Picked up sandwiches for the road. All the sandwiches were delicious - we had a baja chicken salad bowl, an island chicken quesadilla, a pulled port quesadilla, and a chicken club Flatbread sandwich. The prices - each about $6 - are extremely reasonable. Such a good alternative to greasy burgers. The website has an online ordering option, so I was able to place the order while on the road, drive up and walk past the other customers to just pick up my order. It was easy and convenient. During this time, customers are required to wear masks and practice social distancing. I was pleased to see all customers respecting the rules. However, I would have expected that the workers would wear masks - but none of them wore them. read more

I just popped in on my way to work to grab a smoothie. The place was not busy so service was fast. I knew what i wanted and placed my order. The young woman went right to the back to make it and i was on my way. If i wanted to hang around the ambiance was peaceful and clam. I'll be back again. read more

Tropical Smoothie Cafe - AVOCOLADA-SMOOTHIE - Sandwiches Near Me - Colonial Heights, Virginia

Instacart order on 10/16/25. My food arrived in a bag WITHOUT any napkins or utensils. NO STRAW?! How exactly am I supposed to eat an açaí bowl or drink a smoothie without utensils and a straw? The wrap snd açaí bowl were good. The kale salad did not look or smell fresh so I tossed it. Very disappointed. read more

Tropical Smoothie in Colonial Heights only gives 1 day to pickup your Birthday Smoothie! This is senseless! I was out with family and didn't have time to pick up my free item! You need to be like other restaurant Establishments and give a person 7-30 days to pick up! Most of my free bday items from stores has given me 30 days to pick it up!!! Some have given 7 but having to pick it up on the very Birthday is definitely meant for your customers dissatisfaction and keeps you from giving anything away for FREE! What a Stan in the back! read more

Came in for 2 smoothies and a meal. The staff had messed up every single order prior to ours, and did not input my order properly after repeating it back to me. The smoothies came out really liquidy. Seems they're training someone, which is perfectly understandable, but all employees during my visit seemed very standoffish, which only frustrated everyone that much more. read more

It's a hit or miss store quite frankly along with their staff members. You may go in there and get the perfect wrap and smoothie but the next time.. might be a completely negative experience. My smoothies are typically pretty good, but the wraps themselves tend to be disappointing. read more

This store is horrible. At least they're consistent with it. Each and every visit here has been the same : horrible. Watered down smoothies, horrible attitudes, messy disgustingly sloppy wraps, nasty store and bathroom, i have nothing positive to say about these people. They don't greet you when u walk in, they just stare. Especially the black guy with the coke bottle glasses - he is the absolute worst at this. When u reach him at the counter he doesn't say hi , can i help you, what would u like to order, nothing. Just a dumb blank stare. Is there even a manager at this place? It doesnt appear to be. They should be fired as well for not implementing better policies and hiring friendly people who desire to work with the public. Look at the reviews, this place needs an overhaul badly. I never have these issues at any other location, just this one. I've been here 3 times. On my last visit i was in this store for 30 minutes waiting on one smoothie only to find out they had made it but kept it in the back. WHY? Some light brown short dude who was slowly making the smoothies said i need to stand in line and ask for my order if its a pickup. What is the point of placing the order online if i STILL need to wait in line? Since when has this been the rule? I've never done that at any other location, including this one. Why would i need to do this anyway when u have a pickup window? So whose orders are waiting in the section that reads "PICKUP ORDERS"?? No, he just told me some made up bullcrap to attempt to justify having my smoothie melting in the back. I called door dash and got my money back. I will drive to Chester before i go back to this trifling location. read more

They didn't have any Açaí bowls, early in the morning and your telling me prep didn't check that last night or even opening? thats all I wanted I was extreamply disappointe, and on top of that they told me after I paid that they didn't have it and I requested my refund. service was mid. won't be going back here. read more

they NEVER answer the phones and employees always mess up orders / are rude and don't speak. Ur typical teenage workers who would rather stand on their phone then actually do their job which is VERY EASY compared to any other REAL WORLD PROFESION. read more

