Whole Foods Jamboree Juice Bar

I’ve tried a bunch of different juice places and honestly, I can’t say there’s much difference between any of them. However, unlike most places, Jamboree in Whole Foods has delicious juices for relatively cheaper prices. I ordered a 32 oz juice for $ 12. Which is still pricey but for the size, I thought it was a pretty decent bargain. I created my own drink with a base of apples, along with lime, ginger, pineapple, and celery. I also added cayenne pepper (I love spicy and the pepper adds a nice zing). Honestly, this is probably the best juice I’ve had from a juice bar. It hit all the right spots! Try it out, you won’t be disappointed.

Don’t remember the last time I wrote a review but just to keep it short.
Juice is great. Organic, fresh, and made with the best care. Customize your own cause I need ginger and kale in my life right now. If I can’t make it to nektar, this is next on my list.

For the price I paid for 16 ounces of pressed juice, I was hoping to find gold at the bottom of my cup. Not only is this place incredibly expensive, it took 20 minutes for my juice AND NO ONE WAS THERE. Maybe they were growing the kale in the back, but no excuses.
Two stars because the juice was tasty, but the price and service isn’t worth coming back.

I have no complaints about the juice. Its freshly made and organic. My issue is with how the juice bar is run. Let’s do some math:
5 Machines
5 Minutes to make a drink.
2 – 3 employees
By this math they should be able to make 12 – 18 drinks per half hour. Their typical wait time is 20 – 40 minutes, why?
Typically there is only one person on a juicer while the other just stands around, there is no urgency.
This last time I went I called ahead, anticipating the 20 minute wait. Well they forgot one of my drinks and made me the other one in 5 minutes. So clearly they can go fast when they need to.
Juice is good but expect to wait because of inefficiency.

I’ll be honest — I’m not a fan of wholes food and I should of known better of even trying to order juice from this place. It’s like they have anti-​wholes food radar on people or something. And when people like me go in. Everyone flipping knows. Okay just being dramatic now.
Back to my real reason why I’m never coming back — I ordered a customize drink consisting of Apple, carrot, and ginger. 2 bases and an ingredient. I’m not asking for expensive ingredients either– Apple and carrot will make a good amount of juice. Apparently this location knows what’s better for me and apparently created an immune plus for me. WHAT THE HECK?!
I wasn’t event told about the change until I drank my drink. First thing that hits my pallets is garlic and the last thing I’m tasting is. Again garlic. Since when do they have the right to decide to put garlic in my juice when I clearly requested 3 things– Apple, carrot, and ginger???
Their response: well it’s not that bad.
Not that bad? Homie, what if I was allergic to garlic? What if I flipping hate garlic. Regardless, wholes food apparently gives their workers too much freedom or they just don’t care.
F bombs just going off in my head.

Need to detox? Feeling bloated? Need to kick start your healthy eating? Need a boost of energy? Want to feel fresh and refreshed?
Here’s the best place in OC where you’ll get freshly juiced drinks for your health! This not like a Jamba Juice or Juice It Up. They use a high-​powered machine to get the best of the best out of all the vegetables and fruits. The best part is that all of Whole Foods produce are certified organic and come from local farmers. They are not frozen nor shipped from a far away place. They are FRESH.
The prices are a bit pricey. If you’re used to other «smoothie» places, you might be a bit surprised by their prices. However, it is worth the price because of the fresh ingredients.
One of the most popular drinks is the «Green Drink.»

I love this place. Heck, I love Whole Foods in general.
I was hearing about all this juice craze going around and decided to try it out. I wanted to buy pressed juices from Nektar but there isn’t one around where I live or work. I remember Whole Foods has a juice bar and decided to come one morning before work.
There was a huge selection of pressed juices, all different flavors and colors. I got the fruit punch and beeternal. The lady at the register said if I didn’t like any of the juices, I can always return it and get a new one. Score! The juices are amazing and I always look for the ones that don’t expire the next day. The juices really suppress my hunger and I am getting around 20 lbs of fruit & vegetables in one bottle. My skin feels nicer and I’m more energized.
I’ve tried purchasing the pressed juices from Jamba Juice and it just doesn’t taste the same… even though it was cheaper. Whole Foods charge $ 8/​bottle while Jamba Juice charge $ 6/​bottle. You can really taste the difference though.
I’ve also ordered off the menu and tried the Green Juice or «Dr.Oz drink.» It takes 15 mins for them to make it so I just did a little shopping and came back later to pick up my drink.
I’m going to buy a couple of pressed juices for my BF to try. I think he’ll like it.

