Boba Bar

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Bubble tea store in San Jose, CA

4.3 · 697 reviewsOpens today at 11 AM

Cozy cafe serving bubble tea in diverse flavors, plus rice & noodle bowls in a minimalist interior.

Eligible to offer 20% cashback to customers who shop here.OrbitBack

AI ScoreChatGPT mentions Boba and Gemini doesn't.Scored from 8 signals across search and AI.

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Updated Sep 14, 2026Last activity 1 month ago, a question from walk_in_on_third.

Services

What Boba offers, what it costs, and what people come for.

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Team

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Today11 AM to 10 PM

Busy times

Closed now. Busiest Fri and Sun, 2 to 8 PM.

Reputation

What reviews, press and directories say about Boba.

4.3from 697 reviews on Google

While Boba Bar has standout drinks like the taro smoothie, inconsistent quality and service issues detract from the overall experience. Boba Bar offers a trendy atmosphere with a busy vibe, particularly during peak hours. Customers appreciate the outdoor seating for people-watching, but many report long waits and a cramped interior. The experience can be hit or miss, with some drinks praised while others are criticized for poor flavor.

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  • 38%
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  • 112%
Would go back68%68% of reviews give the visit 4 or 5 stars.Positive 68%, 4 or 5 stars · Neutral 8%, 3 stars · Negative 24%, 1 or 2 stars
The good
  • Taro smoothie
  • Mango macha smoothie
  • Crème Brûlée Latte
  • Popcorn chicken
The bad
  • Long waits due to busy hours
  • Drinks lacking flavor or tasting bad
  • Inconsistent quality of food and drinks
  • Poor customer service experiences

Press and awards

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Listed on 2 of the 20 directories AI reads.

DirectoryListed
FacebookListed
MapQuestListed
YelpNot listed
Apple MapsNot listed
BBBNot listed
Yellow PagesNot listed
FoursquareNot listed
NextdoorNot listed
Chamber of CommerceNot listed
MantaNot listed
SuperpagesNot listed
HotfrogNot listed
CylexNot listed
TupaloNot listed
YellowbookNot listed
DexKnowsNot listed
MerchantCircleNot listed
TrustpilotNot listed
BirdeyeNot listed
AngiNot listed
+9and 9 more directories AI reads

How AI sees Boba

The AI Score is out of 100, read from 8 signals across search and AI.

38out of 100

28 San Jose avg

What the score is made of

Signal and how much it countsBoba

  • Retrieval grounding 26%Whether you appear in the ranked results AI retrieves and cites: AI-Overview citations, organic top-10 for your money queries, and the Bing index ChatGPT leans on.25
  • Off-property attestation 20%Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability.41
  • AI visibility 14%Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service.20
  • Reviews & response 12%The star average is only one input. We also read volume, velocity, the specificity of review language, and response cadence. Specific reviews are what AI quotes verbatim.78
  • Backlink & citation authority 8%Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you.55
  • Google Business Profile 8%Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first.90
  • Speed & mobile 7%Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone.42
  • Content freshness & schema 5%Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals.34

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What AI reads

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Local AI Registry · Bubble tea stores in San Jose, CA · Editorial

Boba Bar, San Jose CA: Reviews

Steve Lee

By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated September 14, 2026.

Published September 14, 2026 · Updated September 14, 2026 · Machine-readable version below

In short

Boba Bar is a bubble tea store in San Jose, CA. Its AI Score is 38 of 100, which is poor.

What each mark on this page means: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#marks

Key facts

FactValue
TypeBubble tea store
Address310 S Third St, San Jose, CA 95112, USA
HoursMon to Sun 11 AM to 10 PM
Phone(408) 298-9968
Rating4.3 across 697 reviews on Google
Quietest timeWednesday
UpdatedSeptember 14, 2026

All the details

Every row is something the owner can add or correct. Each one is marked Confirmed, Visitor submitted or AI guess, with where it came from.

