Swirll

I’m new to Frozen Yogurt shops. I have been going to this location often after lunch or after getting my nails done upstairs at Nail Time. I’m officially addicted to Swirll.
Their Yogurt machines are always clean and the condiment are fresh.
I like all their flavors but the cake batter definitely stands out. Lot’s of toppings to choose from. I like to try different flavors and toppings every time. They seem to run out of Lychee’s when it gets busy.
I like sitting outside. They need to clean the tables outside thoroughly because sometimes I find yogurt residue.

Condiments were fresh, the sweet tart was a little much on the icee yogurt side, décor was clean but it was pretty obvious who their target demographic was with the TV tuned to teeniebop music videos.

My order: Strawberry Kiwi & Mango yogurt with kiwi and mango chunk toppings.
This place is cute on the inside. However, the service was not so great and the yogurt severely sucked. It almost tasted as if it had freezer burn. The fruit was not fresh. I had to skip on the strawberries because they looked as if they had been ravaged by fruit flies. I have been to other frozen yogurt places like Tutti Fruity and Yogurt Workz and they were great, however, this place is mediocre and I will never return.

This place is awesome; I don’t think that I’ll be going to ice-​cream shops very often, now. Lots of variety and control over what you can get. The price adds up fast though, since cost is determined by weight. For the more adventurous, you can have Taro frozen yogurt with Lychee toppings.
The décor is very IKEA, which is OK (I’m an IKEA fan, I admit it freely), but some of the chairs are getting a bit beat-​up looking now, and should be replaced. Nonetheless, in the height of a Houston summer, this is a weekly go-​to spot for my family.
UPDATE: The furniture is getting a bit worn and needs an overhaul. The yogurt is still great, though.

I love how you pick what flavor, how much, and your toppings. When you’re done picking your selections then go to the counter and pay by weight. My favorite is the red velvet with small chocolate chips sprinkled onto it– definitely a delectable treat!

I’m still not sure what all the fuss about fro-​yo is, but Swirll is okay in my book. There are a ton of flavors to choose from, and it’s nice to be able to mix and match several. Plus, the flavors are actually things that you would want to eat, not only things like «tart» and «crazyberryno-​onehaseverheardof».
Why people are obsessed about frozen yogurt being low-​fat or no-​fat, I’m not sure, because they all seem to add a gazillion full-​fat toppings onto their yogurt at the end. If you are one of those people, you’ll be happy with the number of choices in yogurt flavors, as well as toppings at Swirll.
Yogurt is 43 cents/​ounce, and you help yourself with dispensing into your cup. There is a cute seating area. If it’s your first time, be careful with how much you put in the cup – it adds up to $$ fast! (And I’d rather just go get a pint of Ben & Jerry’s at that point.)

I always keep forgetting to write a review on this place. LOL… I’ve been coming to this Swirll since it first opened up. I like knowing that frozen yogurt is nonfat. It makes my mind believe that I can have a frozen treat and not worry so much on how many calories it contains. Although, they have a lot of toppings to choose from fruits to different types of chocolates to syrup toppings. I usually get the nonfat mango, or nonfat cheesecake with strawberries.
Oh! I can’t forget the pricing. The price depends on the weight of your cup. I believe its $ 0.43 cent per wt. But this place is well worth it. It is better than most frozen yogurt shops.

Love the concept, but not digging the prices or the wide range of flavors.
Frozen yogurt tends to be runny. I appreciate new and interesting flavors, but not when 80% of your offerings are quirky flavors.
Think Swirl would benefit from more of a minimalistic approach when offering their daily flavors.

How can you not like this place? It’s DIY at its best. We started going here a few months ago and it became so addicting it became trouble.
There are tons of toppings — you can go healthy with fresh fruit or go for sugar overload and indulge in a pile of candy anarchy (which is what I always end up doing).
It’s «do it yourself» yogurt, nothing fancy, just pure awesomeness.

You get your choice of yogurt and toppings. I only tried the Belgian chocolate and the Cake Batter yogurts and topped them with oreo crumbles, cocoa pebbles, and gummy bears. I’m a sucker for gummy bears even when they are hard and hurt my teeth to chew, which they were and did. The Cake Batter is pretty sweet and actually tastes like, well what would you know, cold cake batter!
It’s a good place to grab something cold on a hot Houston day.

