Employees scoop the ice cream as if their paychecks is on the line. Ridiculous, for 6.99 and you can't even fill the "like it" cup! The guy who scooped my ice cream scooped as if that how's he wipes his a$$. Light handed and barely getting any ice cream. Again ridiculous. Will never go back, which is upsetting because Merced doesn't have much. read more

They do not practice the proper sanitation procedures working with food. Walked in, workers do not seem welcoming. I had to speak first to get my order started because the worker was just staring at me.. Ice cream flavors are limited. Cost is more expensive, not worth my buck. I will rather go to Baskin Robbin's where I can get a better selection , proper sanitation procedures, friendly people, and not as costly. I will not return to this Cold Stone. read more

I DoorDash ice cream and didn't get spoons and the ice cream was melted by the time I got it

the ice cream is definitely the best around and the flavors are so good. I went in to get the mango ice cream and it was delicious and I can only get it at cold stone. I went with a friend and we sat at the tables and enjoyed the ice cream. A perfect way to spend an evening! Plus the employees were kind and fast at handling the big crowds! Look forward to returning again :) read more

Cold Stone Creamery - Mango Ice Cream - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Merced, California

Worst service. Waited 15 minutes for anyone to even acknowledge my party. Ice cream was fine, but won't return due to lack of service.

I don't understand how every time I go in the workers are so rude. And it will be different girls working every time but they are always so rude. U can tell they don't want to be there. And the scoops r never consistent. ‍ read more

Horrible service, horrible serving for 8$ for a scoop. Please replace the workers or the whole store.

The customer service and the ice cream was amazing! The whole experience was amazing I really recommend to all!!!

Unfortunately I love cold stone creamery but both employees who helped me today were rude. I asked for a waffle cone in my ice cream and the first girl crushed up my cone with her bare hands and put it into my ice cream, I then asked it to be remade because I felt it was unsanitary to touch the cone and the second girl proceeded to remake it without gloves. I finally decided to forget about the waffle cone and the employee asks if I want her to put on gloves and when I said yes she rolled her eyes at me. A little patience and cleanliness can go a long way when working in the food service industry. Unfortunately both employees lacked those skills. Will not be returning read more

Gave this place a second try and they messed up my order AGAIN. Did not add proper ingredients into my mud pie. Whoever made it forgot to add Oreos. Barely any peanut butter. Literally just coffee ice cream with a TINY amount of peanut butter. What is wrong with the employees here? Why can't they get an order correct? read more

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passing thru merced with a group of friends. need something sweet the whole group in car - 6 persons - decided can't go wrong with cold stone. time of days was right. how can you go wrong with ice cream for lunch main entree. face it - we were starved and would of eaten anything by that point. we all ordered a small with flavors added. yum yum read more

The ice cream was cold and tasty! Place was clean , the service ! Awesome. Lily is amazing ! Go get ya some!

loved every part of this. the ice cream was perfect on tbis hot day and i loved the add ins lol!! i love the scenery too outside. read more

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Environment was clean person helping me had very good customer service she welcomed me in and was very helpful my first time here had a very great experience read more

If I wanted a milkshake I would have ordered one. The ice cream was so soft that the server had a hard time just making a ball to get it out of the container. She was really afraid to mix anything in it because it probably would have become a melting mess. Even the stone wasn't even cold enough to really mix in any toppings. What a disappointment for a very expensive ice cream. read more

Had a little treat for our KinderGrad ! Quick friendly service , yummy ice cream and toppings .. the place was also nice and cool .. which was nice ,since summer is officially here ! read more

Cold Stone Creamery - !Cheesecake fantasyx2 in GOTTAHAVEIT! Love it Coffee w graham topping,like it vanilla w m&ms and like it cotton candy w Gummy bears ! - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Merced, California

Disclaimer: I ordered and placed the Good dinosaur cake toppers myself Preorder a super Mario cake and custom it to green and grey frosting. The gentleman who assisted me over the phone was patience and listened to what I wanted. Pick up was quick and easy. Overall, I am extremely happy with my order and I loved cold stone cakes, it's so delicious and filling. read more

Cold Stone Creamery - a green cake with dinosaurs on it - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Merced, California

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Location smells. Floors are sticky. Tables aren't clean. Bathroom door is broken. Ice cream is good though.

