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Walking into La Michoacana Artisan, it seemed like half the hikers in the area convened on this one spot for their after-hike refreshments with the promise of homemade ice cream. A long line snaked out of the shop as everyone sought to replenish the calories they had burned through the day and the outside benches were full of people enjoying ice cream and various treats. Still, the line moved pretty quickly and soon we had our order: Medium ($7.29) - This comes with three scoops (not the most generous of sizes), of which we went with the Matcha Pistachio Cheesecake (MPC), Gansito, and Horchata. The MPC does have a bit of matcha earthiness, pistachio nuttiness, and has small cubes of cheesecake mixed into. It has a major issue though - it isn't completely frozen into ice cream. It's like it just came out from the ice cream mixer, not completely solidified and more like a light custard in texture. I saw that some of the ice cream tubs that were filled over capacity seemed to be on the melty side, but I didn't expect it to actually be melted going in! I have never had the gansito snack cake before, but this ice cream tastes exactly like the description of this dessert. It's mostly earthy/grainy, kind of like biscoff, with a bit of a strawberry swirl, and a small amount of cream and chocolate. It has a bit of that kind of snack-cakey preservative taste, like taking a Little Debbie cake and making it into an ice cream. The horchata tastes nicely of cream, heavy cinnamon, and rice. Flavor-wise pretty good. Unlike the MPC, the horchata ice cream level was all the way to the bottom of the tub, making it the most solid of the bunch. Unfortunately, this results in quite a bit of ice crystals embedded inside. Overall, the ice cream is reasonably thick - not as low overrun as a typical super premium, but much better than any grocery store ice cream. There's a bit of a light stretchiness, indicating the possible use of some stabilizers. I hate to give this business only a 3 star rating, but they have some major issues that should not exist in a properly run ice cream shop: the tubs that are overfilled are melted while the tubs that don't have much left are icy. I went in expecting to visit this shop multiple times, and came out not wanting to go again. As a side note: As one of the employees was scooping more ice cream onto the ice cream nachos for another customer, I saw her bangs getting into the ice cream. Seems like a safety/sanitary concern. Bathrooms - None that I could see Edit: After seeing the owner's response, I think I might have been a little too harsh on La Michoacana Artisan. The fact is, it's homemade ice cream in a small tourist town. Yes, there are problems, but comparing against standards for an artisan ice cream in larger cities isn't really a fair comparison. Considering most other options in the area serve commercial ice cream, it's definitely a business worth supporting, even if it's not up my alley.
We visited here for an evening treat. This is a wonderful little establishment with homemade ice creams including the most imaginative sundaes such as those including Flaming Hot Doritos. We had the Cookie Monster Cup & the Ice Cream with Croffle (a waffle & croissant blend...but like a Belgian waffle). Both were amazing. They had traditional Mexican desserts too. The portions were big. We could have shared. The service was great. The employee was friendly & gave us tastes & helped us make decisions from all the options. He also talked to us about the Moab region. They have a super cute store & nice environment to come in, shop & eat. So cute!
Small ice cream and snack shack, lots of goodies after a hot day on the rocks! They had some souvenirs too. My kid went plain strawberry and I got one of the Garnato Cookie Sunday cup and it had A LOT going on.
Cute shop with delicious ice cream. I had the matcha pistachio cheesecake and chocolate abulita. Hubby had a large cup of coffee ice cream. Quick service even with just one sweet girl behind the counter.
Ice cream Very good ice cream. I liked the pistachio matcha one the best. Very thick and flavorful, you actually taste the matcha. The pistachios provide a nice crunch, They have other unique flavors and, I sampled about 4 and that was totally okay which was very nice. But pistachio matcha had the strongest flavor and best texture to me. They have chocolate rocks! Awesome topping. 2 scoops cost me a little over $5 which is affordable compared to ice cream places in New York. And good size too. The owner was very nice. Such a cute shop and there is a gift shop attached. I came back a second day and got the pistachio Marcha cup $8.50 and added chocolate rocks to it. Very very good with the sauces, whipped cream, pocky and wafers they add. Thank you for being open in the winter for those who love ice cream anytime!
The gentleman who served us was very kind and offered to let us try multiple flavors as we made our decision. Ice cream is priced reasonably and if you get a cup you get a lot of ice cream and other treats as well. Super tasty, lots of fun flavors. I got gansito but loved the blackberry cheese and the sweet corn.
