Van Leeuwen

My favorite ice spot ever! I love how they have vegan ice-​cream. To be honest, it’s hard for me to have regular ice cream after having the vegan. So many flavors, too. I’ve had the banana nut, cookie dough, and mint chocolate chip. All delicious!

The best gelato in Brooklyn! I’m Italian… Too long of a wait …
But again. Best gelato.

Cute little ice cream shop in Cobble Hill. The exterior/​interior is beautiful – definitely going back during the day to snap some pictures.
We ordered the classic sundae: a scoop of chocolate, strawberry and vanilla ice cream topped with a generous portion of home made whipped cream, topped with crushed walnuts and cherries! They also have baked goods from Ovenly if you’re in a mood to splurge!

It’s been well over a month since I’ve been, and I can’t get this place out of my head. Honestly, the best ice cream I have yet to experience and this is coming from a person who was born and raised in southern california where you can find both mom and pop ice cream shops, to the ones that have lines out the door and even the ones you’ll find on the food network.
This place was not on any one of my friends’ must eat lists, it wasn’t on a video or a buzzfeed top _​_​list, but it was in our vicinity when a friend of mine searched «Ice Cream» on an afternoon out in Brooklyn and I’m so glad we stopped by.
Fans of earl grey, will not be disappointed with the ice cream here. The only way I could describe it, is that it was literally a sweet earl grey tea in ice cream form. The honeycomb flavor definitely complimented the earl grey well and I thought the real honey comb pieces on top was a great addition.
**TIP They give you more ice cream when you take advantage of the fact that you can get two flavors with the small**
If I ever find myself back in Brooklyn, this would be the place you’d find me at. And I’d probably have ice cream here twice in one day. And possibly even try to get my travel companions to venture out into brooklyn more than once just to have this ice cream.

What kind of ice cream store runs out of ice cream in April? Store clerks were either high or incredible stupid as they zoned out as I asked repeatedly for tastes for my daughter of the 3 flavors they actually did have and the price of the ice cream was $ 5.25 or 5.75 they weren’t sure. 15 people were sitting down at the tables and only one group of them had ice cream. Won’t be wasting my time for this when it’s hot out, that’s for sure!

My second time getting Van Leeuwen Artisan Ice cream but first time from this location. It was after dinner and dessert is always necessary. Learning from my first time experience, I knew not to get the salted caramel because personally I thought it was too sweet and at times salty (i know! It’s salted caramel, it’s suppose to taste like that, but as I said, i personally didn’t like it). But last time I got the pistachio and I fell in love, I knew this time I had to get it again because that’s one flavor I know I can’t go wrong with here. Last time my friend got the honeycomb with honeycomb bits in it and she said it was amazing. So this time I got the honeycomb and pistachio. One word, perfect! I would get that same combo over and over again and never be sick or tired of it.
Speaking of it (typing of it now) I think I should go there again soon and get it to remind myself and my tastebuds again how good it is.
There was a long line when I went at this location, but the staff was friendly and had a nice smile on their faces. Always good to see that.

Love their earl grey ice cream! My roommate and I both got a pint to take home. The place is bit pricey — $ 8.50 for 1 pint, but so good!

You can taste the great flavors of their ice cream in a single scoop of your spoon (imagine you are jumping on the clouds). Although this is not the greatest ice cream I’ve tried, I could say that this is better than your usual ice cream. More people are being health conscious so I hope they add more «healthier» options and more fruits please!

Van Leeuwen’s offers good quality ice creams apart from your normal processed full of junk «ice cream».
Pistachio: ⁵⁄₅ (can really taste the really smooth and nutty flavor; probably my favorite one so far !)
Honeycomb: ³⁄₅ (way, way too sweet for my liking and all I can taste is caramel…)
Earl Grey: ⁵⁄₅ (taste just like earl grey tea ! except it’s in creamy ice cream form)
Service wise, some staff are very friendly, others have a dull attitude.
Overall, would definitely recommend giving them a chance to be your favorite ice cream shop.

