Sebastian Joe's Ice Cream Shop — Restaurant in Minneapolis

This was our second time having Sebastian Joe’s (once from Waffle Bar’s food truck, and today in the Sebastian Joe’s shop). We were super excited because our first experience was amazing—the flavors and creaminess were on point, and we agree that this is definitely our favorite ice cream in the TC area so far.

Today unfortunately, I ordered hot fudge on my ice cream, and my husband ordered caramel on his, and they were both burnt. I didn’t realize it as much at first with the hot fudge because chocolate can be bitter, but the caramel was definitely horrible. My husband isn’t a complainer and rarely says anything negative about anything, but he asked me a few times if I thought the caramel sauce was weird. I didn’t realize how bad the sauces were until we finished, and we felt bad telling the staff about it because of how it could come across, and we didn’t want to be “those” customers. I feel so bad because the caramel mixed into all of my husband’s ice cream, turning everything gross and bitter, making his experience just bad.

Overall, you should definitely get ice cream from Sebastian Joe’s—it’s delicious. If you order a hot topping, make sure it’s not burnt, and if it is, don’t wait to bring it to the staff’s attention. Toppings should never be burnt at an ice cream shop, especially a specialty one.

**Update: I recently went to the Linden Hills location, and the hot fudge was delicious.

*2nd update: Haven’t had the hot fudge since last year, but Sebastian Joe’s is our favorite ice cream in the Twin Cities. Raspberry chocolate chunk is my...

I have grown up in Linden Hills, Sebastian Joe's oreo ice cream is my favorite ice cream hands down and I just had such an unpleasant experience that I walked out.

My mother loves mint milano ice cream. She used to be on their call list way back when she was pregnant with me. So when thinking of going to Sebastian Joe's tonight, I consulted the Linden Hills "flavor feed." This claims to be a "live feed" "available today". I was thrilled to see mint milano was listed and that is why we decided to go to Sebastian Joe's today. When we arrived at Sebastian Joe's, mint milano was not available. The associate at the cash register (may have been a manager? She said she speaks with the owners almost every day) stated the the flavor feed merely lists summer (seasonal) flavors. She doesn't have the ability to change the website and it is not accurate. She offered no apology or sympathy for the fact that we only came to Sebastian Joe's today because mint milano was supposedly available today. She also did not offer to speak to the owners about changing their deceptive website. It was a frustrating conversation from which I took away, 'the website is wrong, deal with it' and ended up walking out in frustration. She did state we should call to check what is available but I did check what was available by consulting their website. It would be helpful if the website told me to call them. Don't trust the...

Having grown up in the Twin Cities Sebastian Joe's was a staple of my teenage years - bombing up to Lake Harriet on a summer evening to grab a scoop with friends. Their Oreo ice cream is synonymous with my teens. Now living in the U.K. I make a pilgrimage back every time I come back to visit family. My wife, who grew up on Italian gelato, failed to believe that Sebastian Joes could be as wonderful as I said, or begin to compare to the European ice cream offerings....until she tasted Nicollet Avenue Pothole (now formerly known as). Life changer. We have since gone vegan and our return to MN this year was filled with a little bit of sadness knowing that our Sebastian Joes pilgrimage would no longer be quite so decadent. But then behold, they have vegan flavours. Yes, the options were limited (only chocolate and strawberry), and yes the ice cream was already somewhat melts/soft when scooped, but *#%? the flavours were still really good. The chocolate was deep and smutty, and the strawberry was vibrant, light and not sickeningly sweet. Thank you Sebastian Joe's. Now get on making a vegan (formerly known as)...