Glacé Artisan Ice Cream

LOVED the ice cream here! They often change the flavors (they have a couple that are always the same though), which is fun and always different! I love all the ice creams they make with biscoff cookies and the caramelized pineapple is one of my favs. The waffle cones are fresh and delicious. The sundae toppings are all amazing (love the pecan topping!!) and the whipped cream is fresh. Def check out this place.

It’s just so good. The flavors rotate frequently, so you can always try something new and seasonal. The service is friendly and they will let you try samples so you can decide on what would make a good combo.
(They also have a good selection of flavors to take home.)
The only thing I could suggest would be to have the bowls with the little dividers — on a hot day, the flavors start to melt together.

There are plenty of places that can make ice cream, but it is rare to find a place that makes extraordinary ice cream. Glacé ice cream is definitely extraordinary, delicious, creamy, and satisfying. I love their selection — some flavors are more towards the «typical side», but have higher quality than their competitors, such as bananas foster, PT’s coffee, and Christopher Elbow Dark Chocolate. Other flavors are unusual, some of which I have never even seen or tasted before. These include goat cheese & wildflower honey, rosemary caramel, and biscoff, cherry, & chocolate flake. I especially love food when its creators treat it like an art. Glacé Ice Cream is definitely artistic (as well as artisan) ice cream.

Came here for dessert. Got two scoops of the peanut butter/​chocolate swirl. The tiniest scoops I’d ever seen in my ice cream eating career.
Wife got the cherry root beer float with some sort of vanilla — i tried it and it just tasted off. She tossed it in the garbage after a few bites.
Prices too high for what you get. Coldstone tastes better.

Meh. This is a tragically average ice cream shop that boasts a few unusual flavors for those of us with adventurous tastebuds. I tried the pistachio halva and fleur de sel caramel and thought both of them were just ok. The flavor was good, but the ice cream texture was off and it came off as dry instead of creamy. My boyfriend (ever the traditionalist with sweet treats) had a scoop of chocolate which is advertised as being made with Christopher Elbow chocolate. He said it was good, but nothing outstanding as well. Glacé was fun to try, but if I’m in the mood to waste calories, I’ll likely waste them elsewhere in the future.

Every time we come back to Glacé for an ice cream treat I am reminded that quality ingredients truly make the difference. This is the gold standard of ice cream. If you’re going to indulge, make it worthwhile and head to Glacé. The flavors are constantly changing, but you’ll also always find the staples, vanilla bean, salted caramel and Christopher Elbow dark chocolate. My standby favorite goat cheese and honey was only available in take out containers (not that I couldn’t eat a pint, haha) so I tried the Persian Spice — so excited that I stepped outside my box and now have a new favorite! Paired with salted caramel and I’m once again in ice cream heaven.

The ice cream was good.

Cream Cheese Ice Cream wat wat! Like cream cheese icing that once you’ve had it, you only eat that from here on out (otherwise know as crack) Let me say the only issue I have is typically there is only 1 person working which makes all the crack fiends inline get mean. Hire more people or make it self serve and weigh us on the way out.

There’s not much to this place: very well-​made ice cream in both traditional and non-​traditional flavors. The ice cream is always amazing, but be sure you sample some of the most oddball flavors before you commit to a whole scoop.
The one complaint I have is that the front area is very small and can get awfully cramped when business is booming. That said, most people (myself and my friends included) typically take their ice cream to go, so the cluttered mass of patrons doesn’t really bother or affect me that much.
However, if you’re the kind who’d rather buy your ice cream then sit and eat, you may need to time your visits so that you go during a slower period.
VERY HIGHLY Recommended

Glacé is my FAVORITE decadent Kansas City ice cream treat! Always inventive flavors, always cheerful staff that doesn’t mind giving as many samples as it takes to pick from the amazing options. I’d go there every day if my diet allowed it. Highly recommend if you like ice cream!