Came in late one night and they stayed open just to satisfy 4 of us! Had the vegan mint chocolate and chocolate in a cone, didn’t even miss the dairy ONE bit. Chocolate was the most rich I’ve tasted in a while and mint was very fresh tasting. My one complaint is the cost — way too much for an ice cream people!

I have to write another bad review. Because it’s calling my name out. Let’s do this again.
The baristas here are a nightmare. Why are you so miserable? No hi, no thank you, I feel so un-​welcomed here, just long faces every time! I honestly only come here because my roommate loves vegan ice cream better than regular ice cream. And even she says that the customer service is the worst! Where is the manager? Or the owner? Do you see this crap going on? Is this who you hire to represent your business? Maybe your baristas aren’t getting paid enough? Then they should quit!
Then, I ordered another coffee. Found some yummy grids! God forbid if I told the barista (who I tipped $ 2 to because I work in a restaurant and live off tips) she prob would have rolled her eyes and not help out. Also I ordered an espresso.
Espresso was UNDER EXTRACTED, was sour/​bright tasting and the volume of the liquid was too much! It should be about 1 ½ to 2 oz!
Get it together man!
The one in the east village is 100x better! Always!
Anyway rant over.
Just one thing.
Pros– vegan ice cream! Prices not too bad, clean
Cons– laptop hogs, horrible espresso, burnt drip coffee, rude baristas, unwelcomed!
Never again. I refuse to be treated poorly when I’m spending my hard earned money.

Such a cute place. I was looking for ice cream shops near the DUMBO area and came across this café. Interior was adorable. Had a very rustic feel to it.
Ordered a hot chocolate, cappuccino and earl grey and pistachio ice cream. The cappuccino was alright, nothing special really, but the ice cream was pretty great. Super tasty and creamy — nothing artificial going on here. Not a big fan of the earl grey, but I fell in love with the pistachio.

SMALL, but cute shop. I was in the mood– and this satisfied. I love it when ice cream goes pretentious– so when you’re telling me the region from Oregon that my mint (in the mint chip) was harvested and what cacao percentage is in the chips… I gotta smile… smile and shake my head and say– Oh, you… you Van Leeuwen, making the fancy.
But DAMMIT if that a’int a fine cone. Coffee was really good too– ironic (for this Seattleite) to NOT see regional info on the coffee… but I digress.
Hey Van baby– keep it real and always remember your ABCs… Always…Be…Cool

Cute place! Right off the subway. Great neighborhood to meander around and stopping in here for ice cream is just the right way to start/​end your day!
We got vanilla ice cream and mint chip. Oh wow, tasty and very creamy, but not overwhelmingly sweet either. Coming from those store bought mint flavors with artificial coloring and crap, this had a natural and smoother taste.
They also had chocolate chip cookies that were big and enticing to try, but I figured I would use my caloric splurge on the ice cream.
Bright place, not very big, and the day I went there were plenty of families there. Would definitely come back!

On the map it looks like an ice cream shop & for sure it is that. But it also makes a great coffeeshop, and it is in the latter capacity that I have so often enjoyed the place.
Around three years ago now, I discovered this spot. I was shopping for a new place to live. And being that is a complicated process, it involved looking at tons & tons of real estate. I started to circle around this area because I had long been going to Brooklyn Boulders.
Each time I came through, I would stop in here for coffee. They offer delicious Toby’s Estate coffee, which never disappoints. I would recommend the cold brew & in a glass if at all possible. It’s deliciously sweet without any sugar. While you’re here your ears will also feast on an amazing collection of vinyl records from the eclectic to the classic. What a way to start your day off right.
The staff here are super nice & friendly, and it seems there’s never really a rush.
One other thing I like is that the entire front is glass, so the sun just drenches the place, giving your coffee a double punch to your morning wakeup routine. :)
How is it possible I have never reviewed this spot? Alright well now I have.

