Rob Roy Dairy — Local services in South Island

We’ve been stopping by Rob Roy for ice cream once every couple of years over the past 15 years.

On our most recent visit, it was great to see nothing had changed: service is fast and friendly, portions are very generous and prices continue to be very reasonable.

Yes, there is a gourmet ice cream place a further 50m down the street, but it will also cost you twice as much.

In my mind, these are two separate markets which suit a different mood and budget. Sometimes you just want to shove a lot of nostalgic ice cream in your face, and for that Rob Roy...

One word to describe this dairy shop: GINORMOUS (in a great way). Best place to stop by if you ever have an ice cream craving... it will definitely hit the spot 🤣. Ordered 2 of the $4 single serves and didn't know single serves meant two scoops (so only got 2 flavours as we didn't know we could choose 4 different flavours). Apart from getting great value for money getting 2 scoops instead of 1 for each cone, each scoop was massive and completely gigantic. This place is cheap and worth the money and also has a huge array of different ice cream...

Stopped by a few times during my stay in Dunedin. They have a range of different desserts from scooped ice creams (Tip Top or Kapiti) to more interesting ones like real fruit ice creams and waffles. The menu is located behind the counter along the entire wall. Lots of options and they are all quite tasty. Friends quite liked the peanut butter deluxe cup but I was partial to the cookie time pie. A must if you have a sweet tooth. They also are a dairy and have common things like pies and sweets. It is located a bit away from the octagon but worth...