Hilo Homemade Ice Cream

Yum yum!!! MacNut & Toasted Coconut… get some before they close this location on 10÷31÷14! The single scoop can be ½ of 2 flavors and its huge!!! They are super friendly and you can sample all the flavors!

Local fruit sorbets and ice cream. Very tasty and friendly service. Our whole family enjoyed this treat.

Denise and Stacy are genuinely kind people who have really showed us the true meaning of living the aloha spirit. I hate to mention this on my review, but it is definitely worth knowing. My fiancé and I had a little negative run in before even entering the ice cream shop due to some road rage. Denise and Stacy saw what was going on outside of their shop and once the little argument ended, my fiancé were finally able to go inside to just get some ice cream in peace. Denise and Stacy completely comforted us as we told them what happened. They were very kind with their words towards us. We initially wanted to come in for shaved ice, but they unfortunately ran out and we ended up getting their other delicious ice creams which were the chocolate and coconut sorbet! They gave it to us on the house because of what happened to me and my fiancé. I will definitely be coming back here not only for the ice cream, but for the kind friendship and hospitality that these women showed us! :)

The place was so good! Four stars only because they don’t ship to other islands and I’m unfortunately from Oahu. Butt hurt!

Their home made ice cream is amazing! Creamy rich and full of flavor. The staff were friendly and helpful. They were generous with their samples so you can pick just the right flavor. It was the perfect treat to cool us off

Yummy! Loved the ginger and kona coffee. You can taste test all the wonderful tropical flavors of the island and the servers were very nice!

Interesting flavors and they’re happy to give you a sample of anything you want to try! I had the taro, the lilikoi (passionfruit — favorite!), ginger and Kona Coffee (intense!).
There is a beautiful Hawaiian garden in the back that you can explore while you have your ice cream, and it is nestled right between a couple of gorgeous beaches with tide pools (particularly Carlsmith, my favorite).

Freaking amazing ice cream.
Not your typical ice cream joint. Kinda out of the way, Meaning out of the touristy area, which I love. Wasn’t sure if my smart phone was taking me to the right place but I put my trust in Siri a d glad I did.
Cool little hipster place with a dozen or so flavours of ice cream. The ones I settled on, Lilikoi Cheesecake and Ginger.
You can sit in the back where we discovered a tropical garden and enjoyed our ice cream as well as amazing tropical flowering trees and flowers.
This place is a hidden gem and worth the trip. I’ll be back!

The ice cream is awesome, and out back are sublime tropical gardens. A full 5-​stars for this hidden gem!

Small shop. Great service. Can taste test most flavors and has a beautiful covered outdoor area to eat and a garden out back for a post ice cream stroll. We got a 3 scoop bowl with 4 flavors and the highlights were the Pahoa Berry (never had anything like it! – apparently a local favorite) and Salted Mac Nut. Would come here again!

The place is off the beaten path but worth the drive. Its the best ice cream I’ve ever had. Got volcano and mud pie flavors for $ 3.75.

This place is delicious and love how it’s on the way to and from the beach. Perfect location and cute store front.
They have a great selection of homemade ice creams, in which many flavors are the ones Hawaii is known for. Usually I get the three scoops and share with a friend, but last time I just got a single scoop. They hook it up! It was more like 2 scoops and enjoyed every bit of it. The salted caramel Mac nut is so good! Very rich and creamy.
Perfect place to stop on the way home from the beach

Good cheap ice cream! Special shoutout to Diana Lyn M because I was browsing the photos and saw a dragonfruit cone. I thought to myself, «that looks HELLA good». Low and behold, the one and only picture I opened was posted by my friend (who didn’t even tell me about this place!). It was a clear sign that great minds think alike.
They were very nice about giving samples, but I didn’t want to take advantage of it. I tried the (salted) mac nut and lychee. A single comes with two scoops, but since lychee is my most favorite flavor ever, I got both scoops of lychee in a sugar cone and cup. Plus a hot dog.
Take your ice cream and enjoy it with some R&R on Coconut Island!

