Berry Me

This is my least favorite frozen yogurt place in the area. I frequent it only because it is within walking distance from my house. Im always disappointed with the toppings which really is my only compliant. But considering toppings make froyo awesome, stale, old and all around poor quality/​lack of options in this area is annoying.

I just went here to get a smoothie. It was an awful experience. The guy at the register didn’t seem like he wanted to be there, but that didn’t bother me. This place seems kind of sketchy/​off. The lighting is weird, there are cameras everywhere, the set up of the store just seems off, maybe 25% of the toppings for the froyo had labels and the froyo had weird names for their flavors.
To find out about the smoothies, he had to turn on the TV. There was no paper menu or menu on the wall. Alright, I could access the information somehow, so that didn’t bother me too much either.
We could not mix/​match flavors. The smoothies were $ 4.50. I ordered 1 mango and 1 strawberry smoothie and my friend got a wild berry smoothie. The smoothies took a little while to make. When he came out I instantly saw my pet peeve of smoothies: ice chunks. I’m not talking rice size shards of ice, we seriously had marble size chunks of ice. This was quite disappointing because 1) this cost me $ 4.50 and 2) it had an alright flavor. My friend even had to microwave his smoothie to try to get rid of the chunks
Besides the awful experience, I will not be returning. For now, I’m going to continue to drink my 5 dollar strawberry flavored drink on ice.
*** after I finished writing this review, my friend moved his smoothie into a different cup. He grabbed 6+ FULL ice cubes out of his drink.

Everything about this place is bad. I’ve been here 3 times and. I’m done, never again.
The room is too open, a lot of wasted space, very little seating, not cozy. It’s very clean and always smells like cleaning supplies… which is good and bad.
The yogurt is almost always watery, and the flavors are not super appetizing. Today I went and there was 3 different kinds of «cake» flavor, apple, banana, and vanilla. Even if you like the yogurt, the consistency is super off-​putting.
There are a reasonably number of toppings, but every time I’ve been something has been off. The caramel has been empty, chocolate was chunky, strawberries warm.just.there’s always something not quite right.
There are many many better options for ice cream. Don’t settle for Berry Me.

Over the last year with my kids dragging me into this place and getting «Sub Par» yogurt, I have finally got fed up. First, the yogurt is very frozen, almost like it has a bunch of ice particles in it. Is this so it lasts longer in the machine and they don’t have to turn over a ton of inventory? The other flavors are not very exciting and I almost always settle for a mix of Chocolate and Vanilla.
When I finished getting what I wanted today and went to check out, the weight of my yogurt was 5.13 oz’s. The clerk then lifted up my cup and released it back to the scale in a dropping motion and then it rang in at 5.46 oz’s. I asked her why she did that and her response was that she had to as the scale was very old. Something about that sounds fishy to me. Could it be that they get more money, say another 22.5 cents of out me in addition to their way overpriced yogurt?
Given the fact that the space in un-​inviting, never really has great flavors or toppings and the scale issues, the fact this place is right around the corner from me doesn’t matter anymore. I will not be going back. In addition to the Yogurt you can also buy Pashmina’s here.
Employees are always nice and helpful but seem as annoyed as me.

Not much different then other places. but did have some hiccups.
.- Too big. Way too much empty space. Making it not to welcoming.
— No reward program
But I will give the employee props cause I asked for more fruit and she did do that even thou they were closing soon. Never broke a smile thou, but I got the feeling she just wanted to leave. She was the only employee and I interrupted her cleaning when I got there. They have 10 flavor that weren’t anything special. Good amount of topping options.
My return in the summer when I don’t have to eat inside and they get a reward program. Otherwise there are tons of other options out there.

I stopped here during the Brady Street Festival. I guess I am just not a huge fan of Frozen Yogurt in general. Every time I have it it just doesn’t taste like much. Berry Me is no different. If I am going to spend the money and calories on something, I guess I’d rather go for a bigger bang for my buck and get Frozen Custard or Ice Cream. The Staff was friendly and helpful but the product was just OK.
One question for my Unilocal friends out there. Can those chairs possibly be comfortable? They look like they’d be torture to sit in. I always bring my own, so I am just wondering!

