Scoops Westside

Parking is awful in this lot but then again, where is it good anywhere on the westside.
My friends and I came here on a weekend night and barely found the last spot to snag.
The place is small and quaint similar to typical froyo shingdigs. I got to try a few samples and opted for the brown brown bread. The best way to describe the taste is «it reminds me of my childhood watching saturday morning cartoons on the carpet with a huge plasma TV»
Plus, It was the perfect marriage to my espresso since I ordered the caffe affogato. I’m not a fan of super sweet stuff so this was a good option.
Cant wait to come back and bring the boo since he loves sweets (:

Brown Bread and blueberry rosewater honey is so good!!!
Split a double for $ 5 with a friend… it’s a good sized cup of ice cream. You can pick up to two flavors.
Also sampled lychee plum which was delicate and delicious.
Brown bread is so worth the hype… it’s like a toasty cold light floral caramel flavor. Like nothing I’ve ever tasted before. The crunchy bits are grape nuts!!! They stay shatteringly crisp in the ice cream. It’s such a trippy sensation because the taste is what you’d expect from a caramel pastry but the coldness throws off your expectations.
Blueberry rosewater honey is delicate, floral, and a beautiful taste. The aftertaste is like a perfumey rose. The honey is just the right hint of sweetness. You smell it more than you taste it… really well balanced.
I tried three killer flavors and was impressed with each one. Scoops is a really awesome place.

I love Scoops. Probably the closest ice cream shop to my house, which is still a 20 minute drive. But we choose to still drive up to have it after dinner because we love their ice cream.
Their service is usually great, ice cream flavors are subtle, not too sweet, and a perfect consistency in my opinion. Of course brown brown bread is always money.
There was one occasion where we drove up to eat some ice cream at 850, they close at 10P, and they decided to start closing up shop at 9P while we just started eating ice cream! If he was apologetic, it would’ve helped, but we left a bit upset and really left me unhappy. This is one in many visits that this has happened, so hopefully it won’t happen again.
Parking usually sucks, and the décor inside is subpar. But the ice cream.MMMM.

I’m a fan of Scoops. this is the 3^rd location I have been to (the other two being in Hollywood and Chinatown). What I love about Scoops are the unique flavors they offer, which change daily. The most popular flavor is the brown bread, which is pretty good. At this location, well particularly on the day I went, they offered Pandan and this Toasted Rice green Tea flavor which were the two flavors I got for my small bowl. What a refreshing and creamy combo! Yum.
The shop is a regular sized shop for an ice cream shop, with some chairs and a round table for those who want to enjoy their ice cream indoors. This location has some cool and brightly colored art, similar to the Hollywood location. The only thing I didn’t like was the parking… there was a very small parking lot which was full when I got there. Surrounding street parking was pretty hard to find… I ended up parking a block away from the shop lol.

I live walking distance from Scoops and the ice cream is amazing. I’ve been there multiple times and never been disappointed with the product.
The major issue is the staff. If the ice cream is sweet the staff is decidedly salty. They’re constantly frowning and bitchy. I don’t ever ask for samples and spend $ 9 or whatever for a pint. I’ve seen them act so put out even when people ask for a couple of samples. We literally ran there before closing and were so happy to be there, and we get a frowner to greet us. I mean come on, eat your product and cheer up. I’ve tipped these people 20% every time and I still get the nonsense attitude. Oh well get the ice cream it’s the bomb dot com.

