Sweet Monkey – Emory Point

I really liked this place, and thought of it as the best your shop around. The only issue was the location– just a little too far from everywhere. So when I made it a point to take my daughter there today, and discovered it was closed, I was really bummed. I hope the owners read this & consider reopening elsewhere. Sweet Monkey had the best selection anywhere & I am sorry they’re gone.

I have always had really great experiences here! Tons of toppings and lots of awesome yogurt flavors.
Yesterday I this crazy frozen yogurt craving. So I drove to sweet monkey. Only to get there and them be closed. Their website and door said open on Sunday from 12 – 8. Yet at 4, all the lights were off and the doors locked.
Very disappointing!

Weird hours, call before you go. Went at 130pm and it is closed with no sign. Sad, we were told to try it by friends and drove from buckhead. The strippaggio store across the street has some great stuff though!

What I ate: blueberry tart, vanilla, and cookies n cream frozen yogurt with slivered almonds and a circus cookie
Visit date: August 3, 2014
First time? Yes.
Warm day? Froyo! I’m in Atlanta for a meeting and staying at the Emory Conference Center. Sweet Monkey is just down the street from the hotel. The price for froyo is a little higher than what I’m used to in California, but they have a large selection of frozen yogurt and, more so, toppings. The blueberry tart froyo wasn’t actually that tart; the cookies n cream and vanilla froyos were just sweet enough. All were smooth; all were refreshing. The two main topping stations had unique additions like pumpkin and key lime yogurt covered pretzels. The topping «machines» are scattered throughout the yogurt dispensers. These had mostly candies. Having all the candies around made it feel like we weren’t eating «healthy» froyo, even though I added almonds to mine.
Staff is friendly, but they were cleaning using spray cleaners while we were there. Beware. Also be A-​ware of freebie treats near the cashier. On this visit they had huge cupcakes up for grabs.

This place was amazing! I was in sugary heaven! There were so many toppings that I honestly didn’t know what to do. Deciding was sooo hard. And Emory students get a discount if they show their ID. It just doesn’t get better than that.

My wife brought my 4 year old for a frozen yogurt. After getting the yogurt she tried to pay and then was told their credit card machine was broken. My wife had no cash and no one would call in the card. My daughter was crying and a manager was in the back but refused to come out when the nice cashier asked. My wife left with my 4 year old crying her eyes out.
Won’t go back.

The amount of toppings at this place is insane. Every time I go it’s still overwhelming. Not necessarily a bad thing, just very tempting. The flavors are tasty, the place is clean. It can get expensive if you overdo it. I’ve paid over $ 6 for a cup of yogurt which to me is just ludicrous. For my friend’s birthday I bought him a cupcake from this place. It was $ 4. For one cupcake. Won’t be doing that again. They give student discounts but only to Emory students which is frustrating because I go to Agnes Scott, but whatever. I live right above it, so having fro-​yo at my disposal is pretty much a dream, I can’t complain.

Dizzying selection of frozen yogurt flavors, toppings, and candy. I honestly didn’t even notice the baked goods or other desserts because I was so overwhelmed with the other stuff. Takes the paradox of choice to new levels!

Very cute place. My friend and I were craving some froyo and we heard this place had a lot of topping choices. It was so clean and cute and had a decent selection of frozen yogurt. My only negative comment is that it didn’t have much peanut butter toppings other than crushed reeces peanut butter cups. It also would have been nice for smaller brownie bits and other toppings that were relatively large.

I hadn’t had Fro Yo in years before trying this spot out last Sunday. My mixed concoction was tasty and refreshing. I will definitely visit again. Be careful though, it can become pricey with all the different flavors and toppings.

I haven’t tried the froyo, but have tried several different cupcake flavors.
My favorites were key lime and butterscotch. They were both fresh and delicious! I’ve also tried several cupcakes with chocolate as the main flavor… and they on the other hand are kind of dry and not very tasty.
The cupcakes are also a whopping $ 4, which is really too much for the quality.

