Dan’s Vitamin House

With all the new gluten free, grass fed, industrial looking establishments out there now, you’ve got to respect the local spots that have remained true to what they have provided since the beginning. My wife and I have gone here since we were kids at st. marks episcopal across the street over 16 years ago and they continue to dish out the same great tasting smoothies in foam cups. (Ask to get yours without the lid!) Keep serving great products for generations to come Dans!

I love Dan’s Vitamin House. I’ve been coming here, since I was little. The smoothies are delicious! They also have pre-​paid smoothie cards!

I have been coming here for 20 years best smoothie in Houston!!! Dan’s is great for vitamins as well and the owner does a great job of directing you to the proper supplements that you need. A great location and plenty of parking.

I have enjoyed the flavor of the Preferred Nutrition shakes made by this place however be warned… they are NOT lactose free as it states on the shake menu. Only the powder is lactose free. When mixed with their DAIRY ice cream product, it is no longer lactose free. There is no nutritional information on the ice cream product used. Therefore, calories, carbs, etc. in the «Preferred Nutrition» shake made in the store is unknown.

Yeah! Love the low fat ice cream alternative shmoothie (shake+smoothie). It aint healthy, who are we kidding calling it a smoothie but it is dang good too!
Dont get the lid

I have been drinking smoothies here since I was a child (the 70’s) and I’m an old guy now. The owners are a nice Christian family that are well respected in the community. They really have perfected the vitamin business. A+

**Best Smoothies in the world hands down**
Dan is really negligible about his vitamin’s and will be there to give you hands on training on what vitamins you need. Not just some guy behind the counter trying to get your money on vitamins you dont need…
Great place to stop by grab a smoothie and get some great vitamins!!!
(Dan is always there to make sure you get great customer satisfaction & his employees are great)
5 stars*****

Absolutely the best tasting «smoothie» anywhere. Don’t think of it as low cal though it is really a very good shake. Getting their «low cal» means that they add ice to it before blending. Taste is still excellent, but the ice chunks tend to block the straw.
They always make more than will fit in the cup and if you order it with a top the extra gets thrown away. Better to order without a top. They will give you the extra. You can eat/​drink enough of it there to get a top on before you go.

Part 2 of the ‘I Drink Your Milkshake’ series.
Set in a comfortably upscale Braeswood Place strip center, Dan’s has a banner proclaiming that they have the «Best Smoothies» per the Houston Press voters. I’ve been stalking this place for a while since the reviews have been raving about said milkshakes. And, yes, the drinks are more milkshake than smoothie. They use ice cream, a bit of water, milk, and optional ice and supplements if you want to lower the caloric count or boost the nutrition, respectively.
The shop is not big at all: a small counter with about 5 stools are to the left where they make your milkshake and, to the right, is the small inventory of nutritional supplements. A man I presume to be Dan was engaged in a deep discussion with a policeman about working out and nutrition. I was there for the milkshake.
A young lady offered me an easy smile as I placed my order. A small 12-​ounce item is $ 3.50 (includes tax) before any supplements. A large 16-​ounce is $ 4.50. Cash only unless your purchase is more than $ 4.50, according to the sign. Scanning the whiteboard, I waffled between chocolate, vanilla, and butterscotch as today’s option. I asked the gal which flavor was preferable — and she offered a shrug and said they were all good. So much for salesmanship.
As noted in other reviews, you could have the overrun if you don’t have a lid put on your cup. But, I wasn’t offered a choice in the matter. While the gal could offer no suggestion on flavors, she was very committed to putting a lid on my shake. I’m not too upset by this: given my expanding waistline, it was probably better not to have more. She did offer me a cheerful blurb about their «buy 10, get one free» smoothie card and handed me one with the first stamp without any prompting.
Within 5 minutes, I was back in my car trying out the chocolate shake. It wasn’t mind-​blowing in the least. Good but not phenomenal. So, I don’t know what kind of Kool-​Aid those Press voters were drinking before having one of these shakes but I guess I should go find where they are serving the Kool-​Aid and drink liberally.
Will I be back? Maybe. But, I’d sooner go back to a strawberry shake at Chik-​fil-​a since they are richer and cheaper.

