The Penny Ice Creamery | Town & Country Village

Palo Alto, CA · Ice cream shop

Rating
3.8/5
★★★★☆ 3.8
Reviews
20
Rank in Palo Alto
#112
of 230 restaurants
City Percentile
24%
rating percentile
Address
The Penny Ice Creamery | Town & Country Village, 855 El Camino Real #121, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Website
www.thepennyicecreamery.com
Status
Closed · Opens 11 AM

The Penny Ice Creamery | Town & Country Village is a restaurant located in Palo Alto, CA. It is one of 230 restaurants listed in Palo Alto. Its 3.8-star rating is slightly below the Palo Alto city average of 4.2 stars. There are 10 photos associated with this location.

About The Penny Ice Creamery | Town & Country Village

The Penny Ice Creamery, founded in Santa Cruz, California, crafts ice cream with love and skill completely from scratch using local, organic and seasonal ingredients grown by farmers we know.

Hours

Saturday11 AM–9 PM
Sunday11 AM–9 PM
Monday11 AM–9 PM
Tuesday11 AM–9 PM
Wednesday11 AM–9 PM
Thursday11 AM–9 PM
Friday11 AM–9 PM

Customer Reviews

★★★★★ 5.0 Doah Kwon · Dec 2025

The staff was incredibly friendly and sweet. Absolutely loved her energy! She wore glasses, had her hair tied back, and was so welcoming and kind. The ice cream was delicious and we got coconut matcha, chocolate, and Dubai chocolate. The texture was well balanced between gelato and ice cream, so it didn’t feel too heavy. The flavors were great and the pricing felt super reasonable compared to other gelato and ice cream spots imo

★★★★★ 5.0 Matthew Dolbow · Dec 2025

The ice cream here blows your mind - not just the flavor but the texture - so light and fluffy. I enjoyed cones of bitter caramel and orange chocolate, then asked for the tasting of Tahitian vanilla and I’ve never had vanilla ice cream like that before. Everything is made completely from scratch. The service was very good. It may seem expensive at $8 a shot but at least that includes a free handmade waffle cone.

★★★★★ 5.0 Jean Tsou · Aug 2023

I love their hand crafted ice creams! They also offer special toppings such as grill marshmallow. Very interesting. The butter caramel, roasted corn blueberry and coffee flavors are all taste good! You can taste the fresh ingredients and I love the sweetness level. Not too sweet and it’s exactly the right amount. Highly recommend!

★★★★★ 5.0 Kat L · May 2023

I had to check out Palo Alto’s newest ice cream shop! The shop is bright and cute and the people who work there are extremely friendly. They let me taste like seven different flavors! The ice cream style is a little more icy than creamy/fatty, it reminds me of gelato. What really stood out though are the flavors! Someone in the kitchen is a flavor master. The chamomile apricot tasted like an apricot creamsicle. The pineapple sorbet tasted so fresh and juicy, like pineapple when it’s perfectly ripe. The mint is very herbal with bitter chocolate. The bitter caramel is pleasantly sweet but with a bite, similar to Salt and Straw’s old rye flavor. The vegan chocolate rivals Humphrey Slocombe’s - it’s intense, dark, and satisfying. But my favorite was the verve coffee flavor. It’s a flavor bur

★★★★★ 5.0 Gerald Fang · Dec 2025

WARNING: You will not find another ice cream shop like it! And this is coming from an ice cream connoisseur! Of course the chocolate and caramel are to die for, but my personal favorite is the mint chip. Made from locally sourced mint leaves, it will make you want to give up mint chip ice cream unless you get it here!

Accessibility & Amenities

✓ In Store Shopping ✓ Onsite Services ✓ Takeout ✓ Solo Dining ✓ Wheelchair Accessible Entrance ✓ Wheelchair Accessible Parking Lot ✓ Coffee ✓ Table Service ✓ Casual ✓ Trendy ✓ Quick Visit ✓ Debit Cards ✓ Nfc Mobile Payments ✓ Good For Kids

Services

Ice cream shop

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