Sweet Retreat Ice Cream Parlor

This place is amazing! Enormous portions of the highest quality! Try the blueberry or raspberry yogurt!

CLOSED for major repairs due to major fire at this strip mall in the early hours of Wednesday, June 15, 2016. Very sad. Most of the stores were completely destroyed. Sweet Retreat at least will be able to repair, but it is heavily damaged. Closed until further notice.

OH NO! Sweet retreat burned down. I am sooooo sad. This place was the best ice cream store ever!

Large portions for their froyo. Super nice attendant. Will come back

I really don’t care about 31 flavors or pounded mixtures of ice cream and toppings onto a marble surface. Hands down this place has made every part of me forget about how many calories are into one scoop of ice cream. But seriously, talk about ice cream overload, this place is awesome!
Forget what you think what «one scoop» is or how great your math conversions are. Sweet Retreat likes to use their own measurements:
One Scoop = Two scoops
Double Scoop = Quadruple scoops
One tub = 4 x pi x radius2 lol!
There is usually a line in this ice cream parlor and several times my S/​O and I have seen the line shoot right out the door. Don’t worry though, it goes by pretty quick and it’s definitely worth the wait.
My favorite flavors you ask? Mango, Banana Nut (Yes, they have banana nut), and Strawberry Cheesecake.

Usually my go to spot for deserts, I really like their serving sizes when compared to other desert/​ice cream/​yogurt spots.

This is my favorite place for ice cream and fro-​yo! I always receive such friendly service and the price is very reasonable.

Best tearing ice cream ever in town. You must visit if you around the area.

Love this place! Ice cream is made in San Jose. Recommend trying the seasonal flavors. During Halloween had the orange and chocolate ice cream and now in summer is peach cobbler. There are a few of these around the city if you can’t make it to this location. Some local liquor and grocery stores carry this brand as well in 1.5quart sizes which are easy to take home. Enjoy!

OCCASION: I came here with my twin sister when we both got our heart broken by horrible guys. And on occasion, we would come here on a very hot summer day!
ENVIRONMENT: Located in a ghetto plaza, people be smoking right outside the ice cream parlor. Inside there is very limited seating and no bathrooms available. Tables and chairs are very old. At least the wall art is very cute. It features little ice cream men doing random stuff on the beach such as surfing and sunbathing. SO CUTE. You tell the employee what you want and they will get a HUGE AMOUNT OF ICE CREAM FOR YOU. On hot summer days, there will be a line but the line goes by quickly.
ICE CREAM: SO BOMB. I love cookie dough and vanilla. I have also tried the strawberry flavors and banana peanut. SO DELICIOUS. They also give you a lot of ice cream! HIGHLY RECOMMEND. Must try all the flavors!
PRICE: Super inexpensive. I have tried other ice cream places and they will give you a small shitty amount of ice cream for $ 3 or more. But here at Sweet Retreat, they will give you so much more for only $ 6! HIGHLY RECOMMEND.
CUSTOMER SERVICE: Awesome, they will get to you ASAP and get your order processed and get the money order done ASAP. They are also very friendly and will help you pick out flavors when you need help.
OVERALL: Come here for amazing cheap and huge portion ice cream. HIGHLY RECOMMEND. Come here if you think ice cream always have to be expensive. BECAUSE IT DOESN’T. Sweet Retreat is the place to go!

I’ll take a scoop from here over Baskin Robbins or Thrifty any day of the week. Quality ice cream at an affordable price. Two thumbs up.

I have to admit I have addiction issue with the frozen yogurt at this place. I just love the way they mix the frozen fruits and the yogurt.
My favorite is peach and pineapple.

I have been counting calories all week, so when my husband presenting the opportunity to go get ice cream, I grabbed my purse and the nearest pair of flip flops. Actually, I went and jogged an extra 20 minutes on the treadmill. Just, so I could partake in an extra scoop or two. Anyways, their ice cream did not let me down. The mini size was a huge scoop and succeeded in satisfying my need for all things sugar. Flavors are really jummy. I got the brownie a la mode and strawberries and cream.