I’ve been going to Dan’s Vitamin House since I was about 12 years old. (I’m 26 now). Every time I’m in Houston, I make it a point to go for lunch on Saturdays. Mom and I used to (and still do when I’m in town) route our Saturday activities around Dan’s for lunch.
The best choice by far is the Strawberry Banana Make-​A-​Meal Large. Perfect meal!
These are smoothies like you’ve never experienced! The «smoothies» could be considered the offspring of a smoothie and a shake. (I believe the «ice cream» is actually similar to a malt, which cuts some of the calories down and give the smoothies their taste.)
MMMMM. Mouth is watering just thinking about them.
The other great thing is that Dan is almost always there, which to me shows how dedicated he is to his business and the people he works for… the customer. I wish that we could open a Dan’s Vitamin House in Austin, but the reality of it is that Dan’s wouldn’t be Dan’s without Dan and the single location.

Best smoothies ever!!! Especially good after a long hard workout! Good flavor and filling.

This place always gets voted «Best Smoothie», but its really not a smoothie its more like a milk shake… I am not sure that it is very low in calories either, but none the less its one hell of a way to replace a meal. I have been going here for over 16 years, I guess that speaks for itself… So whether its a smoothie or a milk shake its pretty damn good!

I love Dan’s smoothies!!! It’s delicious!!! My friend Kathryn introduced me to this place, and it is fabulous!!! We each get the small strawberry smoothie, which is delicious!!! I love it because it tastes more like a milkshake than a juice like most places. Definitely a go to place!!!

Let me start by saying these aren’t smoothies, they’re basically milkshakes (ice cream + flavoring), and they’re amazing. These really ARE the best «smoothies» in Houston. My personal favorite is the strawberry banana, but the oreo is a close second. There are several other options, and you can get plenty of flax and wheatgrass and other vitamin supplements that i’ve never heard of, if you’re into that kind of thing. The smoothies are so thick that the employees have to repeatedly shake the blender and switch back and forth on different blender motor bases. Despite the thickness, the smoothies melt just enough so that you don’t faint from trying to suck it up through a straw. Definitely don’t get a lid, they’ll heap the excess up over the top of the cup by about 2 – 3 inches. It’s $ 3.50 for a small and definitely worth a taste.

I love Dan’s. I pretty much only get the strawberry smoothie, because that’s all that’s really worth getting. Make sure they don’t put a lid on the smoothie because you’ll get a whole lot more. The smoothies at Dan’s are so good because they’re so simple. Gotta love ‘em.

After hearing rave reviews from a friend of mine about the smoothies here, we decided to truck on over for one. You wouldn’t think a place named «Dan’s Vitamin House» would probably have smoothies, but believe it or not, the Houston Press rated them Best Smoothie at some point in their history (not sure exactly the year).
When we went in, it was «rush hour» — the kids from Pershing (the middle school next door) had just gotten out of school. The three girls behind the counter were running around blending things as fast as they could, but they literally only had 3 regular-​sized Oster blenders to do the job. So, through no fault of the hard-​working girls, service was super slow.
Smoothies cost $ 3.50 for a 12 oz and $ 4.50 for 20 oz. You can get boosts if you want, and you can also choose to make it low cal by requesting half ice. There are about 8 flavors, and you can choose a combination of any of them. I had pineapple, cranberry, and strawberry. Yeah, weird I know, but that’s how I roll. The smoothie really didn’t taste like any of those ingredients, but my friend’s strawberry banana smoothie had some major banana aftertaste (Did I mention I hate bananas? Ew.). They also ask you if you want a lid or not — if you choose the lid, you get less smoothie. If you don’t, they give you extra by heaping it up past the top of the cup rim.
The smoothies are good, but I’m not sure why the heck they would be the best in Houston. Robek’s beats the pants off Dan’s, hands down! They do have a good selection of vitamins at the store, however.