Bella’s Frozen Yogurt Cafe

Been here a few times with my fiancée. There is a small selection of froyo/​gelato/​ice cream but there is a wide variety of topping choices and pretty good prices. Overall a wonderful place with great staff and even better that it’s along my commute. As someone mentioned before me, it does suck that you can only try one sample, but it’s not enough to make me leave! Great place.

I am rating this against other similar yogart/​ice cream bars. The ice cream selection was small. All of the flavors were good and I like the option of having brownies and a microwave there to use. Lots of topping choices just like all the other similar places. Overall the icecream was great and the toppings. The price is reasonable, but comparing this to places like cherry berry the selection was just not there and the rest was very similar.

The frozen yogurt was good, but I wasn’t happy with my toppings. I don’t go crazy with toppings — I had added, mini chocolate chips, waffle cone crumbles, sliced almonds, and pecans.
The pecans were OLD and tasted terrible. Nuts do have a shelf-​life and these pecans tasted like they have been expired for awhile. Please check your toppings and make sure they’re still edible.

James and julie are amazing! Great yogurts, toppings, everything! Clean and wonderful!

The best place in all of STL to grab a lil froyo. Great options perfect yoghurt! Thanks again for being great partners.

I love going to Bella’s! It’s a corner shop on Washington Ave. and I go there for a frozen custard treat. They change up their flavors every so often which is nice. A good selection of toppings also. They have inside and outdoor seating. There’s usually just one person working and they’re always super friendly.

Choices of chopped up fruit is perfect. Favors to choose from is perfect, and lots of little snacks to choose from. It’s a small place you can easily miss, worth the stop

This place is great. The frozen yogurt is delicious, with a large variety of flavors and toppings. They have more toppings than I’m used to being offered at my average frozen yogurt joint (things like caramel and hot fudge). The frozen yogurt wasn’t too melty, which it usually is at other places, which means it wasn’t watered down. Yum :)
It’s a little small, so if they’re busy you’re probably not gonna be able to sit down, but it’s perfectly good to-​go.
For 7 people to get big cups full of frozen yogurt, it came out to $ 26 dollars. THAT’S CRAZY!
I really enjoyed my sundae. I’m a total sweet-​tooth but I’m also picky, and it totally stood up to my expectations.
I highly recommend visiting this place. It makes a nice walk on a summer night, especially since the neighborhood is nice.

Relaxed local shop atmosphere. The pink lemonade sorbet is great when you aren’t in the mood for creamy yogurt. The staff is nice and welcoming. One complaint was no sample cups or spoons, but I Highly recommend

Love this place. Best frozen yogurt in downtown! The owners are almost always there and are incredibly nice people.

Imagine the best Frozen Yogurt establishment you have been to, then add great location, people, and extras (brownies, cookies, board games, coffee) and you get Bella’s.

I came here the other day to meet up with a good friend of mine. The place is just as I remembered it (very refreshing & airy). I forgot my Lact-​Aid & opted for the Valencia Orange sorbet. It was super delish! Not tart at all. Large variety of toppings. Parking was a problem since there was a Cardinals game going on that day. Seating is a bit limited inside though.

Tasty and I like that they offer tart flavors (though only 2 when I went, one of which was a hybrid of the other). 12 oz is surprisingly not that much froyo, I learned.

Lifesaving on my endless touristy walk in the heat (yes it was cool for locals but I come from a cold place y’all). This stretch of town seems pretty hip with upgraded loft buildings and trendy restaurants. Bella’s was the least corporate and most down-​home self-​serve yogurt store I have ever seen: ambience of a small coffee shop but with the yogurt focus, and cheaper than the chains. Not many people around (a problem with downtown it seems) other than some ignorant fool that came in to bother everyone a bit, but the nice owner was quite professional.

