Bora Bora Smoothie Cafe - Orlando — Restaurant in Dr. Phillips

I went to Bora Bora as I stood in Orlando for a weekend. I wanted to try the viral Dubai Pistachio Cup and some of the other interesting menu items I had seen online. I went two days in a row around brunch time; the first time was less packed but the second day there had been a small line. There was ample seating although not much parking, due to it sharing space with other establishments in the same lot. We received our items within decent timing, but not all at once; both times they delivered the items one-by-one, minutes apart. The staff assisted us in determining what items we would like and apologized to other customers for mix-ups and the atmosphere was nice. Overall, I would definitely visit this store on future visits to Orlando.

The Dubai cup did feel overpriced at $15. The first time I bought it, I was stuffed from my breakfast and decided to save it for later. I left it at room temperature in my hotel and when we returned about 2 hours later, the strawberries smelt like they rotted and there was liquid accumulated at the bottom. We put it in the fridge, but there were already white spots appearing on the strawberries, which had appeared to be fresh when I first got it, so it's definitely something that needs to be eaten in the moment. I was disappointed that I had not even had the chance to try it before it went bad, so I tried again the next day. The cup was not as full as the first one and I don't think it was worth the money, but I think it was due to there being more people and the workers felt rushed.

Pros: The large variety of menu items, the friendliness of the staff, the prices are average for new/viral locations, clean tables and seats.

Cons: Dubai cup's price, parking lot...

First of all I have never been to this place and when I was looking at the menu at the front counter, the girl who worked there didn’t even acknowledge me. I was going through the menu which had 5 pages of drink and dessert choices. I was taking a while to pick out a drink. Not once did she even say hi or anything and she seem annoyed I was taking a long time. So anyways I felt like I had to pick fast. So I just ordered two milkshakes a pistachio and a bueno to share with my family. The pistachio was good and my family loved it. The bueno was not bad, it was okay. About 8 sips in of the bueno I felt a hard piece of something in my mouth so I spat it out and showed my husband, we inspected it and it was a small piece of metal! Like the kind of metal Bristol you wash metal pans with. Then my husband dropped it on the ground and we couldn’t find it again or else I would have taken a picture of it. I immediately threw the drink away we were too scared to drink the rest of it and I also told my daughter to throw away hers too . This is so unacceptable and dangerous like how does that even happen! This situation ruined my night. Please avoid this place unfriendly staff and not a safe...

We absolutely loved this place. We usually visit a variety of smoothie places, and had already some favorites, and now this will be one of them. They have a great variety of items and not only smoothie or sweets but savory too (which we didn’t try but will go back for sure to try those). Tiago was great recommending items, very patient since we were very unsure what to try, given the variety offered. He said the crepe was really good and big enough to share which was true, the taste was amazing, we loved how the toppings were not scarce and the 3 flavor in one made it super unique. The mint lemonade was so refreshing and of course the strawberry Dubai delicious, what surprised us was the spinach smoothie, you can taste how healthy and fresh it was, my daughter usually don’t like over-sweetened stuff so was perfect for her. The decoration was cute, simple, modern and the prices were good being in the location it is! There are other little truck places in the area selling the Dubai drink for the same price or more, but this place it’s actually providing a nice seating environment versus you buying in a truck...