I wanted to love it, but I just didn't. I liked the concept, but the actual experience was a bit unsatisfactory for a variety of reasons.
I stopped in here last weekend for the first time ever. I was really looking forward to it, but something about the place just seemed off. Maybe it was the somewhat off-putting teenagers behind the counter who were texting, maybe it was the "do it yourself" concept, basically an Old Country Buffet type of place for frozen yogurt, or maybe it was the debris left on two random tables that hadn't been cleaned off yet. I don't know. At any rate, I was completely willing to give it a shot, despite my initial misgivings.
As I said, the concept is entirely self-serve. You pick out the type of container you want, flavors, toppings, etc and take it up to the counter, where they weigh it. The price is factored in solely by weight. I'm not really sure how I feel about that, but anyway, it's how they do it. It apparently has nothing to do with the choices/number of toppings or flavors, just the weight of the contents.
After paying, I found a table and dug in, really looking forward to some tasty frozen yogurt. What I got was kind of hit or miss and it had nothing to do with the combination of flavors I chose and how they complimented each other (or didn't) with the toppings. Nope. To me, most of the flavors tasted somewhat artificial and not at all authentic. Between my husband and myself, I had managed to try at least five different frozen yogurt flavors. The sea salt caramel pretzel tasted nothing like it should. It was pretty flat and boring, without even a hint of caramel. Where was the caramel? Where was the sea salt? Heck, where was the pretzel flavor? I definitely do not know.
The cake pop yogurt was okay, a little flat, but otherwise quite middle of the road, but the espresso tasted very little like real espresso or any coffee-flavored frozen yogurt that I've had before. It didn't resemble a coffee flavor in any way. It just wasn't particularly good. The tahitian vanilla was great and was the one flavor that tasted pretty much like what it should. I wish my dish had more of that and less of the other flavors. I would have been happier, that's for certain, but that's on me. As for the white chocolate mousse, it didn't strike me much as white chocolate, but it was fine, it just didn't taste like white chocolate. I just so happen to love white chocolate and even devoted an entire layer of my wedding cake to the flavor, but this didn't really fulfill my yen for white chocolate mousse. Like I said, it was fine, but a little inauthentic.
Now, onto the toppings bar. Well, they had a great variety of both dry and fruit toppings, as well as flavored syrups and whip creme, but the dry toppings seemed kinda stale. Maybe they were left in their dispensers too long or they've gone stale because of oxidation? I'm not sure, but the dry toppings were a bit of a letdown. I should have gone with more fruit toppings instead.
As for the price, it's a little on the high side for what you're getting. I mean, the flavors didn't wow me and most of them tasted eerily similar to each other. I expected a little more from this location. At any rate, my husband liked the place enough to sign up for a rewards card, so I'm sure I'll give it another chance. Next time, I'll stick to the fruit toppings and limit my yogurt flavor choices to probably the tahitian vanilla. read more