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    Birthday Cake ice cream in a waffle cone
    Trisha F.

    Excellent ice cream with rich flavor, great value, and friendly service. Highly recommended!

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    Tiffany H.

    I go by this place all the time, and finally was able to go inside to try. It's a small ice cream shop located in a shared shopping center. There is plenty of shared parking. The staff are friendly. They have a whole case of dairy free options, which is amazing. I was able to try the peanut colada and the lemon lime basil ended up getting them in the lime basil which was a nice treat. Some of the toppings you desire may be in the back. The prices are a little bit steep. Will definitely come back and try again another day. Hope you enjoy.

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    Stacey A.

    It's National Ice Cream Day and they advertised buy one get one free waffle cones. Never been here so we picked them to try. Brought the fam and confirmed the cones were buy one get one. We got a blonde and a sea salted caramel then a scoop of butter pecan in a cup and two scoops of birthday cake in a cup. Our total was $23. I don't think we got our buy one get one. They were packed and just two people working so I didn't sweat it because they were working their tails off with the neverending line. Ice cream is delicious. If only we lived closer but it was a nice trip from Harrisburg. There's seating outside that's spread out. Located in a shopping plaza. Lots of families were out.

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    Samantha P.

    This was not supposed to be my lunch, but I'm here now. I was in the area conducting a tasting at the local Total Wine in Ballantyne somehow Yelp suggested local ice cream shop to me, and so this was only one minute away from where I was. When I walked in, it smelled so delicious. The decor is very inviting. I told Mary that it was my first time here and she allow me to taste all the flavors that I was interested in but because I'm a overachiever I decided to go with three scoops instead of two and I let Mary, select my third scoop, it is like a peanut butter Oreo flavor. It is absolutely delicious. This place is wonderful. The customer service is by far better than I expected! The cashier educated me that the ice cream is made in house. I was going to use apple pay but they have cash app pay as well so I used it instead! I tried non dairy chocolate coconut, dairy butter pecan and the mystery peanut butter oreo. Can you say yum?

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    Joy R.

    Looking for a sweet treat? This spot is ideal. And, they are taking COVID-19 very seriously. The staff members were very friendly. So many good flavors to choose from... I landed on sea salted caramel and wasn't disappointed. One scoop tightly packed in a cup was sufficient to end my long day. The ice cream is super rich and very flavorful!

    Non-dairy ice cream Rocky Road and Cookie butter
    Megan F.

    Phenomenal reeses peanut butter ice cream!! I found the Local Scoop pop up shop in downtown Matthews (by Moe's and Pizza Peel). The amazing peanut butter goodness was delicious! So creamy pb ice cream and plentiful with reeses peanut butter and chocolate inside!! They did a half scoop of cookie dough in my one scoop also which is a wonderful way to eat two flavors in one serving. The cookie dough was yummy too but reeses peanut butter is my favorite!! Look for the pop up in Matthews and eat some yummy local ice cream!! They have plans to put up sun shades for the summer too. Great service and friendly owner!! Also-- Excellent non-diary ice cream!! I'm a true ice cream lover who's been relegated to non-dairy ice cream by lactose intolerance in adulthood, and I miss the real deal. However the six non-dairy opting at Local Scoop is so exciting! I tried Rocky Road and Cookie Butter (all made with coconut milk) and both flavors were refreshing and tasty! I tried several of the other non-dairy ones--including the I Can't Believe its not Gluten, which was good but not enough chocolate for me. Rocky Road was a blend of chocolate and walnuts and it's creamy chocolate got me! The cookie butter flavor is like the speculous Dutch cookie butter from my favorite grocery. Yum!! They make everything in the store so I imagine the dairy ice cream is also delicious

    Rose E.

    Accidentally stumbled into this place while doing errands... Noticed that like Jeni's Splendid, this ice cream parlor also served this "Almond Brown Butter" flavor that I'm near addicted to (very similar, but creamier...almost fresher?). This parlor also served a "Flight", a set of 3 scoops, with waffle cones as accompaniments. Hmmm...I began to wonder if all ice cream parlors followed the same trend? Anyway, I tried Vanilla Bean, Almond Brown Butter and Pumpkin Spice...and I liked the Almond Brown Butter the best. Again, I might even say it's JUST as good as Jeni's...in a different way! However, I wasn't too impressed with the Vanilla Bean or the Pumpkin Spice. Same with the Waffles...which, BTW, weren't even close to being as good as Jeni's. The presentation was not great either. I actually expected the "Flight" to look cool, but it turned out looking somewhat sloppy to me...in this cheap looking plastic cup/tray. Disappointing. Also, despite the locally sourced flavors (also like Jeni's), I thought that the ice cream was way overpriced...especially considering all that I just mentioned. The "Trio" at Jeni's was at least $2 less. Sorry for constantly comparing to Jeni's Splendid, but it kept coming to mind...especially once I saw that Almond Brown Butter flavor! Overall, I thought this was a good, solid ice cream parlour...and despite the locally sourced part, I thought the place was somewhat ordinary. Nothing too eye-popping, fun or aesthetically pleasing. Maybe I hit an off day, or picked the wrong ice cream flavors, but I just wasn't impressed at all.

    Ice cream cone
    Andrea W.

    Great little spot just a few steps off Main Street. Delicious ice creams and lots of space for sitting to enjoy your treat right there.

    Key lime pie and banana pudding
    Jacqueline T.

    We came here when we were looking for dessert in the area. I got a scoop of key lime pie and a scoop of banana pudding in a waffle cone and my husband got a salted caramel ice cream panini with caramel sauce and graham cracker crumbs. The key lime pie was very dry and dense -- the texture seemed off. The banana pudding and panini were both pretty good. Everything is local focused which is cool, but that comes at a hefty price. We paid about $15 for the two things we got and I definitely didn't think it was worth the price. I think the other local shops in Charlotte have ice cream that's better for a cheaper price. If I ignored the price, I'd probably come back again, but with how expensive it was, I'd rather get dessert elsewhere.

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    8 months ago

    I usually go to the Park Rd location, but was excited to find this shop in South CLT! Great ice cream and customer service

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    4 months ago

    Awesome ice cream,friendly staff and owner came out while they were closed for deep cleaning and gave us ice cream!

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    10 months ago

    Service was good- workers were very nice. Ice cream was pretty good, but melted quickly.

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    1 year ago

    Great service wasn't very busy they make a great root beer float and their workers work very hard and stay focused 10/10 would recommend!

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    First the service was amazing the experience was good I liked how they branded it as a cow then the root beer float is amazing 5 stars

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    Everything was great! Staff was friendly and ice cream was great. Chocolate and peanut butter cup in the fancy sprinkle cone. Yum.

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    mid. ice cream wasn't that great. Service is fine. They do give you a generous amount of ice cream I will say.

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    The finest ice cream in town! Every flavor is great, and you have the option to take home a carton or two. Swing by and treat yourself.

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