The girl helping us was very nice, however she was the only one serving and there was a line to the door. We also got charged for an extra ice cream we didn't get, but didn't want to get back in line for a refund. read more

Omg so good like will come again the ice cream is so good like will recommend for new people

DOESN'T FOLLOW OWN POSTED HOURS The crew working closing on Sunday 11/15/20 needs to be fired. 1) they were rude and non professional on the phone about their hours and procedures they claim come from management 2) even after arriving before posted closing hours, the refused to serve me; again claiming management orders; as they would have to work after having had a slow night 3) and to top it off had rude parting words. I don't post often, but everyone needs to know not to frequent this place. There are better options in town read more

Service was really good. They let me sample a bunch of flavors. We got a regular chocolate scoop with chocolate chip mix in and a regular Oreo cream filling scoop with chocolate chip mix in. The lady added an extra Oreo (for free!) in the Oreo filling scoop because the ice cream didn't have enough Oreo in it. The textures of the ice creams were not consistent though, chocolate was more creamy whereas the Oreo filling was melting and liquidy. They offer student discount! read more

Cold Stone Creamery - L - chocolate with chocolate chips, R - Oreo cream filling with chocolate chips and an oreo - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Merced, California

My partner and I were visiting Merced for the first time and we ended up on this very quaint Main Street. We decided to get a milkshake because it was a hot day. I'm going to preface this by saying if I would've taken the time to read the yelp reviews, we would've never walked in the door here. We were celebrating a major accomplishment and decided to treat ourselves. This place was so disappointing. Do not come here. It's not your typical ice cream experience. It's quite dreadful. Customer service was so bad that we didn't even want to stay until our shakes were done. I'm not going to make any allegations but I am a white woman that was with a brown man. She tried to refuse to take his order entirely and ignore him. We were the only two people in the store. Needless to say it kind of ruined all of our celebrations. Do better!!! read more

The people that work in this establishment are unfriendly. They act as if they are doing us a favor when ordering ice cream. The scoops are sooooooo small; other Coldstone fill the cups but this dump gives very little ice cream. The worst Coldstone ever!!!!! read more

So I came to cold stone 15 min before it closed. Itzel had helped me and my sisters. She had said no toppings because she cleaned off the bored, but she did not clean it off until she showed us she was pouring the water on the bored they mix the ice cream on. They don't close until 9 so, she should have started cleaning when they close got very less toppings because she had to put it on top of my ice cream very poor customer service. read more

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Good selection. The wait is never too long and the best part is that they have normal business hours unlike most places in Merced that close early and on weekends so I appreciate that! The only downside is I do think they could be cleaning a little better as it is a little grimy inside. read more

Worse customer service ever! I ordered a cake for my sons birthday a week before I needed it when they told me they only needed 48 hours notice I told them what type of cake and what I needed it to say and they said they'd have it ready by today (7/29/23) at 12. We show up at 1 and they can't find it cuz they never made it. So they start yelling at me and talking over me like it's my fault like excuse me you don't need to yell at me and you don't need to make this my fault because I paid and ordered it a week ago! Then when they're processing my refund they didn't even give me the full refund to say I am never going back is an understatement zero stars read more

Ice creams were really good but poor customer service skills from the girl with long braids. If I decide to go back, just a reminder: be aware braided hair girl that you're not the owner and I am paying for all my kids and I ice creams. Another observation, the second girl had a nice attitude but her long purple nails with a bunch of little "swarovski" on them made me nervous. I didn't want to end up with diamonds on my teeth. It would be definitely nice if she'd wear gloves. They had a variety of flavors and the place seemed clean. read more

Went into cold stone to grab some ice cream and while trying to decide what flavor I wanted a cockroach came crawling out from under the ice cream case. Disgusting! read more