I am not berry impressed. My initial response comes from the barren landscape that makes up this treat stop. The space is far too big for the furniture and the fixing stations. The fro-​yo is a no-​show, hidden alongside a wall that is not visible upon entering the shop. The important elements – like the frozen yogurt itself and the fun fixings – are lost in this black hole of a storefront. The ceilings are too high and the lights too harsh to make this feel like the appropriate place for frozen dessert. The layout and venue were poorly planned and selected. The space should be reconfigured and the light softened to make the patrons feel more at home.
The space was not the only off-​putting aspect of my visit yesterday evening. The employee behind the counter slowly came out from behind the counter, and with a tone equal to his movements said (monotone), «Have you ever been here before?» After asking that question, and me answering ‘No,” he proceeds to string together all of the sentences about how you self-​serve the frozen yogurt. His tone, again, was less than ethusiastic and he seemed unable to make eye contact. I have a difficult time patronizing a place where the employees are simply working their shift. No more. No less. It is simply a job, and it does not require effort (or customer service) on their part.
Now, the actual frozen yogurt was not stellar either. There was some hope for redemption with the fixings, because there was a nice variety and presentation. The yogurt itself though barely ejected from the machines. I had to use some real muscle to squeeze about a cups worth into my container. By this point, I was no longer in the mood to even eat it, but went through the motions anyway.
Perhaps, I need to stay off this bandwagon of frozen yogurt shops and minimalism. I would rather triple my caloric intake with some custard than experience the aforementioned again.

ALTERNATE UNIVERSE…
I say this because Berry Me has netted such negative reviews and I can’t fathom why. While at the same time, Unilocalers seem to be infatuated with this prickly cold, unfriendly place called MyYoMy.
LOCATION…
First of all, the Italian in me loves this location on Brady Street. Who wouldn’t? I could walk down the street and take in the smell of fresh Bakery from Sciortino’s, pick up a few Italian staples for dinner at Glorioso’s, get what I needed at the hardware store, and pop in and get some frozen yogurt on my pass back to the car.
The store, clad in neon green, is amply lit, with several seating areas. The plastic Coogie chairs and metal tables are a bit odd, but every seat was taken during my last visit. They also have some spots in the window with bar tables and stools, and a cozier seating area with leather chairs (and a fireplace? WTH?). What I love about this place is seeing an uptight «Agnes P. Dumkinpoop» type dressed in business attire from work, sitting on one of these ridiculous chairs next to their nine-​year-​old.
THE STAFF
The staff at Berry Me is friendly and inviting. The same dark-​haired «yogurt host» was there both times I went in, cheerfully encouraging people to sample all the flavors. They have a seemingly endless supply of little cups and spoons. I think the above-​mentioned guy with the accent is the owner. He bounced between greeting patrons and ringing them up at the nearby register. If Dora the Explorer had a brother, this guy would be him – and he does kind of seem animated like a cartoon.
FLAVORS…
Ah, the infamous yogurt shop «wall of nipples».There are 10 flavors, including non-​fat, sugar-​free, and non dairy. If you count that you can swirl two neighboring flavors together, there are 15. A few people complained about the lack of selection. Seriously? I think society as a whole has become a little too demanding when they can’t find one flavor in ten that is enjoyable to them.
They also had a wall of various candy toppings in dispensers, and a clean bar of fresh toppings like berries. I’m just not into that. But if you piss your pant with excitement over toppings, this place has you covered.
THE PRICE…
Just like the other yogurt places, it’s 45 cents an ounce. I would like to add here however that each FREE sample seems to be an ounce. And if people are sampling five or six varieties before deciding on one, I don’t think you can gripe about $ 1.80 for four ounces of the stuff (when you’ve more than likely sampled just as much, if not more.)
CONES…
They were out of cones on my first trip here, and that is a pet peeve. After my rock-​bottom experience at MyYoMy, and now encountering another «cone-​less» yogurt vendor, I was damned if this was going to happen to me a third time. So THIS TIME, I pulled the typical Cory «Balls of Bronze» move and brought my own friggin’ cone! I refuse to eat ice cream or yogurt out of a paper cup. How common! The guy didn’t seem to care, and in fact he apologized for not having cones and gave me a discount. I’m keeping a box of cones tucked under the driver’s seat in my car.
FINAL THOUGHTS…
This place really tries hard to be nice to people. Both times, they encouraged people to partake in loyalty program discounts, student discounts, online facebook discounts. Hell, they even had a touch screen at the register for customers to access various discounts.
FOUR friendly stars for a place that seemed above-​average to me. I can’t give it a solid five until they stock cones regularly. And some various types of waffle cones would be a welcomed addition.

Progressively positive!
I’ve been here a few times over the course of a few months and it seems they just needed some time to get the hang of it. They have expanded their offerings for toppings and have even included shakes. It’s a good fix for a nagging sweet tooth. It won’t blow your mind but if you just need that sweet something it’s there to satisfy your addiction.

