Convoy Boba & Desserts
19 spotsConvoy has more boba per block than anywhere in San Diego, plus Korean bingsoo, Japanese kakigori, fish-shaped ah-boong cones and souffle pancakes. Several stay open past 11pm, which makes this the city's after-dinner dessert strip.
The short answer
19 boba and dessert spots on Convoy, across 6 styles: Boba (7), Bakery (4), Shaved Ice (4), Ice Cream (2), Ah-boong (1) and Cafe (1).
- Easiest parking: MNGO Cafe, Sweet Vibe and MOTW Coffee & Pastries
- Guides: Boba, Bingsoo & Shaved Ice, Ice Cream, Pho & Vietnamese Food, Cheap Eats
Boba on Convoy
Yun Tea House
The prettiest boba tea house on Convoy — cloud lights, a little river running down the long table, and teas brewed to order so the tea actually comes through. One of the top-rated boba shops in San Diego, open until nearly midnight on weekends, and they'll pour you samples before you choose.
It's Boba Time
The long-running, roomy boba shop in Convoy Village with one of the biggest menus around — milk teas, slushes, smoothies, shakes, frappes and fresh juice, plus popcorn chicken, fries, acai bowls and shaved ice. Boba comes free in every drink, and there's plenty of seating to hang out or study.
Boba Bar and Desserts
A long-running, purple-themed boba and dessert shop in the Jasmine and Dumpling Inn lot. It's best known for puffles: hot bubble waffles stuffed with frozen custard and toppings, big enough for two. It also makes milk teas, brown sugar drinks, smoothies and Dole Whip, and it's open until 10:30pm (11pm on weekends).
Sweet Vibe
A small, spotless boba-and-cake shop tucked next to Hidden Fish, open until 11pm (midnight Friday and Saturday). Real-fruit slushes, taro and matcha drinks, and a case of cute boxed cakes — the Bearamisu tiramisu, Taromisu and marshmallow-succulent chocolate cake — that taste as good as they look.
Happy Lemon Convoy
San Diego's original Happy Lemon, tucked into a small center near Jasmine Seafood — salted cheese teas, fresh-squeezed lemon drinks, smoothies and bubble waffles baked to order, open until midnight on weekends. A roomy, remodeled shop that works as the after-dinner stop.
Wushiland Boba
Taiwan's Wushiland (50 Lan) as a walk-up counter inside 99 Ranch Market, signed as OO Tea: strong roasted oolong milk teas, real-grapefruit green tea and an unusually generous scoop of boba or mini boba, all in one large size. Takeout only. Temporarily closed for renovations as of October 2026 — Wushiland's Linda Vista Rd store is the nearest alternative.
3CAT Handcrafted Beverage
Cat-themed tea shop in the old Sharetea spot on north Convoy, known for dessert-thick mochi mango and avocado-mango drinks, fruit teas and milk teas made with Straus organic milk. Some of the best drinks on Convoy — but drinks often take 15 to 30 minutes, so order ahead.
Bakery on Convoy
Tasty Bakery
A family-run Cantonese-Vietnamese bakery in Convoy Village for 20-plus years: flaky pate so (pork and onion pies), banh bao, pork and coconut buns for $3-6, and light, not-too-sweet sponge cakes in pandan, taro, coffee and durian. It's the go-to for birthday cakes. Takeout only; closed Tuesdays.
Cake De Partie
Half Thai-fusion cafe, half dessert bar: Japanese souffle pancakes (worth the 35-45 minute wait), crepe cakes and Japanese toast, plus a savory menu of tom yum spaghetti, carbonara and crispy Thai-style Zapp wings. Order the souffle the moment you walk in, then eat lunch while it cooks.
K Bakery
A small, family-run Korean bakery that opened in August 2026 in Sunrise Towne Centre, in the old Sage Bakery space next to Nijiya. Shelves of individually wrapped Korean breads — red bean, soboro, mammoth bread, mugwort cream bread, curry croquettes — plus whole cakes and slices in the case, priced under the big chain bakeries.
Beard Papa's
The Japanese cream puff chain, back in San Diego since October 2025 in the little plaza at Convoy and Balboa (next to Kawaii House). Crisp choux-and-pie-crust shells — original, matcha, chocolate, Oreo, cookie butter, strawberry, torched creme brulee — filled to order with not-too-sweet vanilla bean custard, $4-5.50 each.
Shaved Ice on Convoy
Sul & Beans
Korean bingsoo cafe sharing a busy, buzzing room with Somi Somi: snow-fine milk ice heaped with fresh strawberries or mango, injeolmi rice cake, black sesame or matcha and red bean, $12.50-14.95 a bowl and big enough for two. Warm taiyaki and dessert toasts too, until 10pm (10:30 on weekends).
KOLI Bar
A tiny Japanese kakigori bar from the team behind Yakyudori and Hinotez: snow-soft ice shipped from Kanazawa, house-made fruit purees with real fruit and ice cream hidden inside, and bowls shaped like polar bears. Each table is its own resin diorama. Order at the kiosk; noon to 10pm daily.
Yuki Yuki Handcrafted Beverage & Kakigori
A roomy new kakigori and craft-drink cafe (opened spring 2026) in the 3904 Convoy plaza: huge bowls of fluffy Japanese shaved ice with ice from Japan, organic milk and surprise fillings, plus seven-times-scented jasmine milk teas, real-fruit smoothies and creamochi, a drinkable mochi. Plenty of seats; kiosk ordering.
MNGO Cafe
Mango everything — powder-fine mango kakigori with pudding hidden inside, warm mango sticky rice, sago and smoothies — in a big, bright room built around a mango tree. Desserts are sized to share between two to four, it's open until midnight on weekends, and the plaza lot is free.
Ice Cream on Convoy
Coco Bomb
Cocobomb brings Thai coconut desserts to Convoy Pointe, next to Bonchon: house-made coconut-milk ice cream (vegan and dairy-free) in coconut, pandan, mango, taro and Thai tea, served three scoops deep in a young coconut with fresh mango and coconut meat for $11. Mango sticky rice, coconut cake and Thai sweets like lot chong round it out, until 10pm (11pm on weekends).
Sunday Ice Cream
A small, family-run scoop shop in Seoul Plaza making its own Asian-flavored ice cream: pandan, ube taro, black sesame, Thai tea, boricha (roasted barley), injeolmi, jasmine milk tea, Vietnamese coffee, Milo and Hello Panda, plus fruit sorbets. Free samples, a split scoop for two flavors, and open until 11pm (midnight Friday and Saturday).
Ah-boong on Convoy
Cafe on Convoy
Boba & Sweets on Convoy: common questions
Where can I get boba and dessert on Convoy?
19 spots across 6 styles: Boba (7), Bakery (4), Shaved Ice (4), Ice Cream (2), Ah-boong (1) and Cafe (1).
Which boba and dessert spots on Convoy are open latest?
MNGO Cafe (until midnight), Sweet Vibe (until midnight), Happy Lemon Convoy (until midnight).
Where is parking easiest for boba and dessert spots on Convoy?
MNGO Cafe, Sweet Vibe and MOTW Coffee & Pastries have lots we rate easy. Most other spots share busy plaza lots — see the parking guide.