Kiwi Cafe & Smoothies

I got the antiviral juice and the chicken caprese panini. The juice was great! Just a little small for the price. The sandwich was also delicious, but a little soggy due to the balsamic glaze. Would definitely come back again!

I LOVE kiwi café because I can drink such good, delicious stuff and still feel like I am drinking something healthy. I always get the bodybuilder smoothie and it tastes like a milkshake! kiwi café is an true inspiration for a future in healthy food.

I love this place! I’ve been here many times for lunch and had a lot of their wraps/​sandwiches. Everything has always been great. I especially love their Mediterranean Chicken wrap. Some other reviews commented on how slow the service was, but I haven’t experienced that at all. The place is very clean and everyone working there seem really nice and professional. If you’re into healthy eating, you’ll definitely feel good about coming here. I’d like to try some of the salads and smoothies at some point.

Love love love the food here. The only reason it’s not rated higher is because of the ½ dozen times I’ve been in the service was slow and not friendly.
Today, knowing it takes them awhile to get food ready I called my order in. Even after I arrived it took an additional 30 mins to put two to go salads together. The guy doing to go orders was obviously overwhelmed. A few of the employees snapped at each other.
I asked for no avocado on mine and watched as he forgot and had to pick it out.
In summary don’t order if your in a hurry or make sure to give them plenty of notice.

I’ve been in at least a handful of times since they opened. I enjoy their tasty smoothies and juice drinks. I just tried one of their breakfast wraps last week and was very impressed. I love that the items on the menu are advertised as organic. Everyone that I’ve encountered has been pleasant and accommodating.
Update: I fell in love with the breakfast wrap and revisited to find out that their stove/​grill was busted. Huge disappointment. I ordered the iced Chai tea instead and wasn’t impressed at all. I’ve gone back another time and it was still busted and I was given the option to have it without being toasted. I decided to give it a try and it didn’t agree with me. I think the breakfast wrap I had a few weeks back was as good as it will get. I’m back to smoothies for future visits.

Now if they can just open a location in DTR I would be a happy girl! I occasionally make the long drive to a pilates class I love and next door is Kiwi Café & Smoothies. I always see a ton of people coming in and out of Kiwi and I’ve been waiting to check it out.
Kiwi serves a range of healthy salads, sandwiches, fresh pressed juices, and smoothies. Everything is super fresh and healthy! I love having so many options to choose from. I’m constantly on the road for work and would love to have an option like Kiwi everywhere I go.
I ordered a green smoothie with protein on my visit and it was delicious. You can add anything you’d like to your smoothie. I was tempted by the fresh juices too and look forward to ordering one on my next visit. The food coming out of also looked really good so when I have more time I’ll make it a full lunch next time.
The man at the register was really sweet and my smoothie was made in no time. What a find up in North Raleigh if you are looking for some healthy eats and drinks check it out.

Healthy on the go! It is my goal to get everything on the menu here since they take such pride in knowing where their food comes from. Organic and Non-​GMO as often as possible, which is basically everything all the time!!! I have had all the juices, which are all great, but my favorite has to be the 2G’s: carrot, ginger, garlic, sweet potato. I also love the Red Velvet: red beets, apple, carrot. The Turkey and Gruyère is my favorite sandwich so far as well, don’t frown when you read the ingredients it all works beautifully! Stay tuned as I work my way threw the menu!
I wish they could follow me around and and be like my Juice-​OnDemand Specialists! I am honestly hoping I can get them to open up another location closer to my job… we’ll see! Looks of happy thoughts their way people. And if you have not tried this place go check it out!

Kiwi Café is above the bar on health dishes and smoothies and juices. Love everything I have eaten there. I am working on trying the entire menu. It’s a great place if one has special needs/​allergies. The atmosphere is very inviting. Hope you all try it.

It’s difficult finding a good juice/​smoothie bar in Raleigh. So I am ecstatic I found this place. Thanks Unilocal!I got the green one. It was sweet and yummy, I love Papaya. Yummy!!! My friend got the specialty Cholesterol Blaster. It was DELICIOUS!!! I will be back… If I’m ever in this part of Raleigh.

If you are in the North Raleigh or Wake Forest area you have to get a smoothie!!! Everyone of them taste great and are healthy. Also if your looking for a tasty but healthy place to eat this is your restaurant. Great salads and sandwich’s too.

I recently left a review for Kiwi Café & Smoothies and received the following response back from them…
From: Unilocal
Date: June 5, 2014 at 1:47:22 PM EDT
Subject: You have a new message
Hi J, James R. sent you a message on Unilocal:
Subject: Hi
«I remember you. I told you that we had premium smoothies that were more expensive, but you obviously were too cheap to pay the upgrade. Do you honestly expect a 3.99 smoothie being all fresh fruits? Honestly, are you an ignoramus? Don’t answer that; it’s a rhetorical question. You’re also not physically fit, so I highly suggest getting some advice from a nutritionist.»
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I’m in complete disbelief a company would speak as such to a customer and make such harsh comments.
I can’t imagine this Kiwi Smoothie establishment will stay open long if this is how they treat their customers. Telling a customer they are cheap, ignorant and unfit is uncalled for. I was actually just leaving from an appt with my nutritionist when I thought to stop by and try what I thought would be a healthy smoothie. As for being cheap, I don’t recall ever mentioning anything about price as I simply was looking for a basic kiwi strawberry yogurt smoothie as advertised, however without added sugar.
I’d like to simply suggest they make nutrition information available, especially as it relates to any added ingredients not shown in their menu selection. May I also suggest your employees such as «James R» may want to consider taking a few courses in good business practices, possibly Marketing 101.