Great little find, right off the main road. Highly recommend the Thai Tea and Horchata ice creams, so good! Hubby got the Croffle, and let me tell you, so amazing!!!!!
We were wanting something cold and sweet and came across this Michocana! They don't have amazing ice cream flavors so we went for some sorbet. The strawberry sorbet consistency was meh. It wasn't like sorbet consistency but rather kind of icy. I wasn't a huge fan of it. We also got the passionate fruit sorbet which was sorbet consistency and tasted amazing! Service was fast and easy and they were really nice! read more
We stopped here for dessert one day during our trip to Moab. The service is amazing. They were patient as we tried different flavors to make our selection. We eventually went with passion fruit and strawberry sorbet. Both were amazing and they were flavors that you don't see any many other sorbet spots around here. The consistency of the sorbet was a little off, but it wasn't bad. The passion fruit was really the one that stole the show. The location is not on Main Street so it took us a bit to find, but it's still close enough to walk there and then walk back to the Moab food trucks. There's no dedicated parking but it's easy enough to find parking. The wait was negligible to get our sorbet since it's sorbet lol read more
Walking into La Michoacana Artisan, it seemed like half the hikers in the area convened on this one spot for their after-hike refreshments with the promise of homemade ice cream. A long line snaked out of the shop as everyone sought to replenish the calories they had burned through the day and the outside benches were full of people enjoying ice cream and various treats. Still, the line moved pretty quickly and soon we had our order: Medium ($7.29) - This comes with three scoops (not the most generous of sizes), of which we went with the Matcha Pistachio Cheesecake (MPC), Gansito, and Horchata. The MPC does have a bit of matcha earthiness, pistachio nuttiness, and has small cubes of cheesecake mixed into. It has a major issue though - it isn't completely frozen into ice cream. It's like it just came out from the ice cream mixer, not completely solidified and more like a light custard in texture. I saw that some of the ice cream tubs that were filled over capacity seemed to be on the melty side, but I didn't expect it to actually be melted going in! I have never had the gansito snack cake before, but this ice cream tastes exactly like the description of this dessert. It's mostly earthy/grainy, kind of like biscoff, with a bit of a strawberry swirl, and a small amount of cream and chocolate. It has a bit of that kind of snack-cakey preservative taste, like taking a Little Debbie cake and making it into an ice cream. The horchata tastes nicely of cream, heavy cinnamon, and rice. Flavor-wise pretty good. Unlike the MPC, the horchata ice cream level was all the way to the bottom of the tub, making it the most solid of the bunch. Unfortunately, this results in quite a bit of ice crystals embedded inside. Overall, the ice cream is reasonably thick - not as low overrun as a typical super premium, but much better than any grocery store ice cream. There's a bit of a light stretchiness, indicating the possible use of some stabilizers. I hate to give this business only a 3 star rating, but they have some major issues that should not exist in a properly run ice cream shop: the tubs that are overfilled are melted while the tubs that don't have much left are icy. I went in expecting to visit this shop multiple times, and came out not wanting to go again. As a side note: As one of the employees was scooping more ice cream onto the ice cream nachos for another customer, I saw her bangs getting into the ice cream. Seems like a safety/sanitary concern. Bathrooms - None that I could see Edit: After seeing the owner's response, I think I might have been a little too harsh on La Michoacana Artisan. The fact is, it's homemade ice cream in a small tourist town. Yes, there are problems, but comparing against standards for an artisan ice cream in larger cities isn't really a fair comparison. Considering most other options in the area serve commercial ice cream, it's definitely a business worth supporting, even if it's not up my alley. read more
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Nutthakitta B.
