Have little time for lunch today but have to eat! Grabbed my fav Bacon/Turkey/Ranch sandwich--I always add avocado--and my fav smoothie the Bahama Mama--then dashed out the door. Someday I'll have time to "eat in"! Now, off to my music group's practice! The service here is swift and friendly and, even though I usually am rushing, the decor is relaxing! read more

Tropical Smoothie Cafe - Cookies!! - Sandwiches Near Me - Jacksonville, Florida

Today the two gentlemen working (one was Tyler who took my order) were having LOUD words with threatening gestures and glares. One was working on a catering order. I asked one of the ladies there for the manager and she said they both were the leaders there. I asked her if this was normal and she said yes, and explained that was why today was her last day. Today is April 19 and I was there at 11:22am. Both ladies there made an effort to apologize to me for the other's behavior. I felt so bad for them working in such a hostile environment. Our smoothies were delicious. read more

Tropical Smoothie Cafe - Receipt demonstrating that I was actually there. - Sandwiches Near Me - Jacksonville, Florida

This particular location is always fantastic. The staff always goes out of their way to be really pleasant and helpful. But my experience , the other night was even better than usual.Tyler and Christie were working and Tyler went out of his way to tell me all about the bowls and which were his favorite and then gave me two small samples to taste. And then encourage me to try one of the sandwiches. So I tried his recommendation of the chicken bacon ranch and I have to say that particular combination was absolutely delicious. It was folded over in pita bread and it was really very , very good. It was so nice to have such a great experience in a little place like that. My favorite smoothie is the cranberry truffle. Absolutely delicious! read more

The service was great as soon as we walked in they greeted us nicely and were so quick and nice about the food it was delicious and I would recommend definitely to other people this place as somewhere to go instead of a lot of other tropical smoothies I have been to, again so much faster. read more

This place is under new ownership (I see there's many bad reviews about the past owner so glad to see that!) but I went in for a quick lunch - got the Thai Salad and it was great. Super friendly guy running the register. read more

I came last week for the fist time despite the lackluster reviews and was pleased with the product and service. I'm back today after reading all the horrific reviews citing cleanliness and Kelly's mistreatment of employees and customers. I'm positive the same Kelly served me both times. She's polite and customer service oriented. I witnessed her coaching/training a young lady for the front counter. Kelly was encouraging and seemed pleasant in her delivery. Not sure if she's changed her ways or if prior reviews were simply too harsh. Give this place a try. I'm sure you'll enjoy it! read more

Tropical Smoothie Cafe - Dining room. - Sandwiches Near Me - Jacksonville, Florida

A friend brought me a breakfast eggs and spinach wrap. The eggs were softly scrambled and not greasy and spinach was perfect! It was all wrapped up inside and soft flour tortilla. I started to eat just half of it, but I could not stop myself. I ate the whole thing. It was a delightful first experience with breakfast from the tropical smoothie Café.! Vicky W. read more

Ordered tonight and they put the lettuce and tomato on my flatbread, even though my order said no lettuce or tomato. They also did not put the salsa in with my quesadillas. Disappointed. read more

Tropical Smoothie Cafe - My order, where the modifiers seem pretty clear. - Sandwiches Near Me - Jacksonville, Florida

TERRIBLE service. Placed an order for one of the doctors at work, the wrong location was chosen (not the store's fault) but when I called they said "fruit cove" which was not where we thought the order went to so I told the girl, I called the wrong number. Then when we figured out it was the wrong location, I tried calling the store back and they BLOCKED my phone number. We went to another Tropical Smoothie closer to work, and asked to use their phone and someone answered immediately, I told them what happened and the boy on the phone said to go back to the app and cancel the order there. I told him that the app told me to call the store. He said I could come to the store and get a refund (which was too far) then he put me on hold 3 times, then told me he didn't know what to do and he can take my number and have his GM, Kelly call me. Still haven't received a phone call. It's not about the money, but the principal of the situation. The GENEROUS employees at the other location we called from, gave us our order because of how we were treated. So grateful for people who actually care about customer service. I would not recommend the Bartram Park Oaks location. read more

