Robeks

Great little smoothie shop. Standard menu with all the fixins. Right next to the Donut Bar, so thats cool too.

I love Robeks — especially this one located on B Street in Chula Vista. My man and I would come here after the gym and order their 800lbs. Gorilla smoothie as our post-​workout drinks. We usually never get enough of Robeks. Sometimes, we would even grab a couple of their protein cookies and muffins for breakfast or snack the next day.
The service is always incredible, here. The cashiers/​baristas are always very friendly. The wait isn’t as bad as some people say. It usually takes about 7 minutes wait for us to get our orders. The quality of their smoothies has never disappointed me. The place smells like freshly squeezed fruits and veggies. They also have happy hours between 4pm-​7pm, which is even more exciting!

Love this Robeks. The staff is always super nice too. Love the lemon ginger cayenne shots.

I am a big fan of Robeks for 10 years and I loved their juices and bowls. staff is amazing when it it comes to service and quality.

If you’re in downtown and want a GOOD smoothie or juice check out Juice Crafters right down the street on India, in between Date & Fir :)

This place is ok. I’ve been here twice and have realized how slow the service is. Maybe they are just understaffed. I normally go here as my last resort, drinks are ok, I normally order the «Age Buster». Overall ok service & drinks.

So this is a hit or miss apparently from the reviews… my experience here was great! It was clean .2 people were working behind the counter… and I had fast service and this Performance smoothie was delicious!!! The Age Buster is the business!

Omg! I’m so impressed these ladies made my experience in downtown so awesome! I’m such a smoothie jambs juice kinda of girl, and the staff here made me a drink that is almost the same as what I order. Really paid attention to my needs and wants. Corina cashier and Andrea totally rock! I work across the street but live in north county area, totally made my day and the perfect smoothie. Super great job ladies!
ESmeralda

It took almost twenty minutes for an acai bowl… Really? That is awful considering I’m sure most of their customers are people on break from school or work who are in a time crunch –like me.

Generally love Robeks but the customer service at this location is downright awful. I pretty much have the same gripe as most of the reviews on here. For a location that’s in downtown, I don’t understand why they only have ONE PERSON holding down the fort during lunch hours, it makes absolutely no sense. You have people waiting in line who end up walking out because they are not being attended to. It’s downtown, people have limited time during lunch, I don’t want to spend it waiting 30 minutes in line for a smoothie that takes about 5 minutes to make. Not sure if I’ll be going back to this location.

Normally I love Robeks but this place is just bad. From the moment I walked in the place had a funky smell. Being that I was in a rush and really craving something refreshing I decided to give it a try. First off, they were out of kale (don’t know how that happens) but the girl at the counter did offer to substitute the kale with spinach and my drink was fine. My problem was more around the cleanliness of the place. It simply was not to the standard of all other Robecks I’ve visited.

Slooooow service at times. One person working at lunch time? Seriously? I waited ten minutes (with no one in front of me in line) for someone to take my order. By the time I got my drink, half my lunch break was over.
I came back a second time and with 3 people in front of me and one employee on staff, it took 20 minutes to get my drink. Robeks needs to understand that their location is in a busy part of downtown. Their staff needs to be prepared. I used to work at Jamba Juice and we’d never have less than 3 people working at a time.

I went twice to get fresh juice and was disappointed both times. The service here is really bad.
The first time I ordered one of their standard juices, but substituted beet for celery. They took 10 minutes to make the juice even though the shop was empty, asked me 3 separate times what the substitution was, then still got it wrong and included celery.
I tried again today because it is close to my work and I hoped it was just a fluke. It was not. Two people working, one took my order, the other stood around. I waited for my juice while other people came in and ordered. The second worker started making smoothies that were ordered after my drink. Not sure if she was not trained on the juicer or something, but after 10 minutes without any effort to start my drink I did not care. I asked for a refund and left.
Not going back, despite its convenient location and a product that I want.

I couldn’t endure the rudeness and bad service long enough to complete the transaction. I ended up getting a smoothie two doors to the left instead.

I tried this place the other day because it was on my way to work. I got the evergreen (fresh squeezed juice). After the lady squeezed the juice she asked me if I wanted ice in the cup. Warm juice didn’t sound that good, so I opted for the ice. The only problem was that the ice took up so much room in the cup that she didn’t use all the juice that was squeezed in the drink she gave me. I felt like that was a waste and I really wanted that extra juice. I figured that next time I’d say no to the ice and then when I got to work, I’d add my own ice after the drink went down enough.
My main complaint is that I tried to go back the next day and the day after and they were closed. I was curious as to when they opened because both times I had stopped by a little after 7am. I decided to give them a call this morning and see when their official open time was (I didn’t see any hours posted on the door). The woman who answered said 7am. Hmmm… so I told her that both yesterday and today, I stopped at 7am and they were closed –lights off! She disagreed. Okay, whatever. I start work at 7:30am and have to walk several blocks after parking, so time is of the essance for me. I am disapointed that they do not open on time because the drink was okay and I felt that it was nice and healthy. I don’t think I’ll be going back again.

You come to this location because:
— You know exactly what you are going to order
OR
— Location is convenient
Don’t expect good customer service here. Having said that, their smoothies are pretty good in spite of the lack of customer service.

I’ve been here a few times lately (due to taking classes at nearby City College) and it’s a cool spot. The employee/​cashier guy is a pretty friendly person, and while the place is very tiny compared to other locations, I’m glad I can get my Robeks fix here. Loved the fact that they carry the Lemon Poppy Seed cookie as well as the usual drinks. Sometimes the drinks can be a bit off-​kilter (the too sweet TropiKale I got last week), they can also be just right (the delicious Peach Pleasure Almond Milk smoothie).

My review could be biased because I went on Saturday mining right at opening.
Price– $ 6 for a medium smoothie. I think it’s worth it.
Quality– got the berry slim and was skeptical at first but it’s pretty tastey.
Quantity– small, medium or large
Atmosphere– big back area but the front is designed to grab a smoothie and go
Staff– nice
Does what it need to and pretty good.

I just finished a run around Balboa Park and was looking for something refreshing. Unfortunately, this was the wrong place to go.
I got the Polar Pineapple Smoothie. It was icy and tasted like artificial sweetener. It wasn’t until I got near the end of my drink when I realized why I couldn’t taste the pineapple. They were all still not blended… it was like a fruit salad at the bottom of my cup. For $ 5, it was a total disappointment.

Delivery min. $ 20, call 619−696−9312. Naturally light smoothies less than 160 calories (12 oz). Strawberry-​pineapple only 126.
Great variety and my strawberry pineapple smoothie was just OK. Maybe I just have not stepped outside my Jamba Juice comfort zone, but I honestly would not even make my way over here if I didn’t happen to score a great parking spot right out front.