Ok so the smoothies came out quickly. My son decided to order a wrap. Looking on the time on my cup it says 1:23p... it's 1:43p and he said "oh I'm sorry I'm working on it now!" It's not packed in here. People are complaining that they're still waiting. The guy said he forgot. Smoothies are coming up and just sitting in the window.. it's crazy slow. We're on a road trip and stopped just to get a quick bite . read more

Tropical Smoothie Cafe - Sandwiches Near Me - Colonial Heights, Virginia

This location needs to be shutdown, or new leadership in place. The customer service is severely below standard, and the quality of the food is hit or miss. The restaurant is filthy, and the employees are constantly rude, horse playing, gossiping; doing everything but their job. At this point, I question the safety of the food. We will no longer patronize this location. Clearly these issues have been ongoing, and the best leadership can do is apologize in response to reviews, asking the customer to explain more at a website link?? Horrible, absent leadership! read more

I was turned away because they said there was a "shortage" of staff and could not take my order. Ridiculous!!!!

Poor service and poor attitude by the cashier. I ordered an açaí bowl and the first thing the employee said was "y'all like making me work! I do not like making the açaí bowl!). What a crappy attitude! How is the employee going to tell a customer they don't like to make something on the menu? I don't need you to like making it. I just need you to make it! Otherwise find another job. Needless to say I didn't leave a tip. read more

I went hear this morning and I walked in and said good morning to the employee that was standing by the cash register. I literally thought she was hearing impaired because she did not speak and did not make eye contact with me so I just waited, trying to be respectful, it turns out she actually can hear because she started talking to the other man that worked there. so I order my drink, and then I had to add another , but she didn't seem too happy about that. Mind you it's 8 AM nobody else is in there.the man walks in makes himself a drink, starts talking about personal things, and his parents are literally showing his draws. The smoothie was standard but WTH is this ? read more

Worse employees ever, they are all high and definitely not in top of their mind. I paid for extra ginger and when I got my drink he said they are out of ginger. read more

The customer service here is garbage.. The only nice employee is male and the food I ordered wasn't even that good. Yogurt btw. Not sure how you can mess that up. read more

Always short-staffed. Today they served me this salad which is clearly old and should be thrown out. I'm not pleased with all and have not been with this location for a while. read more

Tropical Smoothie Cafe - Apple kale salad with molding veggies - Sandwiches Near Me - Colonial Heights, Virginia

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Great service food was amazing and the place was beautiful with some of the cleanest bathrooms I've ever seen

This place is literally disgusting. I've never been to this location, thought I'd give it a try. I got the Buffalo chicken wrap, absolute trash. All the chicken in the wrap was literally rock hard and was basically grizzle pieces. Do not go to this location. NASTY. read more

Came into the cafe to pick up an online order. There is no one here, the lights are off, the open sign is off, door is locked, and there is no sign on the door. The phone number for the cafe is disconnected. There is no way to contact the cafe nor the corporate office for refund by phone. Highly recommend only ordering in person, if at all. read more

I like tropical smoothie, but this location is poorly ran. Customer service is subpar,

Wait time sucks, and if you order on the app it's cheaper for whatever reason. Even tho it's like a 50 cent difference, that be adding up over time ‍ read more

Thankfully I arrived just before a ton of people came. My food and smoothie only took 5-8 min, but it looked like others after me had to wait longer. I ordered my usual - veggie hummus wrap and Island Green with Splenda. The wrap was very well done. Unfortunately the smoothie wasn't blended as much as I would prefer and had more the consistency of a slushy. The space was clean and the people who handed me my food and smoothie were very friendly. The girl who gave me my wrap seemed especially proud of what she had produced, and she was right! They were training a new girl at the register, and she seemed overwhelmed to the point she didn't really talk. After exchanging pleasantries, she forgot to ask me for my order... so after about 30'sec of awkward silence and looking at her, I just went ahead with my order. I'm sure she'll get better, it's always intimidating to start a new job! Overall a good TS experince. I would definitely return to this location if I'm ever in the area again. read more

