Ice cream was ok. Had a cheap cream taste to it like Magnolia or some factory ice cream. Price is reasonable.

I have read other reviews that the ice cream was good, but service was not so good. I went fully expecting service may not be up to high standards and not be biased.

My experienece?
I waited at the ice cream display with 3 other people. No order of queue was evident. One customer was trying flavours and not ordering.
I was at the front of the queue and wanted to order. The girl behind looked at me when I gave my order but told me to get in line.
That was too much. I told her I had been waiting in front for 5 minutes and waited for my turn and since on of the customers in front was tasting and went to the back of the queue to continue tasting while the other girl was serving her, it was evidently my turn. (At that point more 2 more customers had joined the queue behind.)

She promptly walked off to the rear and served nobody. The other girl serving the customer tasting then took over to serve me.

Where do they get these people from?

hopped over to island creamery at serene centre after having lunch at relish. and perhaps i was expecting a place and service somewhat similar to tom's platte. it was a let down.

don't get me wrong. the place is hidden in a nook if you are entering it from the inside. but from the main road it is obvious. the walls are filled with photos of people who came by for their ice cream fix and it gave me a sense of nostalgia upon seeing them. the set up of the place was simple. tables and chairs. nothing fancy. the menuboard was also simple. but the whole feel was welcoming. =D

the ice creams were decently priced. $2.80 for a single scoop and $4.50 for a double scoop. and there were a variety of them. like: tiger beer sorbet. strawberry sorbet. cookies and cream. apple pie. teh tarik. bandung. chendol. very berry. and i was torn between strawberry sorbet and apple pie for my second flavour.

but. i decided to stick to my cookies and cream with strawberry sorbet. one refreshing the other thick. =D and i did not regret it at all.

the cookies and cream was really good. creamy. and the oreo biscuits had that melt in your mouth feel. really really heaven. =P and the strawberry sorbet was as if i was eaten strawberries and truly refreshing and light. =D

now you must be wondering where did the unhappy ending come from? from the service. maybe coming from the service line and when you know that singaporeans demand so much from you. when i become the customer. i'm usually not very picky coz i understand the frustration. but. today's experience was really a put off.

there were 2 girl staff at that point in time and i was debating over my choices of ice cream. there were no other customers in queue. they did not offer me suggestions or to let me try any flavours. but that is fine by me. what turned me off was when i finally decided and looked up. the 2 girls were busy doing their own single scoops of ice cream into many small tubs. and even though both of them saw me looking at them. they did not even bother to ask if they could take my order. =X

i waited to see if they would ask but they happily continued doing their things. and 5 minutes later when my patience finally got the better of me. i asked one of the girls if i could have a double scoop. she finally finally acknowledged my presence and finished covering all her scoops of ice cream. placed them in the freezer before coming back to take my order. so in order to take my order it took them 10 minutes or so???

besides the ice cream being the saving grace. i don't see other reasons for me to come back any more. =X

The deco and fittings are quirky, the outlet was noisy and the staff can just as well be a robot! All he did was listen to our orders, repeat them and serve us our ice-cream. He didn't spoke an extra word nor did he show any facial expressions, let alone smile. He did redeem himself by letting a female friend of mine try lots of flavours though =]

Enough of my ranting, lets now comment on the ice-cream. It isn't smooth, but where else can you get flavours such as Horlicks, Teh Tarik and Nutella? Legend has it that the boss even experimented with Tiger Beer Gelato (according to the guy in the picture below =P)!

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After mentioning Island Creamery countless times to Sis, she had a chance to try the ice cream here finally. Somehow, I always chose the mudpie over the other desserts displayed at the counter, probably because it looked more sinful and decadent. Not this time though as Sis and I shared the Baked Alaska ($4.80).

Basically, it's strawberry ice cream on sponge cake and covered with meringue, torched with a flame for the nice burnt sugar effect. Initially, I was worried that the meringue would be too sweet for my liking but I'm so wrong! The whole dessert was not cloyingly sweet at all.

Of course, how could we come here without ordering any ice cream? As usual, I had my favourite scoop of Blackforest and surprisingly, Sis chose the ReversO though she's hardly a chocolatey person ($4.50 for 2 scoops). The blackforest really rocks! I think I can eat this everyday and not get sick of it =)

I want to grumble a bit about the bad service this time. While I was trying to decide on what flavours to choose (though ultimately, I always choose blackforest. But still!), the girl behind the counter was so unfriendly and looked like the whole world owed her money. Her stance was obviously impatient and she asked "Ready to order?" within a mere 3 mins. I mean, hello? If I want to order, I will make myself known. Oh well. At least the blackforest ice cream more than make up for the poor attitude!

Try the Kung Pao Cashew flavor, I shall not tell let our the secret but the flavor... is very interesting!