Céfiore

Cefiore has the best original flavor. It is heaven. Every time I go here they never have the flavor I love, the raspberry-​pomogranate. It is fantastic.
It is a little pricey, but it is definitely worth it with the quality of frozen yogurt and fruits they serve to you.
FINAL VERDICT: Froyum

For a plain tart yogurt loving gal like me, Cefiore is perfect! A small is 4 oz, and at 25 calories an ounce — a small cup of plain yogurt is a delightful afternoon indulgence. Their free honey may add some more calories, but boy does it taste gooood.
I’ve brought a few coworkers here and now they’re hooked! Can’t wait to go again… and again… and again!

Out of all the froyo places I’ve been visiting this week Cefiore was the least impressive. I’d been to the location in the mall and enjoyed their raspberry pomegranate flavor but this visit wasn’t so great. I had the pineapple and original; the 2 flavors kind of melded together and weren’t as tasty. The pricing was a bit higher than other places I’ve been (small 2 toppings $ 4.50). The texture was not as creamy as I’ve had at other places. The coconut was dry and chewy. Eh.

Unfortunately, this is not a very good frozen yogurt place. Of course, that is my own humble opinion, a very small sample size of the population and considering it’s still in business, my opinion means jack diddely.
I like routine. If not routine, I just like to stick to what I like. Whenever I go to a restaurant, I order something familiar off the menu. In this case, my familiar fro-​yo go-​to is always original tart (or taro and almond) with mochi, strawberries and captain crunch. I’ve been to a lot of frozen yogurt places, but none of them has had this bad of mochi yet.
From the looks of it, it seems that they try to make it themselves – which is admirable, but a failed attempt. It tastes awful and it’s too sticky.
Anyway, tl;dr: The mochi is bad, can’t get over it, won’t be returning.

Oh, I remember Cefiore when I was in LA three years ago. It was (and probably still is) in the Japanese Village in Little Tokyo, so I always associate this place with spiky-​haired adolescent servers and very tart-​tasting fro-​yo. Not terrible (as my old Unilocal review will attest… www​.yelp​.com/​b​i​z​/​c​e​f​i​o​r​e​-​l​o​s​-​a​n​g​e​l​e​s​-​4​#​h​r​i​d​:​C​T​q​k​5​w​G​E​r​g​-​g​G​N​Y​S​W​m1GSA) but nothing I would race down south for either. Flash forward three years later, and Jamie W. walks us down to New Montgomery where lo and behold, a Cefiore has opened. It’s calmed down a bit on the style quotient.
No spiky hair here, just a personable, responsible-​looking woman who obviously uses conditioner. The tartness seems to be gone. Not her, the fro-yo…well, at least with what I had… a $ 3.50 medium-​sized swirl of Chocolate and Pumpkin with bits of Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup on top (see photo). Really tasty, and it lasted all the way to Jessie Square in front of the Contemporary Jewish Museum where we parked our ample derrieres and licked to our heart’s content. Life can be good that way. Know what I mean?
FRO-​YO — 4 stars… the tartness was gone, and golly, it’s the great pumpkin, Charlie Brown
AMBIANCE — 3 stars… a shoebox of a place but clean and well-​kept
SERVICE — 3.5 stars… nice conditioner
TOTAL — 4 stars… fro-​yo fo sho

This is the time of the year where pumpkin is the most popular flavor. And I love pumpkin in just about anything .i.e. fro-​yo. I had the seasonal-​flavored fro-​yo from elsewhere and enjoyed it. Will I get a repeat from another fro-​yo shop?
My visit landed me at Céfiore in the Financial district early and dark Sunday evening. This is one of two San Francisco locations (with the other shop inside the Westfield Mall located not far away). I actually enjoyed eating the fro-​yo from the other location to take a quick break from (window)-shopping in the mall. But this location is surrounded by high-​rise buildings.
There wasn’t much people in the quiet and dark streets or in the shop. And looking at the dispensers behind the cashier were the aforementioned Pumpkin, Chocolate, Acai Berry and Pomegranate as the available flavors. But my main target was the seasonal Pumpkin flavor and I got that flavor in a small bowl with the (supposedly chewy) Mochi balls as my lone topping for $ 4.00.
I thought the shop’s version was bland and least creamy with little flavor and the mochi ball was too stiff to chew. Not the best Pumpkin-​flavor fro-​yo I’ve had yet.
With the seasonal-​flavor still ongoing, my journey to find the best tasting Pumpkin-​flavor fro-​yo still continues… ELSEWHERE!

Pumpkin pie flavor with crumbled graham cracker topping is the BEST combo ever!!! It was like eating a real pumpkin pie… incredible nutmeg/​cinnamon flavors in there and was oh so creamy. Satisfy your pie craving without the fat! haha It’s only available for a limited time so make sure to go try it!

