TCBY

This froyo shop gives off a fun, almost teeny bopper vibe, with a row of seats lying against ever-​changing neon wall lights. The space is small but neat, with the self serve frozen yogurt bar located in the back while the toppings bar on the right. Flavors change frequently and there is always a Greek frozen yogurt option… although not always a plain tart option. The froyo here is a creamier consistency but I find some of the flavors too sweet. I enjoy the peanut butter, caramel, graham cracker, Greek honey vanilla, and plain tart flavors the most.
The toppings bar includes items such as mochi, pop boba, nuts, fruits, chocolates, drizzles, and more. Pay per ounce at the very end, where you can also grab a drink from the fridge. If you want to customize your frozen yogurt with waffle cones and other things not in the self help area, just ask the friendly staff. There are also ready-​to-​go items in the fridge including packed froyos by the pint or gallon, froyo pies, and froyo cakes.
It is next to Five Guys so an after lunch/​dinner sweet treat is available!

Pretty good stuff here.
I took two of my kids for dessert at TCBY on a Friday night. There’s some outdoor seating, and as we entered the establishment, there was a gaggle of swearing teenage girls sitting at one of the tables. I gave them a little half-​turn as we entered, with a «Really?» expression on my face.
It was relatively quiet inside. Only one other set of customers.
Everything is self-​serve. We went with medium-​sized containers, and took a look at the available flavors: Greek Mango, Italian Tart, Cheesecake, Peanut Butter. Red’s Bird Berry, Cookies & Cream, Salted Caramel, White Chocolate Mousse, and Coffee.
Samples are available, and the employees made sure to offer us some, but we all knew what we were going to get. The kids both went with Cookies & Cream, and I got a combination of Salted Caramel and Coffee.
If you’ve never been there, the dispensers can be a little tricky. You need to pull down on the levers with a bit of force if you want the frozen yogurt to come out at anything other than a snail’s pace. Resist the urge to fill your container all the way up. I usually leave half of it empty, to leave room for toppings.
There were actually quite a few toppings to choose from — cookie dough, crumbled versions of candy bars, fruit, nuts, candies, etc. We all went a bit overboard. I think that a lot of the toppings are vegan-​friendly, too.
Price is determined by weight. Right near the checkout, there’s a scale, on which you place your creation (s). All together, I paid $ 21 for our three bowls. They do have a loyalty/​rewards program, and I was told that I’m five points away from a $ 3 discount. OK, great. There was no explanation of how points work, or how many you accrue per purchase. But whatever.
They’ve got some funky and colorful seating. We ate right there in the store, so that we could enjoy the A/​C on what was a weirdly humid September evening, AND so that we could stay away from the «let’s-impress-each-other-by-swearing-a-lot» teens, who were still yucking it up outside. Seems that we got there right on time, because as soon as we sat down, people started pouring in.
It’s a good option for dessert, particularly if you have room left over after Five Guys, which is right next door.

Pretty over rated. Prolly wouldn’t go again. My friend felt obligated to sign up for a card because she’s nice

I have a friend who always wants to go here when we’re out. I enjoy it but I do think it’s a little pricey compared to other places. It’s very small inside and usually crowded but it’s great during the summer.

Tcby is my favorite frozen yogurt chain. I was driving through upstate new York and I was so happy when I realized there is a Tcby 2 miles off my route.
I walked into the store very excited to eat some of my favorite frozen yogurt. I don’t have a Tcby close to where I live so it’s always a treat when I’m near one. This store is self serve. The young lady who worked there greeted me and asked I I want any samples. Even though it’s self serve the employees serve you samples. I asked for two samples and she seriously filled the sample cup ¹⁄₃ of the way with frozen yogurt. It was so small that I had no idea what the samples tasted like. I decided to get my go-​to flavor, white chocolate mousse. The yogurt was extremely expensive at 59 cents an ounce. I bought about 7.5 ounces without toppings. I had $ 3 credit on my rewards card and she did not apply it to my total. This annoyed me. So I walked back to the car with my yogurt and I was so disappointed by the taste. The consistency was fine but it had no flavor. All I tasted was sugar, no white chocolate whatsoever. I forced myself to eat half of the yogurt because it was expensive and then gave the rest to my dog. Terrible Tcby. I would not go back if I’m ever in Albany.

