Yogen Fruz

So sweet. Even their least tart option froyo is overly sweet. I ordered the green tea.
So expensive. $ 4.50 for a small with 1 topping? $ 7 for a medium cookies and cream?
And worst of all, there was no customers in line and 3 employees, and yet we were being ignored because they were having a more interesting conversation with each other.
Sorry but I think Yogenfruz has gone down, or my taste buds have changed.

On a hot day in San Francisco (not that we get that many), an ice cream or frozen yogurt is perfect. I was along the Embarcadero on a weekend and remembered this place was close so I decided to check it out. I couldn’t figure out if it was open or not because the doors were closed and no one was at the counter. I tried the door and it opened so I went in and someone from the back came out. I ordered the mint chocolate chip and it was good with lots of chocolate chips. The server wasn’t too friendly but it quenched my appetite for something sweet and cool.

This is the worst froyo I have EVER had.
Being a loyal fan of Pinkberry since 2006, I have high standards for frozen yogurt, as everyone should!
I tried two flavors here, Cheesecake and Mint Chip. Both were extremely horrible, almost to the point of being inedible. Other places like Yoppi, Yogurtland, Red Mango, etc, have actual cheesecake bites… I don’t know what this place has. Cheesecake powder that mixes in with the frozen yogurt? Whatever it was, it was NASTY. The texture wasn’t smooth and it was just blah. The mint chip tasted like toothpaste without any flavor! It even had that grainy texture too.
DON’T COME HERE. It’s empty for a reason, this chain needs to be axed.

I’m a girl who’s a fan of the original tart yogurt. No matter how many times I’ve tried flavored yogurt at different places, I always revert back to the original tart yogurt because I love the tartness and most of the flavored yogurt tasted too artificial/​sweet.
Until I went to this place.
Their mint yogurt with chocolate chips definitely surprised me because to be honest, I was expecting the flavor to be of mainly artificial mint. NOPE. It has actual tart yogurt! I realized was they they mix the frozen base with the item/​flavoring you like. THAT is how flavored yogurt should be. Not some completely formulated artificial flavoring mumbo jumbo.
While I loved the yogurt, the place is aesthetically pleasing, the menu was very confusing. With so many different yogurt, smoothies and other items on the list, it just got pretty overwhelming to choose. The menu really just looked like a bunch of pretty words on the wall but with no clear direction of what was being said.

I haven’t been to a froyo place like this before. I like the way the froyo is combined. I am so used to the self serve places that it’s a bit refreshing to have someone serve me froyo and ask what I want instead of just laying it all out there. A little more premium than most froyo places but I’m willing to pay for that. I’ll be coming back!

First had Yogen Fruz in Toronto, and l was in love.
This isn’t like other frozen yogurt places, since they mix in the fruit INTO your yogurt to create flavors. Meaning: you get strawberry yogurt, they mix the frozen base with a handful of frozen strawberries right there in front of you.
I am a fan of Pinkberry, Yogorino, Yogurtland, and all these places, but Yogen Fruz is really unique and tasty in its own way.
They also have non-​fat, no-​sugar added options for those who care about that.
Here are my favorites:
–Key lime pie
–Mango/blueberry/cherry/(any berry)
My family’s unanimous favorite:
–Cheesecake
–Mint chip
I would stay away from:
–mango mint pineapple sorbet — that was awful
This review is purely about the yogurt. The service at this Yogen Fruz is pretty sad, to be honest. There’s only one employee most of the time, and he leaves randomly before closing sometimes and puts a handwritten sign on the door. Uh…
Regardless, I love Yogen Fruz.

It’s good enough when you need to get the hell out of your 3 Embarcadero Center office space because you need to stretch your legs. Aside from that, wouldn’t come here… Yogurtland is my homie. Only good thing I’ve had here is the strawberry cheesecake. Everything else is nothing to write home about for me.
Simply cannot stand that you can’t call how much yogurt you want in your cup, and that even with a miniscule amount it’s wildly overpriced. Still, it is right downstairs from the office, so it avoids getting 2 stars simply based on location.

