Golden Spoon Frozen Yogurt

This is the only location in Irvine that takes the birthday deal, so come to this one!
To be honest, I thought that this place would be way more expensive and that all the Yogurtlands would have driven them out of business but I was wrong.
This place has great deals if you can find them, as well as better quality yogurt over Yogurtland. Sure there are less flavors but you actually get more (if you use the deal) and have richer flavors by coming here!
If you’re a person who likes your Yogurt plain-​Jane, then this will be better in almost every way compared to Yogurtland!

I grew up with this place, so I’ll always be a fan.
What’s not to like? It’s affordable and tasty frozen yogurt.
The place by my house went through the renovation or modernization process that made it look a bit more hip. They also tried to compete with big yogurt chains, like Yogurtland and went self serve. After some customer feedback, they decided to go back to full service. I’m split on the whole self/​full serve product. While it is nice to be able to select as much or as little as you want, I feel better about myself when someone is portion controlling for me.
They don’t tend to be as big into tarts and things like that at this particular location, but that’s no problem for me. If you like chocolates and other variations of the basics, or in my case, caramel!!! then you’ll be just fine.

Don’t fret! Full service is back! I loved this place before the remodel. Then the self-​service thing just didn’t work out for most people. Now they are back to serving you. what I will complain about is, after they went back, the serving sizes are smaller. I always get a $ 2.50 mini. They used to fill it about 5 inches high. Now it’s about 3 inches. The don’t weight it here, but comparatively, I think it’s cheaper in weight before toppings, than yogurtland. They do pack it in there. I love the froyo here because it’s creamy, closer to real ice cream taste. I don’t get toppings here. For that I go to Yogurtland where you can get a variety of toppings and don’t have to pay for each one. My favorite is cake batter, yum! Just had the $ 1 Happy hour cone. Weekdays 11−12p and 5 – 6 pm. Good deal!

I used to come all the time when I went to high school across the street. But one day… everything changed. Golden Spoon became self-​serve, which isn’t a huge problem, but the frozen yogurt tasted NASTY.
I used to eat here 3 – 5 times a week, so I notice even the smallest recipe change. I moved and came back for a snack and ate their yogurt that was watery, chunky, icy, and unnatural. Not blended and left an unpleasant taste on my mouth. You don’t have to be a food connoisseur to know that they changed the recipes. I used to love Golden Spoon’s natural and realistic flavors, but this is like frozen cough syrup.
Do yourself a favor and go to the El Toro Golden Spoon.

Wow, I used to love this place years ago. I have gone back twice since they changed the format so it is self-​service. I would not go back. You get tiny cups you can barely fit anything into, much less add toppings, and you pay way more than other shops. The yogurt is not better, so I don’t get the point. Staff was pretty unhelpful since they just collect funds and give you a cup. Yogurtland it is…

Self serve and they don’t weigh your cup! The yogurts better quality here

Love Golden Spoon! This location is close to home and I like the new self serve format. Especially because I like to layer my topics so I have a little bit with each bite.
I also appreciate that they have peanut butter as a daily flavor since this is the mail flavor I eat. So many stores don’t offer this and so I come back to Golden Spoon after being disappointed by others.
The staff are young high school or maybe college kids. They could use a little help in the customer service area, but…
I’ve said for years they need some way to show they are OPEN because they look closed from outside. Perhaps it’s a limitation of the location in Irvine?
Great place. Great yogurt. Fast service and consistently good.

Came here for some quick yogurt after getting some food in the area. When I looked inside the store, I thought it was closed since there were no workers inside at all. Came into the store and finally everyone came out form the back.
This golden spoon is waaaay different than the other one on Alton. It looks much more trendy since they have it remodeled and it is soft-​serve with unlimited toppings for 1 $ more. Decided to get the small with toppings. Bad choice. The cup was so small and I could barely put four pieces of gummies on my yogurt. Yogurt was very smooth and tasted much richer than any of yogurtland’s offerings.
DEFINITELY go for the medium or the large if you are going to get toppings. Small is waaay too small and I wish they made the cup a bit bigger.

