Happy Lemon Foster City 780 Alma Lane, Foster City, CA 94404

"I'm giving a one-star, because there was a piece of hair in my tea (Yuck!). From a sanitation standpoint, this is a big no-no for eateries. When I called numerous times to tried talking to a manager about this issue, nobody ever picked up the phone; and there was no voicemail. In terms of the taste, the teas were mediocre. The snacks were surprisingly good, although a little too pricey compared to other tea stores. No toppings came with the teas; each topping would cost $0.75 or $1.00. The store looked clean. But I think they should change the store name to "Unhappy Lemon"--all the staff looked unhappy (they were courteous but impatient), and I am certainly an unhappy customer. I do not recommend this place."

"This location needs to train its staff on how to make drinks. We ordered 2 drinks and both were flavorless.. we asked the staff to make it again and it tasted even worse the 2nd time! The staff was looking at their phones the whole time trying to figure out how to make the drinks on the menu! When we confronted them the second time the drinks were made they told us that "these are not popular drinks" and that "they're just not sweet drinks" which I think is unacceptable. Regardless of whether the drink is popular or not, it should at least be made well. I even saw one of the workers that was making my drink open up a bottled water and added it that to my drink. I have never seen that in my life!?!! We ended up throwing both the drinks away and walked out. Horrible horrible experience here. This location has gone down hill these past couple months."

"Like other restaurants in the chain store, this location offers quick, good quality milk tea options. The staff are very friendly, the store is clean, and while there're not many seating options inside, one can walk towards the lagoon and enjoy a drink by the water. My favorite thing to get here is their Mango Matcha Smoothie which tastes quite delicious, but their Tiramisu Salted Cheese drink is also very good"

"Good quality boba. Mango matcha smoothie comes only in large size for $6.50. Passion fruit green tea is good at 50% sugar. Roasted tea or black tea with salted cheese and boba are probably the most popular drinks. Nice setting with easy parking and access if you’re in Foster City."

"All I ever want is to live life with zest. And I’ve been to a lot of bubble place and experience what a great bubble tea taste like. So let’s begin this new bubble tea review. Happy Lemon is a global Bubble Tea Franchise established in China in 2006. Happy Lemon spans around the world in over 1500 locations It is one of the few Bubble Tea brands that is publicly traded in the world. This specific location was in Foster City. It’s small but has indoor and outdoor seats. I ordered their Passionfruit green tea with boba pearl and a classic waffle. The drink was utterly sweet (50% sweetness) and the taste was subpar to other boba tea house. Moreover, the waffle was warm, soft and puffy. I’d say the drink was a true lemon due to its poor quality. Service was average. Prices were inexpensive. I didn’t enjoy my tea drink and end up tossing it halfway. However, the waffle was average. Overall, I definitely do not recommend this Happy Lemon bubble tea store."