Leah S.
Yelp
A few years ago, we found Sub-Zero and were delighted with the unique presentation of the fresh made custom nitrogen ice cream. When we returned to the Barlow a couple weeks ago, we thought that it was still there, however it had a different name with a similar concept so we gave them a try.
The day that we arrived, it was horribly hot outside, and a massive group of people were around and not abiding to the covid protocol. I decided to order one scoop of the s'mores and one scoop of the chocolate peanut butter and hubby decided to go for the Cookie monster which is colored blue with spirulina. We were disappointed to see that they don't actually make the ice cream right there for you, which was part of the magic of Sub-Zero.
We knew that the ice cream would be expensive compared to conventional, given that it's made in this special way and it's made with organic milk. That said, when I dove into my scoops, I felt that the extravagance I was experiencing previously had paled with this new take on the Sub-Zero model. Although it was creamy, I felt like the flavors were really muted and honestly I couldn't even taste the s'mores flavor- It was just sort of creamy/sweet.
After reading some reviews on yelp from my friends, I've noted that they've said similar things: they're disappointed they don't make the ice cream fresh for you right there, and the flavors are not very impactful. I chose coming here over going to Screaming Mimi's because I remembered Sub-Zero being so good. After this experience however, I think I'll probably go back to Screaming Mimi's because their flavors are unapologetic/fresh/bold and I think overall they do a better quality job for the price.