Hammond’s Gourmet Ice Cream

A cute little spot with delicious ice creams! The serve is good and the ambiance is chill. It’s pretty awesome that they have a hand sanitizer station and water station.
They have non-​dairy options too! And they are yummy! I got the POG Sorbet, which has Passionfruit, Orange, and Guava.

I SCREAM FOR ICE CREAM! After walking around PB for good eats. Me and my family had parked in front of this ice cream joint. I’ve heard of Hammond’s but never tried it because I don’t like driving down south in traffic. But it was the weekend and this was a new location for Hammonds. I walked in and saw a variety of different flavors. So I made sure to try a flavor i’ve never had before. So I ordered the Pineapple Coconut. It had pineapple chunks and coconut. It was delicious and refreshing. It wasn’t too sweet but had the right amount of sweetness. I Loved it. I will definitely be back.

What else can be said? Cute shop, ice cream with wonderfully vibrant and unique flavors and creamy texture. Cutest little waffle and cake cones for flights, for those who cannot commit to just one flavor (it is difficult).
My favorites are lychee, Vietnamese coffee and ginger cream. All taste of fresh, real ingredients. The flavors are strong but balanced, not too sweet. Ginger is always a challenging one and here it had just enough spiciness but didn’t overwhelm, and didn’t try to compensate with too much sugar. I also had green tea, toasted coconut and mint chip. These were also very good, and well-​balanced, but not as memorable for me.
Definitely going back!

Stop what you’re doing– if you want ice cream, this is the place! Creamy, delicious, with great flavor selection! They have gluten free and dairy free! Awesome!

I probably could’ve spent an hour just sampling the different flavors. While I don’t have much of a sweet tooth, I was genuinely impressed with the creative flavors and the fact that they actually taste good! Creativity gets you nowhere if it doesn’t taste good.
Because I’m a boring person I ended up getting butter pecan. Not one of the more ‘exciting’ flavors, but it was fabulous. Rich and creamy, everything you could want from butter pecan ice cream. Next time I might be more adventurous– I’m pretty intrigued by the Thai tea flavor, which I didn’t get around to sampling.
Not a ton of seating, but enough. The girls working tonight were super helpful and friendly. I’d heard nothing but good things about Hammond’s and they lived up to expectations!

Stumbled upon this place as I was making a donation drop next door. Super cute, clean, & not too crowded (surprisingly). Best thing about this place is the ability to get an adorable FLIGHT of mini-​ice-​cream-​cones! Sadly, I was in a rush and didn’t have time to juggle 6 ice creams so just got one scoop. They have interesting flavors like vanilla lavender and Thai tea, and the flavors seem to be the same as their North Park location. After sampling a bunch of flavors, I decided to be basic and get the peaches & cream… It actually wasn’t the best (peaches tasted like the canned kind, frozen rock hard). I would stick with their more fruity and ~exotic flavors, if I recall their lychee is one of my favorites.
Overall I prefer gelato (Bobboi), but this is a nice stop for some interesting flavors and of course, some ICE CREAM FLIGHTs.

San Diego just keeps getting better, let alone the ice cream industry with Hammond’s Gourmet second Ice Cream location, now in Pacific Beach.
I stopped in during an early afternoon for some well deserved ice cream, after spending a number of hours correcting exams. I ordered a regular cone with a scoop of toasted coconut and a scoop of Tahitian Vanilla for $ 3 and some change.
The toasted coconut was absolutely bliss. The natural coconut flavor was very evident and the ice cream came with bit of chewy coconut pieces. The ice cream was very smooth creamy with a good balance between vanilla and coconut. Tahitian vanilla was just splendid. I love Tahitian vanilla because of it its intensely aromatic vanilla flavor and aroma. This ice acquired those qualities and more. Like the coconut, it was was rich, smooth, and creamy.
Their ice cream flavors are no doubt a pure indulgence and a pleasure to eat. Service is always up beat and friendly, and they offer tasters for the unfamiliar. They were busy during the dead of winter, can you imagine how busy they will be during the middle of summer.

Sun glints on water
Peer down through the blue ocean
Sea turtles swim by.
Ice cream colors are so bright. Reminds me of Hawaii. Air so pure you can see so clearly the shape of things and colors so vivid. So many choices. I share a waffle cone ice cream flight as I can’t just pick one flavor. Waffle cones are made fresh daily in store. Fresh aroma excited me before I bit into the crunchy goodness. Waffle flavor was mild and didn’t distract from the ice cram. Ice cream is cold, dense, and super rich at 18% butterfat. Flavors I tried:
mango sorbet– deep rich mango flavor, like eating a frozen mango, among the best I’ve had
lychee ice cream — light lychee flavor with little bits of lychee, perfect for a lychee lover
Tahitian vanilla — rich strong vanilla flavor
vanilla rose — taste like roses with a mild vanilla base
At the moment my fav 3 are the mango sorbet, lychee, and Tahitian vanilla. I buy a pint of each so I don’t have to leave the house to enjoy this awesome Hawaiian made ice cream. I’ll be back when I run out and look forward to trying more flavors they list on the website but were not available in store. Wish I was in Hawaii but this is the next best thing.