I’m giving this place 5 star. Not only because I love ice cream but how annoyingly clumsy I am.
I seriously asked to try ever single flavor and for a second taste just to make sure. Yeah I know. I’m that girl. I finally order 2 scoops on a sugar cone and somehow after a few licks my ice cream was on the floor. I was the saddest girl in the world. Until the owner glance over, saw the mess on the floor and was kind enough to offer me my 2 scoops in cup. Which made my day.
Overall the ice cream was delicious and I think they make their ice cream in house too. Check out the bathroom cool wall art.
It’s LA. Street parking

The parking here is impossible which is typical for LA. But I was lucky to get the last spot.
I came here on a Friday night, it was surprisingly not busy which I’m not so sure if it ever gets really packed. The décor of this store isn’t appealing to be honest. That’s all I’m going to say about it lol. It’s really small in there. There was only one person working whom I believe is the owner, I may be wrong. He was not welcoming AT ALL. Seemed annoyed and very expressionless which came off rude and intimidating. So I felt awkward for trying any other samples. I only sampled the brown bread flavor which was really good. But I ended up getting a single with coffee cheesecake and peanut butter Oreo. The ice cream itself was really good! A bit expensive but it’s a better quality of ice cream. Would’ve given this place one star but the second star is for the ice cream. Probably won’t come back.

I’ve been going here for a while, and I think that it’s one of the best ice cream places in the westside.
They have a different assortment of unique flavors every day. Some of my favorite ones are brown brown bread (the best), blueberry jasmine, and Thai tea. They have a lot of other really good flavors, but I don’t remember all of them because I’ve been here too many times, and I’ve had too many flavors lol.
A single cup is good enough for me. It costs $ 3.50 and comes with two large scoops of ice cream. It can either be all one flavor, or two different flavors.
They also have coffee, soda floats, and affogatos. I haven’t tried any of them yet however because the main attraction here is the ice cream.
Be warned though, the plaza in which Scoops is located is really small, and finding parking can be hard when you come at night when it gets busy.

I’ve been wanting to try this place forever, but for some reason every time I crave it or have time to go, it’s always a Sunday (They’re closed on Sunday’s)! But finally, one hot Saturday afternoon, my boyfriend and I were walking by and it was finally time to try it!
They let you have samples, which is awesome. We tried the brown brown bread because all of my friends raved about it, but it was way too sweet for us. We went with the Oreo cheesecake and it was delicious. The ice cream is very creamy and you can tell it was made with love!
I’m not a sweets person, but I’ll be back soon when I’m randomly craving ice cream! Hopefully it won’t be on a Sunday!

Love the ice cream here.
Small parking lot. Very small shop. Staff is not really friendly, seemed so itchy when I asked for samples.
Single Scoop — $ 3.50 — I split the flavors, Cheesecake Oreo & Brown Brown Bread. Creamy, milky, and perfect on a hot night. Oreo was top notch cookies and cream. The crunchies in the Brown Brown Bread were very good.
The original Scoops is more friendly and not as ghetto looking.

my favorite ice cream place in westLA. and it helps its super close to my apartment. I haven’t taken anyone here that has NOT found a flavor or multiple flavors they like. Unique and not super sweet. reasonably priced, friendly service.
pistachio fig, brie cheese melon, red velvet cake, sweet potato burnt sugar, ricotta honey oreo, pb ginger snaps.

Hmmm wellllllll what can I say! I freaking love Scoops. I’ve been to the chinatown location and the one in east hollywood that happens to be right by LA City College and I loooove those two other locations compared to this one.
I was kind of expecting the same taste that I got from both locations, but I didn’t. I also didn’t get the customer service I typically get at the other two but reason for 3 starts is because the ice cream wasn’t bad at all, it just wasn’t salivating haha. I got the brown brown bread and it was good. They also have a parking since it’s in a small plaza which is a plus!