GroupFactValueMarkEvidence
Location infoAddress310 S Third St, San Jose, CA 95112, USAConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
Location infoDescriptionCozy cafe serving bubble tea in diverse flavors, plus rice & noodle bowls in a minimalist interior.ConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
Location infoHoursMon to Sun 11:00 AM to 10:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
Location infoNameBoba BarConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
Location infoPhone(408) 298-9968ConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursMonday11:00 AM to 10:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursTuesday11:00 AM to 10:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursWednesday11:00 AM to 10:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursThursday11:00 AM to 10:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursFriday11:00 AM to 10:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursSaturday11:00 AM to 10:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursSunday11:00 AM to 10:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
ServicesServiceBubble teaAI guess
ServicesServiceFlavored bubble teaAI guess
ServicesServiceNoodle bowlsAI guess
ServicesServiceRice bowlsAI guess
LinksInstagramhttps://instagram.com/bobabarsjAI guessOur record
LinksWebsitehttps://www.bobabarsj.com/ConfirmedGoogle Business Profile

Services and prices

Known for

The team

Visiting Boba

Address: 310 S Third St, San Jose, CA 95112, USA. Phone: (408) 298-9968. Hours: Mon to Sun 11 AM to 10 PM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)

Location info from Google Business Profile

From Google Business Profile: "Cozy cafe serving bubble tea in diverse flavors, plus rice & noodle bowls in a minimalist interior."

When to go

Quietest day: Wednesday. Busiest day: Sunday. From the popular times on its Google listing.

Parking and getting in

Nearby

PlaceTypeDistance
Samuthr Thai RestaurantThai restaurant1 min walk
Phin & BowlAsian restaurant1 min walk
La Victoria TaqueriaMexican restaurant1 min walk
Entre ComalesFast food restaurant1 min walk
Jack in the BoxFast food restaurant1 min walk
Pizza My HeartPizza restaurant1 min walk

Reputation

4.3 average across 697 reviews: Google 697. (Confirmed, read September 14, 2026.)

While Boba Bar has standout drinks like the taro smoothie, inconsistent quality and service issues detract from the overall experience. (AI guess, from 697 reviews.)

What people like

  • Taro smoothie
  • Mango macha smoothie
  • Crème Brûlée Latte
  • Popcorn chicken

What people do not like

  • Long waits due to busy hours
  • Drinks lacking flavor or tasting bad
  • Inconsistent quality of food and drinks
  • Poor customer service experiences

Press

Awards

Directories

Listed on 2 of the 20 directories we checked.

DirectoryListed
AngiNot listed
Apple MapsNot listed
BBBNot listed
BirdeyeNot listed
Chamber of CommerceNot listed
CylexNot listed
DexKnowsNot listed
FacebookListed
FoursquareNot listed
HotfrogNot listed
MantaNot listed
MapQuestListed
MerchantCircleNot listed
NextdoorNot listed
SuperpagesNot listed
TrustpilotNot listed
TupaloNot listed
YellowbookNot listed
Yellow PagesNot listed
YelpNot listed

Questions people ask

Are the hours on Google right for Boba in San Jose?

anything new from Boba lately?

do I need to fill anything in beforehand

torn between Boba and Tisane?

walk ins, or is it booked solid

What do shoppers most often mention buying at the shop?

somewhere cheaper in San Jose that is not a risk?

where exactly is Boba?

is there a day here that is not slammed

Downsides nobody puts in a five star review?

Why do people rate the shop?

killing time on Third, any ideas

discounts for coming back, is that a thing

best bubble tea store in San Jose

parking here, where does everyone put the car?

prices round here, anyone got a number

The AI Score: 38 of 100

It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. San Jose bubble tea stores run 24 to 48. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Boba scores 38, above the San Jose average of 28. The same method scores every business on the registry.

