I’m not normally a google reviewer, but I’ve found myself to be a Thai Tea expert so I’m going to review this establishment strictly based on that.It was a bad thai tea boba smoothie. It tasted alright I guess, but there was zero thai tea flavor. It just tasted like milk or cream. But the price was decent at $5.47+.70~ for boba and I liked that tea and smoothie was the same price. Anyways, if you appreciate a good thai tea, this isn’t the place.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 1
Service: 4
Justin L.
My cousins were visiting from abroad, and they were looking for Lakers merch to take home as gifts. We went around every Big 5, Champs, Fanzz, etc. and ended up at South Bay Galleria. I took a break from all the shopping and decided to grab a drink from here. You'll find them on the third floor of the shopping mall, where Dairy Queen and Orange Julius used to be. The neighborhood is largely safe, but crime is above average statistically for this specific area. Don't store valuables in vehicles or keep them out of sight. Always make sure you're not being followed. Avoid coming around the evening hours. In general, I'm more mindful of my surroundings here than at other places due to prior shootings and stabbings that have happened here. It was a slow weekday, with only one person working. My order took about ten minutes. There's not much seating in the immediate vicinity, but the food court is a short walk away if you need to sit somewhere. I got the Creamy Mocha Smoothie, which was alright. Didn't have too much coffee flavor to it. The consistency was fine, creamy as advertised. Besides the chocolate swirls it was kind of bland overall, it tasted more vanilla-y. Doubt I'll be back.
Marisela M
One of the best I had taste ? delicious ?
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Julie N.
Decent tasting Thai tea. Tea flavor wasn't the strongest, but did taste a lot like vanilla, maybe it was the creamer. Was very creamy after all. Boba was cooked well, and had a good sweetness to it. Gave a nice amount of boba. I feel price is a bit high for what you get, but not insanely so. A 16oz is $4.50, which is fair, while boba is a additional $0.75, which again is fair (these days). Sales tax is another $0.50 so altogether was $5.75 for the small cup. A 24oz would run you $5 alone, so probably around $6.25 altogether, which is on par with chain shops even. Granted it is a small business, so it could cost more, however given the tea shop competition in the area I wouldn't make this my end all be all choice, especially since milk tea doesn't seem like their main focus compared to the ice cream.Service was fast. Cashier wasn't super friendly but got the job done. Drink came out in about a minute since another employee was there.Wasn't able to snap a pic of the menu because I was in a hurry, but for those who want the fish cones seen in other pictures, pretty sure they don't do them anymore. Didn't see any pictures of them, waffle equipment out, or even the fish cones listed on the menu (instead just says ice cream cone for $3.50).Overall, solid experience and if you're craving milk tea while at the Galleria go for it. Was there running errands and in my quest to find the best milk tea in Redondo/Torrance/Gardena couldn't resist stopping by, but wouldn't go there for it alone in the future, despite being a local. Worth a try, not sure about a repeat since it was good and priced okay but not amazing. Didn't try it but I figure the ice cream can't be bad either.
Rob A.
Cafe Meli Mellow is located inside the South Bay Galleria serving delicious coffee (hot or iced), teas, smoothies, and lemonade. All good stuff but you want to try the Taiyaki with soft-served ice cream (add toppings). Much better than a waffle cone and an excellent compliment when filled with a frozen treat. Journey up to the third floor and give them a try. Note, if there's a line, it can be a bit of a wait.
Daniel A.
If I could 0 stars. We showed up at 540. And that rude weird guy with the glasses refused us service and lied and said they were out of boba anyways. Which was a complete LIE!!! We drove 25 mins Judy's for this unprofessionalism. HORRIBLE SERVICE
Mckenna Butler
Their boba is always fresh and they have a ton of delicious drinks. They have the best Taro and Mocha I’ve ever had, and speaking as a chocolate enjoyer, their vanilla is the only one I will pay for. Best I’ve cream and everyone is always so friendly, even when it gets super busy. I’ll never stop going here.
Cherine Haz
Very bad ingredients in poor quality they just add loads of cream lots of shaved ice no good quality of herbs or teas or even their coffee is horrible we try to order a coffee and they only have the shaved one with the small shot we don't want that that shouldn't be a problem if we needed over a few ice cubes not just shaved and dry I would recommend going anywhere else for any bobas or any type of iced coffees because otherwise that's a smoothie not everybody wants a smoothie in December.It's funny how the girl just decides for herself and she just turns her face that she either get your hot coffee and shut up or get the smoothie we will not do it on ice. Terrible quality and turbo ingredients not everybody is drunk in their bodies or eyes
Cristina D.
Please try to close at the time posted instead of 15 minutes early. Was looking forward to ice cream, I'll have to go to the yogurt spot instead
Very good Thai Tea! Sweet and delicious. The service was quick and the ambiance was chill.
Michael M.
Slow, slow, slow Not a happy camper been waiting 20 minutes for our 2 drinks. One person making the drinks
Ali Davis
mango smoothie so good i could beat up the mayor
Parker s.
Best boba in la. Hands down so upset they are closed until further notice. Great service great drinks blended or not. I really hope they will open back up soon. Located at top floor of mall! The best hands doen
Sumera S.
