The Ice Cream Bar Soda Fountain

Cole Valley Ice Cream Bar, Soda Fountain and Lunch Counter.

9 / 10
870
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  • Phone

    (415) 742-4932

  • Website

    theicecreambarsf.com

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    Ice Cream Parlor

Address

815 Cole St (at Carl St) San Francisco , CA 94117 United States

Credit Cards Yes (incl. Discover & Visa)
Outdoor Seating Yes
Drinks Beer, Wine

Comments / 204


Keywords:

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SFist

The Ice Cream Bar always has three dairy-free flavors: Chocolate sorbet , a coconut milk-almond, and a rotating fruit flavor. Though all are great, it's the almond that's the real winner. Read more

Mike Winston

Old-school ice cream shop serving up interestingly flavored scoops along with a back bar serving boozy concoctions . Definitely worth a visit when the weather is warm. WinstonWanders.com

Christopher Auyeung

Sit at the counter and eat the best damn grilled cheese in San Francisco. Get it on their housemade brioche bread (with tomato soup if they have it), and wash it down with a Meyer Lemon Egg Phosphate .

Ashok Lalwani

Loved this place and the neighborhood its in. I like cream sodas . This place probably makes the best ones I have had so far. Orange Sickle and Passion Project cream sodas were just delicious.

Alice Barnard

Guy who served us was super friendly & knowledgeable . Love that all of the tinctures, syrups , ice-cream etc. are all made in-house, and digging the retro vibe. Also everything we had was delicious!

Josh Whelchel

Blueberries and cream + strawberry lavender + banana pudding ice creams . All real flavors. All homemade . All in your mouth! 🍦

Truth Knowledge

Wonderfully great ice cream ! I sampled the Carmelized Honey , Tres Leche and Butterscotch ! So many great choices and options. I chose the Butterscotch this time (so good!) and will definitely go back

Luke Bornheimer

An old-fashioned style ice cream bar serving up unique and delicious ice cream sundaes , milkshakes and anything else you can dream up. Stop by if you want a sweet treat while exploring Haight-Ashbury.

Epicurious

Watch a soda jerk build banana splits with brûléed-to-order bananas , or a grown-up butterscotch milk shake of eggs , cream, butterscotch syrup , and malt , shaken long and hard over ice like a Martini . Read more

AFAR Media

You can never go wrong with ice cream , especially when it's a brownie sundae with a scoop of mint chip & a scoop of banana pudding ice cream , caramel sauce , whipped cream , cherries , & toasted pecans . Read more

Kelly

Favorite flavors: banana puddin’, roasted pineapple , cherry , butterscotch , and the passion fruit blood orange sorbet ! Can’t wait until the soda fountain reopens!

/Josh\ Goodman

The best, most amazingly delicious waffle cones ever. Also, insanely fresh & smooth ice cream . I miss living in Cole Valley cuz of this place.

Chuck Roslof

I like their ice cream a lot, but the real draw is the old fashioned-style soda fountain . Their food is also good, and they have an outpost in the Castro as well .

Mark

Some of the most solid flavors of ice cream in the city , beats Bi-Rite by a lot. If they have the cherry , get it! And the silkiest milk chocolate ice cream I've ever had.

Joe Bob Justice

All the specialty sodas Plus the unique and pared-down food selection is great. Great service. Great detail when it comes to the ambiance. Oh and ice cream is damn tasty as well .

Stephanie Thomas

So far I haven't gone wrong here. Ice cream sandwiches , floats , sundaes , waffle cones , even their lunch items are great! And the staff is stellar too. Favorite neighborhood gem .

Shahad

I liked the Walnut Thyme flavor the most, which sounded like a strange flavor, but it was crazily delicious! And I highly recommend giving their dreamy cone a try.

Terence Chan

Very good ice cream ! Not overly sweet or milky/creamy tasting. Strong flavor! Got the pumpkin pie and coconut milk dark chocolate . So good! 4.5/5

Chad Horner

the floats are their speciality, but the ice cream is delicious on its own

Ashley Bowles

Great selection of unique and traditional flavors . Grown up tastes can been fulfilled with alcohol floats !

