San Francisco’s Hometown Creamery

Today I had the Orange Cranberry Sorbet and it was delicious. Actually everything I’ve ever had here was great including the service. I live down the street and walk my dogs through here daily. It’s nice to stop by and treat myself. Thank you.

Ice cream is competitive in SF! But Hometown is our favorite. Down to earth, creative, and delicious rotating seasonal flavors, great location to stop by after walking through GG park! Their staple flavors are rock solid - esp Strawberry Balsamic!

Okay, I love that they have a size smaller than the Small which they call the Smidge. I don't like sweets very much so it's lovely to get a Smidge or tiny portion when I have ice cream cravings haha. Solid homemade ice cream with lots of fantastic flavors, ask for a sample if you want to try something out! Not sure if the pumpkin spice is seasonal, but it was quite delicious.

A decent spot for ice cream. It is a bit of the sweet and light side so it depends on your mood if you will like it. Still, it is a high quality ice cream and they have some creative flavors like mango & sticky rice. The dark chocolate flavor though is the real deal. It is deep, rich and satisfying. Sounds a bit contradictory to the light nature but it somehow has both qualities. The shopkeeper is attentive and friendly. Come enjoy it when you crave for ice cream!

Ice cream is for your Healing, if it's clean/pure. And this ice cream place is my regular healing. 4/5 because they are cheap with the hot fudge, it is OK to drown the ice cream in heavenly sauce. So cruel...but that is San Francisco, sweet smiles behind sadistic acts.

Love the slightly icey texture. Still creamy but more refreshing than your average scoop. The fresh mint chip is so good. Get the waffle cone!!! The apple pie flavor is so insane. Sometimes I get wary of flavors that are more than just simple, but this one is done to perfection. Same texture as I was listing above, lightly sweet, my problem with apple pie sometimes it's too overpoweringly sweet, this one is a little more cinnamon forward but again not in an overwhelming way just in a way that brings it down to earth and makes it a grand symphony of flavor especially paired with the waffle cone it's like the best part of apple pie, the crust and the ice cream on top Hehe

06/2024 Visited on a weekday for post dinner dessert. Not busy - but don't let that fool you. I ordered a single scoop of the Horchata flavor on a waffle cone. Costed about ~$7. Hard to believe this creamery has been only open for 10 years now, because the quality of the ice cream would have me believe that they've been established for years - the quality of the ice cream was SUPERB. Not only has this been the first time coming across a Horchata flavored ice cream, but the texture of the ice cream was so. incredibly. silky! The atmosphere was cozy! Small shack with indoor and outdoor seating. I can see this place getting slammed during warmer weather (if that even exists in San Francisco). Would I come again if I was craving Ice Cream? You bet! 5 out of 5 Scoops.

Great place and most of all ice creams. The staff welcomes you and offers you to taste some samples. I had the the peanut butter chocolate fudge and the chocolate sorbet. Both were really good. I can already recommend nd this place to ice cream lovers.

This place smells amazing! The vibe was awesome, the young man working was playing terrific tunes and the Egyptian bread pudding ice cream was fabulous! Definitely coming back!

Chocolate sorbet is INTENSE, packed with chocolate and rich. You will not like this if you don't like deep chocolate flavors The Om ali I think it was called was a nice flavor to pair with the sorbet. Notes of spices and cardamom stuck out. I sampled the dulce and it didn't give me any flavor but the om ali was great

I came with a group of friends, and was really happy to see that they had some vegan options and also listed some major allergens (I am allergic to eggs, so I am used to just going for the vegan options). The chocolate Sorbet is really, really richly flavored. If you are a dark chocolate lover, it has great depth, is not overly sweet, and a little goes a long way! It was exactly the sweet treat I was hoping for. My group was similarly all quite pleased with what we all ordered, and they're very kind about sampling the flavors so you can get exactly what you want. I do rarely go up to the city these days, but next time I am in the area and want ice cream, I know exactly where to go!

Two cones for me and The Wife - vanilla bean and a mint chip. Both were excellent, but I want to emphasize that it was real.mint, not mint flavoring. The quality of this place was felt in every lick.

I have been a lover of Ice Cream my entire life. If i could rate 6 out of 5 stars I would. Service was outstanding I think it's a blessing when a business finds an employee that treats a business like it's their own. What I mean by this is I thought I was being served by the owner. To my surprise Maria is an employee who works at Hometown Creamery. She was simply brilliant and so warm and friendly. I'll make sure that the next time I visit it is during her shift. I tried Om Ali and Mint Chip (my favorite since childhood now the best mint chip I have tried to date) and they were two of the best scoops I've tried simply mouthwatering. Best Ice Cream Shop I have found in SF. Thank you for the outstanding service Maria and the sweet treat!

