Bobaville — Restaurant in Daly City

My friend loves this place. It has a big parking lot (with tight spaces) and has a lot of seating. Inside is cute with a neon lights sign, perfect for instagram. There was a decent line when I came in, but ordered the hong kong milk tea with boba and a lychee tea. The drinks came out pretty fast.

I didnt love the boba. It's smaller than normal boba, but not quite mini boba. The drink didn't really have much flavor, even though I got full sweetness. But my friend really enjoyed her lychee tea.

Maybe I just didn't like their hong kong milk tea, but I was a little disappointed in it. Their drinks are a little more expensive, but it seems they use more quality ingredients. This place is convenient, with the parking lot. I would probably come back to try their other drinks, but I would not get...

You come here for their homemade tapioca pearls.

I got the Mango Summer Tea - unfortunately the drink itself just wasn't for me. It touts "mango puree", but I'm not sure the drink had any kind of puree or bits.. It tasted more like straight up mango juice instead of a tea + mango. Maybe I'm just used to my favorite mango teas being more tea like with mango instead of the other way around.

My husband got the coffee milk tea and he really like that.. so maybe I just got the wrong drink.

Their homemade boba IS good, BUT more expensive ($0.75), and less in amount than you typically get at other shops that also do homemade boba.

Bobaville is a bit out of the way for me, so I don't think I'd specifically make a trip to come here.. Maybe I'd try it again if I happen to be...

Don't order online at all. Even directly through the Bobaville website or app. It lets you order when they are closed and it also doesn't tell you how soon "ASAP" is until after you pay. So then your order can be hours (yes literal hours even if they are open) away from a pick-up time. Which you don't know until AFTER you pay. There's no way to resolve any of this without a real person in front of you. Also the kiosk to order inside has been down before. So one person taking orders and making drinks and handling messed up preordering systems and upset customers.

Be nice to the workers because it's not their fault. But this place is not managed well at all.

That being said it's my 4 yr olds favorite boba. 😊 So if you walk-in only and are ok waiting...