The two women that were present were such a pleasure to speak with. They answered all my questions and allowed me to sample the different flavors. I got the horchata and a berry ice cream. The ice cream was deliciosa and the horchata was alright. It did not have much cinnamon if any at all. But then again, I'm more familiar with the US version of horchata which may be a little different, americanized. Check out this little gem! read more

La Michoacana - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Puerto Vallarta, JAL

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This place is awesome, as is the service. The paletas (popsicles) are so fresh and absolutely delicious. It's a small place, but it's ready to pop in and get yourself a delicious treat while wandering through Puerto Vallarta. The only issue for me is finishing my paleta before it starts melting! read more

La Michoacana - Watermelon - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Puerto Vallarta, JAL

We were walking around shopping for what felt like hours in the heat and found this place. We were looking for a drink to cool off and ordered horchatas. This was the best horchata that I've ever had! I ordered a large one because it was too good not to. The guy who poured our drinks gave us recommendations on where to find good tacos. He directed us over to Pancho's which did not disappoint. read more

All I can say is wow! This place is awesome! So many flavors to choose from and the service was outstanding. The flavors enjoyed on our visit: Black Current Strawberries and Cream And the thing that makes this place so amazeballs: Homemade Chocolate Chip cookie sandwiches!! Yum Yum Yum. All at an amazingly affordable price. If you're on the south side of downtown PV or eating in the area, finish off your night by stopping here for a sweet treat! read more

Great family owner place! Good selections of fruit flavor popsicles and chocolate dipped bananas. Pretty cheap for the price. Truly a gem in the PV hustle and bustle. Located on a corner store front where you can get this as a dessert or a quick on the go cool off treat. Very very friend! :) read more

La Michoacana - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Puerto Vallarta, JAL

I stopped by on a hot day and bought some popsicles. They were great! The guava one actually tastes like fresh guava instead of artificial guava syrup. They also have a corn flavor that was pretty neat. The popsicle sticks are rather short, so be sure to put several napkins at the bottom or else your fingers would be sticky from the melted popsicle very quickly. read more

A small ice cream and popsicle store on the corner. This place's handmade fruit popsicles are so delicious. I highly recommend the kiwi or strawberry ones. The store doesn't have a sit down area, but there is a shaded park nearby that you can sit to enjoy your treat. They don't take credit card, but do accept American dollars or pesos. Locals love this place as well! read more

La Michoacana - Kiwi bar - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Puerto Vallarta, JAL

The paletas here are great! Interesting flavors. I cleaned them out of my personal favorite, which is a chocolate on chocolate popsicle covered in granola. I stocked my freezer with them. Cash only. Highly recommend! read more

This place is a local favorite - it's also owned by an older couple who still work there! They have a huge selection of popsicles from fruity, creamy, chocolate and much more! You can taste how fresh the ingredients are, and it truly doesn't get better than this place. Highly recommend the cream strawberry and mango with tajin (it's more tangy, not spicy). It was a perfect treat for a sunny, humid day in PV. read more

This was a stop on the Vallarta Eats Food Tour. At first, I was a bit disappointed when we arrived here as we had subpar ice cream from a shop of the same name near the Malecón. Turns out, according to our guide, the name "La Michoacana" can be used by anyone in Mexico operating a business. Good, I thought, but would they have the same, flavorless ice cream? Only one way to find out! ATMOSPHERE: The corner shop has no seating so it's all take away. Two freezers contained neatly stacked homemade popsicles and a nice variety of ice cream. My only concern was of the shop owner's bird that was flying around in the shop that perched above the overturned ice cream cups with dried bird poop running down the walls. Yuck! DESSERT: Chocolate Chip Ice Cream All qualms disappeared after my first bite. The very yellow-colored vanilla ice cream was smooth and creamy with the perfect amount of chocolate chips. Popsicles A plethora of colors and flavors were available in which my spouse chose strawberry, complete with an actual strawberry fruit stuck into the bottom of it. He reported it tasted okay but could've been a bit sweeter. SERVICE: The man serving us was friendly and explained the flavors since no signage was available. OVERALL: This La Michoacana, located more inner city, was good. A five star rating could be had if pet tweety wasn't flying around and pooping. read more