Glacé is 1 out of 2 of my favorite ice cream places in all of Kansas City. I frequent the place quite often, and I’ve never had a disappointing visit in terms of the quality of the ice cream. I try to visit during off hours to get the best service, otherwise the employees are rather irritable and frazzled with people sampling. Though it seems like there are no off hours because there always seems to be people in line before us and after us no matter when we arrive — even in the winter.
I’m not going to take off a star for the service because the ice cream far outweighs the issue. I love the new flavors they’re always creating, which is the first thing I make a beeline for. They usually have customer favorites in the freezer at all times, but I’m all about the limited batches of «exotic» flavors.
For those familiar with Christopher Elbow Chocolates, this is essentially the ice cream version of that — as this is his ice cream shop. Though I think the ice cream is a much better buy in terms of satisfaction when comparing happiness after eating chocolate or ice cream. Don’t get me wrong, I still love CE chocolates, but my wallet won’t feel the same guilt as devouring a $ 30 box of chocolate.
Overall: 4.5÷5
Food: ⁵⁄₅
Service: 3.5÷5
Atmosphere: ³⁄₅

Went here on a bitterly cold day so it wasn’t busy. I tried several different types of ice cream and picked out 2 of my faves. Unfortunately, I didn’t get a picture because my hands were so cold and I could not stop shaking but, needless to say the ice cream was great. I got the cinnamon kind and sea salt caramel kind. The cinnamon I thought was really well done and had a nice balance between sweet and cinnamon. The sea salt caramel I thought was pretty salty but still very flavorful.

Oh my I can’t even decide where to begin. This place is SO good, best. Gelato. Ever. First off they’re a local Supporting business which is awesome, they buy local and sometimes they’re flavors represent KC, Boulevard flavors! A bit pricey but it’s worth every penny if you ask me. It’s a cozy environment, they have a rewards card that gives you money back! Aka free gelato (this is great when you go often) and they are always so nice and patient and let you try everything! Go to Glacé! I highly highly recommend. Best place is KC to eat desert!

2 stars may be a bit rough since I didn’t completely hate the ice cream but after the young man who served us was rude, he made the decision easy.
My wife and I went here twice in one day and the second time sealed the rating… this place is highly over rated by Unilocalers!
Pros:
The business claims fresh and local ingredients.
They had some unique Flavors. The lavender-​lemon was a tasty floral flavor which surprised me and the cream cheese tastes like plain cheesecake in a scoop.
They offered fresh waffle cones.
Cons:
They are expensive! The scoops are very small compared to… say…Sylas and Maddies in Olathe and Lawrence which also does home made ice cream and fresh waffle cones. (FYI– So much better! Worth the trip!) 3 baby scoops is almost $ 5 and 2 are $ 3.75. If your thinking that doesn’t sound to outrageous then you may think differently when you look down at your 3 scoop cup and can still see the bottom of the cup around the perfect 1.25″ cylinder scoops. My wife’s reaction to the single scoop in a cup was, and I quote «oh my, (giggle) look how cute it is, it’s a baby scoop.» Not cool!
The ice cream was only ok. Mainly because we felt that it was too rich. The Flavors were super sweet and fleur de sel was hyper salty! The caramalized pineapple was good but once again too sweet! It’s as if they rely on intense sugar
or salt to carry the flavor instead of the cream and so called fresh ingredients. The largest disappointment was the sweet cream. I love Sylas and Maddies sweet cream. It tastes like you took real whipping cream and just the right amount of sugar and made a milky sweet delicious ice cream. Glacé missed the mark here as well. It tasted extremely sweet and unbearably rich and anything but natural and fresh. I was extremely disappointed.
The final disappointment was the service. I went earlier and a young woman greeted me as I came in with a friendly smile. Then she left and a young man who doesn’t seem to like his job took over. The first time he was not necessarily rude but not very helpful or likeable. He made me feel like I was bothering him and I only asked to taste 3 Flavors and what Flavors he recommended since this was my first trip. Later that night I returned again as we wanted another scoop of the cream cheese and to give some other Flavors another try and he was a jerk. My wife changed her mind about a flavor and I wanted the scoop on top to be the cream cheese so it didn’t get overtaken by the stronger Flavors and he was irritated. He huffed and said «you guys are killing me.» I may have understood a little if he was frustrated and swamped with customers but we were 2 of maybe 6 people being served in a 15 minute window.
We were excited about this place because we are huge fans of Christopher Elbow artisan chocolates and our opinion is the ice cream and service doesn’t come close to the quality of his chocolates.

