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| - Wow, such a good concept but so poorly executed.
First off, the place is cute and their menu is exhaustive and awesome. All of the candy, ice cream base, flavor, and cereal combinations still have my head spinning. No doubt you could come here every day for months and never have the same combination twice. I like that.
My boyfriend and I came here for ice cream at 9:20pm last Saturday night. There were about 6 people in line ahead of us but the place wasn't "crazy busy".
Despite that fact, it took us over 30 minutes to get our damn ice cream AFTER we ordered it. This plus 10 minutes in line to even place the order. 40 minutes for ice cream! That is absurd!
I also echo the sentiments of reviewers who note how expensive it is. Our two REGULAR sized (not large) ice cream orders came out to $18!
Also I have to subtract a star for how dirty ALL of the tables were. Of course after we sat down at a dirty table, 10 minutes later someone comes to clean the vacant tables off. Annoying.
They really need to work on the presentation of this place and be more swift to clean up after folks once they've left.
My boyfriend had a French vanilla concoction with French toast crunch cereal that he enjoyed though, and I had a Cap'n Crunch base with bananas and marshmallow cream. I asked that the bananas be mixed/blended in with the ice cream rather than added as a topping.
Welp, got my order 30 minutes later with HUGE banana chunks all up and through my ice cream. So not only was my order wrong, they couldn't even make the pieces bite sized enough to eat easily! And I tasted no trace of marshmallow cream whatsoever.
But after the excessive wait, I didn't even bother to ask for it (despite having paid for it).
Also I really think the Cap'n Crunch flavor should specify that there are *no* crunch berries! This is just the plain kind and that wasn't what I was hoping for. I should have asked.
In any case, as much as I *wanted* to like this place, it was a fail. The price isn't that much of a deal breaker when I want to splurge, but the dirty tables, excessively long wait, and incorrect order made Creamistry a miss for me. There are too many good ice cream shops in this city to deal with the mediocrity here.
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