Tin Pot Creamery - Palo Alto

I used to like their ice cream but not so much now. It’s been a couple of years so maybe they changed hands and recipes. The ice cream is sickly sweet and not such a nice texture. It’s also pricier than other ice cream. Would not come back.

This place is still requiring a mask for vaccinated individuals. I wanted to purchase ice cream and had my vaccination card with me. The worker was super rude and didn't want to help me without a mask. Per CA law, masks are not required as of 6/15. Get with it Tin Pot !

We came on a saturday afternoon to get some ice cream, it was our first visit. The shop had customers but was not full. The selection of ice creams is sufficient but not enormous; the tastes are rather sophisticated, no simple options : . We picked coconut in a bowl and strawberry in a waffle. Bowls are degradable and recycled which we appreciated. We paid around 14 usd ~5+ per ice cream, 1.50 for the waffle . Right outside the place the are benches and chairs a perfect place to enjoy the ice cream. The ice creams were very tasty, not too sweet; the portion of one ball was sufficient. The place can definitely be recommended.

Coconut with pandan might be the best ice cream I've ever had. Very toasty coconut flavor with a hard to describe twist that must be the pandan.Amazing flavors, super creamy, pretty sweet I guess average sweetness, for ice cream. Salt Straw definitely has the strangest flavors, but Tin Pot has plenty of creative flavors (blue jasmine, raspberry rose tart, coconut pandan) and tastes the best to me.

I got the brownie batter ice cream and it was more like a sorbet. I would say it was “crystalized” maybe due to a freezer burn.