I may be spoiled by another local Fro Yo chain… But, I was not impressed. Have gone twice. It’s just not as clean as you want a self-​service situation to be. I like the location, it was nice to be able to sit in the window on a sunny day and people watch. And they do have some inventive flavors (think ginger lemonade), however the toppings bar pales in comparison to the competition.
All and all it has so much potential if they’d just invest a little more in the quality!

I thought the prices were actually good, we got out of there paying $ 5 for two Fro-Yo’s and I liked the self-​serve. I am not all that experienced in Fro-​Yo, I do not have a refined Fro-​Yo palate if you will, but I just thought the yogurt was Okay. I got the Tart (and boy was that shiz TART!) and my husband got the Red Velvet. I sampled the Vanilla on the way out and was… Meh about it. The service was super friendly and he let us sample whatever we wanted, which I liked. I think I just need to find a flavor that I like.
My beef was with the toppings bar… I wish there was labels on what the toppings were. This is definitely my OCD/​Type A personality coming out, but for real, I didn’t know what some of that stuff was.
All in all, I think a good addition to Brady Street. There were 2 tables full of peeps getting their fro-​yo on and I wish them the best.

I’m going to upgrade the old rating and lemme explain y…
I had the opportunity to visit the pinkberry in times square recently… lemme tell u, don’t believe that berry me doesn’t have enuff toppings. They have probably 3xs more than pinkberry! And probably 2 more (and more interesting) yogurt flavors! Ok sure, sometimes the fruit at berry me isn’t uniformly cut. Whatevs, it tasted just fine to me. Comparatively too, I thought their yogurt was more tasty (pinkberry was way tart and yogurty tasting).
Berry me has taken suggestions from customers and really put them to work (esp noticed in the décor,) they’ve adding additional menu items besides yogurt… job well done in my opinion. (And I still don’t get the appeal of pinkberry… but that’s for another review…)

I’ve been to this place a few times. Even though they keep adding new things, I feel like they’re just continuing to go downhill.
My first experience here was when they just opened. They didn’t have a lot of yogurt flavors and all of their toppings weren’t fresh. The fruit was from cans or previously frozen. I figured, that’s to be expected from a new place, so I went back a few more times.
I’ve never been «wow’d» by them. I decided to stop going since it felt like the money could be better spent buying ice cream from Walgreens. I got a groupon recently though and decided to give them another shot.
My boyfriend got a fruit smoothie, which he said was pretty good. I got the green tea yogurt and added some fruit to it. The fruit was still questionable, but at least some of it was fresh. The mango and strawberries weren’t all fully ripe, and I’m not sure what was going on with the blackberries but they tasted like nothing. The blueberries just imploded when I tried to pick them up.
I also decided to try their soup with toppings. They were out of one of the toppings I wanted. «No big deal», I thought, «I’ll just get a different one», but their options are just so slim and I ended up sticking to one topping. I got a soup different from the one I ordered. It tasted the same as Campbell’s canned soup (in fact, I think it was in fact Campbell’s canned soup or Progressive, but definitely canned soup). The topping was bacon bits from one of those plastic shakers you buy from a store.
I won’t ever be going back, even if someone offers to treat me there.

I am up for self-​serve froyo any day of the year… even in the middle of a Wisconsin winter with snow on the ground to boot.
I love the location, the Brady Street area is a fun place to go any time of day for shopping, food or cocktails. Street parking is metered, and you best pay that meter because the East Side’s street patrols are Natzis.
The store front is very nice looking with pops of color, modern and clean. The space itself is very open. The size of the shop is almost too big for a frozen yogurt shop. It use to be a clothing store back in my day… which is really only a few years ago. So it sounds like I’m in love right, well not exactly.
The hours say they should be open by 11am, but the lights were out and no one was home until 11:30am. Yes, I waited. It appears the management is not the best at managing/​scheduling or hiring reliable employees. The staff working seemed a little scattered and rushed, probably because they were running late.
They offered 6 lackluster flavors; chocolate (done that), sugar-​free chocolate (why do that?!?), vanilla (boring), tart (how original), cookies’n’cream (everyone’s doing it) and apple pie. I went with apple pie. It was VERY soft serve with a little icy texture… not a very creamy smooth blend. The subtle hint of cinnamon in it bumped it to just slightly better than ‘eh’.
The topping bar was a push cart and the majority of toppers resembled things you’d see at a continental breakfast buffet; lots of kids sugary breakfast cereals, stale granola with rock hard raisins, browning slices of banana, cut strawberries & kiwi, soft coconut flakes, various broken candy bars, cookies and squeeze bottles of syrups.
At .45/​oz, I wasn’t shocked when I got to the register… most places I’ve been to range from .40−45/oz. But I may have been too excited to try this place out because I got too much and gave nearly half my serving to my two dogs. Something I would NEVER do with a good frozen yogurt.
Dogs loved it, me not so much.

