Honey B

We had a great experience here! My daughters ordered soda drinks, but they found them too sweet (even with 50% sweetness)and couldn’t drink them. The staff was so kind and replaced the drinks with something else. Their kindness really made my kids’ day! It’s rare to find a place that not only serves great drinks but also prioritizes customer satisfaction. We’ll definitely be back.

Nice snacks and tea. The herbal jelly drink is great and the popcorn chicken is nice. The portions are big. There are no bathrooms. They have limited indoor seating. Food and drinks are prepared promptly but gets busy after school.

We stopped by Honey B this afternoon to get a quick snack. It took about 5 minutes for them to prepare my popcorn chicken. It tasted great without the need for chili powder, hot sauce or ranch sauce. Some items like the fried squid advertised on the front window were not available. The cashier said all the items on the menu at the front table are available. Next time, I'll come back and try some of their boba drinks.

In late 2020, I first visited this place and my friend had a diarrhea after drinking their boba tea. I have since returned to this location a couple more times with friends who really like Honey B. The teas remain my least favorite--hardly any tea flavor and boba always undercooked. I also dislike that their regular-size cups (for cold tea) don't fit into the cup holders in the car. My rating went from 1-star to 2-star, because some of their snacks are pretty good (waffle fries and fried tofu highly recommended). The popcorn chicken is also good, but almost always without a trace of basil in it. I never ordered their eggettes again after trying it once, when it was folded a couple of times and squeezed into a tiny bag (it was all soggy when I took it out of the bag to eat it a few minutes later). In my most recent visit, I noticed that they don't give out receipts. So I requested one, only to find that they put a $0.25 bag charge although we didn't ask for a bag. Nowhere on the menu indicates that there would be a $0.50 extra charge if you ask for "no ice" on the tea. When we placed the order, the cashier didn't tell us about the extra charge either. How tricky! If you are a tea lover, avoid this place.

Very cute little store with great safety measures for employees. And the staff are very helpful with providing directions and ideas for their drinks. I tried the grapefruit honey hot tea which was great because it was super cold that day. I asked for 25% sweetness so it was less flavorful but still very refreshing! It was also nice to see you can Venmo the store to pay as well.

Very good boba, and the popcorn chicken here is definitely a highlight. Well worth the money.

I live one block from this place and my roommates and I have to fight the urge to not buy boba every single day, I have never had a bad drink from this place, it is so affordable and the portions are large ( especially compared to other places in the city). I haven't been to a place as good as Honey B, I will always recommend it.

I actually had a not so good experience about 2.5 years ago with Honey B. I would go there often and knew what the the mango green tea tasted and there was 1 time that the tea was so bad it tasted like chemicals. I ended up throwing it away because I was scared it did have a cleaning product or something in it and never went back again until recently. I decided to get over my fear and give them another shot and I was so relieved to have gotten such a good experience with an AMAZING drink. The drinks have dramatically improved and my fiancé and I were so happy to be able to enjoy drinks from Honey B again. Definitely very pleased with my recent experience and hope to have many more amazing teas from here! Thanks so much for making improvements. I appreciate boba shops like these! I highly recommend trying the Blueberry Soda and adjust the sweetness to your liking!

My guest, while eating lunch next door, saw some of your customers drinking your drinks and craved one herself. Quality/Quantity - Mango Green Tea with Boba - My guest wanted something fruity and chose this. She said it is just okay. But watching her NOT drink it speaks for itself. I suggested for her to get the cold grass jelly and boba, but no she did NOT listen to me. Snacks also available, mostly deep fried, see pictures. Atmosphere - Small local business. A few indoor tables with chairs. Open 7 days a week from noon until 7pm or 8pm. See picture or Yelp. Metered street parking, but if you are willing to walk, free 2 hour residential parking. No public restrooms, see picture of sign. Service - Barely okay. I felt like I interrupted her break. She was NOT willing to answer any of my questions. I asked what her best sellers were, and she pointed to the poster, see picture. I had a few more questions, but then she walked away. Once we were ready, she took our order, gave change, and walked away without saying a word. After making the drink, she put it on the counter and shouted Mango Green Tea and walked away. The whole time I was basically standing in front of her... I think she is having a bad day?!?! Price - $6, reasonably priced. Minimum tip, still more than she deserved. $10 minimum to use a credit card or a 50¢ charge. They also take Venmo. Owner Suggestion - Congrats on your success since 2013. Not sure if I will be back, unless my family or friends force me to.

