Smoothie King

The trick in this smoothie king is to use the Drive Thru. You’ll be served before any walk in customer. Walking in, expect to wait, sometimes a very long time.
I’m not sure why they always give preference to the drive thru customers, but I’ve definitely learned my lesson after a few very bad experiences.

Great, speedy service! They’re consistent and when you go to a place like this with a particular order in mind consistency is key!

While Smoothie King offers healthier drinks than you will find at most restaurants and fast food places, their smoothies are not nearly as healthy as what you can get at some other smoothie places, especially in larger cities with more options. They don’t use much in the way of fresh fruit and veggies but instead rely on purees from a bottle and such. There are healthier and less fattening options than others so choose your poison according to your goals.
With that being said and going in to the place not expecting freshly juiced unprocessed fruits and veggies, they do offer a wide array of delicious choices in the flavor dept. You can pick from one of their menu choices or they will mix up whatever concoction you want from their available ingredients. I go by there quite frequently when I am in need of something cold, refreshing, and delicious.
I’ve never had any real issue with the service. My orders are always correct and prepared in a reasonable amount of time. Many of the employees look like teenagers on their 1^st job but they do fine even though some of them could use a bit more practice in ringing things up and customer interactions. There is one guy there who is well past puberty that is either the franchise owner or a manager and he is completely awesome, and extremely friendly and professional.

There are many delicious and healthy options here, but you have to know what you’re ordering and not be fooled by a smoothie that poses as healthy and is nothing more than a glorified milkshake. My fave is a skinny (leave out added sugar) pumpkin spice (seasonal). It contains Greek yogurt for protein along with real pumpkin for vitamins A, C, E and more.

The smoothies are delicious, but the service is terrible. It took us almost 20 minutes to get our smoothies. The employees were way more interested in visiting with each other and their friend than serving customers. A drive-​thru customer ordered after us and got his smoothie before we did.

When the heat gets hot as it is doing ’round here on this day, a nice cool smoothie then should be on the top of your list! The smoothies here are of a more health conscious variety, not that there’s anything wrong with that! This store is in the University Place Shopping Center closest to E. 70^th Street. Small starts at $ 4.49 plus tax and larges go as high as $ 9.09 plus tax!