Ice cream. Core flavor. Dip. Sprinkles. What more could you want? I wish I lived closer and could…read morego every day.

Fun soft serve ice cream place in downtown Durham. I had a vanilla bowl with chocolate dip and…read moresprinkles. The dip was not quite sweet enough for me but I loved the soft serve. My husband had the ice cream nachos with butterscotch dip and rainbow sprinkles, Our favorite part of these were the waffle chips. Would highly recommend that dish. The shop is cute but got very busy while we were there and there was only one employee. I felt really bad for her because she got swamped but she handled it well. Definitely give it a try if you are in the area.

Love the ice cream at Pincho Loco. The staff is always friendly. I love the decor of the parlour…read moreand it is just all around fun. I love the ice cream cakes and flavors available, the smoothies and sweets are also just so good! I do also love that they have to go containers of ice cream!

It was everything we wanted out of a late-night ice cream run! We got their mango ice & lemon lime…read moresorbet. The lemon lime sorbet was especially delicious. Wish that they had had a vegan ice cream (instead of just vegan ices, popsicles, or sorbets), but what they had was good, so I can't complain too much! Service was fast, the inside was cute, and there's a bench outside to sit on if it's a nice day.

I stopped by for a birthday treat and had such a great experience. The staff was incredibly sweet,…read morepatient, and happy to answer questions while I debated flavors. If you're as indecisive as I am, they'll gladly let you sample a few before committing. The shop itself is bright, clean, and welcoming, with plenty of indoor and outdoor seating. The colorful decor and festive atmosphere make it a fun place to sit and enjoy your ice cream rather than just grabbing it to go. The hardest part was choosing from all the unique flavors. Everything I sampled was delicious, and the scoop I ended up with was rich, creamy, and packed with flavor. You can tell they put a lot of thought into creating combinations that are both creative and genuinely tasty. Whether you're a local or just visiting Durham, Jeni's is absolutely worth a stop for a sweet treat. Great ice cream, great atmosphere, and even better customer service. Bonus points for making a birthday afternoon feel a little more special.

I came to Jeni's with some colleagues and ordered the darkest chocolate and the vegan peppermint…read morepatty scoops. They accidentally gave me the milk chocolate ice cream (pictured here) and later swapped it out for darkest when I asked. The ice cream is mediocre in my opinion and leans on the sweeter side. The ambiance and seating in here is plentiful. I came here with 10+ colleagues and we ended up sitting at the high top bar, not pictured. My main qualm with Jeni's is the temperature inside the store; it was freezing inside even though I was fully dressed in business casual with a sweater.

Two Roosters is such a fun and creative ice cream place with their different monthly flavors. For…read moreJuly, they have a podcast series. I ordered a small cup of Nancy Ray's PB M&M Cookie Dough. It's a vanilla based ice cream with peanut butter m&m cookie dough. I thought I loved cookie dough before, but peanut butter and m&ms mixed in took it to another level. Service was quick and polite. The Durham store was clean with a few tables downstairs. They did have an upstairs area, but I did not venture that way. My husband and I took our ice cream to go and ate near a fire pit right outside the store. There is a parking lot nearby as well with other restaurants and stores in the area. If you're able to go before the podcaster series is up, I highly recommend making your way to Two Roosters. I'm looking forward to what August brings for monthly flavors!

Such good ice cream for a great price and with rotating flavors every month. Just go.read more

Goodberry's frozen custard is solid! It is not ice cream, but custard with its own creamy goodness…read more I love the concept of starting with a base and then getting mixin's. This time I had vanilla custard, berries, and nuts. There are so many possibilities. You can basically go nuts with it and have them create you're own divine dessert creation. Worth a visit!

On 08/06/26, I visited Duke University with my family. We were told Goodberry's is really good. At…read more8:20pm, I called to ask what time they closed and the young lady on the phone stated, "regular time." I asked, "what time is regular time." She sighed and hung up on me. Very disrespectful. Will go to The Parlour instead. Parlour was nice enough to tell us their closing time.

Let's get right to it... possibly the best milk shake I've ever had. Fun atmosphere and friendly…read moreservice. Jess and Teagan both deserve to be on the employee of the month list! I'd recommend the chocolate peanut brownie milkshake. That, along with some bark or a truffle will give you just enough of a sugar high to make it through throws at you today!

This was a great spot to get something sweet to drink and eat after the Festibull lights! It's…read morequick and they are so friendly! We got the molten strawberry with hard ice cream instead of whipped cream. It was sweet and tangy! It's never too cold for icecream!

"Eastern-inspired ice cream and other sweets, next door to La Vaquita in Durham"…read more Stopped by this lovely shop at 7pm on a Saturday evening. The name a little hard to catch, but it's a small greenish building immediately beside La Vaquita on Chapel Hill Road (with the giant cow on the roof). The outdoor area is quite nice, with a fenced outdoor area having swings and other seating/ space for families. We were greeted quite warmly when we arrived. They had maybe ~15 flavors of ice cream or similar (will return to that in a second) as well as other sweets like baklava. But this is not your ordinary ice cream shop-- the flavors were unusual. Cucumber, date, and others caught my eye, but I didn't try those. Unlike one Yelp reviewer's comment, when we went, there was both a regular pistachio as well as a vegan pistachio option. I got something different-- I tried the falooda... a Persian inspired ice-cream-like dish with rose syrup and small cooked noodles. The texture is slightly like an italian ice, but the flavor was great. However, there's more-- on a table off to the side, there were separate lemon and cherry flavors that we were invited to try adding to the falooda. Let me tell you-- either addition turned a good dish into a heavenly dish! Sooooo good. Try it, but only if you're open to "this isn't just ice cream". There were also some wafer cookies to the side we were invited to have with our respective dishes. Seating inside was stools at benches facing a thin window bar-- outside is nicer if you have a big group and/ or if weather is nice, but it was fine. I did stop by the restroom briefly, and it was clean, too. Overall, definitely plan to come back to this eastern-inspired ice cream shop, and I encourage others to give it a try too!

Delicious ice cream with unique flavors! The staff is attentive and helpful. The ambiance is so…read morecute! It's also really nice that there's a playground outside for families to enjoy, and it's fenced in so you feel protected from traffic. Love how convenient this is to my house!

This is such a cute little spot for ice cream in downtown Durham! It is located on the patio of…read moreMaverick's. Their ice cream is soo creamy, I don't know how they do it! Trash Panda is the best flavor, highly recommend it, it has lots of different candy mixed in. When in Brightleaf Square definitely give this cute local spot a try, it is way better than the overhyped national chain just a few doors down in my opinion.

Wow, creamy ice cream that is delicious. Pricey but worth it! Had the trash panda and I recommend…read moreit!