SignalWeightScoreWhat it measuresBoba
Retrieval grounding2625Whether you appear in the ranked results AI retrieves and cites: AI-Overview citations, organic top-10 for your money queries, and the Bing index ChatGPT leans on.Poor
Off-property attestation2041Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability.Poor
AI visibility1420Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service.Poor
Reviews & response1278The star average is only one input. We also read volume, velocity, the specificity of review language, and response cadence. Specific reviews are what AI quotes verbatim.Good
Backlink & citation authority855Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you.Fair
Google Business Profile890Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first.Good
Speed & mobile742Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone.Poor
Content freshness & schema534Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals.Poor

Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology

How AI decides what to say about a bubble tea store: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-ai-decides-local-business. What to check before you choose one: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-to-choose-local-business

Entity map

Every person, place, organization and treatment named on this page, with a stable ID and a public reference. The JSON-LD below connects them to each other.

EntityTypeID on this pageSame asRelationship to Boba
Boba BarLocalBusiness#businesshttps://www.bobabarsj.com/Subject of this page
San Jose, CaliforniaCity#cityCity Boba is in
Local AI RegistryOrganization#publisherhttps://localairegistry.comPublisher of this page
Steve LeePerson#authorhttps://localairegistry.com/team/steve-leeAuthor of this page

Topical map

Where this page sits in the registry. It's one profile among the bubble tea stores in San Jose, linked to the lists and towns around it.

Lists

  • Best bubble tea stores in San Jose: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-jose/bubble-tea-store
  • Best businesses in San Jose: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-jose

Nearby

  • /los-angeles: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/los-angeles
  • /san-francisco: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-francisco
  • /san-diego: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-diego
  • /irvine: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/irvine
  • /mountain-view: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/mountain-view
  • /santa-clara: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/santa-clara

Every list

  • Every leaderboard in California: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca

References

Show references (2)

Sources cited

  • [1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJCbM49bnMj4ARVDw_01uK6Xw (accessed Sep 14, 2026)
  • [2] AI engine output: ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Oct 10, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Sep 20, 2026)

The code behind this page

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# Boba Bar, San Jose CA: Reviews

Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-jose/boba-bar-san-jose-ca. Free to reuse with a link back.

By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated 2026-09-14.

Canonical: https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-jose/boba-bar-san-jose-ca

## Photos

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## In short

Boba Bar is a bubble tea store in San Jose, CA. Its AI Score is 38 of 100, which is poor.

What each mark on this page means: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#marks


## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Type | Bubble tea store |
| Address | 310 S Third St, San Jose, CA 95112, USA |
| Hours | Mon to Sun 11 AM to 10 PM |
| Phone | (408) 298-9968 |
| Rating | 4.3 across 697 reviews on Google |
| Quietest time | Wednesday |
| Updated | September 14, 2026 |


## All the details

Every row is something the owner can add or correct. Each one is marked Confirmed, Visitor submitted or AI guess, with where it came from.

| Group | Fact | Value | Mark | Evidence |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Location info | Address | 310 S Third St, San Jose, CA 95112, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Description | Cozy cafe serving bubble tea in diverse flavors, plus rice & noodle bowls in a minimalist interior. | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Hours | Mon to Sun 11:00 AM to 10:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Name | Boba Bar | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Phone | (408) 298-9968 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Monday | 11:00 AM to 10:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Tuesday | 11:00 AM to 10:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Wednesday | 11:00 AM to 10:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Thursday | 11:00 AM to 10:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Friday | 11:00 AM to 10:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Saturday | 11:00 AM to 10:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Sunday | 11:00 AM to 10:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Services | Service | Bubble tea | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Flavored bubble tea | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Noodle bowls | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Rice bowls | AI guess |  |
| Links | Instagram | https://instagram.com/bobabarsj | AI guess | Our record |
| Links | Website | https://www.bobabarsj.com/ | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |


## Services and prices

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### Known for

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## The team

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## Visiting Boba

Address: 310 S Third St, San Jose, CA 95112, USA. Phone: (408) 298-9968. Hours: Mon to Sun 11 AM to 10 PM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)


### Location info from Google Business Profile

From Google Business Profile: "Cozy cafe serving bubble tea in diverse flavors, plus rice & noodle bowls in a minimalist interior."


### When to go

Quietest day: Wednesday. Busiest day: Sunday. From the popular times on its Google listing.


