Moorenko's — Restaurant in Washington

Bottom line - disappointing first experience, but will try again.

I love small batch dairy products of all sorts, but premium ice cream is my go-to. I bought three pints to take home: strawberry, coconut & pineapple, and chocolate peanut butter.

The strawberry and coconut/pineapple both had a minty aftertaste. I'm thinking a batch of some type of mint was made immediately beforehand and traces of it got in to the next batches. It wasn't overwhelming but definitely noticeable and off-putting. The coconut/pineapple flavor also had the texture of having been thawed and refrozen. Spongey and odd on the top 1/3 or so.

Chocolate peanut butter is INTENSE. I love that flavor combo and this one is really good, just barely bordering on too much. I'm thinking it would be great for ice cream sandwiches with cookies that are a bit plain to offset the intensity of the ice cream.

Will definitely be back, though - very happy to have a small-scale ice cream place in the neighborhood again. Maybe get a cone next time to see if the "fresh"...

I had been looking forward to visiting Moorenkos since their reopening and, unfortunately, was very put off by my experience.

Value: 1/10 - and this is largely because I was charged incorrectly. I ordered a double, but was charged $10 - which I didn’t fully realize until I saw the charge on my card because the employees were talking amongst themselves throughout my visit and didn’t inform me of the cost

Vibe: 1/10 - this could be a cute spot, especially given its location, but I was very put off when the employee who scooped my ice cream wasn’t wearing gloves and basically had their hands in the ice cream. Also the inside of the store smelt like marijuana pretty strongly.

Ice cream: 1/10 - I ordered a scoop of banana peanut butter, which was icy and lacking in flavor. The second scoop I ordered was chocolate, meant to be the actual dairy chocolate, but given it’s similar iciness and lack of flavor I think I was given a...

As someone who has a lot of severe food allergies, it's nice to know that I have quite a few options of ice cream flavors to choose from that I know are allergen free. Customer service is great, the employees are friendly and knowledgeable of what goes into the ice cream. The prices are affordable considering the uniqueness and quality of ice cream you're purchasing. The flavors that I have been able to try, so far, that I highly recommend would have to be Cookie Overload, Butterscotch, Moka Chocolate Chip, and White Chocolate Mint. I would 10 out of 10 recommend the ice cream from here if you're looking to support a...