Yogurt Bar

I’m soo glad I don’t live next door to this place or even in walking distance it would by my weekly guilty pleasure for sure! A friend of mine turned me on to this place about a year ago. I’ve never forgotten it…
Let me describe the weather, It was a cold and windy evening and my friend said, «Let’s get frozen yogurt»
Uhm… no crazy! I thought but my friend and my sis told me that I just HAD to try this place… Mm mm… am I glad I did. I was on a green tea kick for a while so i ordered the Green tea yogurt and had tons of strawberries and fruit on top… My mouth waters just thinking of that first moment… Wind blowing, fingers freezing, chills emerging… Well any way i digress… Great frozen yogurt even for those cold and windy nights!

Closed! Another victim of the recession.
⁶⁄₂₇ was the last day of operation.
I’m not a frozen yogurt fan, but I walked by it all the time and I’ll miss seeing the happy people sitting at the tables in front.
Yogurt Bar — I know you did what you had to do, but I’ll miss you and hope you’ll come back someday.

Since I was at the Spring Celebration & Easter Parade on Sun 4÷12÷09 and had a coupon we went here.
I’ve been to the Yogurt Bar on Mission St, first time to this location.
Supposedly they use Strauss yogurt, but I couldn’t tell if they did or not.
They had:
original plain
green tea
chocolate
flavor of the month — raspberry for April
Tiny shop, four chairs by the window and 1 outdoors table w/​about 5 chairs.
I sampled green tea & raspberry — fine for me.
I got Original plain and w/​my coupon it was FREE. Hubby got chocolate w/​his coupon. We were happy.
Hrs:
Closed MON
Su-​Th 11 – 10
Fri-​Sat 11 – 11
Tip: 2 for Tues: every Tues buy 1 get 1 FREE!

Disappointing…
I was really excited to try Yogurt Bar especially walking at least from Union St to Crissy Fields and back especially on a HOT day like today. Yogurt Bar is a really cute fro yo place located up the block from Union St. They specialize on organic frozen yogurt but come on… tell me the truth, CAN YOU REALLY TASTE THE DIFFERENCE FROM REGULAR FRO YO?!
Their prices are semi pricey — $ 3.50 for 8oz = $ 1.50 for 3 toppings?! Whoa. The portions and toppings were really light. The mochi wasn’t chewy at all and the pineapple & mango were cut in small pieces. However, I do have to admit their fro yo consistency wasn’t that icy and tarty. In the end, I had better fro yo else where.

Eh. I keep waiting to be blown away. But being from So Cal, I just haven’t found the perfect fro-​yo up here… yet. Been looking for years now. Nothing is like good olé Humphrey’s Yogart down south, though. Mmm.
The good thing about here, however, is that you can be somewhat healthy with the plain and fresh berries. Or, you can be sinful and go chocolate with Captain Crunchies.
I’ll keep coming back cuz I live close by, but I’m always on the lookout for a better fro-​yo spot.

Delish and ooooh so tart! Top it off with some yummy crackled heath bar or even better … smashed oreos!
Perfect, tasty delight on a gorgeous SF day!

It’s totally not anywhere near as good as the «bad» kind of yogurt — the ones that are more dairy based with lots-​o-​sugar and that have flavors like cookies n’ cream and peanut butter (yummm peanut butter). But this place really isn’t bad in a pinch!
I live right around the corner from the Yogurt Bar and tried the chocolate variety for the first time with captain crunch, chocolate chip and strawberry toppings — which completely negates the whole «low calorie» thing they have going on. I don’t care, though, dessert is dessert, right? You go balls out or not at all.
I will be back for more… much much more.

So from reading previous reviews, it looks like Yogurt Bar reduced their prices slightly. Pretty nice that they actually listen to feedback!
Came here with froyo addict, Stacey. C (don’t believe me? Check out her list!) for a quick dessert after dinner at Capannina.
The Union Square (medium) is $ 3.50 without toppings or $ 5 with three toppings included, and the green tea flavor is now priced the same as the others.
I had the plain with fresh blueberries, mango, and mochi. Decently sized and decent amount of toppings given. The plain is REALLY sour. Which, actually, I quite liked. It bugs me when the frozen yogurt tastes like TCBY with a very mild– barely there– tang.
The froyo experts complained that their yogurt melted incredibly quickly, but I really must have shoveled it down too fast, because I can’t recall.
I think I still prefer self-​serve style places, where for the same $ 5 I can get more for my money/tummy…but if in the Marina, I’d definitely come by again.