Best ice cream shop in KC. The flavors are constantly changing — and the ingredients are all natural. The service is quick and friendly (sample everything)! The Salted Pretzel flavor is way too good.

Whether or not I do anything else when visiting a new city (okay maybe a sligggght exaggeration but you get the idea), it is always one of my missions to find the best ice cream place around if at all possible. So very glad I heeded the recommendation to come here — the ice cream is marvelous! And the flavors are so inventive and interesting!
I got the dark chocolate and the goat cheese and wildflower honey (say that five times fast, eh?), and both were fantastic. I know, I know, goat cheese ice cream sounds a little… odd (read: potentially weird/​gross) right? Welllll, I’m here to tell you it was far from it — on the contrary, it was quite appealing. There were so many other unique flavors that I was dying to try too (bananas foster anyone?!), but alas, I made the mistake of eating dinner prior to coming here so that was out of the question. My only regret is that there isn’t one closer to home — residents of Kansas City, consider yourselves lucky!

These are fantastic flavors. Tasty combinations you don’t regularly see at an ice cream shop. My Carmel pineapple is a good example.

Love this place. The selection is so unusual and so good. The visitor in town said it was the best milkshake he had ever had — salted caramel. I love Christopher Elbow chocolate and the spike or dark ice cream is to die for.
Sooooo good!

I’ve been living in KC for 1 year and 3 months, and I waited 1 year and 3 months too long before coming to this place.
I had heard a lot of great things about Glacé and just recently made it here — oh my YUM. Probably a good thing I don’t live within walking distance, otherwise i would be here A LOT.
They had a pretty decent selection of ice cream flavors, and I liked that there were some classic favorites (vanilla, chocolate, ETA) along with some more unconventional flavors (French lavender, anyone?) I opted for a scoop of the French lavender and a scoop of the fleur de sel caramel. SOOO GOOD. The ice cream is perfectly smooth and creamy and the flavors were on point.
If you haven’t been to Glacé yet… get ye self here ASAP!

High-​quality, inventive ice cream without the sticker shock — life without Glacé is not a life I want to live.
So far, I have been here at least once per month and have had:
— Bananas Foster
— Goat Cheese & Cherries
— French Lavender
— Coconut Sorbet
— Mango Passion Fruit Sorbet
— Salted Pretzel
— Farmer Bob’s Sweet Corn
— Strawberry Balsamic
— Fleur de Sel Caramel
Go treat yoself. You’ll thank me later.

This place offers a great variety of ice cream with unique flavors you won’t find anywhere else. Make sure you get some samples before committing; the decision won’t be easy.
The raspberry chocolate flake and the cream cheese ice cream were amazing. And the Christopher elbow dark chocolate was rich and dense and delicious.
Prices are reasonable, especially considering the quality of their ice cream, about 5.50 for a two scoop sundae.

I don’t want to know how much money I’ve spent here! Their ice cream is on another level that chain ice cream stores just can’t even touch. It melts in your mouth and tastes like it was made that morning. They offer local flavors– like Christopher elbow dark chocolate, and offer new unique flavors every week– like bobs sweet corn!
My personal favorite is the honey lavender because it tastes like walking through a field of flowers on a beautiful breezy summer day. The Christopher elbow chocolate is another standby favorite because it is so rich and creamy! Everything is good however… And they are really nice about letting you try as many flavors as you want! I usually try two and then go with my favorites.