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Updating my review because got to try new flavors and holy cow were they BOMB.COM. I get the hype now, I'm a believer. Highly recommend the strawberry crema and coffee ice cream sandwich. read more

Lots of refreshing, fruity paleta options here. I was surprised to find they also have ice cream by the scoop, ice cream sandwiches, chocobananas, and even Aguafrescas! I opted for an ice cream sandwich this time and was blown away. There are several flavors you can choose from including pistachio, strawberry, coffee, and vanilla. I have a feeling if you ask, the owner will probably make you a custom one with your choice of flavor. Mine was only 40 pesos (like $2 usd) and it was better than the ones at the Baked Bear in San Diego ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ read more

Home made ice cream by a local business. Try the coconut Crema , you will love it! We learned about it on a local walking tour and kept coming back because the ice cream is so good. read more

Enjoyed our ice cream stop here. Strawberry "popsicle" was good, and vanilla ice cream with chocolate and coconut was good. Cheap prices.

The best ice cream. Made every Thursday. Clean so so good promise you won't be disappointed

Such bomb paletas here. They have milk-based and fruit based. Leche/Milk based (22 pesos), which is like a dollar only! My favorite is Mamo flavor Fruita based $17pesos Favorite: mango with chili. parking: public underground parking structure by blue shrimp restaurant (20 pesos per hour) read more

12/28/16, 1/20/17 Somewhere beyond the wall is a small store, a kind soul, and frozen happiness--flavors of popsicles and ice cream that can't be found around here. I remember a time when I picked out the prettiest speckle-colored lick toy from the neat piles of rainbows and gemstones. I licked, closed my eyes, and left the earth for a brief moment, only knowing that the cold treat against my tongue was a taste of innocent joy, long lost. I remember licking faster and harder, racing against the hot sun who also pressed its warm lips against my popsicle, turning it into a mess of sticky sweet fruit essence and smearing it between my fingers. Time stood still as I concentrated on winning, but it was hard; kids ran along the cobblestone streets laughing and jumping, gleefully being gleeful, and sometimes I had to miss a few licks to just smile and think to myself what a beautiful place to live. We even passed a few stores where there were no adults to be seen--one where the cashier was just a small child with her even smaller brother, peering straight up at the sky at me, from the gap between two huge front teeth. Maybe someday the wall will fall, as it fell nearly 30 years ago, and we will be free to see our neighbors once more. That little girl and her littler brother would probably be all grown up, but that's okay; hopefully, they'll come over and open up a popsicle shop for us, selling rainbows and gemstones. 5/5 #mexico #puertovallarta #jalisco #popsicle #icecream #star read more

La Michoacana - The First Lady - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Puerto Vallarta, JAL

Great mom and pop shop selling paletas, agua fresca, and more. Make sure to get the mamè paleta, it's my favorite! They also have other great tropical flavors like coconut, mango, elote, passion fruit, etc. $17p for paletas with water and $22p for paletas made with milk. read more

Yaaaaaaaaas! Very good ice cream and popsicles(paleta) I would highly recommend then pistachio or coconut. They also have pistachio dipped in chocolate with coconut shavings it's to die for!! Large selection of flavors, made two ways. With water or with milk, both are very good! The ice cream is very good as well! Highly recommend if you are visiting. read more

Who doesn't like ice cream? If you are one of the few persons who does not like ice cream, then you should not visit this Paleteria when you are in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. If you like ice cream as I do, then most definitely drop by Paleteria La Michoacana. As other Yelpers have mentioned, they have plenty of flavors here for both their paletas (popsicles) and their ice cream. The folks here are terrific. We were able to sample many delicious ice cream flavors. I was very pleased with my choices!! 4 stars cause I am a fan!! read more

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20 pesos for aqua fresca! Best I had in PV. Had the limon mint and it was great! Would come back again

Oh how I love this place. Local place with yummy ice cream, tons of different flavors. They have flavors made with water and milk. The owner is super sweet. read more

La Michoacana - Pistachio 16 pesos - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Puerto Vallarta, JAL

This mom and pop shop is wonderful! We were recommended of this place by a taco tour. The ice cream sandwiches are great and the ice cream is homemade. read more

This is some great homemade ice cream, was it the best we have had in PV..I'd say a close second..(see my other review) but they have great lemonade also and it's for sure better than the chain ice cream shops along the way..stop in and grab a scoop!! read more

La Michoacana - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Puerto Vallarta, JAL

Always a favorite - kids loved it and it's an insta worthy rainbow Of fresh palatas - just go.

