Mad Mike’s Ice Cream

Love it! wonderful homemade ice cream in a huge variety of flavors!
My favorite is the apple pie. Spend the money and get a tub of it if you can because its good on anything.
i.e. with syrup, on pancakes, as is, on brownies, etc.

Delicious. We have tried almost every ice cream place in the whole metroplex, and this is the best. Super creamy and good flavor selection. And nice owners too. A must try!

I was craving ice cream and didn’t want to go to an expensive chain so decided to look up some local places I’ve never been to and saw the awesome reviews for this place and decided to stop by. I definitely didn’t regret it! I love how local and down to earth this ice cream place is! The shop is small but has some room for tables and seats. This place has soooo many wonderful flavors and combinations at a fair price. I got the cookie monster and the cookies and cream and they worked very well together. The cookie monster had chunks of graham crackers in it and made the texture amazing!!!
It’s really lovely to meet the guy that makes the ice cream you eat and that everything is made by the owner himself and it really does make a difference knowing it’s made at the store and not shipped in from some truck!
Also they have a frequent buyers punch card! 10 scoops = 1 free scoop! Can’t wait to come back again!

Excellent holiday flavors: Pumpkin Walnut, Cinnamon, Egg Nogg & Candy Cane. Loved trying each of those!

Let me tell you one thing, I love ice cream. I love exploring new flavors and different ice cream parlors. I decided to take a trip here after lunch one day because I heard great things about it. All of their ice cream here is homemade, so you already know it will be good. I came here expecting weird combinations, exploding flavors, and rich creaminess that makes ice cream so good. It wasn’t quite all that. I tried several flavors, but ultimately decided on their coconut. What I love about their coconut as opposed to other places is that there were actually coconut flakes mixed in. It gave it that extra texture that cuts through the ice cream, fantastic! While I had better ice cream, this place definitely is a good place to stop by if you’re running some errands. It’s down the street from Braum’s, but I would pick this place over Braum’s any day!

Homemade ice cream, fantastic flavors, reasonable pricing, and excellent customer service!
I’ve been looking for an ice cream joint around Arlington for a while now and while other chain stores are alright, this one really hits the flavor/​texture spot. The waffle cones are made in-​house which is another big plus!
Extremely satisfied and will be back to try more flavors soon!

Wow! I thought all the other reviews were exaggerating and I was prepared for disappointment, but one bite of this and my tongue was doing a happy dance! This ice cream is SO GOOD!!! So many places today just don’t wow me, Cold Stone and even Melt left me wondering if my tongue was broken because they don’t ever seem to have much flavor, but this place it is very intense flavors and creaminess. The lemon crunch was tart and refreshing, the mint chocolate and the peanut butter were both very good. I ended up with a scoop of the apple pie in a waffle cone (get the cone!!! worth it!) My friend said it tasted «like fall in a cone» Yes! It really did. I’m sorry to be moving now right after finding this yummy little dessert place.

Just two words… yummycreamydeliciousness, pleaseadoptmesoIcaneatthiseveryday
Excuse me, Unilocal wants more words to post my review. Did I mention how creamy and delicious this ice cream is? Try the Lemon Crunch and Coconut.

I decided to try this place yesterday because of all the good reviews. I must admit that everyone is right. This place has great ice cream. I tried the key lime. Amazing! So creamy and smooth.
My qualms are the service was just average. All the reviews I read said that everyone was so friendly and offering tastings if you were not sure. I did not get that. I think being greeted by a smiling face would help if I am shelling out over $ 4 for two scoops of ice cream.
I will go back and try again though. Maybe yesterday was just an off day.

