Willow Glen Creamery — Restaurant in San Jose

After strolling the area and enjoying the beautiful day, my husband had to try this ice cream shop (especially since the line only continued to grow longer for the couple hours we were there!) I'm not a big I've cream fan and the best ice cream I've had in the Bay area to date is the Cambell Creamery and C.R.E.A.M. so I usually use these two places as a kind of measuring stick. I have to say, this place far exceeded both of them! Not only do they have an abundance of daily flavors but they also offer a major selection of daily specials in ice cream flavors, smoothies, protein smoothies, fruit smoothies, generous toppings, shakes, waffle cones, dipped cones, cups, specialty desserts (think banana split and hot fudge sundaes)! What I love about this place is that you pay by the scoop (any of your choice can be combined) and it's a flat charge of $1.25 for unlimited toppings! And they have the best of the best-nuts, cherries, sliced berries, whipped creams, caramel, hot fudge, chocolate and strawberry syrups, popular candy toppers like chocolate chips and gummy bears, cookie dough bites, many chocolate bar chunks, crushed cookies, the list just goes on and on! The customer service is excellent! They move quickly and make everything right there in front of you so it's kind of entertaining. My daughter got 3 scoops in a cup (around $8 I think) of chocolate mint chip, cookie dough, and peppermint swirl. Peppermint was her favorite, but she LOVED all of them and said it was the best ice cream she's had out here in the Bay. My husband and I both got shakes-mine strawberries and cream and his was coffee flavored with whipped cream and a small drizzle of caramel. The place was clean, well kept, and every time I looked behind us, the line had grown a little more until I could no longer see the end! People love it here and, after trying it, I can see why! I only have it 4 stars however because we received the scoops in a cup to take home to my daughter and then had to wait almost 15 more minutes for our two shakes because it had gotten so busy. If I had known it was going to take that long, I would have had them make her ice cream last. It was pretty melted by the time we got home, but not too bad! She ate it up and savored every bite! Will definitely come back here again when...

3.5 stars!

I came here after dinner on a Friday night and was surprised that this place wasn't super crowded. It was about 8:30pm and there were only a few people in line in front of us.

The guy behind the counter was super nice -- we were a group of 4 and 2 of us were absolutely indecisive. The guy offered us various tastings and was extremely patient.

I ended up with a small tart yogurt with heath and almonds. I wish I had gotten a fruit topping instead. It was good, but it wasn't outta this world. Hubs got a regular yoguart (vanilla) and I didn't particularly like it. It tasted too "milky" to me.

If I'm in the area, I'll come back here again, if not only for the reason of supporting small local business. Also, I'd like to give their home-made ice cream a try. However, I probably will not go out of the way just to come here for yogurt and ice cream.

P.S. - they have limited seating in the little patio area in the back. Luckily for us it wasn't busy and we were all able to...

Came here on a Friday night and it was somewhat busy, with the line out the door. It moved pretty swiftly so no complaints there.

There's a plethora of flavors for ice cream, although not so much for froyo and custard. I got the peppermint stick in a peppermint sprinkles coated waffle cone. One of my friends got the pineapple froyo in a waffle cone and a second friend got the butterscotch custard in a cup.

My ice cream was what I had expected it to be lol, minty and creamy goodness. The froyo got some bombass praise and the custard was alright. The delectable cheesecake bites on the custard were what stood out the most.

Having seen this place on "best places to eat ice cream at in SJ", I was a bit disenchanted. But yeah, I need to try some more flavors before I can say for sure if the hype is real or not.

9/10 would...