Boba Guys is one of The 15 Best Places for Milk Tea in San Francisco.

1. Boba Guys

8.6
429 Stockton St, San Francisco, CA
Bubble Tea Shop · Downtown San Francisco-Union Square · 84 tips and reviews

Nicole A.Nicole Aptekar: Everything is wonderful! I always get the decaf black with soy milk & boba.

Micaila T.Micaila Taylor: Horchata Boba and Hong Kong Toast make for awesome snack times.

Elynn L.Elynn Lee: Loved the Hojicha milk tea! The pearls here are also really good and have nice texture.

Boba Guys is one of The 15 Best Places for Milk Tea in San Francisco.

2. Boba Guys

9.1
8 Octavia St Unit 308 (at Haight St), San Francisco, CA
Bubble Tea Shop · Hayes Valley · 43 tips and reviews

Kim D.Kim De Guzman: Try the spicy salmon onigiri with your boba for a light snack, so good ✨

Nishanth C.Nishanth Chandran: My go to boba joint: this location is great and you can be adventurous since they have many different drinks. My usual is Hong Kong style, 25% sweet with Boba or egg pudding.

EaterEater: Pair your matcha with tapioca pearl where you can get matcha poured over Straus Family Creamery milk, housemade syrup, and boba, or an affogato with Frozen Kuhsterd custard and rotating flavors. Read more.

Asha Tea House is one of The 15 Best Places for Milk Tea in San Francisco.

3. Asha Tea House

8.8
17 Kearny St (Market Street), San Francisco, CA
Tea Room · Downtown San Francisco-Union Square · 73 tips and reviews

Billy L.Billy Leet: Their soft opening seems pretty solid to me! Awesome Hong Kong style milk tea, and really pleasant workers.

Maggie S.Maggie Sheldon: I love that Asha offers non-dairy options for their teas! This is one of my favorite pearl milk tea spots. They have an Arnold Palmer equivalent that's very tasty, too. The line always moves quickly.

Will C.Will Curran: Matcha latte and HK Milk Tea were delicious! They sell all of their own loose leafs and have traditional teas too!

fifty/fifty is one of The 15 Best Places for Milk Tea in San Francisco.

4. fifty/fifty

8.1
3157 Geary Blvd (at Spruce St), San Francisco, CA
Coffee Shop · Lone Mountain · 78 tips and reviews

LanLan: Honey coconut milk tea with boba is delicious! Perfect sweetness and they have good pearls here.

M L.M L: Delicious milk tea and pastries. Four tables and outlets, wifi, not crowded in the middle of the day. Love!

Charlobo s.Charlobo s.: Try the lavender Earl Gray. It's amazing. My go to is the Honey Coconut boba, but the lavender is a contender!

Purple Kow is one of The 15 Best Places for Milk Tea in San Francisco.

5. Purple Kow

7.5
3620 Balboa St (btwn 37th & 38th Ave), San Francisco, CA
Bubble Tea Shop · Outer Richmond · 117 tips and reviews

Dominic T.Dominic T.: Roast oolong milk tea is the best of all "yummy milk teas". Size upgrade is $.95 and additions (aloe, tapioca, pudding, etc) are $.50. 

Megan J.Megan Jee: Iced milk with boba is an easy thumbs up !

Erin M.Erin Macadaeg: Iced Milk Drink with Boba and Pudding or boba noodles at micro-sweetness is my fav

Plentea is one of The 15 Best Places for Milk Tea in San Francisco.

6. Plentea

7.4
341 Kearny St (btwn Bush & Pine St), San Francisco, CA
Bubble Tea Shop · Financial District · 107 tips and reviews

Katie L.Katie Leavens: Matcha milk tea with tapioca: Yum!

Runqiu C.Runqiu Cai: This might be my new favorite bubble tea place. I got the taro milk with egg pudding and grass jelly (yum) and the sea salt crema oolong with honey boba. Ask for 30% sweet.

Danielle P.Danielle P: The black strawberry tea with boba and lychee jelly is my all time favorite

i-Tea is one of The 15 Best Places for Milk Tea in San Francisco.

7. i-Tea

8.1
2150 Irving St (at 23rd Ave), San Francisco, CA
Bubble Tea Shop · Outer Sunset · 15 tips and reviews

Sherry L.Sherry Li: Kinda like ShareTea. Lots of delicious options. Some real legit teas as well. The matcha red bean and Hokkaido milk tea look awesome.

Breanne Y.Breanne Y.: my fave milk tea place in the sunset! authentic taste, friendly staff. K4 and B1 are a must try.

Colin W.Colin Whooten: Boba is fantastic

Urban Ritual is one of The 15 Best Places for Milk Tea in San Francisco.

