Tropical Smoothie Cafe

Great food but I just waited 17 minutes for a smoothie. I heard someone ask about the wait. The people asking were pretty rude but the employee was very patient and said that they were incredibly backed up. I have been here once before and the food was great but the wait was longer than average also. As far as I can tell it is a newer store so maybe they are just working out the kinks. I will come back and give them a shot at redemption, but for now I can’t give more than 2 stars. People come to places like this for quick smoothies, not to be… As I am typing an employee sprays me with windex as she cleans the window, with no apology. And come to find out, after waiting, my order was overlooked. Never mind, redemption shall not be given.

Came here today on my lunch break because my throat hurts these drinks are huge thank goodness! I love the atmosphere here and how clean everything is and the food is so good! Wish there was one near Mayfaire! Thai chicken salad was so good last time I got it again!

This place in my opinion has the best smoothies ever! I’m kind of a health food watcher more these days. We all know a real smoothie is definitely healthy. They can make anything any way you want with so much of a variety & plenty of menu items to choose from as well but it’s cool that you can add or ask for your own «Concoction» or just pick from the menu, theres lots! Everythings fresh, the owners are very nice, family oriented people and the staff always seem to be friendly. I guarantee you will be pleasantly pleased!!!

I’ve dropped in twice now for smoothies, which were quite delicious (Paradise Point and Island Green). I like the variety of «super food» smoothies in addition to the more traditional strictly fruit smoothies.
Staff are friendly and there’s abundant parking in the shopping center.
My only complaint is that smoothies only come in one size, which are really big! They’re appropriately priced, but I haven’t managed to finish more than half of one.

DELICIOUS! This was our first time trying this hidden gem and we are so satisfied with the food and smoothies. The workers are super nice and quick! We will definitely be coming back and recommending to our local friends. Can’t ask for more, it’s healthy, tasty and reasonable.

Thank you for your response Brandon. The discount I was referring to is through the app on my iphone (which hasn’t been working). The coupon I usually use is for a .99 smoothie with the purchase of a sandwich but I have used this one many times. In any case I wanted to pay $ 1.99 today rather than .99 offered usually everyday, giving you the better deal! I have come in many times and used the $ 1.99 offer on a breakfast sandwich. For a restaurant to offer breakfast all day/​any time of day, there should not be stipulations set forth especially when the offer is misleading as I noted in my first review. I will still continue to frequent your establishment out of convenience but I seriously hope you reconsider your policies and try to be more empathetic towards what the customer is seeing vs what is really intended.
Thank you again for your time.
Since it seems that I never have anything positive to say, I just want to say that the service today (15jul) and the classic breakfast sandwich were spot on!

Great smoothies and the food is actually really good for a café. Even if your not a smoothie or fruit person these smoothies will actually surprise you on how good they are. Should go and try!

Great little healthy café. I got the Rustic Turkey and apple club. It was delicious! Looking forward to coming back in the future.

Had never been to one until I went to North Carolina. One of the best smoothies I have ever had and they had so many different supplements you could add. They also had delicious food. I ordered the fish tacos and they were fantastic. I would recommend them for sure.

Great little smoothie and sandwich shop. Quick service, reasonable prices, and all around good eats. It felt like a chain, so I hope they get out there and start expanding to other cities.

I love to make smoothies at home and do on a fairly regular basis for breakfast. A frozen banana, some berries, some coconut milk, and a handful of greens and I’m good to go and pretty full until lunch.
Such was my plan yesterday until I realized my husband hadn’t washed our blender and I was in too big of a hurry to wash it myself (though I did make the time to stop my car on the way to work and pick up a smoothie… but that’s beside the point!). Enter Tropical Smoothie Café.
I did some research ahead of time regarding calorie content (again, not sure how I had the time to do research AND stop for a smoothie but not to wash a blender…) and wasn’t surprised to see that some of the smoothies have more than half of the calories I should eat in a day. While smoothies have a rep for being «health food», it’s pretty easy to go crazy on oversweetening, putting in gobs of nut butter, etc. So I found a smoothie that was just slightly higher-​calorie than my normal breakfast and ordered.
Firstly, 24 ounces is a whole lot of smoothie, and I sipped on the Island Green pretty much all morning. For $ 5 that’s not a bad deal in my book. I was pleased with how quickly it was served, thought the dining area looked cute and clean, and it tasted great.
So today I woke up craving a smoothie again. The blender was still dirty (I know, I know) so I made another stop and got the Totally Green smoothie. It sort of reminded me of the taste of a Pixie Stix (is it «Pixie Stick» if it’s singular? Anyway…) which isn’t entirely bad, but is a little strange to drink, particularly when ordering a «healthy» smoothie.
About an hour and a half after drinking it I realized I was STARVING and crashing hard. A coworker commented that I looked really tired.
Then I looked at the rest of the nutritional content, past the calories, and realized that’s because this «healthy» smoothie had more than double the sugar of what’s in a single can of soda. Yikes! Sure, some of that’s from the fruit, but given the Pixie Stix taste and the HUGE difference in calories between the Splenda-​sweetened version and the turbinado sugar-​sweetened original, I’m guessing there’s a good amount of added sugar in there. Hence the fact that I’m now sugar-​crashing and contemplating a nap under my desk. And babbling on Unilocal.
Anyway, I’m supposed to be reviewing.
These smoothies are a great treat — tasty, reasonably-​priced, have some decent vitamins and minerals and all that good stuff — but do your research and know what you’re getting into. Your options are to drink artificial sweetener (gross, in my book) or drink a ton of sugar. Next time I go I’ll ask for mine unsweetened altogether and I think I’ll probably feel much better for it.
Or maybe I’ll just wash my blender.
I’m giving a solid three stars because 1) Super clean 2) Nice staff 3) They do a great job of disclosing nutritional info on the website 4) They seem more than willing to modify 5) LOTS of awesome vegetarian and vegan options.

Great new place to grab a healthy smoothie and a fresh wrap! Loved it and will definitely be back!

Just opened and what a great addition to Wilmington. Large 24 oz. fresh fruit smoothies. Hawaiian Breeze and Tropi-​Colada were outstanding. Roast beef with Gorgonzola very filling. Service with a smile in a beach décor. We will be regulars.