On a whim, my friend and I decided to try Milkbomb when we noticed the line wasn't too long on a weekday evening. My friend warned me that Milkbomb often runs out due to popularity, but to our delight, there were still plenty of flavors left to choose from. On the day of our visit, two flavors caught my eye - adzuki bean and matchacado. Since this was my first visit, I couldn't pass up the opportunity to try the sando. (The only available "bun" was pan dulce.) Since the store was manned by a single employee who took orders and served ice cream, the overall ordering process seemed highly inefficient. This minor setback was quickly forgotten when I received my ice cream - the flavors were next-level. I could have done without the bun, but I'm glad I tried it. I'd definitely return for their ice cream! read more

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Lowkey overhyped... Milkbomb has been on my list for a while and was a bit underwhelming. There's normally a line. Luckily, we did not run into it. Also, it's a smaller space where you order at the door. I ordered the THAI and UBE ice cream in a ube sandwich. I liked the Ube flavor more than the Thai. I tried my friend's MANGO ice cream. Honestly, the one bite of my friend's mango ice cream made my experience a lot better. I'd recommend to order the Mango over Ube and Thai. Overall, the ice cream tasted good but nothing outstanding. The sandwich was kinda mid. It was very dry. I noticed that a lot of people have marshmallow fluff on their ice cream. They ran out but I wonder if that would've made my experience better. I probably won't be back in the future. If there's no line, I'd recommend you check it out and make your own opinion. If there's a line, I'd lowkey say it's not worth the wait. read more

Milkbomb Ice Cream - Ube and Thai - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Berkeley, California

She is mid The storefront is just that. A storefront. Only one accessible table to sit at outside with 2 high chairs. Not recommended for large groups unless you want to stand! Which is not bad but just a heads up. Employee taking orders was friendly, funny, and helpful with recommending and explaining flavors. Mango ice cream: yummy. Tastes like Magnolia ice cream (iykyk). Red bean ice cream: not great. Tastes like vanilla with red beans in it. Skip. Ube "donut": it's pan de sal. yummy pan de sal, but definitely not a donut! read more

Milkbomb Ice Cream - Ube "donut" sandwich with mango and red bean ice cream - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Berkeley, California

Milkbomb is FUN! I came here recently with a few friends and we thoroughly enjoyed their ice cream sandwiches. It was $7 for a scoop of ice cream (!) and $10 for an ice cream sandwich, so they're definitely trying to push customers toward buying the sandwich. Nevertheless, if you're hungry for a sweet treat, their ice cream sandwich hits the spot! I was impressed with the quality of the ice cream. The birthday cake flavor was festive and I adored the butter brickle flavor! Everyone in my group was happy with their ice cream. The staff were friendly, helpful, and efficient! No samples offered :( so come ready to make a decision! Overall, Milkbomb is a bit gimmicky, but a unique ice cream experience! You can't go wrong sharing one of their ice cream sandwiches. :) read more

Milkbomb Ice Cream - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Berkeley, California

Our son had been asking for donuts all day, and also loves ube and ice cream, so upon a quick dessert search on Yelp, Milkbomb was the obvious answer. It's strictly walk-up orders only and the menu is pretty straightforward. We went with the milkbomb sando, and you can pick one or two flavors of ice cream and then choose between an ube bread or a pan dulce. Obviously had to go with the ube bread, with ube ice cream and also fudge brownie to mix it up. Everything tasted delicious! We ate it with spoons to avoid the mess but would've been easier to bite the bread if you ate with your hands. It's definitely shareable but also not too ridiculously big to finish by yourself! read more

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This is really good! When I came they only had 3 flavors left, and they didn't sound too great, however, upon seeing the line and the reviews I decided to give it a shot. The Pandan and Corn flavors were surprisingly good! I would love to try the other flavors next time I'm in Berkeley! Unfortunately they do not offer samples so it was a shot in the dark for me. I'm sure I would like other flavors more! I can see the potential for my 5 star review here. read more

Milkbomb Ice Cream - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Berkeley, California

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The ice cream experience was good- but nothing exciting enough for me to return to. Had banana rocky road- and it was more like banana chocolate chip. Not at all what I would consider rocky road which is always loaded with things like chocolate, caramel and the like. Flavor profiles seemed weak in the ice creams- definitely not the loaded type flavor overload like Ben and Jerry' style flavors. But I liked the lemon my son had which was more like a sherbert. Would hope that a small boutique ice cream place made their own cones, but they do not. Overall not impressed for spending $25 on three cones for the fam. read more

