Neighbors Tea House is quite small, with several tables and chairs, and a long table and bar stools along the window. They offer quite a few drinks as well as different food items. I would say prices are a little on the pricey side, but the drinks are not too bad.
The first time I tried this place out, they had sold out of boba, so I just tried the pudding milk tea. It was around $ 3.50 for a regular sized cup. The tea was okay, but not great. Better than Quickly and Boba Ave. Express, but not as good as Half and Half’s milk tea. There’s a good amount of sweetness, but the tea was not strong enough. I saw that they poured the milk tea from a pre-​made container, so I suppose they already have the teas prepared beforehand. The pudding was good. They gave me a good amount, so I still had lots of pudding up to the last few sips of milk tea.
I came back to take advantage of their soft-​opening buy one large sized drink to receive a mango slush or strawberry lemonade for free. I was finally able to try their boba! The boba had good texture to it — firm, but chewy. The milk tea was also pretty good. It would have been nice if there was more tea flavor to the drink, but my mom and I both liked this drink. This large sized boba milk tea was almost $ 5. I don’t know if I would come back to get a boba milk tea for $ 5 when I can get a much cheaper version (that tastes about the same) elsewhere.
The mango slush was also pretty refreshing. The mango flavor was good, but the drink was too icy. While drinking the slush, I would get big chunks of ice down.
A few things I’ve noticed:
–Credit card minimum is $ 20, which is really high for a boba/​tea shop, especially one that is geared more towards high schoolers. I think if they lowered it down to $ 10 or allowed the customer to pay an extra charge to use the card (if total hasn’t hit $ 20), that would be much more practical.
–Fix the drinks a bit more so the quality can reflect the price.
–The first time I ordered the pudding milk tea, I had asked for 80% sugar. But they poured the milk tea from a container in the fridge — unless these containers were made according to «sugar level», they didn’t really adjust my drink to my liking.
–Ambience is pretty nice. Very bright due to the windows, and the decorations are very cute.
Overall, I think if they work on their drinks a bit more, they can serve quality drinks that are worth the price. However, the drinks I’ve tried haven’t been bad, but could definitely have been improved a bit more. The drinks are decently priced at the regular sized level, but if you want to upgrade ($ 0.75 more) and add boba (another $ 0.50), the large sized drink becomes quite pricey.
Free Wi-​Fi for customers!

Iced Mint & lime green tea is a must!!! It’s so refreshing and tastes great! It has little bits of mints in it and it goes great with the drink. You won’t be disappointed! I also tried the milk tea and it was surprisingly really good. It’s not watered down at all and the sweetness was perfect! They have options of 25%, 50%, and 75% sweetness. I didn’t try any add ons so I’m definitely going to come back to try the boba! However it is in a small plaza (little parking) and the tea house is pretty small. There are a couple tables & chairs and bar seating area. It’s near Rosemead high school and summer rolls.

A new boba shop has made its way to Rosemead. Been here twice and I think their drinks are decent.
Background: The title of this boba shop «Neighbors» is a tribute to the Hong Kong duel of Hacken Lee and Alan Tam’s world tour that they did in 2003.
Location: Located in a plaza across the street from Chun Lee’s Taekwondo Academy.
Ambiance/​Décor: A bit quiet, but hopefully when this place gets some traction… it’ll get better. Minimal modern furnishings with current music playing in the background.
Menu: They have a small menu display, but the owner is planning to get a bigger display in soon.
— The items that have pink stars next to them are their most popular drinks.
Service: Angel and her staffers are very attentive, and friendly. If you don’t like your drinks, they’ll gladly make a new one for you.
Drinks: So far, I had their rainbow slush and their strawberry lemonade. The rainbow slush was decent. The only problem with the drink was that it did not have the slushy texture that I was accustomed to. It wasn’t fun trying to chomp down on some of the ice that wasn’t fully blended. I told the owner about it and she gladly made a new one. As for the strawberry lemonade, I actually liked it. It went well with the hot day.
Keep up the good work and I’ll definitely be back.