I love the new self serve golden spoon! There were so many of my favorite flavors available… peanut butter, pumpkin, cupcake, cake batter… etc. hard to choose. Love that you can put as many toppings as you want.
One star short of five stars was for not having my favorite topping Mochi. Hopefully they add more toppings soon.

i dont know why it says that this place CLOSED! i just came here today and its so freaking open. they even have a free yoghurt today for all customers… seriously, FREE!
upon looking their advertisement for free yoghurt today, i decided to stop by before going to sushi boy in the same plaza… there was a line, quite long, but not that long. the line moved pretty fast as well, so i wasnt waiting that long.
its a self serve yoghurt and they gave you a small size cup for u to fill. they have alot of flavors and i think i almost tried everything except a few flavors that i dont like. i tried their red velvet, malt chocolate, café latte, cupcake, cake batter, pineapple, peach, some other flavors i cant remember. but among those ive tried, the one i like the most is their café latte. red velvet and cake batter arent bad either. i forgot to take the picture of my yoghurt but i did take a picture of my brother’s frozen yoghurt (
). he ate some of it already so it wasnt that pretty anymore.
the texture of their yoghurt is thicker than many other frozen yoghurt. so depending on ur preference, you might like this place more. as for the price, seriously, it wasnt as expensive as i thought… for a small cup that i got, it was $ 3 and you can fill it however u want and any toppings. so u can actually get ur yoghurt at a cheaper price than yoghurtland and get ur money worth.
ill definitely come back. my new favorite place other than yoghurtland to get my yoghurt fix.

whoa… came back for the first time in years and to my surprise, it has changed to a self-​serve format!
First, we paid for the cup: a spoonful (which is like the size of medicine cup) for $ 3.00, a cupful (just right) for $ 4.00, and a wonderful (haha cute) for $ 5.00. Then, we prepared ourselves to freaking FILL UPPPP. At first I thought, «wow, four dollars… kinda pricey» but then I realized just how much I was able to pack into that seemingly small cup. I started with a foundation of fruit, added yogurt, more fruit and granola, more yogurt, more toppings, more yogurt, well, you get the idea. Mine ended up being pretty demure, but my sister made a monstrous yogurt tower that day.
I went with the plain tart yogurt, which is much creamier and softer than Yogurtland’s is and in my opinion, a bit better tasting. I was enjoying my yogurt when all of a sudden I hit the layer with blackberries and EWWWW. Fermented and carbonated… I did not intend to turn my yogurt into a wine flavor): I thought that I got crushed blackberries in syrup, but I learned the yucky way that they were instead blackberries who had outstayed their welcome. Golden Spoon, please keep your fruits fresh! Also, it would be nice if the workers were more proactive in refilling the fruits; the strawberry container was pretty much empty.
I like the renovated concept and I love the free reign with which you may add yogurt and toppings. I can’t say I am pleased with the lack of attentiveness on the part of the workers, though. I mean, go ahead, look bored, but at least keep the toppings fresh and plentiful (I have to say Yogurtland takes the cake for this). Still, the pros outweigh the cons and a sudden craving for a whole ton of yogurt will most probably bring me back here in the near future.

This location has reopened with a new format. It is now self serve and you are charged by the size of the cup. You can cram as much yogurt into that cup as you like as well as any toppings you want. This is great for those of us us enjoy a pig out and don’t care who sees it (ha…ha…)
My only complaint is the messiness of this location. The toppings are frequently all over the place and they need to keep the spoon container stocked with spoons. Every time I have been in there have only been like two or three spoons in the container. Some nice glass containers would be much nicer to store the spoons in rather than sticking them in a plastic coffee cup. Also, the tables in here are always messy and sticky with goo. Please keep the tables wiped down! You have just remodeled the store and put some cool tables and chairs in there, keep them clean!
Other than that, I love Golden Spoon. This place is great for a frozen yogurt fix. plus they give out stamp cards.
On a funny note, every time I have been in lately I have seem the same super skinny lady ask for a «taste cup». She then proceeds to go back six or seven times to sample each flavor and gives herself huge portions in that tiny cup! She then leaves without buying anything. Hmmm… looks like she get a free small serving every time she goes in. I wouldn’t be so bold to do that and not buy anything but some people have no shame.