This spot has been on my list for a while, so I was excited to finally stop by after dinner. It's located in Hayes Valley where there are many restaurants and shops. When we arrived around 7pm, the place was pretty empty but people started coming in a few minutes later. I've always wanted to try their flight since it looks so cool and getting to try their flavors. They had 8 flavors total, but we were only allowed to pick 5 because of the flight. My top 2 favorites were the Fresh Strawberry and the Peanut Butter Chocolate Fudge. I was a bit disappointed that most of them were already melting just a couple bites in. Glad I finally stopped by and checked it off my list. It's a great spot to grab a treat if you're in the area. I'd recommended first timers to get the flight.

The ice cream flavors here are so fresh and so yummy! My friends and I got the ice cream flight and loved every single flavor!! If you're with a large group, I'd definitely recommend the flight so you can try more flavors! Staff was super friendly and gave us suggestions. They don't have the biggest variety of flavors but each one is delicious and made perfectly!

TLDR: Not only does this location of San Francisco's Hometown Creamery infrequently have a long wait, but their flavors are rich, creamy, inventive, timely and I can truly taste that they're freshly made. Oh, and their waffle cones are damn tasty!! (Not at all stale!) Grab a cone, bowl, or flight(!) then pull up a chair around the corner (Proxy) or a park bench out the door and to your right (in Patricia's Green, watch for sneaky, ice cream loving doggos xD). Longer: My first experience with SFHC was at their location near GGP (Irving & 9th), late-2018, after a dinner nearby. I was hooked by a limited edition mashup of salty, crunchy, chocolatey, peanutty deliciousness. I didn't live all that close to SFHC from 2018-2022, but would stop in when in the Sunset, always sampling the limited editions, but more than half the time opting for classics. FYI: their mint chocolate chip is the best MCC I've ever had; I don't usually like mint chocolate chip, but my sister does, resulting in many samplings to ensure she wasn't being poisoned ;), and SFHC's version tastes so bright -- can truly taste the real, fresh ingredients. Racking my brain right now, I cannot recall the name of that first flavor I tried, but I can recall my last visit: Split scoop horchata and chocolate in a waffle cone. The dark, rich chocolate perfectly balanced the lighter cinnamon+rice+almond. So yum! I don't usually get a waffle cone, but BF ordered his and it looked SO good, I had to join. In a past life, I worked one short summer in an ice cream shop, made a lot of waffle cones... this was the best waffle cone I've ever had! (I loved the cone so much, I got a waffle cone our next visit to S&S -- imagine my horror when that cone was stale with blah flavor). There are a few seats inside, but it's very bare bones. Surprise, you're in a literal shipping container. I appreciate SFHC focuses on the ice cream, and not being instagram/tickytocky photogenic. Why stand in an hour long line for overly sugary ice cream when you have this gem of a hometown creamery literally one block away?

Great location right off of Patricia's Green in the heart of Hayes Valley. Is that the heart of the city too? There's 1 tiny table outside but you should take your ice cream and sit in the park that's right there! Service is great and handled a large crowd well. I tried a few flavors but knew what I wanted. They have large hearty scoops and both the ice cream and the cone had good texture, consistency, and flavor. The ice cream had pistachios and fruit chunks and was so rich and creamy and flavorful! I will be back to this SF treasure.

Great location and service I'm only knocking down a star because my ice cream had some ice crystals in it and that was an unpleasant crunchy surprise

The ice cream was pretty good with different handcrafted flavors. There weren't too many fruity flavors though. We got a chocolate cone, a bunny stripes, and one with cinnamon. And they were the smallest size for about $20. Everything was pretty good but honestly the cones were pretty small for the price we paid. Overall the ice cream was fine but it wasn't the best for your money.

Okay, I love that they have a size smaller than the Small which they call the Smidge. I don't like sweets very much so it's lovely to get a Smidge or tiny portion when I have ice cream cravings haha. Solid homemade ice cream with lots of fantastic flavors, ask for a sample if you want to try something out! Not sure if the pumpkin spice is seasonal, but it was quite delicious.

Solid! I stopped by this ice cream spot after a night at the jazz club just a bit away. It's pretty walkable and surrounded by some housing. The shop itself is small with a few tables inside but it looks like folks mostly take things to go. I like that they have their staple favorites along with some rotating flavors. When I went, they had a total of 8 flavors available including the seasonal: strawberry, peach lemon-thyme sorbet, tea time, and menage a trois. I went with a smidge size of their fresh mint chip. Tastes as you'd expect: very fresh, very minty and pretty good! I also got it with a cone which almost tasted like a honey graham cracker cone. Price here was a little more than you'd probably spend at your local baskin robbins, but I understand that there's probably more that goes into it for this local biz. The smidge was almost $5 and it was quite a smaller scoop. Plus the waffle cone adds an additional $1.25.

