Baskin Robbins

Baskin Robbins is probably the equivalent of Ben and Jerrys in Adelaide.
They make ice cream fun and colourful, you feel like a kid again, and they do amazing milk shakes.
I really like their cookies and cream. They have a million other flavours, and they do other desserts too if I’m not mistaken.
The pink is a little blinding, but it makes you happy as you leave the store. Or maybe you’re just happy to be leaving the pink, who knows.

My friends and I used to go to Baskins and Robbins several times of week, buy 1 litre of icecream and consume it in a matter of minutes. How we are not all obese I have no idea. But their icecream is really that good. A large cup is never sufficient. Sadly a few of the shops around the city closed down (stopping the tradition) and this one at the bay is one of the few left in Adelaide. They need to re-​open more!
The ice cream. I know it is a chain, but I think it is the best ice cream you can find, anywhere. It is creamy, flavoursome and the texture is perfect. The range of flavours they haven’t isn’t massive, but they are all delicious. So I promise you will stand there for a good 10 minutes deciding what three flavours you want in your litre container. I am and will always be obsessed with their cookie dough ice cream. It is creamy and vanillary but with heaps of chunks ok chocolaty, sugary doughy goodness. They have managed to perfect the ratio of cookie dough to ice cream, so there is not too much or too less of both. Other standout flavours include the choc mint, not too minty and not too chocolatey.
The prices are really not too bad. Yes they are slightly pricey, but not enough that it will stop you from purchasing something. I think I may head down right now and purchase a litre of heaven…

There are a few ice creameries along Jetty road, but there are as few as good as this one. See what I did there with the word play? Ahem… moving along…
Don’t come to Baskin Robbins expecting to walk away with a vanilla or chocolate ice cream. Yes they do cater to boring people, but it’s the special flavours that draw people to this place. Just don’t get too attached to the one type as some of the flavours get regularly rotated.
My personal favourite is the cookies and cream, though I have been known to have the strawberry cheesecake when it’s available. I do love me a good cheesecake, but it was a struggle between that one and cookies and cream.
The only noticeable thing I could say as a criticism is the plastic smile that each staff member wears. It’s not their fault, I’ve worked in customer service and I know how soul destroying it can be. I can honestly say I would never want want to work there…

Baskin Robbins is my favourite of the ice cream chain stores all around Adelaide. If only there were a few more locations around town!
They have a great range of typical ice cream flavours, but their specialities are where the joy lies. Cherries Jubiliee rocks my socks.
Other than the better range, Baskin Robbin’s is your regular kind of chain ice cream joint. Decorated to the satisfactory employee joy killing standards complete with soul draining uniforms and big posters. It’s a little inhuman like that, but who cares, the ice cream is freaking delicious.

(I’m finding it hard to believe there are no reviews on Baskin Robins yet)
Anyway:
Ah memories.
I used to live at Glenelg during my Uni days and I have fond memories of getting my sorbet ice cream from Baskin Robins on hot days. It was always a nice treat.
I would then enjoy eating my ice cream along the beach front whilst listening to the Red Hot Chilli Peppers on my i-​pod, before making my merry way back home.
This ice cream parlour is possibly my favourite along Jetty Road. Especially when enjoying their caramel-​like flavours, and devouring it from a paper cup.
BR is also (I would say) a favourite among youngsters. Plus there are a few different ice cream cakes available for personal orders, which are especially great for children’s birthdays.
Lastly there is a little bit of seating inside and out. Good stuff.