Milkbomb Ice Cream - Outside - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Berkeley, California

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Parking in West Berkeley along Shattuck is always tough even on weekday nights. The shop is super small with no indoor seating and 2 tables for outdoor. There was about a 5-10min line when we arrived (5people in front but only 2-3 staff members working), but service was still really quick for us. Milk Bomb Sando $9 - We got (9.5/10) ube pandesal which was ube bread that was not too sweet and had a very nice chew to it. I liked that it was thin, so that each bite was a perfect ratio of bread to ice cream! Got it with half half ube and brazilian sweet corn ice cream. Single Scoop $6.5 - half half pumpkin spice and mocha almond fudge. Ice Cream Flavors: 9/10 Ube - Ube flavor was medium strong, but taste was a bit artificial. Still creamy and really good. 8.5/10 Brazilian Sweet Corn - Unique flavor that turned out to be solid. Corn taste was noticeable and not too sweet. 9/10 Mocha Almond Fudge - Coffee flavor was STRONG! I think it could've used more fudge for the sweetness to counter the bitterness of the coffee but maybe was just that scoop. 8.5/10 Pumpkin Spice - Flavor was a bit light on the pumpkin spice. Still pretty good though. read more

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The aesthetics of these ice cream sandos are certainly present and salient. The ice cream quality and choices are top notch! I got the peach and mango with the ube bread while my SO got the mint with strawberry swirl. The peach and mango ice creams are worth it and the taste was immaculate. The strawberry swirl and mint tasted as expected while the ube bread was a miss for us. It did not add anything entirely different to the taste that my SO ended up peeling it off of his ice cream. Verdict is to come for the fruit flavored ice cream, skip on the bread part. read more

Milkbomb Ice Cream - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Berkeley, California

Fast. Simple. Delicious. Choose- ice cream flavor donut sprinkles ENJOY! Customer service was fast and friendly! Street side parking, UGH!.... How bad do you want it? Lol Will I return? Yes. read more

Milkbomb Ice Cream - Ube pandesal with banana rocky road ice cream and chocolate pebbles - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Berkeley, California

I saw my friend had it so I came here to get it too. First of all, the guy working that day is absolutely helpful and cute!!!!! We ordered the ube bun. The ice cream itself is definitely good quality. It's so milky and sweet. The ube flavor is authentic and thick. We also got the banana rocky road as well. Again. It was milky and tasty. I personally didn't like the bun. The bun is rather lame. It's not tender enough nor crispy enough. And I could taste the plastic for some reason. I definitely recommend the ice cream here, maybe not the buns. I would recommend that they can toast it for 15 seconds. I will be back to try more things. read more

Milkbomb Ice Cream - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Berkeley, California

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Read reviews and saw pictures posted on Yelp before trying and was very skeptical but gave it try. I was pleasantly surprised at how good the ice cream tasted ! I like that the flavors rotate and look forward to trying more especially Toasted Almond which is my all time favorite. For this visit i had a split scoop of the butter brittle and the raspberry Oreo flavors. Both were excellent with chunks of Oreo cookie and brittle. This is my second best ice cream spot and I look forward to visiting again very soon !! read more

Milkbomb Ice Cream - Flavors of the day available - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Berkeley, California

Five stars for the ice cream and milk bomb (ie donut filled with ice cream, 4 stars for service--they are quite slow but are very nice, 1 star for the ambiance as it's right on university with homeless folks milling about and shouting right near the shop. The ice cream was so good. Both kids had mango sorbet and lemon sorbet--both were cool, refreshing and light. I had the Milkbomb which oddly even though it's their specialty, it's not even listed on their menu! It's a yeast raised donut that's been cut in half and filled with 2 scoops of ice cream, and then it's cut in half again so you can eat it like two sandwich halves. I had the cinnamon sugar donut with butter brickle and their version of cookies and cream, topped with some toasted fluff. It was so so so good. The donut was soft and fluffy and the ice cream was the right amount of meaty softness that you could easily bite through the donut and ice cream together. Granted some of the ice cream did squeeze out but it was so good regardless. No samples allowed but you can split scoops even the kid size! Will def be back if I'm in the area... read more

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I found the recommendation for this spot on Yelp and really glad I stopped in. They have an extensive menu of different ice cream flavors and toppings so my first thought is, what flavor of ice cream would go well with what topping I might choose. I was intrigued by the torched fluff option when I heard it was burnt marshmallow so I ended up getting the salted caramel thinking it would go well with marshmallow. My companion got chocolate - which I think would make it even more like s'mores. I thought the servers were very nice. They were patient with us going through the list of choices and even came by to check on us later. They have a few seats outside, very nice on a hot summer day! read more