Just when you thought Atlantan’s couldn’t possibly stomach yet another cupcakery or frozen yogurt joint, another one seems to crawl out of the woodwork faster than an unwanted Jehova’s Witness at your doorstep. Sweet Monkey is no exception — the offerings are certainly palatable, but the only novel aspect of this place is that it brings these two tired and overexposed food trends under the same roof.
Food: Sweet Monkey is a franchised chain with locations in Georgia and South Dakota. The menu offerings include nearly 20 different cupcake options, approximately 16 frozen yogurt flavors, and a smattering of other baked goods like cookies and brownies. The shop also sells a litany of worthless tchotchkes like t-​shirts, mugs, stuffed monkey’s, and christmas ornaments. During my visit, I opted for a carrot cake cupcake, which was edible, but not particularly memorable for anything other than its size. It was absolutely massive. Unfortunately, it was also packed with raisons, which can be a real buzz kill when you’re looking for a sugar filled cup of baked gluttony.
Service: Pleasant and efficient. We were the only people in the shop during our Saturday morning visit and the gentleman behind the counter gave us his full and undivided attention. He was knowledgable about the products and was eager to provide recommendations. He was also quick to box the desserts and to process the payment. Frozen yogurt is self-​serve and the baked goods are served from behind the counter.
Atmosphere: The interior of this place is bright and colorful to the point of inducing seizures. The back wall is lined with approximately eight dual frozen yogurt stations, while an enclosed glass counter housing the cupcakes and other baked goods occupies the right half of the shop — the remainder of the space is dedicated to patron seating and product shelving.
Cost: At over $ 4 each, these are some of the most expensive cupcakes in the city. Unfortunately, the quality isn’t commensurate with the price. Yes, the cupcakes are bigger than a muffin, but as the old adage goes, bigger isn’t always better.
Other: Sweet Monkey is located in the Emory Point complex across from CDC’s main campus. It’s located in between the General Muir and Tin Lizzy’s. Free parking is available in the complex’s parking garage for up to 2 hours before 5PM and 3 hours after 5PM. Hours of operation are Monday-​Thursday, 11AM-9:30PM, Friday-​Saturday, 11AM-​11PM, and Sunday, 12PM-​9PM.

I discovered this place before meeting some friends for lunch around the corner. Sweet Monkey has plenty of seating. It’s clean. Bright. This is yogurt shop meets bakery, with candies and a little bit of kitsch thrown in. It is an easy place to kick back and get a sugar fix on. I only wish they had their own wifi option.
I did not try the yogurt. But the cupcake I had was moist and delicious. (Thanks to the friendly lady behind the counter for her recommendations!) It wasn’t too busy before the lunch hour, but I saw a steady trickle of folks come in specifically for the yogurt, and they all seemed to leave happy. There’s a large variety of yogurt toppings, too.
I’ll happily visit this place again. Holler if you’re coming with.

I came in with four of my girlfriends to try this place out, and we each had a terrible experience.
To start off, the girls who worked there were not very friendly. I don’t know why, but they had like a weirdly sour attitude.
The froyo itself is like in these machines with theoretically amazing flavors like salted caramel pretzel and ooey gooey cinnamon buns… But the former tasted like air freshener and the matter like a scented candle. I can’t really describe how froyo can taste like an air freshener, but it just kind of does…
It also comes out like super grainy and drippy from the machine and idk it just was not good. We literally tried every flavor and there literally was not a single good one. It just tasted so artificial.
My question is if there are great froyo places like yogurt tap and yoforia so nearby, how can you get away with serving subpar froyo?
I can see its appeal to kids and its super funky and fun inside and I heard their cupcakes were great, but in terms of froyo, none of us would ever go back.

The cupcakes are ridiculously tasty. Unique flavors plus each one I’ve had was filled with a delicious filling. The frozen yogurt is also a little different from most froyo places. Not as tart and has the full flavor of ice cream. I’ve never seen such a huge variety of toppings at any other froyo places. Will be coming back often!

This frozen yogurt place is VERY different than any of the other chain frozen yogurt places in Atlanta. This is more of a frozen yogurt shop crossed with a candy store. They have a ridiculous number of frozen yogurt flavors combined with a ridiculous number of toppings to choose from. It is seriously overwhelming!!! They have pretty much any candy you can imagine to use as toppings for your yogurt (chocolate, gummies, smarties, any candy you would buy at a convenience store… etc…) Plus all the usual toppings (brownies, cookie dough, fruit… etc…)
On top of all of the candy toppings and yogurt flavors goodness they also sell cupcakes and other sweets. As if there wasn’t already enough sugar in the store!