Here we have the second frozen yogurt place to open up in Springfield in the past year. So here's how it works.
If you are the second one, you immediately get compared to the first one. So I'm comparing everything about YoCrave to Yogurtland. That's just the way it is.
Price... Last time I checked, Yogurtland was 43 cents an ounce. YoCrave is 32 cents per ounce by day, 42 cents at night. Advantage YoCrave.
Layout... YoCrave is bigger. YoCrave has more seats. YoCrave is not nearly as cramped. YoCrave also has a huge tv to watch. YoCrave feels more kid friendly too with special kids seating. Advantage YoCrave.
Availability of flavors... There are 14 options available, two of which are sorbet. I forgot to count last time I was at Yogurtland, but my previous Yogurtland review mentioned 16 flavors available. But I didn't feel like they had all 16 available at once. I'll call it even.
Creativity of flavors... The flavors feel more basic here. But flavors like caramel corn, birthday cake, red velvet, root beer and pistachio can be had here. Yogurtland tends to be more exotic if you like that. Advantage Yogurtland.
Taste of yogurt... I sampled birthday cake, caramel corn, chocolate and pistachio. I liked three of them. The sugar free fat free chocolate just tasted weird to both me and my wife. I feel like Yogurtland has a slightly more gourmet taste. The basic chocolate certainly tastes better at Yogurtland. But I really liked the birthday cake and caramel corn yogurt here. Advantage Yogurtland.
Availability and freshness of toppings... Plenty to go around on both accounts. I tried some strawberries here and they were fresh. Both offer Ghiradelli topping too. Even.
Free water... Yogurtland offers self serve water. YoCrave offers free water in a mini bottle. I like the convenience of Yogurtland but this will do. Even.
Other items... You can only get yogurt at Yogurtland. Here you can get yogurt cakes, yogurt pops, frozen coffee. Advantage YoCrave.
Ingredients... Yogurtland tells you everything that's in their yogurt above the machine. YoCrave does not. Makes me wonder if they are hiding something. Advantage Yogurtland.
In the categories, it is pretty much a head to head tie. Yogurtland wins the taste test, but YoCrave has enough good tasting flavors and toppings to be a worthy choice. read more