Planet Smoothie

Good smoothies, but not worth the price. Easy travel as it is right across the street from campus. Always smells like a humid basement here though.

I’ve never been before … They have a ton of options and the girl was nice enough to be patient with my order. I got the Elvis and am totally pleased: D

$ 5 for a small smoothie!!!
This place is over priced and the smoothies arent even that good.
Got an oatmeal smoothie with banana for breakfast. It tasted like chalk :(
The girl working this morning asked me if I liked the smoothie and I said it didnt have any flavor. Her response was «Sorry.» Why not ask me if I wanted something else? Or something added to my smoothie?
They only use milk too, and I drink soy milk due to a lactose intolerance.
As for the other fruit smoothies, they’re too sweet for me.
I regret spending my $ 5 here this morning :(
UPDATE: July 28, 2012
I contacted the owner to let them know about my experience and they kindly offered to give me a $ 10 gift card to try Planet Smoothie again. Apparently, its their policy to remake a smoothie or offer a different one if you arent satisfied with the one you got. This is great news to hear and I will be trying Planet Smoothie out again.

Planet Smoothie has fantastic smoothies. The staff is very nice and the PBJ is my favorite smoothie. It’s not good for you at all but it sure as hell tastes good.
For anyone who thinks Tropical Smoothie Café is better or Planet Smoothie somehow lacks in menu offerings because 30 different smoothie recipes is not enough then I say you are mad! And from my experience they are always more then happy to modify a recipe if I ask them to.

You would think a smoothie isn’t so hard to make nor would one smoothie shop differ much from another, but alas, they do differ. Planet Smoothie’s staff are friendly enough but their options for various smoothies seem pretty much limited to the recipes they already have designed: for instance, I asked the guy at the Royal Park Planet Smoothie today if he could make a smoothie with some coconut in it, since none of the ones on their menu seemed to include coconut and he replied they don’t have fresh coconut in stock. .. so he can’t. In contrast, most independent smoothie shops in town and elsewhere can do this, have coconut, and in general are more flexible about making things per a customer’s order.
Am I too picky? Should I be content with the smooties on their menu? I don’t think so. Their menu seems more focused on cute names than a real diversity of flavors and ingredients. Given how easy it is to make a custom smoothie, I don’t think it should be an issue at any smoothie shop: this is not like going into Red Lobster and handing them a recipe for a red snapper dish your auntie devised, you know? It’s just asking them to use certain things in a drink. .. providing they have the stuff to make it.
I will go to Tropical Smoothie Café instead anytime.

My favorite place to get a smoothie, Vinnie Del Rocco is my man! Okay well not my man… my smoothie. They have a flavor for anyone. Don’t forget to get a punch card so you can eventually get a smoothie for free!