Overpriced and underwhelmed.
From other reviews it sounds like it might be time to give this place another chance, but its been really hard to get the stale taste (literally and figuratively) out of my mouth.
There is room and there are machines for up to about 10 flavors, but both times I’ve been, they had 3 stocked and working. Right off the bat I was turned off by the lack of options. It felt stingy.
I did not fill my cup with yogurt and I was very light on toppings — just a few slices of strawberry and kiwi — and my dish was incredibly pricey. I could have gotten dessert in a fine restaurant for what I paid for this dish of frozen yogurt. Id have been happier and better off going to Metro Market or Whole Foods for Gelato or a pint of Ben & Jerrys.

Love the concept and the location. The prices feel a bit steep.
I love the variety of toppings. The frozen yogurt flavors and textures are hit and miss. Sometimes really great, sometimes icky or gooey. I really liked strawberry and vanilla. The chocolate texture is always off. The berry flavors are usually unusual (get it?).
There is something about the atmosphere that just does not work. The walls are bright orange and bright green. The chairs look exactly (exactly) like red peppers and green peppers. The tables are white. There is just something about the combination that does not say «dessert». It says «children’s day care» to me.
They recently added a faux fire place and comfy leather chairs. I loved this.

Most of the stars I give are for the great, low calorie dessert option. First heard of this type of yogurt in California and thought Milwaukee would benefit from one.
Unfortunately the layout and décor is very lacking. The new leather seats are a great start, but so much more could be done with the massive space. Seems poorly configured space. Also limited selection.
I love the yogurt though and will keep coming back… hoping they figure it out.

Fro-​yo trying to figure itself out.
Industrial atmosphere. not enough seating… a lot of wasted space.
If they can get through the kinks… they might turn out to be A-​OK.
But for now — I constantly dream of Yo! Mama. — no, not yo mama, the other one.

After some not-​so-​hot reviews, I decided to return to Berry Me to check it out again. Maybe it’s just that I’m not a connoisseur of all things yogurty, but I feel like I’ve really had pretty good luck here.
I visited on Monday evening around 7:15, and everything was great. There were different flavors from the last time I had been there, still a variety of non-​fat, sugar-​free, and regular froyo, along with sorbet, and the toppings were completely filled and tasted fresh. They also added another dish size since my last visit, and I was able to satisfactorily fill a 12 oz. dish and only paid $ 3.61. I haven’t shopped around to a lot of the other froyo places in town, but I’ve enjoyed my visits here.
I’d still like to see the seating area improved; I was with a group of 8 and we had to split up among four tables of 2 seats each. However, they’ve continued to decorate and seem to still be in progress with this.
Overall, I’m still reasonably impressed and plan to return in the future.

Gross. This place is not good at all :(I was really looking for some somewhat-​decent tasting non-​fat yogurt to finish off my day and it was just miserable here.
I tried three flavors. The vanilla, ny cheesecake, and cappuccino. The vanilla was okay, ny cheesecake tasted like death, and the cappuccino looked like a turd and tasted like really old, stagnant coffee. Like when you take the coffee you brewed 4 days ago and throw it in the microwave to drink it black. Ugh.
I would’ve at the very least enjoyed the non-​fat vanilla had it not been for the incredibly stale, old toppings. I put M&Ms, blueberries, kiwi, and gummy bears on top. The M&Ms were old and hard (no, I know what frozen M&Ms are like, they were not just frozen, they were basically rotten.) The kiwi tasted like it was cut 2 weeks prior, and the blueberries were soggy and disgusting. The gummy bears were pretty standard but not fresh at all. I’m sure they’d been sitting out for a while too.
I would’ve at least enjoyed the non-​fat vanilla… Had it not been for the old rotten M&Ms (and all the other crappy toppings). So that was a shame. Oh well.
I am used to a few yogurt shops on every block from where I live (I was travelling to Milwaukee at the time for work), so all that competition must drive my local shops to taste so perfect. I am also used to extremely fresh fruit, chewy, delicious M&Ms, gummy bears that melt in your mouth, etc…
Also the space is way too «huge» inside and uncomfortable — It’s laid out very strange. There’s a reason EVERY yogurt shop is generally compact in size… That was kinda weird, but obviously didn’t impact the taste at all.
And finally, WTF? The price! Why the hell is this place so expensive? I’ve never, ever paid more than $ 5 for large cups of frozen yogurt, and my medium-​sized cup of nasty was $ 9 something… Kay.
I doubt this place will be open too much longer. At the very least they should rename it to Bury Me so that people know they’re about to be completely destroyed in the mouth.