Thank you for your review Albert !…
1 year ago
We visited here for an evening treat. This is a wonderful little establishment with homemade ice creams including the most imaginative sundaes such as those including Flaming Hot Doritos. We had the Cookie Monster Cup & the Ice Cream with Croffle (a waffle & croissant blend...but like a Belgian waffle). Both were amazing. They had traditional Mexican desserts too. The portions were big. We could have shared. The service was great. The employee was friendly & gave us tastes & helped us make decisions from all the options. He also talked to us about the Moab region. They have a super cute store & nice environment to come in, shop & eat. So cute! read more
5 months ago
Small ice cream and snack shack, lots of goodies after a hot day on the rocks! They had some souvenirs too. My kid went plain strawberry and I got one of the Garnato Cookie Sunday cup and it had A LOT going on. read more
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Service- they were fast and friendly. Food- we tried their tosti locos, I've never had it with carrot and I was very impressed on the taste. I also had a taro ice cream, I could taste the taro with every lick! read more
Ice cream Very good ice cream. I liked the pistachio matcha one the best. Very thick and flavorful, you actually taste the matcha. The pistachios provide a nice crunch, They have other unique flavors and, I sampled about 4 and that was totally okay which was very nice. But pistachio matcha had the strongest flavor and best texture to me. They have chocolate rocks! Awesome topping. 2 scoops cost me a little over $5 which is affordable compared to ice cream places in New York. And good size too. The owner was very nice. Such a cute shop and there is a gift shop attached. I came back a second day and got the pistachio Marcha cup $8.50 and added chocolate rocks to it. Very very good with the sauces, whipped cream, pocky and wafers they add. Thank you for being open in the winter for those who love ice cream anytime! read more
7 months ago
The gentleman who served us was very kind and offered to let us try multiple flavors as we made our decision. Ice cream is priced reasonably and if you get a cup you get a lot of ice cream and other treats as well. Super tasty, lots of fun flavors. I got gansito but loved the blackberry cheese and the sweet corn. read more
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Nutthakitta B.
Thank you so much, Heather! We’re so glad you loved the Gansito ice…
4 months ago
2 years ago
Great little find, right off the main road. Highly recommend the Thai Tea and Horchata ice creams, so good! Hubby got the Croffle, and let me tell you, so amazing!!!!! read more
1 year ago
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Nutthakitta B.
Thank you so much, Angela! It makes us really happy to hear you…
Fabulous homemade ice cream with many unusual flavors like horchata and corn. They had at least 6 sorbets or dairy free. We tried the corn and caramel together, plus a scoop of pistachio matcha cheesecake. All were rich and creamy. The corn tasted like fresh sweet corn! Service was great and there are some comfy Adirondack chairs outside. read more
Mexican-inspired ice cream that's homemade and tastes amazing! This was the perfect treat after hiking at Arches. Real ingredients, no artificial flavors or colors added either. The pitaya tasted just like the fruit and the cucumber & lime was insanely refreshing. Not too sweet either and the only issue I had is that I should have bought the larger cone. Service was very friendly and the lovely girl assisting us allowed us to sample anything we wanted. I really had my heart set on avocado ice cream but when she told me they didn't have it I guess it was meant to be for me to try something else and I loved my other two fruit flavors. Cute little shop with some outdoor seating with a very convenient location just a block away from downtown. read more
6 months ago
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Nutthakitta B.
Hi Jay, thank you for your feedback — we really appreciate you taking…
11 months ago
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Nutthakitta B.
Thank you, Stacey! We love hearing that you enjoyed the unique…
7 months ago
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2 years ago
There is so many options, from ice cream to drinks and , desserts a must try! They also have some souvenirs magnets, shirts... something to take back home Service is great you can sample preety much everything ice cream, and the fresh waters they make. They have a bigger location same place just bigger and more variety of goodies read more
2 years ago
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1 year ago
Cute little shop just off Main Street, awesome artisanal ice cream that had absolutely amazing presentation and flavor combos. read more
1 year ago
Excellent ice cream and specialty cups. Be patient -- it takes a while to prepare. Several flavors are dairy-free. read more
11 months ago
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Nutthakitta B.
Thank you, Kristen! We’re thrilled you enjoyed the croffle and the…
1 year ago
2 years ago
This place is so fun! They have such unique delicious flavors that are fun to try and make just choosing one hard! The worker was friendly and helpful. Small little area so we took our ice creams to go. $6.04 for a single scoop in a waffle cone. read more
2 years ago
What a gem! There's a lot of options for ice cream in Moab, but nothing as unique as this place. It's about a 1/2 block off of main Street, but well worth the detour. They make everything in house and you can taste the difference. The amount of unique options they have is just amazing. They also have quite a selection of non dairy treats that looked amazing. Don't miss this place when you visit Moab! read more
2 years ago
We stopped in for ice cream after our trip to arches. Ice cream was good but I got the croffle! So freaking amazing! Can't wait to go back! read more
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