The Juicy Café

Ugh, Juicy, WHAT in the hell is going on with you lately? I have had mixed luck at this place, but continue to go there due to the lack of healthy food options in the Columbia Center… they have OFFICIALLY pissed me off as of today. First of all, they changed their food container to these bowl things that are so narrow at the bottom it’s really skewed the previous amount of food that you now get (I’ll give you a clue: it’s about ½ of what the to go box used to hold). The previous container was enough for 2 meals — which was great because their food is pretty dang expensive. Now, it’s a little paper bowl thing — not even enough for 1 meal judging by my stomach growling despite having just eaten my $ 10 meal. My REAL gripe is the fact that I ordered the cheeky peanut bowl and it was completely devoid of all the additional vegetables that are supposed to be in it and the bowl wasn’t even ¾ of the way filled up. I stirred it up searching for the cabbage, carrots and broccoli as advertised to be included, but there were none — just some spinach, brown rice and sauce. This coupled by the fact that it’s WAY less food now (and the bowl wasn’t filled) and their completely lackluster customer service — I mean, these people give me a run for my money and I have RBF (minus a few friendly people that don’t seem to work there anymore) has made me completely give up on this place unless I’m in a dire emergency. I mean seriously, get your shit together, Juicy. If you’re going to charge those prices, the meals should include what’s advertised and the to go containers should be full. (ps I posted a picture of the puny bowl that I received and no, I hadn’t eaten a bite out of it… this was how much food the guy put in it. Ludicrous.)

Great staff and great food, love this place. They have a bunch of different stores but this one is definitely the busiest! The staff at this one is what makes it though, they are so freakin’ friendly and positive. You can’t beat it. And it’s one of those places where if they forget something or mess up they’ll totally replace it or fix it to your liking no problem, they care so much. I can’t imagine how shitty they get treated by some customers but they are still always so nice.
*try the cheeky peanut or pesto!
I love their new bowls too! No mess, no problem. I love how healthy this brand is with portioning.

I used to get lunch occasionally at the Convention Center location, and it’s pretty good. Two weeks ago I started getting smoothies for breakfast instead of my usual fare (Market Fresh or an English muffin sandwich at Ray’s Deli) and I am hooked!
Fast Eddy: Green, fresh, zesty lime flavor. Not my favorite, but very refreshing.
Green Monster: Creamy, tasty, very filling. My go-​to when I can’t decide what I want.
Morning Chia Sunrise: Yogurty berry goodness.
Chia Ironman: PB makes it stick to your ribs, so good.
Cold-​Brew Choco Shake: First one I didn’t like. The banana combined with yogurt and coffee is tart, and the cacao is gritty and doesn’t give it the chocolatey flavor I was hoping for.
Of note, I didn’t get a smoothie this morning, and I am regretting it now because my bagel and fruit just didn’t give me the same energy boost, and I got hungry again much faster.
I will say, not the place to go if you are in a big hurry. Usually I get my drink very quickly, but there are times when it takes a while. The staff are very friendly, but not always in any kind of a rush to get orders made.

I look forward to Monday’s now! Gyro Box Monday’s at Juicy is my favorite! It’s the best thing they make for lunch. Ground turkey, onions, peppers, feta cheese, etc. Okay I just ate and now I’m hungry again! The reason for 4 stars instead of 5 is because they are a little pricey. But worth every cent on Monday. :)

I decided to give this spot another try, but after today’s experience, I will not be returning. They are so inconsistent that it surprises me that these people are able to keep their jobs. My $ 8 smoothie was more like a juice with pieces of spinach floating around. The guy who made my smoothie could not have cared less about what he was doing as evidenced by him completely leaving out an ingredient.
When Maddie makes a smoothie, its delicious. If you don’t see her working, do yourself a favor and go somewhere else.

