Tropical Smoothie Cafe

If you’re looking for a tasty smoothie, this might be a good option if you don’t mind syrups and sherbet style smoothies. I do believe they add some frozen fruit, however I noticed they use some syrups, juices and sherbets, as well. I prefer fresh or frozen fruit and maybe ice and almond milk, Tropical Smoothie seems to be more sugar heavy. For just under $ 5 you get a pretty big smoothie, like 24 oz I believe.
The place is clean, service friendly, and I like that they donate to children’s charity.

This tropical sucks! They have no good customer service skills, they have a place ran by teenagers, their place is ALWAYS dirty when I come, and when I come in only one person is working. The experience I always get is they see me at the counter and I end up standing there for 5 – 10 mins till they come to take my order. Great customer service is saying «I’ll be with you in a minute». But not saying anything at all is just plain rude! I am never coming to this tropical smoothie again. & to top it off they never get my smoothie right! It always taste bitter. I’m sticking to Jamba Juice. You guys just lost a customer. You guys don’t even deserve a star.

Good products, great prices but service is always BAD. They are always UNDER staffed! Takes for ever to order or to get your meal! Do not go on your lunch break it will take 30plus minutes to get a smoothie and a sandwich. Today it’s only ONE guy trying to run the hole place this franchise needs some customer service training.

Usually make it to this location after attending Gracie Jiu jitsu class up the street. Love the smoothie and flatbread combo which is my go to. Try the detox island green and chicken pesto flatbread for a quick healthy snack. Location is quite convenient for this busy area and plenty of other restaurants and shops in the shopping center. I’ve been to other locations in town including flamingo and Decatur and jones and 215 and they are all pretty consistent with their food and smoothies. Nice selection of wraps, sandwiches and flatbreads but having the same ones too often does get quite boring so switch it up a bit. The detox island green is naturally sweetened with spinach, kale, mango, pineapple, banana & fresh ginger! I’ve had the mango magic which is quite refreshing if you’re a mango lover. The grilled chicken on brioche looks quite delicious so I’ll be trying one next time!

pretty disappointed. the wraps and tacos are not that bad. but the smoothies didn’t taste like real or fresh fruit. And it’s pretty expensive.

Went there today to grab a quick smoothie for myself & my kids. Arrived at 10:08AM. (Yes, I checked) Two people in line in front of me. Finally got our smoothies at 10:42, and one of them wasn’t even the right thing. When I pointed it out, she gave me a dirty, pissed off look. I gave them 2 stars because the smoothies at least tasted good.

Christian deserves a raise. The owner of this franchise needs to get it together. Christian’s coworker is sitting outside in front of tropical smoothie eating his food and taking a break while customers are waiting a ridiculous amount of time and some of them leaving because Christian is the only person working and is literally taking the orders and making the smoothies and making the sandwiches. I was going to order a sandwich but already spent a ridiculous amount of time in there. Christian is a team player he had a great attitude and did what he needed to do I suggest you don’t burn him out so you don’t lose him. I understand there are labor laws but it really looks bad to have an employee sitting outside eating your product in your t-​shirt. It is up to the owner of this franchise to bring his ass into this location and work so his employees are not alone and can get the brakes. Luckily I don’t live on this side of town so I’ll never be back.

Use to come here every day for a smoothie or a wrap, but since they hired this new girl (Tiffany?) it’s awful. She is horrible-can’t get orders right, has her hair in front of her face, and they have her at lunch hour which is the busiest time. She seriously slows everything down and has given me personally the wrong order three times. I asked for a Jamaican jerk chicken wrap and got a buffalo chicken wrap, she gave me the wrong smoothie twice.
She mentioned once that it was slow… this place use to be packed and busy until she came! Plus, it seems that they have understaffed at busy lunch hours too.
They need to fire this chick and staff accordingly. Place has really gone downhill.

I went there to check out there Mediterranean bowl. As soon as I walked in, the place had people in there that had already ordered. Every table had someone sitting at it. So I go to the counter, they guy didn’t even say hi or can I help you! What ever. I had a coupon for $ 4.99 for the Mediterranean bowl. So I sat down. It seemed like it took them along time to make smoothies. Seems like that was all the other people ordered. I was going to eat it there, but I decided not to, it was freezing in there. As I’m looking around, I see this sign on the door! Military 50% So I didn’t need that coupon, and that bowl would have cost me $ 3.50. they have a ½ salad or wrap or sandwich, with a smoothie for $ 7.49…Ummmmm, I think this is going to be my new spot!
So finally I got my bowl, and as soon as I got in my car, I just wanted a taste! but a taste lead to me almost eating about ½ of this amazing bowl. And it’s a big serving! I will be back, with my military ID! I don’t know anywhere else to get a lunch for less than $ 4.00.

This is the tropical smoothie closest to my house, and I would much rather drive the extra miles to the next closest. Every time I go in here they forget my order, they’re rude, and unorganized. There’s always new faces working there, but they’re all the same and no management or leadership.

Terrible late night service. So I go in a little before midnight I walk in looks like no one is behind the counter or for that matter kitchen. There was a group outside and a group inside sitting at tables. No matter I wait not long a minute or two at max. The employee young guy walked in a behind me after minute. He gets to the register doesn’t say hi or anything. I make my normal order. Makes it pretty fast, no thanks or anything. Basically doesn’t say a word to me except my total. In fact he seemed mad that I made him come in from outside. Drive away and take a sip of my drink. The most watered down version of a Hawaiian breeze I have ever been served by any tropical smoothie and if I thought the kid gave a damn I would have drove back and asked him to remake it. I chucked it when I got him which was not only wasteful but disappointing.

