Tangysweet Yogurt Bar

yogurt — very tarty, maybe even a bit too sour.
mochi– perfectly soft and chewy. very fresh.
great ambiance with plenty of seating.
price– expensive

Meh. $ 6.60 for a medium cup of froyo. The toppings are placed by the employee, no DIY here. The toppings are not as wide in variety as similar yogurt shops.
The employees attitude was: yawn please hurry up and leave: so we felt rushed through the creation process.
The quality was average, no problems and nothing great.
Overall, a big Meh.

After reading the Unilocal reviews for Tangysweet, I decided to finally go and try it out, considering the fact I love fro-​yo and smoothies. My experience was pretty good.
I tried one of their smoothies (forgot the name, but it had strawberries and banana) here and really liked it. There was one staff member in particular who was working really hard behind the cashier and genuinely apologized because my order took some time and there were other customers regularly arriving too. That sort of hospitality was good to see.

Waited forever to have our order taken in an empty store on a Saturday night (should have been the first clue). Cashier finally took my order and totally ignored my boyfriend. Then found hair in my boyfriend’s bowl of froyo. Won’t be going back.

Unlike so many froyo shops that serve a sugary, runny, creamy mess that tries to pass off as yogurt, Tangysweet serves exactly what I love: light, tart yogurt with a hint of sweetness. I can easily down a medium or large sized cup and not feel a sugar rush or weighed down at all. I’m also partial to anything green tea flavored, and this seems to be the only froyo place with green tea as a staple flavor in all of DC. The green tea is a particularly light flavor that is easily overpowered, so don’t get a mix of green tea and chocolate and expect to taste much green tea.
I only wish that the toppings were sold on an individual basis. I would like to mix a small amount of mochi into my cup, but the $ 1.50 unlimited topping charge never seems worth it since I only want one topping. I also recall Tangysweet running an awesome happy hour deal with all froyo half off for a few hours and would love to see that again!
This place is usually pretty empty and has plenty of seating, so it’s a great alternative to crowded coffee shops if you’re looking for somewhere to sit and hang out.

Tangysweet is one of my favorite shops in the city. I haven’t found that many shops in DC that offer as much fresh fruit as tangysweet. A lot of shops in DC offer a good amount of those flavor beads on canned fruit. to me it feels like a bunch of syrup in my fro-​yo. I personally love fresh fruit over things like cookies, granola, and all that. They also offer cupcake toppings and sometimes it’s a great addition. The cupcakes are baked fresh next door at Red Velvet Cupcakery which I think had the best cupcakes. They are simple and their icing is amazing.
A lot of people mention that the yogurt is really sour and tart. Honestly I prefer it to the really sweet kind that other stores have. Sometimes it’s bordering on feeling like a soft serve ice cream instead of a fro-​yo. It’s there in the name of the store. Overall, I love this palce and it’s my first option for fro-​yo everytime I have the craving. There isn’t much parking so take a friend to idle in the car while you run in. I think the best combo i’ve have in the past was Strawberry and Fruity Pebbles, All of the fruit with Toasted Coconut over it, and Red Velvet Cupcake with Chocolate Chips.
They also sell buy the cup and not by weight. I’m a plain jane and the orginal is to best to me personally, the chocolate comes in a close second and last I love the green tea every once in awhile topped with toasted coconut. Get there is you can!

I should def be listed as a regular here! I love sour and tangy, so TangySweet is up my alley! Customer service is so important. There was a sketchy employee or two in the past that made me like my expensive frozen yogurt less, especially being stingy with the yogurt!
Now, still expensive and sometimes I feel that I can get more than a partial swirl in a small cup, I don’t complain because I like the servers and the atmosphere usually. This yogurt isn’t for everyone. All of the yogurt has a tart and tangy flavor to it, even the classic (vanilla) and chocolate. I’ve been with some that don’t like the tart-​ness of the flavors.
I enjoy them! Guava/​passionfruit, green apple, coconut and they even have an amazing green tea yogurt flavor. They won me over with their green tea! I love popping in to see what the flavor of the week is. I haven’t found my trusted combo for a good smoothie yet. Out of my 3 experiences ordering smoothies, they have tasted slightly bland. Not having a sugary, syrupy sweet smoothie is quite refreshing, but bland and yogurt grain is not my cup of tea for close to $ 6-​$ 7.
Cool decorated tables, a few high chairs for people watching on 7^th street, and few neon lit frosted tables for standing and mingling makes TangySweet a cool corner spot to grab a refreshing treat!

Tangysweet, where the yogurt is certainly tangy, but not really very sweet. I laughed out loud when I read Kristie V.‘s comment that her yogurt tasted like «old sour cream.» Ahahahahhahahaahhaha! She is SO RIGHT. But to me, it’s not a bad thing. It’s refreshingly interesting.
I confess, I’ve only had the coconut flavor, but it’s good, so I keep on going back for the same thing. I know it’s an odd combo, but I get it with Reese’s Pieces. I’m alternative like that. Today I gave the chick at the counter a $ 1 tip and she practically smothered my yogurt with toppings. It was funny. Major candy overkill. Give a little and get A LOT.
This place gets PACKED. It’s like field trip central up in hurrrr. Kidz be ery’where. I try to go at odd times — avoiding the lunch crowd and after work mob scene.

