Marianne's Ice Cream Scoop Shop, Offices & Plant - Santa Cruz, California

Heather Lang

I've heard about Marianne's Ice Cream for so long and happened to stumble upon this location by accident. Endless flavors so it was hard to choose but it was all delicious! ?

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There is something about going to the Marianne’s ice Cream Factory that makes this ice cream experience tastes more decadent.

Many many innovative fresh dairy flavors to choose and sample from. It’s quite hard to make a decision with all of the choices.

We have been here several times lately and left the guessing up to the ice cream scoop experts behind the counter. ALL Excellent flavor combos. Our go-to is chocolate. There are endless flavors that go well with chocolate.

Marianne’s is a local Santa Cruz family favorite. At this location you can get their ice cream and the other ice brands they offer. Scoops, sundaes, sandwiches, pints & drinks

This Westside location is in the middle of an outdoor creative industrial shopping district. Easy parking and right off the Coastal rail trail. Close to the beach to walk or Ebike rentals nearby!

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One of the well known Santa Cruz ice creamery. Found new outlet at this location serving huge variety of locally made ice cream. Easy access, plenty of parking accommodates large numbers and serves seasonal and popular choices in addition to pre packed quarts to choose from. Picked up Praline and cream, and Blueberry cheesecake pre-packed quarts.
They were rich and good, however they didn’t taste that fresh. Would like to compare the same next time from the fresh batch. It is their factory outlet, perhaps should be as fresh as they could be.

S G

Marianne’s ice cream shop is a treat! With an impressive variety of flavors to choose from, you're sure to find something you love. The waffle cones are perfectly crunchy! Plus, there's plenty of parking, making it easy to stop by anytime. Highly recommend!

Selina Wolf

Absolutely the best ice cream I've ever had. I was skeptical when my sister told me about it and swore it would be the best, but she was right! I had the Marble Fudge double Jr scoop in a waffle cone and it was the perfect balance of flavor,creamy but bot too heavy, the cone was sturdy but still light. Staff was nice as well and let you take your time choosing from an extensive and well-executed menu.
My partner is from Europe and he said that you can tell if an ice cream place is good from their pistachio (one of the scoops he got) and he said that it's the best ice cream he's had in the US.

Michael travels

Amazing selection of flavors to chose from. Place seems fairly new, other reviews suggest a few months old. This seems to be a bit of a factory outlet kind of a place expecting people to buy and leave rather than sit and enjoy, though they have a few seats on a bench available outside. There is not much of an atmosphere but the quality of the ice creams is outstanding and the staff is friendly so that makes up for the lack of atmosphere. I would definitely come back here just for the unique flavors. They do seem to have varieties by brand so there is a chocolate from Marianne’s and one from another brand therefore I recommend you try. Their portions are justifying the high price and I found that the Junior double or triple isn’t worth the small saving compared to the regular scoop. My favorite was the Otter841 flavor.

Sumati B

I LOVE Marianne's ice cream! Great Great flavors, creamy, and people like me who don't eat eggs can enjoy the 95% of their offerings that have no eggs! Yay! Yum!!

Prutha

Huge selection of flavors to choose from. I almost got overwhelmed (in a good way) with which one to take. I got chocolate with a waffle cone. The waffle cone was crunchy, the ice cream was yum! They also allow samples for you to try flavors

It was very crowded inside though and wasn't very well organized, no lines. But it's a newly opened location, so guess it will take some time for them to set up some systems