Honey B Tea House

Still my favorite boba place in the city. Get their taiwan brown sugar iced milk drinks, its on the menu between B1-​B11. My favorite is B11 with red bean and grass jelly and B2 with pudding and honey boba.

This place is me and my bf’s little secret ^^ we stumbled upon this place a while a go whilst looking for something to kill our thirst and we were pleasantly surprised! This is by far the best boba place in SF, they have soooo many different flavors! Although we only drink one drink here (cause it’s just that good): #87 Taiwan Brown Sugar Iced Milk drink with Taro Honey Boba. It’s absolutely delicious. Note: we live in the Sunset area and always take Über just to get here and enjoy their drinks :) only reason I am not giving it 5 is because their service is a bit on the slower side.

Please change your friday hours. I went there at 10:10pm and you guys were already closed. I drove all the way from Sunset to Richmond just to get it as well.

*meow* I said as I eyed this place. I had passed by numerous times, but for whatever reason never had the craving for a drink at the time. Today would be different though, as the pictures that beckoned from the Windows showing sweet and delectable drinks got the best of me, and I found myself stepping paw into Honey B.
Honey B is a bit more of a trendy looking spot than its nearby sharetea and Bambu competitors, and the menu proves to have some unique options for drinks and snacks. I decided to go for the Thai tea with tapioca.
Service took a bit, and the person behind the counter seemed kind of robotic and impersonal, but then again, a lot of these sort of places are like that.
Drink arrived, and was surprised to see that for the price, you get a lot more drink here than other places! That’s a plus! The drink itself was nicely flavored but the tapioca was definitely a bit on the bland side.
Overall, not too bad and a nice stop for me as I go back and forth through the area daily.
With a try!
*chirp*

My boyfriend lovesssss this place. He said the boba are always a hit here whereas at other places you might get overcooked, way too soft, and not chewy tapioca. But at honey bee it’s always cooked to perfection with the right amount of chewiness. I usually don’t get tapioca in my drinks but I’d take a sip of his and they’re always chewy — not too hard not too soft and not too sweet, it’s perfect.
I’ve tried their jasmine milk tea, taro milk, and black milk tea. Which are all good. I usually get grass jelly with my drinks and their grass jelly is good too. But it’s nothing amazing hence the 3 stars. I’d definitely come back again but it’s not a place I see myself having cravings over.

Some of their drinks are really similar to purple kow, as well as the size of their cups too. They have very unique names for some drinks, but I was too scared to try. The décor of the store is very cute and spacious! I tried their ice milk drink with honey boba and there is definitely a strong taste difference between honey boba and just regular boba. Rating the drink out of 5, it would just be a 3. I will come back again to try other drinks and their food.

Came here after dinner at around 10pm on a Friday night and the place was empty except for a table in the back. I was intrigued by their sea salt cheese tea cream since I remembered regretting not ever ordering this mango cheese shaved ice in Korea and so I wanted to know what was the fascination with cheese in desserts. It was also their top 10 item so couldn’t be that too weird of a choice.
I did enjoy it. To me it tasted just like a green tea crema drink. There was probably a slight cheesy taste in the crema but it wasn’t overpowering since the sea salt really balanced it out. Overall, it was mostly just a green tea crema with sea salt. Still, I like it. I can’t vouch for their other drinks but they did come in those big round jumbo cups. My crema came in a regular sized tall cup and they only have one size for the drinks so no debating over small or large.
Spacious place so good for groups wanting to come and sit at a table with friends. They also have snacks I think because we ordered fries.

I would give this place 5 stars for their hot toffee green milk tea with half sugar, and at 50% off for a fb check in, price and taste just can’t be beat. The hot toffee green milk tea is so incredibly notably memorably delicious. Seriously one of the best milk teas I’ve ever had. Gotta try it.
Their popcorn chicken, while it has a good flavor, actually has very little chicken. It’s just all fried breading. Terrible. And that’s the reason this place didn’t get 5 stars from me. Oh, and also their food prices are quite high. Almost $ 4 for the egg puff?! Huge rip off.
Service is friendly. They take credit cards, including Amex, so that’s another plus.

Love this place and all the options they have! Hard to find a milk tea place with sweet delicious drinks without tea flavor in them. I recommend trying the Pudding Honey Boba, it tastes like butterscotch!
They also have the best Boba tea décor of any shop I’ve seen! So adorable.

Taro smoothie was good, but boba was a little over cooked, mushy.
I was the only order they had to make, two drinks took way too long to make

We popped in to Honey B after the open mic at Bazaar Café nearby. We were having a night crammed with activities, with little time to expend on food, so a «snack» shop seemed like the best bet. I was impressed with how clean the little place is. My boyfriend didn’t seem much into it as we looked at it from across the street, and I had half expected to want to walk out the second we got in. The girl standing in front of the counter was friendly, almost bubbly and didn’t mind that we just kind of stood there staring at the menu.
They serve bubble teas and small snacks, for VERY good prices. We ordered the black milk tea with boba and no sweetener (after reading another Unilocaler’s review stating the quality of their sweeteners). The girl at the counter actually asked me whether I wanted the tea sweetened or not, so there wasn’t even a need for me to go out of my way to order it that way. The tapioca is slightly sweet itself, so if you like the taste of tea, I recommend ordering it this way.
The snacks really are cheap — we got the egg puff and the fried squid. Both were about 4 dollars. The egg puff was slightly sweet and came out at the right heat to eat immediately. The squid was crunchy and seasoned pretty perfectly.
I give it a 5 star because I was pleasantly, and unexpectedly, surprised by Honey B. Good snacks, low prices, and a clean and friendly environment. Looks good to me.

