Shakeolait

this location is now closed for business!!!
:s

Shakeolait does what it can with brightly coloured décor, but there’s just something about the business strip at Yonge and Gerrard that can’t shake-​o-​lait that grungy pawn shop vibe. In any case, the selection of gelato, ice cream, and frozen yogurt was great. We went for frozen yogurt, which is self-​serve.. .however, the server who was otherwise outgoing and helpful, failed to mention that the pricing is by weight.
It did occur to me that the cups we were provided with were quite large, but, being a yogurt beast, I paid no heed and just pulled down some sweet soft serve yogurt – vanilla and peanut butter. We chose a few toppings, and when all was said and done, our two gluttonous yogurt cups came to $ 17.
I definitely would have been more conservative had I known the pricing was by weight, but that’s probably my bad for not, you know.. . reading. I’m curious to return and see how visible that information is – I could imagine a lot of people would be similarly misled.
In any case, the yogurt itself was pretty tasty. The vanilla doesn’t try to be ice cream like TCBY – it has that tart yogurt taste that I personally like a lot. The peanut butter was also pretty good. The beeef got orange yogurt with some berries, which was a pretty good call – similar taste to a creamsicle. Despite our generously self-​selected portions, we scarfed our cups down.
I’ll probably be back since it’s in the neighbourhood – next time without my «billionaire lardo» pants on.

This might have been the worst milkshake ever.
My husband and I went to Shakeolait to redeem one of our two Teambuy vouchers.
The service was friendly, but the drinks were only meh.
I had the Low Calories Vanilla Milkshake and my husband ordered a Berry Smoothie.
The smoothie was the better drink, but still not something I would recommend.
My milkshake was pretty awful.
It tasted weird (maybe because of that sugar free syrup?) and it was way too thin.
Nothing like a proper milkshake at all.
So far I am not impressed with Shakeolait.

I had a strawberry mango smoothie that didn’t taste particularly like strawberry or mango. It had a powdery taste to it, almost like protein powder, which I did not ask for, and there was an inedible chunk of something that definitely did not come from strawberry or mango, in my drink. At least the smoothie wasn’t too sweet.

I came here because I got a coupon for a free milkshake. I don’t remember which flavour I got. However, I do remember the prices being reasonable (to be honest, I find buying ice cream is expensive in general).
This place isn’t awesome or horrible. I remember that the milkshake I got was a bit bland. I think they need to fix their ice cream to milk to toppings ratio. Personally, I would get a McFlurry instead.
There’s not much I can say about this place because I only tried one flavour but I wouldn’t be coming back here unless if they have some sort of deal.

When I first walked in here, I wondered if I had accidentally stepped on to the set of a Children’s TV Show. All the furniture and walls are glossy and painted in bright highlighter font — yellow, green, blue, orange. Then there are the blinking lights outlining the special of the day (a Guava frozen yogurt) and the shining colours of the various flavours of gelato and ice cream.
Apart from the decent selection of gelato and ice cream (about nine of each), they have a crazy amount of toppings to choose from. At least twenty different types of toppings, of which, three are cheesecakes — yummmmmmmm.
The boy at the counter, Abdullah, was a joy. It seemed like he genuinely loved his job, which I guess he probably did — after all, he got to make kids, and foodies smile all day. He wasn’t annoyed despite all the «samples» I had of gelato and toppings.
So excited to revisit. PS: try the Guava frozen yoghurt if it’s on special!

I really like the frozen yogurt here; it’s nice and tart but sweet enough. They have a pretty good selection of ice cream but the pricing reflects the property value. I can’t imagine rent here is cheap, and the line needs to keep moving to keep this place in business. There is some seating inside and free wi-​fi.

Ice Cream/​Yogurt joints popping up like those weeds in my lawn whenever the weather turns hot in Toronto!
Shakeolait is more like an ice cream parlour… with a good selections of ice creams and sherbets… and one fro yogurt selection.
I am not sure if I should be ordering a shake or what not as the menu on the broad can get confusing. I easily get confused. so a scoop of ice cream just plain and simple!
Rainbow Sherbet ($ 2.50)
— Big Big scoop… limey and refreshing… and colourful. Yes I go for the looks! :)
Free WIFI?!! Now at least I don’t need to always have coffees in order to get some wifi time!

Recently opened on Gerrard and Yonge. I found out about this place through the fabfind free $ 5 voucher to Shakeolait.
Greeted by an asian staff member, who seem to be new to all the ice cream flavours, so it was difficult asking her about the different flavours they offer. She seemed confused about which name corresponded with which ice cream, despite the labelling.
The ice cream, on the other hand, was delicious. I think it was the turtles, with caramel, pecans and brownie bits.
Shakeolait also offers a wide variety of smoothies and milkshakes of your favourite chocolate snack. Pricing starts at $ 3.95 for a small. I chose the ferroro rocher. It was quite a disappointing drink. I don’t know what it was but it was really watered down (or just too much milk?). I didn’t taste any sweetness or even the ferrero rocher itself.
I don’t think I’ll be back after this disappointing turnout.