I wasn’t too hungry one day because I had a late breakfast, so I decided to get a smoothie for lunch. Located inside of Columbia Tower if you were wondering.
Good sized menu with quite a bit of options, so I’m standing there wondering what in the hell I should get. I couldn’t make up my mind so I just went with one of the classic smoothies they had and got the Blueberry Muffin. It was pretty good, freshly blended and made to order. 20oz for over $ 6 is a bit pricey. But what am I going to do, bring my own blender and fresh fruits to work and blend at my desk? It’s blueberries, bananas and rice milk.
Service was ok, they seem to not put any urgency on getting your order out, will stop and have side conversations when we are all standing there waiting for our orders and can totally hear what they are saying. I don’t care how much your beanie cost. I can see some of the similar frustrations with other people standing there with me.
Anyways, may check it out again.

WORST Customer Service Experience (hippie style.)
My last time was 1.5 years ago because of how I was treated. They lost my loyalty due to their rude comments and stock up attitude.
I asked to change rice milk in the smoothie to coconut milk, which I did every single time when I bought smoothie there (at least twice a week.) However this time he (looked like either owner or manager) said that he’ll add $ 2 to ALREADY highly overpriced product, making it over $ 10 with tax. Remember I just asked to change milk, not to add coconut oil, which is in their price list (if you add coconut oil it will be additional $ 2.) The change or substitution of one product to another (rice to coconut milk in my case) was not outlined in their price list and legally could not be charged additional $$. And when asked why would he do that if it’s never been done before (meaning charged additionally) he never gave me good reason saying that it’s just coconut milk is more expensive and he is not opening it for me if I don’t want to pay $ 2 more. I understand that it’s more expensive BUT NOT BY $ 2! Maybe. 50 cents, but 2 bucks!?! Seriously? Plus it wasn’t in their price list!
So I just walked away pissed off and never came back.
OFF NOTE, the smoothies were delicious. Haven’t tried anything else because nothing else looks appealing to my taste.

I tried this spot again after a long hiatus. It’s still just as overpriced and under-​delivered as it was before. Won’t be returning after today.
I tried to order a custom bowl. (Which I recommend not doing as it seemed to be beyond capabilities). In Juicy’s defense, the cashier said she was new, and I guess they were having difficulties, but I’ve worked in food service. It’s all an act, the smile should be fake if necessary.
I was charged extra for items I told didn’t come with the dish. Fine. But I was also told that certain items do come with the dish and I shouldn’t order them. Okay.
My food arrived. I didn’t get the base I ordered, the «included» roasted veggies apparently weren’t included, and two of my toppings were missing. Not to mention the amount of sauce given left for a sadly dressed salad. It was practically a raw bowl of kale with some avocado, which I paid $ 14 to sadly eat.
Do yourself a favor and get a smoothie or one of their monkey balls. They’re really the only reason to visit.

I LOVE this juice bar! How great to have a healthy option downtown for those days when you are in a rush and still want to eat something good for you. My favorite is the Green Alkaline with apple added. They also make delicious soups! I recommend the lentil, the split pea, and the tom ka deliciousness. One of the best parts of this place is the Customer Service. Aaron and the rest of the crew who work when I am getting my lunch are always friendly and greet me and my coworkers with a smile. They are informed about their products and truly know their stuff! It is a pleasure to go somewhere for lunch and have such a community vibe going on. LOVE this place, the people who work there and LOVE the juices, smoothies and soups!

The Triple Pesto Bowl is so yummy! Add some tofu and you got yourself an amazing lunch. I had it twice in one week!

The food is not great. Not unique… None of the meat is organic, grass fed or antibiotic free. The service is ok. People aren’t super friendly. I had to send something back a few times. To be honest, eating here makes me feel bloated and gross. But the juices are good. Food… Bleh.