Tropical Smoothie Cafe - Veggie hummus wrap + Island Green smoothie - Sandwiches Near Me - Colonial Heights, Virginia

Placed order quite a time ahead, most times I visit this location employees will look at you and ignore you. They don't consider customers or even doordashers that walk into the store. Not dressed appropriately for even a fast food work place. Would not recommend. read more

This place is a 10 out of 10 DO NOT RECOMMEND! The night time manager and crew have the worst attitudes! And they always try to say they can't make food because they have to clean or they were too busy. Don't waste your time or money going here. read more

The food and smoothie were decent. However the staff was unfriendly and the store was messy.

Went to tropical cafe 190 southgate square colonial heights va 23834, Ordered a chipotle chicken sandwich with no bacon, I sat down and waited for my order to be made. After waiting 20 minutes I noticed they had put one order in the corner of the register. I continued to wait thinking it was a order for someone else. After waiting 50 minutes i went to the cashier and asked her for my food. She then handed me the food that has been sitting in the counter for 30 minutes. I opened the order and there was bacon in it. I told the cashier i had ordered no bacon. The manager came from the office screaming what do you want. I had told her that my order is wrong. she said it can be fixed but he will have to wait. I told them i can not wait another 45 minutes. Manager told me well that's exactly what you will have to do. I told them to cancel my order. They said its fine they will cancel it i waited for my money back because i had paid cash. Manager went back in the office and the cashier started to take other customers. After 15 minutes cashier asked me why am I waiting. I told her i was waiting for my refund. The cashier said she is going to ask the manager in the office. I could hear them talking in the office and the manager told her cashier to say manager is not here anymore. I was given no money back. I did not receive any food. I asked her to give me my original receipt. She said she threw it in one of the trash and will not retrieve it. No food, no money back and no receipt. Absolutely horrible read more

Me and boyfriend have been here twice. The service is horrible. The first time we went to this location was in the morning. As we walked in my boyfriend said good morning to the woman at the cashier didn't say anything. She just waited for us to make our order. She never asked for a name and when our order of smoothies were ready she never called out our name and just put them in the mobile and to-go area. Second time we came here which was tonight the service was also horrible. We could bearly hear the boy at the register. We ordered 3 smoothies. After 5 minutes we got the first one. Then after having to wait 10 more minutes because they realized they didn't finish our order. By the time we got our other 2 smoothies, the first one we got was already significantly melted. We have a decent drive home and i'm upset that my mother's smoothie is basically going to be liquid when she receives it. I will not be coming back here. read more

Terrible service, do not go first thing in the morning. Very unprofessional young man, did not even acknowledge my presence standing in the store. He was more worried about completing the online orders. read more

Visited this location on Tuesday, February 11,2020 at 11:49am. Eddie served me today and the service was extraordinary!!! I was surprised by a $5 credit on the Tropical Smoothie app! I appreciated that since the girl at the counter was too busy to wait on me, EDDIE jumped right in! I'll definitely return and bring others with me! The facility was clean and all customers were smiling and enjoying themselves! read more

Tropical Smoothie Cafe - Sandwiches Near Me - Colonial Heights, Virginia

Terrible service took 15 minutes to get food then another 15 minutes after we finished eating to get our smoothies that tastes watered down and nasty. read more

Horrible customer service. Waited in line for 5mins til someone finally asked "so is someone going to take their order" the female finally came around to the cash register, didn't greet or say anything. So I proceeded to give my order just for her to tell me the kitchen was closed. It was 750pm. The cafe doesn't close till 9pm. I'm not understanding why the kitchen closes an hour early. read more

Great chia banana smoothie. Easy ordering process. Most wraps and sandwiches can be customized, if needed. They seem to have seasonal specials and a growing menu. Seating is plentiful for small groups or solo. Wifi available. read more

