Salt & Straw

Must visit when in SF!!! Amazing ice cream, quick and friendly service. Lots of vegan and non-vegan options too.

OMG!! The ice cream is incredible. I love it!! They offer a variety of flavors and unique names for their flavorful ice cream. Their flavors are quite different than your average ice cream shop. If you're a Vegan, I highly recommend the Strawberry & Coconut Water Sherbet. You'll love it. They even have a location at Valley Fair in San Jose. Stop by! The service is awesome!

What's not to love about Salt and Straw? I always like to check out the seasonal flavors and I really enjoyed the winter Almond Brittle with Salted Ganache. Note: For the single scoop, you can choose 2 flavors, but they will charge you a little extra for that.

Salt and straw is a fan favorite, it can arguably be one of the best in the Bay Area. However, I can't get over some of the flavors sometimes. I usually like to stick to the basics: lavender or sea salt caramel ribbons. Both of which are good options. I guess it's a preference.

There is usually a line after dinner and during busy hours, but it does go by quickly. They tend to have a couple of quick scoopers when the rush comes.

We took our ice cream to go because we wanted to take a walk and explore the streets of Fillmore.

I've been to multiple locations, and will continue to come to check out their interesting flavors.

Completely LOVE their coffee flavors. It's delicious and has some chocolate bites in it. Service is generally fast and it's more of an in and out vs a sitting down place.

The Salted & Malted Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough is hands down best ice cream on the planet. I dream about this ice cream. It is perfectly crafted! Salt & Straw is my go-to dessert. I love the new flavors each month, the taste tests, the friendly staff, the ambiance, and the memories. You can find me here most weekends! You can't visit San Francisco without getting some Salt & Straw. 10/10 can't beat it!

We ordered the double scoop of pistachio and coffee and nuts lover, single split scoop and a kids scoop
When asked for a sample of the rhubarb seasonal new flavor the server started ignoring and made faces. When I shared my order of the double scoop and saw the cup was falling apart and I asked for another cup he started whining and rudely said that I was taking two single scoops
Absolutely horrible experience! If you can't be polite don't be in the people business where you are expected to interact respectfully with everyone and not be biased

I've had salt & straw once before and was a huge fan but this time around was really disappointed. It may have been because I opted for pints instead of scoops, but the texture of the ice cream was not at all what I remembered it to be. It was rather sludgy. The flavors I tried this time around were the pumpkin spice tiramisu and coffee & love nuts. The coffee was decent (prefer hagen dazs) but the pumpkin spice was not executed well. It was oddly sour and tart and I think they went more for a pumpkin spice cream cheese. It's seasonal tho so still worth at least a sample imo!

"Oh, How About Some Coffee Or, You Know, Drinks Or Dinner, A Movie For As Long As We Both Shall Live?"

Dear the Ebb and Flow of Life,

I've been to Salt & Straw on Fillmore several times, however on my latest visit it included an Ice Cream date with my Besties. Two beautiful ladies who I have bonded with deeply. It's that Je ne sais quoi, that special something, I don't find with just anyone. Enough of my emotional self lol... we rendezvous early evening to get our sweets on! Nothing's better than sharing this cosmic journey with my two sweeties!

We enter with no one in line as we all sample several types of flavors. I wasn't blown away with the newer flavors so decide quickly on the Salt & Straw Classics, Cold Brew Coffee Cashew Praline & Freckled Mint Chip my choices in a waffle cone. My besties sampling away lol! Hey, I don't blame them since Salt & Straw is super cool with unlimited samplings. We all decide on split scoops and let me tell ya... a split scoop is considered one scoop of two flavors (or a single if you prefer) and the scoops are ginormous! I was tempted on two scoops until one of my besties, also the Duchess of Salt & Straw, reminded me of the G-size!

Besties decide on their flavors after a good chunk of taste testings! You go! I wait with my cone, hoping it doesn't melt in like a minute, my besties know how my Ice Cream always, I do mean ALWAYS, melts faster than everyone else! What's up with that?! As I explain humbly it's only because I'm so fricken HAWT! LOL!

We take a bunch of pics, before licking away, and sure enough as my Ice Cream starts the melt dance on me! We walk, we talk, we lick, we sit, we hug, we hold, we giggle, we love. And that's why these two lovely ladies are in my cosmic life... we're not into the drama, but living life to the fullest, being there for each other on sour days, and sweet days. This is why I love them...

The End.

Updated Review 4.5-stars rounding up to 5.0-stars and the perfection is due to the company I keep!

Salt & Straw on Fillmore is where you want to go when you're in the mood for something sweet. The Salted Malted Cookie Dough is a delicious twist on a classic - super gooey cookie dough with chocolate sauce swirls in every bite. Every employee is so nice and accommodating when you need to sample all the interesting and unique flavors. It's dangerous me to live close by to here ..