Milkbomb Ice Cream - Ice cream with torched fluff - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Berkeley, California

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Love the rotating ice cream flavors, interesting flavor choices and all were tasty. We tried the ginger, marzipan, red bean, and pumpkin. The marzipan and ginger were especially flavorful. We got the ice cream sandwiches, the bread is very similar to a doughnut. The ratio of ice cream to bread is perfect, although it tastes best when eaten right away and the bread is still a little warm. Not a negative but just something to note - the sandwiches are pretty messy to eat, so grab napkins! read more

Milkbomb Ice Cream - Ube bread with marzipan and red bean, cinnamon sugar bread with pumpkin and ginger, and cinnamon sugar bread with marzipan and ginger. - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Berkeley, California

After some delicious hot pot, we needed something sweet and good to continue on out food adventure. Milkbomb did not disappoint. Like was not long, but we still waited about 15 so we could order. I let my husband order for me. The banana rocky road... yum!!! It came in a brioche bread.... Which was just that. My kids split a ube/ matchacado, which was also really delicious. We both topped it with toasted marshmallow fluff.. best idea ever!!! read more

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This place is great for a nice dessert to share after dinner! The picture definitely does not do it justice but this was so good. Service was nice and quick as well. There's not a lot of room inside so definitely be prepared to stand outside & eat! We got 1/2 strawberry & 1/2 Vietnamese coffee ice cream in a cinnamon sugar donut. Both flavors were so good and the donut was chewy and fresh. 10/10 recommend read more

Milkbomb Ice Cream - Strawberry & Vietnamese Coffee Ice cream in Cinnamon Sugar Donut - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Berkeley, California

Came here before it temporarily closed and wanted to leave a review! We got half matcha and strawberry in a sugared donut! The interior is clean and the service was quick! The ice cream flavors were really good! However, I think I prefer the ice cream without the donut personally, but it was a great experience as I've never tried anything like this! read more

Milkbomb Ice Cream - Matcha and Strawberry in Sugared Donut - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Berkeley, California

I was so excited to try a flavorful and colorful ice cream-donut sandwich based on the Yelp pics and descriptions. Each half had a donut-sized scoop of ice cream, though it looks like it's spread on from the top view. One half of mine was blue (Aqua Dreams) and the other half was light purple (Black Raspberry with Oreo). Also got the torched marshmallow "fluff" on one half just to try (they prorated the full "fluff" cost). I was a big fan of the look and more importantly taste of the entire concoction, but next time I'll probably pass on the rich glazed donut. Not normally a fan of blue ice cream, but the Aqua Dreams was excellent with a simple vanilla base (blue dye) with cookies and cream, chocolate chips cookies and brownie bits. The black raspberry Oreo was self-explanatory, read more

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I've been curious about this place for a while now. The pictures always looked bomb, so today we made the trek out after meeting up with some friends. I felt like l had to get the milkbomb sando since that is one of the most popular items. It was made up of bread with a sugar coating. They had a good menu of ice cream flavors. After taking a few bites, I felt like the bread was a little much for me. It made it feel heavy. The ice cream tasted good though. I tried the banana rocky road and pumpkin spice. It was really good. I would come back again to try some more ice cream. read more

Milkbomb Ice Cream - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Berkeley, California

Super cute bun and the cashier was super helpful in helping us pick flavors too. I'm glad we could split the flavors because we wanted to try more but couldn't decide but the birthday cake was sooo yum read more

Milkbomb Ice Cream - Ube bun with split flavors - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Berkeley, California

I highly recommend doing the milkbomb sandwich. I had the concha with lemon custard and hojicha ice creams. My dad had the glazed donut with lemon custard and lychee ice creams. Both were delicious! read more

Milkbomb Ice Cream - Milkbomb sandwich with lemon custard and hojicha ice creams, in a concha - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Berkeley, California

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Well, the concept is interesting and unique. It's though a bit heavy (Ice Cream + Donut) for light hearted people . It's for sure delicious but again too much! It's worth try at least once! IceCreams are though very rich and delicious. I'd recommend toasted almonds and double chocolate and mango. It's just a grab and good place with no indoor BTW, it's coming with whole donut and split in two so 1 order should serve enough for two! Service is annoyingly slow and you'll see always a line there, perhaps that's part of the marketing anyways I don't appreciate it. read more

Milkbomb Ice Cream - MilkBomb (toasted almond/banana) with gummies - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Berkeley, California

