Van Leeuwen Ice Cream

Serving a full menu of our vegan and classic ice creams, housemade vegan chocolate chip cookies, sundaes and milkshakes along with coffee and tea.

9 / 10
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Address

48 1/2 E 7th St (at 2nd Ave) New York , NY 10003 United States

Credit Cards Yes (incl. American Express & MasterCard)
Wi-Fi Free
Outdoor Seating Yes
Menus Dessert

Comments / 305


Keywords:

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Lori Luo

This cafe and ice cream shop is the perfect place to unwind during the day or after dinner . Free WiFi is available, as are excellent ice cream flavors (Earl Grey , Pistachio , Currants & Cream).

Elizaveta T.

Best tastes: earl grey , espresso . I always go for those + monthly specials (like a berry pie ). VL dairy-free ice cream tastes much better than the regular♥️. Usually a super friendly staff .

Cam_in_Bris

Vegan chocolate sauce is amaze. Ditto the vegan mint chip . Earl grey lives up to hype - refreshing; not too sweet and not too creamy. Possibly the best icecream I've ever had (and I eat a lot!)

Wejdan ✨

Earl grey was so so good!! If you want try just one flavor I highly recommend you go with it. Peanut butter was amazing too, very rich and creamy but subtle.

Lina Bodestad

This is some of the best ice cream I've ever tasted. Both the dairy and the vegan varieties are made with top-class ingredients, not too sugary or overpowering, just damn right delicious!

Kingsley Younger

The company has also started make vegan flavors using cocoa butter, coconut milk and cashew milk as a base. Among the vegan flavors, salted caramel and chocolate are the most popular.

Tara Dîana

Best ice cream in the city . I'm in love with all the flavors, but I always am a sucker for the classic chocolate . It's perfectly silky.

First We Feast

You can be sure that when you spot one of its pastel-yellow trucks , there will be a line snaking around the corner waiting for elegant ice cream flavors like ceylon cinnamon , hazelnut , and Earl Grey . Read more

The Corcoran Group

If you can’t track down a truck , you can always visit their tiny shop to get your Hazelnut or Peppermint & Chip creamy ice cream fix.

Mon

The honeycomb ice cream is great and the salted caramel is amazing if you’re into salty dessert

Neel Bhargava

Vegan ice cream is amazing maybe even better than the real ice cream (also very good). Creamy Dutch style ice cream

Mary Kouw

Amazing ice cream . I'm far from a vegan and decided to go for a vegan option . Holy crap, it definitely ranks up there on my ice cream lists. Price is a little expensive .

Todd Olmstead

Not just an ice cream stop! They also serve delicious Intelligentsia Coffee . They have a great space and rarely have a line . A good back-up plan if the line at Abraco down the block is out of control.

Harumi U

Food network channel made their truck probably famous ahead of the actual shop. It is a very serene shop where everything screams "we are local". I personally like the seasonal fruity flavor ones.

Viajandolavidaloca

Best vegan ice cream in town - vegan or not, you’ll love their peanut butter chocolate chip and salted caramel scoops.

Halstead Property

Quality, tasty vegan ice cream is hard to come by, that's where their chocolate ice cream saves the day. They source their chocolate from a producer who grinds whole vanilla beans into the coco mill .

Ben Mackey

Had the Continental Sundae - great mix of vanilla ice cream , red currents and hot fudge !

Rachel Donley

Pistachio ice cream was good, hope to return and try more flavors (everything was sold out)! Friendly staff and nice atmosphere

Michelle Buckner

A for AMAZING! Really great tasting ice cream - several unique and uncommon flavors. Red currant and cream can't be beat in the Summer. Oh, and their homemade caramel sauce is stellar!

Miranda Lim

Drove around the area looking for parking for dinner when we spotted this place & I was like f it lets get some ice cream ! Can't go wrong w earl grey and hazelnut . Needless to say we were much happier

Paddy

Delicious craft ice cream . Very popular spot to such an extent that by evening they could well be out of popular flavours! Mint choc chip was excellent.

