Highest-rated ice cream shops in Austin by diners
Highest-rated ice cream shops in Austin 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 Austin 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!
#27. Amy's Ice Cream
- Rating: 3.9/5 (148 reviews)
- Price level: $
- Address: 4477 South Lamar Blvd. Ste 790 Austin, Texas
- Categories: Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt
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#26. Amy's Ice Creams
- Rating: 4.0/5 (355 reviews)
- Price level: $$
- Address: 3500 Guadalupe St. Austin, Texas
- Categories: Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt
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#25. Amy's Ice Creams
- Rating: 4.1/5 (741 reviews)
- Price level: $$
- Address: 1301 South Congress Ave. Austin, Texas
- Categories: Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt
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#24. Amy's Ice Creams
- Rating: 4.1/5 (202 reviews)
- Price level: $
- Address: 5624 Burnet Road Austin, Texas
- Categories: Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt
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#23. Hay Elotes
- Rating: 4.1/5 (219 reviews)
- Price level: $
- Address: 2214 East 7th Austin, Texas
- Categories: Desserts, Juice Bars & Smoothies, Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt
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#22. Amy's Ice Cream
- Rating: 4.1/5 (111 reviews)
- Price level: $
- Address: 2901 South Lamar Blvd. Austin, Texas
- Categories: Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt
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#21. Lick Honest Ice Creams
- Rating: 4.1/5 (185 reviews)
- Price level: $$
- Address: 1905 Aldrich St. Ste 150 Austin, Texas
- Categories: Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt
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#20. Frost Gelato
- Rating: 4.2/5 (290 reviews)
- Price level: $$
- Address: 11700 Rock Rose Ave. Ste 176 Austin, Texas
- Categories: Gelato, Coffee & Tea, Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt
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#19. Yogurt Planet
- Rating: 4.2/5 (219 reviews)
- Price level: $
- Address: 4601 North Lamar Blvd. Ste 502 Austin, Texas
- Categories: Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt
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#18. Amy's Ice Creams
- Rating: 4.3/5 (216 reviews)
- Price level: $$
- Address: 3600 Presidential Blvd. Ste 20 Austin, Texas
- Categories: Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt
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#17. Lick Honest Ice Creams
- Rating: 4.3/5 (365 reviews)
- Price level: $
- Address: 6555 Burnet Road Austin, Texas
- Categories: Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt
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#16. Tinys Milk & Cookies - Austin
- Rating: 4.3/5 (216 reviews)
- Address: 1515 West 35th St. Bldg C Austin, Texas
- Categories: Bakeries, Coffee & Tea, Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt
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#15. Lick Honest Ice Creams
- Rating: 4.3/5 (1457 reviews)
- Price level: $$
- Address: 1100 South Lamar Blvd. Ste 1135 Austin, Texas
- Categories: Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt
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#14. Amy's Ice Creams
- Rating: 4.3/5 (489 reviews)
- Price level: $
- Address: 1012 West 6th St. Austin, Texas
- Categories: Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt
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#13. The Baked Bear
- Rating: 4.3/5 (355 reviews)
- Price level: $$
- Address: 211 Walter Seaholm Drive Ste LR150 Austin, Texas
- Categories: Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt, Desserts
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#12. Sugar Pine
- Rating: 4.4/5 (431 reviews)
- Price level: $$
- Address: 8578 Research Blvd. Austin, Texas
- Categories: Japanese, Coffee & Tea, Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt
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#11. Omg Squee
- Rating: 4.4/5 (401 reviews)
- Price level: $
- Address: 4607 Bolm Road Ste A Austin, Texas
- Categories: Desserts, Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt, Gluten-Free
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#10. Churro Co
- Rating: 4.6/5 (588 reviews)
- Price level: $$
- Address: 1906 South 1st St. Austin, Texas
- Categories: Desserts, Food Trucks, Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt
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#9. Zeds Real Fruit Ice Cream
- Rating: 4.6/5 (223 reviews)
- Price level: $$
- Address: 1814 Harvey St. Austin, Texas
- Categories: Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt, Beer, Wine & Spirits, Coffee & Tea
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#8. Gati
- Rating: 4.6/5 (178 reviews)
- Price level: $$
- Address: 1512 Holly St. Austin, Texas
- Categories: Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt
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#7. Jim-Jim's Water-Ice
- Rating: 4.6/5 (243 reviews)
- Price level: $
- Address: 615 East 6th St. Ste A Austin, Texas
- Categories: Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt, Desserts, Shaved Ice
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#6. Dolce Neve
- Rating: 4.6/5 (722 reviews)
- Price level: $$
- Address: 1713 South 1st St. Austin, Texas
- Categories: Gelato, Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt, Coffee & Tea
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#5. Casey's New Orleans Snowballs
- Rating: 4.6/5 (386 reviews)
- Price level: $
- Address: 808 East 51st St. Austin, Texas
- Categories: Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt
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#4. D'Lites
- Rating: 4.6/5 (241 reviews)
- Price level: $
- Address: 4404 West William Cannon Drive Ste G Austin, Texas
- Categories: Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt, Grocery, Desserts
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#3. Milky Way Shakes
- Rating: 4.7/5 (129 reviews)
- Price level: $$
- Address: 2324 East Cesar Chavez Austin, Texas
- Categories: Vegan, Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt, Food Trucks
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#2. Michoacana Natural Ice Cream
- Rating: 4.7/5 (102 reviews)
- Price level: $
- Address: 9426 Parkfield Drive Austin, Texas
- Categories: Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt
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#1. Gelato Paradiso
- Rating: 4.9/5 (175 reviews)
- Price level: $$
- Address: 1400 South Congress Ave. Ste B160 Austin, Texas
- Categories: Desserts, Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt, Gelato
- Read more on Yelp