It’s funny that this is the first time I’ve reviewed Yogen Fruz because I’ve been coming here at least once a week for months if not years. It’s so hard to avoid it when it’s literally in the building next to my work. Every day around 3PM it calls me: small, low fat, mint chip with dark chocolate shavings. Every day I have this internal dialog:
«You want yogurt. You had it yesterday, though. So what? Well, you have some ice cream in the fridge at home and if you want to eat that after dinner, you should probably not get frozen yogurt on top of that. I really shouldn’t eat ice cream at night anyway. It would be healthier to have frozen yogurt now than ice cream later. F*ck it.» (awkwardly runs out of office)

Cool little fro-​yo place in the Embarcadero center. Had a good selection of flavors and toppings and the service was pretty friendly. I did their mint chocolate chip and tried the strawberry cheesecake as well, both were really good. Not a very big place, but you can sit outside in the mall which is a really nice area.

Honestly, not my favorite fro-​yo spot.
great service though, but the fro-​yo isn’t nearly as sweet and creamy as yogorino (one embarcadero center over) or as delicious as a pinkberry.
but hey, location location location (and it’s one escalator from my office building front door)

The last-​day-​of-​Groupon hell may be the truest testament to how a business chooses to operate. On this G-​day, Yogen Fruz pitifully failed.
With a line out the door and a neverending supply of customers with codes on their i-​Phones, the one kid working the counter, cash wrap, and yogurt machines was having the worst Saturday of his life. No one in the back, no one even coming in for backup. To him, I give 10 stars (and a $ 100 tip if I had the money). I hope he survived to the end of his shift. Shitty management gets 1 star.
The yogurt itself was great. I got the Mint Chocolate Chip (a large for $ 7.40 after tax), with mint fro-​yo and chocolate chunks on top. My boyfriend got the Apple Pie (same size, same price); vanilla fro-​yo with apples & cinnamon pressed into it and graham cracker crumbs on top. Portions were gigantic, prices were more than I would want to throw down on yogurt. A smaller size makes more sense both financially and gestationally.
Self-​serve would save the day at this place. Treat your employees better, and I would come back.

Had a Groupon and had just finished zip lining at Justin Herman Plaza, ok perfect time for froyo! I tried the lychee/​pineapple combo — they blend the fruits into the frozen yogurt. I like this idea of infusing the fruit into the yogurt, but honestly, I wasn’t impressed by the flavor of the yogurt itself (I got the low-​fat original). I like my froyo to have a naturally, slightly tart flavor that enhances the toppings I choose (usually fruit, gotta be healthy right?) without any extra flavoring or sugar to amp it up. I don’t know, the Groupon was a good introduction to this product, but with so many froyo choices, I might choose one over the other.

Had to redeem my Groupon someday and yesterday was that day. I knew the prices here are higher than the rest of the game so the $ 6 value helped. With stiffer competition coming in from Yoppi, freshii, and Yogorino, I really hope they will revolutionize the business by lowering prices and keeping the quality or making it better.
The menu is confusing and the placement of the text is awful. I wasn’t sure if regular tart yogurt is the tart soft-​serve. Information about topping can be barely read and the price is stuffed in the middle of the sentence somewhere on the menu board.
There are good number of toppings but definitely not the most. I opted for a medium original tart ($ 4.75) with mochi and blackberries. A large would cost ($ 6.95); I’d rather get a real meal. When I got to the counter, I didn’t even know what my total was and just presented the Groupon barcode on my phone. I hope I used up the full value.
Although it was a sunny day in the embarcadero center, it began to melt slowly already. I really like the tart flavor with the mochi. The blackberries are alright but the mochi was perfect. Not too hard and just correct for chewing. I wish more toppings were piled into the cup. This is why self-​serve stores succeed, satisfaction is in the eyes of the consumer. Hopefully there will be more promotions and discounts because I really would like to have more froyo from Yogen Fruz but the cost is not cutting it in this City.