Nice local tea spot in outer Richmond. I'm glad I can walk over to order a milk tea or other drink. Hubby likes their lemon drink and I recently ordered the hot herbal jelly with red bean and tapioca pearls. If I realized it was that big, I would have only ordered one! Recommend substituting taro for tapioca pearls. Those get hard if you don't eat right away.

This is my first time here at the Honey B Milk Tea place. I usually don't come to the Richmond District that often. But this place is good their Carmel Milk Tea & Their Garlic Fries are so good here. I wish they could build more locations in the Bay Area in Hayward Oakland Berkeley & Reno Sparks Nevada in another state of this boba milk tea place.

When the weather is hot. This must be the place to come. Long line today and staff are doing their best to keep up. Solid Hong Kong style snacks and bubble tea. I find their fried fish balls to be outstanding and that's the one snack I come here for. Spam musubi is decent and I get it when I'm here.

Honey B Tea House is a great place to go on a hot day. They have a good variety of drinks available. They've got Smoothies, Tea, and Boba Drinks. The service was fast too. We ordered the Honey Boba and the Passion Fruit flavored smoothie. Both drinks were delicious and refreshing.

After dinner at PPQ, I wanted something sweet so we stopped by this cute boba shop on the corner. They had a lot of options on the menu! The first thing that caught my eye was the Taiwan brown sugar iced milk drink with pudding and honey boba aka C2, so I went with it. I asked for less sweetner. It was really good and I like how refreshing the milk tasted. The boba was chewy and fresh and the pudding wasn't too sweet. Regarding customer service, the employee was very pleasant and helpful. Would come back!

They were able to customize pudding and grass jelly milk tea without the boboa. Nice brown sugar swirled in. Fast service. No complaints.

Such a good place! Great food, and especially great service! They are so kind and very fast with making orders! They have a wide variety of different drinks and food, which I prefer. It's a great place to hang out with your friends!

Fastes Boba in the West This boba shop has great tasting boba and great survive. The workers were all nice and no complaints. I was on a time crunch when I got there and my boba only took a minute to come out. Definitely recommend

Love this place! Neighborhood staple. Huge servings and reasonable prices. Kids love coming for special treats every week.

Nice to have this in the neighborhood. Thirsty from running around. Eggette was crunchy. Lychee slush, strawberry soda, and wintermelon grass jelly. So many choices and you can add a whole bunch of toppings. Choose your sugar level and ask light in ice. Little appetizers.

One of my favorite spots in the neighborhood! My partner and I get boba here at least twice a week, and sometimes we also get food (I get potstickers and he gets popcorn chicken). I LOVE the potstickers and he really likes the chicken, but really what we go here for is the boba. The brown sugar milk tea with boba is absolutely delicious, and we tend to call ahead (even though it only usually takes around 3-5 minutes for them to make our drinks. By the time we get there, the drinks are ready to go and we quickly check out with Apple Pay, get a friendly smile from the cashiers/chefs and a pleasant greeting and we're on our way. Staff is incredibly nice and they usually have a lot to deal with, as this is a VERY popular spot! One of the reasons I don't like to stick around and eat inside (I'm just not someone who can handle crowds, especially crowds of kids). This place is popular with kids who come in after school gets out, which there's a school just a block down the street. For that reason it can get VERY crowded and noisy inside. There's ample seating though and when it isn't super busy, it's a nice quiet spot to wait for your food or drink to be made! We'll keep coming here regularly. Love HoneyB!

Our favorite boba drink and snack shop in SF! They make the best fruit flavored slushy and tea drinks with boba and/or poppings. Their fried snack/finger foods are always served fresh and hot. The space is clean, unlike the various Quicklies (similar type shops), which typically are grungy, sticky (yuck), and so-so food and drinks. We've been trying boba shops in SF for years, Honey B Tea House is the best yet.

