Old Town Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt

It is a great atmosphere. The staff are very friendly, conversational. but still a good place. I got the rocky road milk shake. it’s a OK..

This stop was the only blemish on our otherwise beautiful visit to Old Town, San Diego. I visited with my children, and we all ordered an ice cream. I tried to pay with my debit card and was told, «Cash only.» When I explained I had no cash on me, he started to yell at me and ask why I didn’t read the sign. He pointed to a smallish handwritten sign with two-​inch blue lettering that said, «Cash Only.» I told him I was sorry, but I didn’t see the sign, and didn’t have cash on me. He yelled at me that we all needed to give our ice creams back. As I was calling the kids in, I repeated that I was sorry, explained I don’t like to carry cash, and asked what I was supposed to do. He yelled, «I expect you to read my sign and not try to come in here for free food!!!» I was mortified!!! There were other customers, I was being accused of stealing in front of my children and strangers, and I was being spoken to like I was stupid. There’s a Coldstone Ice Cream a couple blocks down the road, where they don’t yell at you, and they accept debit cards. Worth the walk.

Very good ice cream but very limited selection. They tend to be a bit slow and have unorganized approach to dealing with a line of customers. Their prices are alright for single and double scoops.
The «child’s scoop» is for all practical purpose the same as a single scoop. Great for adults who just want a single scoop, not so good for parents who want a modest portion to contain a messy child.

Stopped by here for a quick ice cream treat with my kids shortly after church mass. I liked their ice cream choices and would come again for a couple of scoops because they had flavors that I don’t see typically together at the same time. Hard to pick just two when I have flavors like pistachio, cookies n crème, birthday cake, strawberries fresca, pineapple coconut, and more staring back at me. I did order a Churro Sundae to share and thought it a bit small for $ 6.99. I was helped by «Maria». She was nice but surprised that I asked her name. I wouldn’t have to ask if she had a name tag. I personally like to say, «Thank you (insert name here)» when I interact with people whose businesses I patronize. Its good manners.
Oh, I read a review that this place didn’t take credit cards. Not true. Credit cards are accepted.

Great ice cream, place wasn’t as nice as the other little shops around, but smelled great with the homemade cones. Friendly staff, they were pretty busy the afternoon we were there.

Stopped by here on Friday afternoon, shortly before 3 pm because it was rather warm outside and my husband was in the mood for some ice cream.
When I came in, no on greeted me and there were 3 people (1 party, all together) being helped by a male employee behind the counter. I walked up to the counter and this other female employee helped me. I asked to try the butter pecan ice cream, which I liked and decided to get a scoop with it and a scoop of vanilla. There were other ice cream flavors there that seemed pretty traditional (like strawberry, mint chocolate, chocolate, etc).
For 2 scoops, it cost $ 4.75 (with tax it came out to $ 5.13). Service was pretty average and the ice cream tasted standard (still good, don’t get me wrong. and even better on that warm day).
Overall, a good place to grab a sweet treat if you are in the area (Old Town San Diego). They also take credit card (no minimum). Also there are tables outside of this little shop.

Nice place to just sit back and relax your feet from all the walking you did exploring Old Town. The churro was filled with something that I imagine was carmel and the coffee was not that tasy but it contained a lot of caffeine. Overall I couldn’t justify giving this place more than an average rating.

Got their almond chocolate fudge. I wish it was more chocolatey =[. Service is good and friendly and it is only cash only. It is a little pricey in my opinion but it was too hot that day to not get ice cream!

In old town San Diego for an exam, so I’m not drinking, but I can treat my self to some ice cream. I even got a waffle cone! I ate my ice cream cone on the patio while listening to some local artist play music.

My boyfriend and I were in the area from out of town.
We walked around Old Town searching specifically for
frozen yogurt. After a bit of walking, we found Old Town
Ice Cream and Frozen Yogurt. We were very disappointed
to hear that their frozen yogurt machine was broken. Epic fail.
We got frozen yogurt elsewhere.