This is a really long overdue review since I haven’t been here in over a year, but why not write about it since this was my first exposure to froyo.
I remember walking by this spot during my lunch break when it first opened and the line was super long! Wasn’t too sure what the fuss was about, so when the line was gone I decided to give it a shot. Being a complete novice to froyo, I didn’t know what to get. Then I just saw this giant pic on the wall of a vanilla froyo topped with kiwi, strawberries, and mango, and then I just pointed to the wall and said, «I’ll have what’s on that picture!» LOL. It was beautiful… and very tasty. After that I got hooked and came here on a frequent basis. I often came back for their Green Tea froyo topped with Mochi. That was so good!
Now I’ve probably been to a dozen or so other froyo spots since then, and some have been better, but they can’t take away my first experience from Yogen Fruz. Give it a try if you’re in the mood for some froyo in the FiDi.

Loving Cup’s custom blend froyos will pwn Yogen Fruz and beat it silly with an electric stick.
But I don’t work close to Loving Cup. I work close to Yogen Fruz.
Sad face.
Coworkers and I normally go to Yoppi, but we decided to be adventurous and walk an extra couple blocks down to Embarcadero Three to try their stuff. At 2:30 PM on a cold Wednesday afternoon, there were 2 people in front of us and 3 in line behind us, and only 1 girl working. Ah yes, the picture of inefficiency.
Because the place is a little confusing as to what you can mix in and what you can’t, I just went with one of the pre-​made stuff on the board: the lava flow (one of my favorite fruity concoctions when I’m in Hawaii). It’s vanilla froyo (your choice of low-​fat or nonfat) blended with coconut flakes and pineapple, and then topped with strawberries and more coconut flakes.
Pretty delicious. Way too much coconut flakes packed on top though, so if I ever go back, I’d opt out of that. I’m sure a pineapple-​flavored one with strawberries would be just as delicious, if not more, because even when integrated into the froyo, the coconut stood out in both flavor and texture (especially texture).
Coworker had the coffee blend with Oreo cookies on top. It was cool to have froyo with coffee beans in it, but I wasn’t a fan of the flavor at all. She liked mine better, but we both agreed that our afternoon froyo trip would remain at Yoppi.
This place has a lot of potential, especially since it’s in such a great location, but unlike its frienemies Yoppi, Yocup and Loving Cup, it gives too little tasty excitement and too little yogurt for your buck. Cheap Chine$e Girl does not approve.

Yogen Fruz is basically only a service counter encased by a bubble storefront. there’s no seating within. they sell mix-​in froyo, smoothies, and soft serve tarts.
menu: mix in froyo, tart froyo, froyo smoothies
froyo availability: (soft serve)
–acai blueberry: slight hole in middle, slight berry taste. smooth, thick, slightly tart.
–original tart
pricing: with 3 toppings
(s)2.50 3.95
(m)3.50 4.95
(l)5.50 6.96
toppings. 75 cents each, 10 dry (usual), 6 fruit toppings.
frodrips:
–froyo dispensing machines, custom laminated cups
–few people come here
–mix in fruit available with frozen fruti (strawberry, kiwi, blueberry, pinaapple, bananae, peach,) with either vanilla or chocolate base.
–wacky wabbit wating 2 stars. doubt mikey will come here.

Definitely on the thicker side, but if you like that then more power to you. You seriously can’t go toooo wrong with frozen yogurt, but maybe I’ve just been lucky. The appeal of yogen fruz is that you can essentially create the flavor of yogurt you want with fresh ingredients. They take the toppings and the yogurt and blend them together, what’s not to like?
A bit more on the pricier side, but that is expected being in the FiDi/​Embarcadero area.

It was a quiet Saturday afternoon at the Embarcadero Center (I suppose most Saturdays are like this over there…), and, since I rarely venture over to this corridor in the Financial District, I figured I should try out Yogen Fruz.
I had prepared myself beforehand and looked up some information on Yogen Fruz’s website and via previous reviews here; read that the «Blend It» was a better deal than «Top It». Well, the other fro-​yo shops don’t have the option of blending frozen fruit with the fro-​yo, so I went with this decision. Per the recommendation of the wonderful fro-​yo worker, I went with strawberry and lychee. A little crunchy (from the real fruit), but quite a tasty cold treat. $ 2.65 for the small, which will probably be the only size I ever choose at any yogurt shop (I can’t…see myself eating anything larger).
I like the different concept of «Blend It», since these days it’s becoming more difficult to distinguish all the different shops. They each need their personal/​unique spin on fro-​yo, so I commend Yogen Fruz for the blending option. The actual toppings (I had the option of adding additional fruit/​mochi/​etc. after the blend) were the usual; display looked clean overall.
Hmm, in the end though, Yogen Fruz was just okay for me; like I’ve already said, the blending option is different, but the actual fro-​yo itself seemed plain. Since I rarely ever go to the Embarcadero Center, I may or may not go back to try Yogen Fruz again. It all really depends.

