Red Mango

this Froyo joint is CLOSED folks! The service had gone downhill towards the end. They ran out of a few of the staple ingredients. I heard that they are opening a new location at the Oak Brook mall though. There’s also a new frozen yogurt place that opened up 5 min north of this place called Rainbow Cow. It’s on Roosevelt Rd, right by Pete’s Fresh Market.

The employee that was working could care less about being there soon his friends were in. The peanut butter banana smoothie was watered down. Didn’t taste the one scoop of peanut butter he put in there. There was more ice in the smoothie than anything else. Will not be coming back.

The frozen yogurt itself gets a solid 4.5 stars, but everything else about this particular location of Red Mango is «meh.»
Allow me to file a few complaints against Oak Brook’s location:
–There are only four flavors of froyo. For your average person off the street, four may sound fine and dandy, but I know you can do much better than that, Red Mango. Whatever happened to peanut butter and milk chocolate? I just got an original and called it a day.
–The price. I got a small and it ended up costing over $ 4! Also, I am shocked by the egregious overpricing of the toppings. It’s $ 0.75 for your first topping and then $ 0.50 for each additional topping. Obviously, one of the big appeals of Red Mango are those yummy toppings, so it’s kind of cruel to jack up the price so much.
–The scarcity of toppings. So, you pay your $$ for your toppings and then you get a very sparse amount. Six raspberries for me. Six. For SEVENTY-​FIVE CENTS.
–The space. It’s an awkward little cramped space in there and it’s not exactly comfortable to eat your tasty treat there. Also, the tables really needed to be wiped down.
I’m not saying I didn’t love my small original froyo with raspberries because I did. It was refreshing and it was fairly healthy, too. It’s just that there are much better frozen yogurt options. In fact, there are much better RED MANGO options! I suggest you to to La Grange if you want more of a selection and self-​serve.

I absolutely love Red Mango and their frozen yogurts. I think it is the best froyo place out of all the ones I have tried. The lady was working alone and it was busy on a Saturday night. She did extremely well alone and was nice. However, this location is probably the smallest Red Mango I have ever been too. There is only 1 table inside that can accommodate 4 people. We came with 4 people and that table was taken, so we had to split up in order to sit inside to eat. Also, the tables were really dirty, probably because there was only 1 person working and it was busy, so I let that slide. This location is far away from where I live, but I was shopping by here. I would probably come back if I am around the area though.

Well when this Red Mango arrived on the Scene in Oak Brook the wife and I were very excited. Now while our home was in Chicago some 25 minutes or so away we had looked forward to the opening of this establishment for some time. The only other Red Mango I had ever visited up until this one opened was in Naperville I believe. Needless to say this was a much shorter drive to enjoy some of the best Froyo on Earth. I am shocked though that I keep reading reviews about the lack of Self-Service…I am beginning to think that people just want to hoard a bunch of free yogurt and then walk out. Come on people you are not 6 years old get over it… pay for it… and enjoy it like everyone else does… Thank you. Now with that being said the only reason this establishment doesn’t get 5 stars is because of the parking. I mean it is in a strip mall area so to speak with both an Einstein’s Bagels and Jamba Juice right next door this is a very popular and crowded area.
Not to mention there is a hotel… another strip mall across the street and a Costco in walking distance… this produces mad traffic to get in and out this area as well. Now there is a light thank GOD for that… but the yogurt is definitely worth the trouble. So if your ever craving a delicious treat definitely stop at RED MANGO… you won’t be disappointed. Eat, Drink, and be Merry my Friends!!!

This is the only frozen yogurt I’ve ever had that actually tastes like yogurt. None of the pink slime you’ll find at Pinkberry.

Ok I LOVE LOVE LOVE Red Mango but I just don’t like this location. The space was small and very stuffy… now don’t get me wrong the service was still great and the Mango smoothie I got was delicious but the space could use some help.
First off super duper disappointed that the place was not self serve… I wanted to create my own little yogurt delite on a 105 degree day and when I saw they were making to order I chose the smoothie route. I wish it was as great as the La Grange location. I would still come back but probably just for a smoothie on the go. I know by no fault of the place was it also very stuffy… probably because of the crazy heat wave we were having but I expected to come in to cool off in air conditioning and enjoy a over topped yogurt with my girlfriends…
Hopefully this spot gets more costumers and they consider expanding!