Service can be slow as only 1 or 2 people work there so be patient and be prepared to wait if you have an order that involves more than just the drink. Overall the drinks are comparable to other Boba places but the portions of the food is smaller than expected for the price.

The boba shops of the Richmond are like my children- I love them all equally for different reasons. Honey B is one of my regular spots. It's located on a big corner lot that gets the perfect amount of light on a sunny day. The interior is spacious and has more seating than most boba spots in the neighborhood. And of course, the most important aspect, the drinks, are always good. You can't go wrong anything on the top 10 list. Some of my favorites are the strawberry basil and the chocolate mint. I'm also a fan of the spam musubi, which makes for a nice savory snack/small meal. Another thing I like about this spot is that it's not as busy or pricey as the boba spots in the Inner Richmond.

New favorite boba spot after hiking Presidio. It is close by and it has amazing drinks! They are very affordable and the drinks are huge! You have to park on the street but we came on a Saturday around 7 and we found parking right away. It is posible that because of SIP the area it is not as busy. My husband and I got the same drink because we are big lovers of the Taiwan Brown Sugar Milk Drinks. We got the Strawberry Pudding with Honey Boba and oh my! My husband got 100% sweetness and I got 75%. I am always afraid to order 100% because I don't like overly sweet drinks but in the case go with the 100%. They add this delicious strawberry syrup that makes the drink sweet enough but not overly sweet. If you have a sweet tooth, you can add extra syrup. 100% it's perfect for my taste! Their menu is large and they have a lot of food. Next time I am in the area I will make sure you try other food/drinks!!! :)

I was craving popcorn chicken and didn't know where else to go. My sister recommended honey B so honey B it was. Not my first time here so I kinda had a general idea of what I wanted to order. However when I got there I was overwhelmed with their menu. So many options. I opted for the milk tea, honey black tea with herbal jelly, and the popcorn chicken. I thought everything was just OK. The drinks lacked that professional boba tea taste. The popcorn which was just ok, nothing special. The taste was there however the chicken itself was not crispy or crunch but instead on the soggy side.

Delicious and affordable boba shop in the Inner Richmond District. They are currently open during this pandemic and I'm glad they were since I wanted to get boba. I pass by all the time when I drive into the city, but have never stopped by to get a drink until yesterday. I was specifically craving a strawberry milk tea boba. They make it with powdered milk which I like since I'm sensitive to dairy. The menu has a wide selection of different tea drinks with all kinds of different toppings. There service is fast and my drink was perfect.

We stopped by Honey B this afternoon to get a quick snack. It took about 5 minutes for them to prepare my popcorn chicken. It tasted great without the need for chili powder, hot sauce or ranch sauce. Some items like the fried squid advertised on the front window were not available. The cashier said all the items on the menu at the front table are available. Next time, I'll come back and try some of their boba drinks.

This boba place has been around for as long as I can remember, but I've never gotten around to trying it. I finally decided to drop by one day after work and it was disappointing. I got the imperial milk tea which was decent, but still tastes pretty watered down to me. The boba was too squishy. I also got some snacks - spam musubi & egg puffs, but they did not taste good. Spam musubi - big block of rice with a tiny slice of spam (not enough sauce & just felt like I was eating plain rice) Egg puff - mushy, not crunchy at all, no flavor?? Unless you are in the area and too lazy to go elsewhere, would not recommend coming here.

Yummy brown sugar milk tea. With actual black tea in the recipe. Perfect ratio. They also have snows and popping bobas. Check them out. Order ahead for quick pick up. Friendly crew there.

Great prices and wide selection of drinks! I tried the Iced milk with strawberry, pudding, and honey boba. The drink was pretty tasty and a good sweetness level. The boba could have been sweeter but the texture was a 5/5. I would definitely recommend the ice milk drinks, and would love to come back to try the other drinks. At the price point and wide selection, this place definitely satisfied my boba cravings!

The service was on point. The design and decorations give the pace a cool feel. My kids got the Honey Milk Tea w Boba I got the Rose Milk w Boba both were very nice!

