Molly Tea Chinatown NYC: Mott Street Menu, Prices & Visit

Molly Tea’s Manhattan Chinatown store sits at 63 Mott Street, New York, NY 10013, between Canal and Bayard, and opens daily from 11 AM to 10 PM. It was the brand’s first Manhattan location, launched in March 2026, and it runs as a small takeout counter — no seating, kiosk and app ordering, and waits of 20 to 30 minutes at peak. The three drinks this store sells most are the Premium Jasmine Milk Tea ($7.99), the Jasmine Apple Milk Tea ($7.99), and the Snowy Jasmine ($8.99). Phone: (646) 882-8889.

Facts on this page verified across the official Molly Tea NY site, Google, and the store’s live delivery listings. Last checked: August 17, 2026.

Is the Mott Street store open? Clearing up the confusion

Short answer: yes. If you searched “molly tea chinatown” and saw a listing marked closed, that’s a stale duplicate entry on one review platform — not the store’s actual status.

As of our last verification, the official Molly Tea New York locations page lists 63 Mott Street as active, Google shows it open with daily hours, and its delivery listings on Uber Eats, DoorDash, and Postmates are all live and taking orders. If you’re making a special trip, a ten-second check of the store on Google Maps that morning settles it.

Store hours and contact

One practical detail the hours don’t tell you: online ordering cuts off 15 to 35 minutes before the door closes. If you’re aiming for a late drink, order through the platform well before 9:25 PM or walk in and use the kiosk.

What this store sells most

The Mott Street location carries the standard US Molly Tea lineup — the drink-by-drink breakdown with tasting notes lives on our full menu page. What’s specific to this store is the order pattern. Its delivery listing ranks these as the most-liked drinks here:

1. Premium Jasmine Milk Tea (茉莉奶白) — $7.99. The #1 seller at this store, same as at Flushing. Regulars at this location order it at 30–50% sugar with less ice.
2. Jasmine Apple Milk Tea (针王苹果) — $7.99. This is the interesting one. At most US stores the apple drink sits mid-pack; at Mott Street it holds the #2 slot. It’s the lightest drink on the menu, which fits a store where most people drink while walking.
3. Snowy Jasmine (一朵茉莉花) — $8.99. The whipped-cream-and-pecans drink that fills camera rolls. Contains nuts.

Rounding out the store’s most-ordered list: Pistachio Jasmine Coconut ($8.99), White Champaca Milk Tea ($7.99), Matcha Jasmine Salted Cheese ($8.49), Premium Jasmine Matcha ($7.99), and the Tongmu Lapsang Bubble Tea ($8.49) — the one drink here that ships with boba by default.

Prices above are from the store’s live listing at last check. Platform markups shift by a dollar or so; the kiosk price in-store runs at the low end.

The wait, and how to beat it

The line is the single most repeated complaint in this store’s reviews — more than anything about the drinks. Weekend waits of 20 to 30 minutes are normal. Opening-week visitors reported waiting an hour.

Three things that actually help:

• Order ahead on the app or a delivery platform for pickup. Your drink still gets made after you arrive in some cases — several reviewers note a 5–10 minute wait even with a mobile order — but you skip the ordering queue entirely.
• Go on a weekday before 2 PM or in the last 90 minutes before close. The crush is weekend afternoons, driven by foot traffic on Mott Street itself.
• Don’t plan to sit. There are no tables. The move here is drink-in-hand and walk — which, on this block, is the better experience anyway.

Getting to 63 Mott Street

The store sits a four-minute walk from the Canal Street subway complex, which is served by the 6, J, N, Q, R, and W trains (the 4 stops there late nights, the Z at rush hour). Exit toward Chinatown, walk east on Canal, and turn south onto Mott. The Grand Street station (B, D) and Bowery station (J, Z) are both within a few minutes more.

By bus, the M103 and M15 both stop within a short walk. If you’re driving: don’t. Street parking around Mott and Canal on a weekend is a lost cause; the subway is faster from almost anywhere in Manhattan.

What’s around it: making the trip worth it

This block is the historic heart of Manhattan’s Chinatown — the Mott, Pell, and Doyers triangle where the neighborhood began in the 1850s. That matters for your visit because the wait for your drink is also a chance to see the area’s best few hundred feet.

• Nom Wah Tea Parlor (13 Doyers St) is a three-minute walk — the oldest continuously running restaurant in Chinatown, serving dim sum since 1920. Tea before tea, if you’re hungry.
• Doyers Street itself, the short curved alley once called the Bloody Angle, is now one of the most photographed streets downtown.
• Columbus Park, five minutes south, fills with chess, mahjong, and tai chi on any decent morning.
• Canal Street Market and the shops along Mott and Mulberry cover browsing before or after.

A jasmine milk tea in hand is arguably the correct way to walk all of it.

Merch: the part nobody tells you about

The Mott Street store stocks Molly Tea’s merchandise line (文创周边) alongside the drinks — enamel pins, fridge magnets, a jasmine-scented candle, and scented wax tablets. Reviewers here specifically call out the pins and magnets as collector bait, and the jasmine candle gets mentioned as often as some drinks.

If you’re the type who leaves a shop with a souvenir, budget an extra few dollars. The magnets in particular tend to sell through during promo windows.

How this store differs from the other NYC locations

New York has five Molly Tea stores, and searchers regularly mix them up. Here’s the quick separation:

• Mott Street (this page) — first Manhattan store, opened March 2026, takeout-only, in the Chinatown core.
• Flushing, Queens (37-11 Prince St) — the US flagship and the busiest store in the country; it runs later hours on weekends. Details on our Flushing page.
• 2857 Broadway (Upper West Side) — the second Manhattan store, near Columbia University, announced with signage in April 2026.
• Brooklyn — Sunset Park (5909 8th Ave) and the Atlantic Avenue location near Barclays (620 Atlantic Ave).

If a friend says “meet me at Molly Tea in the city,” confirm which one. Mott Street and the Columbia store are a 30-minute subway ride apart.

Frequently asked questions

Before you go

Hours, prices, and the online-ordering cutoff on this page were verified against the store’s official listing and live delivery platforms on the date above. Two things still worth a same-day check if they matter to your plans: the store’s live status on Google Maps (one stale third-party listing has caused “is it closed?” confusion), and current promo windows — this store runs merch giveaways and drink deals tied to holidays, and those change without notice.

Spot something out of date? Tell us through the contact page and we’ll re-verify and update the entry.