Yolato

I am glad that the new yogurt place Berry Wild took Yolato’s place because truthfully the Frozen yogurt was good, crepes, the sorbet was good and the gelato was good but, the way they treated their employees was unfair. Some people didn’t get paid, they didn’t like to hire alot of DARK people and mainly those are the ones they fired first, they were unreasonable with the schedule, very unorganized, they only trained a certain amount of people that they hired. If you eat the yolato there anything you ate there everyday you will or would have GAINED WEIGHT. Alot of people gained weight from eatting there everyday so what’s the sense in saying it was lowfat or nonfat. Trust me I used to work there.

EVERYTHING IS LOWFAT or NONFAT. GELATO but without the guilt. Whoa, I can’t deal with how much I love this place. Yolato is 2 blocks from my house and provides me an insane amount of happiness. Yes, it is $ 4.01 for a regular size (the smallest for the soft yogurt)… four dollars and one cent of pure joy.
The blackberry soft frozen yogurt is me and my housemates’ favorite. It isn’t always available but when it is our evening changes for the better.

ooopps, mistake. i wasted my $ 3 for a small cup. i did not like the frozen yogurt even though i think i tried it or i picked it because it looks colorful/​sounds flavorful? it’s puzzled me, too. bad experience. never again.

This place is pricey but I LOVE the sugar free hazlenut Yolato! Who am I kidding?!! That stuff tastes too darn good to be lowfat and sugarfree!
Hmm…its yummy and there’s not too many other places on the Upper west besides Tasti D-​lite which is pricier and ALL of their flavors taste about the same to me.

Don’t do it! It’s cheaper but not better than the rest.
The gelato tastes like ice cream, the frozen yogurt tastes like a puddle and unless you’ve just built a pyramid singlehandedly, it’s not nearly refreshing enough for $ 3 of your money.

Up until a week ago, I had never been to Yolato. I have never been to Pinkberry. I had never been to any of these yogurt places that have been everywhere for the last few years.
I went to Yolato though and while the first couple bites, I found myself thinking «bleh. it reminds me of my Oikos yogurt that I eat ONLY because it’s healthy». But after the 3^rd or 4^th bite, I found myself loving it!
I ordered the plain with blueberries and strawberries on top. Long story short, I have been craving this place ever since.

I didn’t realize how much I liked Yolato until today. I was walking down the street with my half a cup remaining when the wind blew it out of my hands. The Yolato did a flip midair. When the cup dropped to the sidewalk, it landed right side up. The Yolato definitely did not touch the dirty sidewalk. Only the bottom of the cup did.
For a split second (my friend describes this moment differently) I may or may not have wondered out loud if it would be weird to save it. I didn’t though.

Bad Service. I like the girl’s lovely smile, but I just didn’t feel good when I walked out of their shop.
Will not come back. Even though their gelato tasted not bad.

YESSSS YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES
Tarter than Red Mango, Yogurtland, Zaberry, and Bloomingdales. Creamier than Pinkberry. More generously portioned than all of the above, and local to boot. Can you survive on Yolato for days at a time? Yes. Since it is all I ever want to eat, I have tried and succeeded.
Also, I want to be friends with everyone who works at this location. They are awesome, tolerate infinite gelato sampling, and have good taste in which hip-​hop songs require sing-​alongs.
Insider tip: there is almost always a second Yolato flavor, but for some reason it isn’t indicated on any sign! You have to ask. Often it is blackberry, which is delicious.

No better way to sum up this place than in the words of the girl working the counter tonight: «Red Mango and Pinkberry can kiss Yolato’s booty!»
I could not agree more. They have a bunch of flavors of gelato (made with yogurt!) including dulce de leche, birthday cake, and standbys like hazelnut and pistachio. For $ 3.99 you get a cup of two different scoops, and they do not skimp. Why? The girl behind the counter explained: «If you’re paying 4 bucks for a cup of ice cream, we’re going to make sure you’re getting your money’s worth.»
Apparently the people in charge want them to scoop the customary New York mini-​scoops, and the people working there have basically said, «yeah ok whatever.»
My subway stop is 86^th Street, but this Yolato is the reason I often get off at 79^th Street, just so I can walk past it and grab some yogurty goodness. I keep telling myself I’ll order the yolato (soft serve) but the gelato is so damn good it sucks me in every time.

Yum! Cheap and delicious! I got a small cup of birthday cake and mint and I wasn’t expecting it to be so ENORMOUS. And it was only 4 bucks. That is awesome in my book, as I’m used to spending over 6 for an ice cream that big.
The flavors were very tasty. I also tried the pistachio which was good, and I’m very interested in going back to try some of the other flavors.

Is it «Woohoo! As good as it gets!»?
So 4 stars: Yay! I’m a fan.
The point is member that heatwave we had a few weeks ago? Where everyone was dragging their lifeless bodies around the city? Except it might as well have been the Kalahari Desert? I was swaying dangerously until Yolato cropped up on the horizon like a mirage, shimmering in the haze. I think the piña colada sorbet saved my life that day. Seriously.