Their cups, or shall I say tubs are gigantic. Felt bigger than my hand and probably my head (exaggeration). I think ever since they opened, I don't recall them ever having small cups. The drinks are definitely worth your buck for how much they give you! Their mango Yakult is the perfect amount of flavor and sweetness for me, along with their soft and chewy honey boba. My dad tried their honey milk tea but said it could have used more tea flavor, just felt a little watered down for him and my moms mango slushee was too sour for her unfortunately. Food wise, they don't have much selection right now but hopefully soon they'll go back to their original menu for snacks, etc. they're mainly operating for drinks right now and some snack and food items.

This is a limited review as I've sample only the two items in my photos. I think it has the potential to be higher. Honey B Tea House is in the "Outer Richmond" district, west of Presidio, removing it away from the heavy competition that is in the Clement/Inner Richmond area, which gives it a bit more leeway to be different or indifferent. The style is Taiwanese, but it offers several food items that are HK and Japanese, including egg waffles (HK), curry fish balls (HK), and takoyaki (Japanese). If you don't know by now, mixing cuisines, even for simple items, rarely works out well. This means the drinks (Taiwanese) are the winners here; the food - meh. We had the wintermelon tea with grass jelly. Wintermelon tea was flavorful even if a tad sweet. The grass jelly is slurpy-ly good. That's the perfect texture. The egg waffle with red bean was 'ok'. It's more American waffle without the outside crunch that HK style has. The red bean are whole, so I give them points for not using cheap flavoring. Come here for drinks.

The boba tea here was really good! I got the Taiwan brown sugar iced milk drink with red bean and honey boba (C8, $4.98), and it was surprisingly delicious. First of all, it comes in a wide cup. The drink itself is pretty sweet and you can definitely taste the honey and sugar. They have a generous amount of red bean and boba. I would definitely come back to have this. Service was fast and they had a nice little seating area. Bring cash if your order is under $10, and check in for 10% off on Yelp!

Total lack of staff. We ordered one drink, one fries and one egg puff and the wait was 30 minutes (with nobody in line ahead of us). Ridiculous wait time!

Always a great place to order a drink when thirsty. Friendly staff, great selection!

Preordered for pick up. Totally messed up my drink and my boyfriend's drink had spoiled ingredients that made him yack right after taking a sip. Usually dirty hole in the walls w/ bad service have great food, but this was actually awful. Since I can't do 0 stars, the 1 is dedicated to the cute lids on the drinks. Don't bother with this place

Solid place for after school snacks... fish balls, popcorn chicken, mango slush was my go to for a long time till my kid rejected these as being too unhealthy! We order less frequently but those staples are still good. Wish they still had the curry fish balls. For some reason now they just have plain, fried fish balls.

In the US, Honey B Tea House is hot. I've never been to Taiwan, but I think this would be an average boba joint. That said, I still think this place deserves 4 stars just for being more than basic and, more importantly, serving up some good drinks which includes cremas! They have a huge menu and the employees were quick to take my order and make it. Definitely not a bad choice to satisfy a tapioca drink craving!

This place is amazing The Lychee Milk Tea is my go-to, but whenever I get anything else it's AMAZING. The drinks only take 5-10 minutes, and the food takes 15 on a good day. It is usually pretty empty around 2-3! The shop is so cute! Everything is amazing, I love this boba place

After grabbing food in the area we were craving something sweet to wash it all down with so luckily Honey B was in walking distance so we didn't need to give up our parking. I didn't really have Honey B bookmarked before coming here but I'm glad I got to try another boba spot in the city. When you think of the boba sizes here think more like half/half, purple kow with the chubby cups. They do have regular cups for their specialized drinks like their roasted oolong winter melon, etc. I ended up getting the peach black tea at 50% sugar. At 50% sugar it was still on the sweeter side of things without boba, but it was nice and refreshing. The tea was OK but there was a bit of an aftertaste that I couldn't pinpoint. | PROS | + Can pick your sugar level (must tell them before hand) + Nice options for fresh fruit teas, fruit mixes, slushies, milk tea, etc. + Have a top 10 board of drink people get if you're having a tough time deciding + Egg puffs and other snacks to order with your boba + Shorter order times than other boba spots in the area but can get longer during rush times | CONS | + There was 1 person working so the wait time after ordering was a bit longer + No parking lot/parking in the area is tough