I was exhausted, a bit shaky and trying to get home before a major storm hit. I pulled in to this Tropical Smoothie location by chance. Best idea ever! I asked a question about ingredients in one of the flatbread sandwiches and the girl helping me instantly recognized that I had food allergies. She was so sweet and made a few suggestions. I ended up getting a really delicious Grilled Chicken Pesto flatbread minus the cheese and the Avovolada Smoothie! If you haven't tried it, I highly recommend it. Best smoothie I have ever had. Never thought of adding avocado to a smoothie. Made it even creamier. Loved it. I will definitely make the Tropical Smoothie Cafe a more frequent stop. Though I may figure out how to recreate this one! Yum! read more

Tropical Smoothie Cafe - Hawaiian Pork Slider is really delicious! - Sandwiches Near Me - Colonial Heights, Virginia

SOOOO aggravated! Ordered a smoothie and a Thai Chicken Wrap today for delivery to my office. SMOOTHIE arrived w/ Doordash on time BUT no WRAP. Doordasher was great - he tried so hard to make it right or get a refund for me... I tried to call the Vendor MULTIPLE times - NO answer...on 4th/5th attempts to call , busy signal! I basically had a $21.69 smoothie (that wasn't all that good) for lunch!! STEER CLEAR of this location. First time in a LONG time I purchased food from T S C... and the LAST!! read more

Placed an order for pick up, waited 10 min for food that was ready the ENTIRE time I was sitting there while the restaurant was COMPLETELY EMPTY. Customer service was awful, staff is rude and doesn't care to waste your time. I worked at tropical smoothie all through high school and college so I've always loved their food... but this location has horrible customer service EVERY SINGLE TIME I go. You walk in an no one says anything they just stare at you like your stupid. I've been understanding in the past coming during busy hours but today the store was empty, there were 4 people working and still just awful treatment. read more

Music was loud and inappropriate for a business. While the cashier was taking my order a lady came from back of the store at said" after this don't take any more orders" with a nasty attitude. She was the one making the smoothies. read more

I placed an order at tropical smoothie through GrubHub for two smoothies and two flatbread sandwiches. The driver came to my house to make the delivery and he only had the flatbread sandwiches and chips that go along with it when asked about the smoothies he said well they didn't give them to me That this is all they gave me. So I called GrubHub to see about getting the problem rectified they refunded me for the cost of the smoothies only and told me I would have to get in contact with tropical smoothie to find out any further inquiries I had. I tried calling the phone number for tropical smoothie that's listed on their website and that phone number is not available. When they do a GrubHub order they should make sure that they have the completed order together before they hand it to the driver because now I'm out about nine dollars in fees from Grubhub for the convenience fee and whatever the other fee was that they had because I have to call or place another order through GrubHub for my smoothies. And then I will have to pay all of the charges again because GrubHub will only refund the cost of the smoothies. I don't feel this is GrubHub's total fault because tropical smoothie did not give the driver the smoothies. I know from personal trips to tropical smoothie when you order food and a smoothie they give it to you at two separate times when they're dealing with a delivery order they should make sure that it is all together before they hand it to the delivery driver. I don't believe I will be ordering from tropical smoothie ever again read more

Well thought we might give TSC another chance after my scathing review of no phone in orders accepted. We'd been phoning in our order for a Turkey Bacon Ranch sandwich and Coke for probably over year (until that was deemed unacceptable) but today, since we had time, decided to go in and order. Well, first thing we noticed the Coke fridge was empty (guess you have to order a Smoothie nowadays). She said they had never had Cokes, which I know is not true. Okay, then we'll just order our sandwich and go. TBR sandwich is on the posted menu BUT in her words "We're not making sandwiches right now." How are you still in business? This isn't a car dealership, nor a jewelry store......you're supposed to be making sandwiches!!!! Good Lord! Well Arby's was pretty good - had Cokes AND sandwiches! read more

This Tropical Smoothie location is located perfectly near my office and right off 95. The staff at this location are super friendly and they've just remodeled as well. My favorite is the strawberry beach smoothie and Thai chicken wrap!!! Love this spot!!! read more

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