Homemade Ice Cream & Pie Kitchen

Nestled in one of Louisville’s hip urban areas on Bardstown Road is The Place to go for Desserts. Park next to the curb as close as you can get and take the sidewalk there. Yes, it will be worth the trouble. The entrance is on the either street side with the main doors on an alley. Inside is a hip, but divey eclectic dining, no matter, just follow the lighted cases. There are three cases with pies, cakes, cookies and such. Pick a slice of your choice. (I recommend the Dutch Apple pie with Caramel, heated) Now pick a scoop of their home churned ice cream. (I recommend the Cinnamon with the pie.) Take it to the register, grab a fork or a spoon and just try to find a space to sit before you have to cram in a bite. We absolutely loved this place!

Was in Louisville for the day and decided to try his place based on reviews. They have a large range of ice creams and pies. Decided to keep it simple with strawberry ice cream, which was very good. It has actual strawberry pieces in it and food flavor. The good thing about this place is they have lots of variety with pies, ice cream and sherbet. I would come back.

This chain and specific location was suggested by a server at another restaurant.
So, we drove out, parked, and enjoyed the place.
We had a single scoop, or so we thought, of ice cream in a cup, and the lady had a slice of pie. Funny thing — I don’t actually recall seeing any prices posted, but may have missed them.
Ice cream was more than I could finish — single scoop was like 3 scoops — smooth creamy,
and the mixed berry pie was very good.
BTW — does anyone know how to post more than one review and visit on Unilocal of the same location, or do you always have to just «update» your one and only allowed review ???

I really didn’t want to write a 1 star review for the Homemade Ice Cream & Pie Kitchen, but I’ve had two really bad experiences at this location recently. The first incident happened when they were out of my favorite flavor of ice cream (Peace, Love and Chocolate). They seem to run out of flavors a lot at this location. I was bummed because I went there specifically to get that flavor. They said they wouldn’t have more for a week. I don’t know why they can’t get more from one of the other locations.
The second incident was worse. I went to get a piece of chocolate cake on National Chocolate Cake Day (January 27). When I got there the place had customers waiting and only one person appeared to be working. There were three people at the front of the line waiting for sandwiches to be made by the female employee. The male employee was just standing around. Finally the male employee came to the side with the ice cream and desserts and asked the woman in front of me what she’d like to order. She wanted a full cake. He got the cake out of the display case, but then he couldn’t find a box for it. He spent at least five minutes trying to find a box. The female employee finished making the sandwiches and went to the register to ring those orders up. She also took the payment for the cake. She had to show the male where the boxes were and he put the woman’s cake in the box. Then he couldn’t figure out how to close the box properly. It took him a long time fidgeting with the box and then he was going to give it to the woman without being properly closed. The female employee eventually showed him how to close it, but just stood at the register and watched him struggle for a while. I was next in line but some people went up the register before I could order. I told the female employee I was next, but she ignored me. The male employee came over to ask what I’d like to order. I asked if there was any Chocolate Silk cake because there was none left in the display case. He went to the back for a very long time and came back with a handful of packaged Chocolate Silk cake slices. When I got to the register to pay the female employee said «you know that cake is frozen, right?» I bought it anyway, but it tasted awful. My biggest complaint was that they had two people working and neither had good customer service skills or seemed to know anything about the restaurant. It seems like they should have been equipped staff and more people working when it is that busy.
I will continue to visit the other Homemade Ice Cream & Piet Kitchens in Lou, but I don’t think I’ll be going back to this location.

Is this place heaven?! This place must be what heaven is like! After a few months of living here and people saying to me «What? You haven’t been to Homemade Pie Ice Cream and Pie Kitchen», ai finally got to try this place.
I loved my lunch of the Turkey Bacon Ranch (with cheddar) on marble rye sandwich. I liked that it was toasted and not drenched in dressing. I mean I wanted to take a piece of everything home with me, but for my first time, I went with my favorite type of pie so I tied their Reese’s pie and I just wanted to buy the whole pie and not share it with everybody and then go back everyday and buy another one each day for forever.
I will be be going back here and trying more sandwiches, pies, and ice cream.

Rude staff. Tables always dirty. Pie so-​so. I definitely prefer the original location.

A great variety of cakes, pies and ice cream. Lots of places to seat and enjoy a sweet treat. Their yellow cake with caramel cake is delicious.

Ok I am going into a diabetic coma now. This place is good quite a variety and the people are super nice. Pies cakes ice cream and even a «bargain table» no idea how something gets there but…
Be back soon!

This is by far my favorite dessert stop in Louisville. What’s not to love? All sorts of cookies, cakes, cupcakes, pies, meringues, and ice-​cream. My go to dessert is banana pudding, it’s out of this world. I would never have tried it, I don’t care much for banana, if it weren’t for a friends recommendation.
Tonight our table had apple cider & cinnamon ice cream, crème brûlée ice cream, snicker doodle cupcake, white cake cupcake, strawberry cake, and chocolate chip pecan pie. All was delicious except the white cake cupcake (tasted like a store bought cupcake). The snicker doodle cupcake kind of tasted like coffee cake.
I haven’t tried anything that disappointed me yet! There’s something for everyone!

