Wild Cherry

OK, maybe their frozen yogurt sucks, but you’re missing out if you’re not getting a shake! Usually I prefer to suck down my boba with some plain milk tea, but the mango shake here is so sweet and creamy that I keep coming back. I’m pretty sure they use real fruit – at least for the mango flavor – because they usually take the mango container out of the froyo toppings bar to make the shake (unless this is all an act!). The bubbles are chewy, so if you like them on the softer side you might be disappointed, but they’re soaked in that addictive honey syrup.
The best part? A «small» (16oz?) shake with bubbles only costs $ 3.50, which makes it comparable to or even cheaper than most other places in Chinatown. (New Saigon Sandwich also has smoothies for around the same price, but they tend to use canned mango.)
The atmosphere in here is kind of weird: it’s usually empty, so the staff stay in the back, and whoever’s in charge of the radio seems to favor raunchy early-​2000s rap. The service is hit or miss, and there’s also a $ 5 credit card minimum. Despite these shortcomings, I would still encourage anyone in search of a sweet treat in Chinatown to try out the shakes here! But don’t come in a rush, because it can take them about 5 minutes to get your shake all blended up!

NEVER AGAIN! Barely any flavors and I was only allowed to taste one. Not to mention it was expensive and didnt taste good at all. The cashier is as rude they get AND LOUD, WOW SHE WAS SCREAMING ON HER PHONE THE WHOLE TIME! is this real life? Am I in Satan’s asshlole? Negative 3 stars.

Came here since my friend was craving some froyo and I decided to get some too. There was a good variety of flavors, but I wasn’t impressed by their selection or quality. I got a small thing of mango and added some fruits on top. The price is pretty on par with other froyo places. However, their froyo was just really BLAND… like watered down or something.
I also noticed that they served various drinks/​shakes, but I doubt I would get that with so many other drink options in Chinatown. Instead of trying to satisfy your cravings at this place just walk farther for some boba or another froyo place.

Honestly I’m pretty disappointed with this place. I came here with my friends after shopping at a nearby grocery store. My friends got the wildly expensive frozen yogurt — comparable to dining hall soft serve.
I got the passion fruit tea for $ 3.50. I’m currently sipping on it and I am not impressed. The texture of the boba is not enjoyable at all, and the tea is mediocre. I will not be coming back unless Wild Cherry steps up their game.

Good enough!
Wild Cherry has filled the frozen yogurt gap in Chinatown for a little over a year now. The nearest competitor that I am aware of is FroZenYo, near Downtown Crossing. Wild Cherry offers just under a dozen different flavors of froyo, but they also offer quite the variety of bubble teas and smoothies.
The frozen yogurt is average at best, but that is certainly good enough for me. There are a variety of toppings ranging from fruits to Oreos to mochi. That they are self-​serve is what keeps me coming. As long as one does not over-​indulge, cups should be ~$ 4.
For drinks, I have only tried the cantaloupe smoothie. It was slightly better than the frozen yogurt in terms of quality and taste, but not enough for me to make it a go-​to.
(^_​-​) Venue
(^_​-​) Options
(^_​-​) Taste
(^_​-​) Quality
(^_​-​) Bang for buck
Glad I came. I am pretty much a regular.
PROTIP: Get the loyalty card — buy 10 get 1 free

if you want to pay $ 5 for half a small cup of frozen water and a free stank look from the cashier, you should DEFINITELY come here. I got the typical tart and what i got was H2O. Its funny because they post a disclaimer about not refunding for unwanted yogurt. I guess multiple people thought their froyo sucked and wanted their money back. The tart i got wasn’t at all flavorful. It was the worst froyo i’ve ever had.
Definitely go splurge a lil more for Pinkberry, Red Mango or Yoberry in southie!
FYI: its $ 0.55/oz… ridic!

Poor quality fro-​yo. Went with friends and it was expensive, the flavones were poor and the service was shocking. The girl even opened a bag of marshmallows with her teeth before pouring them into the serving tray.

This place is so terrible I do not know where to begin. First of all, the froyo was way too tart and the texture was more icy rather than creamy, which what a good froyo should be. It was so bad to a point where my fiancé and I could not finish it. Second, the staff was not attentive she spent most of the time in the back area that we could have walked away with our froyo without paying for it. Third, worst of all, the staff had invited her friends in the shop around closing time and she started smoking in the yogurt shop! I’m sorry but it is no longer legal to smoke in dining establishments in Boston. Her behavior was not acceptable. I will never come back here and don’t think you should either.

