Milkcow Cafe

Being an avid lover of ice cream and all things sweet, this place is a haven on a hot summers day and a cool winters night. My midsummer night’s dream, if you will.
People who compare it to McDonald’s ice cream must not be true pigs at heart like myself, because I can clearly taste the difference between the two and Milkcow blows MickyDee’s fresh out of the water and into a different pond by far.
The ice cream itself is rich and creamy with a hint of vanilla. For a simple, straight to the point classic twist, go for the M1, M2, or M3. For a more elaborate take, go for anything between M4 — M12. Ice cream lovers, you won’t regret it. Everyone else, some McDonald’s drive-​thru are open ²⁴⁄₇.

I’ve been waiting to try this place for a very long time, and when I was finally in the area, I was super duper excited to try it out. Since this place is located in a plaza, it is pretty easy to find parking! It’s amazing how many people are here late in the night when the rest of the plaza is already closed. I really like the venue of this dessert place. It isn’t that big but the arrangement makes it look super spacious.
My friend and I ordered a small milk and honey to share. It was actually really really good! I was pleasantly surprised. The milk flavor was very strong and it was very creamy and rich. I was disappointed to find that they left a nice hole in the middle of the cup, so it felt like we got kind of ripped off. I’d still come back thought because the milk and honey was just really good.

1. If you are going to sell and serve macs as a part of a side for your main reason for opening a business, make sure they ate fresh! I bit into a mac and the thing literally fell on the floor and disappeared into thin air. It was so hard and crunchy. So disappointed.
2. Their pink cotton candy had a weird cough medicine taste to it. Almost like stale sugar.
3. The best vanilla soft serve I’ve had in a long time. I would’ve been happy with just a cup of their plain vanilla soft serve with nothing topped or on the side.
Good service. The guy at the cash register was all smiles. I paid with a Groupon and had to pay a difference of $ 0.18. No big.
Will definitely be back to possibly try their honeycomb or something else on the menu.
Sucky part about this location is that it’s located right next to the dumpster

If I pass by Fremont, I always try to come to this place.
First interested in this place when I found out about their soft serve with a piece of honeycomb (never heard of that before!). Went here for the first time with my boyfriend and got the Milky Cube. I loved the flavor and mixture of the soft serve and honeycomb. It is the only thing I usually get at this place.
There is something to say about the flavor of the soft serve. There is only one, and it is a milk flavor. It’s all preference, but I really like how it tastes. I have some friends who don’t like this milky flavor. Probably an acquired taste of sorts. If you don’t like it, you at least have an array of toppings to choose from!
The seating is limited on crowded nights, but even on the most crowded nights the service is pretty ok and food comes out at a reasonable time. Because it is a novelty, it is expensive so spread your visits! Plenty of parking here. Definitely worth trying the soft serve once. Or how you really call it in Asia, soft cream.

This frozen yogurt with real honey is almost as irrestiable as Gillian Anderson in the X-​Files.
I literally bought one frozen yogurt with the natural honey ate it all, and went back in line and bought another one with the honeycomb in less than 15 minutes.
I probably could have eaten a third one if I didn’t have to go back home to program the X-​Files on my recorder.
That’s how my mind works I guess. Yum, yogurt! This is almost as good as the X-Files…wait did I remember to record it? Must drive back home.
Back to the frozen yogurt here. Tastes fresh and creamy with a light vanilla flavor. The honey is sweet, but not overly for the first one I bought. The second one I bought was with a chewy textured honeycomb.
I literally couldn’t open my jaw when I popped the whole honeycomb in my mouth and tried to eat it in one bite.
But hey, less talk and more dessert right?

Delicious, but pricey for the portions!
M and I watched a movie across the street and I was craving something sweet after all the salty goodies we had.
I ordered the Cookies & Cream, small, and added choco balls which are actually just chocolate malt balls. It came to $ 5.09 for the small. I would recommend sticking to their creations since it can add up if you create your own. The soft serve was a really good consistency. If you’ve ever made your own ice cream, it’s like the stage where it’s done churning but you haven’t put it in the freezer yet. It’s thick but smooth and creamy. M really enjoyed the few bites I let him have haha.
I would definitely be back but not as often as I would like due to the pricing.

Their ice cream is so heavenly! Good thing they’re a little far from home or else I’ll be here everyday. Lol
If you like something plain and not too sweet you gotta try their M7. It’s their ice cream with almonds and a macaroon this is my fave so far. I would definitely recommend this place to anyone, young or old!

I like to drop by Milkcow every-​so-​often. It’s a great alternative to all the deserts we have out there. Milkcow is basically like soft serve frozen yogurt, but much creamier and milkier. It’s quality triumphs over those self serve frozen yogurt joints. Although I do have to say, it is slightly over priced. They should add more toppings for the price that we have to pay! Make the customers happy ya know?