Ordered 4 drinks about an hour ago.
Waited about 15 minutes.
1. Green Apple Slush ²⁄₅ not sweet nor sour at all
2. Imperial Milk Tea ²⁄₅ way too sweet
3. Iced Milk Drink with Boba and Pudding 2/5(the cashier didn’t tell me that they ran out of big boba;instead, she assumed that I am okay with small boba) errrr No!!!
4.Mango Green Tea with Aloe ³⁄₅ nothing special; taste just like chopped mango with mango syrup mixed in green tea
Unhappy Customer

Neato!
This place is so nice, and I really just bumped into it after dropping off my girlfriend at her place.
The girl at the front did the most perfect job explaining all the different types of tea offering they have. She really wanted to make me feel comfortable with what I ordered, LOL I’m a little bad about trying other tea drinks besides the safe white people flavors.
Anyways…I ended up getting the Fresh Mango Tea with the lightest sugar. It was a mango tea with little cut up pieces of mango Mmmm :) and they offer the tiny size boba instead I the typical small marble size.
Honey B has so much to choose from, it’s crazy… Smoothies, ice drinks, milk teas, coffees, fried snacks (delicious, I’m sure) boba, puddings, jelly things and their specialty is this cream top with different flavors.
I got to taste my first jelly tonight… Coffee. Interesting — tasted like Jell-​O infuse coffee.
…maybe next time ;)

«HOW SWEET?»
Just exactly how DO you answer this question? Seems like all the boba cafes have their own spectrum of sweetness levels. At Honey B, I usually go with «just a little sweet, please» since their drinks are already on the sweet side.
Been here many times since it’s only one block from my house. Today I tried the Mango Milk Green Tea. It’s alriiiighttt. Nothing special. What really is yummy here are the Taiwan Style Iced Milk Drinks. Those are the BOMB. #76 is always on hit. Comes with caramel, pudding, and honey boba. Now do you understand why I don’t need to add any more sweet to it?
The café is open until 11:00pm at night and they have free WiFi (password posted next to cashier). But thus is not really the «I’m gonna camp out and crank out a paper café.» Usually their are folks out with their friends to socialize.
I recommend giving them a try and then comparing your boba drink to the 10 others in the area! Becoming a boba drink snob? No such thing.

Sweetened Chemicals.
I got the Matcha Milk Tea, and I’ve now completely lost my appetite. Their drinks are like Purple Kow, but worse, if there ever were such a thing. The boba were small, completely lacked the springy-​chewy texture boba should have, and tasted like they were sitting out in their pot for way too long.
The milk tea itself was even worse. It had a terrible aftertaste like the drink was made of a terrible powder, milk, and a buttload of sugar.
I’m not usually the type to give such low ratings, but I took two sips before throwing it away. Such a shame, that drink was just under $ 5.00 too.

On a good note, their boba drinks are literally amazeBALLS! Probably the best I’ve had in the city thus far.
I really, really, really wish this place would improve their service. I’m not one to be super negative, but they were clearly understaffed and unorganized. For example, when I arrived, there was only one person in front of me and I ordered 1 drink (simple, right?). Of course a line formed behind me, so they got super busy. 10 minutes went by, then 15, then 20… Then finally the guy in front of me got his drinks which gave me hope since I thought I’d get my drink right after. Nope! A couple of people behind me got their drinks before I did. Again, I’m usually patient and can understand that it was busy, but I decided to remind the cashier that I did not get my drink yet (he had to ask what I ordered and how many drinks). Then, he forgot to add the boba… =(But I wasn’t going to wait that long for nothing, so I told him to add it…
But after getting some air outside, I was so happy/​relieved that their JASMINE MILK TEA was soooo good, hence the 3 stars instead of a 2. Plus, it comes in what looks more of a bowl than a cup (in a good way).
I’ll be back, but just hope that service will be better!

The service is good the guy behind the counter is very friendly.
Cheap, clean and good bobba. The only complain is that they don’t have as many choices as Quickly.
But overall is a good enough place to get snack, bobba smoothies.

They have improved a lot better than before! And they have more new drinks in the menu. Good job honey b!
5 stars — Toffee Milk Tea
Try it! And you won’t get disappointed
5 stars — Strawberry Basil Green Tea
This one tastes very fresh, and I like the the basil favor, and they just make it perfectly into the drink!
5 stars — Honeydew tea cream
It is the first time I try the creamer of fruit favor, and only they have it, I will come back for it next time !
5 stars — for their improved!
In the past, I don’t like their egg puff because it looks like very ugly, but this time when my friend order it, it is very different ! It is better than before and looks delicious!
Next time I will come back for the other snacks and drinks. Also, don’t forget to tell them the sweet level. I usually get 75% of sweet.

Had the milk tea with cheese cream because they were out of cream. It didn’t taste too cheesy to me which was good.
The milk tea was creamy and nice.
I’ll be back to try the Jasmine milk tea!

I got that love for my honeybee, Honey B.
Pros:
— Never crowded like Purple Kow.
— Spacious interior.
— Open late.
— Extensive menu that’s not too overwhelming.
— Accepts cash & card ($ 10 minimum)
— They have unique drinks here (cheese tea cream, tomato drink that I forget what it’s called)
— They now have snacks!
With pros, there are always cons:
— Pricey drinks.
— Fruit teas made with syrup and not fruits.
— Parking is a biatch.
— Workers are a bit laggy even though the place is practically empty most of the time.
My to-​go-​to drinks here are the mint milk tea and the matcha tea cream. I’d stick to their milk teas here instead of any other drinks, especially the fruity ones. Otherwise, I choose the Honey B over the Purple Kow any day!