I love this place! I discovered it when trying to get a quick lunch when working downtown. My personal favorite is the Omega 3 Salmon Salad (with a scoop of brown rice). Also love the curry bowl. Then was at a class in the Convention Center and discovered their other location and ate lunch there both days. Only downside is there are only two locations, but I hear they are about to open a third on Olive Way. Good news if you like healthful, yummy food. :)

Been a little under the weather these past few days so I was looking for a place that did cold-​pressed/​fresh pressed juice.
This one came up and it was a short walk from my work so I decided to give it a try.
Just your traditional healthy-​eating juice/​smoothie bar.
My only suggestion is that they need to increase the «create your own juice» from three options (aside from the base) to at least four as paying $ 5.95 or $ 6.95 for four total ingredients makes this option expensive and pointless. And ginger should be included as one of the free options. Why it’s an additional $ 1 makes zero sense to me as most cold-​pressed juices include it as an option free of charge like carrots, apples, kale and spinach. Oh, and where’s the mint and cilantro options?
Not sure if the veggies and fruit are organic but based on their prices, I don’t believe that they are (otherwise it’d be more expensive I’d wager).
I think my previous juicing experiences in the past have made me a juice snob and this place for now won’t meet that standard for me.

Delicious, fresh-​squeezed (or is it pressed? Fresh-​pressed? Pressed sounds more trendy…) juices, smoothies, and healthy-​tasty lunch options.
As much as I hate to cop to spending $ 6 on fresh juice, the stuff really hit the spot when I was coming down with a cold last week. I got the Flu-Buster…or was it the Cold-​Buster? I was too out of it to remember, but I can tell you that it was a cup of ginger-​lemon-​apple-​pineapple-​cayenne goodness that woke me up and scared my sore throat away for a few hours.
I tried one of their lunch bowls — quinoa, pesto, and veggies — and it was really good. Not «health food good,» i.e., «super bland but healthy so I’m okay with it,» but ACTUALLY good, and incredibly filling. The pesto was fresh-​tasting and the portion was giant.

This one star review is based entirely on the «Eek!» factor of a few of the workers at this location. Specifically, there is one gentleman who works at the cash register who seems to be allergic to sleeves. Every time I go by he is wearing a tank top and I can’t help but think that I don’t want his armpit hairs that close to my juice. Yesterday he was wearing a shirt with such low and loose arm openings that I could see chest hair and nipple when he moved.
He’s not the one preparing the food, but that station is about three feet away from him. Not to mention that the woman who DOES dish up and serve the food is also prone to going sleeveless.
I wish I could write two different reviews for this restaurant. I would give it four stars for food and I love that I can get blended juice, not just smoothies. In fact, I used to go there at least once per week. And then Captain Armpit showed up and just… ugh. No thank you.

Really horrendous service, not to mention overpriced food. It’s always funny when you see one of the employees at this «health food» restaurant taking a smoke break.
I’ve eaten here many time, but I will not be going back after a long 24 hour bout of what I suspect to be food poisoning.

After walking by this café every Monday-​Friday for over a year, I finally decided to see what this place was about. The name is a little bland and there isn’t any food on display from the main walkways near the café, or at least that’s what I thought until I walked on the other side of a large column in front of the order area where a case full of grab and go foods is hidden… there are premade sandwiches, salads, veggies, fruit, nuts, yogurt parfaits, bottled juices and waters and round things that look like cookie dough.
The cookie dough are really tasty oat balls, the first thing I tried. I got a chocolate one. It’s oat bran with chocolate goodness, sweetened with honey. It tastes like a brownie. I only had a couple bites because it’s quite filling and a bit sweet (to me) without coffee or tea to balance the sweet. I’ll definitely give those another shot, armed with a warm drink.
Since then I’ve been working my way around the menu.
GoGo Energy– hits the spot if your dragging at work, Friday afternoon and need the extra push to make it to 5:00pm. The ginger has a spicy kick.
Skin Beet Beautiful– I felt silly ordering this but the ingredients interested me, especially the beet juice. I’m not crazy about beets but I’m addicted to this juice now! It’s just sweet enough and I feel amazing after drinking it. Weird side effect that had me looking up my doctor’s phone number (until I googled it), beets can make urine a little reddish!
Ab’s Green Religion– very green and very bitter. Might try adding something to soften the bitterness next time or may just try the version with beet juice added.
Absolutely Almond– I’ve wanted to try this right away but hesitated until I was hungry enough thinking it was going to be on the heavy more filling side. It’s actually pretty light, more substantial than a juice but light nonetheless. Very tasty and love the nuttiness from the almonds.
The bowls are tasty and fresh. Don’t be fooled by the little boxes they’re served in, they are packed full! My favorites are the Taco bowl (Tuesday’s only), Happy Buddha, Shepard’s Pie– go light on the cauliflower purée unless you’re in love with it, Avacado Lemon Dill, Comfort Curry-​go light on the curry sauce because it can get soupy and too sweet, and the Siesta bowl when I can’t wait until Taco Tuesday. The hearty lentil soup is delish as well!
The more I go, the more I want to try. They have great add ons for the bowls such as chicken, wild salmon (BTW, it’s smoked), organic hardboiled eggs, tofu, roasted veggies, etc. There are so many variations to try, it may be a year before I’ve tried them all… so exciting! Oh yeah, the prices are incredible considering the quality of food and the preparation involved! The people that work there are super nice and very helpful as well.
Please open a location in Queen Anne that includes weekend hours!