Let me start with a disclaimer: I am not giving this Red Mango 2 stars because of the quality of their frozen yogurt or service. I am giving it two stars in comparison to other RM locations I have visited. For starters, half the fun of going to fro-​yo places is the self-​serve option. Especially if you’re a control freak. I don’t want to have to choose between a small, medium or large. What if those three options don’t fit the bill? What if I want a bigger portion of mango rather than equal parts mango and strawberry on my fro-​yo? Unfortunately, I can’t have it my way.
For starters, this location is tiny. Also, they only had 4 options the day my friends and I went in (original, key lime, black cherry and pomegranate), where other RM’s have at least double the options. Here, they charge you 75 cents per topping whereas other locations just charge you by the overall weight of your concoction.
When I go to other Red Mango’s, I usually mix several flavors into one container because I have a hard time just choosing one or two flavors. I absolutely love their pomegranate, white peach and mango combination with strawberry and mango on top. I could not do this here because they only had 1 out of the 3 flavors that take me back to RM over and over again. Also, I wasn’t into the fact that I couldn’t control exactly how much of a topping I was going to get because it was at the servers discretion to put what she felt was appropriate for 75 cents per topping.
Since I wasn’t going to get it customized the way I would like, Iopted to get a smoothie this time. I chose the Mango Blast and it was a hit. It was a good balance of mango and pineapple without being overly sweet. The regular size was really filling and I am so happy that I opted out of the large because I would have never been able to finish it.
I have a feeling that should I ever visit this location again, I will pass on the fro-​yo and stick to the smoothie.

these frozen yogurt places are so weird to me. every time i walk into them, i feel like it’s some sort of twilight zone-​ish place and i half expect an alien to wait on me.
why do i think that? because it’s $ 5 for some freaking fro-​yo and there’s a line out the door and everyone is just so bubbly and happy about it like it’s the fountain of life.
once i get past my initial freak out and over-​analyzation, i really do enjoy pinkberry and red mango. my pallet is not refined enough to be able to tell you the difference nor what is better but i like them both oh-​so-​much. i tried red mango for the first time last week. i got those juice balls (forgive me but i think they were called bobo balls or something) and yoghurt chips on my vanilla frozen yogurt. it was simply delicious. the staff was polite & efficient, which is good cause i was on a break from work.
4 stars only because it’s kinda costly which means it’s only a once in awhile kinda thing for this girl.

MMMMMMMmmmmmmmmmmmmmm what! This place is awesome. It’s not self-​serve, but it’s still great. I try and get the featured vanilla-​ish flavor when I go here, which I think is better than the original yogurt flavor (too healthy! ugh).
So, last time I went here I got cake batter yog’ with raspberries and granola.
It was the shizzy and I nearly died.
In a good way.
The. End.

This was my first time having Red Mango. I’ve been in one before (had a smoothie) and I noticed that one was self-​serve. This location isn’t self serve though. Was here late on a Saturday night. The place was packed! Being that this was my first visit, I wasn’t sure what type of flavors they offered. There were posters of «cake batter» yogurt all over the place but they didn’t have that flavor. Ended up just having the original flavor with pineapple/​strawberry/​mango/​raspberry. The yogurt does have a sour taste but it is complimented well with fruit. I was caught by surprise when I actually paid. I guess I didn’t notice that there are additional prices for the toppings. I guess the $ 2.95 for a small is just for the yogurt. For 2 smalls with toppings (1 had 4 toppings, the other had 3) it was $ 10! Uhhh, holy cow!
Had to eat our yogurt in the car because there were a bunch of kids loitering inside. None of them were eating yogurt… maybe they finished before we got there? Would have been nice to sit at an actual table to eat.

After an early morning of Black Friday shopping I was feeling weary. I pulled out my phone and Unilocal-App’d my way to the closest Frozen Yogurt shop. I didn’t care if it was a self-​serve or not (this place is not). I’ve had Red Mango before and it is A-​Okay FroYo in my book.
The shop is small. The girl working was really laid-​back and nice. They only had 4 flavors on tap. I was torn between the Cinnamon Apple Orchard and the Pumpkin Spice. But after she gave me a tasting of the Cinnamon Apple, I knew Pumpkin Spice was for me. I had her top it with granola. I didn’t have breakfast yet and having a little granola with it made me feel better about having FroYo for brunch. She was more than generous with the toppings. It was exactly what I needed.
While I was at it, I join the Club Mango… a loyalty program that rewards you for eating more Red Mango.

Mmm… frozen yogurt. Tried this place out after Which Wich, and we both got coconut frozen yogurt, which was very nice. In terms of toppings, they have a whole bunch, but I ended up getting mango boba and mochi (I always, always put mochi on everything!).
The staff was friendly and I got more than what I paid for. If you limit yourself to two toppings, it’s cheaper than similar yogurt places in the area. Definitely will be back whenever I get a yogurt craving.

There is nothing better on a hot, humid day than frozen yogurt especially Red Mango’s froyo.
The staff here are friendly, tentative, and generous! They always greet me and patient when I want to try their new flavors. Extremely generous with the sides, no meager scoop here. My froyo is overflowing like a volcano. I start giggling inside like a little kid because I’m so excited to get this froyo volcano of mine and just dive in.
The fruits are always fresh and 9 out 10 times everything is in stock and if they aren’t? Well, the staff will kindly give you extra of something or switch it for something else.
They lack seating, but there’s nothing wrong with standing up and eating this deliciousness. Also have you heard of their Club Mango? You get points for every purchase and you can redeem these points for some froyo goodness. I always forget but I love the surprise when the cashier asked if I would like to use my $ 5 reward. What’s better than FREE Red Mango?
Ahhh, I’m like a kid at an ice cream parlor, better yet I’m like a kid at Red Mango.
P. s. the vanilla Madagascar is my faveeee.

