Polar Bear Ice Cream — Restaurant in Capitola

After grabbing some pizza from Pizza My Heart, our family decided to grab some icecream! Polar Bear Ice Cream stood right where we were walking and the variety of icecream flavors offered caught our eye.

You are able to sample the flavors to try. I noticed that the flavors are organized according to a particular theme so that helps with navigating the large menu.

For a family of five we ordered a triple scoop since one of us is lactose intolerant and we were all quite full.

The three flavors we have chosen were all chocolate-based *Heaven - peanut butter 🧈 taken to another level, incredibly rich so it slowed us down to eat Chubby cub chocolate - the chocolate was not too sweet which made it SO GOOD! best chocolate icecream *One mysterious flavor we forgot the name of but we’ve been told it’s one of the most popular - it had some Carmel in it (the middle scoop of our picture) and if you love caramel this is a must

We thank the staff for their service. The size of the scoops were kind too. God...

I was extremely disappointed with the staff and hours of this establishment. For some reason they close at 8:30pm in the summertime. We were literally walking up to the shop when the employees slammed the door and locked it at exactly 8:30pm. There were about 20 people inside and several of us outside. Why on earth would they close so early in the summer and if there are patrons, why turn them away? Employees who don’t care which is a sign of poor management. We ended up finding a better ice cream shop that has more appropriate hours. Check out The Penny Ice Creamery on 41st. Much more...

This place is an absolute gem in the hear of Capitola. It boasts not just an extensive selection of flavors (many inspired concoctions), but the quality of the ice cream itself is PERFECT. Not too sweet, delicately creamy and just the right consistency. The real treat, however, was the guidance from Joanne, the expert behind the counter. She could describe every flavor asked, gave (generous) samples, and even offered suggestions "So, you like coffee? Sure the Kaluha is good (it was), but try this Irish Coffee (it was even better). It was just such a deliciously fun experience. Highly...