I'm always up for trying new and different versions of desserts, especially ice cream! So when Joe K found out about this unique ice cream parlor that features liquid nitrogen as the star of the show, literally; I was curious and excited to see the process in action! The drive to get here from our vacation condo, was a little out of our way, and finding the shop in this small, lack luster strip mall made it also hard to find. The shop sign wasn't very bright, so we almost passed it by. Once we realized that we had found the place, I still wasn't sure what we were walking in to! As we entered, I felt like we were at a children's day care with colorful chairs, and white wooden picnic tables with toys and games strewn about. Children were present eating ice cream and playing board games. The ordering counter and kitchen behind it looked more like a children's science laboratory with a mostly sterile white and stainless steel appearance. The woman at the counter greeted us and explained how they make their concoctions. A wall menu is placed at one side of the room. They have a huge selection of ice cream flavors, along with whatever additions and toppings you could possibly think of! Your creations begin with a liquid ice cream base, measured and placed in a metal bowl. Then your flavor or flavor combinations, and possibly some food coloring are added a little at a time. The process continues as liquid nitrogen is released into the mixture with continuous stirring. Your extra ingredients are either poured or chopped up to be added. More liquid nitrogen is flashed in while the stirring continues until it firms up into a more solid form. Making a decision was difficult for me, so since I was in unfamiliar territory, I played it safe by ordering my usual favorite of chocolate chip mint. Joe was more of a dare devil, and chose a peaches, caramel, and graham crackers mixture. It seemed like a lot of time and work to make ice cream the hard way, but I must say, that our frozen creations were well worth the wait! I really enjoyed my special made mint ice cream which contained a lot more chocolate chips than what you would find at other average shops or grocery stores. I loved this new way of making ice cream the futuristic and scientific way, laboratory style! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aTLHEXJ5z4 read more

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I've been to a place that's done liquid nitrogen ice cream for a long time before and this place does it equally as well, can't fault them for being new to this process as they nailed it! (EDIT: OK, guess they're not new - that's why they nailed it!) First off, the business right across from Gatorland, is in a tiny plaza and a small store. There's some beach chairs & a couple tables with some fun games on them. My fiancee and I kept playing a game where we pressed the alligator teeth, trying not to get bitten! On with the ice cream: it was plain yummy! I ordered raspberry ice cream, which they made by adding crushed up fresh raspberries to the cream base. Some Nutella and peanut butter cups made my ice cream delicious! My fiancee ordered mint ice cream with Oreos and M&Ms. The mint concentrate was dark green & added amazing flavor to her ice cream. It was a great all-around experience and we'll be back! read more

Private Island Ice Cream - Not just ice cream, fun & games! - Caterers Near Me

Super Yummy! Little shop in plaza right next to House of Pizza a cross Gatorland. I had vanilla base ice cream and had nutella, almonds and coconut added in! Sooo good! My husband had the banana pudding ice cream with caramel... He really enjoyed his! It's really fun watching him (the owner) make the ice cream in front on you! My 18 month old son love playing with the smoke flowing out of the bowl from the nitrogen! Since the ice cream is made to order, there is a little of a wait depending on how many people. But you don't notice too much because there are games on top of the tables and beach balls on the floor to play with! The price of $5 is great considering the size of cup and that there is no limit to what you can add in! The owner is very nice and friendly as well! Will be going back! read more

Neither Ida nor I had ever had liquid nitrogen ice cream before. We were kind of expecting a clean, ultra modern looking kind of a place. After all, liquid nitrogen ice cream seems kind of futuristic. What we found instead was more of a "hide the whiskey still behind the cabin in the woods" kind of a place. We were both shocked to find it more than a little on the janky and dirty side. Our first thoughts were that we must be in the wrong place. It made us uncomfortable but, at the same time, we were not going to pass up this whole liquid nitrogen ice cream experience. We were just going to have to be brave. We were almost immediately greeted by a really nice young lady that did a great job of explaining the process to us. I ordered peach with caramel and graham crackers and Ida ordered mint chocolate chip. You can order just about any combination you can imagine. It starts with a stainless steel mixing bowl. Actually I am only guessing it is a stainless steel bowl, it could be an aluminum bowl for all I know. Either way, she poured the liquid ice cream mixture into the bowl and chopped some canned peaches into it before hitting it with that first blast of liquid nitrogen. The next thing I knew, more steam was rolling out of that shiny metal bowl than a witch's cauldron on Halloween. Oh, how exciting! What a completely marvelous show it was indeed! It was everything I had hoped for and more. She then mixed my semi hardened peaches and ice cream mixture before adding the caramel and hitting it with another dose of liquid nitrogen with all of the hocus pocus steam once again mysteriously rising and curling over and all around the bowl. Next she expertly broke some graham crackers into the concoction and I was delighted to see she did not over crush them, leaving the perfect sized chunks instead. She mixed it a little more before hitting it with one last magnificent blast of liquid nitrogen and mashing it up one last time before scooping it into my cup. The flavor was even more glorious than the show itself. It seems like a lot of hard work but the result was worth it, especially since it was the nice people behind the counter doing all of the hard work while I watched in amazement like a wide eyed kid. read more