What an adorable little ice cream shop! I walk past this place almost every day but only recently stopped in on a major ice cream craving. I’d heard wildly good things about the earl grey flavor so I figured I should branch out past my go-​to vanilla. Unfortunately I just wasn’t that thrilled.
Everything is organic, local, all that jazz. But they were out of the earl grey ice cream!
I had to settle for pistachio. It was very tasty and creamy but I didn’t get that pistachio-​punch I was expecting. Maybe it’s because I grew up eating traditional ice cream that’s loaded with artificial flavoring (I know you did, too,) but it was just a bit bland.
I’ll definitely be back to try that earl grey ice cream and update this review. Though with an incredible Italian ice shop just a few blocks down, it may take a while.

Great ice cream and wonderful service. Truly love this place. Ice cream lovers should definitely give this place a shot!

ughhhhhhh mint chocolate chippppppp
ughhhhhhh espresso
ughhhhhh JUST GET IN MY MOUTH!
With that out of the way…
My dear friends and I came to Van Leeuwen because we all agreed that we needed a sweet fix after our happy hour wings and beers at Henry Street Ale House (a MUST go.)
The space is very small, yet cozy and warm, and the staff was very pleasant. I sampled the vegan mint chip because I didn’t bring a lactaid pill with me, and while it was good, the texture was just all off and strange and alien and weird, so I lived dangerously and opted for the original.
The mint chip is great. It is just great. 72% dark chocolate chips with great Oregon peppermint (there’s peppermint in Oregon?) all combined in one of the creamiest scoops of ice cream I’ve had in recent memory. But that wasn’t the star of my brown recycled cup. No. That honor goes to the…
Espresso. The Espresso. Oh my the espresso. Mint chip and coffee/​espresso are my two go to flavors for ice cream (because they’re the best, and your opinions don’t matter to me), and Van Leeuwen does both of these flavors very very well. Perfectly sweet with a full on espresso bite, I may have found my new go to for espresso ice cream.
At $ 5.25 for two (albeit, small) scoops in a cone or a cup, it’s a deal for the area.

We’d just finished having brunch and I informed my cousin I was interested in scoring some Vegan treats for my ride back to Queens. She lead us down the block to this cute little shop right off of Smith street. It was hot as hell outside and I’d never had vegan ice cream so I was ecstatic to try and ready to indulge. They have about 5 vegan flavors, a bunch of unique dairy flavors, sundaes, coffee and pastries.
After trying their Ginger and Honeycomb flavors, my mom settled on two scoops of Honeycomb in a cone. My mom ate her ice cream so fast and kept saying how awesome it was, so I guess it was pretty great lol. I ended up getting their vegan Coffee ice cream in a cup. It had a subtle coffee flavor and a great creamy consistancy, which I’m assuming is from the use of coconut milk. To me, the ice cream tasted a bit more chocolaty than like coffee but I haven’t had either in forever so my taste buds may be a bit out of whack. I enjoyed it though and would return. Definitely want to try their vegan Pistachio.

$ 5.25 for regular cup/​cone and you can get up to two scoops.
I wouldn’t mind the price if the scoops were bigger, unfortunately that is not the case.
I got a scoop of honeycomb and a scoop of earl grey tea in a cup.
Honeycomb is my personal favorite. Sweet and a bit salty with bits of honeycomb mixed into it for a nice crunch.
I really like the taste of earl grey tea and will never pass up the opportunity to get earl grey tea anything so of course I had to try their earl grey tea flavor ice cream. I was not disappointed. It tastes just like earl grey tea. Plain and delicious!
Their ice cream is definitely an A+. Docking a star because of the price.
I also got a salted chocolate chip cookie from Ovenly there and that was a disappointment. For $ 2.75, you would expect a quality cookie but I got the complete opposite of that. It tasted nothing like a chocolate chip cookie and the center was super salty because that was where all the salt was. I absolutely do not recommend the salted chocolate chip cookie there.