I've been a loyal customer to this place since I was in grade school. I can't count how many times I went to the Skokie location with my friends as a kid. I was so sad to hear when the Skokie location closed but im happy this one is still open and thriving! My go-to order is a green tea bubble shake with tapioca. Nothing beats it for me. I ordered a shake over the weekend and it literally tastes the same from 15+ years ago. Pure nostalgia for me. I may be a little biased cause I'm filipino (hehe). But all their other ice cream flavors are bomb too!!! read more

Village Creamery - Green tea bubble shake - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Niles, Illinois

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Time to update the review since it's been 7 years. What can I say, it still reighs supreme. By far the best ice cream ever. I do not taste the sugar from commercial ice creams. The flavours are exquisite. My favourites are ube, avocado , durian, cantaloupe and the pomelo sherbet. read more

Village Creamery - Plenty of yummy flavors to take home in various sizes! - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Niles, Illinois

I love Village Creamery. I come here and always get their Ube flavored ice cream. It's nice to have a Filipino ice cream parlor in the city that offers your traditional Filipino ice cream flavors along with some traditional American Flavors. What are Filipino flavors you ask? Well there is my go to which is the ube. Ube is part of the sweet potato family but it's deep purple in color. It's sweet and somewhat nutty and it is truly making its name out there right now, especially in Chicago. They also have buko pandan - a coconut flavor, and cheese and corn. Yes you read that right - but don't knock it til you try it! The ice cream shop is small and they only have a few small tables and chairs available, so it's not great for large groups. Samples are available so if you are not sure about a flavor, don't be scared to ask to try it. Service has usually been pretty quick whenever I come, so no complaints there. read more

Village Creamery - Ube ice cream in waffle bowl - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Niles, Illinois

The only thing that is iffy about this fab ice cream parlor is the parking. If it's full when you arrive, just circle around a few times. You don't want to miss out on the creamy and unique ice cream flavors they have in this Fil-Am owned/operated shop! Happy young people serve your treats. There are a few tables and chairs to sit and enjoy your order, but don't stay too long so that others can sit, too. Smile, smiles, and more smiles are the result of visiting Village Creamery! read more

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O.M.G. amazing flavors! Asian inspired! So delicious! I had a buko pandan and red bean scoop in an ube waffle cone.... simply wonderful! I can't even think about eating anything the rest of the day, it's so filling! Wonderful! Great service too... I was really indecisive so I tasted many flavors before getting it! read more

Village Creamery - Buko pandan and red bean scoops on an ube waffle cone!!! - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Niles, Illinois

Lots of different flavors available from your standard vanilla and chocolate to your more tropical/SEA flavors of ube and jackfruit. The ice cream was delicious and smooth. You get a lot for the price. The staff were very nice and helpful. They also sell ice cream in pints to take home. There's some seating but it's a little cramped. I didn't get a chance to try the queso ice cream so that'll be the plan for when I visit again. read more

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Good place for cream and other ice cream treats Most of the time there alway a small line in the evening

Ambiance: It's a little worn down. Some updating would help it, because from the street there is zero curb appeal, and when entering it just seemed worn out. We checked out flavors, I liked that they went for different ones than a typical icecream shop with a few regulars. But the prices are all whack. For two scoop cone, it was something like $8.95. But for a two scoop sundae, 1 topping, $8.50? How is that cheaper??? It was more items in it! I think it's a bit overpriced. One kid had a scoop of birthday cake in a waffle bowl. She said it was okay. She gave it 3 stars. The second kid had a chocolate scoop in a plain waffle cone. He gave it 2.5 stars. He said the cone wasn't right. Then it leaked all over his clothes. The third kid had cookies and cream. She ate half and threw it out. I had two scoops of rocky road sundae, I think it was okay. 3 stars. Overall I gave it a 2. The 1 employee in hand was professional and quick at getting the order out. read more

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Yum, our first visit here in years and it was a treat. We used to frequent the long ago closed Village Creamery in Skokie years ago but never came here much for whatever reason and despite passing by frequently. I had a halo-halo shaved ice for $10.29. It was a colorful, flavorful, delicious, and satisfying treat. Besides the various content items, I also really particularly enjoyed the shaved ice, which with the frozen milk flavoring, was really more ice cream like than say the regular shaved ice that you might find in a Korean bingsoo treat. At $4.95 per scoop, the prices here are slightly elevated, but there are a lot of nice and exotic Filipino based Asian flavors. There is btw a 3.5% credit card charge here also, so bring cash if you want to save a little bit. This ice cream shop stop also had the same typical and uncanny customer traffic flow I've come to expect. It's totally empty one minute (like when we stepped in), and at any moment a herd will step in, and sure enough it happened again while we were here. It's also a smallish space here, so it doesn't take much of a herd to fill it up. It all makes for fun people watching while enjoying your treat. I will endeavor to return sooner than later next time around. read more

