Mount Desert Island Ice Cream

I would like to amend my last review. I came here with a friend this past Friday Dec 4^th 2015 (Friday). We were so glad to go to RiRa and the Art Walk/​First Friday and then decided to check in here while friends got a hot chocolate at Starbucks.
There was one person ahead of us and they got a shake. We were about to place our order/​test try a few flavors and our friends walked in at 8:43pm. She looked up (clearly aggravated) from us and said to them, «just want to let you know you may not be able to be served.» We were all obviously like «whattt?!»
Hours were clearly posted open until 9. If you’re open until 9-​it means you’re open until 9, you serve people until 9 and if you have good customer service you even will serve someone if they walk in at 8:59/9am. You never say that sort of thing to customers-​it made everyone in the business uncomfortable and thinking her hot date after work was more important than her job.
My ice cream was great but the service was rude and unprofessional that it left a bad taste in my mouth long after I finished it.

Mt. Desert Island Ice Cream knows how to make ice cream. It’s thick, creamy, and full of flavor. During my weekend stay, I came here twice and got the Bay of Figs and the Maine Maple Pecan. Both were delicious! However, I have to say that the Belgian Chocolate is the star of the shop. My friend ordered it and I was amazed at the bold flavor. This is not your ordinary chocolate ice cream… this is REAL chocolate turned into ice cream. What a difference! Although the ice cream is good, the cones are bland.
+ You can get a flight of four small scoops of four different flavors.
I recommend trying Mt. Desert. Get the chocolate flavor!

Swung in for some ice cream after dinner. Cool space, and a lot of art on the walls. The flavors were funky and unique, but also accessible. There was a line, but it moved pretty quickly. I liked the mint they had (added hot fudge which never hurts), and we also got a plain old vanilla cone. Everything was tasty. Good place.

Upon arriving Portland, I had a dire craving for ice cream. I went to mount desert and got green tea and Vietnamese coffee ice cream on a waffle cone. It was spectacular and my craving was fulfilled. The ice creams we’re very delicious– not too light but not too creamy. Great start our Maine adventure!

I wasn’t as impressed with this place so I hope they were just having an off day.
I agree that they have a variety of unique flavors like Vietnamese coffee and Indian pudding. BUT the ingredients don’t really translate into taste.
The cinnamon cardamom tasted like cinnamon. The pralines tasted like pecan and cinnamon.
The texture was also off. The ice cream was very soft to the point where they could barely make solid round scoops.
I wouldn’t go back.

Five star ice cream! Zero star service.
Really creative flavors, really bitchy staff.

Had a great experience eating lots of ice cream here. I loved getting the flight so I could try out four different flavors. My favorite out of the whole bunch (my boyfriend got a flight too) was the maple pecan. I also loved Girl Scouts Gone Wild. My boyfriends favorite was the Thai Chili Peanut. The ice cream flavors were interesting but I was disappointed by the actual texture. I wished it had been thicker and creamier.

Good stuff. Creamy, with unusual variety, generous quantities. They have a flight option for tasting several flavors. There are he usual flavors plus more intriguing or challenging tastes.
Half-​star demerit for offering a «milkshake» when they mean frappé.

Innovative sorbet flavors at an ice cream parlor? Nice. Nectarine prosecco and orange tarragon and lime cucumber and plum sorbets? Delicious. They have a good mix of ice creams, too, as other Unilocalers have stated. Really though, I just wanted to comment on how impressed I am with unique sorbet profiles… Because those who eat sorbet, you know the choices are usually bland and blasé, boring and mono-​berry. Blah! Not here! Hurrah!
Prices are pretty sweet compared to similar quality in other cities. Nice. Spoil me sorbet-​sweet.

Really great ice cream. I’d debate between this place, Catbird and Rococo to pick the best ice cream in Maine. The sea salt caramel is the best I’ve had, with just pure flavor and no added swirls or «stuff» to interrupt the flavor. The buttermint is also amazing… Really tasting exactly like the old fashioned after dinner mints. My friend tried the hot chili chocolate and loved it, and another friend had the Girl Scout Gone Wild flavor (thin mint) and said it as great. Their toppings and sauces always look amazing and there seems to consistently be a couple new flavors each time we visit. I’d highly recommend!

During my weekend in Portland, USA Today posted a review of this little ice cream joint. What timing! I took it as a sign and stopped by on a hot afternoon.
There are plenty of selections to choose from pleasing anyone in your party. I chose the Maine mint flavor. It was very refreshing… the mint was like herb mint, not the candy/​cookie mint.
The store was very clean and bright. The employees were very sweet.
When you’re roaming the streets and looking for a little reprieve from the heat, treat yourself to a cool scoop of ice cream!

We decided to give Mount Desert another try the other day and I’m happy we did! The two girls working behind the ice-​cream counter were very sweet (no pun intended) and patient with us wanting to try every new flavor they had.
I gotta give the little shop credit, they definitely have some *out there* flavors! I opted for something a little more tame, a scoop of their Maine Mint and Coriander & Blackberry Ripple & Streusel. The mint was my favorite! I love that it’s not that psychedelic neon green color and incorporates actual mint leaves. I wish the ice cream was a little harder as it almost fell off my cone when I leaned slightly, but otherwise it’s delicious!