C'mon man. That's all I can say this morning. I was on my way into work today and I decided that I wanted a smoothie. It's not typically a thought I have, but it sounded great. What also sounded great was that I'd be there before 9 to get happy hour and save a bit. I walk in at 8:50. I order my smoothie and as my card is being swiped for full price I ask "isn't it still happy hour?" It's done. I'm charged $5. The guy, a heavy set guy with a beard puts something into the system and shows me the happy hour price on his screen and says it'll be correct on my credit card statement. I sat down, pulled up my credit card and guess what...not accurate. As I'm leaving I let him know that it was wrong and asked if he could fix it. Of course I don't expect that to happen at all, but I asked. My smoothie is good at least, but the service...c'mon man! read more

Kelly mabry is an asshole and will harass you. She went off on my mother and I after i quit because the job is horrid and you get paid nothing. The kitchen is gross. they taste the smoothies and give them out. She said i was raised wrong and a million other things insulting me and barely paid me. She wrote way worse things to my mother about me and about my moms parenting. She deserves her store to close... read more

Tropical Smoothie Cafe - Bad manager - Sandwiches Near Me - Jacksonville, Florida

Have you ever been in such utter shock at what just happened all you can say is wow??? Holy crap. I walk in to order food during my lunch break at work. There's a lady at the register (obviously a manager, as she's wearing a sweater and not a TSC shirt) she's not wearing a mask. I stand there kind of caught off guard, every food establishment I've been to, all employees are wearing a mask or face shield, required by the county or not. So finally I ask her.... you don't require masks while working at this establishment?! She tells me no and that they're not required by SJC so she chooses not to wear one. I'm like okay fine, I'm gonna go eat somewhere else. I go get in my car and SHE FOLLOWS ME OUT TO MY CAR. She asks me while standing at my car if I want someone else to help me. I say no, I'm going somewhere else. She tries to tell me that she only came in to see her customers and say hi because she "loves her customers so much" I'm sitting here thinking okay if you loved your customers so much wouldn't you be wearing a mask to protect them and make them feel safe?? She then tells me that I should feel safe because she's wearing gloves. This is after I've literally watched her touch her hair and her sweater with her gloves. News flash: your gloves are contaminated after you've touched your hair and clothes. After her standing at my car going back and forth, she finally went back inside. I am in utter shock at this encounter. It's the fact that she followed me out to my car.... questioning me on my decision to eat somewhere else. My family is high risk and the ONE time I don't bring my lunch to work I just wanted a place to feel safe grabbing lunch at. This pandemic is already hard enough for people to go through, why should I have to be followed out to my car to be questioned on my decision to not eat at your establishment?? I won't ever be returning to a tropical smoothie cafe after this experience. 0/5 stars in my book. read more

Exceptional food and smoothies. Frequent visitor here. When dining in the floor and tables are always clean which is nice. Service is nice from what I have seen despite previous reviews. Enjoying the Three Cheese Quesadilla and Pomegranate Plunge! read more

I have ordered from this place a couple of times to give them the benefit of the doubt, but they just lost my business after today's order. I ordered the jerked chicken bowl with a side of kale and apple slaw, and a jerked chicken wrap with chips, with 2 sunshine mango smoothies. Bite squad delivered 2 strawberry smoothies instead of mango, the chicken was cold, no side of kale and apple slaw or chips. The jerked chicken bowl had 3 grains of rice and 4 grains of black beans, beans completely dry. Do not order from this place, they are incapable of getting an order right, besides the fact that their food lacks the quality that other Tropical Smoothie places have. read more