8. Urban Ritual

8.5
488 Fell St, San Francisco, CA
Bubble Tea Shop · Hayes Valley · 11 tips and reviews

ᴡ H.ᴡ Harth: Try the creme brulee boba 🔥

Chloe F.Chloe Fan: Creme brulee honey boba 👌🏼

Peter P.Peter Park: Loved their House Milk Tea and Matcha Toffee. This was a great find.

Little Sweet is one of The 15 Best Places for Milk Tea in San Francisco.

9. Little Sweet

7.6
3836 Geary Blvd (at 2nd Ave), San Francisco, CA
Bubble Tea Shop · Inner Richmond · 12 tips and reviews

Allison Y.Allison Yu: Delicious boba!! Mountain black tea with cream and sea salt is bomb. You still get the creaminess without the milk

eifeheifeh: Easily one of the most authentic milk tea spots in the city; closest I've found to Taipei. High mountain tea, jasmine tea, and Tie Guan Yin milk teas are all good. Boba consistency is hit and miss.

Henry W.Henry Wu: One of the best authentic milk tea shops in the Bay Area. The high mountain milk tea has a nice strong flavor.

Wonderful Desserts & Cafe is one of The 15 Best Places for Milk Tea in San Francisco.

10. Wonderful Desserts & Cafe

7.1
2035 Irving St (at 22nd Ave), San Francisco, CA
Bubble Tea Shop · Outer Sunset · 68 tips and reviews

Iris N.Iris Ng: My absolute favorite tapioca place. Original milk tea, lychee milk tea are both uber awesome!

Rainar W.Rainar Wan: Authentic taro MILKSHAKE tapioca milktea! Make sure it's the milkshake/slushee one! They'll ask you if it's the white one YES it is! The purple one is the powder one which is like every other.

Alice H.Alice Hsu: I love their milk tea. Hoping to see them add green tea ice cream milk tea in the near future. As an added bonus their candy selection includes chocolate covered gummy bears.

Super Cue Cafe is one of The 15 Best Places for Milk Tea in San Francisco.

11. Super Cue Cafe

7.9
1330 Ocean Ave (at Granada Ave), San Francisco, CA
Bubble Tea Shop · 9 tips and reviews

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StaceyStacey: Sooo glad they opened up this location. Love the high mountain oolong milk tea.

Mike Q.Mike Quach: Taro milk tea is my favorite!

Sharetea is one of The 15 Best Places for Milk Tea in San Francisco.

12. Sharetea

7.3
135 4th St (at Mission St), San Francisco, CA
Bubble Tea Shop · SoMa · 33 tips and reviews

Jole P.Jole P: One of my favorite boba places in the city. Ask for less sweet though it's pretty sweet regularly

CamilleCamille: Honey milk tea is super yummy!!

Elynn L.Elynn Lee: Really enjoyed the classic oolong milk tea with pearls! Half sweet was pretty good (I usually get 100% sweet at other places). They put too much ice, so next time I'll ask for less ice.

i-Tea is one of The 15 Best Places for Milk Tea in San Francisco.

13. i-Tea

7.2
253 Kearny St (Bush St.), San Francisco, CA
Bubble Tea Shop · Downtown San Francisco-Union Square · 29 tips and reviews

Bobbie M.Bobbie McLellan: Strawberry boba and jelly with actual pieces of strawberry is awesome.

Matt S.Matt Szenics: Best milk tea in SF

Lulu T.Lulu Tang: Delicious boba!! They have a huge menu. I love their Hokkaido Milk Tea with pudding and black boba. Usually not too busy and way better than waiting in line for an okay drink at Boba Guys down the st.

Black Sugar is one of The 15 Best Places for Milk Tea in San Francisco.

14. Black Sugar

8.7
320 O’Farrell St. (Mason St.), San Francisco, CA
Bubble Tea Shop · Tenderloin · 6 tips and reviews

Taylor L.Taylor Lee: This boba shop has awesome customer service and really quality ingredients - try the Matcha Taro Latte!

Marius. M.Marius. M.: Simple the best boba!

GloGlo: Matcha Taro latte! Just the right level of sweetness too. And good boba and nice staff.

Teaspoon is one of The 15 Best Places for Milk Tea in San Francisco.

15. Teaspoon

8.0
2125 Polk St (btwn Broadway & Vallejo St), San Francisco, CA
Bubble Tea Shop · Polk Gulch · 20 tips and reviews

Chris Y.Chris Young: One of my fav boba spots, liquid gold is feugo.

Qiqi X.Qiqi Xu: Better than Boba Guys

Neivin M.Neivin Mathew: Roasted Oolong milk tea at 50% sweetness is perfect. Sweet Marshmallow, Honey Gold and the Virgin Mojito is good too. Hot tea is pretty decent as well. Afternoon tea snow is great as well.