### Parking and getting in

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Add how to find your door so AI can walk people in


### Nearby

| Place | Type | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Samuthr Thai Restaurant | Thai restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Phin & Bowl | Asian restaurant | 1 min walk |
| La Victoria Taqueria | Mexican restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Entre Comales | Fast food restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Jack in the Box | Fast food restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Pizza My Heart | Pizza restaurant | 1 min walk |


## Reputation

4.3 average across 697 reviews: Google 697. (Confirmed, read September 14, 2026.)

While Boba Bar has standout drinks like the taro smoothie, inconsistent quality and service issues detract from the overall experience. (AI guess, from 697 reviews.)


### What people like

- Taro smoothie
- Mango macha smoothie
- Crème Brûlée Latte
- Popcorn chicken


### What people do not like

- Long waits due to busy hours
- Drinks lacking flavor or tasting bad
- Inconsistent quality of food and drinks
- Poor customer service experiences


### Press

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### Awards

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### Directories

Listed on 2 of the 20 directories we checked.

| Directory | Listed |
| --- | --- |
| Angi | Not listed |
| Apple Maps | Not listed |
| BBB | Not listed |
| Birdeye | Not listed |
| Chamber of Commerce | Not listed |
| Cylex | Not listed |
| DexKnows | Not listed |
| Facebook | Listed |
| Foursquare | Not listed |
| Hotfrog | Not listed |
| Manta | Not listed |
| MapQuest | Listed |
| MerchantCircle | Not listed |
| Nextdoor | Not listed |
| Superpages | Not listed |
| Trustpilot | Not listed |
| Tupalo | Not listed |
| Yellowbook | Not listed |
| Yellow Pages | Not listed |
| Yelp | Not listed |


## Questions people ask


### Are the hours on Google right for Boba in San Jose?


### anything new from Boba lately?


### do I need to fill anything in beforehand


### torn between Boba and Tisane?


### walk ins, or is it booked solid


### What do shoppers most often mention buying at the shop?


### somewhere cheaper in San Jose that is not a risk?


### where exactly is Boba?


### is there a day here that is not slammed


### Downsides nobody puts in a five star review?


### Why do people rate the shop?


### killing time on Third, any ideas


### discounts for coming back, is that a thing


### best bubble tea store in San Jose


### parking here, where does everyone put the car?


### prices round here, anyone got a number


## The AI Score: 38 of 100

It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. San Jose bubble tea stores run 24 to 48. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Boba scores 38, above the San Jose average of 28. The same method scores every business on the registry.

| Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | Boba |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Retrieval grounding | 26 | 25 | Whether you appear in the ranked results AI retrieves and cites: AI-Overview citations, organic top-10 for your money queries, and the Bing index ChatGPT leans on. | Poor |
| Off-property attestation | 20 | 41 | Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability. | Poor |
| AI visibility | 14 | 20 | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | Poor |
| Reviews & response | 12 | 78 | The star average is only one input. We also read volume, velocity, the specificity of review language, and response cadence. Specific reviews are what AI quotes verbatim. | Good |
| Backlink & citation authority | 8 | 55 | Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you. | Fair |
| Google Business Profile | 8 | 90 | Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first. | Good |
| Speed & mobile | 7 | 42 | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. | Poor |
| Content freshness & schema | 5 | 34 | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. | Poor |

Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology

How AI decides what to say about a bubble tea store: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-ai-decides-local-business. What to check before you choose one: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-to-choose-local-business


## Entity map

Every person, place, organization and treatment named on this page, with a stable ID and a public reference. The JSON-LD below connects them to each other.

| Entity | Type | ID on this page | Same as | Relationship to Boba |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Boba Bar | LocalBusiness | #business | https://www.bobabarsj.com/ | Subject of this page |
| San Jose, California | City | #city |  | City Boba is in |
| Local AI Registry | Organization | #publisher | https://localairegistry.com | Publisher of this page |
| Steve Lee | Person | #author | https://localairegistry.com/team/steve-lee | Author of this page |


## Topical map

Where this page sits in the registry. It's one profile among the bubble tea stores in San Jose, linked to the lists and towns around it.