I love frozen yogurt, and I’m always looking for a new place to try. I came across Bella’s online about a year ago, but I didn’t get around to trying it until this summer. What had caught my attention on their website was that they had gooey butter cake as a topping. I love gooey butter cake.
Maybe I missed it, but I didn’t see gooey butter cake when I was there. Oh, well. They had a display case of cookies and brownies that they referred to as «Bella’s Bottoms.» I love putting brownies in the bottom of my cup as if I am making a yogurt sundae. As an added bonus, they had a microwave for anyone who might want a warm «bottom.» (Sorry.) The brownies/​cookies definitely looked store-​bought. I don’t care. I’m just pointing it out. As far as toppings go, the selection was what you would expect at a yogurt place (e.g., candy, fruit, syrups, sprinkles). I went with my standard of peanut butter cups and peanut butter sauce.
So, let’s get to the good stuff: the yogurt. You fill your cup at $ 0.45 per ounce. If you don’t want two flavors to touch each other, yogurt dividers are available. Bella’s has four yogurt machines that each have two yogurt flavors as well as the option to swirl a machine’s two flavors together. A nice thing about Bella’s is that, at least on my visit, the flavors in an individual machine were complementary to each other. The middle handle, which combines the two flavors together, had its own flavor name. For example:
Birthday Cake + Triple Chocolate = Devil’s Food Cake
Vanilla + Blueberry Tart = Blueberry à la Mode
Southern Butter Pecan + Sea Salt Caramel Pretzel = Pralines & Cream
California Tart + Watermelon Sorbet = Watermelon Cream Tart
Some places seem to just stick flavors in a machine all willy-​nilly. You end up with things like Peanut Butter Key Lime Pie in the middle slot.
I had Birthday Cake yogurt, and it was easily the best cake-​batter yogurt I’ve ever had. Many cake-​batter yogurts sort of just taste like vanilla, but this one was quite good. My husband had Triple Chocolate and Vanilla, which he also enjoyed.
Bella’s also has a small coffee bar. I don’t drink coffee, and I don’t know anything about it. However, I have provided a picture for your convenience.
I don’t live in the area, so I probably won’t visit Bella’s as often as I would like to. I’ve only been once so far, but writing this review makes me want to go back. A current promotion they are having is half-​price yogurt every Wednesday from 4 PM to 7 PM. You might want to consider that if you live in the area.
One thing to consider is that, like most urban eateries, Bella’s does not have a public restroom. Another is that you’ll have to park at a meter. As far as I know, free parking is not available.

I tried the Triple Chocolate, Tahitian Vanilla, Southern Butter Pecan, and Pralines ‘n Cream. They were all delicious. The nut toppings were all crushed to the perfect size – not too big, not too small. I love the set-​up and color scheme. If you don’t like your flavors to get mixed up, use the complimentary dividers. Be aware that there are no public restrooms in the café. Enjoy!

My favorite thing about this place is that it’s right across the street! My boyfriend and I are regular customers and we are never disappointed. They get new flavors regularly and the staff is very friendly. They even have board games, magazines, and a Keurig if you’d like to get comfortable and stay awhile. My sister and I went and played Old Maid and Checkers one day and had a great time with the nostalgia of it all. Love Bella’s! Be sure to get a Loyalty Card so you can rack up points!

Get yo FroYo on!
There’s really nothing better in this world than a nice frozen treat. When you’re looking for something sweet and delightful in the city, Bell’s Frozen Yogurt is a nice option.
Unilocal actually held an event here during the summer. I was pretty impressed with the place at the time. The owner was there, and he was kind and helpful. The frozen yogurt was delicious. However, our fairly small group seemed gigantic in this small room. Definitely not ideal for large groups!
However, when you travel in pairs, Bella’s Frozen Yogurt Café seems just perfect. I met a friend down there recently, and it was quite nice for a quiet conversation. The workers were again helpful in my decision making. Also, the flavors were more in tuned to the fall weather, with things of the pumpkin nature and other assorted delights for the taste buds.
I don’t spend a great deal of time on Washington Avenue, but Bella’s would be a place that I would patronize if I lived around the corner. Small but initmate, this yogurt café is certainly a great stop!

I noticed this place when driving back to my hotel from the office with some coworkers. We had to drop someone off, so we took a different route home, and I saw this place. It had been a VERY difficult day at work, and my emotional needle was hovering over «Sad and dejected», which in most women’s wiring means chocolate or ice cream or both.
So after grabbing a small supper at the hotel, I walked up to Bella’s, and it was the perfect fix to that emotional needle. The cashier was very sweet, and while I was trying the different flavors and selecting my toppings on my final selection, she indulged me in friendly conversation, since I was the only patron in the shop at the time.
I got the vanilla fro yo and the salted caramel pretzel, which tasted exactly like a caramel coated pretzel. The selection of toppings was a bit limited, but that was probably a good thing in my state of indecisiveness. I would say the fro yo could have been a little more solid (if that makes sense?), but it tasted delicious and turned my mood around entirely.
I will probably be back for another emotional pick-​me-​up. Or just to drag my colleagues out of the hotel on a nice night in St. Louis.