TCBY is one of my favorite places for soft serve yogurt, but I have to go to different towns to have them since there are none where I live. I was so excited to find there was one close to where I was driving. I went about 4 miles out of my way to come to this location, just to be extremely disappointed. The samples were so small that I was not able to tell that the yogurt would taste like sugar water. 59 cent an ounce and I had to throw out my purchase for being uneatable.

I love TCBY. This place is awesome.
Most things are great here, however the mango toppings taste pretty bad. I think they used old mangos lol (not cool).
Coming back soon!

Typical frozen yogurt chain spot. Was clean and all the machines were in order. What more can one ask from from a place like this?

This is a great place if you love sweets but are trying to cut back. Fresh fruit is great!!! And the different flavors will have you coming back. Friendly service too

This place is great — the ice cream flavors all looked good and were good, and being able to control my own toppings really is the best part. Ice cream, bright décor, and friendly staff (not to mention happy kids running around) surely can put a smile on anyones face

Great for yogurt. The topping selection is top notch and I like whenever I go in the staff is friendly and cleaning. The cake batter was awesome and with the fruit topping available I felt almost health.

I was in awe the first time I walked into a Yogurtland in California three years ago. Now TCBY is here to satisfy my frozen yogurt cravings (who wants to drive all the way to clifton park?). Awesome.

This is my kinda place… You do everything yourself… Choose your frozen yogurt flavor… Add your toppings (there is quite a few)… Weigh and pay… Only reason it didn’t get five stars is because the place can attract trendy yuppies and their annoying tween kids…

This review is for both Five guys /​TCBY — aka «I am a little piggy complex»
located on Western Ave near Stuyvesant plaza.
Five Guys — awesome burgers and acceptable fries served in a feed bag. Won’t say too much, a billion other reviews have covered it already.
TCBY — Don’t call it a comeback! DIY machines and toppings = Awesome. Some other reviewers have questioned the value. The freedom of individual control over that hot caramel is priceless. My sundae creations usually come in around 5 or 6 bucks and they are CRAZY!
Also, why does this place have more cameras than the bank?
Bottom line — USA.USA.USA.Uh no really this setup is just plain awesome. Unfortunately it will probably be the reason I will require a little rascal to get around in the future.

I usually eat the sorbets when I’m in here. The watermelon and pink lemonade flavors of the summer were my favorite. I also love the delicious gummy bears… so many colors and flavors (I know, I sound like a 5 year old). Actually I feel like a kid when I’m in here. So many flavors of yogurt to choose from, and then the gazillion choices of toppings. It’s not the best froyo, but it’s a niche we didn’t have until now and I’m pleased it’s here. It’s a great reward to myself after a long training run.

It was The Country’s Best Yogurt.
And This Can’t Be Yogurt.
But now I think it should be known as The Come Back Yogurt.
It warms my heart to have TCBY as a living vital part of the frozen sweets scene, mostly because of all the fond memories I have of the place from my childhood. Not that this is the place of my youth, because TCBY has had an extreme makeover to bring itself inline with today’s conception of frozen yogurt.
The outer trappings are there.
There is only one thing missing.
TART YOGURT!
Okay, so they have one handle of original tart. But that’s it. No tart blueberry. No tart mango. No tart apple. Just that one. And on one visit, that one was out of order. Instead of draining another machine and refilling it with tart on-​the-​double, they just sat on their hands and tried to run the shop without the one flavor that’s required for its very existence!
I decided to skip a yogurt that night. My kids still don’t get it and choose disgusting artificially flavored things like cake batter, and white chocolate mousse, covered with cookie dough pieces, rainbow sprinkles, and other nasty bits.
Another large party behind us, upon hearing the news, simply turned around and walked out. Now if there were more tart flavors, none of this would have ever happened.
Pro Tip: Never put your spoon in your yogurt BEFORE it goes on the scale. Paying $.50 an ounce for a spoon is beat, especially when you are paying highway robbery for the ice cream and toppings.

Very bright in here. It reminds me of Pinkberry but still there is only one.
If your curious about a flavor, they will happily provide you with a sample. I look toward to filling up my rewards card because I’m a sucker for free (yummy) ****.
When it comes to original tart flavor, I think Sixteen Candles in CP might have the leg up. However, it’s good, creamy and just tart enough. The fruit flavors (mango, strawberry and etc) have been great too!
Also, the self serve topping option is tricky. You could easily spend 7 dollars on frozen yogurt. Proceed with caution!

