Crave Frozen Yogurt

Yummy froyo. And they give you a bottle of water for free! Lots of toppings and sauces — even grape jelly! I love the cheesecake froyo.

VERY clean & modern yogurt shop. Not as many toppings as Sweet Frog however, but it gets the yogurt craving fixed. Free bottle of water w/​each yogurt purchase. Flavors available at the time: seal salt & caramel pretzel, cookies & cream, cheesecake, strawberry, vanilla, and more. The cashier didn’t have much cash in her drawer and attempted to give me $ 17 in ones and quarters. What in the world?!

Never heard of this yogurt place before, but decided to go here after dinner in Merrifield. Got the Vanilla with rainbow sprinkles and tasted great. Had a lot of yogurt to choose from, as the names were displayed on mini screens above the machine. The «kids cup» is more than enough for me.

Great service! Their frozen yogurt machines are always stocked and operational with great varieties. Their flavors range from creamy chocolaty goodness to refreshing palate cleansers. A great bonus is that you receive a FREE bottle of water with every cup of frozen yogurt.
The place is always very clean with about 5 tables inside and 2 outside for sunny days like today.
Remember to ask about their loyalty program!

I’ve been here a couple of times and maybe because the time of my visit that the froyo are little more slushier than I would like them to be. On my last visit a few them were dispensing liquid instead of the frozen yogurt. This is probably because it was slower time of the day and the machine can’t keep it slushy ?
There’s plenty of flavor to choose from here. The selection of toppings are almost the same as you would find in any other frozen yogurt store. You get your typical drips to go on your yogurt, nuts, berries, mochi and candies.
What makes this place stand out a little different than the others is they actually offer free bottled waters with your purchase. I like that concept, bottle waters are not that expensive and giving them out to customers are a great idea to get them to come back. I always find myself a little thirsty after killing a big serving of froyo.
The staff are always friendly on my visit here. They are always happy and helpful. I’ve noticed there was a dog water bowl on the outside as I came into the store yesterday so I guess when the weather turns nicer and you want to grab some froyo while walking your dog you can do so.

When going to a frozen yogurt place, you have only two things to consider; selection and quality.
The selection of toppings is by far the best I’ve ever seen so far. Only thing they were missing was hot chocolate syrup. There was so many other toppings though, I was still impressed.
The selection of yogurt flavors was really pretty good too.
The quality of the yogurt is where I stop at 4 stars. The yogurt was good, but it’s not the best I’ve had. This place blows away Sweet Frog though.
I would come here again, no problem. :)

Taste: 3
Variety of flavors & toppings: 3.5
Location/​Environment: 4
Staff: 4
My favorite is chocolate covered strawberry with mochi, heath bar and real strawberries.
Also appreciate that I can pay by the pound. I can stop in when I just when a little sweetness after dinner.

This yogurt place is located in the new area in Merrfield, VA. It is right next to Blackfinn. The place is under those newly built apartment. Parkings can be difficult to find if you come during weekend or dinner hours.
The price is decent compared to every other yogurt places, but they have more selections for mochi, fruits, etc. which I love it. I would definitely come here if I ever crave for yogurt since its not far from Annandale, VA and I haven’t try other flavor yet.
P.S: cookies and creams was on point.

This is a favorite for me! It’s on my way home so I tend to go a few days a week after work. Shhhhh don’t tell my trainer! Hahahaha. I like that Crave carry a lot of variety when it comes to flavors and toppings. From the original tart flavor to the chocolate dipped strawberry flavor you can find them here. Toppings are always available and never messy.
I’m glad that the weather finally changed because in the winter months, I was really afraid they wouldn’t make it. I would go in to grab a cup because the workers looked so bored. I hope they continue on because leasing space in this area is not cheap so customers are a must!
As far as payment is concerned, they utilize Square payments (some people do not like Square so I thought I would mention it). They have a loyalty program too so just ask about it the next time you’re there. I can’t remember the specifics but I believe after the 5^th purchase over $ 4, you get your reward. It’s either money off or something free. But don’t quote me.

