24 grams always Emerald City Smoothie never disappoints. The staff is friendly, the service is…read morefast, and the smoothies are always fresh. My go-to is the protein smoothie with 24 grams of protein--it tastes great and keeps me full after the gym. Clean store, good atmosphere, and consistent quality every time. Highly recommend if you're looking for a healthy drink in Bellevue!

My friend and I walked over to Emerald City Smoothie in Downtown Bellevue after doing barre class…read morenearby. This was my first time at Emerald City Smoothie in ten years and my first time at the Downtown Bellevue location. The interior is fairly small with only a few tables to sit/stand at and so it's mostly a takeout place rather than a place to meet with friends. Emerald City Smoothie has a wide menu and categorize their menu into five categories based on health goals: "Boost My Immune System", "Help Me Lose Weight", "Go Green", "Bulk Me Up" and "Nourish My Body". They also have a menu just for "Boosters" which cost extra and include everything from antioxidants to bees pollen to creatine and fat burner. Lastly, they have a Secret Menu which includes Banana Creme Pie, Matcha Green Tea, Maui Paradise, Mountain Berry Blast, Orange Creamsicle, Piña Colada, and Peanut Butter Cup. I'm pretty sure their secret menu is just drinks that don't fit into the other categories (or ran out of room for), because they had these same drinks on their menu ten years ago. I ordered the MATCHA GREEN TEA (16-oz) off the secret menu. This smoothie has soy milk, matcha, non-fat milk, and whey. For $7.44 (including tax), this was pretty pricey for a "healthified" matcha Frappucinno. They obviously don't use high quality matcha as the matcha color was on the yellow side and the taste was quite diluted and bland. It mostly just tasted like sugary blended milk with little to no matcha flavor; I was honestly disappointed, but drank it anyway. My friend got her favorite NUTTY BANANA (sub vegan protein) which has banana, peanut butter, protein, and nonfat milk, which is probably what I should've gotten instead. She also ordered a PB&J and MANGO MANIA for her family members which are also supposed to be decent. Lesson learned, stick with the fruit smoothies. Service was good- the baristas are friendly and efficient and we got our drinks within 10 minutes after ordering. Overall: 2/5 for drinks, 4/5 for service, 3/5 for atmosphere

Amazing The ratio of drink to boba was perfect…read more staff very helpful. ................................

This place is tucked away in a small plaza area in Factoria not too far a drive from Factoria Mall,…read moreand it looks like it's limited in parking until you drive deeper to reach the entrance of this place. Inside has some claw machines with some products I haven't seen before in other stores offering gacha stuff. There's also a hallway of street signs that make you feel like you're in Japan but are also bogged down by storage boxes and is just a hallway potentially leading to a restroom? Not sure, but there's only a couple tables with chairs inside so it's more ideal for one-on-one or 3-person hangouts. Menu has milk tea, smoothie, oolong and slush offerings and they also have takoyaki. I got their oolong tea with sea salt cream and added grass jelly as a topping, I got this at 50% for both ice levels and sweetness, and even that didn't really help with making the drink as great it should be. Salted cheese was really heavy in taste, and tea wasn't the best quality despite being very strong. Grass jelly wasn't satisfying to chew either, it was a little harder than what I would have liked. Not my go-to place, though it did catch my eye since I've already been to its other location in Renton. Good for quick milk tea, but not likely to come back.

Good smoothies! I got the guava sunrise which was really good - although I did expect it to be a…read morelittle thicker / more icy. It kind of felt more like a juice than a smoothie, but was tasty nonetheless.

Your typical ECC spot! Quick service, friendly staff, and they have some supplements available for…read moresale as well including the elusive protein brownies that are trending right now. My go to is the immunity nectar lately because I'm fighting a cold, I opt for water instead of cranberry when I don't want it as tart!

the service was great and very quick! they had so many options to try and it tasted exactly like…read moreerewhon for half the price. i highly recommend trying it if you are in the bellevue area and need a quick pick me up. my friend got the mango sticky rice matcha and she said it was also really good! definitely a must-have!

Very nice place a nice variety of matcha drinks and very friendly and clean and pretty place .read more

Good promo deals for new members! Wonderful Almond Butter that cools beautifully on the nice Vegan…read moreFrozen Sorbets. Delicious, reasonably priced, and conveniently located right next to the fireplace in the square.

This is the absolute worst service I've ever received at any pressed I've been to. I normally have…read morewonderful service at pressed but the staff here were lost and extremely dis functional. Riddle to me why one employee was more concerned about organizing spoons while there was a long line of customers while the other was just standing there waiting to be told what to do. Do not ever come to this pressed location. There are plenty of other locally owned juice shops in the area and it would be significantly better to spend your money there

Cafe Joy in Bellevue is a cute, eclectic café with fun, slightly random decor like a sheep, Target…read moredog, and Legos. Their specialty drinks are the highlight, with unique options like a sweet corn latte. We tried the coconut and black sesame lattes. Both had strong coffee flavor and leaned a bit bitter, but still good. The strawberry croffle was delicious, and the ham and cheese piadina was solid. Service was quick. Parking is a bit annoying with mostly street options. Overall, a good spot to try something different, but not quite a go to for me.

I recently stopped by Cafe Joy and tried their mango matcha, and it was honestly such a pleasant…read moresurprise. The drink leaned more toward a matcha mango milk tea, which I loved. had that creamy, smooth matcha base with a subtle sweetness from the mango. What really stood out were the small chunks of real mango in the drink. They had a soft, almost jelly-like texture but were actually fresh fruit, which made it feel more refreshing and less artificial compared to typical fruit add-ins. It added a nice burst of flavor and texture in every sip.

TL;DR: for such a large chain, this place is really disappointing. Boba is cooked unevenly. Sago is…read morenothing but a huge goopy clump. Not worth spending $10 on a cup here. I thought I'd give this chain a try and I was very disappointed. Parking: mall garage, free. Atmosphere: no seating, long lines for ordering, waiting for your order to be completed is longer than waiting in the line (I presume it is because they fill mobile orders at the same time). Menu: posted on the back wall above the register, also a smaller menu at the beginning of the ribbon divider. Service: order and pay at the front, wait for your order to be announced, grab your own straw. Mango Sago Smoothie: I requested 30% sweetness and it was still very sweet but that wasn't the worst part--it wasn't until I reach the bottom of the cup that I saw the sago was nothing but two large coagulated clumps. It was clearly poorly made and not fresh. The mango tasted mediocre and was nothing to write home about. The boba was also very unevenly cooked and was mushy on the outside and rubbery/hard inside. I noticed this on the first sip and wasn't going to stand back in the 10 minute queue to get it remade. I'm all for bubble tea joints and I honestly thought the drinks would be better quality for a chain so large that I hear about.

Keeps messing up my orders!! The drinks are good and all but…read moreout of all the happy lemon locations I've been to, this has been the most disappointing. Both times I've ordered from here, a few drinks will be done wrong! I didn't document the first time but I have for this second time. Almost half the drinks I ordered were done wrong! First drink, f3 + salted cheese - they added boba Second drink, f2 +lychee and boba - they forgot lychee Third drink, f3 + salted cheese - they forgot salted cheese