Vita Juice

I ordered the strawberry smoothie which was all fruits made up of strawberries and bananas with apple juice and yogurt. It was very sweet! They also have Acai bowls here and smoothies. This is totally local mom and pop type business. The Korean lady that works here is very friendly too! Great place to stop by for your juice or smoothie fix on Fort Street Mall in Downtown.

This is most definitely one of my favorite new (for me) finds in Downtown! I don’t know why I hadn’t noticed this place before … perhaps because it’s quite unassuming from the outside and tucked between two other restaurants that are easily unnoticeable when walking down Fort Street Mall.
Vita Juice is on the McDonald’s side of Fort Street Mall and if you’re looking for it, the «Vita Juice» sign can’t be missed. I have been on the hunt for an acai bowl in Downtown for a good month. To me, the perfect acai bowl is topped with anything but bananas. This is where I was at a dilemma. In my online searches, I couldn’t find a place that didn’t top their acai bowls with bananas; I didn’t want to spend the money and ask for no bananas or force myself to eat them. Finally, I stumbled across some reviews of Vita Juice, where other Unilocalers described that you can ask the shop aunty for substitutes. My daytime craving for acai could not wait, and I just decided to go for it.
I did not regret it! I had to describe to the VJ aunty that I wanted to substitute the bananas with strawberries only on top. Now, my usual order is the acai bowl with strawberries, granola, and honey on top; ~$ 7. A great late-​afternoon snack if you just so happen to skip lunch or have an #aintnobodygottimeforthat kind of day.
This particular acai is really dark and grainy (that’s the best I can describe it), but it is really delicious. I also personally really love this texture; firmer and reminds me of my favorite acai bowl from Red Ginger in Manoa. The granola here is also different; it really looks like bird seed, but it is delicious! Not too sweet like how some other granolas can be. I believe you can customize your toppings to be a mix of fruit and it looks like blueberries are also an option. I’m just so happy that I found someplace where I don’t have to feel bad about wasting the banana toppings and I can thoroughly enjoy the whole bowl.
As I said, this place is a new fave and I will for sure be back soon. They do offer other things like juices and smoothies. I’ll have to try them one of these days, but for now I’ll stick to my current obsession of acai.

$ 7 for a filling pitaya bowl in the morning, you can’t go wrong. It’s not the cheapest, but it is one of my favorites I’ve had on the island.
I do wish they would put more strawberries on my bowl.

As from what i’ve seen on the reviews, she seems nice but not to me. I guess she chooses which customers she wanna be nice. The first time I got in the store, she never greeted and no smile at all. I mean she doesn’t have to but if she wants her business to stay or grow she has to be pleasant to customers… but anyway, I ordered Acai Bowl and said that I want banana and strawberry only on top. She made me a smoothie instead. I told her that I wanted an acai bowl and she said «how come you only paid $ 4, acai bowl is $ 7» for me it’s rude. I didn’t really cared about the price so I never looked at it or im too hungry to even notice anything so I told her that’s what you said so that’s what I gave. She looked at me like im trying to take advantage of her or something so I just gave her the remaining and she said «you told me banana & strawberry so I thought smoothie» so I replied «I said Acai Bowl, I didn’t know what kind of toppings you put in there so I told you banana & strawberry only. I never said I wanted smoothie.» And then she repeated again about the payment and how I said banana & strawberry (im getting annoyed at this point) and she also added «if you wanna order a bowl just say acai bowl dont add anything else or say bowl plate»… How am I supposed to know, it’s my first time ordering at this place nor never worked here to know the key words??? Why didn’t she just repeated my order, so she won’t screw up right?! So she made my acai bowl and after she handed me the bowl she kept going on again and there was a line of people already and it’s embarassing for me. I was trying to be so patient coz I dont like being rude and she really tested me. I feel like she can’t get over it due to the fact that she had to waste a few dollars on me because smoothie is $ 3 – 4 or she wanted to embarass me so I feel bad about myself. So finally I told her «ok im sorry but I clearly stated Acai Bowl & I have never said smoothie so stop» and then she still hasn’t stopped, I just left with a mad face.
Bad customer service!!! I’ll never come back!!!
To you lady, if you wanna have more customers, be nice & have a little professionalism/​decency atleast. To embarass your customer or atleast make them feel like it, is wrong on so many levels unless they stole from you or did something bad ofcourse. Some people would be screaming at your face so u’re lucky im not that kind of person. What may have caused you a few dollars can never be equal to an unsatisfied customer because I will definitely spread the word now too. I liked your Acai Bowl so I would wanna come back but because your service is bad, I would not ever again. You see now how important customer service is? I could come back everyday as I work nearby but not anymore. I hope this won’t happen again to other customers.

