Loard’s Ice Cream

Went there on a friday night at 8pm, Best Ice Cream Around… Rich and Creamy… And the two girls working there were really nice and polite…

Dreadful service. 2 miserable girls who couldn’t even say hello when we walked in, even though there were no other customers in the store. Hubby said his ice cream was good (Mint Chocolate Chip) but I was disappointed with mine. Not exactly Cold Stone quality and definitely unfriendly service. We won’t bother again.

An Ok place to satisfy your frozen sweet tooth crave.
They do offer sundaes, milkshakes, and other frozen treat combinations but nothing enticed me. My daughter ordered a single cookies and cream ice cream w/​whipped cream; I got a scoop of double Dutch chocolate (dark chocolate) and a scoop of peanut butter fudge. I was a fan of the peanut butter fudge because I could taste the peanut butter w/​almost every spoonful however, the double Dutch was a letdown. For a chocoholic like myself. I tasted zilch dark chocolate let alone any «double».
The place was dead even though it was ice cream weather. The 2 girls that helped me were friendly, no complaints but this isn’t a lively place to go to if you wanted to enjoy your ice cream and the atmosphere.

Normal ice cream flavors except for some, I tried the Toasted Almond, Pistachio, and Green Tea and it was pretty good BUT
THIS PLACE IS DIRTY AND THEY HAVE BAD CUSTOMER SERVICE.
When we walked into the place we saw 2 girls wiping down the counters with a dirty rag, which later on I noticed was hanging on the sink in the back. Ok, well I guess a lot of places do that and it’s normal? I kinda wished the rag wasn’t so dark though LOL
Well my sister went ahead and ordered 2 scoops of pistachio for my younger brother. One of the girl got it for us and when she brought it to the cash register she accidentally tipped it over, with the ice cream touching the counter… the one I saw they had wiped down with that nastyass rag earlier, she flipped it back up expecting us to pay. Uh wait, excuse me? We’re not going to pay for something YOU dirtied. My sister said «Um, can we get a new one?» The girl gave us a look and her coworker rolled her eyes.
Wtf. We just said «nevermind thank you» and left. Ok honestly if they can be that dirty in front of a GROUP of customers and EXPECT them to pay, I can only imagine what goes on behind our backs. Wouldn’t be surprise if they placed the scoops of ice cream back to the barrels! Not only did they drop our ice cream, they gave us attitude when we asked for a new one. That’s a first, definitely not going to come back here, we don’t even know what they do behind our backs if they could be like that in front of us.

Nothing good, nothing bad. The ice cream was just normal.
This ice cream shop had lots of flavors, some unique like ube, halo halo, and banana, and lots of standard ones, so at first it was hard to choose one. I tried about 6 flavors, and none of them tasted very special. I decided to get banana. It tasted like banana. The scoops were pretty big, but I can’t eat too much. So, that doesn’t really help me out.
One thing that bothered me was the cash register was out of change. Our server was basically demanding us to give exact change since she doesn’t have any change. Go call your boss man to bring you change. It was such a hassle digging up change from the bottom of my purse. Poor customer service. Minus one star for that.

Had the Pecan, Caramel Sundae… their ice cream is pretty good. The nuts were nice and fresh and their caramel was delicious! Added some bananas on the top as well. The Vanilla ice cream was so creamy.
My husband had the Chocolate Peanut Butter Ice Cream that was pretty good! We’ve tried a lot of different Chocolate Peanut Butters out there (his fave) and they had one of the best.
Definitely going to head out there more often when that ice cream craving starts creeping up.

They have really good flavors here! Butterbrickle is a fav, and they even have halo halo ice cream? i don’t like halo halo but just proving the point that they have many unique flavors. I can get a single scoop and not finish it, the servings are pretty big.
However, I am only giving 3 stars because the girls that we encountered the last time we came by were not very friendly at all! But I love the ice cream!

Tons of flavors + low prices + great ice cream! The girls that work there are really nice too. We went there after eating at Chavez. Perfect ending to a dinner!
My favorite: Mint Choc. Has chocolate shavings (vs. chunks of chocolate)!

Get the Ube! The Green Tea was a bit grainy, but still good.
Two one-​scoops totaled $ 5. My sister and I couldn’t finish either cup. We got lids and took them to-​go. Service was great; the location was clean; the ice cream was smile-​worthy.

