Opening hours
- Mon–Thu
12pm – 9.30pm
Fri–Sat
12pm – 10.00pm
(Closed on Sun)
Would you return to this place?
Based on 55 reviews
| Definitely 89% | Probably 4% |
| Not Sure 4% | Probably not 2% |
| Definitely not 0% |
Average
Approx. S$0 – 8 per pax
Based on 48 reviews
Specialities
Ice-cream, gelato
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Good Ice Cream is Fresh Home-made Ice Cream
Jun 30, 2007
Tucked in a quiet corner of Shaw Leisure Gallery is a little surprise called Tom's Palette which sells home-made ice cream.When curious me entered their premises for the first time, I was greeted by sincere counter staff who are really proud of their little ice cream parlour and their flavours. That pretty scared me away, plus I had no intention for ice cream that day.
So a few hours ago, I decided to go for it. I stepped in to the ice cream parlour, got greeted by the rather sweet lady boss (I think), tasted the Oreo Cheesecake flavour, which was good, but settled for their Pisang Honey Walnut and Horlicks flavours in a small cup. You get to taste 2 flavours in a small cup at no extra charge and each cup is $2.80, which is considerably cheaper than other ice cream places. I thought it is a good tactic, to create a sense of value that the customer can taste 2 flavours for the price of one. It definitely helps those who can't decide between flavour 1 and flavour 2.
Their ice cream is definitely one of the better ones I've tasted. Rich in flavour and really smooth texture, slightly creamier than the Japanese ice creams. I really enjoyed their Horlicks flavour which I believe had extra amounts of the ingredient to pack the extra punch. The Pisang Honey Walnut though only managed to leave a mild impression with a weak banana flavour. But at least they were generous with the walnuts.
Anyway, overheard a conversation between the staff and a customer, there was apparently a batch of cockles flavoured ice cream... see-hum ice cream? Ice cream mai hum? mai hum, mai hum, hai hum...
Must Tries
Go taste each of them yourself lah.
I also recommend this place for
Type of meal : Take away Atmosphere : Vibrant/Noisy 1 Review Photos
Spent about
S$3 / paxWould You Return?
Definitely -
Love at First Bite
Apr 18, 2007My sis used to work there and she'll go to Tom's three times a week. She introduced it to the family and damn it's good.
Food:
It's an ice cream place and those are some of the best ice-creams i've tasted. And I eat lots of ice-creams ;) My fav has to be the chocolate one. I HAVE NEVER TASTED SUCH RICH CHOC ICE CREAM!!! Sorry for the caps but I love this flavour and I want the world to know~ Tom's Palette has lots of flavours and they change periodically. It also depends on the season. ie. Christmas season calls for christmas flavours like white berry and others.
Oh and I always have the cone cause the cone itself is lovely~ Frangrant biscuit cone that is nice even on its own.
Service:
The best thing about the ppl running the place is that they always smile even when you are asking for your 10th free tasting. They are polite, generous and enthusiastic. What more do you want?
Overall:
I don't work near there, neither do I have school there. But I always make the long trip down just for their ice cream when I have the craving. It's worth it.Must Tries
Chocolate Ice-cream!!!
I also recommend this place for
Occasion : Large Groups/Gathering, Children/Family, Girls Night Out, After Work, Chillout Atmosphere : Quiet/Peaceful, Hidden Find Spent about
S$4 / paxWould You Return?
Definitely -
Heavenly cream!
Nov 9, 2009After many recommendations by friends and by this site, I finally tasted it! Perhaps the best ice-cream I have ever tasted! Definitely better than those established chains and other homemade ice cream palours.
Staffs are friendly and allow us to try the flavours before deciding, we can't make up our mind because almost all are really good, finally we decided to have Salted Caramel & Earl Gray, the more popular flavours according to the staffs.
The ice-cream is very smooth and fresh. Strong aromatic tea flavour in its Earl Gray. Salted Caramel is really unique, this is the first time I tasted salted ice cream, the first taste is abit weird but after several tastes, I really enjoy it! Two Thumbs up!
