Crave Frozen Yogurt

This place is terrible! The yogurt had a funky taste, and weird consistency. Out of 7 machines, only three had choices available. The flavors were pretty basic too, nothing you can’t get anywhere else. The toppings were grouped and stored in a completely ridiculous manner, besides the fact that there weren’t spoons or tongs for serving half the toppings. Some of the toppings weren’t even marked (all done by hand, no less). And I’m all for saving space and effort, but if I wanted to pour chocolate syrup directly from a Hershey’s bottle, I can do that at home. Menchies and Sweet Frog’s are WAY better than this dump. It surprises me that this place is still in business.

They say the bathroom is only for customers but no customer would want to use it, let alone a non-​customer. It was dirty and there was absolutely no toilet paper, paper towels or soap. They put napkins in there. If this is how you keep your bathrooms then what makes you think anyone wants to eat there? Then when I tried to get my yogurt I chose one machine that spit out watery yogurt. Completely liquid. I try another flavor, same, completely liquid. I finally managed to get a small cup of blueberry with graham cracker. Graham toppings taste stale. All in all not a good experience. Crave needs to evaluate their business practices.

This place is a joke. It is extremely dirty. They have four flavors to choose from and the fruit looked really old. The lady at the front was preoccupied talking to her two friends. I asked her if they were getting any more flavors and she said they are waiting on a shipment. How do places like this stay in business? Needless to say I won’t be returning to this place.

PS
I re-​read my review and realized I failed to mention that there were also 2 machines down! And it just felt so cold and uninviting… AND I still can’t believe the kids reaction to the ANTS! WTH? Seems the owners could care less.

Quality of yogurt is good but the store was a mess. When I first entered I thought no one was working because the girl wasn’t in uniform and was sitting down with friends. 3 of the machines were broken and there was food and yogurt everywhere. Also half the toppings weren’t correctly labeled. Disappointed.

I’m not a big review guy, especially if it’s a bad one (I know how much bad reviews can hurt a restaurant)…
But this place is beyond nasty.
I really enjoy eating froyo — Sweet Frog, Yogurtland, and Pinkberry are my common haunts…
So I thought I would like Crave.
But it was so bad I literally had to throw away my first two attempts at picking a flavor (I tried a little spoon of them and was repulsed). After trying the more adventurous flavors (strawberry chocolate and chocolate pretzel) I decided to just go with the tart original since it was a safe bet.
You can’t mess up the original, right?
Wrong.
Holy cow it tasted bad.
Envision this: expired cold sour cream + sugar.
I literally COULD NOT stomach it. I’ve had the tart at every other yogurt spot and this tasted more like expired milk than froyo.
I threw it away and went across the street to Chic Fil A and bought a soft serve ice cream cone for $ 1.59.
To make matters even worse — ALL of my toppings from Crave were stale.
How do you mess up gummy worms?
Seriously, I thought I’d at least be able to salvage the gummy worms but they were stale, so were my peppermint patties and gummy bears.
DAYUM get your sh*t together.
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Anyways, I’m not mad or anything, just trying to save innocent froyo lovers from spending their money on something that tastes like sugary sour cream that was shat out of a cow’s a**.
If you’re stuck in Central Park and have a hankerin’ for some sweet dessert, just go to Chic Fil A and get an ice cream cone.

Found this place off the highway during a road trip. I was craving Froyo, and am usually disappointed when I go to random places. This was awesome though, they had a delicious coffee flavored Froyo which is usually very hard for me to find. They also had a nice selection of fruit topping that’s were all freshly cut!

Worst frozen yogurt experience I ever had… the frozen yogurt was tasteless… tasted more like ices then frozen yogurt… came in here this place is all designed out with green purple and black… very funky chairs and tables… a very modern feel to it… the area is extremely big for a frozen yogurt polar… there was about two people working there when I was there… one stand behind the cash rejester one was the grater and asked if you need help… they is free try outs to see If there is anything you like before purchasing… pretty much have that in every frozen yogurt place. which i like… there is about seven tables and four chairs in each table… I got the vanilla mixed with peach… it was tasteless… But whatever it was an experience… There wasn’t that many people… there is outside seating as well also a big parking lot with restrooms located inside the shop!

I went here with my girls and more than half of the yogurt machines were out of order, leaving limited flavors to choose from. The topping bar was messy and the employee just sat behind the counter on his cell phone the entire time we were there. It’s not too surprising that we were the only ones in there the entire time. I figured that maybe they were just having an off day and that we would try another location, but after relaying our experience to my husband, he said that he had the same type of experience at the Stafford location a few weekends prior when he took our girls out for some daddy-​daughter time. We stuck to Sweet Frog after that.

Crave was about like most fro yo places, which I always like. If you’ve been to one of these places, you’ve been to them all. Anyway, they had some facebook-​check-​in deal going on. It saved me a good amount of money.

When this place was the only fro-​yo in town it was great, but thankfully now there is also Sweet Frogs (which is significantly better). The toppings and yogurt are good, but not awesome, the place is clean and the staff is friendly, but its on the expensive side and the place is often a little hectic feeling, based on the number of kids running around there.

this place is probably similar to if not worse than sweet frog. went on an empty night, but front parking lot was still packed cause parking lot is tiny. thankfully there is parking in the rear or across the tiny street.
not many flavors to choose from… they make it look like more with the swirl option (peanut butter on one side, chocolate on the other = peanut butter cup in the middle) one tart choice — original tart. the vanilla bean was soft and melting as it was coming out… yet there was no indicator light that it should NOT be dispensed/​not ready.
typical toppings… some were right after the yogurt by the register, others were across the registers on the wall/​glass (fruit, cookie dough, brownies). that wasn’t too great of a place to put them — if this place were crowded you’d have to go over to the other side to get the toppings then get back in line (somehow) to pay for it. ***the mochi was hard as a rock — somewhat like a fruit leather/​fruit snack but not as squishy. the mochi was a huge disappointment — despite having three flavor choices (white, strawberry (pink) and mango (orange).
45 cents per ounce! that’s a lot, in my opinion, for this frozen yogurt that is lacking. seems like you’re paying more for the décor and shop gear than the quality of yogurt and toppings.
i’ll pass on this place… as i probably will any other frozen yogurt place in the area. you can do better at home with store bought or home made yogurt and your own toppings.