The acai smoothie was good but the customer service was WACK! I asked simple questions like. Do you use organic juice or concentrate?.. What is in the Brainstorm jolt… What alternatives do you have for milk…
The lady responded with. «You askuh tooo menyy quesuchuns. jus ohdah…»
Ummmm… speechless but not surprised.

Definitely worth checking out. Great smoothies and Acai bowls — the woman who runs the shop is super friendly and the location is easily accessed. I miss this place dearly now that I’m back on the east coast.

Wrote a post earlier in 2015 about how great this place is, so here’s another post for 2016 bc I love her acai/​pitaya bowls ($ 7) so much

Today I had a craving for an acai bowl so I Googled a nearby location that makes acai bowls. This place popped up.
Let me say that the acai bowl here is amazing! It is so flavorful and delicious! It has acai purée, bananas, strawberries, granola, honey.
The lady who was working when I went in this afternoon was so sweet! She was friendly, funny, and quick to make my acai bowl!
Note: I will definitely be going back!

If you are looking for a smoothie or Acai bowl without walking to Jamba Juice or umeke market, this is a pretty good option. The service is very quick!
The smoothie selection looks really good, but I opted for an acai bowl. It was fresh, with light granola and honey, but I wish it had coconut flakes inside too.
It was $ 7. Honestly, if I were craving an acai bowl, I would spend the approx. $ 6 at lanikai juice (the best acai bowls in my opinion)
However, for downtown, this was a pretty decent place. I’ll be back to try the smoothies

Was good, try out the acai bowl. The bowl was big enough to get full off.
MOOD: Full and healthy!

Pretty good health place if your looking for something cool to eat or a quick pick up and go for smoothies or acai bowls. Price is reasonable. The Korean lady who I assume is the owner is always pretty nice and welcoming. Acai bowl was decent nothing to fancy granola strawberries and bananas didn’t have the over sweetness jambs has in their acai bowls but it’s always what your preference is I guess. Gave a 4 star cause came here a few times already and no complaints so far

I’ve never been in love with pitaya or acai bowls until I discovered this place. As an HPU student, I am always on a tight schedule trying to get on class on time and Vita a Juice knows that as well.
For quick service and quality bowls, this place is the spot you have to hit. The lady who works there is open to special requests as well. I fell in love with her bowls, especially her acai and pitaya mixed bowls! They’re so refreshing and delicious that even though you’re full, you have to get another spoonful.
A regular bowl is $ 7 and I don’t mind spending that much for a healthy snack. It doesn’t necessarily fill you up, but it makes your taste buds dance and your stomach happy. I got to the point where I ordered TWO bowls in TWO hours. They’re just that good!
The pictures below is the acai/​pitaya mix with all bananas on top with loads of honey. She made it less than four minutes! Unbelievable!

I ordered a taro bubble tea and she said it’s a minimum $ 7 purchase for a card transaction so I ordered a milk tea on top of that and she said I could just pick up the second drink when i want so I told her I finish work at 5 but will come 4:50 and she said okay so when I went to pick up my drink at 4:50 the store was closed. I went the next day and she said she waited til 5:30 and I didn’t show. But it’s fine at least the drink tasted good

Not only does she make the best Acai, the tapioca balls in her bubble drinks are cooked to perfection. Definitely recommend you try this place if you love good boba, and the best acais.

I’ve been meaning to try out different acai bowl places. I always pass here and never tried it. So I finally did. I was kind of disappointed.
I ordered the 2 acai pack which means a large. Why make it so complicated and just say large. It was around $ 9 after tax and everything. That was so not worth it. The acai was too sweet, like too much sugar was added. The honey was just regular honey. Fruits don’t taste too fresh.