Very good ice cream! I really recommend checking this place out at some point. The ice cream is a lot better than what you can get at a chain place.
Everything is high quality and the price doesn’t seem that bad. I love the new flavor a they always have going on.
They had a corn flavored ice cream when we went and it was SHOCKINGLY good. Highly suggest getting 2 samples before ordering 2 different scoops!
Check something odd out. You won’t regret it.

I don’t know how I could even consider giving Glacé anything less than 5 stars. I heard about this place from an article I read in Thrillist Magazine stating it was the best ice cream in Missouri, so obviously I had to check it out for myself.
Glacé is a culinary experience in my opinion; meaning that its not just typical ice cream you are getting. The flavors and textures are redefining to the palette! I just feel bad for the servers who have to give me samples of every single flavor before being able to decide on just a couple. I have found that there aren’t a ton of ice cream options in KC but thankfully there is one amazing option that would blow any possible competition out of the water. My new favorite go-​to when I have the sweet tooth!
Skip the same old Blue Bunny and drive down to the Plaza and experience some of the best ice cream you will ever taste!

How I don’t weigh 300lbs with Glacé just down the street, I do not know. This place serves some fantastic gelato and sorbets! Their staff is, in general, very nice and cheerful.
They have some old standbys like Fleur de Sel or Christopher Elbow dark chocolate, but the also have a few options that rotate. I saw Pineapple Cilantro sorbet, which sounded so good! I love that the employees don’t mind letting you taste any flavor you want until you’ve made up your mind (which is great for me, the indecisive one). I can’t resist a good waffle cone in the warmer weather… heck, anytime of the year, if I’m being honest! Tonight I got a cone with Caramelized Pineapple and Sicilian (candied orange, pistachio… and smtg else), loved it. I really appreciate that they let you split between two flavors and sometimes more, depending on what size you get. Did I mention I can be indecisive?
They also have pre-​packaged gelato for you to take home in pints for $ 7.50 and they sell Christopher Elbow chocolate bars and coffee.
The quality of the gelato is apparent from the first taste as it melts in your mouth. Don’t waver on your decision, just go. You’ll be glad you did!

I live so close to this place that I’m sure I’ll put on the «Glacé 15». It’s some of the best ice cream in the entire city and they have seemingly endless, creative flavors.
Has anyone else noticed that there is a shockingly low amount of quality ice cream places in Kansas City? There are lots that serve ‘Blue Bunny’ and other store bought ones, but I’m talking about good, local, homemade ice cream. [Side note, I love Sylas & Maddy’s in Lawrence, and that’s the perfect 5 star kind of spot I’m always on the hunt for]
Anyways, Glacé helps fit that need by providing some of the most decadent ice cream flavors I’ve ever tried. Christopher Elbow, the famed KC chocolatier, brings his creative palette into the ice cream world and it’s usually pretty fantastic. Most of the flavors are so rich, almost too rich for me in some regards. Some of my favorites over the years:
–Salted pretzel — I think it’s always available and sort of a key flavor
— Bob’s 47 — This Boulevard beer ice cream is one of their best and is a fall seasonal.
— Chocolate orange — just tried this and it’s amazing.
— All the sorbets — a good balancer when the others are too rich.
I’ve had a few I wasn’t as crazy about, but that’s mainly a personal taste thing.
So TL;DR: Best ice cream in KC, albeit a tad rich. A little goes a long way and you’ll always find an amazing flavor combo here.

