Gelabong

Welcome to The Boba Cub (Gelabong) in San Diego! We specialize in handcrafted boba drinks, fresh mochi donuts, and delicious taiyaki. Enjoy our wide selection of milk teas, matcha drinks, fruit teas, smoothies, and refreshing specialty drinks. Stop by for a sweet treat and discover your new favorite!

Gelabong is a bubble tea in San Diego, California. It is listed at 3882 Fourth Ave, San Diego, CA 92103, which places it among the local businesses of San Diego that residents and visitors turn to when they need this kind of service close by. Besides its main category, the business also describes itself as dessert shop, donut shop, so it may cover more than the name suggests.

Bubble tea, tea houses, Asian bakeries and dessert shops in this group are usually walk-in, counter-order businesses with a menu board overhead listing sweetness and ice levels you can adjust when ordering. Standard bubble tea customization includes sugar level (0-100%), ice level, and a choice of toppings like boba pearls, pudding or jelly, usually at a small extra charge. Asian bakeries sell items individually with tongs and a tray, cafeteria-style, rather than pre-boxed, and pastries are typically less sweet than Western bakery items. Lines build up quickly after school and in the evening, especially near colleges. Most of these businesses accept cards and mobile pay and skew younger in clientele and atmosphere.

The business lists hours on 7 days of the week. On most of those days it is open 11 am–9 pm. As with most places, expect changes around holidays; the phone number below is the fastest way to confirm. You can reach Gelabong at (858) 717-2634; calling is usually the quickest way to ask about availability, prices or directions. Its website is gelabong.com, where you may find menus, price lists or booking options.

Customers rate it 4.5 out of 5 on Google across 238 reviews, placing it among the better-regarded bubble tea in San Diego.

San Diego is in California, on the West Coast, where the climate ranges from foggy coast to hot inland valleys, wildfire season can affect air quality in late summer, and traffic is the main thing to plan around. US addresses list the street number and name, then the city, state abbreviation and ZIP code, and San Diego follows the same pattern; a suite or apartment number such as Ste 200 refers to a unit inside the building. The map link on this page shows the exact spot.

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