Red Mango

My favorite fro-​yo in socal [: I have yet to try pinkberry but it’s okay cuz there’s way too much hype over that place. Their original flavor is REAL yogurt not that crap that tastes like ice cream with a fro-​yo label slapped on it. I love their toppings as well and the prices are pretty standard. They always serve up great service though!

AWSUM! great little frozen yogurt shop with blissfully delicious yogurt and über fresh toppings (except for the dry ones like FRUITY PEBBLES!!) Holy mackerel, it was the fruity pebbles that woohed me in. I like to stop in for a yogurt and take it with me to the movies right next door at AMC. I will agree though, that charging extra for the green tea yogurt makes little sense, however, pinkberry charges more too and everyone charges about the same price, i have found. yummy yogurt, cool setting and friendly staff.

Dear Unilocal,
Red Mango is the world wide ORGINATOR of the yogurt craze from KOREA.
That being said Red Mango does not sell the Americanize yogurt you’re used to. You have been warned.
Hell I’m not used to the taste of Red Mango myself. The only way I was able to describe it to a friend was to imagine that in the distant future someone opened a yogurt shop on Mars. I’d imagine it’d taste like Red Mango. It’s farther on the tart and sour side than everywhere else. It must be from all the healthy bacteria you’re eating. It’s kinda comparable to the mini yogurt shots you can pick up at Seafood City or Ranch 99. The ones people drink daily for their health.
try the capt crunch shake! It’s DELICIOUS!

With the array of these types of frozen yogurt establishments popping up all over, there is something for everyone. I’m a fan of Red Mango. I like the creamy consistency and the more tame tartness of Red Mango vs Pinkberry. The prices are on par with other places and the quality of the toppings seems to be better too.
Things you should know: they only have a few flavors because they specialize in all natural frozen yogurt. It will cost you about $ 4.00 and up but that’s the going rate — they are within a competitive price range with other shoppes of that product category. The staff gets the job done; they aren’t overly friendly but I don’t know that I would be either making minimum wage (or something close to it) in this economy.
The biggest issue with this store is the location; that was a complete miss by those who made that decision. I see that the location in Little Italy has better reviews — could it be the better targeted demographic???

I’m only saying I’ve experience better because I have-​at other Red Mango’s. In Palo Alto.
The décor is right up there with what you’d expect from any other Red Mango-​trendy, modern and crowded.
However…when you see this place isn’t crowded on a sunny Saturday afternoon, then someone is amiss here.
The yogurt itself was too creamy and missed that hint of tart I’m used to. I honestly felt like I was eating TCBY treats for a moment and was kind of disappointed. I’m not sure if I’ll eat at another Red Mango if they’re going in this direction of soft serve yogurt consistency and not the fro-​yo I’m used to. I certainly won’t be going to this one again as the staff kind of has an air of «I don’t want to be here and my life sucks.» But they’re teenagers-​I get that they’re doing that emo thing. Poor you.

I don’t understand why Red Mango has so many negative reviews. Maybe people don’t get the concept? There seem to be a lot of complaints about the lack of flavours, but it says right on the website: «No artificial flavors. No artificial colors. No preservatives.» It’s 100% all natural, and that’s why they don’t serve cookies ‘n’ cream or mint chocolate chip chemically enhanced goop. And if you stop by Red Mango with those expectations — expectations for something natural, refreshing, and pretty darn healthy as far as frozen yogurt goes — WHAT’S NOT TO LOVE? It’s freakin’ delicious.
Like Danah D. commented, the yogurt is creamy and thick, much richer than the yogurt I’ve tried at Pinkberry or other places that serve tart yogurt. I got a small original flavour with strawberries and mango. It cost $ 3.75, which I thought was more than reasonable, and I certainly couldn’t have eaten anything bigger than a small. (As it was, I struggled to finish it, and boy, was it worth it.)
In my mind, this is what frozen yogurt should taste like. Mmmm.

