Tropical Smoothie Cafe

Gave this place another shot recently, and I’m happy to report that it gets my award for biggest improvement from one visit to next.
Most notable was that the 2 employees working today were very friendly, proud of the store’s offerings, eager to make suggestions, and genuinely interested in my satisfaction with visit (quite the opposite from past couple of visits, a good while back).
On to the food/​drink: new banana chia/​nut smoothie (peanut butter based) was absolutely fantastic, and my accompanying chicken Caesar wrap was good. I suspect that ingredients have not changed, but that there’s just now a lot more effort and pride in the kitchen.
So I’m a fan again! Kudos to management team and staff — Great turnaround!

Great smoothie got the mango awesome! Service was ok not a great selection of chips but decent sandwichs.

I want to warn all costumers about this business. The employees are the best, but I can not say the same about the owners. Lani Wynn and Michael Wynn don’t know how to treat their employees with respect. I don’t know if yall notice that there are always new employees at this business and the reason is because people don’t like to work for somebody that treats their employees like slaves. Some people quit after realizing this. They even have a family member working more than 40 hours a week at another location and they don’t even this person the minimum wage. They take advantage of this person because they know that she doesn’t have other relatives here.

Quick and friendly service. I always get the drinks. I haven’t had anything off the food menu.

I really enjoy the Avocalada here. Large, fresh, and healthy smoothies for good price. I strongly recommend the Avocalada. It is the most amazing, fantastic, and wonderful smoothie I’ve ever tried. Try it, you not gonna regret!!!

Large smoothies for a good price (5 – 6). Staff was nice and friendly and offered good recommendations.

Good food. Good smoothies. Good prices. Really good customer service.
Originally went a few times a few years ago with Groupon and had a good experience. Was back in the neighborhood today and returned. Glad I did.

I love the different smoothies to choose from, as well as sandwiches, tacos, and salads. The staff is friendly, and some know me by name, which is cool.

This establishment gives off the impression of health, yet their menu is completely lacking. I ordered a smoothie expecting a naturally sweet, refreshing, fruity drink. I was disappointed to take a sip and instantly taste the grainy texture of sugar, who knows how much is actually in each smoothie. I then turned to the menu to find in extremely small print that they put «turbinado» in their smoothies or can substitute to Splenda. What health food restaurant uses Splenda?! Disgusting. Fortunately they remade it for me at no cost. I also ordered a Spinach Salad, I asked the cashier what was is it and he said vinaigrette. I was picturing a huge spinach salad with a light balsamic on the side. I was shocked when I was delivered a small to go container filled with spinach and topped with a large amount of bacon and what looked like canned peaches. Being a vegan I was turned off completely. Then to top it off they gave me this sugar laden raspberry dressing. I told them about the situation and didn’t make it a point to replace it for me and find me something suitable. I’m just so displeased by this establishment that claims to be healthy and actually is the complete opposite. Just another company deceiving the public.

So far some of the best customer service I’ve had since I started working in Austin. The Avocolada that was recommended was freakin awesome. The customer service itself will have me coming back, the smoothie was a plus.

I waited 20 minutes for an order they forgot about.
On top of that I got an attitude from a large Hispanic woman after politely asking for my food. I even tipped the bastards. Boycott these rude assholes.

I’ve only been here once but I’m reviewing because I honestly can’t understand why this place only has 2.5 stars.
First, the place itself was clean, warm, and inviting with cute small tables and chairs. Our smoothie maker/​cashier was very friendly and patient with us (my bf and I took some time to decide since this was our first visit). She even made some great suggestions upon request! Second, and most importantly, the smoothies were delicious! I got the Green Island — my first ever green smoothie — and it was fantastic! I don’t know if it was the sugar (yes I chose to go the real sugar route) or what but I’m hooked and I’ll definitely try to copy it at home!
The reason for 4 instead of 5 stars is price. Smoothies don’t come cheap here at $ 5 – 6 a pop. That might be understandable considering it is a 24 oz. smoothie but I am more perplexed as to why they only offer one size — a giant one. I took me a good hour to finish mine — though I will say it didn’t liquify much in that time so that’s good.
All in all I would definitely come back!

Love this place! My fave is sunrise and sunset. The smoothies arrive promptly and everyone is very friendly.

I guess it’s a smoothie place for a reason, the food is not good. Ordered there so called Noodle bowl, which had about 10 mini (milimeter mini) pieces of microwaved steak, Maruchan noodles, and spinach (the only ok ingredient). There staff takes your order and that’s it, no thank you no hello, hey girls sorry you don’t like your job but it’s really not my fault. I’ll go again but for a smoothie as those taste better.

All fruit smoothie no syrup and you can add spinach and kale to any smoothie. Nice staff and always clean inside.

I love this café but have always eaten at the cedar park north location until yesterday. Big mistake! The wait staff was horrible and 6 hours after eating the chicken salad I was puking my guts out from food poisoning. Do yourself a favor and stay away from this location!

BEWARE! BEWARE! BEWARE!
This is one of the worst businesses’ ever. The owner Lani is rude and condescending to all her employees including her niece whom she doesn’t have no problems cursing profanities at her in front of customers. Employees are made to prep moldy fruits and the tip jar placed in the front counter which is suppose to normally be split evenly to all the employees working that shift, goes all to the owner Lani. I WILL NEVER SET FOOT HERE OR ANY TROPICAL SMOOTHIES IN AUSTIN BECAUSE SHE OWNS THEM ALL.

Came here because one of my coworkers were here and we wanted to have a quick bite together so we came here.
Overall it’s a good little smoothie spot but I tend to be drawn to mango smoothies and the mango smoothie here is really good! They only really have one size and it was about $ 4 – 5 bucks a cup.
It was just the right amount of sweetness and it tasted really good. The only draw back is that the service was a little slow. We were the only ones who ordered food there and it took a little bit to get my smoothie out and my co-​workers flat bread. But the service was really nice.
The flat bread my co-​worker bought looked really good and they said it was really good so I guess it was worth it? Oddly enough the flat bread was cheaper than my smoothie.
Overall the service was good but a little slow for me. But the smoothie I got was delicious. Would I go back? Yea if i’m in the area and in a mood for a smoothie I definitely would stop by and get a delicious drink!

This time instead of trying their food I tried one of their smoothies!
I ordered a smoothie with bluberries, banana and a ton of other fresh fruit! It was a thick smoothie but but hit the spot on the hot day!
I would definitely recommend this place as a smoothie place!

Always a delight! Fresh ingredients made fresh to order. I always add Splenda to make it that much better. Getting older sucks. Gotta watch the diet. The good news is it tastes great!
In addition to the smoothies, the wraps are a perfect way to enjoy a meal. My favorite is the Hummus Veggie Wrap. Can’t miss! Oh and Baked Lays on the side.
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