Smoothie King

I was so excited to have Smoothie King open in my neighborhood. They offer a great tasting, nutritious meal option for those times when you’re on the run. I was especially pleased that I’d have a quick dinner option when on my way to the gym.
Let me start off by saying, I really like Smoothie King’s product and the staff is always friendly and extremely accommodating. They offer more flavors and extra nutrient options than you could imagine. Prior to Smoothie King, the only other option was One Stop on Camelback and not a huge fan of them.
I only have one issue worth mentioning and that is you cannot count on them to be open for business during their posted hours. They have changed the hours of operation so they close at 7:00PM, however; the last three times I arrived between 6:45 and 6:50, the doors were already locked and they were cleaning everything up. If you’re going to advertise business hours until 7:00, you should remain open until then. I’m going to start thinking twice before considering them a meal option prior to the gym since they’re always closing early and it wastes my time driving somewhere else to grab something.
Besides Smoothie King’s inconsistencies in operating hours, I really like them and think you should definitely give them a try!

Phoenix might be in the desert, but it is definitely an oasis for franchises. Smoothie King #1353 just opened on Central Ave and Thomas in a strip mall, situated betwixt bread/​bakery and burgers/​fries joints. Franchise or not, it’ll have to work hard to stand out.
The staff was friendly and gave me some coupons for chocolate smoothies. Could there be such a thing? Ooh yeah! I also picked up a menu and the nutritional guide. Kudos to Smoothie King for having such extensive literature. The company is really aiming for customers who care about what they eat.
Open from 7AM-​9PM Monday through Saturday with shorter hours on Sunday so seriously, you could plan your daily meals. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Just be wary of the sugar and request no turbinado.
Unfortunately, during my visit the sensory perception was not picking up any love. There was no sweet smell of fruit in the air. I miss that! What I saw were a lot of small packaged nutritional products for sale.
And, it was white everywhere. The whole place was white… like The Matrix construct. Yo! My residual self image was trying to make sense of it all. «Welcome to the desert of the real smoothie.» I’m pretty sure Morpheus was there.
Then, in my head, I heard the operator say, «What do you need?»
«Smoothies,» I said, «Lots of smoothies.»