Flights of ice cream, even on a rainy day in San Diego, is more delicious than a flight of the nicest wine – if you’re at Hammond’s! Welcome to the neighborhood, your friendliness and deliciousness makes you shine on Garnet Ave!
My recommendation: Blueberry Cheesecake

I opened up my Unilocal app (saw the Nearby section) and found Hammond’s has just opened a location down the street from my house! Within 5 minutes, I was walking through their doors ready to order some delicious ice cream!
A month ago, I went Hammond’s in North Park and I instantly became a fan. So this is a super treat to have their new location close to home. I love their idea of the ice cream flights (order from 2 – 6, 32 flights), and they also a large variety of unique ice flavors such as Coconut Pineapple Cream, Banana Mac Nut, Vegan Chocolate, Thai Tea Cream, Kona Coffee, Lychee Cream to name a few. My absolutely favorite is the Vegan Chocolate which is quite a surprise because I love dairy.
I might as well give my next paycheck to Hammond’s because I’ll be going here a lot for my ice cream cravings. Dangerously awesome!
Come on down to Hammond’s and give your tastebuds a sweet experience!

I’m a fan of Hammonds ice cream, known for ice cream flights. I gotta give credit to Mr. Hammond, he is one smart business man. (And he has good taste in women– his wife is Viet! Lol) Hammonds first opened in North Park, lots of breweries, so he made his ice cream like beers, you can get flights of ice cream and many different flavors. And with the flight options you can get «drunk» on ice cream.
We came on the soft opening of the PB location. Prime location, when summer comes around this place will be pack. The ice cream is also gourmet, meaning it’s made with care and attention.
Many different flavors! Try all the macadamia nuts one, they are so good! I love their white chocolate macadamia nut! Delicious… the coconut macadamia nut one was good too. I love that is not overly sweet, just the right amount. I would like to see them do crazy Asian flavors like durian, Mung bean, jackfruit, black sesame, and maybe pandan, that would be cool and interesting… Since they do ube, might as well experiment even further. Get the flights and you get to try as many as you like with a cone (cake, waffle, sugar)! Hammonds is unique, home of the ice cream flights.
Hammonds and Mariposa are probably my top 2 in SD.

Great great great ice cream spot. The flavors have grown on me and after meeting the owner, Ryan Hammond, I have mad respect for this business. It’s truly a legit small business ice cream parlor serving up some very interesting flavors. I will most definitely continue to support Hammonds at all of their locations if I’m in the area. I heard they have another location popping up adjacent to Phil’s BBQ in Pt. Loma. I’ll definitely check it out.
*Try their new flavors. Very very interesting. Good luck!

Hammond’s does it again! This newly opened shop right off Garnet is perfect for having a quick sugar fix when you’re strolling up and down PB. There are plenty of seats both inside and out.
They released a few new flavors (rose vanilla is the bomb) and brought back their birthday cake flavor as well (worth the diabetes inducing risk). My favorite has always been their Thai tea, which you’ll love if you enjoy the actual beverage!
A big thanks to Ryan for inviting us to the soft opening this past weekend! Though I was completely stuffed from lunch, I still managed to kill an entire flight of 6 cones. Totally worth the calories and overload of sugar and fat.
Stop on by and get your creamy delight fix, your taste buds will thank you for it.

Is there any better way to start off the new year than eating ice cream. On a beautiful sunny day in San Diego. In January for crying out loud. We recently visited Hammond’s new location in Pacific Beach. The location is almost across the street from World Curry. There wasn’t an issue for us to find street parking that afternoon.
They had about 32 flavors that day. Hammond’s ice creams are made in Hawaii so we were curious to taste the difference in quality between their ice creams and others.
They are known of their mini cone flights of ice creams. Make sure to try their mini waffle cones as they’re made in house at their North Park location.
We tried an insane amount of their Hawaiian ice cream that day (for the sake of food blogging of course):
COOKIES & CREAM: so many cookies in the ice cream!
RASPBERRY SORBET: light, refreshing, and no dairy
SALTED CARAMEL: one of our favorites — so rich and creamy plus perfectly salted
LYCHEE: could tasted specks of lychee fruit in each bite
MANGO: tasted like fresh RIPE mangoes
POG SORBET: pineapple, orange, guava — SO VERY GOOD
MINT & OREO: tasted very mint-​y. Like the super cold mint-​y you feel when you eat a breath mint. Tons of oreos !
CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER & OREOS: They do not skimp on oreo pieces here at
Hammond’s. The oreos look like they’ve been hand crushed to ensure big pieces still remain intact in the ice cream.
I was studying the menu and noticed they have an item called Mangonada. One of the guys said it’s a dessert they make with chamoy. I’ve never tried chamoy so I’ll have to get this next time there’s stomach room and a friend orders this dessert.
The owners are incredibly gracious and personable. It was amazing to have met Ryan and Trang Hammond that afternoon. Get ready to see them open a new location in Point Loma soon.

