I went here last week and had very fast service and very nice and friendly employees! Alexis was my cashier and she was happy, friendly, and also knowledgeable about gluten free/dairy free ingredients in each smoothie! I was surprised that she made my 2 smoothies so quickly, and they were both very good! I meant to write this last Wednesday after I went there, but was too busy. Thank you, Alexis! I hope you are there next time I go there to get my delicious smoothies! Great customer service! :) -Bridget Also the only thing I would recommend PLEASE is to have gluten free sandwich bread there at each location. I'm Celiac, and there are lots of restaurants that have gluten free sandwich bread, and I am surprised that, after I asked Tropical Smoothie Cafe years ago to add this, they still have not added this. If corporate is reading this, or any manager is reading this from one of the locations, please tell corporate to add gluten-free sandwich bun to the menus there at each location. Thank you very much! read more

There is one girl in there who is great. Today I went in and two employees was just eating and drinking behind the counter while customers were in there with us waiting. It was very unprofessional. My food was made wrong and I noticed this when I brought it back which made me more frustrated as it seemed they were more focused on social time than customer transactions! read more

We were in and outta here in 5 minutes. We ordered ahead of time and our smoothies were ready when we arrived. Employees were enthusiastic to see us and our smoothies were tasty. Although we didn't stay, the place looked spacious and clean. read more

Service was fine, staff was polite. However, the smoothies are flavorless- very diluted. Not one hint of any ingredient. That's not cool at about $10 per drink. I guess cold ice is good on a warm day. But I won't go back. read more

Store smells like mold/mildew. Service was absolutely terrible. Requested to substitute chipotle may with Buffalo sauce, and they put way to much of both on the flatbread to where it was inedible. Skinny dark hair employee threw my food on the table and called the wrong name, and proceeded to throw my acai bowl in the bag with my food. When I requested another bag, the employee swore at me. When I realized the flatbread was inedible, I went back and requested the sandwich be remade. The old man with tattoos had an attitude when asked to remake the sandwich, and burnt the flatbread. The employees are a reflection of the management, and due to the way he handled the situation, he should not be in charge, and the young lady that swore at me should be fired. read more

Decided to share a peanut butter cup smoothie with the bf and I'm so glad we did. Our cup was huge! I'm not too sure why this place has such bad reviews but I promise if you get the peanut butter smoothie you won't be disappointed! I thought it was super good and I would definitely come back to try a different smoothie if I was in the area. read more

Tropical Smoothie Cafe - Peanut Butter Cup Smoothie - Sandwiches Near Me - Ann Arbor, Michigan

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Ordered 3 wraps and they were poorly made with hard rice. Didn't eat the food because undercooked rice is unpleasant to eat. Asked for a refund. Employee couldn't figure out how to do so and needs to call the owner who was unreachable. Still waiting on my refund 3 hours later because they said they'll call me smh this is the worst tropical smoothie location i've been to. Customer service is horrible and so is the food. read more

Absolute disregard for customer safety. Ordered for pickup. Almost left my car but saw the woman making drinks not wearing a mask. Left without my pre-paid drink. Very disappointed. Also they don't blend their drinks very well (know this from past experience), nor do they ever answer the phone. Unfortunate. Go to the one on Washtenaw instead. Very good customer service and great smoothies!!! read more

Was very unhappy with the service and the disregard for customers attention. I ordered one smoothie and was told there was a single order ahead of me. What these awful people didn't tell me was that single order was for an office of 12 people. I got a look at the order slip when I peered over the counter. Wondering what was wrong. That's not a single order ahead of you. That is a lot of orders ahead of you. 12 orders! If they had been honest I would have walked out the door and if I hadn't already paid same goes. First, learn to count how many orders are on a single order slip. 12 smoothies plus 12 meals. That does not equal one order. I haven't been back since and that was probably 2 months ago. I live right around the corner but I'll find somewhere else for my smoothies read more

My kids go here a lot! They have great smoothies, healthy options. This is a nice spot!