$ 8 for a juice?! and i had to wait 10+ mins to get it even there was no line. the juice was just ok…

I love this juice bar. Super friendly service, usually not much of a wait during the week. Saturday/​Sunday afternoon you may have to wait for about 20 min for your juice, I usually pick up a couple of groceries. Many different options to add to your own personalized juice, or they have different juice mixes up on the board to choose from for different purposes (immunity, fat loss etc). If you are in a rush, grab a pre made juice or a pre made cold pressed juice!
Juices are a little pricey, but convenient.

Whole Foods Jamboree Juice Bar kicks flavor.
I have a Sunday morning routine that starts with Crossfit and ends with doing the weeks shopping at Whole Foods and in-​between I always revitalize at this Juice Bar. I recommend you do the same! They have countless options of pre-​made juice, but what is the fun in that? I like to create my own, it is much more tasty knowing I was the chef.
Basically all you do is choose a base and then your added ingredients, all which are wicked fresh. I am an Orange Juice base kind of guy and I like to put Cantaloupe, Watermelon, Honey Dew and Apple together in a 16 ounce serving and refer to it as «Thug Juice». If I nix the Melon and go with more citrus my drink is then «Caucasian Passion». And if I opt to blend everything green? Well that is «Green Drank Beast Mode Double Cup». Any way I go, I win.
These baddies run $ 7.00 a pop and that price suits me fine. I am sure I could get cheaper elsewhere, but life is too short to worry about pocket change, no? At any rate, this Juice Bar bangs hard.

Love this juice bar, great quality, friendly staff, go out of their way (sometimes) to accommodate my preferences. Lacking a star because it does take a little long sometimes, however, the staff is constantly moving so it seems they’re understaffed and it seems they need to update the machines and/​or fix what they have. I’ve been coming here almost everyday for a week and plan to keep it up!

who hired the people working at the juice bar?!
first of all, the juice machines here are no high tech cold press machines. they are like juicers from the 90s. but more importantly, the workers are lazy and move around like sloths. they gossip about the trivial details of their dating lives and what not really loudly when they should focus on making juice!
after my juice was made, they didn’t even call out my name and just left it there.
someone needs to fire these rude, lazy juice bar workers.

Always fresh produce ! Not frozen and organic. Try the berry good. Apples, beet, strawberry, chard and lemon. !!!

Awesome fresh juices here. I love the new location of the Juice bar. It is so much more functional in the produce department. I always order the I C You with ice and I love it.

Okay, so this juice bar used to be oddly placed in the aisle in front of the greeting cards and tea. Service was horrid and unbearably slow. 45 minutes to get a cup of juice that costs $ 8 from people who are beyond rude.
Seriously, in Irvine, in a Whole Foods, you really need to re-​evaluate yourself and your job.
Now, the bar has moved off to the side where the flower display used to be on the left hand side in the corner of the produce section. Employees are still beyond unfriendly and their concept of service and attention is on par with a country song gone wrong and in need of anger management.
It‘s still horribly messy. It‘s still ridiculously unorganized. It‘s still amazingly expensive.
I love Whole Foods, but coming in here and having to look at this train wreck really sours the experience of shopping here. But it clearly is of no concern to the people who «work» here since despite all the negative reviews which resulted from the disgusting little booth, they still made enough to justify moving to a larger spot.
Oh well. I‘ll buy my juice somewhere else. These people seriously need to be taught the definition of «service» and «attention.»
Hey, Whole Foods Management. You need to hire Trader Joe‘s people for this juice bar. Sour grapes and rotten fruit have no place in your inventory, so why would you tolerate having them as employees?

Down to 3 stars.
Updated review is mostly because they REALLY need to improve upon their prep. On more than a few occasions I’ve had ingredients migrate into my drink that I did not order. I do not like bananas or celery and so I’ve had to chug through drinks that (IMHO) are not very tasty. I’m not saying like a hint of the stuff because that’d be tolerable, but very obviously not rinsing their cups well or at all… I know this as a home juicer.
I also now agree that staff can be unfriendly in person (I usually called ahead before so they HAD to address me: D).

The juice bar guy wiped his nose with the back of his hand, looked at it, then wiped the back of his hand on his pants as we were walking up to the counter. He wasn’t the regular guy that works there tho.
They are usually full of great advice and suggestions depending on my immediate need. I am never disappointed and will continue to come here and am thankful that they are required to wear gloves.

Prepare to wait forever and a day for your juice to be prepared. I stop by here on my way to work and I’ve learned to work my way around this — I just leave earlier than usual so I am not late.
This review is more for their service — out of all the times I’ve been here, I’ve only had good service once. He was a tall Hispanic male. He was the only one that ever tried sparking up a convo, and even offered his suggestions when I had questions about what I should get, since I was coming off with a cold. The rest of the staff, especially «Crystal» have some sort of attitude!!! I honestly do not know what it is! Based off the fact that you work at a juice bar, I assumed you wouldn’t mind answering questions. But no… they just seem so snappy and impatient… when really, THEY have no right to be impatient.
*****WAITING AT THE JUICE BAR
FOR 20 MINUTES AS I WRITE THIS REVIEW AND MY JUICE IS STILL NOT READY*******
I love Whole Foods… I really do. Just not the service at the juice bar.

