7 of Austin's Best Ice Cream Parlours

With Memorial Day fast approaching, summer will soon be upon us. If you need a way to beat the fierce Austin heat, look no further than today’s list, featuring seven of the area’s best ice cream parlours.

DipDipDip Tatsu-Ya

DipDipDip Tatsu-Ya is a kiosk-based ice cream parlour featuring Japanese-style treats made with milk produced in local, Hill Country dairies. Guests can enjoy chilly treats on their own, or inside of housemade, hand-dipped mochiko waffle cones made from special mochi flour.

Unique menu items include savory ice creams such as the “Shroom of Doom”: caramel chocolate shittake ice cream topped with sherry sauce, hazlenuts, fried parsnips and chocolate cacao. For something sweeter, try the Sum Yum Yuzu: Black Pepper-Yuzu mascarpone topped with meingue kisses, shiso leaf and berry preserve.

DipDipDip Tatsu-Ya
7301 Burnet Rd Ste 101
Austin, TX 78757
United States

Phone: +1 737-701-6767

Cow Tipping Creamery

CLOSED - Updated 2024

Cow Tipping Creamery began as a modest family-run ice cream truck, promising a unique twist on soft serve ice creams. The owners hold a fondness towards soft serve style, as it tends to evoke nostalgic childhood memories. At Cow Tipping Creamery, soft serve is spiced up with fun new flavor profiles and homemade toppings and baked items.

Indulge in the shop’s famous “stackers”: soft serve’s take on the traditional ice cream sundae. Try the “Lemon Drop”, featuring fresh lemon curd, honey dust, whipped cream and molasses graham crumbs. For chocolate lovers, “Death By Chocolate” features triple fudge brownie chunks, cocoa cookie crumbs, brown sugar hot fudge and semi sweet chocolate chips.

Dolce Neve Gelato

Dolce Neve is the spot in Austin for local and authentic Italian style gelato. Founder Francessa has trained amid the best gelato chefs of Italy, and placed sixth in the Sherbeth Festival: the world’s most notable gelato competition.

The shop’s name, Dolce Neve, is derived from the old English term for “Sweet Snow”, harkening back to gelato’s humble beginnings as mixtures of honey, fruit juice and fresh fallen snow. Guests can enjoy delectable gelato flavors such as chocolate and hazelnut, salted caramel, chocolate with candied orange peel, and organic cantaloupe sorbet.

Dolce Neve Gelato
1713 S 1st St
Austin, TX 78704
United States

Phone: +1 512-804-5568

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Sugar Pine

Sugar Pine is another shop on today’s list that serves Japanese styled ice cream treats, along with additional fare such as bento boxes and onigiri. Sugar Pine’s ice cream is homemade using natural ingredients, and is gluten free. Guests can choose from unique flavors such as matcha green tea, black sesame, and taro root. The shop also offers ice cream by the pint, in flavors such as miso caramel swirl, coconut, and white chocolate tea.

Sugar Pine
8578 Research Blvd
Austin, TX 78758
United States

Phone: +1 512-520-9046

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Sweet Ritual

CLOSED - Updated 2024

Sweet Ritual was established in 2011 by Amelia and Valerie, both having had previous experience at other well-known Austin ice cream parlours. Sweet Ritual specializes in dairy-free ice cream, striving to operate in ways that are socially and ecologically responsible.

Guests can enjoy a variety of sweet treats such as milkshakes, sundaes, and luscious coconut-milk ice cream sold by the pint in flavors such as strawberry, mint chip and salted caramel. Sweet Ritual also offers dairy-free ice cream cakes, with gluten free and vegan varieties available.

Thai Fresh

Thai Fresh is another Austin shop dedicated to serving vegan ice cream delights. All ice creams are made in house, with coconut milk, organic fair trade cane juice, and local, seasonal fruits. Owners Jam and Bruce have been in fixtures of Austin’s culinary scene for over 25 years.

Ice creams can be enjoyed on their own, or served Thai style with traditional sweet sticky rice. Thai Fresh was voted Best Vegan Ice Cream by Austin Chronicle, and offers flavors such as sweet potato pie, Ginger Lemongrass, and lavender caramel swirl.

Thai Fresh
909 W Mary St
Austin, TX 78704
United States

Phone: +1 512-494-6436

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Amy’s Ice Creams

Established in 1984, Amy’s Ice Creams is a local chain much beloved throughout Austin. Amy’s offers handcrafted, artisan ice creams, along with dairy-free ice treats and frozen yogurts. The chain has multiple locations throughout Austin, Houston and San Antonio, and offers more than 350 rotating flavors throughout the year. Specialty flavors include “Coffee and Donuts”, “Chewie Wookie Cookie”, and “Crème D’Amour”.