# Milk Tea Lab, San Jose CA: Reviews

Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-jose/milk-tea-lab-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/milk-tea-lab-san-jose-ca

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## In short

Milk Tea Lab is a bubble tea store in San Jose, CA. Its AI Score is 25 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 | 1601 Branham Ln #40, San Jose, CA 95118, USA |
| Hours | Mon to Wed 12 PM to 11 PM · Thu to Sat 12 PM to 12 AM · Sun 12 PM to 11 PM |
| Phone | (408) 440-2208 |
| Rating | 4.0 across 284 reviews on Google |
| Quietest time | Sunday |
| 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 | 1601 Branham Ln #40, San Jose, CA 95118, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Description | 1601 Branham Ln #40, San Jose, CA 95118 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Hours | Mon to Wed 12:00 to 11:00 PM · Thu to Sat 12:00 PM to 12:00 AM · Sun 12:00 to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Name | Milk Tea Lab | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Phone | (408) 440-2208 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Monday | 12:00 PM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Tuesday | 12:00 PM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Wednesday | 12:00 PM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Thursday | 12:00 PM to 12:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Friday | 12:00 PM to 12:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Saturday | 12:00 PM to 12:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Sunday | 12:00 PM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Services | Service | Bubble tea | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Catering | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Concord menu | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Franchise | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Order now | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Photo gallery | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | South menu | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Vacaville menu | From their website | Business website |
| Team | San Jose, CA |  | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Links | Facebook | https://facebook.com/milk-tea-lab-470627703120791 | AI guess | Our record |
| Links | Instagram | https://instagram.com/milktealab | AI guess | Our record |
| Links | Website | http://milktealabs.com/ | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |


## Services and prices

These are the 7 services Milk Tea Lab offers, with the price where we have one and where it came from.

| Service | Price | Price mark | Price evidence | Service mark |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Order now |  |  |  | From their website |
| Photo gallery |  |  |  | From their website |
| Catering |  |  |  | From their website |
| South menu |  |  |  | From their website |
| Vacaville menu |  |  |  | From their website |
| Concord menu |  |  |  | From their website |
| Franchise |  |  |  | From their website |


### Known for

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## The team

1 person is named on this page.


### San Jose, CA

| Field | Value | Mark | Evidence |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |


## Visiting Milk Tea Lab

Address: 1601 Branham Ln #40, San Jose, CA 95118, USA. Phone: (408) 440-2208. Hours: Mon to Wed 12 PM to 11 PM · Thu to Sat 12 PM to 12 AM · Sun 12 PM to 11 PM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)


### When to go

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


### Parking and getting in

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### Nearby

| Place | Type | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Jojo’s | Restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Desi India Bazaar | Asian grocery store | 2 min walk |
| Branham Park | Park | 4 min walk |
| Domino's Pizza | Pizza delivery | 5 min walk |
| Big Fish Chinese Cafe 大魚飯店 | Restaurant | 5 min walk |
| ZENSHI Handcrafted Sushi | Restaurant | 6 min walk |


## Reputation

4.0 average across 284 reviews: Google 284. (Confirmed, read September 14, 2026.)

While Milk Tea Lab features unique offerings like the Milk Tea Pot, inconsistent service and quality issues have led to mixed reviews. (AI guess, from 284 reviews.)


### What people like

- Loaded lab fries
- Mango Lover smoothie
- Jumbo Takoyaki
- Milk Tea Pot experience


### What people do not like

- Inattentive staff on phones
- Long wait times for orders
- Mediocre drink quality
- High prices for drinks


### Press

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### Awards

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### Directories

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## Questions people ask


### picking between the two, is Tisane the safer bet?


### the good stuff about Milk Tea Lab, what is it?


### Do they post anywhere?


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


### Busiest day at Milk Tea Lab, anyone know?


### best bubble tea store in San Jose


### reviews all look glowing, what are the real complaints?


### what else is on Branham around Milk Tea Lab?


### Are the hours on Google right for Milk Tea Lab in San Jose?


### points or member pricing at Milk Tea Lab, worth signing up?


### anywhere cheaper than Milk Tea Lab in San Jose that is still good?


### address for the shop, anyone have it?


### ballpark before I book, what am I looking at


### any last minute slots here?


### anything I should sort out before a first visit here?


## The AI Score: 25 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. Milk Tea Lab scores 25, below the San Jose average of 29. The same method scores every business on the registry.

| Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | Milk Tea Lab |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Retrieval grounding | 26 | 0 | 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 | 40 | 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 | 0 | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | Poor |
| Reviews & response | 12 | 75 | 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 | 59 | 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 |  | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. |  |
| Content freshness & schema | 5 | 77 | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. | Good |

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 Milk Tea Lab |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Milk Tea Lab | LocalBusiness | #business | http://milktealabs.com/ | Subject of this page |
| San Jose, CA | Person | #team-san-jose |  |  |
| San Jose, California | City | #city |  | City Milk Tea Lab 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:ChIJ_7Md9qs1joARr9bMiw4N9n4 (accessed Sep 14, 2026)
- [2] milktealabs.com, https://milktealabs.com/vacaville-menu/ (accessed Sep 20, 2026)
- [3] milktealabs.com, https://milktealabs.com/catering (accessed Sep 20, 2026)
- [4] milktealabs.com, https://milktealabs.com/concord-menuconcord-menu/ (accessed Sep 20, 2026)
- [5] milktealabs.com, https://milktealabs.com/franchise (accessed Sep 20, 2026)
- [6] milktealabs.com, https://milktealabs.com/order/ (accessed Sep 20, 2026)
- [7] milktealabs.com, https://milktealabs.com/photo-gallery/ (accessed Sep 20, 2026)
- [8] milktealabs.com, https://milktealabs.com/milk-tea-lab-south-san-jose-menu/ (accessed Sep 20, 2026)
- [9] AI engine output: ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Sep 14, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Sep 20, 2026)