Mount Desert Island Ice Cream is my place. The ice cream is delicious and they have an eclectic mix of flavors that you probably won’t find anywhere else. My go-​to flavor is the Maine Rocky Coast. It’s their version of Rocky Road and it’s wonderful. I’m a nut for chocolate and anything that says homemade chocolate ‘pebbles’ piques my interest. I will ALWAYS get the waffle cone, don’t judge! It’s the king of cones. I’ve never found the prices to be outrageous. I think they are about average for the area. The staff running the place were always patient with me and let me try different flavors but I’d always go back to the tried and true rocky coast.
I like that they are open until midnight in the Old Port. What better to end a night of drinking at bars than with an ice cream cone? Okay maybe not, but if you’re down in the Old Port walking around on one of the hot August nights, this is the perfect place to cool down. Plus you can hang out on the stools in front of the big window and people watch to your heart’s content.

I don’t often drink, but when I do it’s NOT Dos Equis, it’s a White Russian.
That’s Vodka and kalhua for those of you who don’t know what a white Russian is.
So if you see me in Las Vegas with a white Russian, the drink and not a woman, you’ll know it’s me.
I’ll be at the roulette table.
As far as ice cream is concerned this has been one of my favorite ice creams. I would seriously come back to Maine just for this ice cream, and if I had a cooler, I would have bought several pints of this stuff.
Tastes just like the drink. Strong kalhua flavor, with a hint of cream, and oh so good.
But wait ladies and gentlemen, there’s more!
Say you’re like me and can’t decide.
Well, they have ice cream flights for $ 5.50 where you can choose 4 flavors!
Say what?!?
So I chose the White Russian, Khulfi (based on the Indian dessert: pistachios, saffron, cream), Toasted Coconut, and a Wingnut (Coffee with Espresso Beans).
Stellar ice cream.
Just wish I had an extra stomach to eat more of that White Russian ice cream.

Was one of the few ice cream places opened after ten. Clean place with a huge selection of flavors. I had the cookies and cream to play it safe but they had unique flavors like vietnamese coffee, Thai chili, etc. It was four bucks and change for a single scoop in a cone. The ice cream was pretty good and perfect for a stroll back to the hotel.

Deliiiicious. I had the s’mores ice cream in a waffle cone (and Eddie had it in a cup, lame). Lots of graham and chocolate chunks. We paid around $ 9 together which wasn’t that bad considering the quality of the ice cream.
Since we were staying in the Inn at St. John (near Maine Medical Center), this was a great place to grab a cone, eat it while strolling west, and grab a cab for the last tiny bit of our trek back to the hotel.

This is a foodie’s ice cream heaven! Rather than just serving up the good ol’ vanilla, chocolate, and whatever other ordinary flavors you’d find at any other ice cream shop — this place offers some of the most unique and interesting flavors I’ve ever seen.
We tried a handful before deciding our order and making a decision was too tough because they were all incredible!
Vietnamese coffee. White Russian. Bay of Figs. Hot chili chocolate. Lemon poppyseed. Blueberry basil. The dude.
Along with interesting flavor offerings, the quality of the ice cream was just heavenly too — creamy goodness that didn’t knock you out with sweetness and really allowed the unique flavors to shine.

I first went to the Mount Desert in Bar Harbour, so when I stumbled upon this one in Portland I was ecstatic. It was a warmish sunny day which meant perfect ice-​cream weather. When I walked up to the ice-​cream counter I scanned the flavors and was having trouble deciding until I saw it, Cereal Milk ice-​cream, with the description, the milky bowl after you are finished with Captain Crunch. This was obviously an ice cream flavor made especially for me and I was unable to consider any other option. It was delicious, as one would expect anything containing captain crunch to be. I wish I had a Mount Desert nearby so that I could pop in regularly and try all of their creative and delicious flavors… however I would then weigh about 400 lbs…
side note: I also sampled the Brigadeiro flavor, which was amazing and if the Captain Crunch option had not stolen my heart I would have been equally content with the other.

I was craving some delicious ice cream and wanted to try out some different flavors so I stopped in on a really nice afternoon and the place was empty. I scanned the flavors and they were pretty different. Some of the cool flavors I was interested in were Vietnamese coffee, The Dude (white russian) and a Maine spin on rocky road. I ultimately chose rocky road but you don’t really have to choose as you can purchase a flight of ice cream! The prices are a little steep but you get really creamy and delicious ice cream! I will definitely be back to try out some of their more obscure flavors!

For around $ 6, you can get an ice cream flight. That’s four small scoops and a cure for indecision.
The flavors are original, ranging from sweet and salty peanut butter to blueberry basil sorbet. We sampled eight.
Maple walnut won on taste, with a rich flavor that put butter pecan (maple walnut’s inferior cousin) to shame. Thai chili was most interesting. It was spicy and nutty, but I don’t know that I could’ve eaten more than the small flight-​size scoop. Coconut was simple, but a strong flavor contender, too. And while butterbeer was just okay, I appreciate any establishment that pays tribute to Harry Potter.
Mount Desert rotates flavors, which gives a good excuse to visit often.