Great neighborhood ice cream shop!! Very sweet and friendly staff, too! So glad we have such an awesome location to get ice cream in our neighborhood. read more

Your story is charming, Becky. I, too, love those places that bring back pleasant childhood memories. However, I shudder to think how much Styrofoam Scoops has delved out to our landfills over the decades. I have asked them to consider using something much more friendly to the health of our kids and environment. To date, I have not seen any action take. A note on Styrofoam: the EPA has identified it as a hazardous waste and possible human carcinogen, not to mention that it does not break down in the environment and go away -- ever. And kills wildlife (including birds) to boot by plugging up their digestive systems. Just something to think about while you and your kids, grandkids, etc., bury your faces in a bowl of Scoops ice cream. http://www.earthresource.org/campaigns/capp/capp-styrofoam.html read more

Find another ice cream shop! Today my wife ordered the dreamcicle frozen yogart and it had a musty taste - perhaps the machine had not been properly cleaned out. We ask the employee if we could trade it out for something else and he said no as she had already taken a bite. PS how would she have know how it tasted had she not tasted it? And were they going to re-sell it if she hadn't? Pass it up and go elsewhere. read more

It was too bad this place had awful service because the idea of an old-fashioned ice cream store is really charming. I went here with my parents one evening after dinner (I'm an adult). My mother ordered the soft-serve frozen yogurt they had, took one bite (when she took it out to the table) and told us it didn't taste good, it tasted like it wasn't good for consumption. My father took it back inside and discretely told the attendant it didn't taste quite right. He then asked if we could simply swap it with another scoop of ice cream. We were told that once you take a bite, the store cannot do anything. So, our "fun evening" was thwarted by my mother's nasty ice cream that the store refused to address. If you went to a restaurant, took one bite of your chicken and determined it tasted funny, you'd simply swap it out for something else. However, at a store with 20+ gallons of ice cream, swapping out one scoop is simply not that easy. Skip the charm and head to DQ or Culver's, or drive to Izzy's or Sebastian Joes. When a customer has a full cup of ice cream they can't eat, pretty sure they're not trying to scam you. We left the ice cream with the attendant and departed. Our ice cream adventure was disappointing and this business is operated poorly. Unfortunate service and management, which is surprising for a local business. read more

It is with great pleasure that I review Scoops. I have lived in Bloomington for well over 10 years, but for whatever reason never had the chance to try this gem! They serve a variety of ice cream flavored - I know they feature Sebastian Joe's ice cream, and I think they also have another brand as well. I know another reviewer suggested that you should have a certain opinion of them since they use Sebastian Joe's, which to me is a bit like saying you should not use the iTunes Store because they don't make the music themselves. It's true - if you are looking for a brand new maker of ice cream then you will be disappointed. But Sebastian Joe's is delicious, with really unique flavors that remind me of a sort-of Midwest Ben and Jerry's (try the Nicollet Pot Hole!). And Scoops seems to carry a greater variety than the actual Sebastian Joe's does! So if you are in the area - perhaps coming back from hitting a bucket of balls or playing some mini-golf at Dred Scot playfields across the way, or else in true Minnesotan style deciding to defy -20 degree cold by eating ice cream and yelling "Is that the best you can do?!?", come check this place out! The cost is reasonable, the servers helpful, and the ice cream delicious. Can't make up your mind? Try one of their samplers! And check out the celebrity signature gallery they've got up on the walls! read more

Oh, how I wanted to like this place. It has charm. It has variety. It is local. But, alas, there also seems to be an issue with cleanliness as I found a HAIR in my ice cream. Barf. Never going back and I'd recommend you never try it. read more

Like the diner style Archie and Jughead type of malt shops? (I guess I am dating myself)! This place has the black and white floor tiles and a juke box. kids and adults love this place. Scoops serves Sebastian Joe's ice creams. Baleys and the raspberry chocolate chip are my fav. read more

My kids and I have always loved this place and usually stop there after playing mini golf across the street. I'd give 5 stars except for a bad experience this weekend: I ordered a cup of Peanut Butter Cup ice cream and instead of the usual vanilla ice cream with chunks of the candy (like most ice cream places serve), it was a super rich chocolate ice cream with peanut butter mixed in. Not what you'd usually expect and way, way too thick and sweet. I commented to the employee that this was not what I expected and it in fact was pretty gross. She offered to make me something else. After she handed the new flavor to me and I had already tried it, the other girl behind the counter insisted that I pay for the replacement ice cream. Our group indicated that the first employee had offered to replace the first item because it was bad but the second employee insisted that I pay "again". I'm not upset about being out another $3.50 but I'm mad that this employee just gave Scoops a black eye in front of out entire group. read more