If this place was any closer to me, I’d probably be eating fro-​yo morning, noon and night.
I first went to Red Mango when I lived in Houston and I’m convinced there is nothing better on a hot, muggy Texas night than a cold, creamy cup of original with strawberries and pineapple. That being said, I don’t discriminate and it’s just as tasty on a damn near freezing May afternoon in Chicago.
My order of choice until recently was always the original with fruit toppings but after hearing one of the employees rave about it, I tried the raspberry cheesecake with some fresh raspberries and graham cracker crumbs as the toppings of choice. I didn’t really pick up on the cheesecake aspect of it but it still tasted AMAZING — not too sweet, not too tart and you can definitely taste the raspberry in it. I recommend this to anyone looking for a relatively healthy and lower calorie treat or dessert.

Really convenient to my workplace, and a great little lift-​me-​up that’s also healthy for you.
I’m only sad that I hadn’t come in a while and just this week realized they discontinued their probiotic iced tea :(
But they have tons of great new flavors to try, so I’ll definitely be back! :)
Very tiny little shop but they offer the full menu of products. Very friendly staff. Directly across the street from the Old Navy and Cost Plus World Market.

Dear Red Mango,
Why are you so addictive and good?
This month’s flavor offerings are Madagascar Vanilla (amazing paired with Fruity Pebbles), Pumpkin Spice (which comes with graham crackers, but I like to add mini dark chocolate chips), Pom (pomegranate which I pair with none other than the mini dark chocolate chips) and original (which I’ve never tried cause there are other amazing flavors).
The people who work at this location are always nice, helpful and pleasant. However, like ALL Red Mangos, IMO, they never staff enough people and you’re usually waiting at least 10 minutes for your yogurt cultures to actively penetrate your palate. It’s worth the wait, but I would think with their obvious profit margin they might be able to afford a few more bodies to twirl some frogurt and spoon some toppings.
Why ⁴⁄₅? The seating is atrocious and seems to always be dirty? Who wants to sit in a plastic chair in a tiny space? How about some couches? Maybe they don’t want you to spend time in there, but wouldn’t it be nice if you could? I vote for Wi-​Fi and Red Mango expansion into Organic salads for a fantastic dinner venue. To dream…
Til next time Mr Mango! *kiss*

I’ve been craving some froyo and I saw the reviews for Red Mango so I just HAD to go. Came 20 min before closing today (Saturday) and the girl behind the counter was still very nice despite it being a very crappy/​rainy and probably slow day.
Got the super-​tasty Pomegranate fro-​yo (YUM!) with mochi and blackberries. The mochi is a very soft and gooey mochi, not firm, that goes well with the creamy tartness of the fro-​yo. The blackberries were kind of bitter for some reason…
Wondering why Red Mango charges different prices on original vs flavored fro-​yo… because none of the other fro-​yo places I’ve been to do!
Also, I dont know if it’s common practice to fill the cup up so that the center is an empty cavity… rip off –_–

Red Mango was good, but it left me wanting… more flavors?
I was with my cousins nearby at Oak Brook. I passed this earlier and was surprised to see it was a new part of the Red Mango chain in this area.
They wanted ice cream, I suggested here.
I played it safe with the «tangomonium.» It was very good, not too sour or tart, and great with cereal toppings.
My other two cousins decided to share a medium-​sized green tea with blue berries and raspberries.
One absolutely hated it after one bite; the other loved it. I didn’t care for it, either.
To be honest, it’s great to promote healthy snacking… but I don’t want to be reminded to eat healthy when I have ice cream in summer. They even have all the nutrition info framed on the wall.
Speaking of the wall, all four of them were painted in a bright red that matched the furniture. We all agreed it was a bit… unsettling.
I believe this is a great location for Red Mango, adjacent to Oak Brook mall and all the nearby hotels.

My current obsession — I’ve been there 3 times in 5 days!
My first time there, the girl behind the counter was very helpful — she let us sample all three yogurt flavors — plain, pomegranate, and green tea. Then she even suggested toppings, and gave us a sample of mochi — a japanese rice cake. I NEVER would have tried mochi, but I’m so glad I did — it’s pretty much th best thing ever.
Once you pick your yogurt flavor, you decide on your toppings — there are so many to choose from! From fresh fruits to your favorite breakfast cereals, the possibilities are endless. What I get every time, is the pomegranate yogurt with mochi and cocoa pebbles. My boyfriend enjoyed the plain yogurt with watermelon and mango — so delicious!
They give you coupons almost every time you are there, and they text message you with coupons if you want to sign up for it. As I said, it’s my newest obsession, and I’m so glad that RedMango has opened up so close to my house!