Donovan H.
Yelp
If you're looking for an alternative to "Jamba", "Nektar", and "Vitality Bowls", then I highly recommend checking out "Sunlife Organics". The majority of their brick-and-mortar locations are in California (mainly in LA) but also in Floirda, Illinois, Nevada, Tennessee, and Texas. As far as their selection, it is vast with dozens upon dozens of items to choose from. You have your choice of creating a customizable shake, fruit smoothie, bowl, shot, coffee/tea, pressed juice, and a respectable amount of food. Orders can be submitted online or during your visit while in the store.
The location I am focusing on is along Santa Monica Blvd. inside the Westfield Century City outdoor shopping mall in Los Angeles, CA. This location has been in operation since 2018 while Sunlife Organics started as a company in 2011. I came here during the morning of Saturday 7/27/2024 at around 11:35am. Parking can be found in one of the many levels in this upscale shopping center and if you happen to bring your vehicle here, you are given the first 2 hours free to shop, eat, and enjoy your time here. The hours are 8am-8pm seven days a week so you can more or less get what you want anytime of day.
The interior of this place is quite spacious with plenty of room to enjoy your food or drink. What I particularly liked was their merchandise walls where you can purchase hats, clothes, books, protein powders, candles, and other unique items. They also have dedicated salads-to-go, pastries, bottled juices/waters, and other various snacks for sale. After narrowing down the menu, I finally settled with the "Hawaiian Bowl" (priced at $13.95). This included açai sorbet topped with granola, bananas, strawberries and coconut shreds. Total time from ordering to receiving my bowl only took about 5 minutes.
As far as the overall taste, everything was delicious and very fresh while being a very large serving which gives you your money's worth. However, it lacked with the base toppings as there wasn't any peanut/almond better, honey, chia seeds, or other added necessities that I've had at other similar places. Not a big deal but this was more plain than expected. But it was very good while the service, ambiance, and prices were quite reasonable. With that said and done, I am giving the Century City "Sunlife Organics" an above average four-star rating.