Fruitthies — Restaurant in Costa Mesa

A coworker recommended Fruitthies after I was talking about a different smoothie bowl place so we decided we'd go for lunch today. I was debating canceling our plans because I really didn't have the time to take my full lunch today but decided to pull the menu up and figure out what I wanted just in case. That's when I found they offered delivery via a third party, which sealed the deal.

I ordered the Nutty Acai bowl and paid 75 cents to sub the peanut butter out for almond butter. My coworker got the Berry Blast to which I added a note to leave out the almonds due to allergy. We received our bowls quickly and they were made to our specifications. The price to size ratio is on par with most other places of it's type, not necessarily cheap but not necessarily expensive either. The toppings to base ratio was perfect. The Nutty Acai bowl with the almond butter substitution was perfect for me... I find almond butter to taste less sweet than peanut butter and I imagine this is true with this bowl because it wasn't overpoweringly sweet.

They have a very limited selection of bowl bases that aren't mixed with juice (or at least say they aren't mixed with juice, definitely something I would've inquired about had we gone in person). They have 2 acai bowls made with almond milk, 1 with soy but all the pitaya bowls are made with juice. They do have a create your own bowl option but I found it to be prohibitively expensive especially when the options for the base were acai, pitaya or matcha green tea but there was no indication what they were mixed with. This is the main reason for 4 stars instead of 5. It's actually more of a 3.5 to me but I rounded up because I understand there's a chance this issue seems bigger than it really is due to online ordering versus ordering in person. I will definitely make a trip to the shop and update my review...

I've gone to this place two to three times a week for the past few weeks. If you like Jamba Juice or Juice It Up, then you'll like Fruitthies. If you walked in and didn't look at the sign, you probably wouldn't be able to tell the difference. They've got some pretty solid flavors, guava pineapple has been my go to, but I'm making it a mission to try every flavor on their menu. They are a little cheaper than Jamba too which is nice on the pocket. Good place, solid smoothies, I recommend this place if you have...

The most unpleasant experience that I ever had. Me and my mom got smoothies from there and now I have stuck some pieces of plastic in my neck from the drink! I found in the drink plastic strings which means that they blended the plastic with fruits. I do not recommend nobody this place. Now I am praying for removing the plastic easy from my body. I almost finished the drink until I realized that what I was chewing was plastic. Now I am scared for how much...