The Grape Nut flavor is my absolute favorite. I also love when they have rice Krispy treat anything! I have had a ton of their scoops and the only flavor I have ever not liked was Burnt Caramel. I always make sure to take visitors here! read more

I've heard folks raving about this place for years, so finally decided to swing by and try it out. First off, must say I'm a bit of a skeptic regarding specialty ice cream shops: with one exception (a now-defunct "frozen custard" shop in Friendswood, Texas of all places, where you could see the super-dense/rich stuff glacially oozing out of the machine, and one milkshake's worth of it kept me full for the rest of the day!) I have yet to find any that are significantly better than ordinary Haagen Daz from a supermarket. In fact, most ice cream parlour ice creams aren't even as good, while costing orders of magnitude more than supermarket H-D! Toscanini's is close to equal to H-D in my book...and mainly for the fact that they offer some truly unusual and original flavors: we had the Mango Sticky Rice, Burnt Caramel, and Kulfi. My friend who enjoyed the first one the most, quickly tired of the second, and the third was my favorite by far, mainly because I love cardamom and saffron so much. I was somewhat conflicted with the Burnt Caramel...first taste was delightful, but halfway through the novelty faded away for the most part. We both appreciated that the ice cream was not hyper-sweet like JP Licks, though. HOWEVER, the extreme creaminess, density, and dry mouth-feel of H-D was just not there, as usual. I'd describe the texture of Toscanini's ice cream to be fairly ordinary, like a typical soft/smooth gelato texture. Not bad, but not anything I would really write home about. YMMV of course. Otherwise, service was good and the place is clean and pleasantly modern inside, with 3 nice new steel benches to sit at outside. The benches are curiously turned AWAY from the street, I suppose to foster more of a "communal" vibe and people-watching opportunities. I've walked by during peak hours and seen it quite full, so this place clearly is still quite popular. At $8.25 for 3 scoops (albeit fairly generous sized scoops) of oh, 8 out of 10 ice cream, I don't see myself ever becoming a regular here despite the undeniably interesting/unique flavors, unless I came mainly for the people-watching opps on a nice weather day. read more

I am not a huge ice cream or sweet guy, but I will partake in so if dragged to a place after an event. Menu is huge here and I decided to try the Matcha in a small cup and it was great and perfect size. Would try more in future. read more

Toscanini's Ice Cream - Matcha - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Cambridge, Massachusetts

Really good ice cream spot in Cambridge. They offer a variety of flavors-both classic and original. You can sample flavors as well. I got a small with one scoop of cookie dough and one scoop of nocciola (hazelnut). Both were creamy and very flavorful. Sprinkles are free as well so I was excited. They have plenty of seating and free newspapers to read so it was fun. Service was fast and they were friendly too. Definetely check this place out!! read more

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What a delightful scoop of flavor. What an amazing selection to choose from! I was there on an unseasonably hot day, and let me tell you, so was everybody else... but the folks behind the counter worked with consideration and as efficiently as possible, and it wasn't too long of a wait to get a scoop of chocolate to enjoy outside. It's a shame I don't live close by and can regularly return. I've heard their seasonal flavors are incredible, and I'm even envious of those who are able to sample the whole collection as stands. Worth going regularly or for a one off. Good ice cream is a joy to experience. read more

I absolutely love ice cream and I've been very into finding places with interesting flavors- which is here. Their menu is ridiculous and so creative. I got the goat cheese brownie and the B3 which were incredible. I can't stop thinking about the goat cheese brownie I might need to go pick up a pint. The texture of the ice cream was very natural vs processed. It's expensive but pretty in line with Boston prices. read more

This place has too many interesting flavors-that's my big complaint, lol! I tried. The B3 (which tasted outrageous) & ultimately had the crunchy peanut butter chocolate, but everything looked amazing. The employees were friendly and helpful and the place was clean and pretty. I would go back here A LOT, but I'd be 1000 pounds! read more

Came to Toscanini's on one of the hottest day's of the summer - ultimately satisfied and wished I had another day to try more flavors. Toscanini's has 2 locations, each with different rotating flavors. This one on First Street advertised a Spicy BBQ flavor, and I just had to go try it. The inside is very spacious with light wood walls and concrete flooring - very industrial/home-improvement-big-box-warehouse vibes. At the counter were several teens/young 20-somethings chatting amongst themselves. We were helped shortly after perusing the huge list of flavors. Whoever helped us allowed us to try a bunch of flavors. We tried: - Spicy BBQ - SUPER spicy, be forewarned. Definitely an interesting flavor, but personally could not handle an entire scoop of it. - Tahini - strong sesame flavor, but also a little plain We ended up ordering: - B3 - browned butter, caramely notes. This is their signature flavor. - Orange dark chocolate - although I didn't detect any orange, this was still a yummy chocolate flavor - French vanilla - basic for the SO's plain taste buds - Salty caramel - SO's go-to is caramel so this was a no-brainer for him Checking the website's flavor menu now, I really wished I was there to try their Miso Peanut Butter! Will definitely have to return if we're ever here in Boston! read more