Awesome little place And mariscos el Guero is across the street stopped here for desert

A favourite paleteria of ours -- popsicles, ice cream bars, and ice cream -- all kinds, and so many flavours. We had never seen so many different kinds and flavours of popsicles and ice cream bars in any place until we stopped into this great little shop one evening on the way back to our hotel after dinner. Thoughts of a cool popsicle or ice cream bar sure sounded good for dessert on our walk. We were bombarded by the sights of so many to choose from, when we entered the first time, and really needed some help in making our choices. The salesperson was friendly and most-accommodating, gave us a "tour" of the various offerings, and really helped us to make our initial choices. The decision making became much-easier with subsequent visits! Some of the popsicles are even "hot" - spicy hot, that is!! All are very cool, and especially so on a warm evening walk after dinner. And for us (seniors), it was always fun to walk and enjoy a popsicle once again!! The ice cream bars, and including what we used to called 'dreamsicles' as kids, come in very many delicious flavours, and like the other offerings, are cool, but with the ice cream, more 'creamy & cool'. We've tried several flavours over the years, including some that include whole pieces of fresh fruit (bananas, strawberries, pineapple, mango, and etc.). For a cool treat during a walkabout, we really like this place and its offerings. And if you haven't enjoyed a really good popsicle in years, then this is 'the' place!! read more

An absolutely wonderful, family-run ice cream place. They have popsicles, "chocobanana"s, and ice cream. They have a lot of different flavors. The chocobanana is a frozen banana covered in chocolate and rolled in coconut shavings or nuts. We have liked everything we've tried so far! read more

La Michoacana - Chocobanana - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Puerto Vallarta, JAL

Way more than a refreshing palate cooler on a hot day in Vallarta! Their paletas (ice pops, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paleta) come in dozens of flavors, including some interesting tropical ones like guava, guanabana, jamaica/hibiscus, coconut, mango, lime, pineapple -- all containing abundant chunks of fresh fruit. It's family-run by owners Alfonso & Teresa, and they are really personable in welcoming you and introducing the various flavors. Alfonso had made the paletas fresh that morning, and also makes cream-based bars (some dipped in chocolate with nuts or granola), horchata, and more. As my parents and I enjoyed our paletas in the store, Alfonso chatted with us and shared recommendations of places to visit that are not so "touristy". My parents really enjoyed the relaxed and genuine conversation, as an escape from bustling and impersonal atmosphere of the Malecon Boardwalk. It's a beautiful corner store with a nice breeze, a perfect spot to take a moment to enjoy your surroundings and cool down! read more

Very good flavor variety and excellent service, it is also very clean and following covid 19 guidelines.

Best ice cream all homemade. Had a vanilla pop with chocolate and coconut. I get these back home in NYC at a local Mexican place. Always liked them but the ones here knocked me out! I had no idea... Highly recommended! read more

Every flavor of frozen popsicles you can imagine! Made with all fresh ingredients. Try the chocolate dipped ones.....soooo good. This is off the beaten path in a residential neighborhood. Life in small town Mexico. read more

My family and I stopped for paletas after dinner one evening. There is actually a lot of different flavors packed into the cases. I'm not usually a dessert person, but I do like fruit. The one i picked was very good and not overly sweet. read more

This place rules! The lady working the counter is like your friendly neighborhood abuelita, but she's got a ton of fresh paletas in flavors that will make any foodie's heart melt -- mango chile, pistachio, prune, guava, mamey, guayabana, coconut, etc. They're pretty cheap -- around $1 -- and worth every peso. Don't miss it! read more

Best paleta shop in all of Mexico. I have known the owners for 30 years! You MUST try this place. Ask for Don Alfonzo! He is is da man! All favors are superb! read more

So good! Fresh, homemade paletas in a ton of different flavors. Not touristy at all! I can't believe this isn't on Tripadvisor because this place is such a gem. We will be going back a lot while we are here! read more