Yumm! So excited to see this place I don’t do a review on a new business until
I have tried it a couple of times and allow them to get the kinks out! But this one is up and coming for sure! Smoothies and salads… yum! Super healthy thought my husbands company would enjoy something catered from them since they are health conscious! Can be slow during busy times so maybe call ahead?! Can’t wait to see how this one blooms! The cholesterol blaster smoothie… Soo good! Wheat grass shot ummm pass it up or mix it with something! Or better yet go outside and chew up the lawn… Ewwww! But I tried something new again.

Only been once but love this place! Have the chickpea salad and was not disappointed. I will say I was a little annoyed I looked up the hours on their website and it said they were open until 8:00. I drove over at 7 PM to pick up dinner and they were closed. They really need to update that information. I will back-​just within normal business hours next time.

love this place! Its so nice to finally have fast healthy options for breakfast and lunch near by! I’ve had both the strawberry banana and green smoothie which were both awesome. The red velvet fresh squeezed juice was also a hit with me. Ive been looking for somewhere local that had fresh squeezed juices. Hopefully they will come up with a few more options to choose from in that area.

I have tried several of the smoothies for post workout and would still give Tropical Smoothie a nod in that dept. Still very convenient being located across from the Gym.

Love this place! I am a fan of the green smoothie, minus mango and add the berry mix. I am trying for the first time the California Cobb salad and it is so good.

I have been to Kiwi a couple of times. The first time I had a frozen chai and the second time I had a club sandwich. Both of these items were ok. I had my sandwich heated and they heated all the ingredients including the lettuce. Not the best to have wilted spinach and arugula. Nothing was outstanding or something that I couldn’t make at home. They didn’t make their own breads or roast their own deli meats. I asked. I felt like the service was a little slow but I will give them that they are a fairly new business so they may still be working out the kinks. This is a pretty expensive lunch option. For just a sandwich with no side it was over $ 8.00. If I would have added a drink then it would have been over $ 12.00. They are so many lunch places on New Falls of the Neuse and South Main to be paying that much for a weekday lunch.

Just Opened! Everything was Impressive!
We heard the Chocolate Croissant was Very Good and it was!
House-​made Whipped Cream Made daily and it was one of the BEST I have Tasted EVER!
Coffee Excellent! Probably my first time drinking this Brand, it is Very Nice!
Chai Incredible!
Green Smoothie one of our friends ordered this one and did NOT tell us which one it was until after we tasted it, we kept guessing wrong because this one was so Delicious and have Fruit, Spinach and Kale in it!!! Very Impressive Flavor!
The Table behind us ordered a sandwich and said it was very good, it looked Fantastik!
The Owners Work here!
Twenty Seats inside… Eight plus a Bench Outside!

The hubbie and I heard this place was going to have their soft opening on July 29^th, so we loaded up in the car and went to check it out.
I must say, for this to be their first day i was impressed. Of course they are still in the throws of figuring it all out and figuring out how to make it all move smoothly. However, even being their first day the staff/​owners were exceptionally friendly, helpful, and willing to go the extra mile.
the place has a fresh feel to it, and all of their stuff is organic and fresh. We had the white mocha iced latta. It was very good. The longer it sat the sweeter it seemed to me, and while I like things on the sweet side it was almost a little too much for me. (I was informed that all the syrups they use are natural, which is why they may be a little sweeter than some of the processed stuff) I encourage you to give it a try yourself and decide what you think. For me, next time, just b/​c i want more of the coffee taste than sweet, I will probably ask them to put one less pump of syrup in the coffee.
We also had the chocolate croissant, and it was exceptional. It was very tasty. Chocolatey yet flaky goodness. Defiantly a keeper.
While there, we saw friends, and they ordered the chai frappé and the green smoothie, which i was able to sample. I reallllly like both of them. The chai frappé was perfect… it reminded me of fall in a cup. and the green smoothie… who knew spinach and kale could actually taste like that?!
we were only there for dessert, but i look forward to going back for lunch or dinner soon. A couple behind us was eating a sandwich and it looked delicious, and healthy. While you won’t get a footlong for $ 5, I can guarantee you the quality is way better and healthier. For the quality of what you are getting, the prices are excellent (just a little over $ 7 for most sandwiches.) There are also gluten free options as well as vegetarian options.
Head on over for a health alternative to lunch and support local goodness! :D