Fun place. Great ice cream. Will definitely be back.
Dude. The best ice cream on planet Earth? Yes. The best customer experience on planet Earth?Yes.
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Very good ice cream, best ice cream I've ever had.
So tasty !! Wow now I’mHooked
Elly's is hands down the best non-chain ice cream in town. But the bar is low, with Goody's the only other option (arguably a chain, and more of a candy shop that happens to make ice cream. Bonta is gelato, which while very tasty, is *definitively* not ice cream). Bend exists in a weird ice cream desert, a strange fact for a tourist town with hot summers. The opportunity to build a local ice cream brand is enormous; I was hoping Elly's had finally done it.I'm of the opinion that ice cream shops should be fun. An experience. Full of whimsy. I can buy a tub of ice cream at the store, but the shop has the chance for one-off and local flavors, fresh waffle cones, myriad samples, mixing flavors, zany toppings, served up by goofy high school kids. A local cultural experience, an interactive on-the-go food that adds to that town's identity and your experience of it. Think Amy's Ice Cream of Austin, Cream Bean Berry of Durango, or Salt & Straw of Portland.Elly's had the chance to come in bold and fill Bend's ice cream void with something daring, fun, unique. Without the competition, they could take risks and be rewarded for that daring and make their mark in the community. They passed all of this up for safety and conformity. The flavors are middle of the road, made in Washington by a contract packager. The shop is situated on the far end of a westside suburb (as much as NW Crossing tries to *be* Bend). They even surrounded themselves with the ambiance of a modernized airport food court. This is transactional ice cream. It might be good, but you won't remember it, crave it, or tell visiting friends that it's a "must do."All this to say that while Elly's technically has good ice cream, they lack the other pillars of a local ice cream shop: character, community, creativity. Self-expression stopped after hiring a graphic designer for the logo.Elly's is an ice cream reseller at a food court in a high end suburb. That's it. Bend's true ice cream shop has still yet to arrive.
Best ice cream shop in Bend!
We got there right before closing and were able to get our ice cream; the red haired young lady was super helpful! The ice cream is delicious.
We got there right before closing and were able to get our ice cream; the red haired young lady was super helpful! The ice cream is delicious.
Delicious ice cream and great service!