Bright, clean, and simple, offering 4 flavors daily, quality toppings and fresh fruits.
The Acaiberry is made with real acaiberry purée, according to the girl at the counter. The plain is tart and clean flavored. However I found the pumpkin pie too sweet and creamy.
It’s a guilt-​free dinner after my gym class at crunch a couple doors down :)

Let’s just say that even if It’s cold and pissing it down with rain, I’m going to Cefiore.
A simple shop nestled off Market, a perfect place to grab a snack on a break. I’m not super fancy when ordering so an original with mochi is just the right collection of flavors. I would give them 5 stars but the froyo was a little on the watery side and could have been creamier. But then again, I think they had frosted flakes as a topping so this might need to be reconsidered.

dear cefiore,
i had heard of you before… but i didnt NOTICE you until i walked by and saw this poster of an absolutely mouth-​wateringly delicious cup of chocolate yogurt. so today, when i was craving frozen yogurt (even with the 30 minute waiting period) i walked on over to your store and was greeted by a relatively empty store and a happy employee. asked for samples of original (tart) and chocolate and tried them expectantly.
the tart was whatever. it had an initial first taste and then kind of bleh. i compare all my tart yogurts to yogurtland and pinkberry, and this was not even close. so then, chocolate. not tart, obviously, but kind of watery/​slimy looking. it tasted like chocolate, but not good enough. left and found my way to the reliable working girls café where i will continue to fix my cravings. dear cefiore, hello and goodbye.

So Karen Y led me through dark alleys and twisted roads to her secret froyo place. Okay, so I might’ve exaggerated a tad. We were actually walking through the busy streets of FiDi during lunch.
Cute, ultra clean and bright!
Super friendly server/​cashier girl! (as mentioned in Karen’s multiple reviews)
Fresh fruits!
Huge mini servings! (equivalent to smalls at other places)
Generous amount of topping!
I’m a bit snobby when it comes to original tart since I love having a good amount of tartness. The one here does not have much tartness. But at least it wasn’t super sweet or creamy so I was able to enjoy it with fresh strawberries (which happened to be tart). lol.

Nice clean location, friendly staff, tasty yogurt. What else do you need?
If you come here after dinner, see if Darwin or Kate is working. Both are super nice. It was near closing time when we arrived and Darwin was quite patient with oh-​fickle-​me — he gave us free samples of all the flavors. We finally decided on the plain because it goes with any topping.
What’s cool about Darwin /​this yogurt shop is that he doesn’t give you a $ 4 hollow tower of frozen yogurt (like the other fro-​yo giant). He gives you the solid real deal. And, he lays on generous amounts of fresh toppings, so much that they avalanche off the cup. I guess it’s better for the fruit to be in my stomach than thrown out in the trash at closing!
This place is on my way to work so I’ll definitely stop by again. You know, if they had bacon for a topping, my mind would explode and I would have to come here every day for a fix.
High-​Five, Darwin!

Craving for some froyo in the city
Eating my lunch, but nowhere to sit on New Montgomery
Found this place right by The Sentinel
Inside is small, but it gets the job done
Ordered the «Golden Cherry» ($ 3.25)
Right on with the consistency, but a bit mild in taste
Eat well and eat healthy!
You can totally walk on New Montgomery and not see this place! They are rotating their new flavors! When I came they had Pineapple tart and Golden Cherry as their new flavors.
Flavors I tried…
Plain: very mild you almost can’t taste the flavor
Pineapple tart: ditto
Golden Cherry: tasted mild, but good froyo consistency… not too creamy and not too icy.
The golden cherry is made with blood oranges and cherries! yum!!! So I ended up getting a mini froyo of the golden cherry. Definitely sample all the flavors until you find the one you like! It’s always best to try it than to get stuck with something you dislike.
This is a nice place to come and sit down and enjoy your frozen treat. If you bought lunch at The Sentinel, you can eat it in here too! Eat froyo and your sandwich all at once! mmmm :)
3.5 stars worth!

As far as fro-​yo goes, all I care about is the taste and the price. I don’t care what the ambiance is like if I’m just going to walk outside and smell homeless urine while I eat. Plus, there are only two seats in this place… wtf?
3 more words, people:
Not
That
Good