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I had a great experience at Toscanini's, the ice cream was amazing, the flavors were awesome and the cherry on top was that Toscanini's has wonderful, owners who made me feel right at home! read more

Toscanini's is a creamy located in Cambridge and they make all their ice cream from scratch. And this creamy has very unique flavors! I had half Pistachio and half Milo Godzilla, which I highly recommend! The ice cream consistency was smooth and velvety. They give free samples if you ask for them. Will be back again! read more

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So good! We got the milo, malt cookies and cream, and I forgot the name of it but it was like a vanilla base with grape nuts. The shop had a few tables and had a modern look. The people at the counter were really nice and answered all our questions. You were allowed to taste test. The malt cookies and cream was my favorite! It had oreo cookies that created different texture to the ice cream. The milk was good but I felt it was average since it was basically chocolate. The grape nut one was better than I thought it was gonna be. read more

Toscanini's Ice Cream - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Cambridge, Massachusetts

The best ice cream on the planet, truly. A Cambridge institution, and exceeds the hype. Everything from the basics--Belgian chocolate, vanilla bean--to specialty flavors like Burnt Caramel, B3, and Vienna Finger Cookie. The hot fudge is also amazing. read more

Ordered burnt sugar flavor with sugar cone in chilly afternoon. I liked the first bite but it was pretty bitter after first bite lol they have small seating areas but it's uncomfortable high chair setting. I recommend to do take out and enjoy walking on mass ave with ice cream on your hand! read more

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It's great that you get to sample the flavors. I went with the smallest size of earl grey and it was sooooo goood. Great flavor if you like earl grey. And the smallest size was plenty for me read more

Mediocre ice cream and service. Came here on a Saturday night and there was some street parking. When though there were only like 4 people in front of me, the workers were somewhat slow and inefficient and it took about 10 minutes. There are tables inside but I wasn't sure if I parked in a handicapped parking spot on the street so I thought it would be best to get back to my car and eat the ice cream in my car. I got a large which is up to three flavors but I didn't think it was very large as the serving size was fairly small. For a few dollars more I could've gotten twice as much in a pint. I got the burnt caramel, green tea, and rice crispy treat flavors. The burnt caramel is interesting but the bitter burnt taste was a bit much and definitely got old after a few bites - if they could tone down the burnt taste a little bit, this would be much better. The green tea tasted fine but unimpressive, to be honest I think that Haagen Dazs matcha green tea ice cream from the grocery store blows this one out of the water. The rice crispy treat flavor was very unique and good. I typically like smooth ice cream without any toppings inside but the soggy crispy rice went very well with the buttery marshmallow flavored creamy ice cream. Maybe I should've tried some of the more Indian flavors like the mango sorbet as there were lots of Indians inside that seemed to be enjoying themselves and many of the flavors seemed to have an Indian background. Overall, I was not impressed and my expectations were somewhat disappointed. read more

Lots of different options to choose from. Only dairy free option they offered was mango sorbet. It wasn't anything special so didn't order. Best one we had was the chocolate & orange. Would order that again. We were told this place was a must try while we were in town and I don't agree with the hype. Nothing really social other than they offer some unique options. Ambiance was good. Clean and friendly. read more

I've made it my personal mission to try as many ice cream places as possible in the Cambridge/Somerville area and a bunch of people had recommended Toscanini's. We came on the Monday of a long weekend; Kendall Square was a ghost town. Even so, Toscanini's had some busy foot traffic. I went with the grapenut raisin and cookies and cream. The grapenut had some intense cereal taste, possibly the best rendition of this flavor I've had. Same with the strawberry that my husband got. It was such a concentrated hit of strawberry with a nice pale pinkish color. Three samples per customer. A bench outside and some seating inside, including a massive table facing their kitchen, where you get to watch someone assemble their ice cream cakes. Their flavor menu has so many creative options, including goat cheese brownie, burnt honey gojuchang, kulfi. You can't go wrong either being a little boring or trying something more adventurous. read more

Toscanini's came as a high recommendation to me, so I went out of my to stop by in Cambridge to try it. They definitely offer a nice variety of flavors, so I wanted to sample different ones. The staff seemed a bit irritated that I asked for multiple samples, even though there was no line. One of the flavors I tried was B3, and once I did I knew I had to get a double scoop of that. B3 has HUGE chunks of soft brownie inside, and the brown sugar flavor throughout the ice cream is excellent and very rich. Very deep in flavor, I highly recommend B3! read more

Toscanini's Ice Cream - B3 - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Cambridge, Massachusetts

