Paradise Bowls

HANDS DOWN THE BEST ACAI BOWL IVE EVER HAD. I’ve tried at least 10 different bowls throughout the city and this one is forever my favorite. The portions are huge! The mini fills me for hours. I wish there was more sitting area but it’s a great location! My favorite bowl is the Gaucho bowl. I love the taste and the crunch from the goji berries! This place is top notch!

I was in the area looking specifically for healthy acai bowls and Unilocal directed me to this place. Sure I read the bowls were pricey but was craving enough to be willing to pay if the bowls lived up to the reviews. Well, they did not disappoint!!! The bowls here come in 3 sizes, regular, medium, and large. The medium and large can be shared between a few people actually which is nice. The largest was $ 10 but again it was to be shared so not bad for what you get.
I got the Coco bowl which was amazing, perfect about of banana, mango, granola, chocolate chips, and coconut shavings.
The location itself is small with very little seating to mostly a to-​go spot for bowls. They have a basic menu out front with your choices and nothing too fancy or creative when it comes to decoration. Maybe the owners are not about making their place stand out per say.
The staff was nice, not super customer service oriented but weren’t rude either.
I would recommend this place for sure. If in the area I may return.

These are bomb dot com. I had a large coconut yoyo bowl and I’d recommend taking the small size if you’re looking for a snack cause it’s really huge and delicious. Also kudos to the kid who prepares the food, the guys working here seem quite young but very responsible, they do a good job.

Best bowls in the south bay. They have a ton of toppings and are still reasonably priced. I love coming here any time, but especially in the morning for breakfast. Filling and delicious!!!

I had a mini gaucho bowl and it was fantastic. All the fruit was fresh, and it was a healthy snack. Minus one star for the prices. $ 7 for a mini (which wasn’t super tiny, but still… a mini… is a little crazy.

Love Paradise Bowls and am addicted to the Chocolate Tide. OHEMGEEYUM.
Pros: best acai bowl I’ve had in this area: delicious and make me feel healthy (even with the chocolate, it’s all perspective). Being on Manhattan Ave it’s also a short walk to the Strand to eat the acai bowls on a bench to peoplewatch all of the beach goers.
Cons: not super cheap, can take a long time on weekends with longer lines /​slow order fill rate, and recently —I assume it depends who is working that day— the bowls aren’t filled up the entire way. One time a few weeks ago it was a little less than ¾ full which was a bummer.

I would have to say that I am an Acai Bowl connoisseur, so I judge harshly.
First the good. The fruit was fresh and wonderful, and the service was quick with how busy this joint got. I also like all the different bowl options, and my girlfriend was raving about her chunky monkey smoothie!
Heres the thing that makes a good acai bowl, the texture of the acai. I’ve known 2 places to get the texture just right, and Paradise Bowls isn’t one of them. It’s more on the icey side and melts quickly (and not much is in the bowl compared to the toppings)…
I would go back again and give a smoothie a try!

Pretty disappointed with my first Paradise Bowls experience… I’ve heard friends rave about how I MUST go to Manhattan Beach to try their amazing açai bowls, and got even more excited when I saw how big their cups are. However, my bowl was barely half full, and consisted of more granola than açai. I ordered a small, which cost way too much considering how little they put into my cup and how hungry I was within the hour.
The Manhattan Peach had almost no peach flavor and almost no açai flavor either! It tasted like primarily strawberries and banana, which I could make for myself at home. My friend tried the Monkey Business smoothie, which has a very grainy consistency because they blend the granola into the smoothie rather than use it as a topping.
The idea of enjoying an açai bowl on the beach is wonderful, but you can save yourself the money and wait time by skipping the Paradise Bowl.