I have been here for cake.
I have been here for ice cream.
I have been here for soup.
I have been here for sandwiches.
I wanted that to rhyme, but I am no lyrical gangster.
So, having contributed to several extra pounds being added to my tall frame, I must congratulate them on tempting even me, with my strong willpower to avoid sweets, to stop in and purchase an entire Oreo Ice Cream Pie on several occasions. Not to mention the cake pops, German chocolate cakes, pineapple upside down cakes, apple pies, blueberry pies and any other pie you can think of that I like that does not contain nuts because who wants nuts in their pie???
But, yeah. Anyone who has been here can see why this is a Louisville institution of desserts.
I almost forgot lunch! They have great sandwiches and soups, as well!

This past Thanksgiving, my husband tried Chess Pie for the first time and fell in love! But I told him that if he wanted truly awesome chess pie and chess pie that came in different flavors, where he really needed to go was this place! So, on our way home to St. Louis from Cincinnati, we stopped here!
He actually ended up getting a slice of Caramel Apple Pie with a scoop of Crème Brûlée ice cream, because he really is a fan of apple pie. I’m usually not crazy about fruit pies, but I tried a bite and it really was amazingly delicious! The thick layer of caramel (which has an icing/​frosting consistency) really takes the whole experience to the next level!
Since they didn’t have my favorite Chess Pie (Chocolate Chip), I went with the next best thing — Chocolate Chess Pie! I had this one last time and it was definitely worth a second tasting. I also picked up a Buckeye — one of my very favorite treats because it makes me think of Christmas at home in Ohio. The Buckeye was on the big side — definitely more than just one bite! And the peanut butter ball was smooth and creamy like butter!
This will always be one of my favorite places to visit when I’m coming through town, even if it’s out of our way. Totally worth it!!!

Not much bad you can say about this place. Cool highlands location. A gazillion choices of pie, cake and ice cream. All legit first class stuff.
Our service was genuinely friendly as well. The young man behind the counter was super nice
In the end it’s the desserts you’re coming for and they deliver!

As someone whose first job was in an ice cream shop I consider myself a tough critic on the subject! Don’t get me wrong all most ice cream is good, but there are a few things that set good ice cream apart from great ice cream.
First is the creaminess. The ice cream here has it down!!! I’ve never had creamier ice cream before! So good that you can’t help shovel it into your face.
Second is the candy or chunks ingredients involved in the ice cream. I’m a huge fan of cookie dough ice cream. Often times the cookie dough clusters in ice cream are hard and hurt to chew into (I do have slightly sensitive teeth I will add). The cookie dough clusters here though melt in your mouth! It’s honestly like biting into a little slice of heaven! They also have a birthday cake flavor that is amazing as well!!!
This shop also offers pies, brownies, and other baked goods. They even have some treats that are made to look seasonal that are almost too cute eat in my opinion! I will for sure be back!

The ice cream here is knock your socks off good — special fan of the peach (with pieces of real peach) and the chocolate ice cream. It will take a long time for another shop to compare.

Amazing.
Amazing.
Fantastic pecan, Dutch apple pie (s).
Decent and generous ice cream, great ice creams! Immediately loved this place, will return tomorrow!

Pretty good! Lots of cakes, pies and ice cream to choose from. I think you can also get sandwiches but I am unsure as the side part was closed.

I have mixed reviews of this one. I bought a cake for a bridal shower here and it was phenomenal. The staff was very helpful– helping me pick colors, flavored, etc. I generally do not like cake but I thoroughly enjoyed their cake for the party and the decorations were gorgeous. I would definitely recommend their cakes to others. The only pie I’ve had is their caramel apple pie and it is also wonderful.
I’m not as excited about their ice cream. It’s hit or miss for me but I like that they are generous with sampling. I don’t think it is the best ice cream in town but they are thoughtful in their ingredients and preparation which I appreciate.

Everything is so good you can’t go wrong. My pug Bella even loves it. I usual get her the dog treats they have while I stuff my face with sweets.

I am not a huge pie and ice cream fan, but I like the uniqueness of this place. There’s lot of seating, including tables, booths and sofas. They offer an insane amount of pies! You name it, seriously. You want apple, well they have traditional apple, no sugar added, dutch caramel apple and double crust! So many choices.
I had a slice of the peanut butter pie, it wasn’t what I was expected, but it was tasty. The filling was almost like a peanut butter custard. I regretted not getting the Reese’s pie b/​c it was peanut butter and chocolate. My husband got a smurf ice cream milkshake. It was bright blue but tasted similar to cake batter.

The highlights of my single tourist visit:
1. They got me with the name alone. What else do they need to say to hook a customer? It’s as if they knew that I were coming. If they started selling cookies, I would have to move in.
2. A half-​price pie table. With both cherry and apple! (Unfortunately when I got to the register I discovered that the cherry was no-​sugar. Oops.)
3. A slice of warmed chocolate chess pie with a scoop of butter pecan ice cream. Ecstatically delicious. The cherry and apple that I ate later were okay, but I will be dreaming about that chocolate chess and butter pecan for weeks.