Worst service I have ever had. This story is completely tan by teenagers who have no idea what they're doing. The food was horrible and took 45 minutes to make with barely no line. read more

I placed an order on Grub Hub to pick up a smoothie from this location. When I arrived, a girl with blond hair and pregnant was behind the counter preparing my order. Another gentleman behind the counter asked her about my order. The girl went on a tangent about my order, stating, "I'm not wasting my time making one fucking smoothie for this bitch", she referred to me as a bitch several more times. She then turned and I let her know the order was mine. She finished putting my smoothie together and didn't say much else. I called the store shortly after leaving and asked to speak with a manager. I believe the same girl answered the phone. She stated that her name was Alexis, I believe, and that she was the manager. I explained to her the situation. There was no apology for the experience, she asked me no questions about the situation. Her only response was, "I'll address the issue." I've had issues with this location before, I had previously sent in a pick up order that was cancelled without any contact, however the person working at that time was very kind and apologetic about the situation. The interaction today was unsettling and unnecessary. read more

I called to place an order, she didn't even know how to ring me up over the phone or place me on hold. I heard the whole conversation between her and whomever else was there. My sandwich was made very poorly and sloppy. When we went to pick up the order we were told that she didn't have enough cash to break $100, but we clearly saw a full drawer. Worst experience ever. read more

Tropical Smoothie Cafe - Sandwiches Near Me - Ann Arbor, Michigan

A little slow in the morning (the times I've been there was only one person working). Inside it's nice and open but I had to take off a point because I found a couple of fruit flies in my smoothie. I know lunch time is probably hectic, but I'll stick to the morning stop for now. One more thing, no happy hour specials like other locations I've been to, but it's Ann Arbor. read more

Tropical Smoothie Cafe - Sandwiches Near Me - Ann Arbor, Michigan

Literally loathe everyone that works at this location on a personal level. It must take EFFORT to do your jobs this badly. Every single time I have ordered food (from 3 miles away) the delivery takes at least 1.5 hours. Twice now I have needed to cancel orders due to the amount of time the order was taking, and they just did not answer the phone so I was unable to do so. I ended up having to work with GrubHub to get my money back ($100 order.) This immature girl answered the phone like a child telling me her "Big Boss" was gone for the day so she couldn't help me. Cool, if you're not capable of working alone then why are you? Unanimously the people I know that have gone to this location just do not order food from Tropical Smoothie if this is the only location that will deliver, etc. They just choose not to purchase anything instead, that's how bad the entire customer service experience is here. It's a college town but that does not mean you have to hire irresponsible, incompetent students. read more

I hope this place is able to make it because the food and smoothies we had were pretty good! Nestled in a quaint shopping mall is this place and unfortunately you have to get there before 8pm or you're not going to make it in time. We had two sandwiches, one a chicken apple flatbread that was more filling than I expected. It had juicy white meat chicken, fresh apples, bacon, kale, and a honey mustard dressing. The flatbread was warm and toasted and made my taste buds sing! Our other sandwich was the chipotle chicken flatbread that had just a little kick to it, but like the other one, it had a warm, toasted fluffy flatbread that was delish! I got a kids strawberry banana smoothie that was pretty good, but while it was flavorful with fruit, I would have liked a little more smoothie-ness with some milk or yogurt. My fiance got the peanut butter cup smoothie and while watching them make it, it appeared super thick and I cringed a little when she added some water to it to thin it down. It was OK, but was a little "blah". Overall the service was friendly and upbeat, and I maybe a little more advertising would do them well! read more

I'm here for the first time and sitting here at the counter watching a guy touch people's sandwiches and wrap them with out gloves on. Super grossed out. Won't be back. read more

Tropical Smoothie Cafe - Sandwiches Near Me - Ann Arbor, Michigan

Slow service! Be prepared to wait for a long time. I wonder how they'll cope with Panera right there. Hope they improve as days goes by.

