Vanilla Bean

I’m trying to describe this place, it’s not an Oasis — a fertile spot in a desert where water is found. My definition of Vanilla Bean, a vacation spot on the water where ice cream is found.
On the beautiful shoreline there is Vanilla Bean, a stand alone structure serving both sit down patrons inside as well as a side window.
Great selection of ice screams!
I walk up to the window at 7:55pm and I zero in on the Salted Caramel with pretzel flavor. Two scoops on a sugar cone please. Mmmm… Normally I’d choose a «Death by Chocolate» flavor but this flavor was calling me. The pretzels tasted fresh and they were covered by sweet creamy ice cream with the salted caramel running throughout holding it all together.
I’m walking back to the car and I see cars pulling up at 8;01. The person working there is turning away business? Mr. Owner — This is such a seasonal item. Your summer hours should be open longer. I hate to see a great place like this turn away business

My boyfriend has been talking about this place since about the second week we started dating, over 2 years ago. We finally stopped in last night, and I now see what he means. It’s a pretty random little ice cream place, not much to look at, but the ice cream was totally and completely amazing. I had the purple cow, a raspberry ice cream with both chocolate and vanilla chips, and it was to die for. The salted caramel ice cream too had full pretzels and amazing caramel swirled throughout, and I know we’re going to have to take a road trip down there a different weekend during the summer, it was that amazing of an ice cream tasting experience. Definitely recommend driving around the corner then, park, and take a walk on the beach.

Love the ice cream and selection. All the years coming here I have always found new and old staff to be extremely rude

Great selection of ice cream, sherbets, sorbets, yogurts, sundaes, etc… Nice high school and college kids wait on the customers that are coming from the beach or nearby cottages.
I had the Raspberry truffle and it was delicious. It starts with a base of vanilla ice cream with chocolate chips and raspberry intermingled. It was sweet, crunchy and not too sugary.
Tables outside allow for people watching and for enjoying the nice Matunuck beach weather.

Classic new england ice cream place. Loved the graham central station. The heath bar was also especially good. brickley’s is slightly better, but I wouldn’t drive an extra fifteen minutes, vanilla bean is excellent.

Good ice cream from Bliss Dairy up in Attleboro. A bit pricy, but for a lazy summer evening by the beach it’s great.

Can’t go wrong here for a hard ice cream fix with a side of salty ocean breeze.
The Vanilla Bean scoops up a generous serving of Bliss ice cream out of Attleboro, Mass. I always order Coffee Oreo when I see the sign of «Bliss» but definitely had some ice cream envy going on when I sampled my friend’s Salted Caramel Pretzel!
While friendliness was harshly lacking and the list of flavors on a recessed wall in the distance could double as a vision test… what Vanilla Bean can boast unmatched is being a hop-​skip-​and-​a-​jump from the South Kingstown Town Beach, complete with shortcut path through the bushes.
No public bathrooms, but again, the beach bathrooms are just up the road. And your credit is no good here — cash only.

*salted carmel pretzel — don’t want to live without
*no name on the outside but a request to «like» on Facebook — funny
*cash only — inconvenient
*could do without the ‘tude — :)

simple… very hometown and nothing too fancy.
excellent icecream with picnic tables outside… cut through the path behind the creamery and walk to matunuck beach to see the sunset.
try the cake batter ice cream. it’s not the usual fare… it’s pieces of chocolate and yellow cake mixed into a ice cream base. it will feel like it’s your birthday!

i am surprised that such an iconic place as the vanilla bean has just a single review, especially since virtually every summer night there are lines at both windows as well as inside.
The ice cream is good, lots of flavors ro choose from, good selection of sundays as well. I think they used to make all their own ice cream, but now they contract it out.
Half my rating is based on the nostalgia of the place… its just a tiny little shack right on the beach its been around for quite some time and is popular with the locals. Definitely worth the time if you are in Matunuck.

No summer trip to South County is complete without a stop at the Vanilla Bean — and it’s conveniently located on «the strip» with all the other Matunuck beach highlights — the Joyce Family pub, Ocean Mist, and a really good pizza place. Parking is a bit limited, but you’ll want to walk an extra mile so you don’t feel guilty about ordering a large cone of Vanilla Bean Supreme — that’s the signature flavor featuring vanilla ice cream, caramel swirls, chocolate chunks, and a few other tasty bits. The Butter Pecan is also pretty amazing. The lines are typically loooong, and there’s not a lot of space inside, but there’s plenty of picnic tables scattered around and you’re within close distance to the beach. The only down side is the fact that this place is seasonal :-(so forget about your bean dreams after Columbus Day…