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Mayan Chocolate + Candied Bacon = spicy bacony goodness. For $5 bucks and made to order is a freakin deal. They need to have a spot like this in SD gosh dangit! :( read more

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This place is amazing!! The ice cream taste better than anything I have ever gotten at a store or any ice cream shop! This is by fir the richest and creamiest ice cream I have ever had! The staff here are really friendly and Amazon to talk to. They give honest feedback on flavors that you can make and give awesome suggestions! The sugar free coffee taste so good! This is high quality ice cream from people who love their job and show it in their attitudes! read more

Private Island Ice Cream - Sugar free coffee goodness!! - Caterers Near Me

My new fav place! The owner is so nice and he made the best ice cream! Me and my frds enjoy ourselves so much. Seating areas with games. And It's a right a cross from Gatorland. read more

The ice cream was good, the store was filthy trash was overflowing and the lady working the counter didn't even have shoes on. The concept was very cool to share with the kids, I would not repeat coming or advising anyone to come to his place. read more

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Liquid Nitrogen ice-cream is such a cool thing! I highly recommend this to anyone as its an actual experience to watch them prepare your ice-cream right in front of you. Definitely one of the better date activities I've done in a while! They've also got board-games and cards so you could easily relax and enjoy your ice-cream! read more

Love Love Love this place. The owner (john I think) is super great - helps you create all kinds of interesting ice cream combinations. The process of making them is cool too - watching the liquid nitrogen freeze your ice cream is amazing (kids love it). I went with a few friends since we were in Orlando for the weekend. Our flavors were: Honey Cinnamon with Chocolate Chips, Coffee Ladyfingers with Nutella, ButterPecan and Triple Berry. They were all great - the triple berry may have been the best. I'd definitely recommend it, and can't wait until my next trip to Orlando to go back! read more

My parents had purchased a coupon for this location, and took my husband and I there as a treat when we came to visit. It was a Saturday evening, and we were the only customers for a good long time. The owner was very friendly, chatting with us the whole time. He helped us understand the process and guided us to choose flavors we would enjoy. My parents each tried sugar free bases which I sampled and they were just as delicious. The four combos we tried: sugar free chocolate with peanuts, sugar free base with blueberries, regular base with raspberries, fudge, and chocolate chips, and regular base with mint, fudge, and cookie dough. Everything was so good, and the portion was huge! The liquid nitrogen is a very neat effect, and I was surprised at how creamy and delicious the consistency of the final product was as well. We had a fantastic time, and I think this is a fun activity to try. Especially if you're into being creative with your ice cream flavors. The only small negative I can see is not about this shop in particular, but rather the whole gimmick. It takes a little bit of time, so it is not as fast as just walking in and getting handed a scoop of ice cream. If you come with a large group it might be several minutes before everyone has received their ice cream. Even though the decoration is lacking in the shop at the moment, there are a variety of fun games around to play with while you wait. I recommended to my parents that they bring all their visitors by for this unique treat. read more

We've tried another local place that makes ice cream using liquid nitrogen, but this place seems to not only have more mix-in options, but a much nicer host behind the counter. He was friendly, helpful and had fun showing the kids what he was doing. I had the red-velvet cake, which was rich and very tasty. Kids loved it too, so we will definitely frequent this place over the other guys in Kissimmee. Hoping their business picks up - it's right across from Gatorland, but not near many residences for evening customers. read more

This ice cream was so good when I had it but it gave me bad stomach ache afterwards! :/

Wow how fun and a new experience for us! I had red velvet cake with cream cheese frosting and the husband had mint chocolate chip. They were both O-so good! We sat on a picnic table and played connect 4 what a fun date :) Other reviews point out the ambiance or lack there of and to that I say, GET OVER YOURSELF! It's a mom and pop (really pop made our ice cream) shop and it's great! read more

By far my favorite place in central Florida to get ice cream. Knowledgeable and customer oriented worker/owner serves up your desired toss-ins and freezes it before your eyes via liquid nitrogen. I've been to a few places like that but this is the best in my opinion. Try a sweet and salty combination like pretzel caramel or Nutella potato chips. Play life size Jenga or relax in a lawn chair. Nice central location near Kissimmee and Orlando. Not trying this place out is a disservice to yourself read more

Private Island Ice Cream - A delicious combo of pretzels and Nutella - Caterers Near Me

