I judge acai bowls based on the acai bowls that I've eaten up in the San Diego and Santa Cruz areas. For some reason, california acai bowls are the best. Thrive comes the closest to replicating the taste and quality from the ones i've chowed down on in cali.
I do enjoy the fact that they have about 5 different sizes - I dont always have to over indulge if I dont want to. I tend to go here after a workout or just to study. They have protein boosts and free wifi - can't get better than that. I do wish they put slices of strawberries in the acai bowl instead of blending them into the actual acai, but the bananas and honey do make up for it.
I wish they would have a complete list of their nutritional value....for some reason they have conspicuously left off the sugar content of their bowls, but have every other nutritional value under the sky. And as a side note, they get their bananas from Wal-Mart. I really hate wal-mart and everything they stand for, but I wont go as far as to boycott Thrive.
The owners are super nice, the atmosphere is great, the prices are competitive, and its really the only acai bowl place that you will find in the gilbert area. Give it a try!