Their Goat cheese and Earl grey ice cream is delicious. A little bit on the sweeter side but nice and creamy. I would say they have a big space but not as much seating. I'm assuming that's because they wanted to leave room for when there is a line of people. One of the better ice cream spots in the Boston area. read more

Toscanini's Ice Cream - Goat cheese ice cream - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Cambridge, Massachusetts

Heard really good reviews about this place. So came here at night on 4th of July to celebrate after fireworks. Really fresh and creamy ice cream. I really loved it for sure. Had to get that B3! Such Large brownie bits in, It was beautiful! And such a beautiful combination with that whole brown butter and brown sugar thing going on. Definitely could have finished three scoops of this! Cookie dough ice cream was nice as well. read more

Toscanini's Ice Cream - B3 Ice Cream - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Cambridge, Massachusetts

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I am a huge Toscanini's fan. I enjoy the abundance of filing they include in their original and creative flavors. However, my experience this time was disappointing and not typical based on my part experiences. I door dashed two pints of B3, the most delicious flavor with huge chunks of brownie throughout. This time, one pint had only one piece of brownie and the other had three. This is a far cry from my experiences in the past where it was impossible to take a spoonful without a piece of brownie in it. This was extremely disappointing, especially since I hadn't had this treat in a while. read more

Toscanini's Ice Cream - B3... but no brownies in sight! - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Cambridge, Massachusetts

I visited Toscanini's for the first time on Saturday afternoon around 3 pm. There was thankfully no line and the staff was ready to help us with our orders. They allow for samples and I was able to try the Banana Fluff (just tasted like frozen bananas) before settling on a small cup of both Burnt Caramel and Orange Creamsicle. The Burnt Caramel was the stronger of the two flavors, almost tasting a bit like coffee. The Orange Creamsicle had a brightness that you don't usually get in an ice cream. There was plenty of open seating both inside and outside the store. There is also two single stall bathrooms available in the hallway behind the cashier. It was a nice touch that they had water cups available next to a water dispenser on one of the counters. Overall, I had a wonderful experience and hope to visit again soon. Note that they do add free sprinkles to any ice cream order! read more

Love Toscanini's! I've been here a lot in the past (and sorry no photo - I ate all the ice cream before I remembered to take a photo). They have so many unique flavors and each time I come back there's a new flavor on their menu that I need to try. Today it was the goat cheese honey walnut ice cream. If you're bold and like goat cheese, this flavor was so good! Other flavors I love: green tea (matcha), early grey, pistachio read more

Awesome. B3 was best among three we tried. We tried b3, burnt caramel, kulfi. We reached at closing time so there was no queue. This is definitely a must try place for all ice cream lovers. read more

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The quality of the ice cream is really good. They have quite a few unique flavors, which I have not come across in other ice cream joints. The flavors.are quite rich. One of the best ice cream I have had. read more

Delicious ice scream. I tried a churro and drunken cherry once and I was delirious after having it. It seem like it was temporal flavor because I came back like a week later for it and it was gone. Please bring drunken cherry back!!! read more

Pretty much hands-down the best ice cream I've ever had in my life. I had the "B3" since it was advertised as a customer favorite. It's browned butter, brown sugar and brownies. It's ridiculous. But I couldn't stop there. I also had the chocolate number three: dark, bitter sweet chocolate that's outrageously creamy. All of this in a small size... which is basically two decent sized scoops. I tasted the salted caramel and rice crispy treat flavors. Both out of this world. I'll say it again. Best damn ice cream ever had. read more

Toscanini's Ice Cream - B3 and chocolate #3 - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Cambridge, Massachusetts

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Toscanini's was recommended by a friend and it was fantastic! I was already excited by the flavors listed online, particularly excited to see kulfi as it is rare in a scoop shop! It exceeded my high expectations in both texture and flavor. They had many other enticing flavors with lots of creativity in flavor and texture. Their seasonal flavors were also delicious, but I opted for my second scoop to be Chocolate Pudding which had a smooth chocolate flavor and the most creamy texture that reminded me of origin Jell-O pudding pops from the 80s. My friend tried the passion fruit which had a light carmel to it and was a bold, refreshing flavor. Staff was so helpful and friendly, offering recommendations and samples, and the location was super inviting and simple yet fun. Great experience, and highly recommend as an ice cream afficianado! read more

Toscanini's Ice Cream - Passion fruit and Kulfi scoops - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Cambridge, Massachusetts

The cold temperatures didn't stop me from getting ice cream. Small (2 scoops) $5.75 - perfect size as the ice cream is super creamy and thick. Banana Bourbon - I love banana ice cream and this did not disappoint. It's basically B3 base but with banana and bourbon. The banana flavor comes through first with an aftertaste of the bourbon. I actually wished the bourbon didn't come through as much. Because of the alcohol content, the ice cream isn't as thick. Cookie Dough - I'm normally not a fan of cookie dough but I really enjoyed this. The cookie dough pieces were the perfect size because you didn't need a lot of ice cream with each bite. read more

