Aqua S

Found this cute little ice cream place near Westfield. They change their flavors often and I got the sea salt with melon flavor. It was a great combo with the toasted marshmallow. If I ever go to Sydney again, I would definitely stop by this place to try out their new flavors.

Aqua S is very unique and I would not have expected to enjoy the flavors but they were really quite good and I would definitely recommend you give it a try it is something like you’ve never had before.

Aesthetics, as others have mentioned, are on point. IG pics drew me in to this place, and after leaving with a pretty IG photo in hand (or more appropriately, on my phone), I was pretty satisfied that it had delivered what I had expected.
I tried the Sea Salt /​Tiramisu swirl with the toasted marshmallow. Cotton candy had unfortunately run out. The Tiramisu portion was ok, but I really liked the Sea Salt part! And you can’t really go wrong with the marshmallow.
All in all, a little pricey for ice cream, but I’m still glad I went.

I had been excited to try it here after seeing picture after picture of their beautiful soft serve ice cream floating in fluffy cotton candy. I went to the Sydney location which was small. They only had 5 flavors. None had chocolate. One was «pumpkin soup» another was some type of tea flavor, one was a lime flavor and another was their standard salty caramel flavor which is bright blue. I got all salty caramel because there was nothing that I wanted to twist it with. I chose to get it floating in fairy floss and with a grilled marshmallow stick in it. It was good and tasty. the salty caramel was creamy and perfectly sweet and salty. However I probably would not go back. I didn’t think it was anything exciting. The fairy floss was just weird to have with ice cream. If the flavors were less strange it might be better! I do recommend trying it and seeing for yourself though because it’s a fun concept and you might like it more than I did!

Well I am excited to say I’m a Aqua S fan! YUM I would never think I would like such flavours but wow so delicious.
Unfortunately the fairy floss machine wasn’t working but I’ll be back try it next time!

Aqua S is always buzzing with people, and now I see why. Their signature sea salt ice cream (baby blue in color) is absolutely delightful to the eyes and to the tongue. The stark difference in colors from the soft serves versus the (black) cone just works, and the girly girl fell in love at first sight. Toppings include fairy floss (HUUUUGE enough to devour your hand), roasted marshmallow, poprocks, caramel popcorn and mochi to name a few.
The flavors apparently change every couple of weeks, and I was lucky enough to drop in when earl grey and tofu were being featured. The mix of earl grey and sea salt ($ 4) was a little sweet, a tad bit salty, both creamy and all kinds of delicious! First lick, I thought I would want more by the end of it; at the last bite, I was completely satisfied and had no feelings of a sugar overload.
The only negative I could possibly think of was the limited amount of space. There were 3 tables, and barely enough walking space for people exiting and people waiting for their orders to be completed. Otherwise the staff was extremely efficient and had my cones done for me a minute after ordering.

Way. Over. Rated. The ice cream is soft serve but it’s more watery than a McDonald’s soft serve — not acceptable. I tried their tiramisu x sea salt cone and from what I understand, that is considered one of their most popular combos/​flavors. Highly disappointing.
Looks better than it tastes. Instagram worthy but not tummy worthy.

I stumbled across this place after seeing people wandering around with these pastel coloured soft serves. Thank you universe because my partner and I loved their sea salt soft serve. Their grape slushie is also amazing and reminds me the sour grape fanta slurpee that McDonalds had over summer. There isn’t much seating within in the store but there are benches around town hall. Like others have mentioned it does melt on the fast side but hey just encouragement to eat faster

After walking past this place every time I’m in Sydney, I decided to see what all the fuss was about! Definitely a fun and interesting experience to have which satisfied my dessert craving after dinner! Love the pastel colours in store and the flavours they experiment with.
Unfortunately pumpkin soup was the only other flavour they had when I was there but it was still worth a try. Not so sure if I’ll choose this over Chanoma though (but only cos I have a thing for matcha ;p) Pretty glad there was no queue this time too!