I don’t mean to sound like a minion to Fro-​yo Girl, but I’ll have to agree: this Cefiore location is a tad nicer than the Westfield store in terms of many things: ambience, quality, etc. It’s probably because this shop is located right in the SOMA/​Financial District area, beside the Academy of Art University. I feel like in general, shops down this way are nicer, cleaner, etc. to cater to the particular crowd.
The line was a bit long and slow this afternoon since there was only one froyo-​ista (I’m not sure of what one would call a worker at a froyo shop). She was precise in her swirling, though, so that made up for the wait. Prices are the same as at the Westfield location, and this time, I made sure to emphasize that I wanted the 3-​topping combo (no more getting ripped off). Has anyone else noticed how large froyo shop containers are in general? Really, a mini isn’t really even a mini; in terms of measuring cups, a mini would be about 1 cup already. The S/​M/​L look quite intimidating to me as that’s a lot of froyo to be eating. Granted, of course, eating so much froyo is better than eating so much ice cream, but still… in the end, froyo is a sweet treat, just not as diet-​crushing as a large ice cream sundae.
The toppings seemed to be at low levels around 5pm, but they were fresh to the taste. It had been awhile since I had original tart froyo, so I went with that and kiwi, pineapple and mochi as my toppings. Fro-​yo Girl was right: the froyo wasn’t quite so melty as the mall location. It was an icy yet creamy tart flavor; a good mid-​day snack along with the fruit and mochi.
The ambiance of the store fit the neighborhood: chic and modern, like most froyo shops. The stools were fun, and the counters were clean. All of the pictures were quite enticing of the different flavors: their new feature is chocolate froyo. Unfortunately, I can’t really eat chocolate these days (long story, kind of), but I would have liked to try the chocolate flavor.
Overall, though, the store was just okay to me; nothing super special, but it wasn’t terrible either. The mini combo ($ 4.25 plus tax) is a good size for anyone not completely into eating a ton of froyo, and the toppings are fair for the money.

Yes, this is one of those modern/​cool/​hip fro yo places that have popped-​up all over SF. I’ve been to a few of them and what makes this one stand out is one of their flavors: açaí
While I’m more of a chocolate person and not really into fruit flavors, for some reason, this one is really good! It’s not too sweet, slightly sour and doesn’t have that chemically flavor that many frozen yogurt places have. I’m not sure how many of the other frozen yogurt places have this flavor (it’s the first time I’ve seen it), but I’m glad this place offers it.
The service is excellent and Crunch members get a discount — not bad!

As promised, I returned to cefiore to see if their other flavors aren’t as blah as the original. I wanted to get the acaiberry, but they were out :(So I got the raspberry-​pomegranate instead, and it was good. Much better than the original. It was so good that I did the exact opposite of what I did last time I had their original froyo: I reached out only to find an empty space where I placed my froyo cup. Yes, I had forgotten that I already finished the thing.
However, they’re very stingy with the toppings. Two tablespoons of little mango pieces for 95 cents? Aiyah. I don’t usually sweat the small stuff like that, but this time I wanted to tell her «there’s some room in the cup, fill it up, yo!»
I blame the economy.

Cefiore wins for great service. I sat around for thirty minutes waiting for my lost friend to find his way here… but they didn’t mind! Luckily there were copies of The Onion available to keep me company. The store is very clean and cute and the girl working there was sweet and lovely.
I sampled all four of the available flavors: Original, Golden Cherry, Green Tea, and Raspberry Pom. The Original was my favorite, a good balance of creamy and icy. The Golden Cherry and Raspberry Pom had the distinct taste of fruit juice.
I settled on a Small of Original, Golden Cherry and Raspberry Pom (you can choose as many flavors as you like!) with fresh pineapple, strawberry, and mochi. The small was HUGE (
) but set me back $ 5.50.
Unfortunately, my froyo froze me from the inside! I literally started shaking one-​third of the way through my yogurt… and my teeth started chattering and I had trouble talking. I came close to finishing the yogurt… but no avail. Lesson learned: do not eat a huge cup of yogurt when it’s 50 degrees outside. I bet the froyo tastes better when it’s warmer, but it was 3 stars based on Monday’s experience. The flavored yogurt had a bit of powdery feel to it, and there was something about the mochi not quite right. But the Froyo probably would have tasted better had I not been quite painfully freezing.

Review #888! (My Asian Corny Superstitions saved this place for that number… since 8’s are good numbers…)
This place was pretty good! The flavors are clean and fresh and they don’t result in a funny aftertaste.
I was in here awhile back with my family when I saw the store clerk wearing a Virgin America shirt. I immediately asked her where she got it and she said that they were passing them out on Valentine’s day last year. Yippeee!!! It’s nice to know that people actually wear the shirts that we passed out!!!
The portions are generous, flavors minimal, toppings slightly limited compared to other places but the quality is pretty top notch. It comes in my list just under Delatti’s… tied with Tartini. Tartini has a fresher tart taste but its icier and Cefiore has a creamier not as tart taste. Definitely depends on my mood! :)

An adorable and spotlessly clean little fro-​yos shop where the original (Plain) flavor tastes as close to Pinkberry as i’ve yet to find! Horray Fat free treats located near some fun after-​work SOMA bars (ahem, and the gold club!) The staff was friendly and let me also sample the green tea which I found a bit too sweet for my tastes. They’ve got a buy 9 get one free program too.
Bonus points for having my favorite froyo topping: Fruity Pebbles!