The only downside is there isn't many sitting place, space only enough for 4-5 persons. But who cares about this when ice-cream is so good! Must try!Must Tries
Salted Caramel, Earl Gray
I also recommend this place for
Type of meal : Cheap Eat/Budget, Take away Occasion : Chillout Atmosphere : Quiet/Peaceful, Hidden Find
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Yum Yum
Mar 3, 2010Yummy is the word to describe the ice-cream here. Get over there today and try out their ice-cream now! No purchase is needed! Tom's Palette allows you to try out all the different flavors before buying. Friendly staff too. Shaw Tower's just a 10 mins walk away from Bugis or Suntec City. It's not the most accessible place but there are many restaurants there with good food too. You can mix 2 flavors too. Most of the ice-cream shops don't allow you to do that. I'm looking at you Island Cremery. Overpriced, non-existent customer service and lack-luster flavors... But enough of that for now. Managed to try out Black Sesame and it taste... like black sesame. Really nice though. Bought Granny's Favorite and Nuts for you on this occasion. Their prices seem to have gone up. If it goes any higher I'll have no choice but to forgo this place.Spent about
S$4 / paxWould You Return?
Definitely -
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on my taste palette
Feb 3, 2010Their Apple Pie is a Must-try. If you love Cinnamon, this will have you licking the paper cup clean. However, if you run away fro mthe mention of Cinnamon, than you should run away from this too.
Also tried their Rum & Raisin and Horlicks.
The Rum & Raisin is ok, but gets gelad. I stopped at the 6th spoonful of it.
The Horlicks is terrible for me, it has a taste similar to coconut and I am an enemy to Coconut. I stopped at the 3rd spoonful of it.
I will not recommend people to specially go down to Shaw Towers to try out Tom's Palette, but if you happen to pass by, U Can consider trying their Apple Pie or taste test the other flavours which I have yet to try. -
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awesome!
Feb 3, 2010finally got a chance to try this place out, after hearing so many raves about it.
upon finding the place, me and three friends stood in front of the counter, bedazzled by the array of flavors staring at us. the four of us tasted many of the flavors, and the two counter staff were great in being so patient with us. (: in the end, we had three cups and a total of five flavors, namely, green tea, rum & raisin, lychee & rose, summer berries and melt & sizzle.
-the rum & raisin was really good and strong, each raisin literally bursting in rum.
-lychee & rose was refreshing, but the rose flavor wasn't really detectable (perhaps my tongue was overwhelmed by the rum?).
-summer berries is a safe choice, but i liked the fact that the berries taste hit you at the end of the mouthful.
-green tea was another safe choice.
-i didn't really taste melt & sizzle, but i felt it was rather sweet for me.
i really enjoyed tasting salted caramel cheesecake and luo han guo was a real surprise.
service was awesome (regret not getting their names), they were always smiley and patient and even offered & served us cups of water. ice cream is happy food, so it's great when the staff are happy too!
it's a small shop space, but i was there on a weekday night, so there wasn't anyone sitting around. all of us were transfixed on reading the various notes left behind by other patron.
thumbs up for this place, i'll definitely be back to try more flavors! (:I also recommend this place for
Occasion : Romance/First Dates, Girls Night Out, After Work, Chillout Spent about
S$2 / paxWould You Return?
Definitely -
uber good ice-cream
Feb 2, 2010I first saw its review on Makan Sutra programme... Tried out double scoop (on waffle cone) at $5- for chocolate and salted caramel cheesecake, they're lusciously rich and very nice. You taste what you see. My bf got alcoholic ones, Rum & Raison and Chocolate Stout, rum was a tad too strong, need to strike a balance there but Choc Stout was superb, it was like drinking stout and tasting choc at the same time. This place warrants my repeat patronising.Must Tries
Chocolate, Chocolate Sout
Spent about
S$5 / paxWould You Return?
Definitely Not -
Hmmm
Dec 18, 2009The nice service staff allowed me to squeeze 2 flavours into a scoop. Ordered the chocolate and Caramel & Sea Salt.
The chocolate had a strong bitter chocolate taste - which was good. I'm not sure but I thought there were bits of chocolate in there. Not sure whether it was intended that way or the chocolate was not melted properly before mixing it. Some people will like it, but I don't but it was still overall enjoyable.
The Caramel & Sea Salt was too icy and not creamy enough for my liking. The texture reminds me of Frolick froyo. Not enough caramel taste.
Tough call but I will still rank the good people at Lick ahead of Tom's.Spent about
S$3 / paxWould You Return?
Definitely -
Way AWESOME!!
Nov 24, 2009I only found out about tom's palette this year! Realised that they have been around for 4 years already! Argh! What have I been missing out on!!??