While I definitely experienced the tangy here, I entirely missed the sweet here.
I get that sour yogurt isn’t for everybody but I have had it before and, while I don’t enjoy it as much as sweet yogurt, it’s definitely never been anything more than a different taste until this. This was seriously bitter. Grossly bitter. Even when I coated the top in blueberries and Golden Grahams, I couldn’t get rid of the sour taste at the back of my throat that it «provided.»
Trying some of my lady’s mango yogurt did not help. I figured that the fruit flavor would provide the sour but it did not. It just tasted like bad fruit.
For the record bad fruit is what the blueberries tasted like as well. They were either squishy or equally bitter to the yogurt. While Penn Quarter may be kind of a food desert, as it were, I kind of expected quality fruit at a yogurt stand there.
For those who are more into the bitter yogurt craze than I am, I can see how this place would be decent. The portion size is pretty good for the price and the service is friendly. And they really do fulfill their promise of piling on unlimited toppings for $ 1.50 until they fill the cup. I just wish the toppings actually did something to the yogurt more than disguise how awful it tastes slightly.
At least for those of us sweet yogurt fans.

Wow! I was blowed away! This was great. I was looking for frozen yogurt all week and finally found one. Tangy sweet was what I was looking.
I have had frozen yogurt before but this something else.
I had the classic yogurt with strawberries and mango with Carmel on top.
The staff was very nice and even have out the wifi password.

All I have to say is «unlimited toppings»!!! Okay, and for those who can’t handle the tanginess (raising my hand here), I found the coconut to be a great alternative!

Very nice! The dining room is fairly spacious for a yogurt bar besides being in DC’s Penn Quarter. The flavors are just as fresh as the toppings. The owners mix the yogurt fresh every day. Great location … Awesome yogurt … Very good experience.

Love this little place! What the sell is all good, and their staff are always smiley and cheering, just LOVELY!
Love their mango and peach flavor frozenyo… so fruityyyy so summeryyyy!
Never pass by without going in!

I usually skip Tangysweet’s frozen yogurt (though it tastes as good as any other chain) because the cashiers put the toppings on for you unlike at other chains.
However, Tangysweet offers something other yogurt shops don’t… Smoothies! I don’t know what the calorie/​sugar contents are but they taste healthy and hit the spot when you want a light snack. I recommend my fave, the green tea smoothie.

You can’t really go wrong with fro-​yo. The flavors at this place are of the tangy sort — coconut, pomegranate, etc. And, of course, they will give you free samples of any of the flavors. And you can mix and match the flavors, of course, too. But the best part here is the unlimited toppings. Prices are either with or without toppings. And with toppings, you go down the line like at Subway or something and just tell the person what toppings you want. I exercised restraint and just went with 3 toppings. They have everything from candy, to cereal, to fresh fruit. Most of the typical toppings you would expect. The space itself is nice — white and modern. It can get pretty busy on a hot weekend day, so be prepared to stand and eat. Overall, it was friendly staff, decent prices, and yummy fro-​yo.

I came here Sunday after the Pride Parade since we needed water and something cool! It wasn’t that packed, which was great since the Starbuck’s right before it had a line out the door!
I got the TangySweet smoothie, with soy! I was pleasantly surprised with the soy option and really grateful for it. I love frappes and smoothies, but with my lactose intolerant, they tend to upset my stomach. This one didn’t cause any discomfort at all. And I could almost feel myself get healthier as I had it — with all the seeds and taste of the fruit, it was hard not to! I literally felt as if antioxidants were pumping through my system, which was a great treat after sweating it out all day!

Reunited and it feels so goooooooOOOoooOOooood…
All the other froyo joints can take a hike when I have Tangysweet in front of me. ^,^
They moved next to Red Velvet Cupcakery.
Please don’t move again.
Ever.
EVERRRRRRRR.

Yes… pricey. But’s D.C. what’s not pricey?
So …
When it comes to FroYo places I am in the middle about self serve and non self serve. I like that there is NO surprise when it comes to the price, but I dont like that I dont get as much topping as I like.
I wasnt happy that they didn’t have vanilla only tart, chocolate and a 3 other flavors. I think they should offer more flavors.
I got chocolate with white chocolate chips. The chips were horrible.
But lil homie… My daughter was happy with her chocolate and capt’n crunch topping.
Also the flow of the line was sucky… order first, but they dont tell you to pay and naturally you proceed to give the toppings you want. Suggestion. … a order here, pay here sign!

Wayyyy too expensive for frozen yogurt.
1. I don’t like how it’s not self-​serve.
2. Flavors are pretty interesting, although they all seem to blend together. I got the green tea, mango, and original. All were yummy, but again, they all seem to taste the same at the end.
3. Toppings are expensive (around $ 1.10), but you can pile however much the bowl can fit with whatever toppings you want. I went crazy and had at least 5 different toppings (Blueberry, mango, cereal, almonds, etc.)
4. The smallest size can be shared with 3 people if you are not feeling like you want a lot of yogurt.
Still really bugs me that it is not self-​serve, and that I had to pay over $ 5 when I usually pay $ 2 – 3 at a self-​serve fro-​yo shop.

While walking, I just happened to see this place. The green tea smoothie and green tea frozen yogurt are good!
I visited twice while I was in The Federal District of Columbia.