Amaaaaaaazing! Found this place here on Unilocal and my fellow Unilocalers did not let me down with this one. The reviews are right on point — this truly IS the best ice cream I have ever tasted! They have an excellent variety of flavors and I had a heck of a time deciding on what to get.
They allow you samples of whatever you like. I tasted chocolate mint, pecan cheesecake, buttered pecan, cookie monster (cookie dough with Oreos and colored blue), and cinammon. Each one of them was delicious!!! They were all very creamy and tasted exactly like their «name». I ended up getting the chocolate mint on a waffle cone BUT I bought a quart ($ 8) of the cinnamon to take home :) I am in love with it:) My fiancée got the Apple Pie and he really liked it — I’m not much for apples, but I did taste his and sure enough — just like Apple Pie. My kids each got the cotton candy ice cream and they both gobbled it up. :)
We ate our ice cream in the store and there was a constant line of people –many choosing to take their ice cream to go. They are pretty limited on seating space so beware of that if you go at a peak time like a weekend afternoon. «Mad Mike» himself was there the day we went and he was walking around talking to people and greeting them at the door. He was so friendly and was very grateful to the customers for coming. He seemed to genuinely care that people were enjoying their ice cream. I love customer service like that. We will definitely be back here again soon!

Great, family-​owned local ice creamery. My sis and brother-​in-​law insisted I come here and said that it’s worth going out of our way to do so.
They have a good assortment of hand made flavors, many of which are pretty unique. Even the waffle cones are freshly made in small batches.
Mike and Carol are the delightful owners — very friendly and aiming to please you. I had the mighty malt (think «crushed Woppers» flavor) and it was delicious. Familiar flavor and not overly sweetened.
They also have a room right next door which you can rent out for ice cream parties and small gatherings. Reasonable rental prices, too.
They have a few tables inside if you want to sit and enjoy your sweet treat rather than taking it to go.
Stop by and support this wonderful local business and their sweet (pun intended) owners and be treated to hospitality and some great ice cream!

Mad Mike’s is the equivalent of my favorite locally owned creamery in Plano. It’s nice to know there are more places like this around town. I’m glad to have found it with the help of friendly Unilocalers :-). Mad mike, I’ll be back to try more flavors.

I’m the first to admit I’m an ice cream snob. Once you’ve had Jeni’s (Columbus, OH & other places) the bar is set far higher than most mortals can achieve. With that said, Mad Mike’s is probably the best I’ve had in Texas that didn’t come out of me making ice cream from Jeni’s cookbook.
I sampled the pecan cheesecake, ordered the mint chocolate chip for me and rocky road for my husband. Seeing as my Favorite Ice Cream Ever is the goat cheese w/​tart cherries from Jeni’s I always compare any cheesecake type of ice cream to this, hoping to find something comparable. The cheesecake part of Mad Mike’s ice cream was very good and had the strong cheesey profile I was looking for. I didn’t however care for the pecan-​y part of it, not sure if it was an addition of caramel (which I don’t care for) or something else, but it kind of threw it off for me. This is a personal preference thing though and no knock on the quality of the ice cream which was very high.
The mint chocolate chip was darn near perfect. Perfect intensity of flavor, very dense and creamy. I ordered a single scoop but honestly as with all really high quality ice creams a little goes a long way and I might go for a mini next time. Not because it’s not good — it’s amazing — but much denser than lower quality ice creams so you get satisfied with less.
The rocky road was also excellent. A very deep dark chocolate. I only had one bite, as this is the one I gave to my hubby, but I would order it for me.
With so many other flavors to try, I am sure I will be back. I try not to go overboard on the free samples in any one visit, so I’ll spread it out some :)
For informational purposes — they focus just on ice cream. You can get shakes, sundaes, ice cream by the pint. They have typical stuff like choice between cone or cup, and your typical toppings available.
Prices IIRC are either the same or a little lower than a place like Marble Slab, though higher than Braums. Since the quality is better than either, I’d call it a good deal. I think our single scoops were about $ 2.75 a piece but they were very filling and as I said I’d probably get a mini next time which was cheaper.

After trying Mad Mike’s and Melt Ice cream, I don’t think I could eat store bought Ice cream again!
I’ve noticed a few friends on Unilocal reviewing Mad Mike’s. 20 reviews and all 5 stars? This ice cream must be good. So when my kids and husband wanted ice cream after we ate lunch at Jamaica Gates I suggested to give Mad Mike’s a try.
Mad Mike’s is in a little shopping center. When you walk in you are immediately greeted by the smell of homemade waffle cones. My kids, of course, got the chocolate. My husband got a Strawberry shake. I sampled several flavors. Snickers, Banana pudding, cookies and cream. The banana pudding was so good. It tasted like actual banana pudding. I ended up going with the Pecan cheesecake and added caramel on top. It was so creamy and so flavorful.
They bought the space next door to them to expand their little ice cream shop!