I love Red Mango! Plain is my absolute favorite and boy do they do it right here! The texture of the yogurt is creamy and thick, not thin and watery like at Pinkberry.
Their toppings are fresh and delicious. I always get graham cracker, strawberries, watermelon and mochi. (If you get graham cracker, ask them to shake that on first before they apply the other toppings so you don’t choke on a mouth full of powder.)
The staff are excellent! Always friendly and they remember me when I come in.
This is definitely a favorite spot of mine.

Red Mango is the blond highlighted investment banker cousin of Yogurt World. It is certainly worth more money than yogurt world but not nearly as much as it thinks.
The plain tart yogurt is delicious. It tastes like the actual food we know as yogurt and yet is able to satisfy cravings for cool, ice creamy sweetness. It is better than a couple of the other yogurt places around (but not all of them). the toppings are fresh, but for chrissake how stingy can you people be. The guy gave me a teaspoon of chopped strawberries and then thought it appropriate to charge an extra dollar. It was absurd especially to cheap people like myself.
I will have to go back to yogurt world where the server (me) always gives you enough toppings, yogart, or that place next to ebisu. I hope pink berry throws toppings at me when they open and then I will chuckle and think about silly stingy red mango

Although red mango does not carry a wide variety of froyo flavors, i can honestly say that their quality of froyo is by far the best. To compare this to Yogurt World, which was my number one until I tried red mango, the yogurt is much creamier, rather than being a bit icey at yogurt world. And it gives me that tangy flavor that yogurt should have.
Yogurt here is simple, pick your flavor original or green tea and pick up to 3 toppings. I got original with strawberries and mango. It was a party in my mouth. Too bad i got a small cause i was yearning for more.

2 flavors to chose from??? Green Tea or Vanilla Tart?
I will leave it to say I like my peanut butter yogurt and Red Mango doesn’t have that… so I will probably not go there again.

mmm frozen sour cream.
So this is what «real» frozen yogurt tastes like.
The toppings were good, and I eventually got used to the taste.
Not spectacular.
With all the frozen yogurt places popping up in San Diego, I’m sure there are better, MUCH BETTER places.
I’d rather get golden spoon or gelato.
The small is pretty big, and the fruit is pretty fresh.

Holy shit, guys, it’s good. It’s pretty damn good. What’s with all the negative reviews? Okay, let’s get the negatives out of the way:
1. It’s in the Mission Valley mall. What the fuck were they thinking? Will they appreciate the tart yogurt there as much as if it were on Convoy? Who knows?!
2. The staff. They mostly suck!
3. Only 2 flavors??? YOU HORRIBLE PEOPLE.
4. An extra dollar for green tea yogurt? You jerkstores!
First of all, props to Red Mango for being the original company to bring us tart yogurt with fresh fruit. Thanks, Korea!
Anyway, despite the fact that there are only two yogurt flavors, the quality of the yogurts is splendid. Yes, I said fucking splendid.
And the fruit always seems fresh.
I think the prices are actually pretty reasonable.
The yogurt here is quality stuff. The taste is perfection. Also, the fruit seems consistently good. I sometimes make an effort to go to the Mission Valley mall just to come here. And trust me, I go to all the yogurt places. I’m insane.

This place so wishes it were Frutti Yogurt in La jolla. Come on people! An extra dollar just to have a topping? The staff just seemed like they didnt want to be there and grudgingly came out of the back to serve.
The actual yogurt was too creamy for my taste. It tasted like the frozen yogurt swirl you could get at dairy queen. But more expensive.
Bummer.

Hey, I’ve got an idea. Why don’t we take away all your choices and restrict them to JUST 2 FLAVORS! Lets make one plain (not vanilla either, literally PLAIN), and the other one something that resembles snot and is a known appetite suppressant (green tea).
This place sucks. They charge way to much and are skimpy on the fruit toppings.
Go to YOGOTANGO instead, its located on the corner of 4^th and G. Its not a huge mega franchise (only 2 stores) but they have fresh flavors and you actually control how much topping is added (put 1 slice of fruit or drown it in your fav berry) because it’s priced by weight.
Yogotango has a buttload more selections, has wifi, and the staff is friendly. Red Mango employees act like they’re too cool for skool. DUDE, your 29 and working in a yogurt place! Just because you play techno music doesn’t make you hip, and I recognize those cheap Target pillows and Pineapple cushion so drop the attitude!
I like Yogotango’s modern décor much more, it looks like Apple designed it.
I hear this place is huge in Korea, they must mean NORTH Korea, damn commie bastards! Keep your bland commie froyo out of San Diego!