I love Paradise Bowls. I am a little obsessed with acai bowls. Living in Hawaii for a few years really opened my eyes and my heart to acai bowls, and I’ve loved them ever since. I’ve tried a few places around town, and I must say that Paradise is my fave for acai bowls in the South Bay.
I usually go for the gaucho bowl, which I always top off with honey. The honey is optional, but why would anyone skip the honey? Don’t be an idiot… get the honey. I love the goji berries, and fresh fruit that top the gaucho howl too. The texture of the granola is always really great too. They have a few other acai bowls, and pitaya bowls, but I tend to stick with what I know and love when I come here. Gaucho bowls for the win… trust me
The portions are pretty generous as well. I have scarfed down a «small» bowl on my own, but I’ve also crushed a mini one when I just wanted a snack. If you are sharing a bowl, get a large, they will happily split it into two «small» bowls for you. I actually didn’t know they would do that for me, but they offered to do so at the Manhattan Beach location, and that’s what I always get when I bring someone with me. It fits into two «small» bowls. PERFECTION. I usually go to this location, but the wait here is cray-​cray sometimes, and it’s a tiny shop. This Hermosa shop is larger, but I’ve never been in during busy times, so I cant speak as to whether this shop handles the crowds better than Manhattan Beach, but I hope so.
The staff here is always friendly, the bowls are dope… I think I will grab one soon. After writing this review, I feel a craving. Good thing my obsession is a healthy one :)

The wait can be a bit for a bowl to come out and lines during meal hours might be long, but overall quality of the food was exceptional.
I chose to go with the chocolate tide. The peanut butter really makes things creamy along with the acai. Fresh berries and banana on top to make the bowl healthy. This location is next to the beach, so I recommend bring a beach towels and eating in the sand while watching the surf go in and out. I got to find a place like this back home.

This place is GREAT. My husband and I came here to get acai bowls for breakfast and they were some of the best acai bowls we’ve ever had. We got the one blended with chocolate almond milk, peanut butter, bananas, strawberries, and blueberries with strawberries, bananas, cacao nibs, granola, and blueberries on top. It was incredible edible. So delicious. I could have eaten 10 more. The fruit was fresh, the flavors were perfect together. The staff were incredibly friendly here. They have several acai bowls as well as pitaya bowls on the menu. They mKe smoothies as well. The prices are slightly higher than what you expect for a bowl but I think they make sense for the area; and certainly the quality. Great place. Would absolutely go back. Again, and again, and again…

That is exactly what they are — Paradise
Walking in to some sweet beats playing and a bunch of guys happy to be there. Service was great and oh the choices of what to get! Value for money was on point, as was taste and serving sizes. You can swap and add what you want to go on top to make the perfect combo, don’t be afraid to ask the crew there what they recommend either. I wasn’t led astray with the choc-​tide Acai bowl In our time spent in the area we visited 3x times. Yes is it THAT GOOD. I am yet to find anything that compares in Australia. Grab a bowl and go sit down by the beach, good food with a view

HAVE YOU SEEN HOW BIG IS THEIR LARGEST BOWL!!! ITS AS BIG AS MY FACE!!!
oh god, if there’s anything that I love the most about paradise bowls, it’s the fact that they have a very VERY large size option (which should only be the only option… go big or go home)
the atmosphere is super chill and it’s very fitting for its location – a rustic beach vibe. their options are very easily spotted on a little chalkboard above the counter and behind the counter you can see them make your bowl! you can also spot their super huge vat of granola on the table.
it does get a little loud in there sometimes, so speaking up helps when ordering. I also wish the honey was self-​serve! I like it when my bowl is bombarded with honey ;)
I don’t get their açai here, but I do get their pitaya bowls. South Bay Swell and Electric Pink were my absolute favorites. my boyfriend gets açai, his favorite is Chocolate Tide and the other one with guava. look into either of these options! they’re all good! their bowls are a bit more on the runny-​er side, not as dense as Rockin Juice on PCH.
I’d go here more often if I didn’t live 7 miles away from the beach! luckily summer is coming up and something tells me I’ll be visiting more often :)

I am obsessed with this place. They make the most amazing acai bowls. The guava pipeline and gaucho bowls are super delicious… The base is the perfect consistency and the fruit is always fresh and perfectly ripe. Most acai places are outrageously overpriced but this place has very reasonable prices for the serving sizes. The large is perfect to split between two people. Highly recommend this place!