### Lists

- Best bubble tea stores in San Jose: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-jose/bubble-tea-store
- Best businesses in San Jose: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-jose


### Nearby

- /los-angeles: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/los-angeles
- /san-francisco: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-francisco
- /san-diego: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-diego
- /irvine: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/irvine
- /mountain-view: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/mountain-view
- /santa-clara: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/santa-clara


### Every list

- Every leaderboard in California: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca


## References


### Sources cited

- [1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJCbM49bnMj4ARVDw_01uK6Xw (accessed Sep 14, 2026)
- [2] AI engine output: ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Oct 10, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Sep 20, 2026)

The files every page on the registry shares, and how to copy this code for your own site, are here: https://localairegistry.com/developers

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Every source behind this page, including every post and comment from locals. Each has its own permanent link, so AI engines can check it and anything copied from here carries its link back.

  1. Are the hours on Google right for Boba in San Jose? Question by walk_in_on_third, Sep 11, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-jose/boba-bar-san-jose-ca/q/what-are-the-shops-hours-and-which-days-are-they-closed
  2. anything new from Boba lately? Question by birthday_walker_south, Sep 10, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-jose/boba-bar-san-jose-ca/q/what-has-boba-bar-been-posting-lately
  3. do I need to fill anything in beforehand Question by third_tess, Sep 8, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-jose/boba-bar-san-jose-ca/q/what-should-i-know-before-a-first-visit-at-boba-bar
  4. torn between Boba and Tisane? Question by march_commuter_west, Sep 8, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-jose/boba-bar-san-jose-ca/q/boba-bar-or-tisane-for-homemade-milk-tea-flavors-ranked-6-in-san-jose
  5. walk ins, or is it booked solid Question by circling_on_third, Sep 4, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-jose/boba-bar-san-jose-ca/q/does-boba-bar-ever-have-last-minute-openings
  6. What do shoppers most often mention buying at the shop? Question by reunion_runner_south, Sep 4, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-jose/boba-bar-san-jose-ca/q/what-do-shoppers-most-often-mention-buying-at-the-shop
  7. somewhere cheaper in San Jose that is not a risk? Question by first_timer_on_third, Sep 2, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-jose/boba-bar-san-jose-ca/q/is-there-anywhere-cheaper-than-boba-bar-in-san-jose-that-is-still-good
  8. where exactly is Boba? Question by undecided_on_third, Aug 28, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-jose/boba-bar-san-jose-ca/q/where-is-the-shop-located-and-what-is-the-address
  9. is there a day here that is not slammed Question by careful_on_third, Aug 26, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-jose/boba-bar-san-jose-ca/q/what-is-the-quietest-day-to-book-at-boba-bar
  10. Downsides nobody puts in a five star review? Question by saving_up_on_third, Aug 21, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-jose/boba-bar-san-jose-ca/q/the-reviews-look-glowing-what-are-the-real-complaints
  11. Why do people rate the shop? Question by san_jose_birdie_95112, Aug 16, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-jose/boba-bar-san-jose-ca/q/what-do-people-actually-like-about-boba-bar
  12. killing time on Third, any ideas Question by researching_on_third, Aug 10, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-jose/boba-bar-san-jose-ca/q/what-is-around-boba-bar-on-third
  13. discounts for coming back, is that a thing Question by third_zadie, Aug 5, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-jose/boba-bar-san-jose-ca/q/does-boba-bar-take-rewards-points-or-membership-pricing
  14. best bubble tea store in San Jose Question by no_rush_on_third, Jul 24, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-jose/boba-bar-san-jose-ca/q/best-bubble-tea-store-in-san-jose
  15. parking here, where does everyone put the car? Question by march_shopper_east, Jul 17, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-jose/boba-bar-san-jose-ca/q/what-is-the-parking-situation-at-the-shop
  16. prices round here, anyone got a number Question by wedding_commuter_east, Jul 15, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-jose/boba-bar-san-jose-ca/q/what-does-a-bubble-tea-store-actually-cost-in-san-jose

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