Bruster's Real Ice Cream — Restaurant in La Mesa

Mediocre ice cream, small portions, long wait times.

Mediocre ice cream: The ice cream lacks richness and flavor. Simply not on par with other options in the area like Salt&Straw or Handle's. They're definitely not cleaning their scoops properly because every sample had a weird after taste and so did our orders. You're better off purchasing ice cream from the grocery store.

Small portions: they say "2 scoops", really it is 2 small loosely packed scoops equivalent to 1 scoop. The price is fine for 1 scoop, no reason to have false advertisement.

Wait time: They had 4-5 people scooping ice cream. We waited around 30 minutes to get to the window with only 3 small families in front of us. We waited around 10 minutes to order at the window, then another 10 minutes to receive our order. For the time you could go to Salt&Straw in La Jolla and back with much...

Fantastic experience. We stopped by the new Brusters Ice Cream in La Mesa and were blown away. The Pumpkin Patch flavor was incredible, rich, creamy, and perfectly spiced for the season. The Black Cherry was equally exceptional, full of flavor and real fruit.

The staff was friendly, the service was quick, and the atmosphere was cheerful and inviting. You can tell they take pride in what they do.

Welcome to the neighborhood Brusters. La Mesa is lucky...

Great service but horribly stingy :(. I paid 6 whopping dollars for a single kid’s scoop only to receive the tiniest, saddest mini scoop I’ve ever seen. No joke, it was 1.5” high off the cake cone. I get that it’s labeled a “kid’s” cone, but if you’re charging $6, you still need to give your customer their money’s worth. Won’t be back because stinginess...