The Best Ice Cream in San Francisco

Amausaan Uji Matcha

Drinks, ice cream, crepe cakes... so many ways to enjoy matcha. more

Baskin Robbins

The world’s largest chain of ice cream shops with nearly 7,700 locations in nearly 50 countries. more

Ben & Jerry's

Love the big chunks. Great flavors. Delicious ice cream. more

Bi-Rite Creamery & Bakeshop - Dolores Park

The line wraps around the block on warm days. Dolores Park is the perfect spot to people watch and enjoy a great scoop of delicious, creamy ice cream. more

At Bi-Rite, we believe in happiness one scoop at a time. We're committed to crafting the best tasting ice cream, sorbet, and confections from local and responsibly sourced ingredients, while supporting farms we know and trust. more

Blue Hawaii Açaí Café

Discover island freshness at a local escape, and introduce your taste buds to healthy, flavorful goodness that complements your active lifestyle. You’re constantly on the go -- shuffling between work and home life. But even with your hectic sch... more

Coletta Gelato - SoMa

There’s something about chai-flavored ice cream that just screams “San Francisco summer”. Maybe it’s the healthy connotation? In any case, Coletta, the new downtown gelato parlor, was founded by two handsome Italians, and thei... more

Cream - San Francisco

Delicious cookie ice cream sandwiches and quality ice cream in general, CREAM serves as an opportunity for every person to dig into their inner child. more

Cream - Stonestown

Delicious cookie ice cream sandwiches and quality ice cream in general, CREAM serves as an opportunity for every person to dig into their inner child. more

Doughp at Sparks Social SF

DOUGHP takes cookie dough to the next level. Flaxseed instead of eggs, heat-treated flour you can and you can bake it. more

Frozen Kuhsterd (FK) Reserve

Frozen Kuhsterd is California's first Frozen Custard Dessert Truck. We make fresh frozen custard, using on the freshest local, natural and organic ingredients available. more

Garden Creamery

This Mission ice cream spot opened in February, aiming for everyone’s Instagram accounts with cool, Asian-inspired flavors and photogenic chimney cones instead of the regular waffle ones. There are plenty of options to make an ice-cream lover g... more

Garden Creamery

Produced in small batches from scratch with Straus dairy and other organically sourced ingredients. more

Gelateria Naia

Gelateria Naia hand-crafts real gelato from scratch recipes using all-natural, whole ingredients. We source locally and never use pre-finished mixes. more

Holy Gelato

Serving up the funkiest gelato flavors in town. more

Honey Creme

Honey Creme uses Korean ice-cream recipes, featuring fresh organic milk with cream, to create soft serve ice-cream with a rich, milky base flavor. more

Humphry Slocombe - Ferry Building

Inspired by our love of British comedy, Humphry Slocombe is named after the two lead characters (Mr. Humphries and Mrs. Slocombe) from the fabulous 1970’s sitcom “Are You Being Served?” We keep the official “Are You Bei... more

Humphry Slocombe - Mission

Inspired by our love of British comedy, Humphry Slocombe is named after the two lead characters (Mr. Humphries and Mrs. Slocombe) from the fabulous 1970's sitcom “Are You Being Served?” We keep the official “Are You Being Serv... more

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Icicles

The idea of Icicles started from a trip with friends to Thailand back in 2015. One night when we saw people pouring a creamy liquid onto a pan and began rolling it into frozen ice cream... Fast forward to today at Icicles. Each order is made ready-t... more

Joe's Ice Cream

San Francisco's family-run Joe's Ice Cream has been serving its award-winning homemade ice cream flavors to locals and visitors alike since 1959. Joe's famous ice cream is known for its texture, a delicate balance of creaminess, sweetness, and flavor... more

Little Giant Ice Cream - San Francisco

Ice cream, even a robot would love. more

Loving Cup - Hayes Valley

Local. Organic. All Natural. Slow-Churned Frozen Yogurt. Homemade Rice Pudding. Extra-Thick Smoothies. Blue Bottle Coffee Service. more

Loving Cup - Marina

Local. Organic. All Natural. Slow-Churned Frozen Yogurt. Homemade Rice Pudding. Extra-Thick Smoothies. Blue Bottle Coffee Service. more

Loving Cup - Russian Hill

Local. Organic. All Natural. Slow-Churned Frozen Yogurt. Homemade Rice Pudding. Extra-Thick Smoothies. Blue Bottle Coffee Service. more

Lush Gelato

Fresh, local gelato & sorbetto made from scratch in small batches. more

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Marco Polo Italian Ice Cream

This artisan gelato maker has been serving customers for many years. Handcrafted. Made with natural ingredients. more

Milkbomb

Ice cream, candy and fudge served in a doughnut? Milkbomb, the newest San Francisco decadence destination, “votes yes.” The Potrero Hill shop is offering a variety of glazed doughnuts, sprinkles and ice cream flavors, out of which the mos... more