With the yogurt craze that started in Houston about a few years ago, Swirll is my favorite. Unlike some of the other ones, Swirll allows you to (1) choose your bowl/​cup size; (2) get as much yogurt of any flavor that you way (10+ flavors to choose from); and (3) put as many toppings as you want. For this, I’m totally willing to pay by the ounce for the satisfaction knowing I made my perfect dessert.
This isn’t typical yogurt like a TCBY. Besides the ice cream-​like flavors like vanilla or chocolate, these yogurt sports are known for the tart yogurts. I personally love it because it’s light, refreshing, and a delicious healthy alternative dessert. Plus the toppings range from frest fruit to candy to nuts to so much more.
If you’re new to this place, ask the workers for sample cups. They’re welcoming to let you try out the flavors you’re interested in before you commit to them.
I’ve noticed they’ve been offering new flavors too, so there’s always something new and different to try. I’m a lot like Jessica S… I stick to the original tart yogurt and the pomegranate yogurt (those are my favorite), so I can’t review the others but I’d imagine they’re all pretty yummy!

Hmmmm. This Swirll is blah. I really like the Swirll in Sugar Land and so when I saw this one after dinner, we headed straight there. We were happy that there was lots of parking unlike the one in Sugar Land. The seating is much more expansive both inside and out. Ok, so why only 2 stars? Well, the frozen yogurt wasn’t very frozen. It kind of came out in a slime, I tried a couple different machines and none of them were very solid. This Swirll had less options to top my Yogurt than I was used to at Swirll. The other thing that bothered me was that there were gummi worms and other sticky items right next to where you pay. A (rather confused older) lady went to pay and stuck her giant dirty bag on the counter to find her money. I definitely wouldn’t eat any of those gummis after that. The whole cashier area isn’t well planned out.
Overall, I like Swirll. I just don’t like the liquidy yogurt and the cashier set up. Oh well, back to the suburbs I go.

Ok, I admit that I was a bit cranky going here after Ruggles Green. I definitely was a debbie-​downer, and I overreacted to what I thought was an outrageous method of trying to screw people through the purchase by weight and only having one cup size.
Now, I take most of that back, because their original and pomegranate nonfat yogurts were incredibly good. And it turns out that I only walked away with $ 4 of sweets.
So upon reflection, I understand their idea. It is efficient. They don’t have to source multiple sizes of cups so they save on inventory. They don’t have to have a menu, it is simply get what you want and pay based on weight. I get the simplicity. I just don’t like how you don’t know what you are buying until you pay for it. I would definitely appreciate a weigh station somewhere on the line.
Oh, and although I thought my choices were good, I had tastes of the pistachio and almond, and I thought they weren’t good. However the two I got, the raspberry/​pomegranate sorbet, and the peanut butter were silly delicious.

I am a pretty big fan of Swirll. I have been here a few times and one unfortunate time witnessed a chick who had no idea about the weighing situation and walked away about $ 12 poorer, but oh-​so-​loads of ice cream richer. I made sure to warn the people we were with of the way Swirll works. After calming Adam O. down, it was a lovely time.
We tried tons of flavors and while I was digging the Almond, I opted for another route: Raspberry/​pom sorbet and pomegranate alone and a splash of vanilla = delicious. I added some granola and strawberries, you know, cuz I was feelin crazy.
overall, great place. I might have to think real long and hard about which I choose to quench my next very serious ice cream craving. Tasti d lite or Swirll.

This place is such a treat! The pay by weight can get expensive if you go overboard, but after going a few times you kind of get the hang of it.
Last time I went I got peanut butter and banana and it was AMAZING! I was ohh-​ing and ahh-​ing the whole time I was eating it. The cheesecake is also really good, and I love all of the tart/​fruit flavors.

I love fro-​yo & I love Swirll! My favorite thing about this place is the self-​serve concept.
My favorite flavors are cake batter, green tea and now — snickerdoodle! Yummm! I always feel like a kid in a candy store when piling on my toppings. Gummy bears, cookie dough, and fresh fruit.