Mad Mikes is how ice cream should be done. Perfectly creamy with insane amounts of flavor.
We decided we hadn’t gorged enough after eating at Fork in Road– it was very hard for me to skip the crème brulee, but I’m glad we did– so we all wobbled over to Mad Mikes for dessert. I was the first to skip up to the door– with about 12 people tailing behind. A sweet lady was just about to walk out– she turned out to be Mrs. Mad Mike– when she saw the mob of Unilocalers flooding to the door she quickly returned to man her station behind the ice cream case. This place is small. Think Melt but with a old time charm. Mike and Carol started talking about expanding to the next space– so I cant wait for that!
Then the riot broke out… over a dozen of us ooo-​ing and ahhh-​ing over the wide selection of flavors, asking to sample them, taking selfies with our ice cream, commenting on the sweet Do-​Wop music, me freaking out when I couldn’t decide on which flavor I wanted, Mike then telling me that he splits scoops all the time so people can try more than one flavor… Wait, what? Yes– he will friggin give you a half of two flavors. This was almost too much for me to handle– I completely left the line and started telling everyone.
Between all of us– I got to try the Coconut, Banana Pudding, Lemon Crunch, Pecan Cheesecake, Snickers, Butterfinger, Cookies and Cream, Apple Pie, Coffee Latte, Cinnamon, and the Chocolate Malt– think Whopper flavor. I was so excited when Mike handed me my split scoop (Malt and Snicker) that I almost forgot to pay– I just shoved my face into the ice cream. The Malt was my favorite– it was extra malty– I’ve never tasted anything like it. All of his flavors actually taste like the real thing. The banana pudding was a close runner up!
Once everyone was served we all fell silent, soaking in the gloriousness in those little bowls. My scoop was under $ 3– a steal when you consider how much time and love they put into the product. I have a feeling we will be coming here all summer!

Mad Mike’s Ice Cream was fantastic and I think I found my new ice cream place! We came here after dinner with a group of Unilocalers. I was able to sample the Butter Pecan and Cookies n Cream. They were both so good and creamy. I mean I was so happy sampling these and wanted both of them but only had room for one scoop. Well, guess what, they are able to split the scoop so I was able to enjoy both! I also tried the lemon crunch and it was so good! The Butterfinger was really good as well. Seriously everything here was good. I can’t wait to go back! :)

After my delicious meal at Fork in the Road, the group I was with decided to go to Mad Mike’s for some dessert. The shop itself was very cozy, small and simple. But peering into the giant, glassed house where the ice cream laid there teasing me, I found many interesting flavors that I knew would be delicious. Pecan cheesecake, lemon crunch, butter pecan and banana pudding stood out to me the most and I ended up going with lemon crunch. It doesn’t taste like a sorbet, like I originally thought, but more like a lemon bar; kinda tart but mellowed out by the cream cheese taste and a little crust in every spoonful. A little bit of happiness only set me back 2.75.

I thought I liked ice cream before I went to Mad Mike’s…Now I know that I love ice cream! Never before have I tasted it in such a pure way. The flavors seriously pop; it’s a real struggle to make a decision. Thankfully, they know this at Mad Mike’s and generously provide all the samples one might need to make a solid decision.
I’ve tasted Coconut, Apple Pie, Strawberry Cheesecake, Lemon Crunch (the flavor Mike himself served me after I asked to try his favorite), Cinnamon (made with Saigon cinnamon), and Coffee Latte. All were succulently flavor-​forward; it really is impressive to taste something so… elevated! I’m using silly words but I’m just way impressed by how great this ice cream is.
Ultimately, I settled on Coconut, which I think is really odd because it’s not a go-​to ice cream flavor… Meaning it was so good that it trumped the classics! It really is phenomenal. The other occasion I had the Cinnamon and the Coffee Latte, both just as good.
This place is a great example of what fresh, local, and passion is all about — which is why it deserves 5 stars.