We’ve become big fans of acai bowls — we get them for breakfast most weekends. We’ve tried many in SF, NY and LA, and Paradise Bowls is our favorite of them all. This is based on overall taste and texture of the acai, amount of toppings (other than granola), how full we feel after and price. Paradise Bowls really gets an A in all of these areas!
Texture: Their texture is a bit thicker than a smoothie, but still more of a liquid than an ice cream would be. We’ve had more Italian ice-​like consistencies as well, and haven’t loved those as much. It’s thickness is satisfying without being too thick or conversely, too watery.
Toppings: They pile the toppings high here! With our Gaucho flavor, it has goji berries, blueberries, strawberries, banana and honey. A very generous serving of usually very ripe (but not overripe) fruit. Under all that is granola too. I usually mostly avoid the granola/​ask for it light. It’s not my favorite part (of any acai bowl — not just at Paradise), and I find it weighs down the other flavors.
Fullness/​Price: We usually get our own large sized gauchos — if we get this around 9:30−10am, we’re easily full until 2:30pm or later. It’s massive and filling, and at only $ 9, it’s the best size for the price we’ve seen on acai bowls anywhere!
We come back whenever we go to Manhattan Beach, and sometimes we go to Manhattan Beach just for this!

My only complaint is the service.
Firstly, the prices are great. A «mini» is a decent size for anyone. The larger sizes could easily be shared by two or three people.
Service: As thought they hire college or high school students simply looking for a way to earn cash. It took a long time to order which was ridiculous considering there were four people behind the counter (one older male who I assume was the manager) and only one customer in front of me. The cashier was friendly but the others were not. Like I said, as though «kids» were simply working for the money.

Had the Twist bowl in size small and portion was pretty large! The acai was also on the more tangy side so if that’s your cup of tea (bowl of acai?) try this place out!
Prime location right next to Manhattan beach so recommend taking it to go and sitting by the water or streets to people watch.

Been here so often that I am just so lazy to write reviews… lol. This place is excellent if you love ACAI stuff. Just go and order anything and everything because everything is excellent! Don’t waste time reading reviews here, just go and tell me what you think, okay? thank you and bye bye. 4 stars because parking can be crazy, but if you live close then walk there.

Pretty solid acai bowls. I almost missed the location cause this place is so tiny. The price is about the average range for a fruit bowl. They offer 3 different size bowls, I opted for the mini because the small literally seemed like so much. It might be an allusion effect cause the bowl is wider than taller (unlike all the other acai bowls). Mini was a perfect size to eat. They are definitely not shy on the toppings and I felt like it was a great ratio to the blend on the bottom. I had a piece of topping for every bite of acai! They ask if you want to add honey to your bowl at the end. The girl that helped me out was nice and helpful.
Parking: It is all metered parking (2hr max) Depending on when you go it can get difficult to find a spot, especially because it is located for close to the pier and the beach.

AH-​SIGH (acai) it was just ok…
I decided to go for a run at Manhattan Beach strand and I saw a couple eating an acai bowl… So I looked at how much I ran, I knew I had to reward myself with a pitaya bowl!!!
Paradise Bowls definitely has an extensive menu compare to other juice bars so, it’s nice to have different options! I ended up getting a mini size of the electric pink with the coconut + granola on the side (bc I don’t like soggy granola AND sometimes they give you too much… heh. I’m kind of picky) and I added goji berries ($ 1 extra) The total came out to $ 6.95
TASTE: 3 stars… Honestly, nothing was spectacular. I definitely still think Growl Juice Pub in Orange has the BEST acai/​pitaya bowls. The consistency of the pitaya was too watery however, I must say their fruits and granola was fresh and sweet! I also loved that they ask if you want honey in your bowl whereas other places just add it on!
AMBIANCE: 2 stars… This place is definitely a to-​go spot. The shop is SO small that I literally got pushed to the corner when a large crowd of high school kids… So annoying.
SERVICE: 3 stars… The girl who took my order was super sweet but the dudes in the back were kind of rude. They looked like they were having the time of their lives… SIKE. Please smile a little… fake it till ya make it… YA FEEL ME?!
OVERALL, NOTHING AMAZING BUT NOT TERRIBLE. I don’t think I would go back unless I’m too lazy to drive out to Orange!