This is my favorite place ever to go for ice cream! I remember going here when I was a little kid with my cousins after our swim lessons when I was around 10 years old and I’ve been coming ever since. The quality of their ice cream and service has stayed the same throughout the years, which is another reason why I love this place. The amount that I get with the single scoop is 2 to 3 times the amount that I get from any other ice cream place. Their frozen yogurt is really different from those at Yogurtland and places like that and I definitely recommend giving it a try if you’re into more tart flavors!

Wow! This is like the best ice cream ever. They have a huge range of different flavors. One scoop is like three scoops of what I am used to. The taste of the ice cream is incredibly good. It has like the perfect texture and temperature. Quite sweeter than Italian ice cream though, but that’s what everyone loves. The place looks more like a factory than an inviting and welcoming place. Nevertheless, most people come here because of the ice cream and not to enjoy the atmosphere in the store. The price is also ok for what you get.

I haven’t been to this place in forever. I would frequent the Sweet Retreat in Morgan Hill. If you want to get your ice cream on, then this is the place to be ! Their prices are good and their portions are huge. I think this will be our go to ice cream spot. I will never go to Baskin rip offs anymore. They are expensive and portions are a joke.
Sweet Retreat is more than just a scoop and serve ice cream parlor. They make custom yogurts and ice creams using various ingredients that you can choose from. If you haven’t been here before, then you really are in for a sweet retreat ! Be ready to share because portions are big. Do yourself a favor and check this place out !!!

Best mom and pop ice cream shop I’ve been to — and with lines out the door on a nice California day, others seem to agree with me.
They have a ton of flavors to choose from — I’ve tried a lot of ‘em, and I’ve never been let down. My go-​to though is the oreo mint crunch, which is heaven in a cup (or cone, whichever you prefer). I’ve had other oreo mint crunches, but no place does it like Sweet Retreat. The ice cream has a nice creamy texture w/​the perfect amount of minty-​ness combined with nice large chunks of oreos.
They also make frozen yogurt — pick your flavors and toppings and they’ll mix it right in front of your eyes.
Like others have said, the portions are huge — which, if you’re a fat kid like me, is perfect! Definitely my go-​to place whenever I’m feenin’ for some ice cream

If you are ever in the Almaden Valley or Santa Teresa area, I highly suggest you stop by this place. Don’t be fooled by their location (they’re located near a 7/​11, a biker bar, a tattoo parlor) or their lackluster décor… Sweet retreat is my one and only choice for whenever I am craving ice cream.
They have a wide array of ice cream flavors and a unique «Create Your Own» frozen yogurt set-​up. Their ice cream is creamy and rich in flavor and you can mix a frozen yogurt flavor with toppings such as fruit or candy. They also sell ice cream by the carton. The best part about this place is that their portions are huge!!! A «mini» size is enough and more for me. Workers are typically young high schoolers or college students and are always friendly.
Overall, this is a super friendly family shop with quality ice cream, huge portions, and reasonable prices– definitely stop by :)

If happiness had a taste, sweet retreat would be it. Like seriously, this is my go to for happy days, sad days, after dinner dessert, ice cream dates, pretty much any day any time. They have sizes starting from mini to pints of ice cream to take home and everything in between. Look at the photos and you’ll see that even for an ice cream obsessed girl like me, a mini is way more than enough.
The ice cream here is good and they have my favorite flavor of all time-​peppermint fudge which is bright pink minty ice cream with lots of swirls of fudge!!! HOW FUN and delicious IS THAT. Their frozen yogurt is what stands out the most in my opinion. You have the option of choosing a fruit and/​or candy and then they make the froyo right in front of you. I loveeee the tartiness of it, so if you aren’t a fan of tart flavors then you probably won’t like their froyo. I recommend combining strawberry froyo with Hershey’s, it’s like eating frozen chocolate covered strawberries!

Sweet Retreat… the only place where a single scoop actually means about three scoops. The portion size here eliminates any reason to complain about the price.
And the ice cream choices here? Wow, just wow! Not only are there a lot to chose from, but there are interesting ones as well. My go-​to is the marble blackberry and the mint cookies n cream thingy. This place is seriously perfect.