This is the first time I’ve ever tasted ice cream and thought, «Whoa. Wow.»
I’m totally serious. If you read my reviews then you know that I’m not an ice-​cream person. It’s just not something I ever think about, crave, or particularly enjoy. But when I came across Mad Mike’s on Unilocal,saw all the 5 star reviews, and realized that they’re pretty close to my home, I was like, «Adam, let’s go!» Actually I called the biz at 9:30 PM to ask when they close, and Carol (Mrs. Mad Mike) said, «we close now but we’re still here cleaning up if you want to stop by. Please do!» So then I was like, «seriously Adam, we gotta leave now.» But don’t be rude like me, okay? They close at 9:30 Tuesday, Weds, and Thurs!
So Adam and I drove next door to Pantego to this little shopping center that I know so well (where Mijo’s is), and followed the fluorescent lights into Mad Mike’s. It’s a tiny little shop but its sparkly clean, bright, cheery, and smells AMAZING. Homemade waffle cones, freshly brewed espresso, and duh — homemade ice creams — all mingle together to create the most incredible fragrance. It’s sugary, warm, and comforting. Those words also describe Mike and Carol, the married duo who own and operate this 8 month old shop. I knew from my phone call that they’d be welcoming and warm, and they definitely were. You can tell that Mike is really proud of his ice creams, and he should be. They’re SO GOOD.
So I sampled the Apple Pie, Pecan Cheesecake, Coffee Latte, and Coconut. I mean damn. What? How does one choose?! I totally understand what Brian F. said in his review about taking way too long to make an order. The Apple Pie was the first one I tasted and I was immediately sold. Like I said above, I thought «Whoa. Wow.» It was sweet but not TOO sweet. The «apple pie» flavor came across boldly in the best way. Creamy, cinnamon-​spicy, apple-​y perfection. Every flavor I tasted was as good as the last. The Pecan Cheesecake has a seriously rich cream cheese base that’s beautiful. The Coconut was so fresh and bright and the Coffee Latte was like hello, here’s a freshly brewed pot my dear. All wondrous. Mike was knowledgable about gluten as well, so he let me know what was safe to sample/​order.
I left with a scoop of Apple Pie and Adam opted for the Coffee Latte in a waffle cone (so jealous, especially because they put a little plastic drip-​catcher on the cone so you can eat in bliss without worrying about a melty mess). We talked with Carol and Mike a bit about their business which they’re clearly dedicated to, and heard that they hope to open up some space next door so they have more room for guests. That’d be perfect.
You’ve gotta go here, people. I’m already excited to go back ASAP. I mean, they let me choose the color spoon I wanted. RED! Next time I’m totally getting an espresso poured over their homemade vanilla ice cream (recommended by Mad Mike himself). Yes, yes, yes.

I knew this was a truck that would come out to Levitt sometimes, but I got really excited when I saw a storefront in Pantego for a new ice cream place. If I’d paid better attention, I’d have realized they were the same people sooner.
Nice, small, clean little place with lots of options. It took me too long to decide. I finally settled on a double scoop with Keylime and Lemon Crunch. Both are amazing. The Lemon Crunch is like a lemon bar with its little (wait for it) crunchy bits. The Keylime was excellent as well.
I opted to not get a waffle cone because a this point, I just spill the ice cream all over myself. It was the wrong decision. My girlfriend’s waffle cone came with a little plastic holder. Drip ring and all. It’s brilliant. For so long I’ve been getting that napkin wrapped around the cone at every ice cream place ever. The napkin inevitably gets sticky with drippings and then tries to become a part of your cone. I don’t care how good your cones are — napkin flavors don’t compliment it. I’d give them five stars just for that brilliant little holder.
Either way, I had some samples from around the table and from other times at Levitt. The Cookies & Cream is not your every day vanilla and Oreo. The mint chocolate chip is also very good.
Great employees round it out. Everyone was very friendly and understanding. Especially when we failed miserably at making flavor decision in a timely manner.