If you see a flavor you want to try you better hop on that cause they change their flavors every two weeks. I think the only consistent flavor is the sea salt?
I was in Australia for a month and had the opportunity to try the sea salt, mandarin, Belgium chocolate, and mojito flavors. I liked the sea salt/​mandarin combination the best! You can get it with cool toppings like you see on insta. The popcorn tastes the best in my opinion! The candy floss just becomes a hassle to eat.
The flavors can be a hit or miss, but I chose to give this place 4 stars because it’s unique and fun.

OMG I love love loved this place! This place was one of the reasons why I went to Sydney. I first saw photos of the pretty ice cream cones on instagram and knew I had to come here and check this place out!
We were lucky enough to come when the flavors changed (they change flavors every 2 weeks) so were able to try 4 flavors! The ice cream here is so pretty. The sea salt is so delicious and it works really well with the other flavors.
Milo with sea salt — My favorite! I love milo and the sea salt with it was so amazing. Definitely a must.
Mojito — this was okay. Actually my least favorite.
Rose with sea salt — I love anything rose and this with the sea salt was also amazing.
Taro with sea salt — Same for this. I love taro and this was really really good.
Definitely check this place out if you are in the area!

After all the Instagram posts… I finally made my way here. I ordered Belgian chocolate and sea salt in a cup. It was good soft serve ice cream, but nothing I’d crave for (unlike a certain famous gelato place) and I found that I quickly got tired of it. I couldn’t finish it.
My friends ordered theirs with toasted marshmallow, they said it was just like regular marshmallow, but it looked pretty so they wanted to take photos with it. Haha. They do have this cloud-​looking wall which is perfect for photo taking and social media sharing.

I didn’t do it for the ‘gram.
…Alright, so I lied. I sorta did, but I also really enjoyed it.
Love was at first sight many months ago when I came across a photo of a duo-​colored soft serve with a cotton candy embellishment and caramel popcorn and toasted marshmallow – could they have gotten me to drool any more?! So, there I was, sitting at home (10,000 miles away, FYI), thinking how I could ever get my hands on this without getting off my ass and going through TSA and flying 24 hours.
When I booked my tickets to spend NYE in Sydney, I immediately jotted this as part of my itinerary – «PRIORITY: MUST DO». I WAS FINALLY GOING TO GET MY HANDS ON THAT BEAUTIFUL PIECE OF DESSERT. The day finally came and I was really in luck – one of their special flavors of the week was tofu. I’ve never had tofu soft serve but I knew it was going to be good – and it was. Sooo good, I went back the next day. The sea salt was surprisingly really good; sure, the pink color was pretty, but it went really well with the tofu flavor and balanced the soy flavor out. The faerie floss was super humongous and it was pretty good quality and not the type that will dissolve almost immediately as soon as you yank it out. I scooped some ice cream out with it one at a time and it was not messy at all – this, coming from someone who usually is. I wasn’t really a fan of the popcorn, but the toasted marshmallow was delicious and is placed on chocolate pocky stick, just like a lollipop!
On both occasions, I got the cone but I really wish I got the cup because it looks like you get more out of it. Looking back, I wish I got the tofu soft serve solely on my second visit. Plus, it was not very expensive at all, given the hype and popularity of this place – $ 4 for the soft serve, and each topping was an additional $ 1. Super cute concept and the staff was nice and they get started on making your order immediately as you order. Can’t wait to come back in the future! Hopefully, they will expand out of Australia (*tsk *tsk).