Okay, I don’t know why it took me so long to write a review about this place but I definitely should write how much I loved Whole foods and their juice bar!
I’m not too sure how and when I got into the whole juicing diet but every since I’ve been introduced I’ve been hooked!!! I first started trying different juices because I noticed how little vegetables and fruit I’ve been eating and I wanted to change my eating habits and start living a healthier life. I’ve been always coming to Whole Foods to shop but I never tried their juice bar. Finally, I decided to give it a go.
I first tried their detox juice. Ugh, I seriously am not a fan of the taste but since I know it’s good for you, I just downed it like a champ. Not my thing, bro. The second time I tried WF juice bar, I decided to order the Dr. Oz. OMGGG the Dr. Oz has become my FAVORITE juice hands down. I’m not too sure which ingredients are in it but it does have apples, kale, and cucumbers etc. all the healthy stuff that a body needs. To me, the Dr. Oz tastes delicious! I can down a 32oz. like nothing when it comes to the Dr. Oz! I now I’m getting tons of nutrients from those greens so drinking it is a breeze!
The only downfall of this juice bar is that during high times (especially around 12 – 1) IT IS SO BUSY! Last time, I waited no joke 30 minutes for my drink. BUTTT, I learned that you can mobile in your order so by the time you get there, it can be ready for you on the other side of the counter. (: If you’re really into juicing and eating healthy, WF juice bar is the shiznit!!! Especially in the Tustin district location! I was in the LA WF once and went to their juice bar and it was weakkkkk! Not as much selections and poor juicing mixtures! Tustin location is definitely the best I’ve tried!

ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS PLACE.
This juice bar is located on the left side of the entrance across from the Fresh Squeezed Juice Bar and Coffee Drinks.
This juice bar uses organic fruits and vegetables. This is definitely the place to come if your on a JUICE diet, or just looking to drink or consume something healthy. ATTENTION ALL… this is not a JAMBA JUICE or a ROBEKS JUICE or a JUICE IT UP type of business. Everything here is purely from organic fruits and vegetables. NO ICE CREAM. NO YOGURT. none of that
Here are a couple of things that they have on the menu:
–apple
–beet
–garlic
–celery
–zucchini
–cabbage
–parsley
–spinach
–bell pepper
–chard
–ginger
–lemon
–kale
–cucumber
–tomato
–wheatgrass shots
–carrot
–apples
–orange
–grapefruit
–pineapple
–etc…
Basically, you can mix and match ANY FRUIT and ANY VEGETABLES to create your own masterpiece
A large juice size goes for around $ 8-​$ 9 and a regular juice size goes for about $ 5-​$ 6. Yah it might be a little bit more expensive, but TRUST ME, those extra dollars are worth it because everything that goes inside your body is fresh and organic.
For any of those who are dieting, or looking to slim down for the summer time… THIS IS A VERY GUUD AND GREAT PLACE TO VISIT! In addition, a lot of the drinks and ingredients that they have are GUUD for cleansing your body AKA detoxing.
My absolute favorite juice is the DR OZ GREEN (apple, spinach, cucumber, celery, parsley, lemon, lime, ginger)
…yah it sounds digusting, but TRUST ME, the description is no where close to the how it taste. I began off as a person who was not a big fan of raw vegetables, I was basically a «hater»
…but after I went on a detox and started learning about nutrition, this place HAS BEEN MY HEAVEN. If this juice location can put a 180 degree turn on me, changing me from raw veggie/​fruit hater to raw veggie/​fruit lover… THE SAME CAN GO FOR YOU AS WELL!
After consistently coming here… I can truly say that I am feeling better, looking better, and feeling more energetic than I have ever felt before.
On another note, if you are at this location… look for the buff asian-​like guy working behind the counter. His name is IAN. He noticeable because hes one of the buffer guys that works there and the only person that wears his name tag on his shirt sleeves –_​_​_​_​_​–
Anywho, this dude juices the best and I will ONLY allow him to make my juices. He’s simply the best and knows how to blend, mix and match, and which order of vegetables and fruits to throw in the blender… so yah my recommendation… allow IAN to make your juice
WILL DEFINITELY BE COMING BACK and FOREVER A FAN OF THIS JUICE BAR.
I can honestly say GUUD BYE to JAMBA JUICE/​ROBEKS/​JUICE IT UP
why?
CUZ HEALTHY IS JUST SO MUCH BETTER!
UNTIL THEN! ^-^