Good ice cream but the appearance of the store discourages you from entering. This use to be a great place to get ice cream but the quality has gone down. The floor looks like it hasn't been cleaned ever! The store is a total mess, they have no sort of organization for their toppings. You'll never know if they are fresh or not. It's a total mess, it's unfortunate. This place has potential, too bad the owner hasn't put any care into its facility nor quality of service. read more

Omg! Nitrogen has been such a thing with ice cream but this experience has been way more than getting at Smittens in SF. This was our last stop before the airport and we had to go due to the reviews and its rated #2 on trip advisor. I see why they were. First the owner, very friendly and inviting. He was so informative and knowledgeable in which made making the ice cream combination that much more fun. He is up close and personal. He makes it right in front of you, handles the liquid nitrogen in a manner I have never seen before. With such as, but he did inform us he had been doing it for a long time. Then he folds the flavor together by hand, no machines required. The outcome.... UNBELIEVABLE. Anyone who has the chance to stop by while in Florida, do so. He also has these big Jenga pieces so that guests can play. Unfortunately we didn't have time to get a game started. read more

Really cool place!!! Can't wait to go back and try more flavors!!! The owner was really nice and the place is really cute! Came here with my family. I ordered the coffee and lady fingers. My husband ordered banana foster and my nieces ordered mint and m&m and my other niece ordered birthday cake and m&m. The banana foster was my favorite! Fresh banana, cinnamon, and homemade caramel. Yummy!!! $5 for each creation and you get a lot. read more

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Small Shop Across from Gatorland. Good to sit and enjoy inside or outside of the shop. A map of where visitors have come from and games are found inside. Ice cream is all made to order from the cream to the product to eat. Over 25 add ins including not limited to Girl Scout cookies, pretzels, coconut, peanut butter cups, and caramel. Service is friendly and efficient. The owner was working and explained the process of making fresh ice cream using cream and liquid nitrogen. He explains how to add flavors. Fascinating and engaging was his passion for his shop. Ordered a cup of coconut caramel to give it a try at first. The flavor was finished in almost no time. It was flavorful from the caramel that matched well with healthy amounts of coconut flakes. We were reluctant to order the first one. We weren't shy to go back and order another custom flavor. The second cup was a chocolate peanut butter pretzel. A wow of sweet savory and delicious. Also finished without delay. Overall by far one of the best ice cream experiences. Flavors are spot on. An old time cream shop feel with modern make of the process. Five stars. I will be here to eat more ice cream. Best non chain ice cream I have ever tried. read more

Every time I come to Florida it's a must to come to Private Island Ice Cream. I'm an ice cream lover and this is the best ever.. A must try when your in the Orlando area. read more

Private Island Ice Cream - Strawberry, Raspberries, and Pretzel - Caterers Near Me

I eat lots and lots of ice cream all over the world. I had bananas foster and it was amazing. The homemade caramel really put it over the edge. The owner is really nice. read more

Private Island Ice Cream - Making my ice cream in front of me. - Caterers Near Me

So good! The owner is very nice and it's fun to watch it be made. Nom! Added bonus is that it is vegan, non dairy, gluten free so you don't feel terrible afterwards haha definitely suggest this place. read more

Private Island Ice Cream - Caterers Near Me

Amazing... Legit hand folded nitrogen ice cream glory. We got the triple berry, coffee with ladyfingers & fudge, and the chocolate peanut butter with brownie... All so delicious. Probably can't go wrong with anything on the menu. Owner guy (didn't catch his name) has been doing ice cream for a long time--iz legit.. Too legit to quit! No gimmicks here. Just jumbo jenga pieces & good ol' hand mixed ice cream with real ingredients read more

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Drove 20 minutes out of my way to try this place out after seeing reviews, they aren't even open despite their hours of operation saying they would be. If you are on a schedule, do not go here, they may or may not be open. Very unprofessional. After opening by 30 minutes late, tried their ice cream. I didn't care for the nitrogen cooling theatrics, kids may. Ice cream was 3/5. Nothing special. read more

Exceptional customer service. Having the ability to create your own flavor for $5 is a great value. The person behind the counter was very friendly. I missed together Cinnamon, Cayenne Pepper with Hershey's Chocolate. Owner was cool with me adding some leftover Sriracha I had from a previous meal. Says he will likely have some at the shop in the near future. Love this place. read more

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Hands down BEST ice cream I've ever had! After a hot day at Gatorland, the Piña Colada ice cream with mango was the perfect treat to cool down with! The staff was amazing and friendly and there were toys out to keep our toddler happy! Watching them make the ice cream was also really neat!!! I can't wait to come back once we move to Florida!!! read more

