Ilya Health Bar - South Melbourne

I had purchased the Groupon voucher as I love smoothie bowls so I wanted to try them and wow was I surprised at the portion size of it! I got the super green smoothie and was amazed at how much smoothie there was in it as I find that a lot of places don’t actually give you too much smoothie liquid and more toppings instead. What’s even better was the taste of it! So creamy and yummy. Also got some of the vegan treats for the boyfriend but they were too filling and heavy for my liking. Service was really friendly as well. Can’t wait to be back and try the rest of the smoothie bowls!

I stumbled on this while searching for a healthy lunch option and with the word ‘health’ in the venue name I figured it fit the bill. The offerings pretty much consist of frozen yoghurt, raw treats, smoothies or smoothie bowls. Lunch fell into smoothie bowl territory which were all priced at $15. I opted for chocolate peanut butter (because of the peanut butter) which was definitely the least health sounding of the range but baby steps right? I loved the rawnola and dates on top. Will definitely be back for more

I remember when finding something healthy on the go meant you had to choke down a crappy Maccas salad or just pretend you weren’t hungry. But now, you can’t drive through a bigger Melbourne suburb and not be flooded with a choice of health-conscious cafes and restaurants. Now this is a trend I can rally around.

A cute store that's great for unwinding with mellow themed colours and decorations accompanied by friendly staff. The store's offerings is great for a healthy treat with options like delicious fat free and sugar free frozen yoghurt, smoothies, and superfood bowl. We tried all 5 flavours of yoghurt on offer for the day (matcha, chai, original, lime, and chocolate). The textures of the chai, matcha, and lime was like sorbet. The chocolate was thick and very rich with cocoa. We enjoyed the yoghurt and our selection of toppings (coconut, chocolate coated goji berries, passionfruit compote, raw mix, rawnola). The pink passion smoothie was energising; it did took a few sips to get past the original shock of the taste due to the protein powder and mix of berries. We also enjoyed the occasional suprise in most sips as it came with a piece of coconut/goji/bits of berries.

There are two stores one in South Melbourne and the other in Elsternwick. RNIS bought a Groupon for $9 to spend $15 at this place for one visit and the other visit they paid for it themselves. Here not only do they do froyos, the South Melbourne store has salads and other raw and vegan desserts. Plus they use stevia which is a sweetener for those health addicts. They use real fruit and the less sweetened pearls unlike the bubble tea places in the city.