I stopped by this place wanting a quick boba fix. There are no public bathrooms. I ordered the honey milk tea and garlic fries. The honey milk tea- standard milk tea. I wish they gave you the option to adjust the sweetness, mine was too sweet. Garlic fries- they don't use real garlic. It's just a garlic seasoning. If you want your salt intake for the week, order these. These fries were overly done and way too salty. Portion sizes were kind of small also. Not sure how I feel, maybe it was just a bad day, but I don't think I would try the garlic fries next time. I have a headache from the fries.

This is one of the few places in the area open late. From milk teas, slushees and snacks, I feel like this is a a good stop when you want junk food or a refreshing drink. They have an expansive menu, but I really appreciate how fast and accommodating they are. I don't like my milk tea super sweet, so I ask for a lower sweetness, and unlike Quickly, they don't take that to mean no sweetness.

Honey B Tea House is in the mold of the Quickly stops...a variety of tea and boba drink selections paired with some savory deep fried snacks. We stopped by and found a clean storefront and an easy to read menu. Our orders: Durian Milk Tea - made with a mixture of ice, boba and milk topping. Disappointing in that the durian flavor was very mild and almost absent. Which is a shame, because if you're going to do something like order durian, the least you deserve is the strong smell and taste. Popcorn Chicken - $4.95. A Chinese takeout box is filled with small pieces of tender and mainly dark meat chicken. Everything is fairly tasty and they're cooked hot, but neither very crispy nor particularly juicy. It's similar to the Quickly orders and most likely has to do with chicken quality and selection. Overall, basic stop with the standard drink and snack options. Service is fine and the place is clean, but nothing particularly memorable.

Love their little snacks and their choices of tea. But dang! What the hell with answering call like I did something to her and her ancestors. Ok back to snacks talk. I love their fried Chicken wings and masubi. Also their fried Tako Yaki ain't bad and it is fast. Only if there are no line. I love their slushy strawberry flavor. Very good but super sweet. Toothache is a must if you have this drink...lol. Other than that not sure about other drinks. Parking also a bit of a nightmare on weekends so you are warned!

the green milk is really good. there's a great tea flavor and the boba is cooked perfectly.

This place has delicious boba milk tea. I really enjoyed the Honey pudding milk tea. It's a cool little place to hangout.

Have not tied the food, but the drinks are excellent. Great spot for boba. Service was as good as that type of place can be. Ambiance was not the best, but worth it for the drinks.

New favorite spot for popcorn chicken, fried tofu, and honey green milk tea in the neighborhood... and especially during shelter in place. I order this for pick up almost on a weekly basis. Most of their snacks are pretty good, especially when it's fresh.

It's great that there are a ton of options, but unfortunately the flavors are not strong enough for me. I was once a fan of the wide cups (actually I think that's why I came here at first!), but they become quite a hassle to bring into any car... I have yet to see a huge cup holder! I most recently ordered the taro milk tea, but could not taste the taro at all. I actually thought I may have been given someone else's drink (a regular milk tea perhaps?) but was personally handed the drink so I don't think that was it... was just lacking in flavor. $10 card minimum is kind of annoying! It seems like most places are getting rid of this altogether or at least setting the minimum to a more reasonable $5.

5 star for their Black Milk Tea. So good. You can actually taste the full body of the tea. One of the BEST tea I've had at a boba shop. Most place the tea is so diluted you can't taste it. But they skimp you on the boba or whatever topping you get. Place is pretty dead, service not that great, and it wasn't super clean but not hella dirty. With the place being so dead place sure be spotless. Haven't tried anything on the menu 1st time here. The Tea was so good maybe I'll be back just for their tea no boba. (Can you go somewhere and just buy boba? If so maybe I'll just go one place for boba, one place for tea, then go home and put it together myself. LOL)

THIS THING IS HUGE! I never had a bubble tea this big before. My cousins and I all ordered the Caramel Milk Tea with Boba because it was trending. The taste of the drink wasn't the best, and in fact actually very sweet. I couldn't really taste the tea, but it was mostly just sugar. The boba was alright, could be a bit softer and fresher. The portion of this one cup could be honestly be shared amongst 3-4 people. There may be other flavors that might taste better but I didn't like what we ordered. There is plenty of seating in the restaurant, which is nice for big groups or if you feel like spending time and gathering there for a little bit.

