Bericup

Whenever I’m at Lakewood mall, I always make an effort to take a trip down frozen yogurt lane at «Bericup».
The flavors are pretty typical here: berries and chocolates. What really catches my attention about this place are the toppings that this place provides. This is the first frozen yogurt joint I have come across, that serves lychee fruit and lychee jello squares as toppings!!! WOW!!!
You can find me putting more toppings than frozen yogurt when I’m at «Bericup» :)

O, fro-​yo, fro-​yo, wherefore art thou fro-​yo? Its at bericup. Duh.
To differentiate in the sea of fro-​yo places, I use the tart to creamy scale, which I put pinkberry in the middle. Bericup is definitely on the creamier end of the scale. Maybe thats why I favor this one slightly. I like creamy!
Bericup offers four flavors of yogurt: original, green tea, mango, and strawberry. And all the usual toppings. I tend to always go for the original. One thing that bericup offers that the other places don’t is gelato that is made fresh daily! So if you’re not feeling like tart yogurt, there’s a bunch of gelato flavors that might make the cut. Or say you really like tart yogurt and your buddy doesn’t…then go to bericup. (I know many people encounter this problem on a daily basis and the decision over tart or not tart is just sooooooooooooooo hard sometimes. Problem fixed!)
Oh! And its slightly cheaper! Thats always a plus!

Bericup (Lakewood) is much like Catherine Zeta-​Jones. Alone, it’s quite pretty but, when you attach it to something old, out-​dated, somewhat dilapidated and under construction, it’s almost completely ruined.
Don’t get me wrong, the city of Lakewood is fine. Zeta-​Jones (pre-​Douglas, of course) is fine too. I’ll always have that Zorro movie to look back on…*sigh* What I’m referring to is the relic that is the Lakewood Mall (and also to Michael Douglas). It seems that this whole shopping center is trying to revamp itself (Costco coming soon!), but I’ll always think of this place as the Cerritos Mall’s ugly sibling. Bericup, I’m sure, is a welcome addition to this place (with its bright colors and position as the sole froyo joint in the Lakewood Mall). And, after reading some of the positive reviews, I decided to stop by before picking up the li’l one.
The froyo here is actually pretty good. I was afraid I’d find icy texture and watered down flavors, but I was wrong. It’s pretty creamy and flavorful. My mix of plain tart and green tea were good and comparable to other decent froyo joints. The toppings offered are pretty much what you’ll find at other froyo places, too. I was surprised to find that they serve gelato here (about 18 different flavors). Based on appearances, the gelato looked tasty, but I didn’t try it this time. Maybe next time.
This place has limited seating as the front counter takes up most of the floor, but I didn’t mind since I ate my order while shopping at Best Buy. Overall, this place is better than average in terms of froyo. I like that they serve gelato, too (like Mochilato in Irvine and Beach Cities Frozen Yogurt in HB). It’s nice to have the option in today’s saturated froyo market. I think I’ll return if I find myself in the area (change that to DEFINITELY if Zeta-​Jones is there sans old dude).

This is my first fro-​yo review and hopefully my last. SImply speaking, I don’t like the shit. Maybe because I began hating frozen yogurt long before most of the wide-​eyed Unilocalers were born, or maybe because it takes like fake… something. I did not want to go into this place, but my friend wanted to try it. They have some italian ice. I thought about getting the Splenda chocolate, but I don’t know how much splenda is actually in it and I didn’t want to end up overcompensating. So I got the pistachio. Let me tell ya, there is nothing Italian about the Italian ice. I equate Italian fare with flavor! This tasted nothing like pistachio. It just tasted like sugar. Nothing else. Yuck. And I know that it is the mall, but 3.25 for a scoop of gummy textured ice shit isn’t worth it.
Really folks… It’s springtime. The best time to invest in an ice cream/​frozen yogurt/​sherbet/​gelato maker from Target or Wal-​mart. 40 bucks tops. Trust me, even you can make better stuff than this.

they have gelato too!

They didn’t have the mango flavored yogurt when I went, instead they said they were trying out a new flavor — Chocolate. I asked to try it and the girl gave me a sample with a bit of strawberry saying that the chocolate yogurt tastes weird by itself. While I haven’t tried the chocolate flavors at other froyo stores, I thought this one was okay. I also tried strawberry and original. I didn’t think the original was very good, it kind of lacked the tartness I was looking for. The strawberry was a little better, maybe because it was tartier.
Eventally, I settled for the strawberry plus their multicolored mochi nuggets. I just wish their yogurt didn’t melt so fast. Also their yogurt isn’t like stinkberry’s, which I don’t like, it’s muuuuuuch creamier. Kind of like ceFiore’s but of course not as good!
Another thing I would like to note is how they have 1 topping included in their prices. So a small was like $ 2.95 which was pretty nice. Though they are kind of forcing you to get a topping which I don’t always want to get.
Oh and of course no hole in the middle like stinkberry!!!

another froyo shop in Los Angeles (Lakewood).
they have both Gelato and foryo! didn’t get a chance to try gelato, but the yogurt is kind of acceptable. i don’t think that it’s a real yogurt, it’s more like PB-​powder-​yogurt!
the price is very cheap compare to other fro-​yo spot, mabye cuz they just opened? the yogurt is more creamy than most places.
the décor is so-​so as well.
I should try gelato next time, looks a lot better! LOL! I was going to give 2 stars only, but with such cheap price, i have to give it 3 stars!
Froyo tour continue!

I’m no gelato expert, though I have had authentic gelato before. However, I really loved this place’s version of «Italian ice cream.»
I had the vanilla with yogurt chips and fresh strawberries. It was totally refreshing, fresh tasting, and not as expensive as most places. They give you a card so you can get free stuff the more you buy there.
Thankfully for my bum, I don’t live very close to the Lakewood Mall. However, they said they are just starting to franchise, so more of these places may pop up. Then, I’m in trouble.

Edit 5÷01÷08: There’s a girl there that has ripped me off twice. First time she charged me the price for a medium combo after I got a small, and she even asked me before ringing it up if it was a small. Second time she served me a small even though I asked for a medium. She charged me for a medium until I said something about it. She’s really stingy with the servings and the toppings the time she made my yogurt. All I can say is to look out for this. I’m taking away 1 star for this even though I like their tart yogurt.
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Another Pinkberry copy-​cat. Oh well…
Some pluses are that you don’t have to deal with the lack of parking at Pinkberry, they’re cheaper, have more flavors (strawberry and mango) and they have gelato too!
First time I visited I got the mango gelato. It wasn’t as sweet as I thought it would be, it tasted more like fresh mango with not much added sugar. But it still was very good. Second trip got the original (tart) frozen yogurt with mango, strawberries, and pineapple. Soooo yummy on a hot summer day! Their original is more creamy/​less tart than Pinkberry, which is good for some people. But I’d prefer that more yogurty taste even though it’s a hassle to get some.

AMERICA WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE!
The FROYO is almost a carbon copy of pinkberry but i must admit its a little better in some ways
1. the prices are cheaper the largest is 4.95 but its huge
2. the price include the toppings
3. for now everything is half off so i paid 3 buck for what i would have spent 8
AND BEST OF OF ALL NO HOLLOW CENTER!!!
As i have said with pink berry i love the flavor.
ohh ohh almost forgot
they serve gelato! so if you arent into the froyo you have some choices and they make smoothies.
give it a try and tell me what you think!!!
update: i went in there today 07÷31÷07 and to my sweet suprise they have flavored frozen yogurt!!! strawberry, mango and green tea! the green teal is a billion times better than punkberry and they mango is to die for! i also tried the peantbutter and jello gelato omg so good!!!