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Decent ice cream, but since I always compare ice cream to bi-rite, I have to say this falls short by quite a bit. The espresso lemon barely even tasted like coffee. Can't say I was too impressed by this place. read more

I've been wanting to try this place, and I'm glad I was able to stop in. So many interesting flavors, but I had to go with the salted caramel. Sweet and salty with a smooth consistency. It fulfilled my ice cream craving and was wishing I got a bigger size! Check this place out if you are in the Cambridge area! read more

Toscanini's Ice Cream - Small Salted caramel! - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Cambridge, Massachusetts

This place is amazing!! I always can't decide between the hazelnut and green tea ice cream here. Both are flavorful and give a different satisfaction to your sweet tooth. I went with the hazelnut and it was perfect. The prices are fair for the quality of ice cream you are getting. They also allow you to sample some of the flavors and the workers are very patient and friendly. They have a giant table at the end and a couple of tables on the other side as well as a bench outside. There is metered street parking. read more

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Every time we're in the city, we make it a point to stop by this place for dessert. It's become a tradition for us, and honestly, we can't imagine our trips to Cambridge without it. The best part is it's open late, so after a satisfying meal at any restaurant nearby, we always end up here for a sweet treat. This place truly serves some of the best ice cream you can find around Cambridge. The quality and variety are just unmatched. Each visit, I try a different flavor, and I'm never disappointed. It's a hit with everyone in my family--there's something for everyone, and it's always a crowd-pleaser. If you're an ice cream lover, this spot should be on your list. read more

The B3 is sooo flavorful and smoooth! Their micro portion is just the right amount so you don't get overwhelmed. read more

Toscanini's Ice Cream - Earl grey and B3 - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Cambridge, Massachusetts

My first time here did not disappoint! The ice cream was so delicious and fresh. I tried the B3 and the tahini flavors on a waffle cone. Both amazing!! The flavors also change often so be sure to check the site for any updates. I definitely will be returning and taking friends with me! read more

Toscanini's Ice Cream - B3 and the tahini - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Cambridge, Massachusetts

Came in excited to try the much-hyped ice cream. The Burnt Caramel and Goat Cheese Brownie were fantastic -- chewy texture, rich legit flavors. Definitely a 5 for the ice cream itself. But the service was a huge letdown. Staff were indifferent, blasé, and offered exactly one flavor to sample -- which feels stingy given the creativity of the menu. The lack of enthusiasm completely deflated the experience. 5 stars in the cup, 1 star behind the counter. Sadly, it averages out to a 3. read more

Creamy Delicious Light Not too rich Creative flavor Polite staff Winning ice cream for sure! read more

Toscanini's Ice Cream - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Cambridge, Massachusetts

We stopped here on a hot Saturday afternoon after craving something cold and fresh, and were very thrilled by this ice cream shop! The shop itself is pretty simple, with a few tables to eat at and a kitchen in the back for workers to make their ice cream cakes (which also look delicious). There were a ton of unique flavors available for us to try, and after having a couple samples from the kind staff, we decided to get a size small cup with B3 and Vienna Finger Cookie flavors which complemented each other perfectly. Each ice cream flavor was so rich and decadent, with chunks of other goodies (brownies, cookies, etc.) inside which elevated it to another level. read more

Toscanini's Ice Cream - B3 and Vienna Finger Cookie flavored ice cream - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Cambridge, Massachusetts

They make, hands down, the best ice cream I've had in the U.S. I like their various tea flavors (earl gray, matcha), and recall liking their famed B3. It's rich, unctuous, and just the right amount of sweetness. Most people get it in cups (small comes with 2 flavors), but they accommodate for the smaller volumn of ice cream if you ask for a sugar cone (by piling more on top in what resembles a sky-scraper of cream) - at least my server did when I got the French vanilla and Raspberry. My husband liked his pinapple-flavored mai thai mocktail. The only con is their burnt caramel - a friend recommended it to us as his favorite. To me it tasted like licking rubber (my husband agreed). I don't come to Boston without stopping at Toscanini's. read more

Toscanini's Ice Cream - Flavors of Toscanini ice cream. - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Cambridge, Massachusetts

We were looking for great ice cream and our friend suggested that we try Toscanini's. I'm glad we took their suggestion! They are awesome. I had green tea and sweet cream. Green tea is one of my favorite flavors, and this was one of the best. My daughter had Michigan cookie crumble and my friend had two of the day's sorbet flavors. Everything was fantastic and the people working there are great. Our ice cream desires were met and exceeded. Yum! read more

Toscanini's Ice Cream - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Cambridge, Massachusetts