Kinrose Creamery
Ice cream shop · Downtown ·
Middle Eastern & Persian ice cream, baklava, saffron pistachios
Middle Eastern & Persian ice cream, baklava, saffron pistachios
"Offers Iranian- and Egyptian-inspired scoops, including rosebud-adorned ice creams and flavors like honeyed baklava that have proven extremely popular, signaling a demand for Middle Eastern dessert profiles rendered as premium ice creams." - Kat Thompson
"At Old Town Pasadena’s Kinrose Creamery, toppings are just as important as the ice cream. The flavors at this former Smorgasburg vendor turned brick-and-mortar draw from Iran, Egypt, and across the Middle East—stretchy Egyptian mint, lavashak, saffron pistachio rose—and each scoop comes topped with eye-grabbing garnishes like rose buds or phyllo crumble. Our favorite might be the sour cherry flavor hidden under a cloud of Persian fairy floss: the fancy cotton candy melts on your tongue and balances the tart ice cream. Kinrose serves a tight list of eight flavors, but limited choices aren’t an issue when they're all this elaborate and delicious." - cathy park, brant cox, sylvio martins
"At Old Town Pasadena’s Kinrose Creamery, toppings are just as important as the ice cream. The flavors at this former Smorgasburg vendor turned brick-and-mortar draw from Iran, Egypt, and across the Middle East—stretchy Egyptian mint, lavashak, saffron pistachio rose—and each scoop comes topped with eye-grabbing garnishes like rose buds or phyllo crumble. Our favorite might be the sour cherry flavor hidden under a cloud of Persian fairy floss: the fancy cotton candy melts on your tongue and balances the tart ice cream. Kinrose serves a tight list of eight flavors, but limited choices aren’t an issue when they're all this elaborate and delicious." - Sylvio Martins
"Also part of the collaborative Pasadena dinner, Kinrose Creamery is providing a sour cherry and fairy floss ice cream to round out the three-course, $30 menu." - Cathy Chaplin
"This Smorgasburg ice cream vendor now has a scoop shop in Old Town Pasadena. Kinrose Creamery specializes in Persian and Egyptian-inspired flavors, like flaky kanafeh, saffron-pistachio-rose, and sour cherry with a tiny cloud of Iranian cotton candy. They also plan to roll out our limited-time flavors for holidays like Ramadan and Nowruz." - Sylvio Martins