Tea Lane

Long time hookah enthusiast, but since *global world events* disrupted my social life, I have fallen out of the scene. Since I wanted a chill enviornment to go out I chose Boba Bear, a lounge I have been too plenty of times. My visit was in the night, and I loved the service I recieved. Pudgy kept the atmosphere at peak energy, Veronica was very friendly and made my hookah perfectly, and I am picky. Brian crafted the delicious drinks, and they all had quick attentive service. My only complaint was the price, which for an upscale hookah lounge is pricey but not out of the range of being reasonable. Drink minimum is noy unheard of, but annoying. The most heinous thing though was the 15% surcharge. We were a party of two, and I tip cash. On top of tax, that adds heft to the tab that isn't explained. The fact it's listed as surcharge is sketchy, because it seems like a weird legal loophole to charge more without guaranteeing that the charge goes to the staff. I rather tip what I would like then add vague charges to a tab that isn't cheap by any means. Otherwise, the evening was great!

This place went from booming to down horrendous. I used to come here every time I visited California because the staff was very flexible and accommodating. I understand the place has a new owner with new staff, but the reason it has no business lately is due to the “by the book” mentality. We had a party of four, 2 which didn’t smoke, but they wanted to charge us for two hookahs for the unmentioned rules of 3 to 1 hookah, as well as “you can’t drink inside without a hookah”. Not only that, but as soon as we said we didn’t want a hookah due to the rule, they straight up just handed us the bill as to get us out of there at 11 pm on a Sunday with barely any customers. Do not waste your time or money. This place needs to go on Bar Rescue or something.

This location has been open for several years and they just recently finished renovating their store! Similar to the aesthetic of the Koreatown location and the addition of their new secret door; The store is separated into a to-go section and hookah lounge. Definitely recommend stopping by with friends and trying the new drinks! (The 24k and Mango smoothie are the best!)

Yesterday night almost midnight was my first time ever going to boba bear I ordered three watermelon 🍉 slush with boba an lemme tell you I'll never get boba slush anywhere else except here absolutely delicious just perfect thirst quenching sweet very satisfied with the drinks an timing all drinks were done an served under five min, the employee were very quick to act an I found that very wonderful, special thanks to Jesús who was very helpful an quick I really enjoyed the drinks an will be coming back for more ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