Serendipity Ice Cream In Mcm

In general I do enjoy this place as a nice ice cream spot, but please be aware their matcha latte may not be quite what you expect. I’m a frequent matcha drinker, I’ve never had a matcha latte /anywhere/ else that was anything other than some combination of matcha powder and milk, but the one I got today included coffee. Odd combination, definitely not what I expected, and it certainly wasn’t written anywhere that that surprise addition would make its way into the drink While the staff member was kind enough to make it for me cold instead of hot upon request, she seemed generally confused about what she was doing, and initially gave me just their version of the matcha latte, and not the matcha latte special I had ordered from their employee creations board. I had to prompt her to add the ice cream offered in the description on the board. Altogether the drink wasn’t necessarily bad, just very strange, and not what I, or anyone else I know, would expect of a matcha latte.

Ice cream shop with a classic/old school vibe. They had Tillamook ice cream which was delicious. Additionally there is a self playing piano in there which is really cool and fun to see.

EDIT: changing from 2 stars to 5. We have been back twice since this review and it was AMAZING. they are back to having top quality brands of ice cream and handmade waffle cones. I don’t know if it was just too busy in the summer to keep up or a dip in quality but it is back to the amazing place it was when we first moved here. Definitely give it a shot. A couple years ago when we moved to McMinnville we LOVED coming to this shop. Almost all the ice cream was top quality brands (Umpqua/Tillamook) and the waffle cones were handmade and if you were lucky you could get one fresh and warm. And the atmosphere of the shop and staff couldn't be beat Coming back a couple time this summer, a lot of the ice cream flavors are budget brands like Blue Bunny, the waffle cones are store bought. It seems like they are working toward the tourist clientele and not return customers. We got a banana split this last trip and the only topping we recieved was hot fudge. Was more like a hot fudge sundae with a banana and there wasn't a lot of hot fudge for a $10 sundae. I love supporting small business and understand inflation is hurting us all, but it seems like for the prices going up, the quality is going down. Unfortunatley, I think we are going to take a break for a bit and try again later.

Cute ice cream shop. The staff was too busy chatting with one another to greet us and when they did finally take our order there was some confusion on whose job was to do what. 4 stars because my sundae was good, reasonably priced and atmosphere was nice. It was a little cluttered on the stairwell.

Very kind staff, even offered a free junior scoop of ice cream for my son whose birthday it was! Yummy ice cream and homemade baked goodies! Wonderful, clean, well kept up, old fashioned architecture decor-love the player piano and horse drawn carriage rides just outside! Highly recommend this place!