Stopped by with my daughter to get her some ice-​cream because she behaved and this place is close to home.
I asked her what she wanted and she immediately went to look for the coffee ice-​cream (because I introduced her to the Haagen-​Daz coffee ice-​cream, which is both our favorite), too bad that the bucket was empty, must be very popular… will definitely be back to try it. She then decided to get a scoop of mocha almond fudge and a scoop of strawberry. She quickly ate all of it, but I did get to taste her strawberry, which was really good.
I did not buy anything for myself because I felt guilty my girlfriend was not there to enjoy it with us. I decided to buy a scoop of ube (because she’s a fan of taro) and brought it home for her. She had the cold for a few days therefore was not able to eat the it. I instead was able to eat it and it was very good, very flavorful! ALL OF YOU TARO LOVERS OUT THERE, TRY IT!!!
I’ll be sure to be back for the avocado, green tea, and coffee flavors!

Ice cream is amazing! My bf and I each got a single scoop on sugar cone of ube and green tea for 5 bucks. you can’t beat that. plus hand packed option of any flavor is a plus!

A co-​worker and I stopped here on a whim on our way home from work, it’s now my favorite place to get ice cream!
The staff has always been very friendly, and always puts up with my indecisiveness by letting me taste half a dozen flavors before choosing. Some of my favorites include Ube (purple sweet potato and coconut) and Pecan Praline.
The ice cream is SUPER creamy, and melts at the right rate so you can enjoy it without it melting all over your shoes. I always get a «single scoop» sugar cone, which is more like 2 scoops if you ask me, for $ 2.50. Super cheap and super good!
I used to go to University of Connecticut, it’s a bit of an Agricultural school, and I was spoiled rotten by the The Dairy Bar. Milk from the cows up the hill, ice cream making machinery in the back; it doesn’t get any fresher than that. Since moving to the bay area, I’ve longed for ice cream much fresher than what you can find in frozen food aisle. BUT since discovering Loard’s Ice Cream, I don’t miss it quite as much. =)

Based on the black and tan sundae, vanilla and toasted almond ice cream with caramel and fudge, this place is ok. I was trying to find a closer alternative than driving to the O-​a-​k, but Fenton’s black and tan sundae and their ice cream can’t be beat!

This ice cream is amazing!!! The thickness, texture, creaminess, taste, its ability to not melt so fast is on point!!! I really gave this place 4.5 stars, but I rounded up, haha. The handpacked option, if you wanna bring it home is pretty pricey by the way. The flavors I tried…
1) Toasted Almond — thats my flavor. An in between version of regular vanilla & cake batter from Cold Stone with the almonds.
2) Green Tea — ehhh… too strong of a tea –ish flavor, it could be better.
3) Ube — wow!!! That flavor was legit! Wow. I would put this flavor up to par with Mitchell’s ube. Thanks for representing!
Dont be scared to come around just bc its across the street from the cemetery; I believe this is why all these stores are coming around to bring in the fun aside from the paintballing place & Holiday Inn Express.

The ice cream here is really creamy. They have a ton of flavors to choose from. I ended getting a ¾ pound of hand packed coconut pineapple ice cream. The ice cream was not overly sweet, and the coconut didn’t taste dry and flavorless like prepackaged ice cream that you buy at a grocery store.
The workers were very friendly and cheerful. The store itself is located in a small plaza off of Monterey and Umbarger. My ¾ pound hand packed cost $ 5.
I will be back to try other flavors soon.

If you are into super creamy ice cream, then this is the place for you. Loard’s is based in San Leandro, not that far from San Jose, just before Oakland.
The store has a bunch of flavors for your to sample from. The girls who were working the day I came in, were very nice. I tried over 4 flavors. My mom had the Ube ice cream. We ended up walking about with the pre packed pint for $ 4.
This place will be the «IT» spot once summer hits.

