Boxcar Eats — Restaurant in Sacramento

I recently visited Boxcar Eats in Old Sacramento and to be honest, I wasn’t all that impressed. The place looks fun from the outside with signs for Dole Whip and Tillamook Ice Cream, which definitely caught my eye. Inside, the decor was kind of cool with colorful chandeliers and lots of seating, but the atmosphere felt a bit empty and lacking energy—even though it was evening.

The service was okay, nothing special. I tried the Dole Whip and was expecting something a little more flavorful. It was just average and didn’t really live up to the hype. Same goes for the ice cream—looked great in the picture, but taste-wise, it didn’t wow me.

It’s not a terrible spot, and maybe I just went at an off time, but overall it didn’t feel like a place I’d go out of my way to visit again. It has potential, but needs a bit more warmth and quality to...

Visiting from Seattle on a warm day we figured it had to be good since there was such a long line. Turns out, that wasn’t the reason for the line. The two employees in there (guy with black longish hair and the chick with the lip job) moved slower than molasses in the winter. The girl was shuffling around in slides, refilling the ice cream containers (not what you do when the line is to the door) and the guy was filling all the orders in his own. He was nice, she never even looked at anyone and spent more time talking to the guy than working. Good ice cream if you have no where to be and nothing to do. I feel bad for the owner, he’s losing a lot of business, we saw several families turn around and leave because the line wasn’t moving at all at...

Portions are very small, no samples and the dole whip was icy slush not creamy smooth like all the other places I’ve had dole whip. Also, when you get half way down in the container while trying to enjoy subpar dole whip, you’ll come to the bigger realization that you got cheated on quantity because theres a hole of empty space in the middle of the container. The butter pecan tasted like coffee, and had no way of knowing in advance which would be a great flavor WITHOUT SAMPLES, I won’t be returning. I suggest management consider a 2 or 3 limit on samples, that would be...