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    Ashley's Ice Cream

    3.9 (74 reviews)
    Open 12:00 pm - 10:00 PM

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    Jason P.

    We visited this Ashley's for the first time on our way home from dinner in New Haven. It's a small ice cream shop in a large Hamden shopping plaza. There is outside seating, but atmosphere is not a selling point. Service was friendly, with one hiccup. I ordered a sundae with mint chocolate chip, Reese's Pieces, hot fudge and peanut butter sauce. The server first added the Reese's Pieces and then topped it with the sauce, which seems like a unique order. After my sundae was made, my server asked if I wanted a lid. I responded "Yes, but on the side." I'm not sure what she thought I said, but she suddenly added more peanut butter sauce to the sundae. She again asked if I wanted a lid and I responded the same way. At that point, I could see from her reaction that she realized she had misunderstood my previous response and that I did not ask for more peanut butter sauce. It was a misunderstanding and not a huge deal, but it did throw the proportions out of whack. I fairly regularly order mint chocolate chip, and this was not one of my recent favorites. The peanut butter sauce was good, but it dominated the hot fudge. An ice cream sundae is always somewhat tasty, but considering that, this was one of my least favorite sundaes of the year because I didn't love the ice cream or how the sundae was made. For what it's worth, my wife gave her sundae (which had some sort of chocolate flavor and cookie dough pieces) Five Stars and I'm sure we'll return at some point because of that. I've got to give Ashley's Three Stars based upon my sundae and the lack of atmosphere compared to many other great CT ice cream shops.

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    Francesca F.

    I really appreciate the quality of Ashley's -- the fact that the mint isn't an aggressive green goes to show how natural their products are; no fake stuff! Only the best for Ashley's! They also have a cute ontological aesthetic and photos of community members around to really hone in on the New Haven feel!

    Craig B.

    Best whipped cream in CT. I'm talking thicccccc!! Their chocolate chocolate chip is perfection. The chips are small (not morsels) and plentiful. They have 5 locations and they are all great!

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    Lauren N.

    The ice cream and whipped cream were so delicious. I will definitely be back. I got a scoop of chocolate Reese's peanut butter cup and heath bar. I loved both. I will not get the waffle cone next time, it was stale and disappointing. The fact I'm still rating this five stars speaks to how great the ice cream and whipped cream were. The staff were friendly and happily answered all questions.

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    Very nice servers, very tasty ice cream, lots of flavors, what's not to love?! Super convenient while charging an EV.

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    Very good ice cream. We go here all the time. Pricey but good. Wentworth's is better but they are often closed.

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    Joe at the Hamden location made my ice cream cake and it was the damn best ice cream cake I've ever had!

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    Ice cream is really good, it's local for us in Hamden and would definitely recommend trying it out.

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    the cash registers were okay their service was kinda rude but nice most of the time. but the ice cream was so good

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