Tropical Smoothie Cafe - Sandwiches Near Me - Jacksonville, Florida

I had a very pleasant experience this morning! I went in and someone was ready for me at the counter. His name was Michael and he was very friendly. He took my order and promptly made it. I got the kiwi quencher and the green goddess chicken flatbread. It's probably the best green goddess flatbread I've had from any location. He put the sandwich together perfectly, and quickly! Honestly faster than any of my Jimmy Johns sandwiches as of recently...which speaks volumes! Thank you Michael for making my visit this morning very quick and easy. Everything was perfect and I will be visiting weekly now as I work very close to this location and I absolutely love Tropical Smoothie. read more

I visited tropical smoothie frequently but this was my first visit to this location. So much wrong with this visit.. 20 minutes to get my smoothie with only 2 people in front of me, the cashier taking payments from customers then cooking food with the same gloves on (during COVID-19 this is even more of a concern), and then after the 20 minutes of waiting, they drop my food and have to start over again. Didn't even get my full order because I was late for a meeting. Will not be back. Looks like a management problem, not the employees so much. read more

Absolutely awful customer service, even the manager was of zero help. I placed an order online(which i do frequently) it somehow got switched to an other location. As soon as I realized this, I called to apologize to them and and cancel the order. They said since I placed the order online I couldn't cancel or get a refund. They said several other people have called saying the location changed for their online order as well and they couldn't help them either. When I asked to speak with a manager to see if there was ANYTHING they could do to help me, he was clearly frustrated to talk to me, and said I had to go online to cancel it. There is no way to do that.. I just had a C-section and had a newborn baby in the car. I live too far to drive to their location and it's extremely disappointing that they acted like they did not care at all and it was just my problem to deal with. Awful customer service will get you no where. Everyone do yourself a favor and go to any other tropical smoothie. read more

The Caesar Chicken wrap & Island Green Smoothie were amazingly delicious. The Cashier very patient in helping me to customize my smoothie too! read more

First time here, came with friends after a youth soccer tournament. My quesadilla was good but they messed up my friend's order. The kids working there called out our order name with someone else's food and that other customer then yelled at my friend's fifteen year old daughter for having the nerve to touch his bag. Which is more on the guy but still, shouldn't have happened anyway. Overall, I liked the food, may try the one in my own neighborhood. read more

This location is not up to par with other locations I've visited on the southside area. I've been here twice with my recent visit just now for lunch. The chicken Caesar wrap was plain tasting and the tortilla was burnt. The beach bum had chunks of banana and ice shards. I told the employee it was blended poorly and she couldn't do anything about it besides make me another. Instead of the staff not spending extra care or attention or a spare 30 seconds to deliver a perfect smoothie that I find at every other location I visit, I have to waste another three minutes waiting for a second one? It wasn't worth it. The only satisfying part of my meal today was the chocolate chip cookie. I had no hassle getting a free smoothie at the Baymeadows/Southside location. read more

Tropical Smoothie Cafe - Burnt tortilla on chicken wrap - Sandwiches Near Me - Jacksonville, Florida

I'm glad I came here for smoothies for me and my sick boyfriend! Their Jetty Punch, made with strawberries and bananas, perked him up and made him feel better quickly. I went with the seasonal Cranberry Bliss smoothie, made with cranberries and white chocolate. It hit the spot, alongside the Chicken Club Flatbread. I had all my items made quickly and with no problems. The people who served and made my order were friendly and quick. The place was relatively busy and kept clean. It was a bright sunny spot that brings healthiness to the community. read more

Would've been five stars but to be honest the woman in charge not only wasn't wearing a mask, but also seemed to be abusing her power completely. She lacked leadership skills despite her staff being friendly and efficient. It was unpleasant to hear her howling about minor mistakes including the staff not being able to reach the phone since they were working hard making and handing out 5 orders in the span of 10-15 minutes. Honestly if anything is to come of this review it's that this blonde mask-less tyrant would benefit from therapy and a mask to cover up her despicable unfriendly appearance. read more