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I'm actually extremely shook-ith to my core on this one! I had passed by SO many times throughout the years and heard so many good things. I can't quite answer why I hadn't decided to visit up until yesterday (except for the fact that my husband has an extreme sweet tooth and I knew just where to go after dinner!) Service was great. They have an array of different options! From the outside looking in, I assumed it was more Americanized but it's actually Philippino inspired ! Their most popular ice creams are their Ube and/or Ube Oreo, Cookie Monster and their "Halo Halo" concoction that I can't even describe what's on the inside! It's a MUST try. Unique addt flavors include (but are not limited to): Thai tea, Thai Coffee, Pomelo Sorbet, Lychee Flan, Lychee, Buko Pandan, Jackfruit, Sapin-Sapin...and more! Dying to try their leche flan but it's apparently so delicious and so popular they haven't had it in several weeks ! read more

Village Creamery - Halo halo - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Niles, Illinois

We visited on Sunday around 5 p.m. and unfortunately had a disappointing experience. There was a significant amount of water on the floor, with a very worn and well used "wet floor" sign taped to the front of one of the cases. When we asked to sample the durian flavor, we were told they were out of small spoons. I suggested using a larger spoon, but the staff said that wasn't possible. We went ahead and ordered about $25 worth of ice cream. After just one taste of the durian, we ended up throwing it out it was really unpleasant. The shop doesn't seem to have changed much since it was converted from a Baskin Robbins over 20 years ago, and unfortunately, it's showing its age. The dirty water on the floor only made the overall impression worse. I actually worked there when I was in High School when it was a Baskin Robbins about 30 years ago, and I'm sad to see the decline. Out of curiosity--does "Mr. V" still own the place? read more

The Ube Oreo shake is SOOOO good!!! Service was fast and the employees were so nice. Will definitely be coming back

Tons of flavors in this tiny spot. Only bummer is that the huge single scoop cannot be divided into two flavors - many other ice cream shops will do this. Pomelo sorbet and leche flan ice creams were great. read more

Yay to ice cream shops with Asian flavors!! This is a small ice cream shop with about 15 seats inside and a few seats, maybe 4 seats outside - up front. I've been coming here for years and love all the flavors here. My favorites are Ube, matcha, Lychee, sapin sapin and durian. The also offer prepacked pints which I mostly saw were Ube and mango. The staff is friendly and patient. Not much interaction since the whole process quick - order your ice cream, get it and eat it lol This place stays consistently busy especially during the summer. This spot has been open for awhile and it's great to see them doing so well. read more

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If you are looking for an ice cream place that is locally owned, makes all their own ice cream flavors and teeters with exotic flavors like mango, jackfruit, avocado and the like, step inside Village Creamery. To folks outside of Skokie and Niles, you may not have heard or been to Village Creamery but it's definitely a spot to visit if you're into ice cream. Being a Filipino owned and operated establishments, they offer your traditional flavors like chocolate, vanilla, strawberry and the like but also offer flavors that are found in warmer climates like Mango, coconut, jackfruit, Ube and a bunch of other flavors. You can mix and match or choose them separately. Whichever way you go, the taste of the ice creams are creamy, flavorful and fresh. The ambiance is typical of your other ice cream stores. Many families and kids visiting and enjoying their ice cream desserts in and outside the store. The service is also typical of your local ice cream store. It's really based on good how busy they are. read more

Village Creamery - Menu - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Niles, Illinois

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Be prepared to have your mind blown! Not only do they carry traditional ice cream flavors but also many Asian and Filipino flavors. My girls and their friends had the ice boba shakes and agreed that it is better than boba that get elsewhere. read more

This was some time ago when I had then halo halo. I know they have changed the size they serve them in. Let me get into it! Food: All of the flavors they have are amazing. My personal favorite is the Ube. It's texture and the flavor always hit the spot. Service: When ever I come here I can tell that the cs people really do care and what you to have a good experience. And they do offer samples which is great given you might not know all then flavors and if you will like them. Atmosphere: It's a smaller shop so it's pretty tight inside. They do have some chairs outside which is nice. Overall, this is a ice cream shop I would bring friends to for more exotic flavors! read more

Village Creamery - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Niles, Illinois

This is such a delicious and underrated ice cream spot. Full of mostly Filipino and other Asian flavor profiles. The ube with oreo, halo halo and thai tea flavors were delicious. I wish this location was closer to where we lived because we'd visit here more often. Great service and delicious flavors!! Go check it out the next time you're in the area. read more