All I can say is Mmmm. This is an awesome dessert stop right after an equally awesome stop by the new Boiling Crab nearby. Saw this little gem on the way there, and we just had to come by after. I’ve never heard of Loard’s before, so curiosity got the best of me. I’m happy that it did. :)
Immediately walking through the door, the associates immediately greeted us with bursts of enthusiasm. They were extremely helpful and cheerful — a smile goes a long way for me, call me crazy. While the little shop is not much to look at, the massive selection of innovative ice cream flavors is enough to get me onto a double scoop. They carry a wide selection of the norms (Vanilla, Chocolate, Ext…) and stuff that isn’t exactly on your typical Baskin Robins menu (Peppermint, Cherry Vanilla, Egg nog, Macapuno, Apple Cinnamon, Ext…). I definitely had a hard time deciding, and the associates cheerfully supplied a bunch of sample spoons for me to taste. Ended up with a double scoop of green tea and peppermint, which were completely orgasmic and creamy. The peppermint has little peppermint candies inside as well! It’s 3.75 for a double, and 2.50 for a single.
Definatellyyyy will be back to try some more flavors. :3

I heard there was a local ice cream place that wasn’t serving Treat.
I got a double scoop to try two flavors. Each scoop was very generous. I tried their ube and pistachio. Both were yum!
I just wish the location was more on my normal commute.

I grew up with Loards in Alameda (still my favorite location) and San Leandro. Living in San Jose I just couldn’t find ice cream that matched Loards until now. So glad the new owners have expanded to San Jose!
Loards is a local, privately owned ice cream company that has been in business for 60 or 70 years. They make all their ice cream at their San Leandro plant and their primary ice cream maker has been with the company 31 years. The ice creams are creamy, delicious and use fresh ingredients. They also do seasonal ice creams like Pumpkin and Egg Nog in the winter (both are fabulous and the Pumpkin tastes like Pumpkin Pie). My preference is for their ‘marble’ ice creams (chocolate, butterscotch) but out of all the flavors I’ve tried over the years there is only one I didn’t care for (the lemon chiffon tastes artificial, sadly).
The location is easy to get to and there’s plenty of parking. Every time we’ve gone in the staff person is friendly and helpful. The store is always clean and the case well-​stocked. I highly recommend checking out Loards if you’re in need of an ice cream fix. It’s well worth it and you’ll support a local business.

I stumbled upon Loard’s in San Jose by coincidence (or maybe fate?) and this is how it all got started…
I was in Walnut Creek for a meeting and figured I’d check out Unilocal to see what sweet treats WC had to offer. A-​ha, Loard’s! I did a little online research first to make sure they had flavors worth my taste buds’ time and that’s when I discovered that a SJ location just opened up. Sorry, WC Loard’s, we almost could’ve had a fling, but SJ Loard’s had two things going for it — I love SJ and I didn’t want to hang around WC if it meant I could leave earlier to beat rush hour on the 680.
(Fast foward through my boring commute filled with rocking out alone in my car…)
Loard’s just opened up on October 1 in a small, new shopping center on the corner of Monterey Highway and Umbarger Road, just a stone’s throw away from The Plant shopping center at Curtner Avenue. It’s also really close to Oak Hill Cemetery. (Just thought it’d be helpful information in case you want to walk yourself to your final resting place after you’ve eaten so much ice cream.)
You wanna know what I realized at Loard’s? 48 is the new 31. Why have only 31 flavors to choose from when you can hem and haw over 48 flavors? Well, that’s exactly what I did at Loard’s. I’m talking about flavors like pear sorbet, champagne sherbet, mango ice cream, and their seasonal pumpkin ice cream. They also have traditional flavors like vanilla, chocolate and mint chocolate chip. What they don’t serve are the made-​fresh-​daily, artisan, or hipster-​magnet ice cream, and that’s just fine by me.
If you’re the type that has difficulty narrowing down which ice cream flavors to eat, you’re in luck because the staff here is really friendly and continue to offer samples even once you’ve felt like a free-​loader for sampling so many already. I ended up getting a double scoop ($ 3.75) of ube and caramel cashew because I couldn’t choose only one flavor and, frankly, I’m a pig like that. The staff was even considerate enough to ask which flavor I wanted on top and on bottom. (Get your mind outta the gutter!)
Overall, excellent selection of ice cream flavors, great staff, and a clean store. I just wish they offered a kid’s scoop size or allowed you two half scoops of different flavors so that you don’t have to settle for one large scoop of a single flavor of ice cream.
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