Red Mango is the original yogurt chain from Korea. They keep it simple with two flavors, plain and green tea, both of which are very good. I had a generously sized small yogurt with three toppings for $ 4. Very affordable. The fruit toppings are very fresh and they are the only place I’ve seen that has fresh pineapple. The décor is very modern and clean. I really enjoyed going there and don’t particularly mind that it’s in a crappy mall. This makes parking easy unlike Yog-​Art, which can be pretty challenging since you have to park on the street. The staff seems pretty goofy and nice, if a bit distracted at times.
Really my only pet peeve is that they charge a dollar more per size for the green tea flavor. This really doesn’t make sense to me. We looked at the ingredients list and it literally just has matcha powder added. I can’t imagine it would cost that much more to put a little matcha powder in the yogurt to justify a dollar price difference. Luckily I prefer plain anyway but I imagine that might tick off some green tea lovers enough to make them go elsewhere.

WHY oh WHY does RM have to have leasing space at a shabby 2 star mall??? ARGH.
Good thing the inside was an oasis of calm: white walls, lacquered floors, lush booths swathed in rich reds & chocolates.
My original small yogurt set me back $ 4:
A tart, thick consistency yogurt, perfect.
Golden grahams, serves as a sweetener & crunch factor.
Mochi, a contrasting chewy texture.
Toasted coconut, even MORE texture & a rich buttery flavor.
Lastly, raspberries & blueberries, fresh & pretty generous.
Sigh. I’ve been thinking about the damn thing on and off all week.

So, before I went to Red Mango, I had no idea that frozen yogurt could actually be made with… yknow… yogurt. It’s SOOOOO tasty!!! Just the plain, with berries and mmmm… golden grahams!
Way better yogurt and service than Green Apple, better yogurt than YogArt. Crappy crappy location. Seriously. I mean, you have to go into (and then out of) Mission Valley, which always takes at least three days each way. But, worth it. That’s the only missing star, stupid location. On the other hand, if you’re going to see a movie it’s the perfect snack – way better for you than popcorn or nachos.

Not your typical yogurt shop. But, fantastic to the health-​nut/​flavor connoisseur. It only 90 calories for a small original. They have a great selection of fresh fruit toppings.
It tastes like real yogurt. So, don’t go hear for a artificial flavor. Even though I like all sorts of food this did satisfy my sweet tooth! I had a small original with strawberries and blueberries.
Great place to go for a snack after going to 24 hour fitness in the same complex!

The ever impressive eves l., living in Westwood, is a stickler for her yogurt shops. I exist at a far lower standard, but even I have to agree that Red Mango is where it’s at.
For people that enjoy multiple flavors like I do, Red Mango is at first qutie disappointing – you can have either original or green tea. That’s it. But it’s worth it. There’s something very very different about RM’s yogurt. You can tell it’s made with a lot more effort, care, and quality. And it tastes freakin’ delicious, with the texture that you wouldn’t necessarily expect. It’s marvelously delightful. Although it’s a bit more expensive than yogurt world, et al., it’s amazing, with fresh ingredients and wonderful service. Having been to the RM in Westwood, I was delighted to see one here.
However, that doesn’t mean I’m not impatient or someone that highly overvalues options.
«I want more choices,» I hissed to eves.
«Get over it! It’s delicious» she hissed back.
She was right.
But then i wanted bananas and raspberries on my yogurt. To my frustration, the server was taking out a brand new banana, peeling and slicing it for me.
«UGH! It’s taking too long! Why don’t they have some pre-​sliced bananas!»
«Because that would ruin it, Teej. Don’t mess with quality.»
Damnit, she was right again.
Damn your deliciousness, Red Mango. I heart you. You’re the only bright spot in Mission Valley, and I woke up with a hankering for you this morning. Damn :)

The only place worth going to Mission Valley Mall for. Get a small original and than head home.
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