Anyway, was there for some ice cream on Saturday. This place is packed on a weekend. There was a huge crowd of pretty young people and there was a lot of trying out of flavours.
My fav pear with brandy dates wasn't around, so I had their new flavour: Passion fruit with Jap sake. These two are my all time fav alcoholic fruit flavours. Fragrant and refreshing! And value for money!
Anyway, my gf recently signed up to attend the tom's palette homemade ice cream lesson. So i am proud to say i will be eating a lot of homemade ice cream made by my gf from now... Thank you Tom!!
Which is good, because I can eat ice cream my gf makes in case I want to avoid the weekend crowd. But i will still gladly pop by on a weekday since I work quite near Shaw Towers.I also recommend this place for
Type of meal : Brunch, Cheap Eat/Budget, Take away, Hi Tea Occasion : Large Groups/Gathering, Children/Family, After Work Atmosphere : Vibrant/Noisy, People Watching Spent about
S$3 / paxWould You Return?
Definitely -
Heavenly cream!
Nov 9, 2009After many recommendations by friends and by this site, I finally tasted it! Perhaps the best ice-cream I have ever tasted! Definitely better than those established chains and other homemade ice cream palours.
Staffs are friendly and allow us to try the flavours before deciding, we can't make up our mind because almost all are really good, finally we decided to have Salted Caramel & Earl Gray, the more popular flavours according to the staffs.
The ice-cream is very smooth and fresh. Strong aromatic tea flavour in its Earl Gray. Salted Caramel is really unique, this is the first time I tasted salted ice cream, the first taste is abit weird but after several tastes, I really enjoy it! Two Thumbs up!
The only downside is there isn't many sitting place, space only enough for 4-5 persons. But who cares about this when ice-cream is so good! Must try!Must Tries
Salted Caramel, Earl Gray
I also recommend this place for
Type of meal : Cheap Eat/Budget, Take away Occasion : Chillout Atmosphere : Quiet/Peaceful, Hidden Find -
Better than branded ice cream!
Oct 27, 2009Tried the rum & the holick! Rich in flavour, much better than those branded and expensive ice cream! Large qty too!
Only regret is that day they do not have coffee flavour :-(
Staff are friendly, know their products well, and willing to let you try..
The shop has a few chairs and table for you to sit in.I also recommend this place for
Type of meal : Take away Spent about
S$3 / paxWould You Return?
Definitely -
Ice Cream Mix Master
Oct 27, 2009My girl friends found this while she was working near shaw.
One of the best icecream outlet i have ever been too. For only $2.80 a cup (small), you are able to choose 2 flavours after the staff has kindly allowed you to sample any of the flavours displayed.
Cooking, I feel, is a science and it is heartening to see people who have not put down thier instruments but continue to experiment with different flavours. I mean; Wasabi Lemongrass, Chocolate Stout, Logan Red-date and many more. They are just some of the unique creations found here at Tom's. And never miss out on their festive selections only found during those periods.
My all time fav is still salted caramel. = )
So if you are in the vicinity of Shaw Tower and you need some thing cold and sweet, head down to grab a bite.
Burp!... Excuse me.Must Tries
Salted Caramel,
I also recommend this place for
Type of meal : Supper/Night Dining, Dinner Occasion : After Work, Chillout Spent about
S$3 / paxWould You Return?
Definitely -
The much coveted
Oct 10, 2009I've finally tasted it after so many failed attempts (closed upon reaching, stood up my friends !!, etc). The much coveted certainly didn't disappoint.
If to name only one reason for me to be back there, well, the palette was definitely flavourful. Pun intended, haha. Amazing range of flavours, many of which are their own concoctions. With names not so easily decoded, get a cup without sampling and I think you'd still be very pleasantly surprised. And as with Island Creamery, Udders, etc. the local Singaporean elements reign here!
I had Lavender and Salted Caramel Cheesecake. The former was really strong floral scented, to some it may be difficult to accept (the guy warned me to sample it before making up my mind), but I loved it all the more. Salted Caramel was pleasing in a different, more childlike and in-your-face way. Loved my options :)
The ice-cream was smooth enough, and somehow I really felt a homemade tinge to it. Can't put a finger to what, though. Oh but I must say, that it could do with a bit more sitting space. Perhaps it's time to expand! ^^
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