These poor girls are getting their butts kicked. It was one of the girls first day and it was an AWFUL lunch rush for them. We waited about 20 minutes for our smoothies and about 30 minutes for her to tell me they were out of the chicken-​free strips… so then my options were limited and I was under pressure because the whole entire line was just staring at me, so I chose a peanut butter & granola flatbread. After she made my flatbread, I reminded her about my friend’s Mediterranean bowl, because they clearly forgot it. At this point, we’re at 45 minutes! I honestly did feel bad because it was to the point that they were drowning, there was nothing they could do. Everyone was so upset with them. I spent my entire lunch break waiting for my food and I had to scarf it down on my way back to the office. Worst experience!!! I’d rather go to Jamba Juice down the street where I can enjoy my hour lunch, at least it’d only take 15 minutes vs. 45 minutes =/

Tropical. Not paradise.
This chain smoothie location isn’t amazing, but it does the trick. I came here after a four-​hour long dentist appointment and needed some sustenance. I didn’t feel like driving the extra two minutes down the road to Greens and Proteins, nor did I want to spend nine dollars on a smoothie. Not hating on G&P, just stating a fact.
This was probably the first time I walked into Tropical Smoothie and there wasn’t a line out the door. I stepped up to order and I waited and waited… finally a person walked up to help. «I’ll take the Peanut Paradise please», my order was placed and I waited and waited, and waited. By this point there was now a line out the door and there are only two people working here. Yikes.
Finally my order was called, but not before they called out two mystery smoothie orders. When I first walked-​in this place was empty, who orders a smoothie and bails?
Would I recommend this place, probably not? But if you’re the Smoothie-​Masochistic type, then this is the place for you.

This is a terrible tropical smoothie location. Even short lines take forever to move and no one ever acknowledges me even though they see me standing and waiting for quite some time. The location is small and smells awful, but I can’t put my finger on what it is. I wish I didn’t like my triple berry oat and blimey limey smoothies so much.

I love Tropical Smoothie. My favorite place to go and grab smoothies. I love going in during happy hour: 5 – 7 Buy 2 get 1 smoothie free. It’s a great deal and I always surprise friends with their drinks and they love Trop as well. Great friendly staff!!! :)

Jake makes an awesome smoothie. Whenever I go here I always get a poor smoothie. This is probably one of the best smoothies I’ve had from trop in a long while.

I normally like tropical smoothie. Today I placed an order for delivery just because In this 113 degree weather my boyfriend and I didn’t really feel like going outside and burning to death. They said it would be approximately 45 minutes, so I waited. An hour passed and I thought «maybe their just having a hard time at the gate». So I called and they had stated that the delay was due to traffic and it would be 15 MORE MINUTES… Mind you that they are literally not even 2 minutes away. Finally just had my boyfriend drive over there and pick up the orders and have them remade. There was absolutely no traffic. Sorry, but that’s unacceptable.
Once I received my order, my chicken pesto was dry and tasteless. My pomegranate plunge had chunks of ice and didn’t doesn’t taste as good as it normal does.

What happened to Tropical Smoothie? I just ordered a chicken salad cranberry sandwich and all it was was a lettuce and tomato sandwich. The lettuce had brown marks on it, I got NOT ONE cranberry and there was hardly any chicken in the sandwich and when I bit into it the bread fell apart. Did I catch someone on a bad day?

Don’t understand the bad reviews. I’m usually in and out in 5 minutes. *insert dirty joke*
Place is clean, employees are nice. Of course, I usually go ’round lunch, so the high-​school kids living life through planetary constellations known as Droid and Apple aren’t working. So it’s efficient and clean at that hour.
As with all Tropical Smoothies, it’s fruit. Who needs Turbinado (a fancy word for sugar) or Splenda (a fancy word for fake sugar) in your drink? Fruit has plenty enough sugar, don’t you want to taste the fruit? Just say ‘no sugar’ every time you order, you’ll actually taste the fruit. The horror!
I don’t order the food, because the same people mixing smoothies and taking your money try to cook. No offense to them, but I’d prefer to either see (a) a dude in a white jacket cooking or (b) a strung-​out 55-​year old with professional fast-​food experience making my eats. You don’t ask monkeys to fly and birds to climb.

This location is open 24hrs which is great because I love Tropical Smoothie. My favorite smoothies include:
Peanut Paradise — peanut butter, banana, non-​fat yogurt, soy/​whey protein
Muscle Blaster — strawberries, banana, soy/​whey protein
Lean Machine — strawberries, banana, energizer
Paradise Point — strawberries, banana, pineapple
Strawberry Beach — strawberries, non-​fat yogurt
Jetty Punch — strawberries, banana
For lower calories, you can ask your smoothie to be made with Splenda. I also tend to get King Caesar Wrap, Thai Chicken Salad and Chicken Pesto Flatbread. The Salsa Sunrise Wrap (all-​day breakfast menu item) is good but high in calories so, watch out!
What I don’t appreciate about this place is that they don’t seem to honor whatever specials and discounts that are going on at other TSC locations. I got a text from TSC yesterday saying that all smoothies are $ 1.99 «tomorrow» before 10am. I showed the girl the text message and still charged me full price. Yesterday’s tomorrow = today.
They have new items about every quarter. I tried the UnBEETable Berry Smoothie. I’m not a fan of beets but it has a lot of fiber, anti-​cancer and heart health benefits. The beet flavor is strong.