I tasted 3 flavors of ice cream at Hilo Homemade Ice Cream and I’m wildly in love with all 3 flavors! Kona coffee, Lilikoi, and Ginger all tasted fantastic!
I got the Ginger and the Lilikoi. It’s $ 3.50 for a single and you get 2 flavors which is like 2 scoops in my opinion.
Wish I could get these flavors back home! I highly recommend this little place. (-; The flavors taste natural, and not artificial. Many of the restaurants and cafés in the Hilo area get their ice cream from Hilo Homemade Ice Cream.

best ice cream in Hilo! I recommend the poha or green tea! The only drawback is the lack of a nice sitting area. The lounge from the hostel next door kind of ruins the experience… its hard to enjoy your ice cream when you’re swatting mosquitos!

The staff is really nice and the ice cream is so good. I got the Kona Coffee! I’m glad I decided to stop by this place!

On our way back to town after snorkeling at Richardson’s, we decided to stop by here to check out the ice cream and shave ice selection. I wasn’t in the mood for ice cream, but figured stopping to browse wouldn’t hurt. The selection is amazing! Sorbet AND ice cream. One very interesting sorbet flavor available that day was dragonfruit! Tempting for its originality. But I opted for the mud pie ice cream flavor — cookies n cream PLUS Kona coffee. The proprietor mentioned mud pie is a very popular flavor. My boyfriend opted for the macadamia nut flavor (what, no chocolate?). We decided to get waffle cones for our ice cream, and we headed out back to enjoy the garden. Pretty cool shop! Plan to stop by again whenever we visit Hilo!

Let me start off by saying that I strictly follow the rules originally set by the LesliAnn college of eating (or maybe there are other like-​minded people that think like me and would agree… I’m pretty sure there must be because what I’m about to say seems so obvious). Anyways, the rule is you eat Shave ice (ice shave in Hilo) in the afternoon after the beach, and you eat ice cream at night time, like after the movies. This is the way of the world that I grew up, and my taste buds have come to reflect that. My whole paradigm shifted when I visited that little town of Hilo.
Fresh off a visit to Richardson Beach, our tour guide of a friend literally challenged my rule by driving our forerunner right in front of the door. Being the adventurer/​nosy person I am, OF COURSE I had to go in, since I was already there (thats always my excuse). Who am I kidding anyways, I was planning to just «look at the different flavors.» Next thing I know I have several sample spoons in my hand.
I found myself with a major dilemma at hand. I liked more than one flavor but the angel on my right shoulder was telling me one scoop was enough (Portion control people!). I wanted salted mac nut AND blue lagoon. The first flavor is perfect for after the beach when you’re craving a little bit of sodium, and crunch. Blue Lagoon is vanilla ice cream with MandM’s inside and dyed blue, which just overall wins because its so pretty (I’m a sucker for bright colors, and «pretty» flavors, I eat with my eyes boo!)
I want/​need both NOW. The friendly lady behind the cashier didn’t miss a beat at my dilemma. She said, «did you know you can get half one flavor and half another to equal one scoop?»
NO…WAY. SERIOUSLY??? JACKPOT!
Loved the ice cream, felt like it had flavor, but not too overly sweetened. enjoyed every freaking bite. They had classics, but also many interesting flavors, sherbets, like blueberry cheesecake to poha berry to lilikoi and more, depending on your mood. I would definitely return. You can also buy pint size for later to share with the fam bam.

Pretty sure all I can say is yuuuuummmmooo!!!
If you go you should also check out the garden & campground in the back… really pretty but watch out for the mosquitoes!

my favorite: Haupia (coconut) or cookies and cream in a waffle cone.
Been here a bunch of times while a Hilo resident. Best ice cream on the island! It’s been over a year since my last visit, but I’m sure to stop by here this weekend.
Many different flavors to choose from! They also have shave ice too! Reasonable prices.
Right on the Hilo beach run, you won’t miss it on the left hand side. They have a private parking lot and it’s free to park.
If you’re planning on visiting Hilo, you must stop by here and get a scoop for yourself! Hilo homemade ice cream is yummy!