Finding good ice cream is always in my agenda when I go to a new city. In Kansas City, Glacé Artisan Ice Cream is what caught my attention, and I refused to leave the city until I have tried their ice cream.
We came in a few minutes after they opened on a Sunday. The employee who helped us obviously has not had coffee yet and was a bit curt. No matter, I just figured she was not expecting anybody to come in until after church. But we are heathens in want of ice cream and were in a rush to get our road trip going. Sorry, miss.
She may have been curt, but she at least did not frown when I asked for a taste of at least ten flavors. Everything was delicious: Vietnamese cinnamon, Elbow dark chocolate, spiced dark chocolate, Farmer Bob’s sweet corn, fleur de sel caramel, French lavender, Mirabelle plum sorbet… If Glacé were near me, I can easily see myself getting these flavors on a regular basis. But for this visit, I settled on goat cheese and wildberry honey, bananas foster, and blackberry chocolate flake. They were all very flavorful and were just the best way to start a day. My friend ordered the special, Lemon Bar Sundae, which came with the lemon curd and salted pretzel ice creams with raspberry sauce, shortbread and whipped cream. It was very refreshing and quite tasty.
It is a shame I do not live in KC. If I did, Glacé would be one of my treats of choice.

Creamy, delicious, milky substance in my mouf.
I was brought to Glacé based on the amazing reviews… though a bit put off by the slightly douchey name. I’m a jerk, I know. Well the guys working in the shop were just so friendly and happy, they had my mind changed right away on Glacé-with-an-accent-artisanal’s frozen desserts. Any aire of snootiness my preconceived notions had in mind dissipated and I then became excited to order some yumyums.
$ 3.50 for 2 scoops or $ 4.50 for 3 scoops… Being a girl who doesn’t like to pass up a bargain, I went for 3 nomz! I’m a tried and true chocolate girl so had to get their signature Elbow Milk & Dark Chocolate but couldn’t pass up getting Goat Cheese & Wildflower Honey — it just sounded so intriguing and delicious. The flavors lived up to the delicious sounding name and I licked up every drop of that stuff. Apparently Christopher Elbow is a fancy chocolate shop in KC and the chocolate ice cream is derived from that. Loved it. Perfectly smooth, great flavor and was surprised yet delighted with the bit of spice kick I got in it.
Glacé, I’m sorry for prejudging you thinking you’d be a uppity ho, you’re actually just a down to earth kinda chick with good prices, good goods and great service.

Glacé is part of the new breed of ice cream shops that are modern with very creative flavors. We stopped by while on vacation in Kansas City, and sampled a few flavors before we finally settled on two. The people who work there are super nice and patient, and don’t discourage you from sampling whatever flavors you want. We tried:
–Butterscotch Bourbon: Too much bourbon flavor for my liking, since it left a bitter aftertaste.
–Fleur de Sel Caramel: Pretty good, but not the best salted caramel I’ve had.
–Caramelized Pineapple: I actually really liked this one, but got vetoed for the final selections. The pineapple was sweet and perfectly caramelized.
–2 Scoops (Malted Milk, Salted Pretzel, $ 3.50,
): The Malted Milk was my favorite, and had a good malt flavor (although it’s more subtle compared to their other flavors). The Salted Pretzel was also good, since it had more texture with the pretzel pieces, but the flavor was very strong. I would definitely get the malted milk again, but probably not the salted pretzel.
Overall, I was very impressed by the different flavors they had here, and would recommend Glacé to any ice cream lover! They have a few small tables and stools to sit at if you want to eat your ice cream there. Parking isn’t too bad since there is street parking available as well as a lot behind this small plaza.

Small shop, ice creams packed with intense clean flavor!
We ordered the triple scoop ($ 4.50)
Indonesian Cinnamon, Fleur de Sal Caramel and Pumpkin.
The three flavors worked well together.
I do confess, the Fleur de Sal Caramel was ultra rich, almost too rich; I couldn’t have finished it on my own, so I’m glad that I split with my hubby.
We both agree though that the Indonesian Cinnamon was soooo amazing we could indulge all day.
We sampled the goat cheese/​wildflower honey was delicious, and I suspect would pair well with the French Lavendar… next time!