Yogelato
Oman is a small country on the Arabian Peninsula with a population of 4.576 million. The capital, Muscat, is the largest city, with a population of 797,000. The next largest cities are Seeb and Salalah. Over half the population is Arab. Arabic is the official language. Incomes are high, with 84% of revenues coming from oil.
Froyo shops arrived relatively late to Oman and self-serve froyo is relatively rare in Oman. However, the first froyo shop in Oman was a self-serve froyo and gelato shop called Yogelato at Muscat Grand Mall. Yogelato was a new brand created by Oman’s Gulf Brands, a subsidiary of Al Madina Financial and Investment. Their goal was to open Yogelato in neighboring countries. Yogelato opened in 2012 and closed in 2021.
Pinkberry opened its first international outlet in Kuwait in 2009 and other branches followed throughout the Middle East. The first Pinkberry opened in Oman in 2014, setting off the froyo craze. Juice chains like Fun Juice and Tropical Juices started offering froyo in 2015-2016. Multi-national froyo chains entered Oman, including Yogurberry (2014), Yogorino (2016), Red Mango (2019), and Yogurtland (2018).
Today, there are nearly 60 places to get froyo in Oman, with most of these at malls in Muscat.
Places To Get Froyo
- Bubble Lab, a bubble tea concept, has five branches, but the Mall of Muscat branch is the only one that carries froyo. Bubble Lab started serving froyo this year.
- Donjons, Elodea Project Shop No.147 Azaiba, Muscat, opened in June 2024. Donjons was founded in India and is counter-serve. They’re known for their froyo sundaes.
- Frozen Beanz, which serves coffee, ice cream, and (counter-serve) froyo, opened in Qurum Beach, an upscale suburb of Muscat, in June 2022.
- Frozen Beanz in Bawshar, Muscat opened in 2020.
- Frozen Beanz in Alkhoud, Muscat opened in 2022.
- Fun Juice has 14 branches in Oman. The juice concept serves juices, smoothies, milkshakes, and froyo. The first Instagram post was made in 2015, and the first image of froyo was posted in 2015. Fun Juice has locations throughout the Middle East. The branches are:
1. Al Khoud
2. Ghubrah
3. Bousher
4. Barka
5. Muscat
6. Muscat
7. Muscat
8. Mabelah
9. Nizwa
10. Seeb
11. Seeb
12. Seeb
13. Seeb
14. Sohar - Fresh Fuel, Sahem Heights, serves fresh fruit, juices, smoothies, coffee, acai, ice cream, and froyo. The shop opened in April 2022.
- Pinkberry, Oman Avenues Mall in Muscat opened in 2019.
- Pinkberry, City Centre Muscat, opened in 2014. It was the first Pinkberry to open in Oman.
- RouB Premium Frozen Yogurt, Mall of Muscat, Seeb, launched in 2022 at the Mall of Muscat. It’s a partnership between Yogoo! UK and local entrepreneurs from Oman. The counter-serve shop offers froyo, smoothies, and bubble waffles.
- Tropical Juices & Ice Cream @tropicaloman does offer froyo and has 25 branches. The extensive menu includes juices, milkshakes, ice cream, fruit salad, cheesecake, popsicles, chai, etc. With so many branches and such a wide menu, we’re not sure which branches offer froyo (perhaps they all do) currently.
- YogArt opened at Al Araimi Blvd in Muscat in 2021. YogArt is a counter-serve froyo chain with six locations in Oman.
- YogArt opened at Mall of Oman in Muscat in October 2023.
- YogArt opened at Salalah Gardens Mall in Salalah in January 2022.
- YogArt opened at A’Dahariz Beach in Salalah in July 2022.
- YogArt opened at Al Mouj St in Muscat in June 2022.
- YogArt opened at Water-Front in Muscat in 2021.
- Yogurtland, the US-based self-serve froyo chain, opened at Muscat City Centre in February 2018.
- Yogurtland opened at Mall of Muscat in May 2019.
- Yogurtland opened at Oman Avenues Mall in Muscat in May 2019.
Closed Froyo Shops
- Cherry & Berry, Bareeq Al Shatti, Muscat, was a self-serve froyo shop that opened in 2015 and seems to have closed in 2016.
- Juice & Crepe, 3361 Seeb OM Seeb, was a juice, crepe & froyo shop in Seeb that opened in November 2022. The last review was a year ago.
- Pinkberry, Mall of Muscat in Seeb may have been open from 2019 – 2022.
- Red Mango, Al khuwair 133 Muscat, opened in 2019. Red Mango offered yogurt, smoothies, and juice in a counter-serve format.
- Red Mango, 1 Dauhat Al Adab St, Muscat, was last reviewed two years ago.
- Smoothie Factory opened at Oman Avenues Mall in Muscat in 2017. Part of a large international chain, Smoothie Factory served smoothies, juices, waffles, salad, and froyo. The last IG post was in 2020.
- Smoothie Factory opened at Al Athaiba in Muscat in 2018. It had closed by 2020.
- Smoothie Factory opened at Al-Koud in Muscat in 2019.
- Yogorino, Al Khuwair 968 Muscat, opened in Muscat in April 2015. The last post on Instagram was in 2019. Yogorino is based in Italy and serves Italian frozen yogurt and gelato.
- Yogland, opened in Muscat in 2018, offering high protein and no sugar added options. The chain was founded in the UK. The only posts were made in 2018.
- Yogelato, Dauhat Al Adab St, was a self-serve froyo shop at the Muscat Grand Mall that may have been open from 2012 – 2021. The gelato was not self-serve.
- Yogoo! Natural Frozen Yogurt, , شارع الفروسيه، السيب،. was a froyo shop in Seeb. Yogoo! Was founded in the UK. While it’s still listed on the Yogoo website, the only reviews were in 2018 – 2020. Perhaps it was renamed Roub?
- Yogurberry, Muscat, Oman, was a counter-serve froyo shop serving froyo, waffles, pancakes, and smoothies. It was part of the international franchise from South Korea, the first FB post in 2014, and the last in 2021.
Want to see the froyo shops of Oman? Check out our Pinterest board, Froyo in Oman.
Did we miss any froyo places in Oman? Let us know.
