Yo My Goodness

This used to be my go to place for frozen yogurt downtown. I was excited to bring some co-​workers this week and was really embarrassed and disappointed at the cleanliness, quality, and selection of products. The employees with Starbucks aprons had no idea how to help us. The machines weren’t working right. Soupy fro-​yo OR the machine wouldn’t dispense at all. There was nothing labeled on the toppings bar and it was slim pickings to begin with. They didn’t even have sauces. How do you not have chocolate sauce or caramel sauce? We left. My co-​workers are not likely to return and talked about how nasty the place was. I’m likely to give Yo My Goodness another shot on my own one day in the hopes they have somehow improved.

The worst I’ve seen, they should call it liquid yogurt, 10% of toppings left, when I asked if they could refill them she said «No». The few toppings they had left tasted rotten. No service. Bad bad bad.

Too many of the yogurt options were liquid.

Yikes, my froyo was pretty gross and the toppings were just as bad. The froyo flavors just did not taste good and the consistency was icy and too dense. The «mocchi» (mochi) was too hard and salty, and some of the raspberries were moldy.
Much prefer Bella’s on Wash Ave.

No My Goodness!
Yo My Goodness is a self-​serve fro-​yo shop that is conveniently located in the Hilton St. Louis at the Ballpark Hotel across from Busch Stadium in St. Louis, MO. I was excited to discover there was a fro-​yo shop in the hotel I was staying at & went here for the 1^st time with high hopes as it has a catchy name from a marketing standpoint, but like most of my great expectations, they quickly dissolved.
Upon entering, I noticed fro-​paux número uno: No sample cups! That’s just cheap & then you are cruelly forced to guess which fro-​yo you may like (a very real & serious 1^st world problem)!
Fro-​paux #2: No original tart flavor! How do you not have an original tart flavor?! That is supposed to be a fro-​yo shop’s 1^st flavor! In fact, there were only about 10 total flavors & upon closer inspection, I noticed there were no greek yogurt flavors, no gluten-​free options, and only one sorbet! Plus, I’m not a wild toppings kind of person but the toppings bar looked pretty slim-​pickings. So if you like to dress up your fro-​yo with a pound of crazy goodies, you’re in for a let down too!
Fro-​paux #3: There was a large, generic nutrition fact sheet hanging on the wall but not individual nutritional data above each flavor like they do at Red Mango, the BEST & MY FAVE fro-​yo shop. So, I can only also assume they use artificial sweeteners, non-​kosher products, and is not certified gluten-​free unlike Red Mango. But on a plus side, there is a large set of self-​serve fro-​yo instrux on the wall for those who haven’t gotten out of their caves in the past decade!
Since sampling isn’t made available to consumers here, I gambled as to which flavors I would like & got Skinny mocha madness, black cherry & sugar-​free vanilla with a few fresh blueberries & raspberries on top. None of these flavors were that gemtastic-​tasting, but the mocha one was the best of those. The texture of all the fro-​yo was stiff & icy, which was very unpleasant to eat & very unacceptable.
So after all this I planned on never returning again, but due to my forgiving nature, lack of competing fro-​yo shops within walking distance of the hotel & mainly due to mere convenience, I went back for more.
The 2^nd time I came without great expectations but wasn’t expecting to be surprised with an even worse fro-​yo visit than my 1^st experience. This time 4 of the machines were visibly out of commission and being worked on. I would’ve gotten the Skinny mocha madness flavor again as it appeared to be working, but when I pulled on it nothing came out so it was obviously out of order along with the sugar-​free vanilla, although there were no signs indicating they were out. So I was left getting Chocoholics anonymous, peanut butter, sorbet & Madagascar vanilla bean. These flavors were super, sickeningly sweet. The pb one was the most ok tasting of that bunch but still overly, artificially-​tasting. Round 2, my fro-​yo was polar opposite of my 1^st cup of icy fro-​yo here. This time the fro-​yo was runny, and the texture was like melting soft-​serve, again fro-​tally unacceptable!
So if you are staying and/​or attending a conference at this hotel & you need a fro-​yo fix at least you have been fro-​warned & hopefully they will at least have the machines all working properly. Otherwise, oh my goodness, I would not ever fro-​go here! This is definitely not a GEM-​certified fro-​yo shop. One too many fro-​pauxs, so fro-​get about it!

It was just what my kids were wanting that night but the service was poor and the yogurt was extremely icy. Many of the flavors were out too. We did all try it but felt like it was not worth our money. They had a chocolate syrup container but it was empty and the suited man taking money said he had no idea how to get more. We would have to use the white chocolate instead. It was not what we wanted and he did not offer any other options. Too bad a place that could have much potential was so poorly run.