Norris Tran

Excellent dessert or date night spot . The shakes and ice cream sammies are all to die for! Unique concepts on flavors. Parking is bad and it gets crowded on weekends. (3 of 4 petals via Fondu) Read more

Cameron Ketcham

My favorite Ice cream place! The coconut ice cream tastes really light, fresh, and delicious! Make sure to get the hot fudge sauce!

SFist

The Ice Cream Bar Soda Fountain’s offerings include old-school classics like phosphates , lactarts, malts , 7 alcohol-infused “remedies.” Take a seat at the sweeping & watch their jerks work. Read more

Jae Clarke

Banana pudding , butterscotch , milk chocolate among other all-star flavors. Milkshakes are killer, as is the hot chocolate on a cold day.

Jake Kaufman

The ice cream is great but they also have an old fashioned soda fountain ! So get some ice cream and have the soda jerk fix you something delicious!

Eliot Chang

The line can be long on weekend evenings, but it's worth it! The milk chocolate is a can't-miss

Bkwm J

Vegan chocolate , coconut-milk chocolate almond (vegan ) & organic strawberry : they're all amazing!!! 😍😋

Richmark

Can't make up your mind? Create an ice cream cookie : oatmeal raisin cookie with banana puddin' as the filling. You can thank me later.

Josh Rael

Like a any other bar , you can keep you tab open and while everything is very good, I recommend the Bonnie Vie No. 2.

Nick McCosker

This is a very good ice cream bar . I went off menu and added toasted fluff to an ice cream sandwich . So good.

Rachel Davey

Get the Tres Leches ! It has real tres Leches cake mixed into the ice cream ! Each would be excellent alone, but together...nommmm!!

Amy Baldwin

One of the few places with vegan ice cream options! The coconut milk chocolate almond was awesome.

Arthur Lee

You gotta try this place if you like floats . They have the most unique combinations

Byron Wilkes

Lovely little spot for an olde fashioned ice cream sundae or malt ! They also have adult milkshakes ... 😉

J John

Solid homemade ice cream 🍨 shop. The chocolate & pistachio praline are highly recommended

Kelly 🍰

Root beer float definitely tastes vintage...not for those who remember the a&w floats . Mix with ice cream and it becomes more palatable. The marshmallow is great though!

Chelsea M

The ice cream is really rich in flavor. Too much for me. Tried the caramelized honey , vegan dark chocolate , and creme fraiche

Kathryn Keeling

Awesome old school ice cream bar , flavours were amazing but the waffle cones are freshly made and to die for!

Christine Custodio

Crowded , popular ice cream shop ! Had very good and unique flavors! Definitely coming back! Waffle cones are good!

Erin Merchant

Soda bar at the back is where it's at. Say tincture 5 times fast!

Liz B. Palumbi

The drinks at the bar are everything they should be, delicious and creamy and boozy !

Kartik Sathappan

Cool soda place in SF. They make it right in front of you- I recommend the chocolate soda float .

Philip Garcia

Créme Fraiche Ice Cream and Caramelized Honey Ice Cream ! Perfect texture. Not too sweet!

Eric Lorentz

Cannot go wrong with a waffle cone . Easily the best ice cream I've had anywhere.

Christian Feng

Homemade Waffle Cones are great here. Seasonal blueberry ice cream is also fantastic.

Steve Fadden

Everything! But no a/c, so it can get really warm. Don't forget to grab a number when you come in!

Shirley Liu

My fave was the butterscotch ice cream ! Def try a banana split if you're not in the mood for a shake -- three flavors instead of one!

Gusto Lopez

Tasty ice crea! I had the Peanut Butter Cookie flavor and it was delicious. I loved the look and feel of this place.

WhiskyAvenger

This place ain’t just for kids you can get yourself a boozy shake .

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