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The Ice Cream Shack

5.0 (5 reviews)
Open • 8:30 am - 8:00 pm
Updated 1 month ago

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Cutest little shop and great ice cream! Friendly staff! Fun candy options as well! Perfect little shop for a fun beach week!

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The Spot

4.4(218 reviews)
0.2 mi
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We (2 adults, 4 kids) went here maybe an hour before they closed. We all got hand-dipped ice cream…read moreand I got a turtle sundae. Of course it was delicious because it's Hershey's ice cream which is the best imo. But the service was excellent. The person who served us was so fast, she was scooping almost as fast as we were ordering. By the time she was scooping the last one, she had already rung us up and we paid. We went outside to eat and there was a grassy area with string lights, picnic tables, and an oversized connect four game. It was beautiful.

The Spot is an obx gem, known for their açaí bowls, smoothies, and ice cream. It's located near the…read morepublic beach in Nags Head, NC. There's plenty of free parking in the lots around the place. There's also plenty of indoor and outdoor seating. The ambiance can be described as cute and casual. There's a couch with a fun neon sign background that's good for pictures. The service is good, we got our smoothies relatively quickly. They were a bit expensive for the area, but were delicious. The hatteras sunset was a bit tangy and the spot-tastic was a good strawberry banana smoothie. This place definitely hits the spot after a day at the beach. I'd recommend coming here if you're looking for a healthy, fresh pick me up while in OBX.

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The Spot - Great place for social media photos

Great place for social media photos

The Spot - Hammerhead bowl, super yummy! love this place :)

Hammerhead bowl, super yummy! love this place :)

The Spot - Açaí bowl on the beach...even in the winter!

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Açaí bowl on the beach...even in the winter!

Surfin' Spoon

Surfin' Spoon

4.8(514 reviews)
0.9 mi
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The absolute cutest froyo/dessert shop I've ever been to! I love the ambiance and you really feel…read morethe beachy, relaxed vibe that matches the obx theme. Staff are all friendly and the line went by pretty quick (less than 15 minutes) for a pretty popular place. Parking lots space is limited but there's plenty of street parking. Photo booth was available, 2 strips for $6.

So I've had this surf and spoon twice now, once in that Corolla timbuck 2 shop that sells the ice…read morecream sandwiches for $8.50 each and once at the store in nags head ( I think ) with the soft serve yogurt and " gelato". So first time was the ice cream sandwich. $8.50 for a very thin ice cream sandwich. I had the original, cookies were good. Ice cream was crystallized and seemed to be closer to sorbet or milk ice than it was to ice cream. Ice cream is not supposed to crunch. Second was the soft serve shop. Shop was nice. That staff were ok. They were more concerned with discussing how to handle HR issues than explaining how you expected to buy your ice cream. It's sold by the ounce. It's self serve. I got the two " gelato" flavors or sweet cream and chocolate fudge popsicle. I got about a half a cup with no toppings...$9. Maybe 6 fluid ounces. They charge $ .70 an ounce by weight I guess? If it was amazing, no problem. The issue is that it wasn't amazing. It WASN'T and ISN'T gelato they are selling!!! What makes gelato.... Gelato??? Well different from ice cream or custard it's the texture and fat content and presence of eggs. Gelato should be very dense and silky smooth. What they are selling as gelato is very likely just a very cheap low fat ice cream or maybe some combination of low fat ice cream and yogurt. It was worse than the cheap soft serve ice cream that Chinese buffets offer. I will not shop here again. I recommend you don't either. It baffles me they have the reviews they have but businesses can buy reviews now so maybe that's it. Instead I recommend strongly American pie ice cream ( or pizza was good too ), kill devils custard and fries OR and I'm including it last because it's expensive and they are cheap with serving sizes for the price but Scoops is good quality ice cream. I don't like leaving bad reviews but I wish I knew before loosing nearly $20 on terrible ice cream.

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Surfin' Spoon - Dollar bills like the walls not sure why.

Dollar bills like the walls not sure why.

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