Aw, Juicy Café reworked their menu to add a charge for tofu in their bowls. Used to be included in the base price but now my Avocado Lemon Dill bowl
costs $ 1.50 more. Still a great place but not an every week stop for me anymore :(

The juices are great, but the two stars is for the recent change of menu and accompanying price hike. Yes, I went to order my regular juice, and it’s now an extra .50 cents or something for the protein powder. I know first world problem. I always thought a juice for over $ 7 was too steep, but it was in my building where almost all of the other food is completely unhealthy crap. When I got the bill for over $ 8, however, I decided my juice days are over.

Located on: Atrium on Columbia and 5^th, if you’re on Columbia, there are glass doors that will take your right to the second floor of the Atrium (the eatery for this building). Otherwise if you enter through the main entrance, venture to the left to the escalators and go down two floors.
Update on 03/​18/​2015: The Cold and Flu buster is, as the name implies, to remedy against an oncoming cold. However, I would order this drink even if I don’t feel a sickness about to take root. The cayenne pepper makes me wake up and reduce the inflammation for my sore throat and the sweetness counters the spicy flavor (I’m a wimp on the spice scale). It’s also great to observe the workers in the building ascend the escalators with their pastries and sugar-​loaded coffees, you can almost see the guilt on their faces as they know they should be in line at The Juicy Café, indulging in veggie and fruit goodness.
I like that they are open early. I’m an early bird and wanted to dedicate today and the next few days to juice to flush out the food temptations I divulged in over the weekend. What I appreciate about The Juicy Café is their conscious efforts to use products that reduce impact environmentally, the whole compostable cups bit. It’s a small change that speaks volumes to me.
The new guy who took my order was great, incredibly friendly with a warm smile in the early morning, compared to the usual grumpiness that is Seattle. I ordered a Marvelous Mary: daily greens, ginger, lime, and pineapple. If you have tried the Suja’s Green Essentials, it’s similar, but the Marvelous Mary has a smoother flavor that is easier to drink. The Suja juice smells and tastes like grass. The ginger leaves a slight heat, perfect for the morning to wake you up. Typically, pineapple is strong and has the potential to overwhelm other flavors, in the Marvelous Mary, it’s sweetness was just enough to make the drink enjoyable. I also like the fact that there was not too much celery. Other than that, I didn’t feel like I was drinking a bunch of greens. Good stuff, I’ll be visiting this place often.

I find it rather funny when people write scathing reviews and misspell the word, «definitely.» They consistently write, «defiantly,» which I find pretty funny (and perhaps, it means something…).
So yeah, the food at Juicy. I mean, it really depends on what you get. One consistent thing is that you always feel pretty good about your lunch, since everything on the menu is healthy. Every Monday they have a gyro bowl, which is freaking delicious (it’s usually sold out by 1230pm). On Tuesday’s, they have Taco Tuesdays — healthy version of a taco in a bowl. It’s excellent. I’m a pretty routine person when it comes to food. I’ve tried some items at Juicy that are a bit tasteless — but I grew up eating Puerto Rican food, and maybe I need more flavor than most.
The people that work in this place are good. They look everyone in the eyes — I mean, they really care about each customer. They’re not on their phone. They’re not having private conversations with people in the back room. These people are present, and awesome. The owner pops in every once in a while, and she seems like a quality person. One day, I straight up hugged her. I think it was inadvertent. I don’t usually hug people I don’t know, but it just happened. She wasn’t weird about it at all. She hugged me back. That’s the kind of place this is.

