Highest-rated ice cream shops in Santa Rosa by diners
Highest-rated ice cream shops in Santa Rosa by diners
Ice cream is a treat that can be enjoyed all year round, although the volume produced during the hotter months signals otherwise. The majority of ice cream and other frozen desserts in the U.S. are made between March and August, with July being the busiest month of all, according to the Department of Agriculture.
Many Americans have memories of their pastel green mint chocolate chip scoop dripping down their waffle cone at the height of summer or cooling down with their sprinkle-covered chocolate and vanilla soft-serve twist. Ice cream tends to scream nostalgia, but the range of available flavors has evolved since the days when the dessert was mainly limited to vanilla, chocolate, and strawberry.
Of course, that doesn't mean those aren't still top-tier choices. According to a May 2024 survey of 2,200 American adults by the International Dairy Foods Association and Morning Consult, the top 10 ice cream flavors today are still the three classics (vanilla, chocolate, and strawberry, in that order) followed by butter pecan, cookie dough, cookies and cream, mint chocolate chip, chocolate chip, rocky road, and peanut butter or peanut butter cup.
Nowadays, many ice cream shops offer fresh combinations and ingredients you may never have imagined could be made into ice cream, concoctions like black sesame cookies and cream or honey lavender. Some ice cream shops boast flavors with even more unheard-of ingredients and combinations, like the savory tarragon olive oil or pineapple with pink peppercorns.
Ice cream creators have also expanded into rethinking frozen yogurt, soft serve, and vegan options. Dairy-free folks no longer have to order the only sorbet on the menu. There are nondairy milk ice creams made from plant-based milks like oat or almond and other plant-based products like avocado or sunflower butter.
And then there are the toppings, one of the best parts about getting a scoop at your local shop. Pour on the condensed milk or dulce de leche. Sprinkle bits of honeycomb or your favorite childhood cereal.
Ice cream shops everywhere have made it their job to serve up the smoothest, creamiest, and most crave-able options. To find out who's doing the best job of it, Stacker compiled a list of the highest-rated ice cream shops in the Santa Rosa area using data from Yelp. Data is as of June 24, 2025.
Businesses were selected using Yelp's ranking system, which calculates an adjusted rating value that takes into account the number of ratings as well as the rating score itself. Only businesses with at least 10 reviews were considered. Also, in an effort to highlight independent businesses and local chains, those with more than five locations nationally, based on the Yelp data, were not included.
Read on to determine where you'll get your next cup or cone from!
#24. Fosters Freeze
- Rating: 2.8/5 (112 reviews)
- Price level: $
- Address: 1400 4th St. Santa Rosa, California
- Categories: Burgers, American, Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt
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#23. Shake Shack Montgomery Village
- Rating: 2.9/5 (105 reviews)
- Price level: $$
- Address: 2424 Magowan Drive Ste C1 Santa Rosa, California
- Categories: Burgers, fast food, Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt
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#22. Scoops
- Rating: 3.2/5 (42 reviews)
- Price level: $
- Address: 288 Golf Course Drive Graton Casino Rohnert Park, California
- Categories: Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt
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#21. Yogurt Time
- Rating: 3.4/5 (34 reviews)
- Price level: $
- Address: 531 Summerfield Road Santa Rosa, California
- Categories: Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt
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#20. Yogurt Time
- Rating: 3.6/5 (72 reviews)
- Price level: $
- Address: 90 Mark West Springs Road Ste 110 Santa Rosa, California
- Categories: Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt
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#19. La Michoacana Plus - Santa Rosa
- Rating: 3.8/5 (32 reviews)
- Address: 750 Stony Point Road Santa Rosa, California
- Categories: Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt, Desserts
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#18. Two Dog Night Creamery
- Rating: 3.9/5 (124 reviews)
- Price level: $
- Address: 6760 McKinley St. Ste 110 Sebastopol, California
- Categories: Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt, Vegan
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#17. Fruta Ice Cream
- Rating: 4.0/5 (43 reviews)
- Address: 3080 Marlow Road Santa Rosa, California
- Categories: Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt
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#16. Pink Sugar Creamery
- Rating: 4.0/5 (49 reviews)
- Address: 1224 Mendocino Ave. Santa Rosa, California
- Categories: Desserts, Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt
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#15. Sandy's Take & Bake Pizza
- Rating: 4.1/5 (84 reviews)
- Price level: $$
- Address: 2015 Elizabeth Way Santa Rosa, California
- Categories: Pizza, Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt
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#14. Honeymoon Frozen Yogurt
- Rating: 4.1/5 (75 reviews)
- Price level: $
- Address: 7108 Bodega Ave. Sebastopol, California
- Categories: Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt
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#13. Toppings
- Rating: 4.1/5 (56 reviews)
- Price level: $
- Address: 969-C Golf Course Drive Rohnert Park, California
- Categories: Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt, Juice Bars & Smoothies
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#12. Noble Folk Ice Cream & Pie Bar
- Rating: 4.2/5 (269 reviews)
- Price level: $$
- Address: 539 4th St. Santa Rosa, California
- Categories: Desserts, Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt
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#11. Moxie's Yogurt and Toppings
- Rating: 4.2/5 (92 reviews)
- Price level: $
- Address: 8930 Brooks Road South Windsor, California
- Categories: Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt
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#10. Fruta Ice Cream
- Rating: 4.3/5 (138 reviews)
- Price level: $
- Address: 2770 Stony Point Road Bellevue Shopping Center Santa Rosa, California
- Categories: Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt
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#9. Dave's Gourmet Ice Cream
- Rating: 4.4/5 (97 reviews)
- Price level: $$
- Address: 320 West 3rd St. Ste D Santa Rosa, California
- Categories: Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt
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#8. Los Munchies
- Rating: 4.4/5 (24 reviews)
- Address: 6555 Hunter Drive 5 Rohnert Park Ca Rohnert Park, California
- Categories: Desserts, Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt
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#7. Fruta
- Rating: 4.5/5 (108 reviews)
- Price level: $
- Address: 52 Mission Cir Ste 116 Santa Rosa, California
- Categories: Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt, Juice Bars & Smoothies
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#6. Swirl Time
- Rating: 4.5/5 (98 reviews)
- Price level: $
- Address: 1718 East Cotati Ave. Rohnert Park, California
- Categories: Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt, Gelato
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#5. Screamin' Mimi's Ice Cream
- Rating: 4.5/5 (771 reviews)
- Price level: $$
- Address: 6902 Sebastopol Ave. Sebastopol, California
- Categories: Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt
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#4. Nimble & Finn's
- Rating: 4.6/5 (191 reviews)
- Price level: $$
- Address: 123 4th St. Santa Rosa, California
- Categories: Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt
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#3. Frozen Art Gourmet Ice Cream
- Rating: 4.7/5 (244 reviews)
- Price level: $
- Address: 500 Sebastopol Road Ste B Santa Rosa, California
- Categories: Desserts, Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt
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#2. Squatch's Gourmet Ice Cream Sandwiches and Coffee
- Rating: 4.8/5 (99 reviews)
- Price level: $
- Address: 1451 Southwest Blvd. Ste 111 Rohnert Park, California
- Categories: Coffee & Tea, Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt, Desserts
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#1. Goguette Bread
- Rating: 4.9/5 (261 reviews)
- Price level: $$
- Address: 59 Montgomery Drive Santa Rosa, California
- Categories: Bakeries, Desserts, Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt
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