The frozen yogurt is very tasty and you can tell that their quality is much better than the ones you find in the area. Take advantage of their frequency card.
Highly recommend the flavors– chocolate dipped strawberry and hoho
Friendly staff and they let you try their products first.

So. lately I’ve been on a total froyo binge. I love it.
This place is a more modern than the other self serves I’ve seen. It is also clean, and has really fun/​weird combinations of flavors.
I can’t remember all the swirl flavors I tried but each one was unique and delicious. I know there was a Zuesberry/​Tart combo which was my FAVORITE. I think I had a chocolate/​berry combo as well, also good.
I don’t eat any toppings, but they seem to have a good variety.

Pretty good for a frozen yogurt place. I would have liked a better variety of flavored. The flavors they have plus toppings are good. The place looks nice and bright. With respect to service, you serve yourself … so, yeah! Prices are ok.
Enjoy!

Unique swirl combos that were very tempting! Chocolate covered strawberries was great. Toppings are in dispensers which I like because its a lot more sanitary than buffet style topping.
Service was friendly and helpful, the staff helped me try 4 different flavors in little trial cups.

I went here for one reason: their sea salt caramel pretzel flavor. I’m obsessed. Crave is clean, bright, and modern, but I find the froyo a bit icy.
And here, the service was icy too. Not friendly at all nor smart. The staffer that I dealt with was not bright. She searched for my phone number and email twice, to no avail. She then proceeded to tell me that each location has a different loyalty program, so it wouldn’t work here anyway. Only once I swiped my credit card did my membership appear, and then she told me my points had been added. So… a second ago, loyalty programs were different at each location, but suddenly, I swipe my card, and I get my points added? Hmm. Anyway, if you like Crave, this location is fine, but beware of the staff.

Complete with state of the art machinery, multiple flat screen TVs displaying different flavors, club music blaring through the speakers in the background, and colorful lighting — Crave is the hippest frozen yogurt place I’ve ever been to.
They also offer self-​serve here. Not only do they have plenty of different flavors to choose from (salted caramel, berry, California tart, red velvet… and so much more), they have an abundant variety of toppings! (including 3 different flavors of mochi AND 3 different flavors of boba!) It costs $ 0.49/oz.
For frequent froyo eaters, they also have a punch card for every purchase of $ 4 or more. When you accumulate 10 punches, you get a free 8 oz. froyo. In addition, you also get a free 8 oz. froyo on your birthday!

The frozen yogurt here is delicious! I had the Sea Salt Caramel Pretzel (tastes exactly how it sounds) and Peanut Butter (so good!). The Watermelon sorbet wasn’t so great.
This place is brand new so it is squeaky clean and modern inside. The guy at the counter was super helpful and nice. The toppings options are exorbitant — from normal fruit to multiple flavors of mochi to chocolate-​covered acai, you can’t go wrong! Not to mention the counter filled with jars of other candies and sauces. You can definitely go overboard on the toppings if you aren’t careful.
Another plus — the sample cups allow for large amounts of yogurt! And I didn’t feel like the worker there was staring me down for trying more than one flavor.
Bottom line: I can’t wait to go back and try other flavors! I have my frequent buyer card for purchases above $ 4 (that’s not hard to meet!).

Ever since I read the Unilocal reviews for Crave Frozen Yogurt, I’ve been wanting to try their fro yo. So finally, on a warm summers… actually October afternoon (yes folks because apparently in Northern Virginia, our weather has commitment issues and can change at any point), my boyfriend and I ventured to Crave.
When you walk in, you feel like the you’re stepping into the next generation of frozen yogurt shops. It has your standard self– serve frozen yogurt and toppings bar. But with it’s multiple flat screen TVs displaying the flavor options, lighting, and techno music playing, I felt like I was getting pumped up for a night out at like 2 in the afternoon.
Now, onto the frozen yogurt: they have plenty of options to choose from, including Greek frozen yogurt. They do have tasting cups, you just need to ask the staff. They also have interesting flavor combinations too. I really liked the Greek frozen yogurt blend of Honey Vanilla and their Berry yogurt. I also got their Salted Caramel flavor. So good! The flavors worked together in my cup, so I was pleased. Tons of toppings to choose from, including toppings lined on the wall as well as in the toppings bar. They even have dark chocolate covered pomogranites and chocolate covered berries? Yes please!
Friendly staff and great yogurt? Check. Clean space? Check. Plethora of toppings? Check. I’ll be back to satisfy my next Crave!