Good stuff. We enjoyed. Located in the hilton next to ballpark village. It is a yogurt bar and it was good. Kids enjoyed. About 10 bucks for 4 of us so that was certainly more than fair.

Great little frozen yogurt shop in the Hilton at the Ballpark. Shared space with Starbucks and the Corner Bar. So you can have your yogurt inside or out on the patio. Lots of choices, but of course I get vanilla and add toppings… lots of toppings. It is also the hotel sundries shop so they have all kinds of travel stuff, snacks and stuff. They stay open late, too.

I cannot believe anyone sells this and calls it food. I saw the reviews and said, hey, how bad can yogurt be? Answer: So bad. Listen to the reviews — skip it – no matter how bad you want it because you will be upset.
½ machines broken, no original flavor and rude staff. Perfect storm of horribleness.

I have never been so disappointed in a froyo place in my life. The selection of frozen yogurt here was not good. Several flavors were doubled up. To make matters worse, neither of the chocolates were working. When you pushed down on the handle, liquid poured out. The worker at the counter was just rude. When I asked her why it was liquid, she just snarled at me and said it need a couple of minutes to solidify. I waited a couple of minutes and that did not help. It was still liquid which I brought to her attention. She did not seem to care. I settled for something else, but really only wanted the chocolate yogurt. However, I thought I would just put the chocolate syrup on it and wouldn’t you know that was out and she didn’t seem to care about that either. I ended up spending almost $ 8 on something that I really did not want. As I was sitting with the rest of my group eating, she finally came around the corner to look at the chocolate and then she just complained because there was such a mess from the liquid that everyone had put on the tray trying to get chocolate. Both her words and body language assured that I will never step into another Yo My Goodness yogurt place again. I have never encountered anyone so rude in my life.

Unfortunately, a disappointing frozen yogurt experience.
How can that be, Sarah? I know, I know. Believe it or not, it happened.
It’s such a good idea… tuck a frozen yogurt shop in a high traffic spot downtown, big hotel, stadium next door.
It’s just they were thoroughly unprepared for the crowd of three that I brought it in there with me. Three whole people wanting frozen yogurt?
As previous reviewers mentioned, at 8pm on a Friday night, most machines were «low» or «still freezing.» Staff seemed disinterested in checking us out.
The toppings selection was adequate. I’m not a toppings snob… give me candy, some gummy worms, some chocolate… good to go!
I walked away with a small dish with lots of candy toppings.
Not the best experience.

This was a terrible froyo experience. We bought a Groupon specifically for this location and it wasn’t honored «because they were a franchise and not set up to accept Groupons» although their location was specifically listed on the Groupon. Also, only half if their machines were ready to serve, which we didn’t find out until we were spraying liquid yogurt all over trying to get samples. Their machines were still freezing (at 8 pm) or low on mix or out of operation. The staff was less than friendly and the whipped cream was empty the day I went too… and warm. We love frozen yogurt and this place is super close to our house, but we won’t be returning and don’t recommend it to anyone.

I’ve tried a lot of self-​serve frozen yogurt places but this one is my favorite. I love the Brownie Batter flavor. Service is a bit slow at times, only because the ladies working the counter also have to man the Starbucks next door. Still, very friendly and very delicious.

My fav yogurt shop in town. Personal favorites are the cookies and cream, wedding cake and red velvet cupcake flavors!

So we’re sitting at my friend’s Victoria K’s pool at her loft. She’s lamenting that there is never anything to do downtown on a Sunday. No happy hours. Her favorite Chinese restaurant is closed. What to do?
Well, given my new obsession lately, I looked up FROZEN YOGURT in the area! And by golly, there was one within walking distance!
It’s tucked away inside the Hilton next to Busch, so it’s very tough to find if you don’t know about it. It shares its storefront with a Starbucks.
Gotta say, I was less than impressed. The fact that it’s a half-​Starbucks and inside a hotel, I think, gives them license to just not really care all that much. I dunno.
There weren’t many flavors, though they had grape, which is unique. If that’s your thing. And there weren’t many toppings, either. The place was just generally half-​assed, I guess being in so small a space or something. Like, «Hey, frozen yogurt is popular with the kids these days, let’s haphazardly shove one in the Hilton! We’ll make a mint!» Shhhyeah.
Oh, and the worker was not nearly as cheerful as at the other places, and she didn’t seem to care much when I told her the whipped cream was completely out (come on, you work at a frozen yogurt store, and the place was dead, at least pay attention to stuff like that?).
The cheesecake bits were tasty.
The frozen yogurt was runny. That was the consensus among the group I was with as well.
Eh, probably won’t be back.