Neil E.
Yelp
ACTUAL STAR RATING: 3.5
Before you read further, understand that I am an ice cream traditionalist. Don't give me bells and whistles, fancy cups, toppings, or new-fangled ways to make ice cream look "pretty" in the cup or on a cone. Give me quality, great-tasting, flavorful, less sugar, and more creamery ice cream. And I prefer it in a cup so's not to have the cheap sugar cone interfere with what should be an almost religious experience. And so, because of my very unique opinions on the subject of ice cream, I can seldom be satisfied with today's less than old-time ice cream.
Whew, now that I've prefaced my position on ice cream, let's get down to it about Rolled Ice Cream (and Yogurt) on Tropical Pkwy. I've had Rolled Ice Cream where I live out in Mountains Edge off of Blue Diamond. That Rolled Ice Cream (temporarily closed) wasn't very good, so I didn't besmirch it with a bad review. Last night after dinner, we searched around for somewhere to get decent ice cream. The "standards" (no need to mention their names) are not places where I ever go anymore as their quality has completely gone downhill. Somehow we ended up at Rolled Ice Cream on Tropical Pkwy.
I didn't order my own ice cream, to be fair. Only the family did. But I did taste everyone's, and that's how I can review this Rolled Ice Cream properly and fairly. Of the different flavors, only the vanilla was decent enough for me to have consumed. The chocolate, chocolate chip, and strawberry were so laden with sugar that I found them inedible. If it were only me, I would have given two, maybe even 2.5 stars at most. But the real critics of the night were the kids, and they all liked the ice cream and how the staff rolled it, as well as the whipped cream, syrups, sprinkles, and assorted other accouterments.
So being magnanimous (and fair), I'm going to give this ice cream parlor the four stars the kids said it deserved, but reduce a half star because I know how bad and sugar-laden the ice cream really was. Now that wasn't too one-sided, was it?
REVIEW AT A GLANCE
RECOMMENDED: Okay
SERVICE: Fair to good
PRICE: Reasonable
COVID: Practices pandemic regulations.
PARKING: Convenient
REASON/INTENT: Ice Cream dessert for the kids (not kiddoes)