This review is mostly on the service. Consistency is key. In Juicy Café’s case, not so much. Very frustrated that I was charged an extra $ 1.00 today when I asked to subsitute more greens for the fruit in the Fast Eddy. They omitted the apples, bananas and mangos for ONE cucumber and charged me $ 1.00 extra and THEN made it wrong. The cashier definitely wasn’t able to think outside the box in this situation. Very frustrating when I’ve done it before and wasn’t charged. They also don’t fill the smoothies to the top anymore. A $ 8 smoothie should not have a ton of room on the top.
There’s always long waits as well. Three girls normally dinking around the back counter as one guy or girl makes the orders.
I’m pretty sure my coworkers and I will not waste our money here anymore.
GOOD NOTE — the smoothies are delicious and the produce seems very fresh. The oat balls are amazing tasting as well.

I mainly come to Juicy Café for their green detox juice that consists of cucumber, mint and chlorophyll; it’s so minty, refreshing and your body just feels wonderful after drinking it. Also it’s one of the drinks they make ahead of time and sell it in their to-​go bottles. So I never have to wait for my drink to be made like everyone else.
My only issue with Juicy Café is their lack of consistency with their juice flavors. It appears that they have multiple part-​time employees, so whenever I order a juice it always tastes different and looks different depending on who made it. I also use to be a big fan of their breakfast smoothie, but I get so annoyed when the taste varies. Especially since it’s pretty expensive, but I understand this is fresh fruit and veggies. So I guess they’re consistent on not being consistent?
Regardless, I still go the cucumber, mint, and chlorophyll drink because it always tastes the same and it’s delicious; it will be a sad day when that drink varies in taste.

Great choices on their extensive menu. Reasonable prices.
The buddha bowl is great! Kind of odd how some things in it (protein) is cold but the sauce is warm… Either way, it’s GREAT & VERY filling for about $ 7. I’ve never bought a juice (as I have a juicer at home) but my friends & coworkers have all loved theirs.
Lines can get long here & the wait can feel verrrrry long. All in all, I will continue to return.

Since Juicy Café has taken root, I think Emerald Smoothie (just to the side) has become the new dead zone.
All their drinks are good and if they don’t taste all that great, drink it anyways knowing that they are good for you!
Sometimes I’m a bit weirded out when the same drink order tastes differently every other day. Or when I see specks of dirt on the fruit before they go in the juicer.
And as the rule goes, blend your fruits (smoothie) and drink your veggies (juice it)!

Fresh, healthy, and tasty. They serve you very quickly, too. I love the morning chia sunrise smoothie. It’s high in protein and doesn’t leave that gritty feeling in my mouth like other protein smoothies. The gentle cleanse juice is also tasty. I haven’t tried the food, though it looked good in the case.

How did I NOT know a Juicy Café opened up at the Columbia Center. I’ve been waiting too long for a juice bar in this area. I no longer need to plan my day around finding juice miles (okay more than a few steps) away.
I stopped by for some green juice a little before noon on a Friday. There was only a couple in front of me so I ordered quickly and didn’t wait too long for my drink. Service was friendly and efficient.
Today I tried the Liquid Greens. It has greens, lemon, ginger and apple. Heavy on the lemon, but tasty. I got the small, which is actually pretty big. Decent price. If you don’t like the juices they have on their menu you can create your own :)
Cute little spot in the tower. A pretty juice bar. Nice décor. Plenty of seating in front of the bar. I am beyond thrilled they are across the street from me! Bye bye paychecks!