We were driving home and all of a sudden craved some milk tea/boba. I was yelping as we were driving along and decided to go with this one out of alllll the wayyy tooo many options. We were pleasantly surprised! The first thing I saw on their wall outside was the strawberry milk which looked yummy and refreshing. Luckily when I asked about caffeine, it didn't have any. YAHHOO! (No caffeine for me after a certain time). Then a quick browse showed Yes! They do have cheese foam which my husband loves. Two drinks for 10.81 with tax! WHOA! definitely on the pricier side. The guy who took the order was fast, no frills, but after ordering I worried about the sweetness/ice/toppings etc because he didn't ask if I wanted anything! But luckily my strawberry milk DID come with the boba and pudding like the pictures and it was exactly what I wanted! He also enjoyed his sea salt cheese foam! So for the two that we had, we definitely enjoyed it, although a little pricier than other places. We might be back!

Easy and fast boba! I always order the honey boba with the fries, they are super salty but so good

If you're looking for delicious boba that is not overly sweet and made fresh to order, come to Honey B! I ordered the red bean milk tea with boba and it was YUMS! The drink takes a while to make but completely understandable since they brew the tea fresh. I'm excited to try other drinks on their menu!

OMG they have sea salt cheese tea cream here!!! I tried a tiramisu form of this drink back in Rowland Heights (Tancca) and was craving this form of boba, so you can only imagine my excitement when I saw this option here. The full list of items I got: - sea salt cheese tea cream, no toppings - As an afterthought, I should've gotten pudding, but this drink was still good. The layer of cheese was thin, but the overall amount of it was a good balance. The tea itself was nicely flavorful in a bitter way, so the sea salt cheese was the perfect compliment. - milk tea with boba - The boba was really hard, but the tea was good! Just what you'd expect a good milk tea to taste like. - popcorn chicken - Really plain and not as crispy as i would have liked, but acceptable. I wish there was basil as well. There was no seasoning on it or sauce (e.g. sweet and sour) for it originally. If you're taking it to go, there is either salt & pepper seasoning or the red pepper powder. I covered it up in the latter - spicy is the way to go! - garlic fries - More like salt with a side of fries... There was no garlic taste, just a super salty flavor to this order. The parking at around 5pm on a weekday wasn't bad. I would come here again to try other food and drinks!

Yet another new boba joint?! I swear, my list of boba/drink places to try is about as long as my "been there, now it's time to review them" list. And believe me, that is a LOOOOOOOOOONG, long list. Although TPumps has tickled my interest more so than Honey B, my friend and I ended up come here instead since A) we were already in the area, and B) the line was short. Considering how bad the wait can be at places like TPumps and Purple Kow, I cannot stress how important B) is these days. Since it was my first time here, I kept it simple with one of my usual orders - Milk Tea with Boba and Lychee Jelly. While it was a good sized drink for the money (comes in chubby cups), I didn't think it was that impressive. The tea flavor was okay, but, like the consistency, it felt really thin and light...and not in a good way. Sadly, the tapioca balls weren't much better either - just way too mushy and soft for my liking. But hey...at least the lychee jelly was good? While they've managed to squeeze in a handful of tables and chairs, the "sitting area" actually isn't all that large. Unless you happen to luck into some seats, it's really more of a grab-and-go kind of spot (like most boba places...). However, considering how hard parking around here can be at times, you're probably best off just dropping someone off and getting the drinks than circling around endlessly. In any case, Honey B is really more of a TWO AND A HALF stars type of place for me, but rounding it down for now since it really didn't leave much of an impression. I'll be back at some point to see how they do with a couple of my other favorites though, so this could very well change soon enough. Still better than Tea Way for me, but I'd rather go to Purple Kow or Wonderful Foods (my favorite!).