Crave Frozen Yogurt was soooooo good. I’m in love and definitely will be back for more. FYI: Watch how much ice cream and fixings that you put in your cup because you’ll be charged by the weight and it could end up getting pricey.

Cool little place but when I went last several flavors were down. I was thrilled to find they had mochi only to be disappointed because it was all dried out (mochi is supposed to be soft and chewy in texture & the stuff here had clearly been sitting out too long)… That = NOT Fresh! The location is super convenient when shopping in central park but Sweet Frog I find to have much fresher toppings and better background music. Sammy T’s froyo in downtown also had fresher toppings too. They also always seem to cost more there. We went last time with a group of four & had a $ 1 off coupon and it still cost us $ 50!

I love this place. If you dont know, it is a self serve yogurt place. You go in get a bowl, pick whatever yogurt flavor or flavors that you want, put as much as you want in your bowl, then pick from numerous toppings to put on it.
The staff is very friendly, and helped us sample the many choices of yogurt. From my understanding they change the flavors frequently so you have to go in often to see what they have. The yogurt is delicious! The bowls you get to fill up and very large, so be careful how much you put in, as it costs by the pound. They have many different toppings including cereals, candy bar chunks, fruits, marshmellows, and more. Sure some of the stuff is a little stale, but you can tell before you pick it, like the chocolate chip cookie chunks. The «chill» toppings are always fresh and delicious!
My only complaint/​suggestion is that there is nothing to do while eating the yogurt except talk to the people you came with. There is a similar type of place in Texas, called yoyo, that lets you draw on the tables and walls (dry erase), so it makes for great imprompt games of hang man or tic tac toe.
Overall a great place, with great tastes!!! :)

This is your typical run of the mill frozen yogurt place that seems to be all the rage right now. Soon, this trend will disappear as quickly as The Atkins Diet. So, get your froyo on now!
I found the music that was playing in the store to be a little odd. For a moment, I felt like I was in Eastern Europe.
Okay-​this location is very clean and the staff are quite excellent. They are warm and friendly and the price (compared to other places around the country) is quite a surprise-​in a good way.

It’s a snazzy little place with bright pretty colors, diverse flavors, and well organized toppings.
However, despite the variety of flavors, toppings, and sauces. I have one big bone to pick. the frozen yogurt is too cold. It’s most likely because it’s got a very high water content so the cold temperature is needed. So, eating this frozen yogurt required really slow eating and a lot of tongue to roof of mouth to prevent painful brain freezes.
Also, 49 cents is the most expensive frozen yogurt I have seen.

UPDATE: Richard, the owner of Crave, sent me a message. Yes Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. A local business owner who cares enough to read Unilocal reviews. I’m changing my star rating based on his email (which was not a canned response) and the fact that I returned to even friendlier staff and fresher toppings. Now I’m actually looking forward to the summertime.
I like House Music. Dubstep, breakbeat, and glitch music are all up there as well, but I’m not a huge fan of techno. In fact, I can’t really stand techno music and the culture that surrounds it. I don’t go to raves, I don’t enjoy the taste of glow sticks, and I can’t handle the fashion montra and color scheme. OK, call me a snob, that’s fine. I just don’t like techno music.
I do. however, like me some frozen yogurt with toppings. I tend to gravitate to the fruity toppings, but every once in a while I’ll take a step toward the dark side and experience the firepower of the armed and fully operational chocolate battle station.
Crave does the whole «price per ounce» thing, and it works really well. Mostly for them because I always underestimate the weight of my bowl. You wouldn’t think that Mochi weighs as much as it does.
The toppings are great, and the fact that it’s all self-​serve makes it even better. I always feel weird trying to regulate how much mayonaise the people at Subway put on my Melt, but I don’t have that feeling here because I’m in control of my own destiny.
I do think that the yogurt could be more creamy and less icy, but it’s very flavorful, and the combination of flavors are endless.
It also feels cold in there. Yeah, thanks for pointing out that FROZEN yogurt is typically cold. I mean the atmosphere is cold, and kind of sterile. The people there are great. I had a nice chat with Tanner, who was behind the counter. He was very helpful, but not pushy or excessively chatty. It’s the seating area that I don’t really care for. There isn’t any character in the room. The couches are a very nice touch, but I don’t care too much for the space-​age theme of neon chairs, white tables and techno music. I don’t like techno music. I may have mentioned that earlier.

CRAVE: PLEASE COME TO ARLINGTON. Love, the Fro Yo lovers of Arlington, VA.
Coming from San Diego, where Fro Yo is as popular as Starbucks, it was refreshing to find a place that had that Cali-​fresh feel. The yogurt selections were delicious, and the toppings are mouth watering. One question — where’s the cookie dough?
I love you Crave!

Coming from knowing about the fro-​yo experience from southern California, I was so happy to see this place open! Absolutely nothing beats the tartness of Pinkberry in San Diego, but this will do! Just add some mochi to the toppings list and Crave would be the best place on the east coast!
added: they have lots of mochi!