When I was in high school, I worked at a TCBY. It was always funny to watch the ladies come in and order their low calorie cup of non-​fat vanilla fro yo. Then they’d have me pile on the Oreos, hot fudge, and whipped cream, bringing their 80 calorie treat to approximately 793.
Frozen yogurt has come a long way since then, as evidenced by places like this. I like how it’s not super sweet like the frozen yogurt of yeserday — this really does taste like yogurt, and not like some watered down version of ice cream. Plain by itself can be a bit too tart for me, but a mix of plain and chocolate is perfect. Green tea and mango have been the other two flavors for a while now — I kind of wish they’d have different flavors more often. But they’re very generous with the toppings — they have a good variety.
Bonus star to the girls who work there for not giving me a knowing smirk, even though I’ve been in there way too often for lunch lately!

I came here twice. The first time I came here I really wasn’t all that into frozen yogurt. I didn’t like it that time. Fast forward months and months later when I’m now really into frozen yogurt. I love it. I crave it. I get it often. But I still didn’t like this place. The natural yogurt is bitter. Even with fruit toppings it still just doesn’t taste right.
And it’s a bit on the steeper side compared to other places.
For the record, my favorite yogurt place is currently Fraiche in Palo Alto.
And then the cashier was an idiot. She gave me the receipt to sign without a pen and never realized it. Credit card frauders take note: this would be a good place to go to.
And there always seems to be some douchebag customer in line here too. I guess that’s not necessarily their fault though. Or is it?

Remember when it was 95 degrees in SF a couple of weeks ago? I literally sat down on a leather stool, got up, and the entire back of my dress was soaked. As I walked down Union St. I stopped by Yogurt Bar. I don’t think there was an ice cream bar close by, and I had never had frozen yogurt before.
At first glance, not knowing anything about frozen yogurt, I was utterly confused. What the F? The menu looked just as confusing as going into an auto body shop for an oil change. I walked up to the counter and asked for «a small vanilla.» I was shot down pretty quickly. I soon learned there is no «vanilla yogurt». Make sense. Its not ice cream. I figured by going with «vanilla», it would be existant and safe. I ordered mine with strawberries and kiwis. I didn’t make sense for me to put oreos on it.
First bite, SOUR!!! then creamy… then melty… the TART! The fruit didn’t make it any better. I imagined it to be sweet and creamy. But it was like biting into a cold lemon.
I’d like to try it again, because I feel that it was an off day (or maybe that is what frozen yogurt is supposed to taste like). It was a bit pricey. almost $ 5 for a small cup.

I wanted to come here when SF had those couple days of hotness but instead, I came on a cold SF day. I was really hungry since I didn’t have breakfast or lunch so I had huge cravings for fro-​yo as a brunch. We came back from IKEA and stopped here right away. I was super happy since I finally get to have food in my tummy.
Yogurt Bar was on my bookmark page for a while now and I finally got a chance to try it out. No wonder it was on the bottom of my list. From all the negative reviews, I placed it on the bottom of my list to try.
The shop itself is small and not much of a seating area, just a couple stools with a bar table and a table outside. The menu items were pretty damn pricey!
The Rock 5oz — $ 2.75 additional toppings is $ 0.95
Union Square 8oz — $ 3.75 with 3 toppings $ 5.25
Golden Gate 13oz — $ 5.95 with 2 toppings $ 7.45
If you choose 3 toppings for a small, go for the Union Square instead! It saves you $ 0.35 with an extra 3oz!!!
Toppings were minimal. There was not much to choose from. There were strawberries, mangoes, sprinkles, some nuts, cap’n crunch, reese’s cups, chocolate chips, graham crumbs, coconut flakes, and MOCHii…
Flavors included Wild berry, green tea, original, and chocolate. I went for my usual Original with strawberries, cap’n crunch cereal, and MOCHii.
First bite? My mouth felt like it just ate a lemon or something. WAY too tart and it tasted like I was eating frozen lemonade. Very icy and not creamy at all. The fro-​yo melted pretty fast and by the time I was at the end, it was all melted so I was drinking lemonade instead of eating fro-​yo. The strawberries were bright red and sweet, MOCHii balls were soft and chewy, and there were enough toppings til the end.

