Maxx M.
Yelp
Tons of ice cream flavors, a bazillion unusual popsicle flavors, plus savory snacks - 5 stars!
La Michoacana Rose is definitely one of my favorite ice cream shops - Mexican style. First of all, the space itself is bright, colorful, and beautiful. I particularly love the giant wall display of roses, the huge mural, and the big chalkboard on the back wall. The shop was also very clean and spotless.
They have an impressive variety of ice cream flavors, many of which are usual. They even had green tea flavor, something I usually only find in Asian style restaurants.
In addition, they have even more flavors of frozen popsicles, some of which are unique and a little crazy. For example, they have a fruity pebbles flavor, an avocado flavor, and a Chamu flavor. I got the Chamu. It was a little too strong and salty for me. Still, it was very interesting. I'm glad I tried it.
They offer a wide variety of beverages. I got the hibiscus (flower) flavor. It was excellent. For those of you that aren't familiar with it, I'd describe the flavor as what you'd get if you mixed half grape juice and half cranberry juice. Yum!
Finally, they have a bunch of savory snacks like nachos and walking tacos. I had the walking taco. I really enjoyed it. And I loved the presentation. Basically, you pick your flavor of chips, they cut the side of the bag off, they fill the bag with your ingredients, and they give it to you with a fork sticking out of the bag. Cool!
NEEDS IMPROVEMENT:
I had a bad time trying to communicate with the young woman working behind the counter. I'm sure she's a good person and she was very nice. But I couldn't understand her and she could hardly understand me. Keep in mind, my wife is from Peru, South America so I have years of practice listening to a Spanish accent. But...it's critical that your front line employees both speak AND understand English. As a result of this confusion, she gave me a walking taco instead of an order of nachos. And she gave me a small drink instead of a large drink. And placing my order was a prolonged and frustrating experience. She couldn't answer any of my questions either. For example, she didn't know when they opened (I know it wasn't long ago) and she didn't know when (or if) they would close for the season at some point.
Overall, this place is excellent. Despite the shortcomings of only one employee, I'm still going with 5 stars.
Thumbs up!
-Maxx