I loved the drink a lot and I thought my baby brother would like it so I gave it to him and when I looked away he busted the cup and he's 1 so I thought they could make better Quality cups like Starbucks their cups are so high-quality I mean the café has good drinks but as I said my brother busted it and we had to throw it away I do like the Boba I hope you like my review and I hope this helps
Little pricey, staff is nice. Product is good.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
I’m not normally a google reviewer, but I’ve found myself to be a Thai Tea expert so I’m going to review this establishment strictly based on that.It was a bad thai tea boba smoothie. It tasted alright I guess, but there was zero thai tea flavor. It just tasted like milk or cream. But the price was decent at $5.47+.70~ for boba and I liked that tea and smoothie was the same price. Anyways, if you appreciate a good thai tea, this isn’t the place.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 1
Service: 4
My cousins were visiting from abroad, and they were looking for Lakers merch to take home as gifts. We went around every Big 5, Champs, Fanzz, etc. and ended up at South Bay Galleria. I took a break from all the shopping and decided to grab a drink from here. You'll find them on the third floor of the shopping mall, where Dairy Queen and Orange Julius used to be. The neighborhood is largely safe, but crime is above average statistically for this specific area. Don't store valuables in vehicles or keep them out of sight. Always make sure you're not being followed. Avoid coming around the evening hours. In general, I'm more mindful of my surroundings here than at other places due to prior shootings and stabbings that have happened here. It was a slow weekday, with only one person working. My order took about ten minutes. There's not much seating in the immediate vicinity, but the food court is a short walk away if you need to sit somewhere. I got the Creamy Mocha Smoothie, which was alright. Didn't have too much coffee flavor to it. The consistency was fine, creamy as advertised. Besides the chocolate swirls it was kind of bland overall, it tasted more vanilla-y. Doubt I'll be back.
One of the best I had taste ? delicious ?
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Decent tasting Thai tea. Tea flavor wasn't the strongest, but did taste a lot like vanilla, maybe it was the creamer. Was very creamy after all. Boba was cooked well, and had a good sweetness to it. Gave a nice amount of boba. I feel price is a bit high for what you get, but not insanely so. A 16oz is $4.50, which is fair, while boba is a additional $0.75, which again is fair (these days). Sales tax is another $0.50 so altogether was $5.75 for the small cup. A 24oz would run you $5 alone, so probably around $6.25 altogether, which is on par with chain shops even. Granted it is a small business, so it could cost more, however given the tea shop competition in the area I wouldn't make this my end all be all choice, especially since milk tea doesn't seem like their main focus compared to the ice cream.Service was fast. Cashier wasn't super friendly but got the job done. Drink came out in about a minute since another employee was there.Wasn't able to snap a pic of the menu because I was in a hurry, but for those who want the fish cones seen in other pictures, pretty sure they don't do them anymore. Didn't see any pictures of them, waffle equipment out, or even the fish cones listed on the menu (instead just says ice cream cone for $3.50).Overall, solid experience and if you're craving milk tea while at the Galleria go for it. Was there running errands and in my quest to find the best milk tea in Redondo/Torrance/Gardena couldn't resist stopping by, but wouldn't go there for it alone in the future, despite being a local. Worth a try, not sure about a repeat since it was good and priced okay but not amazing. Didn't try it but I figure the ice cream can't be bad either.
Cafe Meli Mellow is located inside the South Bay Galleria serving delicious coffee (hot or iced), teas, smoothies, and lemonade. All good stuff but you want to try the Taiyaki with soft-served ice cream (add toppings). Much better than a waffle cone and an excellent compliment when filled with a frozen treat. Journey up to the third floor and give them a try. Note, if there's a line, it can be a bit of a wait.
If I could 0 stars. We showed up at 540. And that rude weird guy with the glasses refused us service and lied and said they were out of boba anyways. Which was a complete LIE!!! We drove 25 mins Judy's for this unprofessionalism. HORRIBLE SERVICE
Their boba is always fresh and they have a ton of delicious drinks. They have the best Taro and Mocha I’ve ever had, and speaking as a chocolate enjoyer, their vanilla is the only one I will pay for. Best I’ve cream and everyone is always so friendly, even when it gets super busy. I’ll never stop going here.
Very bad ingredients in poor quality they just add loads of cream lots of shaved ice no good quality of herbs or teas or even their coffee is horrible we try to order a coffee and they only have the shaved one with the small shot we don't want that that shouldn't be a problem if we needed over a few ice cubes not just shaved and dry I would recommend going anywhere else for any bobas or any type of iced coffees because otherwise that's a smoothie not everybody wants a smoothie in December.It's funny how the girl just decides for herself and she just turns her face that she either get your hot coffee and shut up or get the smoothie we will not do it on ice. Terrible quality and turbo ingredients not everybody is drunk in their bodies or eyes
Please try to close at the time posted instead of 15 minutes early. Was looking forward to ice cream, I'll have to go to the yogurt spot instead
Restaurantji Recommends
Very good Thai Tea! Sweet and delicious. The service was quick and the ambiance was chill.
Slow, slow, slow Not a happy camper been waiting 20 minutes for our 2 drinks. One person making the drinks
mango smoothie so good i could beat up the mayor
Best boba in la. Hands down so upset they are closed until further notice. Great service great drinks blended or not. I really hope they will open back up soon. Located at top floor of mall! The best hands doen
I loved the drink a lot and I thought my baby brother would like it so I gave it to him and when I looked away he busted the cup and he's 1 so I thought they could make better Quality cups like Starbucks their cups are so high-quality I mean the café has good drinks but as I said my brother busted it and we had to throw it away I do like the Boba I hope you like my review and I hope this helps