This was the first yogurt place in SF that I read about, so I was excited when we made an impromptu stop here. I think I’m in love with this place only because of it’s location. Com’on now, anything in the Marina area can’t be bad, right? Kinda hidden on Union street, but apparently people know where the good stuff is. From the time we stepped in, there was a constant nonstop flow of customers.
They carry the typical toppings– variety of nuts, cereal, fresh fruits, and even mochi. Yogurt flavors included: pineapple (it was a little too strong for me), green tea (which I was psyched about, but was only disappointed because it did not taste like green tea at all), chocolate (I wasn’t too thrilled about), and the original (I liked this the best). My friends got the 8oz that comes with 3 toppings for $ 5.25, which is a better deal. I opted for the small and paid $.95 each for the mochi and chocolate chip toppings. Overall, we were satisfied with the quality of the yogurt and generous toppings.
It has a small, but clean and modern interior. Snag the window seats if they’re available and people-​watch as you devour some good yogurt. 4 stars for their prices and the parking.

I’m not understanding the bad reviews, people. I loved it! I’ve recently relocated from the OC, originally from LA, and I’ve been craving froyo! I’ve tried Pinkberry and all the copy-​cats throughout southern cal. Must say — Yogurt Bar does taste a little different. The yogurt is a bit sweeter than the original korean yogurt places. I ordered a medium, which was huge! They didn’t leave a hole in the middle, so no skimping.
There were 4 flavors available — natural, green tea, chocolate, and mango. I tasted all 4 and we ordered three of the 4. I usually don’t like the natural yogurt at Pinkberry or other places. It’s too sour, tastes «kurdy,» it’s not my thing. But at YB, the natural yogurt is much sweeter, just how I like it!
They didn’t skimp on the toppings, but they did seem to have a lack of variety. Not enough of different fruits, no sprinkles, and to my sorrow — no mochi!
All and all, I think YB is a good start to froyo in SF. While it may lack the variety of topping choices, the flavor of the yogurt is spot-​on for me b/​c I prefer sweeter yogurt over sour.
Take a look at the pictures I’m posting — YUM!

Yogurt Bar… More like Yogurt Blah! Or better yet… Stinkberry.
Can we talk about being OVERHYPED?! Not really sure why this place seems to get so much attention from local foodies… Maybe it’s purely because we don’t have a decent yogurt bar here in SF yet. Even when faced with the no-​choice theorem, you still shouldn’t have to convince your brain that what you are sticking into your mouth is good… especially if your tastebuds already know that it definitely isn’t.
Yogurt here is just not that great. Fresh fruit & candy toppings are fine… but the yogurt itself just tastes wrong. If you are in the mood to test the Fear Factor contestant within… go for the Green Tea… If you can hold that vile stuff down, then you definitely deserve to be paid some cold hard cash.
I gotta give this place 2 Stars though for service. The servers were all mellow and super cheery (Must of stole some local Coldstone recruits).
I definitely don’t see any more «all natural» frozen yogurt for me anytime soon… Gotta recover still from my most recent traumatic experience. Hopefully the wave of upcoming fro-​yo spots will be kinder to the palette and tummy!

Compared to the influx of tart yogurt businesses in SoCal, this one really doesn’t compare. Even Café Aroma’s tart yogurt in the South Bay taste better and it’s not even their main menu item.
First of all, the cashier chick was very unfriendly. She looks like she hates her job.
Second, my boyfriend and I both agreed that the yogurt was definitely not as tart, not even as creamy but BUTTERY. He even asked if they put shortening in it (if that’s possible). I agreed it did taste weird.
We got «The Rock» which was $ 2.75 for a 5 oz. cup and then it’s $.95 for each additional topping. They didn’t have my favorite topping, fruity pebbles, so I settled for cocoa pebbles and strawberries. They’re actually pretty generous with the yogurt part of the serving! We shared it and that was enough for us.
I doubt I’ll be going back anytime soon.