Crave Frozen Yogurt at Halstead Square opened today, 8÷20÷13. I found out through their Facebook page and stopped in around 4:00 pm, to two employees and no guests inside, but I’ll hope that all 113 of the people who like their Facebook page are going to stop by a little later after work.
The employee, Danny, had 3 clear, plastic sample cups for me and asked me which flavors I would like to try. They had one station of 2 flavors and a swirl completely empty, with the sign above reading «Craving Soon.» You’d think that they wouldn’t want to waste space on their grand opening day.
I sampled the Birthday Cake (ick,) the Red Velvet, and the Salted Caramel Pretzel. There were other flavors I was interested in, but when I’m in a fro-​yo place where you’re not allowed to get your own samples, I usually won’t ask to try any more than they offer. I thought I’d do the Salted Caramel Pretzel and the Greek Java Caramel Cup mixed together. Blegh. The latter doesn’t taste like coffee at all and was really just an overly-​sweet bland flavor. The Red Velvet was top notch though. It seems they had vanilla in more than one station, which I can understand from a wanting-​to-​swirl-​flavors-​together standpoint, but again, a waste of precious real estate. Let’s see some more flavors, like taro!
As for toppings, there are only a few on the wall– dry goods like cereal, mostly. The other toppings are not labeled in the scooping station and not very well organized. The heath bar fell down through the freezer thing when I put the spoon in! It also appears they had another tiny heath bar section, but it was hard to be sure since nothing was labeled. Then they have a variety of sauces, again, not labeled, so the girl had to run down the full list of sauces for both me and the woman in front of me. Speaking of, this woman asked if their were resident discounts, and the employee told her she didn’t know. It’s opening day, and you don’t think you’d get that question? Someone even has that question, currently unanswered, on their Facebook page. They also have an iPad swipe system, which the girl was using for the very first time with my card and had some difficulty with.
I was really hoping that they’d advertise some sort of loyalty punch card program, some sort of freebie for opening day, etc., but nothing of the sort was mentioned to me in person. This should be their opportunity to build customers for the long haul. This place gets 3 stars for now, but living so close, I’m sure I’ll be back a multitude of times and will update once they work the kinks out.

I had absolutely no idea that Crave would open today, I just happened to walk by it on my way to my car from Blackfinn and ta da! ANOTHER FROYO PLACE! I was compelled by the froyo forces to at least stop and have a sample… or two… or three…
I was sold when I saw the RED VELVET CAKE flavor — are you kidding me? only the best cake flavor on the planet in froyo! Nothing like a blend of red velvet and birthday cake topped with chocolate chips for dessert. Thanks Crave — I think I love you.
Yasmine and the GM, Bethany, were absolute sweet hearts and were very helpful.
(they should know that I shall return… soon).

Like Mischita, I had no idea this place was having their grand opening today. Crave served my craving for sure. The flavors they offer are not your traditional flavors you find at your run of the mill froyo places. Instead, they offer creative flavors that add a little spice to their froyo.
I had the California tart and energy pomegranate froyo then loaded it with fruit toppings. Cost per ounce is $ 0.49 cents. Just to give you an idea of some of their wild flavors, they have some like chocolate covered strawberry and salted caramel coffee cake then a couple of traditional like wedding cake and birthday cake.
The place is cute. Vibrant purple, white, and green with a modern feel to it with the flat screens that display the tasty flavors they have to offer.
Crave is family owned franchise. It is an overall chain, but here in the area this location and the location in Alexandria King Street are owned by the same people.
If I get in the area again, I would definitely return.