The place that started it all… before frozen yogurt was «cool», there was Golden Spoon!
I almost cried when I saw it was closed… I thought it was gone forever, little did I know it was just closed for a remodel and now it’s back and it’s better than ever! Due to the recent soaring popularity of frozen yogurt there are tons of places that charge by the weight… The new Golden Spoon takes it and makes it better, it’s now self serve but you are not charged by weight, you are just charged for the size bow/​cup you want and then you are free to have at it with the yogurt and any toppings you’d like. I think it’s brilliant because the flat fee turns out to be a much better deal than those places that charge you by the weight. Oh and more importantly I think the yogurt here tastes better than anywhere else, Pistachio is awesome and when it’s in season… Pumpkin is to die for.

Hasn’t been the same since Chuck sold it.

I don’t understand why Golden Spoon doesn’t realize the 3 basic rules of ice cream/​frozen yogurt flavors, it’s really very simple, let me spell it out for them:
VANILLA
CHOCOLATE
STRAWBERRY
These are the 3 basic flavors one must have at any ice cream or yogurt shop. It really irks me that they are out of strawberry half the time I go there, oh but they will have Peanut Butter flavor or Irish Cream or Pomegranite Chipotle… ok I’m going a little overboard with Pomegranite Chipotle, but the point I’m trying to make is they will have weird ass flavors over regular flavors that people enjoy. So, no I don’t want Lemon or Rootbeer Float. Just give me plain olé strawberry damn it, is that too much to ask?

Coffee Lover’s Dream. The End.
oh & OLD asian grandma as the scooper. weird
we tipped and she didn’t sing

I’m not a frozen yogurt person, but when I do have it, Golden Spoon is the place! I had forgotten how good it was until I came back for the free night this week and then once again last night because it was so good. The graham cracker is super delish, and a small side of hot fudge pushes it over into the 5 category.
Thanks to Max, who introduced me to this flavor combination! She’s a sweetie!

Golden Spoon yogurt is superrr good! It’s yogurt, but tastes like ice cream!
Recommendations:
— Peanut butter cup w/​crushed peanut butter cups topping
— Toffee w/​crushed heath bar topping
Side notes:
— If you ask for 2 flavors (half and half), you end up with more yogurt than ordering 1 flavor. ;p
— Double stamp Wednesdays!!!

I learned a valuable lesson by going shopping hungry and walking into this Golden Spoon location to get a snack. They have no sorbet. Zilch — Zero — Nada. I was crushed. At least the counter guy was cute.
Shopping hungry though, it took me two trips to Smart & Final to get all the things I wanted. Thankfully, Trader Joe’s is in the same strip mall so I was able to pick up a carton of sorbet there.
Business Advice: You’d catch more bees with honey and you’d surely get more customers having one flavor of sorbet for sale. Your smaller, more nimble competitors do.

I am a fro-​yo addict and Golden Spoon is my crack. I can always expect a delicious cup of yogurt from any of their franchises. I wish I could say the same about the service for all their stores. Sizes range from mini to to-​go quarts. They have about 8 – 10 flavors daily.
I love the peanut butter and khalua, and from Thanksgiving to X-​mas they offer pumpkin pie! (to die for).
Their toppings go from chocolate chips, granola, to hot and cold syrups.
My fave is cookie dough!
I wish there were more Golden Spoons in my current area. =/