Milk Bar Midtown

There was a long lineup. We stood for more than half an hour for the soft served cereal milk. Was it worth the wait? Not really. Ice cream was different but not great. There were only 2 members of the staff preparing the ice cream. That might be why it was taking long. Would I go there again? No. See update. They don’t accept cash. Only accept card or mobile payment. Update: I previously said I won’t go there again, but based on the owner response, I realized that they are trying to improve by listening to their customers, which is good to hear. At the end of the day that is what reviews are for, to make the service better and give ppl useful information. So, yes I would give it another try.

In all honesty maybe it’s me and I like the cheap Mcdonalds sweets but this is clearly the most upsetting dessert I’ve ever tasted. I wanted to try this and $20 for ice cream, cake truffles and a shake. The shake tastes like skim milk in a cup, maybe worst. The cake truffles are very sweet, I couldn’t even finish one by myself, and I ice cream was so bad I wanted to flip it right out the window once I tasted it. It tasted salty, i couldn’t just throw out six bucks like that, im not rich. This is the one time I feel bad for writing a bad review because I expected this to be the best ever. I can say your staff was okay and did their job, they answered any questions I had and I thank them for that but sorry I’ll stick with the cheap dessert for now.

Small place, the only con is they don’t have seats, so products are exclusively to go. The soft serve is tasty, especially if you ask it with cornflakes. Loved the crack pie, it’s the best pie I’ve ever had. Staff is friendly. Service is fast. It’s a no cash place so bringing a card is mandatory.

I liked it but not loved it. I think here, you can have comments of both sides from the same product. In my opinion, you can like the products, or you won't. That's why the so many mixed reviews. Mostly because they don't sell the usual ice cream or milkshake. I see this place as a establishment where you can try new products with a different touch. In my case, I ordered the Cereal Milk Soft Serve with cereal for topping. Sadly, my four stars are only related to that product (which is not fair). I liked it, but I don't think I'd order it again. I'm not saying it was bad, it wasn't. I loved the crunchy cereal as topping, and the taste of the milk was actually like when your milk takes the flavour from the cereal. I was not a big fan of the latter. However, the person I went with, loved this product. About why I said it is not fair, it's because they offer many products and taking into account only one is not enough. That's why my goal is to eventually give it a second time, and try a new product and see how it goes. About the place, I have been reading many reviews about how hard it is to find it. I think this is a bit true, you need to pay attention to where you are going in order to find it. If you are distracted, you can miss it easily. However, I didn't see this as an issue and didn't affect my review. Place can be considered small, but for the purpose of the store and location, it doesn't matter to me. Service was great. I can't talk about price, as I only ordered the soft serve (which I think was like ~6).

Trendy over priced ice cream, but I still liked it. I got the signature cereal milk ice cream with corn flake topping. The ice cream itself had was lightly sweetened and a hint of savory salt. Very unique. If you are a die hard super sugary sweet ice cream eater I would not recommend this place for you. If you are open to something different, I would say yes. Give it a try. They take credit card only. No cash.

So, I feel like this is a love/hate review. I love the idea of Milk Bar and their diverse products. I love the chocolate pretzel soft serve, but the cereal milk soft serve is absolutely disgusting. They were sold out of the majority of things around 6pm. The staff was great. Prices were kind of high, but expected them to be above average. I would visit again, just would be sure to tell my friends to not get cereal milk.

We had crack pie and two soft serves with corn flakes. Yeah it's expensive, but the soft serve tastes like cereal milk. They did it! Ok plus, if you are in NYC what more authentic thing is there to do than spoon over bowls of money for leftover milk someone decided to repackage and sell. The staff were so friendly and nice. It was all around just a fun treat. I did not prefer the crack pie, but I did enjoy the soft serve and, like it or not, I am really glad I tried it. If I was out on my own, I might not go back (I prefer chocolate sprinkels) but if I were with some friends or kids, I'd definitely put it near the top of the list for a quick stop.

I got cookies and a salted chocolate pretzel milkshake. Everything was really sweet, salty and rich. Wasn't as good as I thought it was going to be especially for the price. The staff was ver quick and friendly though. It was kind of hard to find since it was at night. I walked by it a couple times and couldn't find it until I saw someone eating ice cream.