I was subconsciously tricked into coming in here. After reading so many travel brochures, magazines and blogs I kept seeing this image of blue and pink soft served ice cream over and over again. I somehow stumbled upon Aqua S on a late night venture for food in Sydney and lone and behold, I found my Instagram opportunity for the day.
The place was packed with college kids but they didn’t loiter too long (thankfully). There’s about 2 tables for seating. Obviously I ordered the sea salt and ribena swirl. However due to the lack of having an Australian Asian accent, they gave me sea salt and banana instead. (My American accent doesn’t work well in Asian operated food establishments for some reason. Nobody ever understands what I’m saying.) I had doubts when I was a given a blue and yellow swirl cone since I was pretty sure ribena would be pink or purple. I took a bite and yup, definitely banana. Luckily the staff was accommodating. They fixed my order so I still got my ribena ice cream after all. No, I didn’t score a free cone of sea salt and banana swirl. They took it back and threw in the trash right in front of me. What a waste of food, am I right? But perhaps it’s more of a morals kind of thing. Who knows? Shrugs*
I gotta say, the ice cream kind of lives up to its hype. Creamy, not too sweet and very true to the flavor. Sea salt is exactly how I imagined it to taste (I don’t get why it’s blue though but hey it’s pretty.) Out of the two, I preferred ribena over sea salt just because it’s one of my favorite drinks.
FYI, any Americans who decide to come here, make sure you pronounce ribena as RY — BEN — AH.

First time trying Aqua S last night. Originally wanted to try Chanoma but they were so packed we decided to put it on the back burner for another time.
Got the sea salt and matcha latte flavours.
Ice cream was so creamy and flavours on point. Very strong, my friend wasn’t too keen but I somehow managed to finish the large which for me is a rarity that I hesitate on finishing dessert merely because of the size. Would definitely get again depending on flavours available. Great alternative if you don’t feel like gelato.

If you wanted to jump on the band wagon, do certainly go ahead and try it. It is definitely not a bad ice cream place. The sea salt flavour in particular is quite interesting.
However, all the marshmallow, etc are really just hype… Ultimately it’s just soft serve so don’t expect it’s change your life.
The fair point is that they do give a decent ice cream, but just haven’t got the wow factor.

These walls are the colour of their sea salt cone! Wish the staff cleaned the tables more since it’s a pretty busy and popular joint. I had the banana milkshake and sea salt come with a burnt marshmallow. It was exactly what I thought it was going to taste. The marshmallow was on a chocolate covered pocky stick which was a pleasant surprise!
Definitely different from your usual ice cream joint with the different types of toppings. The toppings do cost extra. It’s $ 3.80 for just the cone, $ 5.80 for one topping, $ 6.30 for two and $ 8 for all of them. It gets pretty pricey after all the toppings but if you’re only here once might as well try them all! They’re great for Instagram pics ;)

What’s smooth, blue and tastes as cool as the beach? It’s of course Aqua S sea salt ice cream! I’ve bookmarked this place for a long time and finally had the chance to take that bloody blue sky clouded background Instagram pic.
It’s really everything I expected — it had to looks, it had the taste and it was ridiculously creamy, like so mind blowing. The sea salt flavour at first is a bit hmm but it quickly grows on you.
They change their flavours every 2 weeks so make sure you check Instagram to see what they’ve got! I had the mango and chocolate brownie flavours this time round but I’ve heard that the black sesame is a favourite too. At $ 3.80, it’s probably worth giving up your morning bought coffee to try this place out!

Like most adults I know, I’ve loved ice cream from an early age, and soft serve is one of my two favourite types of ice cream.
I let the ladies behind the counter order for me and wound up with a sea salt with milo soft serve cup with sweet popcorn topping. A great way to finish off a Friday lunch.
I just wish there was more song and dance at Aqua S. My visit was rather uneventful for something so playful. I think I was expecting lab coats and liquid nitrogen a la N2. As it was, I received a good ice ice cream, which isn’t really something I can complain about.

I was at the heart of the Froyo craze not long ago, and naturally embraced Aqua S when it first opened. Why I decided to review it now was because it never left an impression on me, until very recently.
One word: Milo.
That, and the Espresso flavor are my top. Nothing else needs to be said.