This was my first experience with TCBY, and all I can say is «wow». This is some good ish. I never imagined that frozen yogurt could be so thick, rich and delicious. They are doing something so right.
It’s not cheap, at something like $.49/​ounce. But they give free samples so you know what you’re buying, and self-​service means you can choose to behave yourself or go wild with a large helping of fro yo and toppings.
There is very limited seating inside (only 4 – 5 tables), and the décor is very bright and kiddish (think big circular ottoman-​style «chairs» in various colors and flashing multicolored lights on the wall). If you are over the age of 22 and come here without kids in tow, you may be at risk of feeling old. However, I am personally not too proud to sit on a big red cylinder with happy sugar-​high children running circles around me if it means I get to enjoy this delicious treat.
I will close with a final warning: while I sat enjoying my fro yo, a customer at the table next to me exclaimed very loudly, «These mangoes taste like carrots!» I myself did not try the mangoes, so I can’t really say if this is true. The individual was also approximately 3 years old and he was grinning from ear-​to-​ear when he made this declaration, so do with this information what you will.

I was never a huge fan of TCBY growing up, but I’m glad to see its return since it provides a «healthy» alternative to ice cream. Plus, I love out-​of-​place stores, and even in the 80s TCBY seemed like an anachronism. A chain of frozen yogurt stores spanning the whole nation, claiming on its face to be «the country’s best yogurt?» Not just the best frozen yogurt, but the best yogurt period. What country are we living in again?
People are noting the fundamental change in food service that TCBY is heralding by bringing the buffet model to the desert world. And what a business model it is! TCBY seems to have finally realized that people don’t mind making their own food, if said preparation only involves pulling down levers and sprinkling on toppings. Imagine the savings in staff expense. For the moment, there seems to be a TCBY guide person who shows you what to do once you enter the store (find a dish, fill it with the yogurt flavors you want, put on as many of the 40 toppings you want, then weigh and pay), plus cashiers, but I imagine the store could hypothetically be run by a single person all day.
And why not? Who wouldn’t want to prepare their own dish of frozen yogurt? I would be embarrassed to ask an ice creamista for crushed Butterfingers, cheesecake chunks, gummy worms, raspberries, mangos, and kiwis on my white chocolate, classic tart, and peanut butter combo. But at TCBY, there is no shame. Finally, freedom!
I’m almost willing to completely overlook the quality of the product for my love of variety and squeezey machine operation. But the truth is, the frozen yogurt is pretty good. As good or better than your typical soft serve ice cream. And it’s «healthier!»

TCBY opened up very recently inside an old Denny’s next to Five Guys. This TCBY location is a self serve froyo shop featuring 12 frozen yogurt flavors (6 self serve machines with 2 flavors each) and 40 toppings to choose from including fruits, candies, nuts, cereals, & sauces. The frozen yogurts here are 98 – 100 percent fat free including no sugar added flavors. Free samples are offered here. Grab a paper bowl and help yourself to create your own treat, which is weighed by the ounce, plus tax. The price per ounce is 49 cents (in 2011), which is in line with similar froyo places. There’s a small seating area with a few tables across from the counter.
I have good memories of TCBY back in the 90s when there were several locations in the Capital District including in Colonie (Windsor Plaza), East Greenbush, and across the street in Stuyvesant Plaza before there was Cold Stone. Those locations were full service and they had around 6 flavors of soft frozen yogurt on hand. The frozen yogurt waffle cones rocked!
I stopped in here during the grand opening weekend when they were offering the first 3 ounces free. Since I enjoy variety, I dispensed several flavors of frozen yogurt into the bowl including peanut butter, coffee, white chocolate mousse, classic tart, strawberry, mountain blackberry and cake batter and topped with cheesecake bites, brownies, mango, kiwi, cookie crisp, gummy bears, almonds, hot fudge, and my «all time favorite» walnuts in syrup. There were no mochis here.
Though it’s not Pinkberry (still my fav), my «create your own» frozen yogurt treat was very good, which had a soft, cold. and creamy texture, tasting very similar to soft serve ice cream. This stuff is healthier with much less fat content than ice cream, though some of the toppings (candies/​hot fudge) were not healthy.
The staff was helpful and friendly giving out free samples at the dispensers. However, more seating would be nice since every table was occupied and I enjoyed my treat back in the car.
Also, TCBY offers a loyalty rewards card, earning points with each purchase for free frozen yogurt.