Bambu Desserts & Drinks

Category:	Dessert Shop
Address:	153 S B St, San Mateo, CA 94401, USA
Phone:	+1 650-539-3004
Site:	bambusanmateo.com
Rating:	4.3
Working:	Closed 11AM–10PM 11AM–10PM 11AM–10PM 11AM–11PM 11AM–11PM 11AM–10PM

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Sebastian Fiedler

BAMBU Desserts & Drinks is yet another chain trying to make some profit off the enormous taste for everything sweet in a liquid form - but it does a decent job at it. I came here to try out the French Coffee with boba, good stuff! Dont count the calories and dont tell my doctor but Ill be back for more once I give Sharetea on 3rd a rest. The store layout is modern and bright. There are a few tables so if its packed you better consider it a take-out. Ill try out more next time.

Ifthikar Talha

This is our usual post dinner desert destination when we visit San Mateo downtown. They have tons of board games and the owners never give us hard time if we end up loitering around even after we finish our food. I usually get the panda flavored waffle, it has a unique coconut like flavor to it and its always freshly made. They have wide variety of boba tea and coconut milk based drinks which tastes way better than your usual Asian boba tea places.

Cory Lui

I gave this place a try but I guess bamboo is not my thing. I would say Vietnamese drinks are just not my thing either. The drinks are imo gross but thats just my personal taste buds. The drinks are professionally made and the service is excellent. Reminds me of great boba places Ive been too. This rating is purely and solely on taste from a white-washed American who grew up in the Bay Area and has never tried Vietnamese drinks before.

Erin Yang

Bambu has started to replace our boba trips, especially while I am pregnant and shouldnt be having caffeine. Despite not liking coconut in general, my husband and I love the coconut milk base + ice in these drinks, as well as all the add ins inside. We particularly like the fresh taro! If youre coming after dinner, make sure youre not too full since these drinks can be very dense.

Evelyn Dela Cruz

Im just visiting from NY and my sister took me here .I dont know what to order so I ordered her Favorite # 2. Oh! my goodness, I wish you have a store in Manhattan.I will be there everyday! Delicious! Loved it! Went back again but the line is sooo long, I dont want to be late for my flight back home.I will be back " Bambu".

Grace G

A bunch of friends and I came here after a bday dinner and the staff here were overly generous in the length of our stay, customized orders, and our humor (someone wanted to take selfies of herself as the "boss" of the place). Next time well try the waffles, which looked delicious.

Jason Tsai

First time. Met a friend for "coffee" and wanted to try this place. Got the taro with coconut milk. Pretty good. It was a hot drink, it was real taro! and the taro was actually cooked. I didnt finish all of it, but I really want to come back to try the other things on the menu!

Patrick Au-Yeung

Funky, customizable vietnamese drinks. Super delicious. My go to drink is the coconut juice with lychee, grass jelly and red beans. We always come here for a snack, any time of day. Very nice and clean interior. You can play their board games while having your drink. Free wifi.

Benjamin Tang

Tasty drink desserts. When I went they ran out of boba (is that a thing??) but their other add ins were tasty and free (except for agar beads). They have some board games to play while waiting or hanging out but the door brings in quite the draft when it opens

Ellen Shen

I enjoy coconut milk based drinks, and Bambu does it well. Some combinations of ingredients dont work as well as others, in that they are "heavier" drinks than I would prefer. However, that hasnt stopped me from trying to get through the whole menu!

lily huang

Very delicious desserts that always satisfy my cravings. I didnt give them 5 stars simply because I wish they had smaller portion choices. Even though I enjoy every bite of all the desserts, too much of a good thing is sometimes not so good...

Stinky Bot

Ive only been to 4 different Bambus and this is the worst one. I ordered 2 of the same drinks and they cant seem to get the sweet consistency right even if they are identical. They are also the most expensive, even more than San Francisco.

Vivian Lee

Delicious desserts and wide variety of customizable drinks. There are exotic fruits available like jackfruit and durian. Mmm! Parking may be hard to find at the location, and there are other competing dessert places on the same street.

Rodolfo Peralta

Extremely good, yet very aromatic, the milk tea taste like im drinking a whole bottle of perfume, very unpleasant yet bewildering. Enjoyable to drink, a whole load of selection, variety of variety. Good customer service.

Brian Chang

A-mazing! Favorite dessert shop in San Mateo. Drinks are incredibly distinctive with there being an infinite combination of unique ingredients. Sit and enjoy your drink with one of the casual boardgame they offer too.

Linda Yang

I love their drinks. Its so tasty but dont come here before dinner. It really fills like a meal instead of a light drink. They do have light options but their signatures are so tasty!

Steven Chau

The day I went seemed to have had a bunch of kids working in the back who didnt make the drinks that well, versus other Bambu spots Ive been to with amazing drinks

Sascha Haeberling

Very tasty and refreshing drinks. Make sure to tell them our sweetness level. As a European I like to go half sweet often since it can be too sweet otherwise.

Venu Javarappa

Fresh ingredients, made to order, coming together to create magic! Best Asian desserts in the South Bay! Far far better than Sharetea. Great customer service!

Ed Miller

I mainly go here for the Vietnamese coffee and add some pearls. Fantastic. They have a lot of other desert type drinks, but I cant really comment on them.

Yen Duong

This place serves variations of the Vietnamese "che". My uncle loves the taro drink which is thick but not too thick. The durian smoothie is too dilute.

Ashwin Kumar Subramanian

Nice place downtown. They have games like jenga that you can play while you are having their drinks. They do have a pretty good variety of drinks.

Varun Mehta

A decent spot for boba milk tea and other desserts. Not as good as other milk tea shops nearby, but decent value for money.

Joanne Lee

Ordered the awesome trio and it reminded me of home (Malaysian cendol)! Thanks for making first experience memorable :)

Richard Magahiz

This little place is my favorite in town for Asian-style drinks. They have tables and gmes too, and I think waffles.

Sheila Xie

Love this place. This reminds me of the little drink stands in Vietnam. I like my watermelon and lime juice.

Daniel Lee

Its a different take on your boba/coffee/milk shake. I like it, but you have to enjoy "stuff" in your drink.