Thanks Milkbomb for a tasty birthday treat! I wanted an ube dessert for my birthday so my mom and I came here after dinner. Unfortunately, they were out of ube. Even though I was a little bummed my beloved ube wasn't available, the day's menu had some great flavors that I wanted to try. As a fan of both peppermint and any ice cream with cookies (pieces or dough), I figured I couldn't go wrong with peppermint and aqua dreams. Blue is also my favorite color and rarely do I see blue ice cream. I got both those flavors in a cinnamon donut and OMG, it was the bomb.com! I've also never seen or had a donut ice cream sandwich before. My mom got a donut as she thought tonight was a cold night for ice cream. As for me, it's NEVER too cold for ice cream, LOL! They are card and takeout only. Hours are limited but they keep them up to date on Yelp. The woman who helped us was very patient with our questions. I didn't want to take a star off for not having ube because it could be a popular flavor, expensive, or difficult to find. Fortunately, the flavors I got were excellent and I look forward to trying some of their other ones in the future. Milkbomb powers that be, please have ube!! read more

Milkbomb Ice Cream - Cinnamon donut stuffed with peppermint and aqua dreams ice cream - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Berkeley, California

Flavors are listed on an opaque board so you can't actually see any of the ice creams. Also, no samples. Not a dealbreaker for me since I usually know what flavor I want and tasting a sample doesn't change that for me. Their recommended is the sandwich (and that's what all the photos are of). It looks good but I normally just crave ice cream itself. I ended up getting a waffle cone with banana rocky road. HIGHLY RECOMMEND. It's probably one of the few times that the banana tastes like real banana and not flavored. Will come back to try some other flavors, the ube was calling out to me. Store is a little small but coming in during off hours we didn't have to wait very long to be served (and service was friendly!). read more

Let me start by saying this place is frikn the bomb. I had an itinerary list of things I wanted to do while tripping around Berkeley with the fam. It's a really small little spot right next to McDonald's as we arrive it was quite hard to find parking I must of drove around three times before find a parking place lol it was meant to visit. As we walked up there was a small line waited about ten minutes or so but definitely well worth the wait. I had a milkbomb sandwich with ube and strawberry ice cream in a concha omg it was so amazing the flavors blended so well together and it tastes so good wish the conchas were a little bigger. The kids got a single scoop and a mint Oreo with vanilla milkbomb concha. The guy who helped us out was very sweet and nice very helpful with the menu I will definitely be coming back to try more. read more

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Had the azuki bean and it was creamy, quite sweet, but it didn't feel special. It was a bit pricey for the scoop. It's nice that there is a creamery in the area with asian flavors but I'm not sure I'd go out of my way unless I really want some specific flavor ice cream. read more

Worth trying but probably would not pay $9 for ice cream between bread again. Points for lots of flavor options. Quick service, minimal outside seating. read more

Milkbomb Ice Cream - Milkbomb Sando (chocolate fudge + ube) - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Berkeley, California

Saturday night on a Berkeley football game and decently busy. The employees are pretty friendly and keep the line moving. So many delicious flavors to choose from, and ways to have your ice cream. There isn't much to be said that hasn't been said already. 10/10 will return. read more

Milkbomb Ice Cream - Banana rocky road and horchata ice cream inside Ube pan de sal. - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Berkeley, California

I've made it my personal goal to bring all of my friends to try milkbomb at least once. I brought two first-timers in the past week. Person 1: "Damn. Okay this is good." Person 2: "it can't be THAT good can it?" ...He left buying an entire pint after finishing his scoop. Milkbomb is continuing to hold up as my favorite ice cream place. Nothing beats it. read more

Milkbomb Ice Cream - Strawberry - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Berkeley, California

Super good, especially if you get the non-popular flavors. The main items here are cake flavored and then the main sando (which you should 100% get) is covered in sugar. I went with the Pandan and Lychee with the Ube sando and it had a great balance of not being too sweet and having a super unique texture on the sando and good flavors on the ice cream. It's pricey but can be split two ways with your date read more

Milkbomb is the bomb! Delicious ice cream, donut sandwiches and more!! I loved the variety of ice cream flavors. Their ice cream is sweet, creamy and packed with goodies. I enjoyed my split scoop of matcha cookie and peanut butter oreo. Torched Donut ice cream sandwiches! We ordered two and they were delicious. Cinnamon sugar donut filled with two ice cream flavors, toooed with marshmallow fluff and torched in front of you. Very good!! read more