Just FYI: this is what this location considers a Baja bowl. It was also covered in spinach and kale which the website does not mention. Looks nothing like the picture on the website and other locations give MUCH more rice. Will make the longer drive to the 210 location next time. read more

Tropical Smoothie Cafe - Sandwiches Near Me - Jacksonville, Florida

The Tropical Smoothie Cafe at Bartram Oaks Walk will have one less customer to worry about. The rudeness from an employee on Saturday December 3 was unacceptable. After placing an online order we immediately called this location as the wrong location was chosen for our order. The App would not allow you to cancel the order, Clearly stated to call the store to cancel. We called to cancel or transfer to the store closest to our home. The rude employee said Nope nothing I can do. Can't cancel or transfer your order - YOU MUST DO THAT ON THE APP. The App will not allow you to cancel an order. We were charged and not able to pickup the order. Will not do busiess with any franchise that treats customers like this. The manager called and was screaming and yelling at me - Unstable. I had to hang up due to her screaming and yelling - Now I understand why her employees treat customers the way they do - She trained them well. read more

Never ready on time always excuses. Owner would benefit if she trained her staff. I am not surprised if she had heavy turnover.

I worked here for about three months. My main job did a lot of downsizing so I had to get a second job, and as my significant other used to be the manager, I knew what to expect. The owner gave me my interview and spent the entire interview badmouthing my boyfriend and another previous worker. I was so desperate for a job that I took it, thinking that since she had repeatedly said she wouldn't compare me to me bf, that I would be fine. Boy was I wrong. I have a serious injury to my knee, which she previously knew about. She favored her other employees over me constantly, letting one go home almost as soon as they got there, but me, who could barely walk that day, had to stay. She would call in the middle of the night asking me to work the next day, demanding that I text her back instantly. Many times my pay would be so little I had to choose between paying rent or my phone bill. This led to her belittling me because I couldn't respond to her text messages instantly. The final straw for me was her firing me for calling out the day before a shift, because my knee was so bad I couldn't stand on it at all. She berated next for "not telling her in enough time" and not covering my own shift. She then tried to refuse me my final paycheck and banning me from the store. I went in anyway, and she screamed at me in front of customers and employees alike for screwing her over and not bringing in the shirts that I paid for. I spent ten minutes calmly responding to her rant before I got mad too. DONT WORK HERE AND DONT GIVE HER YOUR MONEY! She also has her employees keep smoothies that were never picked up or returned in the freezer so that they can give them to other people who order the same thing. FYI. read more

The owner is an absolute witch. If your smoothie takes like an icee or your food order is wrong... she will stand there and argue with you about how you're wrong until you're so tired of her BS, you have to walk out. I have boycotted her store for years and decided to give it one more try. I ordered 2 cheese quesadillas for the kids and they made 2 pizza quesadillas. She didn't want to remake them and instead tried to convince these hungry kids how the pizza quesadillas tasted sooo much better. I told her to make what we paid for or give the money back!!! read more

For some reason the smoothies at this location are very icey and have no flavor!! Anyone else recognize this? We visit the location on cr210 and our smoothies are creamy and full of flavor they don't skimp on what's to be in the cup read more

Ten years ago we were working in Bartram Walk Plaza. We built the Gate store out front then started working behind it. This store was one of the first spaces to be occupied. I used to come here before work an get the same breakfast wrap that I'm eating today. Talk about a foodie memory I can't remember what I did 3 days ago but I remember what I ate 10 years ago. Scary ha. Well today's wrap is just as good as I remember. The eggs is cooked right and there is plenty of ham n bacon inside too. The wrapped us crisped up on the flat top just to the point where it is tasty. In all a good breakfast and I'm sure I will return soon enough. read more

Tropical Smoothie Cafe - The salsa breakfast wrap - Sandwiches Near Me - Jacksonville, Florida