How «Bizarre»!?!
That the Union St. Yogurt-«Bar»
Is not too «Far»
From Matt’s «Czar».
HAR-​HAR, HAR-​HAR!
«Oh Matt, whatever that is, suck!»
Ok, Matt will confiscate his so-​call lyrical singing to inform you that this newest Yogurt place is totally no funny story.
Matt and a bunch of his colleagues tried the newest Yogurt place. Colleagues had the «Rock» which is a 5 ounce and the smallest size container of the $ 4.00 Vanilla-​flavored frozen Yogurt. They also added one-​topping on top of the swirl treat from granola, sprinkles, or any seasonal fruit.
Matt had a huge craving for a frozen yogurt and ordered the next size up which is the «Union-​Square» and the featured flavor, which is Green-​Tea flavor. The 8 ounce container costs $ 3.75 without any topping, and with the unique flavor makes it one of kind. According to the nutritional fact, there is only 2 grams of fat per serving, and Matt over-​exceeded that limit.
Coincidently later on that same night, Seinfeld had an episode of the Frozen Yogurt place. The debate is whether that yogurt had fat or not. Newman, who is a USPS worker and a bunch of his civil service associates, enjoyed their midday treat at that episode’s yogurt bar. Well, Matt and his co-​workers did the same exact thing and enjoying the newest Yogurt along the Cow-​Hollow area.

We enjoyed this place. First the good — it was tasty, and the service was good. There wasn’t a line (Saturday around 3:30), and we were in and out of there in seconds — one person got the yogurt while another guy rang us up. So that was good. We had blueberry and green tea, no toppings (due to the reviews here!). They had strawberry, but unfortunately they were out. Which is too bad — but great that they have this (I think new) flavor. And the small size was a very generous serving. I didn’t like the green tea much, but blueberry was very good — husband liked both and would give it a «5». The bad was the price. While the small was a fair size, it cost us nearly $ 7 for the two (well… $ 7 after we dumped the change in the tip jar) — which is kind of expensive considering we could have went to Jamba for the same.
Update 7÷28÷07:
I’m upping it to a 5 after today. Reasons: they had chocolate and strawberry yogurt today — really really good. And they have customer loyalty cards (ok, that’s a lot of yogurt to buy, but it IS better than nothin). We got toppings this time, because we saw others getting them and they were being generous. And they will do half one flavor of yogurt, half a second flavor of yogurt in a small cup.
So we got one strawberry with strawberry toping, and a second chocolate+strawberry with yogurt chip topping. Both were excellent (strawberry was the better flavor), and even the consistency of the yogurt was better today. And hey, this is the cost of a big latte — so really it ain’t so bad I guess. (There was a line, but it wasn’t horrible).
Another update: Had raspberry this time, and it was the best flavor yet!

You can imagine how I was jumping up for joy when I read about Yogurt Bar’s opening from my Daily Candy weekend guide. Quote: «SF’s version of Pinkberry. (Finally.)»
It really is just a version, a bland version to be exact when you compare their original plain flavor to PB’s. Barely sweet, barely tart, it tasted like I was eating air. I’d stick with the blueberry or green tea flavors for a tad more flavor (ask for samples) or just ask for two flavors swirled. On a brighter note, the texture of this San Francisco treat was smooth, fruits were fresh and there’s a good selection of toppings.
There’s nothing frou frou about YB compared to So Cal’s glamed-​out PB from its plain cups and store front. It’s not bad, but it’s not great. Stop by if you’re in the area looking for a light treat or dessert (open until 10pm or 11pm), but definitely don’t come out of your way.

Update: ⁷⁄₆
Just went back there again and I would have to agree with other disappointed Unilocalers. Can YB be any more skimpy with their toppings? I ran out of strawberries after 3 bites and plain yogurt without toppings is just not that yum…
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I was pretty stoked to try this place out – it is half a block from my work… which means a whole 4 blocks closer to me than the liquor store on Fillmore I’ve been going to for froyo.
The froyo here is definitely VERY different. They offer plain, blueberry or green tea. You then get to choose from a variety of toppings.
I got a medium with toppings. for the cost of a sandwich – $ 5. The yogurt tasted refreshing and healthy.
I will be making weekly visits.