This boba shop is celebrating its grand opening tomorrow with a buy-one-get-one-free deal

Happy Lemon is now open in Kōʻula at Ward Village.

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Kelli Shiroma Braiotta

March 07, 2025less than a minute read

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Oreo milk tea with puff cream ($8), strawberry lemon slushy ($8) and ube milkshake with puff cream ($8). Photo by Kelli Shiroma Braiotta (Aloha State Daily Staff)

This boba shop is celebrating its grand opening by offering customers a buy-one-get-one free drink deal.

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Happy Lemon soft-opened in Kōʻula at Ward Village. Photo by Kelli Shiroma Braiotta (Aloha State Daily Staff)

Happy Lemon, the boba tea chain known for its handcrafted drinks and rock salt cheese tea, moved from its former Ward location (1200 Ala Moana Blvd.) to Kōʻula at Ward Village. It’s located close to Dean & Deluca, Nori Bar, Club Pilates and Cino.

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Oreo milk tea with puff cream ($8), strawberry lemon slushy ($8) and ube milkshake with puff cream ($8). Photo by Kelli Shiroma Braiotta (Aloha State Daily Staff)

While the shop has been soft-open for the past week, it’s celebrating its grand opening on Saturday, March 8. Customers can take advantage of the BOGO offer — buy one drink and get the second drink free — from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.                  

The first 100 customers will get a free Happy Lemon tote bag.

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Soft serve ($6). Photo by Kelli Shiroma Braiotta (Aloha State Daily Staff)

Happy Lemon weas founded in Taiwan in 2006 and has expanded to more than 350 locations worldwide. The Ward Village location is the only one in the U.S. to offer a housemade vanilla soft serve ($6), available in a cup or cone with toppings like Oreo crumbs or boba.

The new location features a variety of the business’s signature milk teas, classic brewed teas, fruit teas, fresh fruit smoothies and bubble waffles. You’ll still find Hawaiʻi-exclusive drinks like mango lemon, passionfruit lemon and strawberry lemon slushies ($8 each).

CONTACT
Happy Lemon
1000 Auahi St., Honolulu
happylemonusa.com
Instagram: @happylemonhawaii
Open from 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Sundays-Thursdays, 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Fridays-Saturdays Parking available at Ward Theatre parking lot

Kelli Shiroma Braiotta can be reached at kelli@alohastatedaily.com.

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Kelli Shiroma Braiotta

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Kelli Shiroma Braiotta is a Food & Dining Reporter for Aloha State Daily.