Always love this place. Great selections of unique flavors - ube, lychee, jackfruit, Thai tea, Thai coffee, durian etc!! Then they got the classic Superman ice cream, chocolate and vanilla. Delicious! Lots of parking spaces.. on corner of Waukegan and oakton. It's best to come westbound on oakton st.. or northbound on Waukegan for plaza access. read more

Really delicious ice cream and sorbet. They also do milkshakes and banana splits but they take longer to make and you'll need to wait a while. The ice cream flavors have a lot of Filipino flavors which is very unique, like ube oreo and halo halo. My favorites were the red bean, the ube oreo, the mango, the coconut, and the pomelo flavors. Their milk based ice cream is thick and creamy. Their ice creams are definitely a bit pricey. I wish you could try two flavors with the single scoop, but unfortunately you can only try one and the scoop is massive. Two scoops is almost a pint of ice cream. Their parking lot is a bit difficult to navigate, especially if it's packed. It's at a busy intersection and the inside has a few tables for people to sit. Service was fast and efficient. You're welcome to sample their flavors if you're not sure what you want to order. Definitely give this place a visit next time you're in Niles. read more

Amazing chocolate shakes. Amazing everything else. Just awesome. Wish it was at a more central intersection, but oh well.

Got here at 8:30pm... what was super annoying was that the lady put away 1/4th of the ice cream flavors. They should've put away the ice creams at 9pm when they close, so it was upsetting that we could not try the buko pandan or regular ube flavor. My friend also ordered the tiramisu but the guy served her the whiskey flavor instead. She tells him that he put the wrong one but he told my friend he's pretty sure he put the right one. Talk about horrible customer service. I think they need to hire new people here. Ice creams on the other hand were tasteful. Just horrible service. read more

Village Creamery - Ube oreo and sapin sapin - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Niles, Illinois

Great flavors that you can only get at this Filipino ice cream place! They are so good and fresh and flavors you cannot get anywhere else like: jackfruit, lychee, durian, Thai tea, avocado, queso, ube oreo, Superman, matcha green tea, mango, whiskey, red bean, and some traditional ones too like chocolate and strawberry and Rocky road. They give you free samples! For two gigantic scoops (8 oz total or 1/2 pint) it's was $9.96 including tax. If you bring cash it's 3.5% less than paying by credit card. Nice staff and nice and quiet environment with seating. You will love the 47 flavors. read more

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Their halo halo is kinda expensive but pretty dang good. I was bummed that they don't have Buko Pandan available ever even though it's advertised on their menu. I feel like I'd definitely come back to try some other things here like their sundaes or ice cream. You can never go wrong with Ube ice cream. Also, to note, it was extremely warm inside this place. I know there are multiple ice cream machines running to keep the ice cream cold, but man, it felt like it was at least 80 degrees in there. The poor girl working behind the register must've been sweating under her uniform. Several customers inside were also telling each other how hot it was. Hopefully they can work on that! read more

Village Creamery - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Niles, Illinois

About 13 miles from Chicago or 30+ minutes' drive, into Niles, this ice cream shop offers some of the best flavors I've ever tasted. I mean, the flavors--jackfruit, halo-halo, sapin-sapin, queso, ube (a perennial addiction), etc.--all remind me of home and of childhood per se. Home is back in the Philippines, of course; 40-odd years ago. Nearby, is the largest Korean H Mart I've seen. As well as the King Spa-where a couple of friends and I spent three hours at least, for some bonding time over different sensory experiences--dry heat, the salt or the charcoal caves, cold room (a personal favorite, or simply a much needed reprieve from the hot rooms), the steam room (ah, so so good for the face), and so many more. But I digress. Come for the ice cream at this joint. Before or after your spa trip, and/or getting your Asian foodstuff fix. read more

Village Creamery - Friends reunited over ice cream - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Niles, Illinois

This little ice cream shop has been around for over 20 years serving traditional and unique Filipino flavors. They have the usual ube, buko pandan, durian, lychee as well as the fun flavors like ube oreo and sapin sapin. We originally came here to try the cantaloupe ice cream which really did taste like a cantaloupe! However, I saw the leche flan ice cream with real chunks of leche flan and I couldn't say 'no'. It was rich and creamy almost like a dulce de leche ice cream but with every other bite, I'd get a little surprise of leche flan. It was delicious and such a nice treat. I'm looking forward to ending my hot summer days with a scoop or two of their ice cream. read more

Village Creamery - There's real chunks of leche flan in their leche flan ice cream! - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Niles, Illinois

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Homemade Ice-cream shop on the corner.... Service was great. They have a variety of intriguing flavors there. Wish we had more time to taste them all. read more

Amazing homemade ice cream, it's just pricey. The Filipino flavors are very special. Not the biggest fan of their bubble shakes