This is my 100^th review!!! You probably don’t care since you’re super stressed about finding a good dessert place and you’re desperately scrolling through Unilocal to see some people talk about your options, so, uh, I guess I’ll try and help you?
I can pretty much never, ever turn down ice cream. It’s admittedly one of my biggest weaknesses, and I’m not really ashamed.
When my friends (five of us had interned together last summer! Great times and great getting the old gang back together) and I had just finished some delicious ramen, we were pretty full. However, as is the case, whenever you want to extend a day or night because you want to keep hanging out in the presence of some really great people, you find a reasonable excuse for dessert. As such, one of my friends (and a fellow Unilocal Elite – yeah, I’m going to plug that EVERYWHERE POSSIBLE) had Scoops Westside bookmarked, and it was only 2 miles away from where we were in Mar Vista. Easy.
Parking here is a tiny lot that fits maybe seven cars, and keep in mind there are some other businesses (such as a Texas BBQ place – wonder if I should look that up) in the same plaza. If you aren’t lucky enough to find a spot there, you can check out the adjacent neighborhoods, which I did see offered a few spots. Sort of relevant story: we saw a Smart Car this day, and my friend expressed a real dislike for it, saying «You’d get crushed!!» if you were in an accident. I did point out, though, that parking would be an ease in LA. So, I guess, if you’re the type of person to value ease-​of-​parking over your life, then you should purchase a Smart Car.
In any case, walking into the shop, we were met by some pretty crazy glitter art all around the store as well as a small line due to people getting up to the front and trying out various flavors. The flavors of the day (and I’m sure some of them are constant or at least consistent) included such interesting offerings such as Dr. Pepper, Vanilla Chocolate (huh!!!), strawberry balsamic, and more. In the end, I decided to get a scoop of chocolate apricot in a sugar cone for $ 3.50.
The apricot was barely even noticeable – not even in the form of zest. I’m not really complaining since chocolate is delicious, but if you never told me apricot was in there, I would absolutely not have guessed it if you gave me a hundred chances. The sugar cone itself was very good for some reason, and maybe that’s because they don’t buy the same ones every other place seems to.
Overall, the flavor I chose was solid but not amazing; in the end, it tasted like a not-​as-​rich form of chocolate I can find at other places. The scoop itself was also fairly small, but maybe that’s my fault for not getting it in a cup or «splitting» into two flavors for the same price (the guy working there, who sure seemed like he was just going through the motions, made it seem like I would have to pay extra).
Sitting down in the shop was a fantastic experience though. The table wasn’t super nice or anything – just a regular circular white table with regular chairs – but the people just sitting on the benches and whatnot just enjoying their ice cream puts me at peace. The very nature of ice cream lends itself to immediate enjoyment, and I like that you essentially have to eat your ice cream in or just outside the place you get it at. The fact that it’s pretty tough to NOT enjoy eating ice cream also makes it beautiful.
Scoops was not bad and not fantastic, and thus I deem it kind of average for the price. However, I did like it, and I wouldn’t hesitate to point people this way if they’re in the area.

$ 9 for a pint of ice cream. *shakes head*
I used to be all about Scoops off of Melrose. Brown bread, Guiness chocolate, strawberry balsamic… then I went to the one on York and had avocado and yuzu (mmmm). Always a good time at Scoops.
And then I was on my way to a dinner party and wanted to pick up some ice cream. I was close to Scoops Westside and decided to stop in. Wow. This place has such a different feel to it. There was a family eating there quietly, the cashier was not talkative at all. It made me miss the guys over on Heliotrope who would joke around and suggest flavors for me to try.
So I decided to not even taste what I was getting and asked for their largest size, which apparently is a pint. It really was just for the host so I figured that was fine. And then got rung up for $ 9. Good lawd! This blackberry flavor better be good.
Then of course when we were finishing dinner, all TEN ppl there wanted some of the ice cream. Haha. Thank god we had other desserts, like a ridiculous amount, because we all basically just shared the pint for a taste. No one raved about the flavor although we cleaned it up. I think I’ll get Persian ice cream next time I’m on the Westside.

As much as I really like scoops, I have to say when I visited this location I was very disappointed.
1) The flavor I always get, even though tasted good, was not the same as the other two locations I have visited.
2) The staff were less nice (not sure that goes together but yea) that other locations.
So being that I have high expectations on scoops is why my rating for this location is low. I will try and return here and see if it was just a one time thing. In any case, if you are in the area, give this place a shot.