Smoothies - excellent Food - eh, okay Staff - chickens with their heads cut off I have been to this location upwards of 10 times and I kid you not every time, it's the same exact service. They try, they really do, but they must have a lot of turn over because no one ever knows what's going on. One visit the woman at the register just started ignoring people and not taking orders because they could not keep up. Not saying sorry please hold while we get situated, literally just ignoring. Today I placed an online order because I had the flu and could barely get out of bed, showed up 5 min late to pick it up and still had to wait almost 15 minutes. There were only 4 customers in the store!! Sorry to everyone that was forced to breathe in germs because TS can't prepare orders in time. If you see that you need more time... change your ordering system to provide a minimum of 30 min for pick up orders, not 10. read more

Came here when it was not even busy. Waited 30 minutes for a buffalo chicken wrap. Don't come here if you are in a rush

I love tropical smoothie cafe, but for some reason, this location is very inconsistent with the smoothie recipes. It makes me want to drive 10 min to another location when this one is walking distance from my apartment. I get the same exact smoothie several times a week and it always tastes different. Very hit or miss. Yesterday mine was so icey It hardly tasted like a smoothie. Today it was a completely different color and also has a very mild taste. One time I came in and watched a new employee make it (she was reading the recipe card and following closely to the measurements) and it was the best smoothie I've ever had! Please train all of the employees go follow the recipes no matter how well they think they know it!!!!!!!!!! read more

I have to say I had a pretty good experience. I want in about 4:30 on a Friday. It was full of young people. They quickly took my order I was in and then out within 5/10 minutes. Nothing extraordinary sticks out to me about the staff. But hey! It wasn't a bad experience at all. So, I guess that's a plus. read more

This is the WORST tropical smoothie location. Ordered online 2.5 hours ago, and still haven't received my order... I have been trying to call for 30+ minutes and no one has answered the phone. I will never spend another dollar here! read more

Worst tropical smoothie experience ever!!!!! Go to the one up the street NOT THILittle girl working talked to her friends the whole time she made smoothies while there was a huge line. Then continued to keep touching the smoothie going into my cup with her hand so I had to ask her to remake it and they giggled when it was so disgusting!!!! Can't imagine what happens when you're not looking. read more

In my opinion, a minimum of like $25 is WAYYY to much! I can never order for just myself is so annoying. Also the food doesn't taste fresh to me and they need to have a smaller sized smoothie. read more

Worst place ever! Employees weren't very friendly and took a long time to get my order.

This is a weekly stop for lunch for me. EXCELLENT food, smoothies and service. I prefer the Thai chicken wrap and have tried a number of different smoothies. This place will not disappoint. read more

I went in today around 5:30 and was extremely disappointed when I left. There were probably 6-8 people working.. who were clearly getting paid to socialize and hang out with one another (which is fine when business is slow..), but myself and a woman with two small children entered the store and all but two had continued to socialize... Except it was beyond obnoxious, loud, and inappropriate. The woman and her children decided to wait outside (it is 85* out today) while their drinks were being made, since it was so obnoxious. I have to say, the boy who rang me up was very kind, professional, and apologized for their behavior. read more

Love this place! Owners take the time to meet their regulars, that they call you by your name as you walk in. Great service and the smoothies are amazing! read more

normally i love tropical smoothie but this one was an awful experience. first off the servers where really rude and stared at us the whole time we where there. they didn't get our order right or listen to the requests we made to them. and worst off we found hair plastic and nails in our smoothie. save yourself the money and DO NOT go here. read more

This place is awesome! I have now been here twice. Each time was soo delicious! I had the Totally Green smoothie which was exactly what I needed after being dehydrated after a long football Saturday. And also had the Thai Chicken wrap which was excellent! Served warm, with delicious sauce, but also had some crunch to it. Love this place. I will be back again and again! read more