When Pinkberry & Yogurtland at the Pru & Newbury Street seem too far away, Wild Cherry hits the spot. A nice place for a post-​dinner dessert in Chinatown.
In the style of yogurtland, it’s a self-​serve yogurt store. Frozen yogurt with toppings are priced by weight. The toppings are pretty good, and by pretty good, I mean it has the most important and only important topping — mochi (which is noticeably absent from the Coolidge Corner Yogurtland). Variety of yogurt is pretty good, around 6 flavors on a given day. Quality of yogurt varies — usually nice & creamy, but on rarer occasions has been icy and bland. Sadness!
When I’m not feeling like pearl tea from The Juice Bar or an egg tart from Great Taste bakery, I’ll come to Wild Cherry for some FroYo.

Fro Yo tastes artificial. Really unsatisfying. Also very overpriced. Go Elsewhere.

The two stars isn’t to say it’s not alright. The two stars means I’ve experienced better. Wild Cherry takes the bare bones version of Kiwi Spoon from CT, which I thoroughly enjoy and takes out half as many toppings in an ultra small space in Chinatown and they charge you more. And sure some people wouldn’t consider 55 cents an ounce to be expensive but I do. What’s a bit unnerving about that is I think that’s their «special» price.
Now while frozen yogurt has been growing on me in these past warm summer months I can’t help but feel a little bit of apprehension when people who are ordering bubble tea and drinks hover over and block half of the toppings station. I think the layout for those two things was a bit ill conceived but again it’s an ultra small space in Chinatown.
They rotate the froyo flavors every couple of weeks and it is actually good albeit some of the flavors were super sweet like the mango, but the pistachio is excellent and one of my favorites. This won’t replace my favorite bubble tea spot but when I’m in a particularly splurgeful spirit I’ll stop in for a small cup every now and then.

This review is for the smoothie/​milkshake, not the frozen yogurt.
I paid $ 3 for a good size cup of Avocado smoothie (about ‘medium’ size). I thought the flavor was great, and frankly I’ve paid more than 3 bucks for a smoothie in south station that was ²⁄₃ the size smaller than the one I got here at Wild Cherry. Another visit I tried the Strawberry which was watery and didn’t have a lot of flavor.
I’ll return and try other flavors. All the fruit looked quite fresh. and compared to the other dingy looking restaurants in chinatown, this one looks clean and new. It’s worth trying out.
Accepts credit card with a minimum $ 5 purchase.

As a self-​declared fro-​yo addict (rehab not needed) I get around in the frozen dairy land. So when my friends dragged me to their «new favorite spot» in Chinatown I had to go alone. Dutifully we wound down Washington, took a turn and ended up at the green and pink glowing signs of Wild Cherry.
Upon first look, the place is questionably inviting. The off yellow walls, harsh florescent that illuminate only half the store make the shop look kind of grungy. However, first appearances aside, I walked up to the self serve machines expecting to see unique combinations of flavors. Instead I got the regular tart, chocolate, mango, watermelon, and other boring sorbet choices. The entire place is self serve and pay-​by-​weight so your free to sample as many tastes as you like and add toppings as you choose. The selection of toppings was pretty large (candy, regular assortment of fruit, cereals, and mochi) but the open containers not seemingly staying cool and fruit flies circling around was enough to keep me away from most of it.
It’s not that Wild Cherry’s fro-​yo tastes bad, but in a city like Boston, and especially downtown, there’s no reason to settle for mediocre. I doubt I’ll be back, despite the convenient location.

UBER Disappointed with the frozen yogurt here! With all the selection in Boston, there is no reason to come to Wild Cherry. I can honestly say this is the worst froyo joint I’ve been to in town. Or in my entire life. That’s saying A LOT. (Considering I’m a die hard froyo lover. Name a froyo joint and I’ve been there)
It has only a handful of flavors to choose from and few of them actually taste good. The consistencies were ALL across the board and more runny/​watery than they should be. Even the crowd pleasing flavors such as mango was a total miss!!!
In short: Overpriced, inconsistent texture, lacks topping selection and poor tasting flavors. Save your money.

One of the First froyo places in Chinatown and I wanted to try since I was craving for a smoothie and they had the real fruit smoothie sign outside. I chose the peach milk shake but unfortunately I was very disappointed that it is definitely not made with real fruits. The little cup costs $ 3.25. With that price, I could have gone to my usual bubble yea shop 1 min away which is made with real smoothies for around the same price. However, I did get two sampler cups to try the pistachio and coconut froyo. $ 0.55/oz for their grand opening special isn’t too great of a discount by the way. They won’t be able to succeed as a business if more froyo places open up in the next few years.

