Smoothie King

I’ve been a customer at this location for about 3 years. The owner and staff are beyond friendly, personable, welcoming. I’m always greeted, sometimes even by name!
Highly recommended location. Great surrounding shops as well.

I am new to Smoothie King, and I am hooked! I love the banana berry treat smoothie. :-)
They have been very friendly in the past at this location, but one night I was that horrible person that walked in about 5 minutes before they closed. I could tell they weren’t happy. There was a guy standing talking with the two guys working. When I went to pay one of the employees and the random other guy (probably a friend) were mumbling something. I looked at them and asked what do you have to say? The employee said, «nothing.» I looked at him and said you obviously have something to say. His friend said, «he already counted the drawer and you are paying cash.» I looked at the employee and told him that all he had to do was ask me to pay with card and I would have been happy to. I also asked if they are still open, why is he already counting and closing the drawer? I am a GM, and for a few reasons the employee shouldn’t be counting a drawer prior to being closed. For one it is a safety issue…
ANYWAYS, as I mentioned before I love the banana berry treat smoothie, and I am usually happy with the staff.
PS — I tipped the guys well when I walked in late.

I go often. There is almost never a line. There is so much to choose from, they will even make your own ideas. It’s like going to a smoothie bar. They also sell a lot of other healthy choice snacks. Protein filled snacks if thats what you’re into. Parking here can hectic, there is more stores and less parking lot coverage. Try not to go at lunch time.

The employees at this smoothie king have always been friendly. There is a good variety of smoothies and they’re pretty good but nothing extraordinary.

Just went here with my daughter! Love this place! Their smoothies that include pineapples are the best! Just passing by makes you crave one! The staff is nice and very quick!

I’m trying to eat a bit better and since vegetables are not on my agenda… we go with morning smoothies.
The trip is always quick, employees always nice and smoothies always delicious. Win?
Win.
P. S. Download the Smoothie King app to earn points.
P. P. S. Currently $ 5 for a 32 oz on Fridays. NO one needs that much smoothie.
Except, yeah you do.

Awful. Absolutely awful. The service was slow and not friendly. The smoothie was just… gross. I could only muster the courage to drink about 10 sips of my small banana strawberry smoothie (roughly ¼ of the smoothie). It was full of sugar and was super runny. And what’s more, a small is $ 5+ dollars. Not even Jamba Juice (which has amazing smoothies, for the record) is that much. I’m not visiting again.

Meh

So I’m a regular patron of Smoothie King and the price is comparable to most. I’m writing this review after the worst customer service I’ve had in a while… but there was a glimmer of goodness in this story (that’s why I gave the 3 stars).
We walk in store to not be greeted with «hello» or «welcome» but to a man behind counter rolling his eyes at a couple looking over the board at their options. A nice girl that worked there came with a smile and offered the couple samples. We stepped up to order and the scowling man punched in order and pointed to other side to go and pay, he also mumbled «over there.» Really?!? So I said «well he didn’t even let me ask for gift card special.» He made the smoothies and tossed them beside the register. Ummm how are we to know which is which smoothie flavor? I’m not great at guessing! He comes to ring us up and I said «ummm excuse but if like to get the gift card with the free smoothie.» He says «I can’t.» What?! I said «no I want the gift card special with free smoothie and I’ll use it to pay for the other.» Then he says «card» while sticking out his hand to get my credit card. I say «how much is the total?» He then says «$ 31» but I just told him I wanted to use the $ 25 gift card to pay for my extra smoothie. He refused so I refused to give my card. He then gets frustrated even more, rips out the receipt and tosses it away. He rings up something else and asks for my card.
At this point I asked the nice girl to give me the manager or owner’s number. She did and was very polite. The rude male employee was Hicham and refused to speak to us further. Wow! I promptly called the owner Tommy after Hicham goes to the back and sits in a chair where he’s still visible. The owner was very apologetic and nice. I was pleasantly surprised. He was shocked and disturbed to hear it. He took my info and asked how he could make it right. Wow! An owner that actually knows customer service. It’s rare! I told him I didn’t need any freebies but I wanted to make sure Hicham would be reprimanded!
I will return but only because the owner listened and validated my concerns. Tiyanna (sorry about the spelling) was also polite in the store, so I won’t let one bad apple spoil my view of them. Hicham needs a lesson in customer service or get a job in with no human interaction! Everyone’s entitled to a bad day, so I’ll chalk it up to that!

