Crema's Take
“Power Café built its reputation on smoothies, but they're fighting a reputation for inconsistency and operational chaos—watered-down drinks, missing orders, staff turnover that means the same smoothie tastes completely different depending on who's making it, and wait times that can stretch to 45 minutes. A few regulars defend the prices and selection, but most recent reviews cite disappointment with quality and frustration when they've complained to staff. Skip this one unless you're willing to gamble on whether today's shift can actually execute.”
What to expect
Specialty coffee. Quick-grab spot.
Google Reviews
See all on Google →45 minute wait for a smoothie, takes them 10 minutes to make each one and then they lose half of the orders.
The smoothies were so bad they tasted like very watered down fruit. On the menu it said the smoothie I got had yogurt in it and I could tell it did not, the smoothie I had gotten was strawberry banana. There was barely any banana, won’t come here again.
The worst smoothies. I hate leaving reviews but honestly was very disappointed not only with the smoothie itself but when I addressed being unsatisfied to staff they only told me their blenders can’t hold much fruit at all and they are either only allowed to add just a little…
I hope that the manager will read this review. I love to get my smoothie from this place, however everytime I go a different person makes it and of course it can vary from tasteless to super good and tasty. One day I ordered PBnJ smoothie and the lady put half banana from two…
Great selection of smoothies at a reasonable price. Service is always quick. My big issue is how inconsistent the individual employees are. Depending on the day, the same smoothie could be completely liquid or nearly ice cream. It's frustrating.
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