So I was completely confused by how I was supposed to order at Yogen Fruz because I’m no fro-​yo connoisseur. I don’t think I was the only ignorant one there since the line was crawling a bit this past Friday. It was warm and sunny the way summer is supposed to be, and naturally a place like this draws customers like flies to John McCain’s tired political agenda.
I only found out on the spot that they blend the yogurt with whatever fruit happens to be in under the glass case. Gee, I was wondering why they asked me what kind of topping I wanted when I thought I answered the question a couple of minutes before. It turned out the fresh strawberries I asked for were pulverized and blended with the vanilla yogurt. Since I was momentarily flummoxed, I said strawberries again, so I inadvertently compounded the flavor with more strawberries.
No matter since it was pretty tasty. A small cup will cost you $ 2.50 with a topping an extra 95-​cents (see my photo). That’s really not bad for the FiDi, and it’s the perfect treat when you’re sitting a spell at Justin Herman Plaza. Service was a bit machine-​like but understandable given the crowds. The place has a nice, clean look to it that makes it quite inviting.
FRO-​YO — 4 stars… tasty, fresh and not as tart as others popping up in the city
AMBIANCE — 4 stars… a sliver of a spot… clean and sleek
SERVICE — 3.5 stars… quietly friendly, a bit machine-​like in their blending and serving
TOTAL — 4 stars… probably one of the better fro-​yo shops I’ve been to lately, but like I said, I’m no fro-​yo connoisseur

Update — ⁶⁄₄ — They have mochi! Delicious mochi! Tried the Blend It this time with strawberries and peach slices. It was definitely more tart with the blended frozen fruit, so next time I’m going back to the Top It. Since the yogurt is pre-​measured in blocks, it feels like you end up with more with the Blend It option.
Sidenote: I was just telling Erin R that normally I order the smallest size for frozen desserts, but both times I’ve been here, I’ve killed the medium all by myself. I’d make the frozen yogurt goddesses proud! At least it’s low in fat… right?
— — — — — — — — — — — -
Their logo [
makes me happy. They’ve been around since 1986. Whoever is calling this a Pinkberry knock-​off might think twice.
The first Yogen Fruz in California [first in the Western United States], beaten only by three weeks by the Chicago location! Now I’m not one for being the first in line for anything, but there I was this morning in 55 degree weather [only the BEST type of weather for freezing treats], filling out the Examiner Sudoku puzzle, waiting for Yogen Fruz to open up. About 45 minutes before opening, Terence N. came out, welcomed Lolia and I, and gave us a quick tour of the shop. He was open and friendly, answering our questions and explaining the Yogen Fruz concept.
There are a few options — Top It, Blend It, and Smoothies [etc]. The Top It option is the vanilla soft serve with fresh fruit toppings. The Blend It option is the frozen yogurt [low fat and chocolate available] in bar form, blended with frozen fruits.
I went for the Top It with blueberries, raspberries, and blackberries. Not as tart as tart yogurt [and therefore might disappoint some people who like it tart]. Not as sweet as the regular frozen yogurt. It’s that in-​the-​middle flavor that I like without any chalkiness. The flavor reminds me of the only yogurt I actually like to eat — the kind they sell in Asia. Different process. Different taste. The portions are not too big [at least for a medium], and the topping to yogurt ratio was perfect.
It seems like they have a good start. If I am going to the theater or am working nearby, I’ll probably stop in for a treat.
Random, somewhat useful info: According to Terence, Yogen Fruz yogurt has more probiotics [
than other frozen yogurt places. Great for lactards!