I wanted to like it, I really did.
It was hot and we wanted a snack. Snacks usually make everything better. But not in the mysterious case of Golden Spoon.
The first thing that made snack time less wonderful was the fact that the teenagers who worked there acted very impatient. I know that 17 year olds have a lot of really important shizz to do, but if I am going to spend so much on ice cream I'd like to think about it for a minute. They were pretty rushy about forcing us to order right away, so I ended up getting vanilla in a panic. I can't be a flavor adventurer if you are going to rush my decisions!
I am not a big ice cream person, or froyo extraordinare, or whatever you would call yourself if you are a yogurt foodie. But I did not expect to be charged .95 cents per topping. What if I had wanted two toppings? Or seven? That could get even more costly very quickly. In fact, if that girl hadn't been rolling her eyes at me, I may have gotten seven toppings and ended up with a TEN DOLLAR FROYO! I like the idea of the topping bar better. We probably should have tried Yogurtland, but I was under the impression that these places were all the same. I guess I'm just a yogurt racist.
The vanilla I had was okay. The cake topping was a little weird and dry. My boyfriend had the peanut butter cup... the first bite was okay and the second bite had a weird after taste. I wasn't a fan at all. It really was like reeses flavored rice cake. Since we paid so much for it my boyfriend brought it home and put it in the freezer so he could pretend like he was going to finish it. Silver lining: I bet it hasn't lost any of its creepy flavoring in the freezer!
The yogurt wasn't very good, it was overpriced, the service left a lot to be desired and the atmosphere was average. Add that to the horrific parking situation outside and I just don't see any reason we will ever return to the Golden Spoon unless it is passing by on the way to Chipotle. It was so disappointing that it makes me want to stop trying new things.