Vita Juice.
Wow. This review has been in «draft» for like a year, or so. Since I’m clearing out my Unilocal… Vita is now officially off my unfinished list.
This won’t be an epic review.
It’s just a «I need to do it»…
Vita Juice.
Nothing Epic, but simple and very colorful Juice Bar in downtown. The ancient Fort Street part of town! I’ve only been here once, although I passed it several dozen times, but only stepped in this time because, well… I never stepped in here before. Plus, I love fruit! Nothing Epic.
Vita Juice.
Hmmm. I guess a tad 1970’s décor, complete with the love beads and psychedelic colors. A slight scent of mothballs, or was it my imagination?
Tables and chairs are brightly colored, but am the only one that noticed the stains that prevented me from sitting down here?
Vita Juice.
I love the swag of the mid-​older Asian lady (owner?) cashier. Not the nicest, but not mean either. Yup. I got juice, well technically a mango smoothie. It was very fruity and nice. I guess with mangos and other fruit, but I didn’t see her actually blend it. It was blended behind the love beads. The texture would appear to be mostly mango, but definitely fruit of some sort! I think «Vita» is a cute way of saying «Vitamin», I guess.
Vita Juice.
Has other fruity options too. Acai bowls, Pitaya bowls, etc. Although I would love to see it not prepared behind the love beads!
It’s definitely not my first choice, but sometimes eating healthy downtown is hella hard, so I support… Vita Juice! That’s if you can get past the smell of moth balls and funkadelic décor…
OVERALL GRADE: 3.8-STARS! (Good healthy downtown option)
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It seems that I ordered the wrong thing from here. While everyone is raving about the Acai Bowls, I can tell you the Thai Bubble Tea was definitely not sunshine and gummy bears.
I payed $ 4.00 for a Thai Bubble Tea that disappointed me for a number of reasons such as:
–Very few boba tapioca pearls for the size of the cup
–Its watered down consistency
–A chalky taste that makes it hard to think of anything but a bunch of powder being stirred together with some ice and water, then poured into the cup.
After viewing the other reviews and comments on Unilocal,I realized I made a mistake by not choosing an Acai Bowl. I’ll come another day and update a review, but if it weren’t for the ratings and comments of Unilocal,I doubt I’d ever been back.

As a long time acai bowl lover, I have been meaning to expand my horizons and try pitaya. Vita Juice, located a few storefronts down from McDonalds in Fort St. Mall, is one of the only places downtown that offer the exotic fruit, so I made a trip for lunch one day.
In addition to pitaya bowls, Vita Juice offers acai bowls, smoothies, and bubble tea. Most smoothies are between $ 4-​$ 5 and both acai and pitaya bowls are $ 7. The size of the bowls are comparable to a 16oz. bowl from Jewel or Juice, so I thought the $ 7 price tag was a bit steep — especially since my pitaya bowl was topped with just the basic strawberries, banana, and granola. For $ 0.25 more at Jewel or Juice, you could get a plethora of «fancier» toppings like blueberries, coconut, or bee pollen.
The pitaya blend, which is a beautiful and vibrant pink/​purple color, was a perfect consistency and texture. I enjoyed the fresh strawberry and banana slices on top, but the granola was a bit finer than I prefer.
Vita Juice offers great tasting bowls and friendly customer service, but because of its higher prices, I think I will satisfy my cravings elsewhere.

One of my favorite bowl spots. It is fresh and moderately priced. They offer a ton of other goodies for the health conscious but I never try anything new.
If it isn’t broken why order something different?

In an attempt to be more healthy, when I don’t bring home lunch or make plans to have lunch with others, I opt for acai bowls. Hey! That’s healthy right. There are fruits… And honey and granola. Healthy yet full of calories still the same. Ugh better than getting a plate lunch though right? :D
Vita Juice is located on Fort Street Mall, a few shops from L&L … Super tiny and pretty much a hole in the wall as other Unilocalers mentioned. I’ll be honest and tell you all acai bowls more or less taste the same to me. I grade them on amount of fruits, honey, and granola (the more the better) but the acai part. Taste the same to me.
So, why do I like Vita Juice’s Acai bowl? The Korean lady who makes it is super duper fast. She gave me a raffle ticket, bc they’re doing drawings for their anniversary. Not sure what the prize is though. And she had my acai bowl ready for me by the time I finished filling in my name and number. Also like that she puts her acai bowls in a styrofoam bowl with a cover– that keeps it from melting. I walked back to my office with my coworker and we proceeded to talk story for nearly an hour before I remembered I had an acai bowl to eat before it melts. And it was still good and icy cold (but not too icy).
I knocked off a star bc it’s really expensive compared to some other places for the size… It’s not that big (big enough for me though) it came out to $ 7 «/​Although she was generous with the granola. There wasn’t quite enough bananas and strawberries for my preference.
Definitely will be back :)