The Lovin Spoonful

Delicious flavors! This place is always clean and has nice people working behind the counter :)

Great place, their yogurt is awesome! They change up the flavors often which makes it great. This is one of my favorite places in SB for yogurt!

I just moved back to the Mesa & was stoked to hear that there was a new froyo place near by, my friends said it was not as yogurtland, I completely disagree, I think it’s SO MUCH BETTER! It’s my fave! The flavors are good, I dig the toppings (except when they’re out of yogurt chips) & the employees are lovely. If you’re near the Mesa & dig froyo, I’d definitely recommend this spot!

Fantastic! These people have taken such incredible great care with their yogurt in sorbet place that I don’t even know where to start. They had such a great time talking with one of the owners, the son, and thoroughly enjoyed the sorbet that I got there which was the raspberry one and the dark chocolate one they were both amazing.
This is exactly the kind of company that I want to see all over the place because they are absolutely wonderful and I really really dig what they’re doing. They’re healthy they’re classy they’re compassionate considerate and conscientious and they are a perfect example of what an amazing new generation of company looks like that wants to not only have a great business but make the world a better place.

Great Flavors! Friendly staff. I’m glad that the toppings are labeled now. When The Lovin’ Spoonful first opened, it was an interesting quiz show game of «guess that topping».

This place is my sons favorite when he gets a craving for yogurt. Every time we come here the place is well kept and the topping bar is always clean and well presented.
They’re open everyday from 12pm — 10pm
They offer numerous varieties of yogurt to choose from and if you can’t make up your mind you can mix the flavors. Their frozen yogurt includes certified organic, gluten free, non-​fat, low-​fat, greek, tart and no sugar added varieties.
You can come here knowing that you’re putting live and active probiotic cultures in your body. The good stuff for your belly and digestive system!
There’s plenty of seating and they have some nice lounge chairs to cozy up in.
Check it out if you’re in the mood for some froyo!

ok, the best yogurt on earth. the owner puts his life and sole into his work. the name the loving spoonful says it all.
Burt Yost

You can tell whoever owns this puts a lot of thought into it. Just look at the signage, cleanliness, freshness and variety toppings, modern décor, and decorations.
This is the best self-​serve yogurt shop in town. Everything about it is great, except the absent-​minded staff and few gross flavors like carrot. The flavors rotate often though, and I see the more popular ones like tart, chocolate, and cake batter stick around. Smart move.
Today there was graham cracker flavored yogurt, which was low. That one is amazing, can you guys at Loving Spoonful keep that one too please? Then I’ll have no excuse to get the same flavor at McConnell’s!

Great place! Just wish they had some more non-​dairy options. But the pomegranate was good. Just wish there was a second flavor to compliment it! Like something chocolate.

Cool spot! Modern décor, and great frozen yogurt. Very light and airy, and not too sweet. The style is build your own with toppings (similar to Menchies or Yogurt Land) where they weigh it at the end. Very refreshing and delicious.

Adorable place on the mesa. Clean and sanitary unlike some of these serve yourself places (I’m lookin at you Yogurtland on state street). When the manager is being really nice he/​she makes fresh whipped cream. OH YA!

Excellent flavors and nice seating. Very friendly staff.
FYI — if you charge it on your credit card, it comes in as «Santa Barbara Development» on your credit card statement. No mention of frozen yogurt, so don’t be surprised, like we were. :)

Such a perfect addition to the Mesa! Love the chocolate with shredded coconut. Staff is always pleasant and place is clean.

The perfect spot for yogurt on the Mesa! Friendly staff, family owned, nice selection of flavors and toppings, great hours, clean and well thought out interior. What more could you ask for?!

Thank god this place finally came in NEVER. get rid of te tart. Please get fruity pebbles and captain crunch. Then everyone will be pleased

Pretty new place, tons of flavors and toppings galore! Loved it. I had a blend of chocolate, simply tart, kiwi something, and pistachio. Some of my toppings were cheesecake bites, crushed butterfinger, and little boboa balls. Topped off with some Carmel! So good. They go by weight so you can get a little wild :) good service and atmosphere too, just ask for a sample cup if u wanna try some before filing up.

Wonderful, cute and delicious frozen yogurt spot up on the Mesa! The staff was very friendly

This place is just fantastic and we folks who live on the Mesa are deeply grateful to have Frozen yogurt. Each time I’ve been there, the owner, John, has sat down and chatted with me and he’s just a real standup guy trying to make a good enough living to live in our fair town. The quality of the yogurt is insane and I think it’s the only place in town with ORGANIC frozen yogurt, which makes my wife very happy. My 10 year old boy loves it and we all love it.
5 stars is not enough!
Okay, one small quibble that will save you a lot of grief calling your credit card company.
For some reason, when you use a credit card to pay for your fro-​yo, your monthly bill will say: «Santa Barbara Developm» I’ve contacted the owner and asked that he fix this, but I wasted almost an hour on the phone with Chase Visa trying to identify these small charges from «Santa Barbara Developm» scattered throughout the year.
Anyway, just in case you too were stumped by the completely unrelated name on your CC bill, now you know. Hopefully John will fix this with his merchant bank. There is so much CC fraud these days that it was frustrating to have to waste time with mysterious, but legitimate charges from an otherwise totally awesome place.

This is such a great place! So happy to have a great frozen yogurt place on the Mesa. Selection is fantastic and the kids are lovin it!

Awesome place. Self serve yogurt, sorbet, and toppings, modern style seating, and a wide color pallet on the décor make it a nice way to secure some probiotics. The only downsides are a lack of kiwi in the toppings section and fresh baked artisan goods that their website said they had but they get a pass cause they’re new. All flavors are hormone and antibiotic free which is good for everyone cows included. Only cookies and cream and thin mint cookies contain gluten and cookies and cream is the only sore thumb that contains high fructose corn syrup. They took the time to mention the active probiotic cultures in their yogurts with a glass plaque on the wall, of which tart has twice as many as the rest at 300 – 400 million per gram. I got a mix of a bunch of flavors, tart included, and was not disappointed to pay $ .43 per ounce but was disappointed to remember that while science uses the metric system, the U.S. also known as «America» is still using imperial system.