Private Island Ice Cream - Caterers Near Me

I have been to lots of liquid nitrogen ice cream shops (in California) but I really, really loved my creation. I got honey-cinnamon with ladyfingers, bananas and caramel. yum! So fresh and the honey cinnamon really stood out! Next time (like later today) I can't wait to try something new. I also think for the price $5.50 it's a great deal you get so much ice cream as they only offer one size. My kids loved there orders as well! read more

Private Island Ice Cream - Honey cinnamon with bananas, ladyfingers mixed in - Caterers Near Me

My absolute favorite ice cream! Made to order from fresh ingredients. It is so very delicious! The customer service is great and the ice cream shop is clean. The price of $5 for a large over flowing cup can't be beat! If you have not tried the liquid nitrogen ice cream - you are missing out! It takes a while for your ice cream to be made - but it is well worth it! read more

Private Island Ice Cream - A mixture of peanut butter, pretzels and Nutella! Yummy! - Caterers Near Me

Ice cream is delicious, with an amazing array of favors. Service is very friendly. Will definitely come back. read more

Private Island Ice Cream - Lemon chiffon pie ice cream - Caterers Near Me

Simply spectacular with each visit! From the Bacon Caramel Sea Salt to the Raspberry Ghost Pepper to the Orange Cram or the Coconut Caramel... every time awesome goodness. It's a must visit! read more

My daughter and boyfriend brought us here. It was as good an ice cream as I have had. I had the banana foster, it was great.

This place is fantastic! I've never had nitrogen frozen ice cream before and I am glad this was my first experience. There are tons of options to choose from and it is a one size cup. The cup is 5.50$ and you can add 3 toppings, which are mixed in as it is prepared before you. The owner is a marvelous man. He is very warm and welcoming. He took us through his 10 second demo, which was funny and awesome. He prepares each and every ice cream. This place is a hidden gem and would encourage anyone to come share in this experience! read more

We so enjoyed a liquid nitrogen ice cream place near our home but sadly they closed. I remembered seeing Private Islands mentioned in the newspaper. So we were pleased to see this one not far from a favorite restaurant. Private Islands lists their Saturday hours as 1 p.m. to 10 p.m. We arrived a few minutes before 1 p.m. and waited until about 1:07 p.m. today. No one was inside, the open sign never turned on. Not the way to do business! Private Islands is so private that we couldn't even try it! read more

Loved the liquid nitrogen ice cream and the variety of their mixes! The guy working there was super nice and chatted with us, I'd totally go back! read more

My boyfriend and I had a great time at Private Island Ice Cream! It was our first time there and it took us like 10 min to figure out what we wanted. Tons of choices-literally 100's. They start with a vanilla base and then you build your ice cream from there. If you want chocolate they have cocoa that they add, whip it together and you have chocolate ice cream. If you want strawberry, they add fresh strawberrys...catch my drift?! My boyfriend had pineapple(which was fresh, not canned) and added m&m's and oreo cookies. I had chocolate with hot fudge, strawberrys, and pretzels. It was creamy, dense, and really good! Much better than fast food soft serve. The fact that the fruit was fresh is impressive-no nasty syrup or canned crap! I believe the price was around $5 maybe $6. I gave it an "inexpensive" rating because to me its worth it. From what i remember the cups were around 10oz and the ice cream was fill to the brim and even overflowed a bit. The staff was very friendly and helpful with explaining how the whole process works. I thought the ambiance was simple and cute! It was fun looking through the board games-we settled on checkers. My bf kicked my butt! hahaha its all good because it was all over great tasting ice cream! read more

I decide to treat myself to some ice cream while heading home, and boy was this a great treat!!! Don't be put off by location, this is cream shop has a unique way of making the ice cream (liquid nitrogen!), but the quality is Superb! Bananas Foster is my new combination from this shop - give it a try when you're near the Gatorland area of Orlando! You won't be disappointed! read more

Love this place! Today was my first visit and I will be back if I can. They make the ice cream right in front of you. I mean, they start with the custard in liquid form, apply nitrogen, mix the ice cream in front of you with any mix ins, and then hand it to you. Amazing! read more

They offer tons of add-ins for your ice cream and it is a really cool process however, the ice cream itself is flavorless and bland. It really lacks a punch of good flavor. Store bought ice creams actually taste better but this is fun to see. read more

A++ Loved it!!!! This place is a gem! I highly recommend their signature combination; honey-cinnamon

Absolutely incredible ice cream that's made to order. Yes, made to order. They use liquid nitrogen to instantly freeze the liquid. Some of the best ice cream you've ever tasted. It would receive 5 stars but the only thing hindering them is the king wait times. It takes 3-5 minutes to bake each one and typically only 1 person working there. So plan to wait 15-20+ minutes if there's even just a few people ahead of you. read more