Located inside a wonderful courtyard you can sit outside and enjoy your snack.
There’s a restaurant next door where dining was al fresco and you could see and hear the mariachi singer for free! Cute little shops surround it too so you could walk around while you eat your yummy ice-​cream and we did!
Only downer… service was sloooooowwww. There was only one person working on a Sunday night and it took like 10 – 15 minutes to get our treat:(

If there’s one thing in the world I could use on a languid spring day in Old Town, it would be an ice cream. YUM! I got a small chocolate peanut butter ice cream in a cup here last week and it was really good. Nothing like some peanut butter and chocolate! The «small» is ¹⁄₅ scoops of ice cream at $ 3.25. Not cheap but not outrageous considering the touristy location.
They had pretty benches outside to sit on if you want to take a break and soak it all in.

None of the dozen or so ice cream flavors impressed me more than the no-​nonsense server effortlessly scooping up cones for indecisive, loud-​mouthed tourists representing China, most of Western Europe and Carlsbad. It was like a Miss Universe of ice cream eaters. A really ugly Miss Universe with no talent qualifier, no aspirations to become a newscaster and no solution offered for world peace. Just endless samplers who really think deciding between butter pecan and toasted almond will make a monumental difference in their lives. It probably does. Sad.
Anyway, the parlor is in the same plaza area as El Patio where you can have a meal in one and dessert in the other. I decided to try two scoops of the No Sugar Added (NSA) Burgundy Cherry for $ 5.50, which was one too many (see photo). Very creamy and not at all sweet, it was like licking a ball of milk. My bad, but I was feeling guilty after all those chips and salsa next door. No surprise they serve up churros here as if you weren’t having enough calories with the ice cream. But she keeps scooping and serving until the last tourist can be satisfied. Life is tough in Old Town.
ICE CREAM — 3 stars… nothing that interesting but if you need something sweet…
AMBIANCE — 2.5 stars… seating is outside on the plaza as you listen to the mariachi music from El Patio
SERVICE — 4.5 stars… I applaud her stamina
TOTAL — 3 stars… a sweet tooth must be satisfied

During a trip to Old Town San Diego State Historic Park yesterday my mom ventured into way more museums and touristy shops than I had anticipated; she wore me out! I was exhausted and needed some fuel to hold me over until dinner, so thank God for this little shop.
I decided on a small cup of non-​fat peach yogurt, which is apparently their specialty flavor. Delicious, very creamy! You’d never know it was fat-​free. In recent years I’ve been so addicted to trendy serve-​yourself frozen yogurt chains (i.e., Yogurtland, Yogurt on the Rocks) that I’d almost forgotten how delicious churned scoop frozen yogurt is.
A few other flavors of yogurt and ice cream looked incredible to me yesterday – «birthday cake,» «chocolate chip,» «mint chocolate chip,» and «black cherry,» just to name a few – but being that I’m in the midst of taking my mom on a weeklong San Diego culinary adventure I need to cut calories and fat where I can. Luckily the non-​fat peach flavor was still a great decision.
Much more ice cream than frozen yogurt here, and I do wish there were a couple more non-​fat options.
Good stuff!

Okay so me and my girlfriend go to Fred’s (it’s Tuesday) around 7:30 and it is crackin… I MEAN CRACKIN!!! We get up to the front and the lady tells us that we would be waiting for about an hour and a half to get seated, and to come back in about 45mins just to get that little vibrating flashing light beeper thingy… DANG!!!
So walking up and down old town killing time, my girlfriend finds a sign that says ICE CREAM… So we figured what the heck, might as well come here and have our desert early…
This place was very small and short, as if it were made for munchkins… But it smelled realllly good in here, scent of fresh waffles, mmmm… The lady in here was real nice to us.
They had some pretty unique flavors like birthday cake and something with kisses? Anyway, we didn’t get to crazy and went with good ol chocolate ice cream in a waffle cup.
What can I say? I mean chocolate ice cream is chocolate ice cream? It tasted pretty good to me! The waffle was fresh and tasty too. Two scoops and the waffle cone cost us about $ 4.50? Pretty expensive but was expected from a place in this area…
Simply put, simple little mom and pop ice cream shop in the heart of old town… I’m sure there are better places around here where you can get way better ice cream, but it is nice walking into these little old looking stores and giving them a try for once…