Pinkberry (San Jose, CA)

Brittany writing.

This past weekend my family and I went to Pinkberry in San Jose (the only one in Nor-Cal) for about the third time. I think the first time I heard about Pinkberry was from my friend who lives near one in Rowland Heights. After eating yogurt land I decided it was time to try this famous "pinkberry." Back then I disliked

tart and the only flavors they had were green tea, original, and coffee. I was pretty disappointed because I was at least hoping for a mango flavor or something. Another thing was that it wasn't self-serve so I had to pay a lot and have them stick on the toppings for me.

Anyway, after I started to like tart again I realized that Pinkberry is pretty good. Not only do they have such good campaign and marketing strategies but their yogurt isn't that bad. They usually only have about 3-4 flavors available at a time. Right now they have passion fruit, coconut, pomegranate, and original. They also have a lot of different toppings, their latest ones are cherries, lychees and valencia oranges. You pay about $2.50 for a small original and you get two toppings. It's kind of expens

ive, especially if you're used to three toppings but they do give you a generous amount.

Another thing that I love is the Pinkberry Song! If you go to their website they play this song that someone sang and recorded that is all about pinkberry and the health benefits and how it's so much better than ice cream. It's pretty catchy.

On to the review...

Yogurt - Their yogurt has more of a sweet creamy taste to it. It's usually fairly firm but not nearly as firm as Blush. It still has a bit of a watery-ness to it. I got original so the tartness was there but not overly powerful. It did get a bit nauseating after a while because it was that creamy sweet taste that I don't really like. I think Pinkberry is much more of an i

ce-cream yogurt rather than the tart, icy kind that I usually like better. One cool thing is that you can get swirled flavors (I'm not sure if you can do this at all places) and when they put the

toppings on they usually pack it in pretty nicely and give you a generous amount. One tip my mom does is she asks for a medium sized yogurt/toppin

gs but to put it in the large container, that way the toppings don't go falling all over the place and it's MUCH easier to eat.

Atmosphere - This Pinkberry didn't have seating inside but most do. They have the green/pink scheme going on and usually has a very nice decor inside typical of most yogurt places. Like I said they do a good job of advertising their flavors and new toppings and with the Pinkberry song they have good marketing! I feel like the Pinkberry atmosphere makes you feel very hip.

Overall, Pinkberry is definitely one of those places you HAVE to go to because it's so well-known and famous. Their yogurt can be a bit sweet and not as firm as I like it but it's not too bad. They are a bit overpriced but their toppings are fairly generous.