El Rico Frappe

This place omg. Im from Jacksonville and I have to go once at month to Tampa for health treatment. Every time I go I must stop here and get myself a delicious frappé. There sandwiches are the bomb too.

Me and my boyfriend just visited this place for the first time. We were not disappointed at all. I ordered the piña colada smoothie and he ordered the Sara Lee Strawberry specialty smoothie. The number one thing that drew us to this place was the fact that all of their smoothies are water and ice based… This is a huge plus for me because I am lactose intolerant and it’s hard to find good quality non-​cream based smoothies in the Bay Area without compromising the taste. My boyfriend’s smoothie did have whip cream topping, however. My piña colada smoothie was extremely creamy tasting (I’m guessing due to the coconut?) and was delicious! My boyfriend was extremely impressed with his Sara Lee strawberry smoothie, which is surprising because he is a huge food snob. We both ordered a small, and the sizes are VERY generous. I had a very difficult time finishing my smoothie and my boyfriend was unable to finish his. Overall, we were extremely impressed with our experience. The family who owns it is really nice. We will definitely come here again!

Small little café next to salon was recommended by salon hairstylist. It’s a cute little place. Had a Cuban sandwich which has salami and real roast pork and ham. Really good Cuban– would recommend if you are in Temple Terrace area. I’m told the fruit frappes are excellent but I didn’t try one personally.

El Rico Frappé makes a pretty good «frappé» but I was disappointed that it didn’t have a dairy base. It was just fruit, water and ice. But at least they use all natural fruit and not powders and they have a large variety of flavors. I got the guanabana (soursop), which is a superfruit that provides so many health benefits. Supposedly it prevents or slows the growth of cancer. Sign me up! Their small size ($ 4) is really quite large and practically gave me brain freeze trying to finish it but it was good. I recommend asking for a spoon because trying to conquer it with a straw is futile.
The reason why I rate them 3 stars is because the wait was quite excessive. Not just my order but also for other customers. One guy ordered a sandwich and he was waiting about a half hour for it. My frappé was about 20 minutes. Otherwise, service was friendly. The atmosphere is lacking but it was clean.
If you’re in their vicinity looking for a cool treat to beat the heat then I would recommend El Rico Frappé. They do have a lot of tempting flavors to choose from.