Eric Ho

Love the vegan peanut butter chip ! Follow my food and corgi guide on Instagram @EricHoRaw

Tania Platero

Amazing quality vegan ice cream and multiple options! Most of the time it's crowded but it's all worth it! ????

Foxxy B

Insane collection of vegan flavors. Traditional flavors are rich and creamy. Great coffee . A classic NY ice cream staple. No longer offering restrooms .

Emily Wilson

Currently my favorite ice cream in all of NYC. The chocolate , espresso , and salted caramel flavors are all ????. Service can be slow.

Siobhán

I always love a good Earl Grey ice cream and I appreciate that my vegan friends and I can both get something that makes us super happy.

Angela Chung

Don’t miss out on the earl grey ice cream ! Sooo good!

Silas Morrisey

So conflicted about this place— I love the staff and everything on the menu (including Toby's Estate Coffee ), but now no customer restroom . Gotta go to NYPL… if it's open ????????????????

G

Vegan salted caramel was delicious! Very sweet though. For non sweet tooths the earl grey is good!

Bollare

The best summertime treat in the hood. My go-to favorite flavor is Pistachio , but the Giandujia (chocolate hazlenut) is equally awesome. Plus they brew Intelligentsia Coffee ! —Tanya

Sophie Trudel

Best ice cream I've ever had; earl grey tea and honeycomb scoops. And service is very friendly too.

Doroulini

I tried vanilla and honey comb flavors! Both of them were tasty with good texture! The only bad is the waiting line ! We waited more than half an hour.

Jesse Bagels

Excellent ice cream and great vegan options (try the chocolate chip cookie dough , it's the right amount of salty and sweet!)

Bryant Balatbat

Lots of space unlike the one in green point. Ice cream 's just as good. Coffee or espresso . Can't go wrong with any of these flavors.

Silas Morrisey

Sad to say, but no more free WiFi (nor any WiFi ). Better head to Starbucks or NYPL instead (with bonus of customer restrooms ). Still best ice cream and coffee with prime window seats ????????????????????????????

Adrian Phillips

Holy shit I never thought I'd say it, but the fucking vegan ice cream here is the shit. The dark chocolate vegan absolutely trounced the dark chocolate dairy in a head to head ice cream face off.

Lesjahn DB

Try the fresh flavors, that change from time to time. Just tried honey comb, amazing! The earl grey flavor is a fave!

Ina Li

Loved the earl grey flavor. Their ice cream is a bit too sweet for me but really delicious!

Monica Stangle

Might be the best vegan ice cream place in the city ! Mint is my favorite.

K2

The best Vegan Cholate ice cream ever. It's so delicious u won't regret.

Jenny Crowley

As a mint chip connoisseur, I was impressed with the mint chip . Sometimes these artisanal ice cream shops put too much peppermint in so it tastes like mouthwash. Not the case here.

Anissa

The ginger is so good! Lots of little bits of candied ginger for ginger enthusiasts (like me)

Molly Stoddart

Try the earl grey ice cream for a unique and refreshing treat! Lovely space inside with seating and friendly staff .

Nate Beatty

Remarkable ice cream with great vegan options . The shop looks exactly like what you would expect when I say "high end ice cream parlor ."

Stephanie Pereira

Really really good take on vegan ice cream !

Nick Lucchesi

At this fine establishment, you can buy $7 ice cream , with freezer burn, served to you by a sighing 20-something who mutters to himself "perfect timing" when you pull out your credit card. A+ exp.

Viv

Get the Gianduja "John-Dew-Ya" flavour. Like frozen healthy wholesome version of Nutella and just as good!

Jennifer R

The specials are always my go to. Had a lovely pear tart and almond ice cream tonight!

Janice Karbachinskiy

Ask for a cone in your cup for no extra charge! The cocoa nibs were good, but have a very overpowering taste and took away from the taste of the ice cream a bit too much for my preference

Jason Schulweis

Get the vegan ice cream and be blown away it’s actually vegan .

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