This place is awesome! I love the ice cream here. They have different flavors every month. My newest obsession is the mango sticky rice ice cream. It's not too sweet and extremely tasty. My all-time favorite is the coffee ice cream though. It's rich in flavor and creamy. I also appreciate the service here. All of the individuals who have assisted me have made my experience even more amazing than the ice cream itself. The ambience of this location gives old school vibes. It's small but enough room to order without feeling like others are crowding you. Also, I really appreciate the area that it's in. While there's unfortunately no parking, there is a surplus of community and a nearby park to sit down and enjoy your scoops of ice cream. I'll definitely be returning.

Michael was amazing - we got a tour of flavors. The hardest part was choosing! Everyone loved their choices. Thank you!!

Good ice cream spot in Hayes Valley were all the small shops and restaurants are located. I love that they offer a smaller size than a single scoop which is a smidge. Makes it feel a little less guilty that you're indulging in ice cream. The pumpkin spice cheesecake was a nice fall flavor.

very nice lady who let us sample anything and ensured we didn't need to buy anything despite being able to sample literally anything. they have ice cream flights! not many flavors to choose from which can be good or bad -- i have decision paralysis so i err on the side of this being a good thing. we got a flight to share. flight of five for four after dinner was the perfect amount.

They hand-make all of their ice cream. I got the peanut butter chocolate flavor and it was delicious. They're kind of pricey. $4.95 for a smidge is wild IMO. Service was great. We ate it at the park outside.

We bought the ice cream flight and all the flavors were superb! I loved the "queer" and strawberry flavors. They have a small and fine tuned menu that you can try practically all of them in the flight. I wish I would've tried the mint. Next time

We loved our experience here. We got to try four different flavors before deciding, and then we went for a double smidget size with fresh strawberry, lavender cheesecake with graham crackers, and it was fabulous to sit on the bench in the sun and eat it with my younger daughter and chat

San Francisco Hometown Creamery is hands-down some of the best ice cream in the city. The flavor quality is outstanding -- rich, balanced, not overly sweet, and clearly made with excellent ingredients. Every scoop actually tastes like what it says it is, which sounds obvious but somehow isn't everywhere. The flavor options are creative without being weird for the sake of it. There's always a great mix of classics and more interesting combinations, and it's hard to go wrong no matter what you choose. You can tell a lot of thought goes into each flavor. Service is consistently great too. The staff is friendly, patient, and genuinely happy to let you sample and help you decide without rushing you, even when there's a line. It feels very neighborhood-y in the best way. This is the kind of place you bring out-of-town visitors to and still feel excited about going back yourself. Total SF staple. Pro tip: get the smidge and the smidge waffle cone!

The ice cream was AMAZING!! I highly recommend the rocky road which I normally don't enjoy but loved! The service was great and Michael was the sweetest! He was so kind and I loved his energy! He let us sample as much as we wanted and helped us pick out the flavors that we sampled. The stores feel was cozy but also welcoming! I love it here (especially Michael) and will DEFINITELY be coming back for more!!

Cranberry orange sorbet is very energizing and I will be back toooo have more of that. :*0

The ice cream u had here is really good. The mint chocolate chip ice cream I had is an excellent dessert to have on a hot day like today. I can't believe I have not heard about this place before now. The service was friendly and the ambience was great for a little ice cream place. 5 stars

Fresh and flavorful ice cream! My fav is fresh mint chip where you can actually taste real mint and not the fake stuff. I find that the double scoop of just a smidge satisfies my sweet tooth. The shop itself is cozy and intimate located right by the park where you can people and dog watch. Staff also friendly: Let them know if you have allergies (nut etc) and they will scoop from barrels inside to avoid cross contamination.

Hot contender for best mint chocolate chip scoop in SF. The mint flavor is bright and tastes exactly like fresh mint leaves. The chocolate chips are large and chocolatey vs being more bittersweet. Hometown also makes excellent waffle cones fresh on the premises.

Their ice cream is delectable! They have such a great assortment of flavors with so much quality to each. The service is above and beyond. Maria made sure we got the best flavors. This shop is also incredibly cozy and clean! Love the holiday decor as well :)

Absolutely delicious ice cream. The flavors are amazing. It's a tiny little shop with no parking and only like two places to sit. The price is high for a tiny scoop of ice cream, but the flavor is amazing and it's worth it.