Mitchell's Ice Cream

The "best" ice cream in the city. The lines wrap around the block on hot days and for good reason. Mitchell's also features an amazing selection of tropical flavors around, ice cream cakes and great, friendly service. Take a ticket, wait pat... more

Miyako Old Fashioned Ice Cream

Awesome, delicious, ice cream sandwiches, large huge portions. Cash only. more

Mr. and Mrs. Miscellaneous

The place for ice cream when you're in Dogpatch. more

Norman's Ice Cream & Freezes

The Best Hot Fudge Sundae In San Francisco. Since 2001, Norman’s Ice Cream & Freezes has been in the historic Del Monte Square Cannery (also known as The Cannery) serving San Francisco Mitchell’s Premium Ice Cream to tourist and loca... more

Over The Moon - Embarcadero Center

Over the Moon is a San Francisco creamery with a retro bent, serving housemade ice cream, frozen yogurt, fresh baked cookies and chilly cups. more

Over the Moon - Marina

Over the Moon is a San Francisco creamery with a retro bent, serving housemade ice cream, frozen yogurt, fresh baked cookies and chilly cups. more

Philmore Creamery

The story of Philmore Creamery started with a visit to a good, long time Italian friend. Phil and Mona Malik, owners of Philmore Creamery on Fillmore Street, visited their friend in Rimini. Rimini happens to be the location of the world’s large... more

Polly Ann Ice Cream

Opened in 1955. Greet the fog with a delicious scoop - the usual flavors + more exotic flavors like durian, lychee and jasmine. more

Pop Up Gelato

Pop Up Gelato provides Italian Ice Cream Catering to the San Francisco Bay Area. We bring the fun and quality tastes of Gelato Classico to any special event including company parties, weddings, festivals, or any large gathering. more

Salt & Straw - Fillmore

Epic lines have been forming outside Salt and Straw‘s first San Francisco location since opening, and rightfully so. The Portland-based creamery is responsible for some of the craziest flavors in the U.S., and their seasonal varieties are truly... more

Salt & Straw - Hayes Valley

Started in Portland, the wonderful mix of delicious, quirky flavors have helped establish Salt & Straw as a can't miss for a scoop. The only question is, "How long's the line?" more

Shakedown

Small batch, artisanal, quality ingredients, organic ice cream, sorbet, shakes and smoothies. more

Smitten Ice Cream - Hayes Valley

Where my Brrr machine introductions first took place. Great setting next to Hayes Valley Green. more

Smitten Ice Cream - Marina

Nestled amid the hustle-and-bustle of Chestnut Street is our third San Francisco shop, where more than 80 years ago, Royal Clement Eastman ran Eastman’s Ice Cream and Confectionary. With ice cream in its bones, this shop was crafted to ch... more

Smitten Ice Cream - Mission

Smitten Founder Robyn Sue Fisher first took her prototype Brrr machine to the streets of the Mission back in 2009, churning scoops amongst this historic neighborhood’s many colorful alleyways and iconic landmarks. more

Smitten Ice Cream - Pacific Heights

Our second San Francisco scoop shop, anchored in Pacific Heights’ hip strip of gourmet restaurants and trendy boutiques, opened its doors to hordes of hungry fans in 2015. Refurbished Radio Flyer wagon benches and a milk crate chandelier... more

Swensen's Ice Cream

Walking around Russian Hill and want a delicious scoop of ice cream? Look no further. Swensen's has been a staple of the neighborhood for years. ------ Swensen's was the first national Ice Cream Parlor to serve a premium ice cream tha... more

The Baked Bear

Childhood friends, Rob Robbins and Shane Stanger, left their careers to follow their true passion: serving up inventive sweets to their home town of San Diego. At The Baked Bear, they assemble monstrous ice cream sandwiches that have won the hearts o... more

The Baked Bear

Childhood friends, Rob Robbins and Shane Stanger, left their careers to follow their true passion: serving up inventive sweets to their home town of San Diego. At The Baked Bear, they assemble monstrous ice cream sandwiches that have won the hearts o... more

The Castro Fountain

The vintage uniforms, the tile, the logo—everything about Castro’s new spot is too cute for words. Bringing together impressive cakes, cookies, ice cream flavors and sweet drinks, the Fountain is a major crowd-pleaser, but picking just on... more

The Ice Cream Bar

The Ice Cream Bar is a full service 1930s style soda fountain and classic lunch counter, serving ice cream, sodas, and savory items using locally sourced organic dairy and produce. Everything is made in house. The ice cream, waffle cones, cookies, ca... more

Three Twins Ice Cream

Delicious, organic ice cream. Three Twins was born in San Rafael, California in 2005 when Founding Twin Neal Gottlieb set out to craft delicious, affordable and accessible ice cream exclusively using incredible organic ingredients. more

Twirl and Dip

Twirl and Dip is an ice cream parlor on wheels, selling organic, handcrafted soft serve ice cream, ice lollies, sundaes and more out of our cute truck! more

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