It takes a lot to stand out when it comes to frozen yogurt, all stores are pretty much the same. However Bella’s really stands out with their friendly staff and amazing selection of flavors, which I haven’t seen at other comparable Frozen Yogurt shops. For those that don’t know they switch out the flavors weekly, and usually have 12 available out of over 42+. The flavors range from candy to fruit, however some just stand out and will really make you think long and hard about which one you want to try.
I arrived as part of a Unilocal event and was almost overwhelmed with the selection, I couldn’t decide what to get. I seriously considered going on a Key Lime overload by having some of the Key Lime Pound-​cake and Key Lime Bar yogurt mixed together, however I decided to get the Sea Salt Caramel Pretzel Yogurt with a little Dreamy Dark Chocolate mixed with Tahitian Vanilla. As far as toppings go I kept it simple, just a few pretzels and chocolate syrup. Hands down this is my new favorite frozen yogurt shop, seriously I think I need to return weekly to try all of their flavors.
If you are downtown I highly recommend stopping by after dinner, baseball game or just because you need an excuse for some great frozen yogurt.

The best review on this place has already been written: if you’ve got any questions at all about Bella’s, check out fellow Unilocaler Mark P’s concise outline. His treatment of the bright little corner shop near Flamingo Bowl and Flannery’s is thorough and fair.
While I can’t back him up on the banana yogurt option (call me a traditionalist, but Dreamy Dark Chocolate and Tahitian Vanilla options shouldn’t be passed up, especially when you’re first visiting a froyo shop…), there is one bit of good news that’s not been highlighted enough.
Wednesday Happy Hour. 50% off. Four until 7p.
No coupon needed. No email club to join (aka, get spammed by in exchange for a handful of good deals). No passwords via Twitter. No having to uncomfortably ask for the special (especially nice if you want to treat someone else without breaking the bank).
It’s the froyo that you’d normally get, for half the amount you’d normally pay. This may be the best deal going in quick, self-​serve, frozen desserts (with the punch card at FroYo a distant second?).
Froyo isn’t new the the area, nor even to Downtown, and it’s a little tough to imagine «bad» froyo (think about it: when have you ever had froyo and been ticked off afterwards? If ever, I feel sorry for you). This isn’t the place that’s going to mess up that track record.
Notes:
*Outdoor seating: Yes. There’s not a ton of it, but there is some.
*Cost: About 45 cents/​ounce, very much in line with the competition.
*Credit cards: Accepted.

Frozen Yogurt shops are a dime a dozen now days, but I was especially happy to see a new one open downtown within a few blocks of my home. Yesterday was the grand opening which coincided with the St. Louis Cardinals opening day, so I had to swing by before going to the game. The setup is similar to most self-​serve yogurt shops. You help yourself to a cup and choose from 8 different flavors of yogurt including low-​fat and no-​fat options. A toppings bar offers fresh fruit and a selecting of candies and such.
There are a few things that I really like about this place. First is the banana yogurt! I’d never had banana yogurt until this place, and I must say it was delicious! The second think I like is the fresh fruit on the toppings bar. The ripe and juicy strawberries were perfect with the banana yogurt! The third thing I like about this place is that it’s owned by a couple who live downtown. They have filled a nice corner space on Washington Avenue making it a great addition to the neighborhood.
You won’t find a gazillion options here at Bella’s, but you will find a nice simple selection of yogurts and toppings in a nice little place. I wish they would have had a vanilla option, but I’m kind of glad it pushed me to try new tasty options like the banana and mango. Anyway, they say their flavors will change often, and I can say I will be back often… probably very often. I almost returned after the baseball game, but didn’t think another cup of yogurt would go well with the beer I’d had. 4 stars for Bella’s and lots of love to one of our newest downtown establishments!