Came here to have ice cream after a friend had told me about Milkcow. I learned that Milkcow is a Korean ice cream and coffee shop that makes their ice cream from Honeycomb and organic milk.
Presentation: Presentation of the ice cream I would say is above average (as you can see from everyone’s pictures) they do a really good job making the ice cream look cute and fancy with cotton candy and they don’t rush your order. The ice cream does look very appetizing when it comes out.
Taste: Taste is more creamier and milkier than others from Costco, McDonalds, Sweet tomatoes. Giving best vanilla ice cream from a machine, I would say: Milkcow, McDonalds, Costco, and Sweet tomatoes ice cream is the worse, watery and tasteless especially the vanilla flavor. McDonalds is not as creamy but it is a bit sweeter. Costco is less creamy but sweeter in comparison to McDonalds.
Price: I have to say for the amount you pay, you sure get a tiny cup of ice cream. Course, Costco has the most bang for your buck, but I would have to say that quality is better at Milkcow. For almost $ 5 I would expect more ice cream and would expect it to be about 3x better than McDonald’s or Costco. It is slightly better.
Setting: Beautiful setting to have ice cream with your friends. Clean, inviting and they also have very cute décor. Comfortable seating available to eat your ice cream with your friends or to read a book and study. Cute décor of cows.
Overall, if the ice cream was $ 3.00 or $ 3.50 for a large then I would probably return and have more ice cream. Close to $ 5 is just a it much for me for the amount you get. I give it 3 stars for the ice cream itself and 4 stars total because they do such a good job with the store and with customer service to make such a nice place to eat your ice cream.

I accidentally stumbled upon MilkCow Café one afternoon with the wifey after we spent our morning at the nearby Auto-​Mall. We toughed out an extremely long line that easily has almost 20 people already outside the door. I ordered a classy M2, soft serve and liquid honey, and sprung the additional $ 1.80 for an additional honey comb cube. Wifey ordered the Santorini which was visually stunning with the fluffy cotton candy ball sitting atop.
Taste: The soft serve here is of an amazing quality. Trust me when I say that my stomach can detect that a high quality cream was used, rumored to be none other than hokkaido cream, but I’m not too sure about that. The honey liquid and honey comb cube toppings are exceptional, but quite pricey when compared to the actual amount you’re getting.
Visually, the ice cream is very appealing, and an assortment of beverages and macarons are also available. The macarons are not made in house, and are delivered by a private baker every few days.
Pros: The soft serve is visually appealing and made with high quality ingredients. Really delicious and superior in flavor and texture to most other soft serves you’ll get elsewhere. Their honey is harvested directly from their own bees.
Cons: The high quality ingredients are reflected in the prices. There are many different toppings but only one flavor of soft serve. Longs lines that regularly go out the door. Sometimes nearly impossible to find seating.

The short: where youngsters hang out and eat novelty desserts
This place has a high cool factor and is a great hangout spot for Asians to chill and catch up with friends in a clean, modern atmosphere with nice pop beats (yes to Big Bang!). As soon as my friend (who heard about this place through its Instagrammable fluffy cotton candy milk ice cream) and I walked in, we felt like we were much older than all the young (middle and high school-​aged) kids chilling here on a Saturday night. I stuck to a lavender macaron (I’ve had better).
My friend ordered the Santorini, which has a lightly sweetened cotton candy and ice cream (not overpowering). It’s not something either of us would get frequently; it’s more of «Oh, I can now say I tried this novelty dessert!»
There are a good number of places to sit, though latecomers may have to resort to standing when the place gets crowded. As Milkcow has South Korean roots, it was a nice introduction to some of the crazes from there.
Sidenote: great for children! I think they’ll love this place.

Milkcow is a popular soft serve shop in Korea that opened up last year in Fremont. My friend wanted to come here because she said it was the best dessert she tried while she was in Korea. I chose the Milkycomb, which consisted of soft serve topped with a chunk of honeycomb. The soft serve was very rich and creamy, but when I got to the honeycomb, it was a different texture that didn’t quite complement the soft serve.
I was hesitant eating the honeycomb, as it was wax, and I didn’t know you could eat wax? I’m use to just scraping off the honey. However, my friend assured me that it was edible. I didn’t like how hard the honeycomb was from being in the cold soft serve. The honey was very sweet, and took awhile for me to get use to.
At the end, I didn’t like how the wax got stuck in my teeth, and STILL don’t think it’s edible, personally.
Will probably try another flavor without the honeycomb next time I’m here.

This place is super cute. COW OVERLOAD! The place is a really nice place to go with your friends or family just to chill. Its a little over priced I might say.
I got the M3 it was a honeycomb to top it off and with cotton candy and a macaron. The cotton candy gives it a nice and cute touch and its nice from instagram. I got the fruity pebble macaron and I was super excited but when I took a bite of the macaron it was so hard, like biting into a rock. I think they need to improve on their macarons.
I wanted to LOVE this place but I have to come back and get something else. Maybe with my friends or something.

