Loard’s Ice Cream

Nothing wrong with the ice cream but the staff’s attitude is horrible. I was ordering a kid scoop size for my son. She asked what kind of cone my son wants so my son said he wants the sugar cone. As i know the sugar cone is normally an xtra charge. So i asked her to make sure if she charged more for the sugar cone .what she responded me was” You need to pick something you can’t put it on your hands”. She is so damn rude. Im not coming back here again! Zero star for this place!

I just hope Lord’s stays true to their originality and they don’t sell out. I love it here. Reminds me of childhood.

I’ve been going more often to the Orinda since I was little. I love their Mango ice cream and the banana ice cream!!! Their sundaes are so comforting and delicious. I love the hot sauce and caramel.

They took great care of my mentees the other night and their ice cream is great. However they never seem to have more than one person working which is not great when you bring a large group in.

Although this isn’t a new business I’ve only heard of it more recently. When I saw that they had ube I knew I had to go ASAP!
Unlike other reviewers I didn’t feel this to be a sketchy area? Maybe at night, not sure.
But anyways…
They had a lot of flavors to choose for from a pretty small shop (assuming they don’t make it in house). I sampled the caramel cashew and thought it had a pretty strong caramel flavor and had a nice almost gelato like texture.
However I came for ube and I’m a sucker for cookie (kookie) dough so I got a scoop of each with hot fudge.
The Ube was good but nothing special. It had kind of an odd texture to it, was a little «rough» for an ice cream. I wish they would have made it more creamy and smooth. This is definitely not anywhere near up to par with Mitchell’s ube, but not bad.
Kookie dough was good but nothing special. Same quality I’d expect from dryers.
The hot fudge wasn’t really hot and was kind of watery with lots of air bubbles.
The ice cream is really cheap though, my two scoops plus topping was just a bit over $ 4, plus the scoops were very generous. So with that in mind I justify that I get what I paid for, which was not bad but not worth going out of my way for either.
Maybe the Alameda store is fresher? I’m not sure, wasn’t impressed though.

Good ice cream, great couple that owns the place. I come here with the family every couple weeks and they know us and treat us well.

We walk to this local ice cream shop in the evenings with our daughter. The owners are always extremely nice and thoughtful and they always greet us as a familiar face. They have great flavors, always willing to give us lots of tastes. We always buy four quarts (yes, we’re greedy) and they usually toss in some free cones or knock a dollar or so off our tab — super nice. We love them.

I love Loard’s Ice Cream. I been going since I was a kid and have been to at least 4 different locations. Their ice cream is rich and creamy. I especially love their Pecan Pralines and Strawberry flavor. So sinfully delicious. They make great traditional flavored ice cream. Not trying to be different and fancy like Baskin Robbins or Cold Stone Creamery. I will always prefer Loard’s over any other ice cream parlor.
I like to get a scoop on a waffle cone or get a quart container for home. For the quality of their ice cream, I think their prices are reasonable. Also, they give you plenty of ice cream. They also sell Loard’s Ice Cream at Farmer Joes.
If you have not checked out Loard’s Ice Cream yet, you are missing out!

I love this place. I haven’t gone wrong with any of their flavors so far. Our favorite is definitely Ube (taro) ice cream. We always have to stock a tub in the fridge.

Loard’s has lots of ice cream to choose from if one wanted one.
also available: crossaint, crossaint sammies, donuts, sammies, hot dogs, coffee, etc.
brew: french roast (sm. 1.35)
–above average, bold taste, similar to peerless
drips:
–single person on duty
–as good service as possible
–seating available.
–cash only?

great customer service! my husband loves their coconut pineapple! I get a scoop of that and their banana pecan or pistachio nut. Just writing the review is making me crave for this. Ok – I know where I am going now! lol

Great ice cream! The Lemon ice cream is off the chain! also, the workers here are very friendly.
True, the place is not located in the best area in the world, but it won’t stop me from getting to this delicious ice cream. Yum!

im definitely a fan!!! Love this local ice cream parlor. They have sooo many different varieties of flavors and the owner (esp the mom) is such a sweet heart! The elderly gentlemen (her husband) can come off a bit of a rude person but once you get to know him, he is actually a really friendly nice person (just don’t mess with him… FOR-​REALS!) Thanks Loard’s for supporting my sweet tooth !!! :)

local favorites and flavors

i truly belive they have one of the best cookies and cream icecream ever!!! and they have really good milk shakes!

I love lord’s Ice Cream. They locally make most of the ice cream that they sell and have many unique flavors not carried by other vendors. They are the only one locally, that I know of, that sells a good version of my favorite flavor — butter brickle.
This specific location is rough around the edges and not in a great neighborhood. The ice cream is so good that it makes it all worth it. I go out of my way often when I am in the east bay to stop at one of the lord’s locations for some ice cream.

This is a cute Loards by my house. I think Loard’s makes some of the creamiest ice cream (try the Pecan Praline) and tastiest sherbet (my fave is Champagne) around. I can get the jr. scoop ($ 2) and get my fill of ice cream – a good value. My fiancé loves this place because he can get a «brownie sundae» here, and you can’t get that at any other Loards, as far as I know. This place also has inexplicably donuts, coffee, and candy. The owners are very nice. If you’re in the area, go – don’t let the gas station scare you away. I’ve been to this Loards day or night and it’s been just fine.

I loved getting to walk to the local ice cream shop and as a bonus the ice cream is good! Unfortunately, because of the neighborhood I’d recommend sticking to daytime walks…
Next time you’ve got a hankering for ice cream, skip the store bought stuff and come down here!

I go to this little place once in a while because it’s within walking distance of my house. The people serving there are always nice and the ice cream is pretty good. But whenever I get unusual flavors like green tea (things that aren’t very popular around here), you can tell it’s been sitting in the freezer a little too long. It’s only a few dollars a scoop and they have a nice little assortment of candies. Only other complaints I have is that it’s usually incredibly hot inside the store, making you want to eat your ice cream elsewhere, and the gas station across from it is really loud. And they’re cash only, which I forget sometimes. But it’s a good little local place to go anyhow. Got to support the little guys.

I love Loard’s ice cream, and I particularly like this hole-​in-​the-​wall location because there’s never anyone else there. Chocolate showers is the best. Low-​fat strawberry is good for the guilty. Have some today.
+parking
+chocolate showers
+strawberry
+hand packed pints
–neighborhood