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| - I was dying of thirst when I was thinking I need something refreshing and fruity. With a few choices in Yorkdale, I figure I'd stray from my favourite Village Juicery and try a new spot. Well, that was a lesson learned.
Let's just be honest and say that Freshly Squeezed is like any other fast food spot in a mall. It's hurried, rushed, possibly not the best at listening, and you're seen as a transaction. If you get a 'hi', it's considered a near miracle. I dont even think the staff talked once to me.
For a mall drink, the prices are slightly more than some other places but they do claim that they're real fruit in there. Whether it's real fruit from frozen or actual cut up I don't know but they're in same containers you hold those frozen Slurpees in.
I ordered a Mango Smoothie and was utterly confused on what happened next. There was no confirmation but the person just took a cup and poured a bunch of the juice in there and then added a bunch of ice cubes. How ... is... that a smoothie? A smoothie by definition is fruit pureed with a dairy product. Sometimes milk and other times yogurt? So this was confusing and $7, I got my drink within a few minutes of blending in the ice.
Mango "smoothie" - So this may have real fruit ... I'm not sure but it definitely has sugar in it. Wow, was this sweet. Ripe mangoes do not need any sugar so I'm only assuming they're using under ripe frozen ones. Maybe the sugar wasn't so bad as it got me through slalom the slow people in the mall hallways. Aside from the sugar high, it tasted like mangoes mostly and it was pretty filling. Still would have liked the real deal though. I also think they need to rethink their menu... this isnt a smoothie. It's a slushie and if you're only doing slushies, you got to drop the prices. 3/5
I think this place convinced me that the extra $4 for a drink that is made with fresh and ripe fruit is worth it. Sure I save a few bucks but I can also blink afterwards and not recover from a sugar crash.
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