After hearing so much about this place, I definitely had to come check this place out. Coincidentally, while running errands, my brothers and I were nearby, so we stopped by to check it out.
A cute little soft serve shop that’s clean and has a pretty good number of tables/​chairs. I bet this place would be wonderful during the day time with plenty of lighting and Korean pop music playing in the background. (No Wi-​Fi though??) The café was almost full, and there was a short line, but we didn’t have to wait long at all to put our orders in. They take your order and write your order/​order number onto the cup like Starbucks, and call your number when your dessert is ready.
Per the cashier’s recommendation, I got the M3 (Honey Cube), which is what they’re famous for. The frozen yogurt was rich and creamy, but I’ll have to disagree with other Unilocalers who say it’s basically like McDonald’s sundaes/​McFlurries. The honey comb topping was interesting– sweet, but not overpowering and a good complement to the frozen yogurt.
Yes, it is kind of price-​y at almost $ 5 a cup, but it’s a cute place to meet up for dessert and hang out with friends.

Shout out to everyone who said this place is a glorified McDonald’s because you are RIGHT.
It’s been super hyped up so I decided to check it out. The place itself is bigger than I thought it’d be with plenty of places to sit and hang out.
Their menu is simple. Soft serve with toppings, hot drinks, cold drinks, macarons. I ordered the small M2 with Oreo crumbles and it ended up being just under $ 5. Siding with everyone else here — it’s pretty pricey. But it was good! The honey and Oreos added the sweetness to the creamy soft serve. The small was just enough. Still, not really worth $ 5.
Cool to try once if you’re really into soft serve and want to see if it lives up to the hype. If you’re not too into it though, grab yourself a McFlurry.

Pretty overpriced just for soft serve ice cream & an assortment of toppings.
This is definitely a copy of Honeymee in SoCal. Although, I haven’t tried Honeymee yet, this place is still pretty good. I got the m2 which was the soft serve ice cream with honey on top. Both the ice cream & honey was extremely good but I wouldn’t come back to pay $ 5 for something I can do at me.
They overcharge for toppings. For some Oreos which they call «cookies & crème» it’s like 1 – 2 dollars more. I can sprinkle crushed Oreos on my ice cream myself for less than that price. They probably don’t even use the actual Oreo brand.
The cotton candy or «Santorini» doesn’t taste like anything. It’s all just syrup, food coloring & sugar. Everyone usually just gets that one cos it’s looks cute & they want to take a picture of it.

This place is more deserving of 3.5 stars but since I can’t give half stars, I’ll just round up to 4. I’ve been hearing about this place for so long and finally happened to be in the area so I decided to give it a try. I wasn’t expecting too much since people told me it doesn’t live up to the hype.
I ordered the M3 (milk soft serve with honeycomb) and added honey syrup as well. I know they’re supposed to be «famous» for the honeycomb but it didn’t seem like enough flavor so I decided to add honey to it. I’m really glad I did because I did not like the honeycomb at all. And I feel like they definitely skimped out on the portion of my honeycomb. However, I was pleasantly surprised at how creamy the ice cream was without being too overwhelmingly sweet and well it paired with the honey syrup!
Milkcow isn’t anything special but it’s still a good place for ice cream! It’s definitely worth a try if you’re ever around the area. I’ll be back in the future but next time I’ll know not to order the honeycomb with my ice cream.

1 point off for the response of the cashier today when I asked her, «How much does it cost for extra honey?» She responded with a matter of fact comment: «Look at the menu, it says how much there.» This was my first time ever stepping into the place so that was not a welcoming interaction.
1 point off for skimping on the honey-​cube. I saw such large cubes on the photos people were posting so when I got a itty-​bitty one, I was disappointed. The proportion of honey to soft serve was not right, especially since I got a large size.
Other than that, the flavors were amazing.

Came by for dessert the other night and it was okay. At $ 2.85 for the small M1. It was a small cup of very rich and creamy soft serve, pricing was on the high side for a casual ice cream joint.
…despite most Unilocalers having a Milkcow café cup, mine came out in a generic clear cup… :/

Heard about the hype about this place and finally got the chance to try it! I’m not a fan of really sweet things, but I was really excited for their soft serve ice cream here since they claimed it to be organic and natural.
I got the M3, soft serve with honeycomb, in small 7oz size, and it was the perfect size! The ice cream is very creamy and not too sweet. Imagine McDonald’s sundae but thicker and less sugary. I liked the honeycomb, but there are some parts where it’s a little too chewy. I think M3 is perfect for the simple me, since I don’t like nuts or cotton candy and anything too sweet and fancy in my ice cream.
Pretty good place to hangout with some friends after dinner. They also open till 12am on Fri and Sat.