There is nothing like enjoying the simple pleasure of ice cream to bring joy to your day and make you feel a little like a kid again. I adore ice cream and consider myself an expert on the subject. Hammonds is absolutely my favorite ice cream in San Diego. It is of exceptional quality and I love the unique and inventive, but not weird, flavors. The fruit flavors lean towards the tropical, which I adore. On my recent trip my favorite flavors were peaches and cream and peanut butter oreo, but my all time favorite is ginger cream. If you like ginger, you must try this ice cream!
It makes me happy to be able to support a business that is run by kind people and makes a wonderful product :)

I went to Hammond’s for their soft opening, which basically consisted of free ice cream for an hour to a limited number of people. I was invited by the owner, Ryan Hammond, and he was there for the soft opening. We spoke about how great of a location Pacific Beach is as well as the popularity of Hammond’s in North Park. He was extremely nice and down to earth, as was his lovely wife. Actually, every single employee in the shop was extremely pleasant and helpful.
I love how Hammond’s has ice cream flights! Not only are they adorable, but they’re also a great idea because there are so many flavors that it’s hard to settle on just one. They’re the perfect size to let people sample a few, and the plastic holders are a great way to hold up to six taster cones while I focus on which one I’m devouring! I’m a sucker for waffle cones, so I appreciate how Hammond’s offers both waffle and regular mini-​cones for their tasters.
I intentionally skipped breakfast so I could indulge in ice cream, and I ended up having six mini-​waffle cones. They were: Kona Coffee, Blueberry Cheesecake, Strawberry Cheesecake, Chocolate Coconut Macadamia, Coconut Pineapple Cream, and Caramel Macadamia something. They were all extremely tasty, and I would definitely order each flavor again. My girlfriend’s favorite was the Vanilla Rose, which was also great.
Since I live close by in Ocean Beach, I can see myself visiting Hammond’s over and over again. My only complaint is the lack of dedicated parking, but any local visiting Pacific Beach knows that parking will be a challenge.

Hammond’s in PB is just as fabulous as the location in NP. The new shop is clean and bright and comfortable. I’m a huge fan of the ice cream flights. I tried so many little cones during the soft opening this weekend.
I was really excited about the vanilla rose flavor and hope it’s available in NP too. I would like to try a Coke float with this flavor sometime soon. I am so thankful to Ryan for inviting me into the new shop and being so cool to talk with. Everyone in the shop was excited about the new location and new flavors of ice cream. They were extremely helpful while we picked out flavors for our flights. When I want delicious ice cream Hammond’s is always my go to and will continue to be because of their great staff and ability to build excitement about their ice cream.
Thanks again Ryan and team… See you soon.

The friendliest owner i have ever met. Thanks Ryan and congrats on your 2^nd new location.
So many new flavors and all are very delicious. My most favs are the thai tea, chocolate macadamia, ginger bread, kona coffee, oh what the heck all of them!
the cutest and tastiest flights of ice cream, this place does not disappoint.

Got to officially meet the owners today! They’re awesome to talk to and make the best ice cream in SD. Super glad that they opened up a second location here. It’s smaller than the North Park location and far enough away from the bars.
There were several new flavors: vanilla rose, chocolate mint sorbet, peaches n cream… and some more that I can’t name right now. They are all delicious! I wouldn’t expect anything less.
Keep doing what you’re doing, Hammonds!
P. S. May I suggest a black sesame flavor? :)

Folks, prepare yourselves. There’s another Hammond’s. I have already broken my New Year’s resolutions by eating way too much ice cream. Totally worth it.
Somehow (I’m sure due to expert planning), Hammond’s has the best locations in the neighborhood. They’re in the heart of PB right on Garnet, and they have the signature super cool style all their own. But you know what it’s really all about – the ice cream.
They have the tried and true beloved flavors like the chocolate coconut macadamia nut, the birthday cake (my fave — IT HAS REAL CHUNKS OF CAKE IN IT), the vegan options, etc. They ALSO have new flavors, like the vanilla rose which is SO GOOD AND I WANT IT NOW even though I just ate it. I would suggest getting a flight on their super cute mini waffle cones so you can try several flavors and, almost as important, get a super Instagram-​worthy shot because the flights are so cute! And beautiful and perfect and lovely and I love them.
Hammond’s is a welcomed addition to this neighborhood and serves some of the best, creamiest, tastiest, most unique ice cream around. Perfect for kids, dates, moms and dads, friends, singles, anyone! Come now and come often.