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Food - 5 Service - 5 Value - 4 Great place to get some unique flavors. I tried the milkbomb with mint cookie and ube ice cream in the ube pandesal. The ice cream was full of flavor and it was a good ratio of ice cream to pandesal. The pandesal was great to hold the ice cream and it was relatively easy to eat the milkbomb without ice cream gushing out and making a huge mess! Staff was friendly and patient in explaining to me the choices. read more

This is one of my favorite ice cream establishments, hands-down. Nothing beats cold ice cream sandwiched between a warm donut!! I'll stop by Milkbomb ever chance I get when I'm around the area. Service can be a little slow, but totally worth the wait!! read more

Milkbomb Ice Cream - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Berkeley, California

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Great for a late night snack! We ordered the peanut butter cup and coffee milkbomb with glazed bun and it was so yummy. There are so many flavor options, so I will definitely be trying a different combo next time. read more

Milkbomb Ice Cream - Peanut butter cup + coffee milkbomb sando with glazed bun - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Berkeley, California

Good to try if you're in the area, but it's not worth prioritizing. Milkbomb's been in my bookmark for the past 2 years, but they're never open when I'm in the area. For my 3rd attempt to visit Milkbomb, I made my bf kill time with me for 3 hours (after meeting my friends for lunch) just so we can try out Milkbomb. Hopefully, they will be able to extend their hours in the future. No regrets visiting/waiting, but I don't think it's worth the hype. We ordered their ice cream donut (split flavor) since that seems to be the most popular option, and of course, we added the "fluff" - which is pretty much toasted marshmallow. The flavors we chose were ube + matcha cookie. There were definitely "no air in the ice cream" as the owner indicated in his response for previous reviews. My bf didn't like that the ice cream was a bit too hard (doesn't blend in well with the donut). The ube and matcha cookie flavor blends in well with the fluff, but neither one stood out when I tried it by itself. It felt like maybe the ice cream needed to be thawed a bit more? We did arrive before they were opened, placed our order right on the dot, and ate our donut ice cream right in front of the store. We chose the brioche since we were worried that the ice cream would be too sweet (they aren't btw, it's perfect sweetness), but I wonder if I would've had better experience with Milkbomb without the donut. The brioche buns were disappointing. Too dry and not soft enough - I was expecting more, but I mean it makes sense because they're not a donut shop. I threw half of my half of the brioche away. Is the fluff worth it as an add-on? Yes - according to my bf, that was the only thing he liked, the rest was "just ok". Imo, the fluff by itself doesn't taste that good, but I do like the texture it adds to the ice cream when you bite it together. Overall, I've had better ice-cream at same price-point, hence the 3-stars. I'm sure it would've tasted better when it's thawed a bit more though. read more

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Located in downtown Berkeley, parking is difficult to find especially when there's a CAL football game so just a heads up. My husband and I came to this place when they opened at 5pm so there wasn't a line. They do offer a variety of ice cream, toppings, and what they are known for are ice cream inside a donut. I got the double scoop of cookie cream and my husband got an ube ice cream in a donut. The scoops are pretty massive that it can be shared with two people. The flavors are pretty good here and the donut that my husband had was nice and fresh. I would say that this place is good to try once for the hype, but other than that there's nothing really special about it. read more

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If you're looking for a sweet treat that will blow your taste buds away, look no further than Milkbomb Ice Cream. Ice cream inside of hot fluffy donuts....what more can you say? I ordered the Oreo cookie ice cream inside a classic cinnamon n sugar donut and loved it! The donut was super soft and warm. The contrast with the ice cream is the best part and they know it lol. The chunks of Oreo cookies were huge too. The inside is tiny, but they do have a few small tables to eat outside on the sidewalk. There was a short line but it moved pretty fast. Hopefully, they can get their TV menu's finished, as I'm sure it will help with customers ordering faster. With so many flavor combo's to create, I'll be back to try another masterpiece. read more

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This is a gem if an ice cream shop! Every flavor is Homemade and delicious!! They have a few staples and rotating seasonal flavors. None of them are overly sweet. Staff is also very friendly and helpful. I felt well taken care of during my ice cream experience. Look no further for and yummy sweet treat especially after a nice meal! read more

Milkbomb Ice Cream - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Berkeley, California

Love this place!! I first discovered them a few years back. Unfortunately, the hours don't always work with my schedule but I was happy to see them on doordash. Yay! I do hope that their employee (maybe owner?) who is a single father battling cancer is doing well. I wish him well wishes every time I drive past. If you haven't been here, I highly recommend you try it. It's a great treat. read more