Yogurtland

Great flavors and selection! Taro is the best but it’s not always available (sadly.) I will drive to the airport just to eat this froyo.

Fun place. It’s in the airport so if you want to pop in the airport and grab a yogurt snack in under 30 its free parking. Great selection. Good quality, what else is there to say. you got to pick and choose your yogurt bars in Anchorage and this place is better than Menchies which is sweeter, often too sweet. But, yogurtland is just the right sweet.

Best fro-​yo I’ve ever had and I sure was stunned when I saw this in the anchorage airport! Of course we landed at 1am and it was closed but I told the yogurtland, «I will be back for you». I am now sitting in the airport waiting for my flight back to NYC with a belly full of yogurt land. Pure bliss. I don’t really need to advocate any flavors since they are generous with the free samples. Try it and never look at frozen yogurt the same again!

Hands-​down the best self-​serve yogurt place. I just wish they had more locations in Alaska. I love all the various flavors and they taste true to form. They are rich, creamy, and not at all icy. Also they have more fresh toppings than most places. Love!

I’m in love with Yogurtland! Go here a lot!

I first started flying airplanes for a major airline in the late 80s, and the frozen yogurt craze was in full swing. Back then, flavors were basic and it seemed that there was a yogurt stand at every airport. Of course, my crew and I were frequent customers.
I slowly saw air travel morph into a miserable experience, and frozen yogurt vendors soon became as scarce as a friendly TSA officer. How surprised I was when I recently discovered Yogurtland at our very own ANC!
Self-​serve, mega-​cool exotic flavors (coconut, my favorite), and a variety of optional toppings… a nice evolution. All sold by weight when you’re done loading up your bowl. Unlike going to the dentist, visits to the airport are a real treat now!

In the age of post-​September 11^th, you’re hard pressed to find anyone who gets excited about going to the airport.
First, there’s check in.
Kiosks are great, especially if you haven’t had enough time at work getting frustrated with inanimate objects. Then there’s fees for bags, fees for heavy bags, and even fees for «upgrades» like 4 extra inches of leg room.
During security, we wait in lines that put Disneyland to shame. We grit our teeth and say goodbye to the latte we just purchased at Starbucks, which was sneakily located outside security. We smell people’s stinky feet, we de-​clothe to our skimpiest layer, and we let strangers feel us up.
So — no. I do not look forward to going to the airport.
And yet, I make the pilgrimage to Ted Stevens International approximately once a week. I’m not traveling. I’m not picking up a friend. I don’t even work there. I go to the airport for one reason alone… Yogurtland.
Yogurtland is a self-​serve yogurt shop located outside airport security and thus accessible to the public. I normally dislike self-​serve yogurt places for a few reasons:
1. They’re always more expensive (because they charge by weight).
2. Hundreds of people put their grubby hands all over the yogurt and toppings bar daily
3. See number 2. Times a million.
BUT things are rough in Anchorage. A girl from Manhattan can get desperate. There aren’t a million yogurt places in town and in fact, you could probably count them on one hand. And of those few meager choices, Yogurtland is far superior.
WHY?
1. The yogurt is really good. I judge overall by the plain tart flavor and Yogurtland is on point with the best.
2. Their toppings bar cannot be beat! Passion fruit jelly, lychee-​filled boba, plain and flavored mochi… oh my! I can’t believe they have such options in Alaska! I thought I was more likely to find Muktuk than liquid-​filled boba balls.
3. The yogurt is no where near as expensive as the self-​serve places I detested in NYC.
4. I’m pretty sure it’s cheaper than Menchie’s, which has just opened on Lake Otis in South Anchorage.
5. Even the employees are nice!
I’ll leave you with these last few pointers…
1. Your first 30 minutes of parking at ANC are complimentary! So unless you are really slow, parking should be free.
2. You can taste flavors, but you have to ask the employees for tasting cups.
3. Yogurtland is open from 9am to 1:30am!!! Every day!!! I thought they were joking when they told me. So if you’re looking for a midnight snack and don’t want the disgusting options in Spenard, you can go get figure-​friendly fro-​yo.
And I’ll finish with this last request:
If you eat at Yogurtland, please be as sanitary as you hope a stranger would be. Please don’t lick your fingers and then dispense your yogurt, or dip your finger into the yogurt dispenser, or breathe all over the toppings, or pull out the toppings with your hands. This is how viruses spread and viruses make everyone unhappy. Plus it’s disgusting and it makes everyone around you think you were raised by wolves.