We have had conflicting experiences at this location. We have been there 3 times. 1 of the times it was a completely positive experience. Nice people working and the food was good. The two other times we had issues getting food. Once they stated they had no more chicken left but after seeing my son's disappointment they said never mind and they could make it happen (this time it was not even close to closing time). Tonight we walk in at 7:31 (they close at 8:00pm) and first order smoothies and the young woman working helped us navigate that well (suggestions/etc). When we progressed to order food another young woman came from the back and let us know that they had already cleaned the grill and the kitchen was shut down. I stated that I thought they closed at 8 and she let me know that they cleaned the ovens tonight. My suggestion would be to close the restaurant when you actually close the restaurant. read more

For a place with "Smoothie" in the name, you'd think they'd be amazing and flavorful. I got a strawberry banana smoothie and all I can taste is the pound of ice they put in the smoothie. It's so watered down and has just a hint of strawberry flavor. So much of the smoothie was leftover in the blender, that the smoothie I drank didn't even have all of the strawberries and bananas that are supposed to be mixed in. It's pretty pricey for a cup of blended ice. Not impressed. read more

Stopped in to grab a smoothie , staff was very rude conversing with each other . We were never greeted or acknowledged , a Caucasian male walked in behind me and the entire staff greeted him very unprofessional and I won't be back here again read more

I cannot have possibly been more let down. I got their flyer in the mail and it all looked so yummy. I went in and there was nobody in the place except a young girl waiting for a job interview and one woman ahead of me. Behind the counter the girls were working frantically on all the blenders making as many smoothies as they could. When I ordered my smoothie I was told it would be a minute because they had just received a big order. No big deal for me I just added a sandwich to my order so I'd have something for lunch. After a moment or 2 my drink was put up on the order counter. Terrific, my sandwich should be coming up shortly behind. 20 minutes later I was now madder than h*** and went around to where the manager was and said what is going on. He informing that they can only see 7-8 tickets on the board at the time, I looked and there were actually 8 tickets on the board and mine STILL wasn't up. I told him that if you can't get to an order you tell the customer... he pointed out again that they can't always see it. I stopped looked him in the eye and very slowly said if you cannot get to a customer's order right away then you need to tell them it will be a few minutes so that they have a choice as to whether or not they're going to sit around and wait. Is it turns out mine was ticket number 9 the next 1 to come up by this point I was so angry I was shaking. I was ignored by every girl in that place and you know what? Their great big super size order with all over the food and sandwiches and drinks, after all that time in the 20 minutes that I stood around, nobody ever showed up to pick the dam thing up. They should have left 1 or 2 girls free to help the rest of the customers who were piling up behind me also waiting for their orders instead they put every single person to work on 1 single order. I don't care how big it is, you leave somebody free to take care of your other customers otherwise it looks like you don't give a dam about anyone except the big ones. read more

20 minutes and counting waiting for a single smoothie? Ridiculous. Don't waste your time.

I frequent this location, and I usually place my orders through the app for pick up. More often than not the orders are not ready, not even started, and sometimes they are very unprepared. No one seems to be interested read more

I give the smoothies a 4. Love the variety. My favorite is the peanut Paradise. My complaint however is they always seem to be understaffed. We just waited just under 30 minutes for 2 smoothies. Seems like each time I've been there they've only had 1 person making smoothies. They were moving quick but could use another set of hands. read more

For the 4th time in a row, this location has made my smoothie wrong. Not just mine, but every single person who has also gotten a smoothie with me has had it made wrong. When asked to remake, it was remade wrong. The ladies are not friendly and seem confused. Go look at their order online section, they are located next to "Penera"... Seriously don't go here! read more

Just grabbed sunrise sunset smoothies with a friend. Delicious! I got an energizer boost, she got probiotic boost, they are fabulous! Great team as well, friendly and welcoming. Place is spotless! read more