Still one of the best. Ever since I first tried ‘brown bread’ at the East H wood location I knew there was something going on. This was probably 5 to 6 years ago. Back then I didn’t even realize I had sampled A-​1 ice cream.
Funny thing was I had no idea about this location. Stopped in for breakfast at The Vegan Joint and afterwards decided to walk my dog around. Went looking for Chego’s and instead I saw scoops further down. Went straight for their brown bread or brown brown bread ice cream… perfect. Something tasted different.
Thanks to @TINYURBANKITCHEN for clarifying that what they do is coat the grape nuts in brown sugar and use dulce de leche ice cream. Sure winner all day for those who can handle how sweet it is.

I looooooveeeeeeee Scoops! I’m not even an ice cream fan but this place hits the spot! The flavor changes every day so if you like a certain one, it’s not guaranteed that same one will be there if you go again.
Parking:
Pretty bad here! Only about 4 open spots in a teeny plaza. I’ve been fortunate enough to come at night where parking has been available. Beware, there might be street parking but this place is located in West LA so we all know how that goes…
Ambience/​appearance:
It’s alright, it’s small and plain with random art that you can buy from local artists. They can definitely spruce up the place and make it more cozy.
Customer service:
It’s always been awesome and they are more than willing to let you sample their flavors. The guy who helped us out today was nice but he looked so miserable like «why the hell am I getting a big rush of people at 9:45pm?!» Poor guy probably just wanted to go home. I feel ya brotha.
Flavors:
Top notch ingredients and unique flavors! My original favorite is the Salty Oreo but I haven’t seen it the past few times I’ve gone :(My new favorite and a must try that I purchased today is the Brown Brown Bread. It has a crunchy, milky, salty goodness taste, yum! The Brown Bread is non-​dairy and the Brown Brown Bread has dairy. Don’t hesitate to sample them all!
Prices:
Pretty pricy compared to your average ice cream shop but definitely worth it! I purchased the pint for $ 9. Peep my photo of the menu for pricing.
Overall, this place is legit and I’m glad it’s close to me. My favorite ice cream joint by far.

My favorite ice cream shop on the westside! So many unique flavors that change literally everyday. I love that they have some amazing vegan options.
The service is always friendly and dont be afraid to sample! They are super generous. I always end up with a pint ($ 8) that i shamelessly devour same day. You can get 3 – 4 different flavors in a pint. Some of my favorite flavors are the vegan cookies n cream options, the pistachio flavors, and the brown brown bread. There have been so many flavors that ive had here and i really wish i could remember them all.
Id highly recommend following them on facebook for daily flavor updates. Its so worth it.

Scoops is one of my favorite ice cream chains and this has to be I think my favorite location.
Tiny store with tiny parking lot, but we did score a spot there right away.
I guess some people went overboard with samples, if you don’t buy anything, they charge you $ 1 for samples.
Fair, but we wanted ice cream and got a few samples as well.
I love that they always rotate flavors, you never know what they will have, which could be a bad thing if you are obsessed with having what you did last time and may never see it again, not at Scoops, they will have at least 5 other new flavors, that you will want to try right away and forget about what you initially came here for.
I love the service, super nice and patient, plan on taking it to go, location really isn’t meant for staying and hanging out for awhile.

Finally made it to Scoops! I have heard and read about this place for so long but never had the chance to go.
But after a long hike on a hot LA day, I knew it was time.
I went with a friend and immediately went in for some samples. I tried the ricotta ginger snap, brown brown bread, and pistachio. I went with pistachio. It was so creamy and nutty and perfect. I also tried a bite of my friends ube burnt sugar. Very good as well.
I wish double ice cream days were more acceptable because I would love to go back and try the cookie butter oreo or mascarpone. Such a great and interesting array of flavors.
They also have non dairy options and a sorbet option. And they serve intelligentsia coffee!
My only problem was that the workers were not very friendly and didn’t really create a welcoming atmosphere. They seemed kinds pissed off to be working.
Other than that, grade a!