Molly Tea San Mateo: Menu, Prices & B Street Visit

Molly Tea’s San Mateo location sits at 153 S B Street, San Mateo, CA 94401, in the heart of downtown near the B Street and 4th Avenue corridor. It’s open Monday through Thursday from 11:30 AM to 9 PM, and 11 AM to 10 PM Friday and Saturday, 11 AM to 9 PM Sunday. Phone: (650) 727-3523. Drinks run $4.59 to $8.49 depending on size and add-ons, with the Premium Jasmine Milk Tea ($6.99) as the drink most first-timers should try. This page was last checked against the store’s live Chowbus listing, DoorDash, and Yelp on July 25, 2026.

Molly Tea San Mateo at a glance

The full Molly Tea San Mateo menu with prices

These are the prices posted on the store’s own Chowbus ordering page, not a blended national average — worth noting because delivery apps often run higher.

• Fresh Milk Tea: Premium Jasmine Milk Tea $6.99, Osmanthus Milk Tea $6.79, White Champaca Milk Tea $6.99, White Champaca Oolong Milk Tea $6.99, Gardenia Milk Tea $6.59, Gardenia Oolong Milk Tea $6.79, Peach Tieguanyin Oolong Milk Tea $6.59, Tongmu Lapsang Milk Tea $6.99, Camellia Oolong Milk Tea $6.79.
• Matcha: Velvety Matcha Supreme and Velvety Matcha Champaca, priced by cup size — $6.99 for the classic cup, $8.49 for the medium. Matcha Jasmine Salted Cheese and Matcha White Champaca Salted Cheese run $7.49 each.
• Floral Signature: Tongmu Lapsang Salted Cheese Milk Tea $7.99 (contains hazelnut cheese and cocoa — flag for nut allergies), Camellia Zest $6.79, the store’s oat milk option, blending camellia oolong with fresh orange.
• Snowy Whipped Cream: Snowy Jasmine $7.99, Snowy Gardenia $7.79, Snowy Peach Oolong $7.79. All three top a milk tea base with jasmine-infused whipped cream and crushed pecans, so skip the category entirely if you’re avoiding tree nuts.
• Brewed Tea (dairy-free): Premium Jasmine Tea and Gardenia Tea, both $4.59. These are the only two drinks on the menu confirmed dairy-free by the store itself.
• Pistachio Coconut: Pistachio Jasmine Coconut and Pistachio White Champaca Coconut, both $7.99, built on coconut water rather than milk.
• Toppings: pecan $0.99, white boba pearl $1.29, sago $0.99, pistachio cheese $3.99, jasmine whipped cream with pecan $3.49, matcha cheese $2.99, hazelnut cheese $2.99.

A practical note on pricing: these Chowbus figures reflect direct pickup ordering. Prices on DoorDash and Uber Eats for this same store typically run a dollar or more higher per drink once delivery markups are applied — check both before you order if cost matters to your decision.

What to order at the San Mateo store

Start with the Premium Jasmine Milk Tea at 30% to 50% sugar. The default sweetness at Molly Tea stores tends to run sweet enough to flatten the floral note, and San Mateo is no exception — dialing it back lets the jasmine actually come through.

If jasmine reads too perfumed for your taste, the White Champaca Oolong Milk Tea is the gentler alternative — Jin Xuan oolong gives it a naturally milky body that softens the floral edge. One Yelp reviewer who tried both side by side at this location, ordering the jasmine at 50% and the champaca at 70%, still ranked the jasmine first but called the champaca noticeably lighter — a fair description of how the two compare.

For the whipped-cream category that shows up constantly on social video, order the Snowy Jasmine at or near 0% sugar in the tea base. The cream cap already carries sweetness on its own.

If you need dairy-free, your two real options are the Premium Jasmine Tea or Gardenia Tea (brewed, no milk), or Camellia Zest, which swaps in oat milk. Everything in the Snowy, matcha-cheese, and pistachio-cheese categories contains dairy.

How the San Mateo opening happened

Molly Tea San Mateo opened on November 7, 2025, the same week as the Cupertino store — together, the brand’s third and fourth California locations. A soft-opening window ran October 31 through November 6 with 12% off in-store purchases, followed by a three-day grand opening from November 7 through 9 offering buy-one-get-one-free drinks from the Floral Fresh Milk Tea series. The first 150 to 200 customers each day received either a jasmine-scented sachet or a magnet featuring Molly, the brand’s jasmine-flower mascot — the same soft-open-then-BOGO pattern Molly Tea has used at several other US launches.

Hours, parking, and getting there

The store sits on B Street in downtown San Mateo, an easy walk from the San Mateo Caltrain station and the 4th Avenue shopping strip. There’s no dedicated lot — options are metered street parking and the nearby public parking garages downtown San Mateo maintains for this stretch. Parking is the single most repeated complaint in local reviews, more so than anything about the drinks themselves, so budget a few extra minutes if you’re visiting on a weekend afternoon, which is when foot traffic in this stretch of downtown peaks.

How to order — pickup, delivery, and rewards

Chowbus is the store’s own ordering platform and the most reliable source for current prices and available drinks. It also runs Molly Tea’s Modern Rewards points program, so regulars ordering ahead of pickup get more value there than through third-party apps.

DoorDash, Uber Eats, and Grubhub all deliver from this location. One consistent issue shows up across DoorDash reviews for this store: the Snowy series’ whipped-cream topping sometimes arrives collapsed, split, or missing entirely, since cream doesn’t travel well. If a Snowy drink is the point of your order, picking it up in person is the safer bet.

Walk-ins order at an in-store touchscreen kiosk, with a staff member on hand for cash payment or questions about sweetness and toppings.

What people are saying — San Mateo reviews

Across Yelp and Apple Maps, this location holds roughly 4.7 stars from more than 600 reviews and nearly 700 photos — a strong showing for a store open less than a year. The praise clusters around the same points repeatedly: the floral aroma noticeable from the doorway, a matcha that reviewers describe as smooth rather than gritty or bitter, and décor that photographs well. The most common criticism isn’t the drinks — it’s the wait and the parking during busy stretches, which tracks with how quickly this location built a following after opening.

Molly Tea San Mateo vs. nearby locations

Frequently asked questions

Prices, hours, and menu items were checked against the store’s Chowbus listing, DoorDash, and Yelp as of July 25, 2026. Menus and hours can shift — confirm same-day details before visiting if timing matters. Spot something that needs correcting? Reach out through the contact page.