Salt & Straw

Went around 8 pm on a Friday and even though it was cold, the line was out the door. One of my favorite places to get ice cream in the city with their unique flavors and we sampled some of their new summer picnic series like the mac and cheese.

Arbequina Olive Oil - The flavor that my sister and I get every time. It is a light flavor but has the best balance of sweetness mixed with the buttery olive oil. The ice cream itself is so smooth and creamy.

Some other flavors that I enjoy pairing with the one above is Honey Lavender, Pear & Blue Cheese and Strawberry Honey Balsamic w/ Black Pepper. All the flavors I've had are never too sweet and well balanced. Definitely a place worth checking out for a tasty dessert.

Flavors are unique and it's such amazing quality. The Salted, Malted, Cookie Dough is absolutely fantastic, our favorite we tried. Next favorite was the double folded vanilla. Thirdly we tried the banana bread potato chip flavor which was good! Maybe a bit heavy on the banana bread chunks. Our least favorite this trip was the pear blue cheese. It was honestly really good--but VERY heavy on the blue cheese chunks. The bites that had a small bit of blue cheese was great--but at times it felt there was a mouthful of it.

Price is great for how much they give you

Classic ice cream stop. They always have so many unique flavors and rotate the menu often. When I went recently they were doing a cereal series, so they had a lucky charms inspired flavor, as well as cornflakes & Reese's pb puff inspired flavors. The lucky charms one tasted exactly like a bowl of lucky charms in milk! I opted for the limited edition/last chance scoop of sweet potato pie almond streusel flavor. It had huge chunks of sweet potato (almost like pumpkin?) pie and a nice sweet cinnamon flavor -- it was so good!! The waffle cone here is also a must get -- so buttery and crunchy and pairs perfectly with the ice cream.

The service here is really good -- the staff is friendly, the line moves fast, and they let you sample as many flavors as you want.

Definitely recommend making a stop here on a hot day and walking around pac heights to enjoy the ice cream!

Knocks it out of the park again! The creativity and boldness of flavors is what makes salt and straw continue to be my top ice cream shop. The cinnamon and honey fried chicken may sound off putting but it's so good I walked out with a scoop when I wasnt planning on getting anything. The mac and cheese was interesting..a little more savory for my liking. Their seasonal flavors always do it for me!!

Nice little spot for ice cream, the line to get in can sometimes get pretty long and then once inside, there isn't much room to sit/stand. There were definitely some unique flavored ice creams, like mac and cheese. We were definitely not that adventurous and decided to go with sour cherry pie and another one that was banana flavored. Definitely a cool place to check out for unique ice cream flavors

I love this place and it's usually so busy. There's usually a wait in the line. However, today we walked in we were the first fourth at the counter yahoo. So by the time we got our items that whole situation and changed her head to be 50 people online waiting to get their ice cream. Just to let you know we cannot eat a meal and San Francisco without dessert at Sal and straw. This place is our go to place from here on. The food was amazing and we enjoyed every bit of it. I ordered two full scoops in a cup with a cone on the side because I sort of like to break it and put ice cream bites on the top and eat them like an ice cream sandwich that's my thing.everything you ordered. I just absolutely loved their product. Very wholesome. The staff is always friendly and willing to help you and very courteous and samples are no problem. Enjoy their inventive flavors that you don't find other places. I had the double scoop cup with my cone on the side. It was perfect.

Vanilla is my favorite ice cream flavor. I believe Vanilla is underrated. Vanilla ice cream is the canvas of many of my favorite ice cream combinations. This brings me to find the best Vanilla ice cream flavor I ever had " The Double Fold Vanilla" at Salt & Straw. Being Vanilla at Salt & Straw is a good problem to have.

Seasonal flavors for Salt and Straw -- mixed offerings but nice you can sample and they use metal spoons instead of plastic! Friendly staff

5/5 - Mom's Mango Pie was very mango fruity and delicious with pie crust texture inside the scoop

I tried two other flavors too:
1. Parker House Rolls w/ Salted Buttercream -- not a lot of flavor so it's a light ice cream, and bread pieces were a little weird. At this rate get more flavorful vanilla ice cream
2. Dairy-free Chocolate Plum & Hazelnut Shortbread -- only saw available at this location. It tasted more spiced like clove/cinnamon and pretty strong. Not very chocolatey

There also look to be new offerings of ice cream cakes!

Perfect weather for Salt & Straw ice cream (September)!
Now that the Fall flavors are out, grab something with Pinot, Beecher's cheese with Apple (aka Seattle source) or seasonal plum with chocolate. Yum!

Huge fan of Salt & Straw!! My bf and I have come here a couple times while roaming pac heights and have loved our ice cream experience. The flavor options are unique but always a hit, so don't be scared to try something out of your comfort zone...odds are you will love it and if you don't, try another flavor!

I really liked their malted cookie dough and my bf got the honey lavender this past weekend. Both were delicious but I still dream of the pumpkin pie and goat cheese flavor I got last fall -- it was spectacular with pieces of pumpkin custard and creamy goat cheese cheesecake ice cream...YUM!

I have gotten the kids scoop every time I come and it is plenty huge. If you like cones, their waffle cones always smell heavenly and look super good so I would try one.

Check this place out if you are visiting or a local, it will not disappoint!