Cute little ice cream shop that offers classic and unique flavors. Service was super friendly and offered me a few samples before deciding on the Schwarz Walder Eis- chocolate ice cream with black forest cake and cherry ribbon. Tasted like an elevated version of the Ben & Jerry's Cherry Garcia! So fun and delicious, I'd come back in a heartbeat.

Before even the ice cream, want to address 2 things: 1) I respect so much that their spoons are metal! It's something I've seen a bit more recently and I just really respect when businesses improve in small ways like that. Secondly, love all the attention to allergens! I don't have scary allergies but I know many folks who do, and this kind of allergy-friendly atmosphere I felt was very sweet. :) The ice cream was quite good- I got Madagascar vanilla with rainbow sprinkles, and a friend got the peanut butter one. We sampled their rotating flavors and they were delicious- highly recommend black sesame. Also given the number of $$$ on Apple Maps, we thought this place would be much more expensive per scoop. Thanks for a tasty treat, SF Hometown Creamery!

Just had the smidge scoops of vanilla and horchata. Delicious!! High quality ingredients shine through this ice cream. The flavors of horchata and the vanilla ice cream were top notch. Service was great too. Great job! Will be back!

Looking for an ice cream place one night while we were vacationing in San Francisco we found the San Francisco creamery and headed that way. It's a little off the beaten path and the directions to get there can be a bit confusing based on the way the street splits. Once we arrived, there is plenty of street parking. The shop was small with very limited seats inside and two tables for two outside. Luckily, there was only one group there when we arrived and one group that came while we were enjoying our ice cream. I could see on the weekends though, or during warmer weather, it being very difficult to find a spot so plan on getting your ice cream as a walking treat. The ice cream itself was delicious. All is made on site. We got the rocky road, peanut butter fudge and a rotating flavor, finnegans wake cake. The group's favorite was the peanut butter fudge. The Finnegan wake cake was good but flavors described were lighter, more subtle than I was hoping for. It tasted more like a sweet cream than an Irish cream and stout cake mix. Overall pretty tasty ice cream and I can see it being a favorite of many locals. I don't know if I'd go out of my way for it again but it was good to try.

This is a small shipping container filled with treats. My taste buds were thrilled by all the flavors. I tasted a few and settled for vegan chocolate with sprinkles. The music made me stick around and I loved the art on the wall. Stay and enjoy your ice cream. What's the rush? You deserve this treat.

It's a nice setup and unique shop, the lady who assisted us was very nice. She gave us samples and very patient with us when we're still decided on the flavors. Ice cream was flavorful but very sweet (hence 4 stars). We tried the vanilla and lemon poppy seed. I absolutely love the lemon poppy! but I couldn't eat more than half of my scoop because it was overwhelmingly sweet for me. Good snacks before the evening outdoor movie.

Just ate here for the first time recently and it was really good! Cute place and you can sit either at the restaurant or right by it at Patricia's green, it's a nice place to walk. The staff were friendly and let us try the unique flavors they had. We tried a Coffey flavor and a Thai mango coconut ice creme that was dairy free and both were delicious! you can even check online for their current flavors.

Cute little container for icecream and other treats! Great prices too. We got the vegan sorbet (peach lemon thyme) and strawberry balsamic and both of the flavours were FRESH and fantastic tasting. Amazing treat for a hot sunny day which it was.

We got ice cream from Hometown Creamery's truck at Scare Grove 2023. The staff was really nice. Samples allowed. About $17 for two singles with rainbow sprinkles. * Gingerpear sorbet - 3 stars I tried this and was impressed at the texture, very smooth & creamy for a sorbet. However the flavor was mostly pear, and I didn't get any of the sharpness/spice from ginger. This should really just be a pear sorbet. * Black Forest Cake - 5 stars I was very impressed with this. It's got an intense dark chocolate flavor, and there seemed to be cherries inside (I got a few bits of cherry skin). My daughter chose this and even she liked it. * Madagascar vanilla - 4 stars Good, pretty standard. * Rainbow sprinkles - 4.5 stars I wouldn't normally separately review sprinkles, but I definitely noticed how long these lasted and stayed crunchy! Usually 20 minutes in, the sprinkles have just melted into the ice cream and are indistinguishable texture-wise. For these, they were still super crunchy 20 minutes in. I was impressed!

I recently went to San Francisco's Hometown Creamery. They have an amazing innovative and tasty vegan option. I went with the Khao Niao Mamuang aka Thai Coconut mango sticky rice with a coconut base. It hit the spot now that Summer is officially here. Recommended! Wish they had a brick and mortar in the Mission. Summer is here so to beat the heat get some vegan ice cream on in the warmer months.