I was excited to give this place a try when it finally opened in Chinatown. First thought when I stepped in was that this place was that it was really small and cramped. I ordered my favorite drink green milk tea with boba. It was awkward standing in the middle of the store when I was waiting to get the drink because I felt like I was pretty much hovering over people who were sitting inside the store to eat their froyo.
I finally got my drink. I didn’t know why was such a bright light green color. Even though it is jasmine «green» milk tea, it isn’t supposed to be green. Anyways, I took my first sip, and it had a weird floral taste to it and it was really sweet. It didn’t taste like jasmine green milk tea though. Then I had a couple more sips, then I figured it out. They make their drinks from powder. It isn’t actually green tea! It tasted really artificial. I was disappointed. The boba wasn’t bad, they should flavor it though.
I didn’t get a chance to try their froyo. But $.55 per oz is almost double the price of some of the froyo places I’ve been to. Maybe I will go back some day to try their froyo and write an updated review.

It’s a tough world for newly opened frozen yogurt shops, that card has been over-​played so many times already. I feel like this establishment has so much potential to be more, and would like to see them succeed a few months from now.
Food:
There’s not that many flavors, but you can tell a lot from a shop by their «original» flavor and their «special flavor» — which happened to be Original Tart and Strawberry Kiwi when I came in. I really liked the OT because I like my froyo to be more on the tart side than the sweet side, but I couldn’t eat too much of the Strawberry Kiwi because like peanut butter — you get tired of the flavor in one or two spoonfuls.
On to the toppings. These could use a lot of work, display is everything. Everything needs to look full and lush, everything needs to look appealing and tasty. However, some of the toppings look like they’ve been poked at too much, are half-​full, or make you wonder «who puts these on froyo»? One topping that caught my attention was the cheesecake — and while still good, they did not retain their cute little cube shape anymore. An easy fix to this would be to have tongs instead of spoons for certain toppings.
Also, Peach Milkshakes should probably be changed to Peach Milk Tea. They are too light, and are too watery to be a normal milkshake. For $ 4, my brother would have rather chugged a gallon of milk — and I don’t blame him.
Atmosphere:
There’s about enough room for 10 people in here. The open area was literally a hallway from the previous establishment. Therefore, you need to keep them moving at all times. People should not be waiting outside, or loitering inside for too long. An easy way to fix this — put up a sign. «Please be careful of the door» or «Please be respectful of other customers».
Staff:
Okay, so this may be a touchy subject — but the staff here looks like they are the nieces, nephews, sons, and daughters. In other words, they know nothing about running a frozen yogurt establishment and this is probably their first job ever. During your grand opening period you need someone with a little more energy and enthusiasm to pull people in — someone who would ask if you’re looking for a particular topping or make small talk while you’re waiting in a congested line to get frozen yogurt.
Final Thoughts:
I hope they use this as a learning experience, and don’t let a potentially good thing go to waste. True there are a lot of frozen yogurt shops out there, but that’s also true of coffee shops — and they are succeeding. Minor touch ups here and there in the strategy division, and this shop will be a Chinatown staple in no-​time.
And yes, the 55-​cent grand opening price is way too steep. It shows that no competitive research was done, and that they just want money. Also, where are the loyalty cards (buy 7 get 1 free)? At this price it should be «buy 5 get 1 free».
I’ll be back in a few months to check up.

I venture here because my friend and I just ate in a nearby Chinatown place and wanted something sweet but not crazy sweet so since this place just opened up we came to give it a try.
It’s very disappointing. We got here about 9:15pm. there are a bunch of men sitting near the window (not the tables) as you walk in and speaking very loudly in a Chinese dialect. There was also a police officer sitting with them who seem to know one of the guys and they were discussing the froyo.
The options are pretty good, but damn, for .55 cents an oz is so not worth it coming here. They do offer the Hawaiian Pineapple that’s really good but thhe downfall is their Guava fuit a as a topping and the seeds not being removed. Anyone knows Guava knows that seeds are very hard and can hurt your teeth if bitten on it hard without realizing it. I know that but it happened to me anyways. OUCH!
We sat there for a few minutes, taking in the flowers lined inside and out. As my friend and I looked at the place, they place the trash by the front of the yogurt line making it hard to throw away your trash without asking people to step aside. Then the bunch of men crowding and gawking at you as you’re trying to sample something or throwing the trash out was just awkward.
Positive side — the girl cashier was nice. She didn’t offer me a frequent card, however.

I was excited for this place to open but two major flaws will cause me not to return. 1. At 55 cents per ounce it’s by far the most expensive yogurt out there. I’ve seen yogurt as low as 28 cents/​oz but Boston is usually in the 42 – 49 cents/​oz range. So 55 cents is a huge % premium. 2. This may be because they are new to the business but there yogurt has ice chips in it. They may fix this, but right now it makes it unenjoyable. I’m hoping they fix their recipe and cut the price by 15 cents and then I’ll go back.
p. s. Please advertise any price changes in your window!

Just stopped in very cool concept and interesting flavors. We’re local to the neighborhood so we’ll be back. No doubt this place will succeed in this area.