Tropical Smoothie Cafe — Restaurant in Mundelein

Updates included: Summer/Fall Review = It's a great place. School time is always hard though because of staff changes, but they're doing the best they can. All places are feeling that struggle. I'll miss Cassidy, Eva, & Claire (maybe she's still there..) Laura, Steve, Ben, Moriah are all amazing too. I'm still getting to know the staff.. All the workers are great & Sean/Shawn (forgot spelling) is doing a great job as a boss.

You can create your own drink basically, just substitute or add options. Peanut butter, chocolate, & banana are usually my go-to.

$7-8 meals (basically) in a cup & nutritious... Also it can make a fun alcohol drink for those over 21... (I like doing Bahama Mama with Malibu rum as a treat.)

I could go on & on...

After working there info!!! "INSIDE SCOOP" lol

BEST DEAL is the sandwich and smoothie ($10-$12, but worth it)

BEST SANDWICHES: peanut butter crunch, chicken pesto, and anything really cuz they're quite good... (Fresh ingredients) I didn't get to try them all yet

BEST SMOOTHIES: chia banana, any desert smoothies, or anything with acai berry (All are good though)

It's the people that truly make the place great, but they're known for their smoothies.

Make it what you want & you can't go wrong. Forget Starbucks haha

Side note (Dec. update): Loved it so much I decided to work there (in fall) and hopefully I'll be back working there one day.

Shout out to: Cam, Logan, Laura (manager), Branden, Megan, & Sona who were great to work with 💕

I am likely missing some people from that list, so I'm...

I just went to the Mundelein location to order a smoothie. I walked in before 8:30 and the website said it closes at 10 PM. There were two young girls there working the shift. I stood at the cash register waiting to order my smoothie for over 5 minutes and the girl that was working there near the front didn’t acknowledge me. She didn’t look at me or ask what I wanted. She seemed really busy with putting together pickup orders, which I understand. However, it should be common knowledge that when you are in a customer service position (like working for the food industry) that you also are courteous to the customers you have. I was standing there awkwardly and she didn’t even just politely let me know that she’s going to be a few minutes. I would understand if she let me know and asked me nicely to wait a little bit. But because there was no interaction, I left. As I was leaving, she said “sorry, have a nice day.” It felt as though she was intentionally not interacting with me so I would leave. Funny coincidence that she decided to speak up as I’m leaving. I don’t want anyone to get fired or anything like that; I just think it would help to maybe retrain the employees here on proper customer service and honestly, how to interact with...

I've tried a few TS locations, and always get a PB Paradise with whey and *extra" peanut butter. At this location, I received my order and there was a little peanut butter taste but not much. I did taste more than normal ice. I asked the gal working there if she put extra peanut butter in, she said yes. She offered to add a bit more peanut butter, and re-blend. I appreciated that. Now with 3 "shots' of peanut butter, it still had a weak peanut butter taste. I ordered two of the same smoothie, they both were the same taste. I'm curious if some locations cut their peanut butter with something else (something cheaper) to save money? I'm also curious if they're allowed to buy their own peanut butter or if all ingredients come from specific suppliers, that corporate requires? The above two explanations are what I'm thinking for this location. 3 peanut butter "shots" and it still doesn't taste peanut buttery, I'm thinking something fishy might be going on. The staff is friendly and the location is clean, it's just...what ingredients are they...