Indigo Cow

Tasty soft serve! Coming by on a Sunday evening around 6:30 there were a decent amount of people here though no line to order. Being that it shares a store space with Whale Tea, and it was my first time here, it wasn't immediately clear whether to order at the Indigo Cow counter or at their digital kiosks located at the wall directly opposite the main entrance. There were three ordering stations, two tablets and one larger wall-mounted touch screen (think similar dimensions to the ones that McD's uses for their self-service touch screens). They seem to have the same menu though the wall-mount screen also had photos of each item and topping, which was more helpful to new customers since I wasn't as familiar with the menu. Either way I ended up placing an order on a tablet and paid directly via contactless credit card payment, then sat to wait on one of the booth sections to wait for the order number to be called by the front counter. After about 10 minutes our number was called, and I went up to the front to pick up. A regular Hokkaido milk $6 with strawberry topping +$1, a regular Hokkaido milk/matcha swirl $7.50 with roasted soybean powder and mitarashi dango mochi +$2, a small matcha $6.00. Mine was the matcha soft serve which was well-made and delicious. I enjoyed the amount of matcha flavor, it was mellow, green and grassy without being bitter. Two things: 1) serving size felt a little smaller than I'm used to, comparing to similar matcha soft serve ice cream spots like Matcha Cafe Maiko, Tsujiri, Taiyaki NYC, and Soft Swerve, Cha Cha Matcha (latter three in NYC). (And I haven't been to Nana's Green Tea so can't compare yet!) Though I also haven't seen Hokkaido milk products represented in the US in a significant way like they are in East Asia/Japan, so cost of imported products could be a contributing factor. 2) aside from ordering directions above, the printed menu itself was a bit confusing in layout, I think visually it'd be easier to understand if a) l the steps could be laid out vertically or horizontally in order, instead of from left to right, then down. Similar note on the toppings, esp since they are diff costs it'd be easier to read if they were laid out in two columns or just vertically listed with wording on the left and $ on the right.

My family and I visited the Indigo Cow in Wallingford during COVID when it was a walk-up window. We enjoyed it when we first tasted it and then saw that they had opened in Bellevue so we decided to try it out. It is located inside The Whale Tea Boba Shop and has its own counter right at the front door on the right when you first walk in. There aren't many choices when it comes to the menu. Only 3 flavors: hojicha, Hokkaido milk or swirl and then it's in either cup or cone. They have some toppings and we chose the injeolmi powder which is fine soybean powder. It was tasty, just as I remembered from our first visit. Parking is very tight here: mostly off street.

Indigo Cow is one of the few dessert places in Bellevue open after 9 on weekdays (we visited on a Tuesday), so my friends and I stopped by for a sweet treat! I tried their seasonal yaki-imo (sweet potato) brulee soft serve and it was yummy. It wasn't too sweet and It would be nice to have this as a permanent menu item! My friend had the matcha Hokkaido milk swirl with mochi and she enjoyed it!I'll be back to try another new seasonal menu item.

Tasty soft serve. But to start parking is a pain unless you get lucky. You're better of parking at the DT park to avoid going in circles. Has nothing to do with Indigo cow but good to know about parking. When we walked in it was a but chaotic with the line & people confused on which side to order what. The first cashier is for indigo cow. There is a small selection of flavors & toppings. But I don't think you can go wrong with your choice. I got the Hokkaido milk. The perfect level of sweet. Soft (duh) creamy & just overall delicious. For topping i got the organic strawberry sauce. Paid $7 & some change for the regular size. On the pricier side but its a great treat.

Located inside of Whale Tea- shared space. Register is first one on right as you enter. *Size large hakkaido milk with MBR ( mochi, brown sugar syrup and roasted soybean powder) $8.31 after taxes. Flavor was creamy and good. Toppings were good, mochi soft. Service was good- I went back to ask for more brown sugar syrup and they hooked me up. Value- I can't go over inflammation so it felt expensive. Recommend- if you're in the area, and want a delicious soft serve treat- YES! Bonus- since it's inside of whale tea- we got boba tea too. So many sugar options.

I would give Indigo Cow a 2.5/5. It wasn't awful but it wasn't great either. The lady at the counter was unwelcoming and not very pleasant, I was unsure what to order and she seemed like she was getting really impatient even though we were the only ones in line.It's really expensive. We paid $19 for my matcha soft serve + waffle cone + the MBR and a creme brulee soft serve. Both smalls. I understand you pay a higher price for the quality of ingredients but I think some things could have easily been better. Like, the waffle cone was soooo subpar like it was so thin that my soft serve kept melting through the tiny cracks. Also maybe I came at the wrong time but my mochi was a bit harder than I was expecting. The creme brûlée was also okay but nothing special.This place just seems a little sad. Maybe its the grumpy cashier or the dying thirsty plants on the walls but on the bright side, I really enjoyed my matcha soft serve, it had a great matcha flavor. But for the price, I think I'll go to a different matcha spot.

New location in Bellevue! Came here for the soft serve, it did not disappoint. You order at the front and they hand you your soft serve shortly after. The inside was cozy and had plenty of booth seating. I just traveled to Japan and the Hokkaido Milk soft serve tastes just like it did in Japan. Adding some local Theo dark chocolate made it an extra tasty treat. There are currently only 2 soft serve flavor options: Hokkaido Milk and Ceremonial Matcha.

We love their Hokkaido milk soft serve!! It's so different from any other soft serve we've had. We opted for their add on mochi and it was delicious!!A good amount of seating and a counter area as well. The only part that's not ideal is the parking :)

Pros-friendly staff-much better experience than the seattle location-the soft serve texture with the milk from Japan is so deliciousCons-parking

I ordered a milk soft serve with hojicha sauce and matcha warabimochi. The soft serve was very creamy, a few ice chunks here and there but overall tasted high quality and had good flavor. The hojicha sauce also tasted high quality. Although it was crowded, the desserts came out pretty quickly. I'd come back to try some of the other desserts, and if you want to try Hokkaido milk soft serve I'd definitely try Indigo Cow.Docked one star because they have a very disorganized ordering system, with boards for different items, and we were confused which one to order from. I think that's the bottleneck, because people took a long time to order, although the items came quickly after payment.