This is one of the better Cold Stone Creamery locations that I have been to in a while. They have an awesome flavor selection with at least 1 dozen flavors on hand, and are always fully stocked on their mix-ins at their stations. Prices are slightly higher than Baskin-Robbins, but you definitely get what you pay for, they have great customer service (Free Samples) and always mantain their dining area to full cleanliness (No sticky floors or tables). read more

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Shitty ice cream, shitty prices. Got charged an extra dollar for ONE oreo cookie on top! Definitely wasn't expecting to pay damn near $15 for a cone and a love it cup of ice cream. Not worth the hype and will never come back to another Cold Stone again. read more

It's an ok place. Still prefer the Marble Slab out of Fresno. However, the service was fast and friendly with a semi-packed house. Unfortunately, workers area is used as storage so not very clean and hard to move around with so many employees in a small area. All think the prices could come down a bit or offer a10th ice cream for free card to loyal customers. I like the cake choices. There are so many. Haven't ordered yet but when I do I will update. read more

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I have to mention the incredible staff that was working when I went to try Cold Stone for the first time. I was greeted very nicely by there manager who helped me with all my questions and concerns I have considering i'm allergic to peanuts. She was so kind enough to bring a tray from the back and new ice cream from the back and got clean spades even though there was a line. Even with my allergies I got the full Cold Stone experience. I would 100% recommend coming here not only was the ice cream great but also the people working. read more

The staff is horrible, they close 30 mins early talking about some "we can only add toppings on the top and can't mix in anymore" or they will say " the toppings have already been put away, you can only select ice cream". That's some bull. I went here today with my friends and they said they can only add the toppings on top on the ice cream due to the cold stone already being turned off. While the worker there helps us and proceeds to add our toppings on TOP of it ice cream, the other worker answers their doordash and proceeds to scoop the ice cream and throw it ON THE COLD STONE and MIXING THE TOPPINGS TOGETHER. They lied to our faces and are beyond slack. read more

Not one to write reviews but look at the cardboard under the cake. They literally cut out a circle with another cardboard. Kind of ghetto. I mean I paid a good amount for the cake. They could've at least used new material. I always get my ice cream cakes from here and have never had this issue. Not impressed. read more

Cold Stone Creamery - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Merced, California

I have to say, I did have excellent customer service. A young lady took my order yesterday around late afternoon, very friendly, smiling, with an outgoing personality (I believe her name started with a D). Only thing is, seemed as if she was handling the store all by herself, although s hff e was handling it very well, I noticed her manager (I could tell by her response) kept calling/texting her on the phone while she is working, which I think is pretty rude and very very poor management leadership. Shouldn't your manager be physically present? Not sitting behind a camera outside the store! Very unorganized and unprofessional if you ask me. But, I congratulate this young lady for staying on top of it under pressure and doing an amazing job! read more

Horrible attitude not my problem what was wrong with her eye to slam the ice cream door i left and told her thanks i dont want any ice cream way to throw off the mood read more

Got an online order and came in to get my ice cream and when I got it got ice cream all over my hands it was just thrown in the bag and melted completely when I got home and I live five minutes away. I won't be going back read more

Workers are.....well they dont listen and dont pay attention. Was here Sunday evening..ordered 2 love it sizes from one girl...another girl offered to ring us up...so she asked the girl who took our order what we got...total confusion..she was going to ring us up for 2 love its and one like it...then one like it and one love it...we had to say no, 2 love its...we ended up getting charged for 2 love its but only one of the ice creams we received was actually the love it size. We got gipped on the second one so we had to say something which became a big ordeal. Also, their restroom isn't working which is awful, especially if you have children. I asked for gummy bears mixed in my ice cream, the girl says "Are you sure, they get really hard?" I have teeth don't I, I wouldn't have asked for them if I didn't want them... read more

It's been over a week since I visited but on a Sunday night I decided to take my kids in to get a treat. There was a line, which was no problem. We were ready to wait our turn. While standing in line my daughter pointed out a cockroach crawling on the glass case right next to the toppings jars! And a door dash driver just sitting there waiting for his pick up just watching the cockroach crawling around. We walked out right away. Will not be returning. read more