Balboa Ice Cream

Cute little ice cream shop with local charm. After walking quite a bit on a warm day and exploring Glen Canyon Park, this was a perfect treat to end the day. There's ample street parking right on San Jose Ave. Very clean and bright interior but no indeoo seating. There are two tables and a bench outside.Tons of flavors, including half a case of just sherbet options! I had rainbow sherbet in a waffle cone, which was refreshing and not overly sweet. Nice staff and good quality-great local find!

I like how this place is opened late at night. This place sells lots of tasty flavors AND the scoops are huge too and has the option to choose what you want your icecream to be in, such as a cup, cone, or waffle bowl!Anyways, I always like getting my icecream in either a cone or a waffle bowl! It's just a nice little treat to go with the icecream. I also loved how huge the scoops and how flavorful the ones I chose are too! I got the Double Scoop Waffle Bowl with Cookies & Cream + Chocolate Chip Mint icecream. Both flavors were good.I'd recommend this place if you ever get an icecream craving at night!

What a gem! Great spot with lots of unique flavors that you don't see everywhere and a refreshing vibe. The owner was super friendly and provided excellent service, letting us try multiple flavors before deciding. The ice cream itself was delicious--perfectly balanced and not too sweet. Absolutely worth a visit to Balboa Park.

They have a lot of flavors but they're on the pricier side for ice cream shops. They also don't have a restroom so take your kids to the bathroom before coming for a bite

5 stars from me and my husband! We tried Balboa Ice Cream for the first time tonight and it did not disappoint! I ordered the spumoni gelato and my husband the bubble gum. We both loved the flavors we chose. My husband was on a straight bubble gum ice cream high and said it was the best he's ever had. This is huge because he is a bubble gum ice cream snob! We will absolutely be back and can't wait to try the other flavors.

Balboa Ice Cream is following the tradition of Mitchell's, Polly Ann's as a local fan favorite spot in The City.Located on San Jose Avenue near Balboa Park, residing in the former storefront of the legendary San Francisco Strike Zone sports card store (one of the historic longstanding Baseball Card Shops in the Bay Area for decades), Balboa Ice Cream opened up in the Y2KXX era rejuvenating the neighborhood with a clean upscale ice creamery that's both hipster and family friendly with prices starting around $4 that's affordable and high quality.Parking is fairly easy up front curbside as well as walking distance in the surrounding residential neighborhood.This area is quickly transforming from a hidden little quaint local hot spot, to a widely regarded area to hang out and find high end quality hole-in-the-wall businesses. The ownership and workers are friendly and professional.They offer unique flavors of ice cream that's great whether in the cold of winter or heat of summer, it's delicious year 'round.Catch this place as it's emerging as a popular player in the Ice Cream scene while there's minimal lines and wait and easy parking, which is always difficult to navigate trendy areas and highly recommended and praised by review referral businesses.I'd recommend either the 1/2 - 1/2 two flavors in 1 scoop OR, better yet... getting 2 full scoops.They also have BOBA here too in addition to other menu items. It's open I think roughly from 12pm noon to 9pm later night, so has great ice cream social hours to indulge.

Service was great, the guy working was nice and let us try samples beforehand. A couple different flavors I've never seen before such as : matcha mochi, coconut pineapple, etc. there was a good mix of ice creams and sorbets. Both with great flavor. I ordered the matcha mochi and mango ice cream. The matcha mochi had pieces of mochi inside. Because of that, the ice cream was a bit dryer and I'm assuming it's from the powder of the mochi mixed in so I didn't enjoy it as much as I thought I would. The mango had great flavor and was creamy, I'd definitely get this flavor again! I got the split single which was $5!Parking wasn't the easiest to find on the block, but I liked how we didn't have to wait in line like other ice cream spots.

So good! Love this spot now in my childhood neighborhood! I got the affogato with mint ice cream and taro boba. One worker is here and was able to serve us well!So good! I love my affogato! Spacious and clean!Live the details and light in this gym!

Great shop with a good selection of ice cream flavors. They have some fantastical, childhood flavors like cotton candy, bubble gum, pink unicorn, blue monster etc that is great for families for kids.Personally, I come here for their mangonadas. They use a mango sorbet and mix that with the fresh mango and all the delicious sour, savory, spicy Mexican flavors. It's highly addictive once it grows on you

San Francisco certainly doesn't lack for good ice cream shops. There are some that are too indulgent for even my excessive tastes, and they apparently gain popularity from their Instagram presence. Others are way under the radar like this spot. I had never heard of it before I ran into it on Google Maps when I was walking through the Outer Mission.I hardly ever walk on San Jose Avenue, and it's not in a heavily commercial area. The vintage-looking signage made me think it's been around for decades, but I can't find any history on them online. I just see that the oldest Yelp review is just two years old, so I guess you can call it newish. It doesn't show up on "Best of SF" ice cream lists, but I don't see why it doesn't get a mention.It was quite good with a pretty large selection of flavors. I was particularly intrigued by Denali Moose Tracks, which was vanilla streaked with chocolate fudge and crunchy nibs. It tasted nothing like elk droppings...or so I assume. I combined that with a slam dunk flavor for me, Coconut Pineapple, into the $5 Split Single Cup (review: https://bit.ly/402kOZZ). Generous serving, quite yummy, and kinda remote...at least for me.ICE CREAM - 4 stars...loving the moose tracks, just a tad too frozen for meAMBIANCE - 4 stars...clean, bright shop and a magnet for local toddlers SERVICE - 4 stars...pretty friendly, good neighborhood vibeTOTAL - 4 stars...methinks this semi-hidden spot needs more local coverage on social mediaRELATED - Exploring the Outer Mission? Here's a collection of places I've visited and reviewed: http://bit.ly/37B1acE