Everytime we visit Niles, we sometimes drop by in here to have some sweet-savory ice cream taste. They have various ice cream flavors to choose from. They got mango, macapuno. tamarind, chocolate, ube, even spicy ice cream and more. Prices are just fair. They also serve smoothies. read more

Village Creamery - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Niles, Illinois

Summary: I spent a long weekend in Chicago with my family, spending almost all of the time eating at various places around the city. And the halo halo here was by far one of the best and most memorable bites of the trip. The employees handled late-arriving customers with ease, and out out great product. Worth a trip if you can make it! Good: Halo halo is a must get if you enjoy that type of dessert. Nice fruits and jellies to match a really solid ube ice cream. The coconut ice was really nice too. Very good mix of flavors and textures. Great portion too!! They have plenty of other really cool AAPI flavors too, which all sounded really nice (pandan, lychee, durian, etc.) Bad: Very small seating area, and I wasn't really aware of the bathroom situation. Ugly: Nothing to note! read more

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Delicious ice creams in hard to find flavors. They offer samples so you can decide what you like. Parking is a little challenging, but worth it for the delicious treats. read more

Love village creamery! They are always my go to spot for asian inspired ice cream flavors in the Chicagoland suburban area. I love how strong the flavors taste and they are rarely lacking. The price has seemed to go up since the last time I came, but the scoops are still really big and I always get two scoops for the better value. My personal favorites here are sapin sapin, lychee, durian, ube, jackfruit, and avocado. read more

Village Creamery - ube (top) jackfruit (bottom) - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Niles, Illinois

A nice little local ice cream spot in Niles. Service was super-quick and the ice cream was very good.

Great filipino ice cream shop find.. always try their different flavors not your average one at that read more

Village Creamery - Halo Halo ( shaved Ice with fruits) - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Niles, Illinois

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Amazing Ice Cream Halo halo, Ube, sweet corn, american cheese Shave ice, adzuki beans, jello, chocolate sauce These cones are lit! The 5-star best! read more

Such a gem! If you are looking for out of the ordinary flavors, this place delivers. Avocado, corn, queso, ube with Oreo are just a few of the different and delicious flavors they carry. Not something the kiddies would like? They have regular flavors as well. Definitely worth a visit for something different. read more

When Jolibee wasn't serving halo halo a few nights prior I was left with a huge craving that was difficult to satisfy. There aren't a ton of spots in the city (or in neighboring burbs) to get halo halo -- especially really good halo halo. While in the area, I did a quick search on Yelp and was overjoyed to see Village Creamery pop up and decided to stop by. They're a family owned spot with an awesome selection of ice cream. Although I was tempted by the Thai coffee, maiz and Oreo ube, I stuck to my guns and went with their halo halo shaved ice (not to be confused with the Sunday or ice cream flavor). At under $9 it was a good price for the portion and quality. Although I usually prefer a bigger variety of beans and jellies, it was the perfect balance of creamy, sweet and light. They gave it to me with a to-go lid on so I could just hop in the car and head out. Although there are tables and chairs, the atmosphere is pretty outdated and not incredibly comfy so I probably wouldn't eat inside. But that would never dissuade me from going because it was delicious! I'd love to try some of their ice cream flavors next time but I loved their halo halo enough that I'll probably always opt for it when I'm in the area. read more

not an authentic like the people say it is. halo halo with out a shave ice is not halo halo. don't waste your time coming here if you are craving for one. Ice is okay. read more

The first time I came here (pre-COVID) there was a long line out the door. The shop itself is pretty small and there were two small tables that fit around ~4 people but not sure if they still exist. Village Creamery has so many unique flavors that you probably wouldn't find in a typical ice cream store. You can also ask them to pack any of their flavors in a to go pint. We love getting the ube ice cream and hubby likes the avocado ice cream as well. Since it's been hot lately it probably wouldn't be a bad idea to go back and try some of the other flavors... read more

Best ice cream ever. The only reason I didn't go cray cray and order 1000 scoops (yes, I can sometimes exercise control with ice cream) is because (1) I got to try a bunch of flavors and (2) we had them hand pack a flavor that was actually made up of their top 3 flavors. So, I got to enjoy a kiddie scoop of Thai iced tea that night. Their flavors are amazing. They have something for everyone. Superman, chocolate, strawberry for the plain Jane folks. A bunch of fruity flavors for those that lean that way. Finally, a ton of Asian (especially Filipino!) flavors like Halo Halo fiesta, buko pandan, mango, Thai iced tea AND Thai iced coffee. They also do desserts. You don't to settle for halo halo fiesta but want a real halo halo? They got you covered. Plenty of seating. A good amount of parking. Reasonable prices for artisanal ice cream. A friendly staff. Definitely come by and check it out. read more

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