I know i am going to offend a lot of people with this review but heck, thats why i like about Unilocal,coz i can ;-)
Well with all the rave, i finally checked out this place (on W. Gray), i tried out the Green Tea, Cappucino, Mango & Taro flavors with fresh fruits topping… FIRST OF, its DARN expensive, over $ 8 bucks for not even the full cup. SECOND, I know its suppose to be non-​fat frozen yogurt, but they are also TASTELESS (well just a tiny bit of taste which is not good enough for someone that like strong taste stuff like moi)… guess what, the best one was the Taro flavor coz it was the only one that was NOT non-​fat ;-) Anyway, its too sour, not a great texture, and will never even go near a Swirll again… as for the interior, i felt like i was in a children playroom, oh wait, it is sort of for grown-​up kids ;-)
Give me Blue Bell anytime…

If I can publicly confess I’m addicted to this place then that means I really don’t have a problem right?
Well, at least I’m not in denial. I’ve even started recruting a different friend each week to go with me and keep me company, and little by little they all become victims of all the refreshing tasty frozen yogurts I also enjoy.
My favorites have become the cake batter, green apple, and peanut butter flavors.
If you’re a student and show them your ID you can get a 10% discount. If you’re just a regular customer you can get a loyalty card, which I have of course, after your 10^th stamp you get a free medium size Swirll. If it happens to be your birthday you get one for free after showing your ID also.
Its no wonder the place is constantly busy, and with this hot Houston heat their business is in full bloom! I just read on their website that there are certain perks if you become their Facebook fan, guess what I’m about to do… and no one better dare and try to stop me!

In a recent conversation with other Unilocalers, we discussed eating food in our cars. Besides Givral’s sandwiches, I also eat yogurt and gelato. I have yet to find a yogurt shop that I would spend any unnecessary time in. Too many high school/​middle school kids. Here are my issues with THIS yogurt shop:
So, let me see if I’ve got this right. I walk into this modern-​esque decorated yogurt shop/​chain with wifi. Choose from about ten different fat free yogurts with flavors such as green tea, pomegranate, coconut, lemon, vanilla, chocolate, and such. Pull the lever and fill a cup with the amount of yogurt I want. Walk over to the topping trough, and choose between: fruit that was cut up at sometime in the past few days, nuts, and brownie bites that came out of a bag and are thus lacking in flavor, but make up for it in a mild stale flavor. Walk over to the teenager at the register who weighs the amalgamation and then charges me by my dessert’s weight. And I’m supposed to tip? Where’s my tip jar? Perhaps I should put one next to my profile pic; it makes just as much sense.
While the yogurt flavors are okay, the majority of them are bitter. (Don’t get the wrong impression, just because it’s bitter doesn’t mean it’s low in sugar and healthy.) The best of these bitter yogurts is lemon. I like to get this with mango, blackberries, walnuts, and chocolate covered sunflower seeds. The fruit is usually good, but not fresh… and for about $ 5, it’s just not worth it. I think I’d just rather pop next door to Kroger’s and get fat free lemon gelato and fresh toppings.
Swirl is fine if you’re in high school and want a non-​bar alternative hangout joint, if you are on the go and don’t have time to dash home and make it yourself with your own ingredients, or can’t seem to recall where Gelato Blu or Raindrop Chocolate are located. Otherwise, it’s just a bit «ho hum.» Since Unilocal is hiding the half stars, I’m going to round down. But if you must know, I’d rate it 2.47 stars.

i don’t have much of a sweet tooth, but for some odd reason, this morning I was craving sherbet. Though, not many ice cream places were open because of Ike – except for Swirll.
I still haven’t caught onto the fro-​yo craze, so I decided to give it a try. And man, oh, man. This place is heaven. I’m not sure if having the self-​serve froyo out there like that is a good idea. People, like myself, might go nuts, skip the bowl and pour the frozen treat directly into their fat mouths.
I tried the NY Cheesecake, Peanut Butter, Oreo, Blueberry … but settled for a mix of banana, pomegranate and mango and stayed «healthy» by sticking with granola and fresh fruits as my topping.
I do like the whole weigh and pay system because I never finish my ice cream/​yogurt at most places that go overboard with serving size.
The interior was really cute with modern, bright furniture, flat screen TV and such.
This is a great spot to bring a date for a after-​dinner treat, or even kids. I’ll be sure to bring my niece and nephew here and score some more «favorite aunt» points.