The mint chip was amazing. I usually get mint chip where ever I go but this is now my favorite! Actually tastes like mint and not overly sweet.

My best friend and I went here for her birthday dessert and we were extremely impressed with the service of the staff working the night shift on August 20th. Walking in, she was already warm and welcoming. She honestly made our night with her kindness. Additionally, our ice cream was exactly we needed. We got the menage a trois and loved it. Would recommend.

I love that they have flavors on rotations, but they just didn't do it for me this time. Got the Horchata flavor today. I liked that the texture was smooth and a little lighter - not as fatty as some of the other flavors. I only got a smidge but by the end it was too sweet and too spiced (cinnamon). Probably because it didn't have that heavy creamy mouthfeel to counteract the flavors. I also tried the Thai coconut mango sticky rice flavor, which I thought was going to be a favorite. however the flavor was too mild. Also the sticky rice bit I believe was actually grains of sticky rice, which in the cold ice cream tasted really hard. It would have been better with really soft mochi which would have stayed soft and sticky.

I was in the Hayes area to get pizza and was in the mood for some good dessert nearby. When I saw San Francisco's Hometown Creamery pop up within walking distance, I really wanted to give it a try! I definitely heard of this place at other locations so was curious how this place stands. It's definitely in a nice area and had a cozy small feel to it. We got the try a lot of their samples which was really nice. I was really surprised with the Haroset, which was cinnamon type of ice cream with apples, walnuts, dates, and red wine which did work. So I decided to get a double smidge of that and vanilla in a waffle cone to get smaller amounts. In fact the waffle cone was smaller for the smidges, which was nice but I don't know if the price of the waffle cone changed. It started off tasting well, but as I ate it, I could taste the ice cream taste more watery. It felt like it wasn't that creamy like quality ice cream was supposed to be. After eating half, I couldn't really find myself enjoying it because it tasted so watered down. The flavors were great, but maybe the ratio of the cream to water was off? Maybe this was a one off experience and I have to try it again, but I definitely had ice cream at other places that tasted better. It has potential for the flavors, so if the ice cream is made creamier and not watered down, I think they would have better ice cream.

Best ice cream ever! Would recommend love Madagascar vanilla! Has so much flavor! And my favorite ice cream flavor is Chocolate this vanilla ice cream is better than all the chocolate ice cream ever tasted !!

Been meaning to stop by for so long and glad I finally did. It was so cute. Got the smidge sized ice cream in a cup, perfect little tasting size.This place is small and cute and has good, high quality seasonal flavors.

Michael at the Hayes Valley location was super nice and friendly to me. He gave me his opinion on the best flavor of ice cream for pie and it was super helpful. Loved talking to him and getting to know him!

Went for Dessert Food - 5/5. They have very unique flavor options here! I was curious about the khao niao mamuang, wondering how much of the mango sticky rice essence they could really capture in an ice cream form. Visually, it wasn't very impressive but the taste was phenomenal! The mango and coconut flavors were prevalent in the ice cream while maintaining a not-too-sweet level of sugar. Bits of rice gave it a chewy bite that made it even more true to its name. Surprisingly, the rice maintained their texture despite being cold. Excellent technique! Service - 4/5. Fast and courteous service. Value - 5/5. Prices are reasonable with a single scoop being $5. Portions are normal but the unique flavors are what really makes it worth the experience. Parking - Street (Metered)

It was exciting, and dangerous, that my husband's favorite ice cream in the city opened up nearby Hayes Valley! He loves the peanut butter fudge and I usually get whatever dairy free flavor they have on rotation at the time. I love how they have the smidge size scoop so you don't feel so guilty eating ice cream often. You can even do a double smidge if you want more than one flavor! Staff are very nice and offer samples to help you choose. I only wish they rotate their dairy free choices more often! Recently, with their usual chocolate sorbet, it's mostly been another sorbet, which I'm not too fond of, or their version of Thai-style sticky rice and mango ice cream that's been okay. I really want to come often to get a smidge, but I end up having to get my full of more decadent vegan ice cream at Salt & Straw down the street. Please get more creative with your vegan flavors as you do your dairy flavors!

Good ice cream, excellent service, and plenty of seating! I wholeheartedly enjoyed my experience here. The flavor options were all unique. Super enjoyed that they use multi-use spoons for the free samples of flavors.

Good ice cream. Although the selection is not as extensive as other ice cream shops, you will find something that satisfies your sweet tooth.