IJssalon Koen — Local services in Rotterdam

Charming setting, underwhelming flavors.

The ice cream shop has an elegant interior and a pleasant atmosphere, but unfortunately, the products don’t live up to the aesthetics. The ice cream is overly sweet, too hard in texture, and surprisingly bland in flavor.

The biggest disappointment, however, is the coffee. It's overly acidic, bitter, and simply unpleasant to drink. In this day and age, there's no excuse for serving such poor-quality coffee. Whether it's due to a subpar machine, bad beans, or lack of daily maintenance (unclean machines often lead to bitterness), something needs to change. If investing in a proper setup isn't an option, even a decent pod machine like Nespresso would...

Great ice cream with great flavor. They don't have a lot of different flavors. The taste is good. I didn't know which flavor to take. I asked the nice server lady what her favorite flavor was. I went with her suggestion which really was great.

I had 'Lemon cake' with 'Blood orange' in a cup. The texture was nice, not too hard not too soft. They have some outdoor seating in the sun.

A great place to stop by after eating something at a...

my go to ice cream place in rotterdam. u can order ice cream in cones or little stainless steel cups which are rlly cute. they’re also the only place in the area that serves coffee after 6pm which is a bonus:)) the ice cream itself is also super delicious. my boyfriend recently tried the appeltart flavor which...