VERY let down by the unprofessionalism of the owner at this location. One visit she was yelling at a teenager for his work performance in front of all the customers and my 2nd and last visit she would not give me ample time to open my app to scan my barcode as she said she has other customers when there was no one behind me, she continued to be VERY rude and just down right obnoxious honestly embarrassing herself. Sadly I love Tropical Smoothie, but never will I or anyone from my job ever go in there again! read more

This is the location of my first ever tropical smoothie and the reason why I am such a big fan! Like most of the tropical smoothies, the workers are typically high school and college age. They are always very kind and generally very bubbly making the experience even better. The location looks great with their new renovations! I have never had issues with any of my food and believe this establishment to be an A+ read more

Tropical Smoothie Cafe - I love the renovations! - Sandwiches Near Me - Jacksonville, Florida

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I got hired at this location and after four days I realized this is not a place I wanted to work at. The kitchen is disgusting and has this odor of death. I gave it everything I got, but i realized this place was a joke.Plus I was having stomach problems that week. So the owner left me nasty voicemails and text messages saying how I screwed her over and she was not going to pay me for the hours worked. Excuse me but that is against the law it's been a month and nothing. This establishment is the grossest most unprofessional place I've ever been in. read more

Love Tropical Smoothie, but this location is lacking basic customer service. I've had several bad experiences and won't be going back.

This place is literally the WORST when it comes to service. Food is fine, like all tropical smoothies, but I've never seen a place be so terrible with service! I've lived in the area for years and every few months I give them another try (to avoid driving down to 210). Literally every time they blow it. I don't even know why they have a pick up around back. Today I had to call three times in over 2 minutes waiting for my order. (Baby was sleeping so couldn't go in.) In the past they've also been downright rude when you ask them about the wait, why they never answer their phone, etc. Terrible. Don't waste your time/money on this location. read more

I have never tried this location, but it was nice. The staff was nice. The store was clean. I tried the jetty punch and it was pretty good. I requested for them to split up the smoothie in two cups and I gave my daughter one. She loved it! read more

Wish I could give this place a zero. Guys DO NOT ORDER ANYTHING WITH CHOCOLATE! The owner uses Nesquik chocolate powder mix instead of the one that the tropical smoothie company uses. The staff has told me this and you can taste the difference. Also you might as well be drinking a blended icee they taste horrid. Thank god a smoothie king just opened up by the new wal mart and it has a drive thru go there instead everyone or at least to the other tropical smoothie in San Jose where it's legit there and they don't skimp on fruit and do everything the right way. read more

It seems like this tropical smoothie closes when they feel like it, I Came during the week day at 8:47 and the sign and lights were off, I could just see 2 employees standing in he back, I was really disappointed because I was craving a smoothie and a wrap. My parents own 2 franchised restaurants and if their Business hours says 9 PM the door does not lock until 9 PM or later, I was in shock to see that. Iv never Experienced that with a tropical smoothie before. read more

I sent my kids in for the free smoothie aka flip flop day raising funds for the sunshine association and was told that they had to make a donation to get the free smoothie. The owner said if you donate 5.00 you get 10pct off or donate a dollar to get the free smoothie. I went to the corporate website and its says FREE but would take any donations. I was planning to give 20.00 dollars to donate but when the kids came out they said they had to pay for them. This business owner is very shady and I think they were taking advantage of the kids. Plus the smoothies we're really watered down. I would drive to the other store on San Jose and avoid this owners site read more

Too many times this and the southside location gets the order wrong. It's a simple request to not put turbinado or no sugar in a smoothie. Unfortunately, I don't feel this will change even if I keep asking them to redo the order. read more

I wish I could score this location less than one.. Absolutley everytime I visit, your food, drinks, etc taste nothing like any other Tropical Smoothie location. They are just as watered down, and blah as your service, and it's obvious the ownership is horrendous.. So after having you remake my smoothie twice this morning, I drove to the San Jose location and had them make in seconds what you cannot in multiple tries. Never again will I give this location another try. read more