Love going to Smoothie King after a great workout. There smoothies are really good and low in calories. I’ve had the berry punch, passion fruit, caribbean way, and the strawberry sensation and they are all delicious. The small size is more than enough and its under $ 5.

You need to take this off Unilocal,this location is GONE.

SUPER expensive for a smoothie that we decided to buy a blender and make our own smoothies… for cheaper and healthier. The place is tiny and the ordering doesn’t make sense. You order in the front then move towards the back of the place to pick up your smoothie… huh? Anyways, tiny place, super expensive, but ehh.

So EXPENSIVE!!!
The system they have in this store seems stupid to me. You order in the front then shuffle down the little aisle to the back and pay and wait for your smoothie while bumping into other people that are waiting.
Why not just pay while you order then pickup your drink…
If I come here and get one of their «meal replacement shakes» I don’t want to pay more then I’d pay for a meal.
ugh.

Smoothie King is awesome! Just bought a Pineapple Surf. I added blueberry and left out the turbinado (raw sugar). The smoothie tasted great and I had great service.
The parking situation was horrible. I drove around for about ten minutes trying to park.
The prices are a little high, but not much higher than any other smoothie place in the area. Paid $ 5.66 for a small (20 ounce).
The store was very clean and well organized. I would have given five stars if parking wasn’t such a pain.

Overpriced and parking is terrible here. Also the staff sat and chatted in the corner for 3 – 4 minutes before bothering to address us standing at the cash register. The smoothies themselves are fine — better than Jamba Juice in my opinion

CliffsNotes: The size of this Smoothie King relegates this franchise to a stop-​and-​go. There are only two tables available inside so don’t expect to stay long if there’s a line. By comparison to Jamba Juice, Juice Joint, Robek’s … I can’t help but think Smoothie King is awfully expensive. You don’t even get a free booster. Well, a smoothie is a smoothie and there’s nothing else available nearby other than Smoothie King. [Original Visit: July 15, 2010]

12 dollars for a shake? True, I got it the size of a small building, with a caffeine shot ($.99 extra) but a drink the price of a steak dinner? Reasonable people can get the «small» at 12 ounces for around $ 5. I’m sorry, I can’t get over how expensive this place was. I can make this drink at home, in my blender, and even with the crazy price of fresh fruit in this area, I can still make it at home. Fortunately, I didn’t pay for this.
Service is nice, and if you can’t be bothered with the menu, just tell them what you want and they’ll make it. Just suck it up when you see the price.

Are you for real? Is this one of the few smoothie places in NoVa (especially a decent one)?
The husband was sweet enough to embark in a mini-​roadtrip so that my flu-​infested self can relieve her swollen sore throat with a refreshing, nutrient-​enriched smoothie. Robust and full of flavor unlike Freshens or The Nature’s Table where their smoothies are weak and watered down. And not like EggSpectations where the two types of smoothies I’ve had tasted like bananas. They might look the same, but each smoothie concoction is distinctive in taste. And I’m sure the immune booster helped me out in feeling much better if not with a less irritated throat.
This place needs to be a buck or two cheaper and in my backyard.

This Smoothie King Smoothie Sucks. I am so glad Robek’s just opened in Shirlington. The Smoothie King crew could take a lesson from them.
It’s not so much the smoothies; they’re fine. The customer service and incompetence in there are atrocious. Once two associates just sat there behind the counter jibber-​jabbering while I waited to order a smoothie. I even tried to get a Smoothie King gift card for a friend’s birthday and the girl told me they don’t sell gift cards when there was a display right in front of the register promoting them. Whoever owns this franchise needs to test for a pulse before hiring employees.

I love smoothies. I prefer the yogurt & real fruit smoothies with the immunity and energy booster added. They pretty much had any or all kinds of smoothies made to order to whatever way you like. However, the smoothies here are kinda pricey compared to Jamba Juice. A large Jamba Juice smoothie (with added boosters) goes around $ 5 however at Smoothie King I paid around $ 8. They don’t have any Smoothie Kings in San Francisco (at least from what I can tell). I’ve only found Jamba Juices and their smoothies are delicious. I usually get a large smoothie as a meal replacement since they are usually very filling. Sorry to talk so much about Jamba Juice on a Smoothie King review!!! Smoothie King and Jamba Juice are pretty much the same but if you are on a low budget go with Jamba Juice.
Oh, one more thing. Smoothie King has these little customer cards where if you buy a certain amount of smoothies you get a free one however Jamba Juice doesn’t have anything like that.