Yolato features two flavors of soft-​serve frozen yogurt and 10+ of gelato. A frozen yogurt devotee, I opted for a regular size (that’s the smallest) cup of the «plain» flavor (I could have gotten strawberry).
This frozen yogurt is different from your standard Mr. Softee or Tasti D-​lite because it actually tastes like yogurt. It’s sweet but not cloyingly so, the aftertaste is tart, and the texture is light but substantial.
As for the price, let’s put it this way: At some other places: cough: Tasti D-​lite :cough: the counter help acts like they’re dispensing liquid gold. Come on, people, it’s frozen yogurt! It comes from a mix!!! Although the smallest size cup will cost you upwards of $ 3 (expensive in my book — see earlier rant) it is a generous portion, eliciting the «That’s the small?!» exclamation from my friends.
Bottom line: Friendly service, good portions, and frozen yogurt that actually tastes like yogurt. It’s a go.

I’m surprised at the luke warm reviews here. While I was at Artie’s (next door) and seeing so many people get yolato, I was intrigued. I tried the plain yolato/​yoggi (?) and was surprised to find that it tasted very similar to pinkberry’s yogurt except less tart and sweeter. I actually liked it better than pinkberry. I didn’t try any gelato though. Maybe next time.

I came to Yolato so that I could shake my head in disdain at the people who eat here because when I want ice cream, I buy damn ice cream. Now I must swallow crow, but at least it’s a pretty tasty crow.
The chocolate and the coconut yolato was so delicious. The consistency was right, smooth and creamy. It was so good that I might not even discern the difference between it and scooped ice cream if a taste test was conducted.

The name sounds like they serve some strange combination of yogurt and gelato. But it’s not that they serve «yogurt gelato,» but rather that they serve «yogurt AND gelato.» The yogurt is of the plain, unsweetened variety, a la Pinkberry. The gelato is regular, decent gelato. Why put ‘em together? I don’t get it.
Anyway, both are good. Ask for samples before you commit, though, especially with the yogurt if you’ve never had something like it before. It’s a smidgen sweeter and less tart than Pinkberry, but if you want the Pinkberry experience, you might as well go to Pinkberry.
They have an wide, rotating selection of gelato flavors, including «Cinna-​Jacks» (apple cinnamon-​ish), banana, and cake batter as well as peanut butter, tiramisu and pistachio. The icing on the cake — or should I say the sprinkles on the ice cream? — is manageable lines, and a staff that smiles at you.
Comically, any flavor that might be perceived as «boring» gets its name written in Italian. So, you won’t find vanilla ice cream here, but you will find «gelato di vaniglia.» There’s no chocolate chip, only «straciatella,» which they’ll describe as «Italian sweet cream with slivers of Belgian chocolate.»
*update: I knocked off a star here, due to 1) realizing that the entire time I spend eating the yogurt, I’m comparing it to Pinkberry and finding it wanting, and 2) my increasing annoyance with waiting while the people in line ahead of me ask to try five or six flavors before choosing.

Apparently I decided I eat dairy product after passing Yolato the other day. It just looked so damn tasty I couldn’t stop thinking about it!
I got the Yolato soft serve: the frozen yogurt soft serve version; slightly tart and not as sweet or creamy as their yogurt gelato flavors (which I sampled and were super yum). I ordered the plain topped with fresh blueberries and strawberries. It is a bit expensive, but the toppings and ingredients seem to be of very good quality.
It was great on a warm day. I think the tartness combined with the fresh fruit made it so tasty. The girl next to me in line said «It’s feels like you’re eating something healthy!» I don’t know if that is actually true, but if it makes you feel better, go on ahead.

I tried the pink grapefruit and lemon flavors last night. I’ve had better gelato, but for a $ 3 summer evening treat this does the trick nicely.
Key decision points: tastes better than Pinkberry; shorter lines than Grom; attractive salesbeings.

I wholeheartedly agree with Scott R. on this one, the gelato is much better than the name sounds and really doesn’t taste much different with the infused yogurt. This place JUST opened up at the beginning of April and it’s been receiving it’s fair share of customers (including me!) and for good reason. It’s one of the few gelato-​only places on thw UWS (at least that I know of) and it deserves a visit.
One thing to note, the sizes are much bigger than you think since they pile the gelato high over the cup. You can get two flavors with a small and three with a large. The tiramisu is really good as well as the pistachio and peanut butter cup. Oh and I forgot that they have a Gnutella flavor that is really tasty!
Right now it officially closes at 10pm but as long as there are customers it will stay open. Last time I was there they said the hours will be extended when summer rolls around.

Yolato is a combined term for yogurt gelato and while admittedly this isn’t as catchy as Fro-​yo, it’s better than, say, Gelogurt…
Their product is better than the name although the soft-​serve ‘Yolato’ is really an afterthought. They had about 20 hard-​serve flavors during my inaugural visit — 10 fruit, 10 non-​fruit gelato.
On the fruit sorbets, lemon, watermelon, and strawberry are all great. Pink grapefruit is interesting — tart like lemon but not quite as good. Pineapple is ok but the least remarkable of the bunch.
On the non-​fruit gelato, really liked the Tiramasu. Pistachio and peanut butter are both very good. Chocolate is just okay.
I found the soft-​serve plain Yolato to be nearly inedible. It had the right texture but it basically tasted like cold yogurt. They serve this similar to Pinkberry with fruit and dry toppings. Not my thing.
Service is really friendly — even when you keep asking for free trials.
The quality — especially on the non-​fruit gelato — is not as high as Grom but Yolato is cheaper and has less of a line…