Top 10 boba tea shops in San Mateo
Ranked by how complete and owner-verified the listing info is — hours, phone, website, services. No pay-to-play.
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1Rare Tea | San Mateo / Half Moon Bay
1330 W Hillsdale Blvd, San Mateo, CA 94403
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2Teaspoon San Mateo
128 E 3rd Ave, San Mateo, CA 94401
BEFORE YOU GO
Make sense of the boba menu
Choose a drink, compare toppings and understand the names.
Build your first boba order
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Choose your topping
Compare chewy pearls, liquid-filled boba and jelly textures.
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Decode the menu names
Understand when boba means the drink and when it means the pearls.
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4Eggettes
47 S B St, San Mateo, CA 94401
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6Yifang Taiwan Fruit Tea
110 S B St, San Mateo, CA 94401-3909
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7Bobabia
271-273 Baldwin Ave, San Mateo, CA 94401
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8Urban Ritual
140 S B St, San Mateo, CA 94401
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9Nightcap Tea
66 E 21st Ave, San Mateo, CA 94403-1803
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10GONG CHA (貢茶)
110 S B St, San Mateo, CA 94401
Of the 13 boba tea shops listed in San Mateo, 11 give a phone number, 1 publishes opening hours and 11 have a website. 4 are branches of national chains — Sharetea (2), Gong cha (1), Teaspoon (1); the remaining 9 are independent. By what they offer: 1 serves slushies, 1 serves matcha drinks, 1 serves fruit tea. The longest-running is Sharetea San Mateo, in business since 1992. The nearest bigger selection is Los Angeles with 123.
All 3 other boba tea shops in San Mateo
Same order: the most complete listings first.
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Tp Tea – San Mateo
65 E 4th Ave, San Mateo, CA 94401-4004
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Tan Cha - San Mateo
165 E 4th Ave, San Mateo, CA 94401-4003