My friend brought me here to eat ice cream while I was in Boston. She told me it's a good ice cream place. It's not expensive under $8 for 3 scoops of ice cream. Those are good. It was a good experience for me to eat ice cream in the very cold January night.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Julio Coiffman
Dietary restrictions: Kosher
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Chocolate Ice Cream
Wisneski Family
Best mint Oreo ice cream
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Anvar Zakirov
Tiny, crowded and one of the staff was rude and disgruntled! We didn’t appreciate his attitude and demeanour. Not at all friendly to the customer! Overall not an experience we would expect from JP Licks! Disappointed!
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 5
Service: 2
HenrYYY1999
Great Icecream. Please add lemon/lime to the menu
Pieter Hansen
Not a great experience here. The freezers looked to be left open, so my ice cream was very soft and already dripping when I received it.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Zsuzsa Kovács
The cappuccino and coffee were bitter
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 4
Kirk Swan
I make sure to stop at JPs every time I visit Boston. I just love this place. I had the pistachio ice cream today and it was phenomenal!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Shayan Majidy
Creamy and flavourful.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
Paul Andrew Tuminaro
As usual the concept of opening a store to sell things seems to be beyond the staff. me: "May I have a tall black coffee?" JPLicks "Sorry we have dumped all the coffee for the evening." me: "No worries you can charge me extra and make an Americano." JPLicks "Oh, we 'closed down' the coffee machine at 9pm." me: "I'm from Chicago and thus unfamiliar with the concept. Does the machine work right now?" JPLicks "Yes, but we cleaned it." me: "You mean you would have to do some work after you served me, and thus you can't serve me?" me: "Is there some magic that happens overnight that the coffee machine can only be cleaned at 9pm, but not afterward?"
What we learned: The owner of J.P. Licks thinks that the 500% to 700% markup on coffee is not worth the bother to keep the customers happy - and doesn't want to sell to Harvard Students when the Lamont Library Cafe (which is supposed to be open until Midnight - but then again it's Boston where nobody really wants to do their job with any regularity or high level of skill) happens to be closed (Even though the sign stating it's closed advertises that is should in fact be open)!
From their website: The freshest roast in Bean Town I founded J.P. Licks in 1981 to bring a little joy to as many people as possible with great ice cream. Then in 1999 I decided to begin roasting coffee since I could no longer buy a good cup after the Coffee Connection was bought out by Starbucks.
Like Goldilocks (might’ve) said “Starbucks roasts too dark, Dunkin’ roasts too light, but J.P. Licks roasts just right.” We roast down the middle…dark enough for a hearty brew but not so dark that every bean tastes burnt.
We serve a full espresso bar at all 17 of our locations and ship beans anywhere in the continental USA. Send a bag of our freshly roasted beans to a friend or yourself to enjoy!
-Vincent Petryk
Founder/Owner, J.P. Licks Featured Roasts
Seems like Vince lost his will to please customers long long ago - like maybe in the 1980's.
Tasty as always! Seating a bit difficult but still worth it.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Adelaide Vazzana
This place has a lot of nerve calling its ice cream the best town when there are at least three significantly better ice cream shops in walking distance.
The ice cream is poor quality. It is too sweet and has an icy yet melted texture. The flavors all taste similar due to the sweetness. It is overpriced for the very small portion they give you.
The environment is unpleasant at best. It is dark, dirty, and cramped inside, even when there are not many customers. Clearly, the only reason it stays in business is its conspicuous location.
Jessica Boldridge
Tasty as always! Seating a bit difficult but still worth it.
My friend brought me here to eat ice cream while I was in Boston. She told me it's a good ice cream place. It's not expensive under $8 for 3 scoops of ice cream. Those are good. It was a good experience for me to eat ice cream in the very cold January night.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Dietary restrictions: Kosher
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Chocolate Ice Cream
Best mint Oreo ice cream
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Tiny, crowded and one of the staff was rude and disgruntled! We didn’t appreciate his attitude and demeanour. Not at all friendly to the customer! Overall not an experience we would expect from JP Licks! Disappointed!
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 5
Service: 2
Great Icecream. Please add lemon/lime to the menu
Not a great experience here. The freezers looked to be left open, so my ice cream was very soft and already dripping when I received it.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
The cappuccino and coffee were bitter
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 4
I make sure to stop at JPs every time I visit Boston. I just love this place. I had the pistachio ice cream today and it was phenomenal!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Creamy and flavourful.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
As usual the concept of opening a store to sell things seems to be beyond the staff.
me: "May I have a tall black coffee?"
JPLicks "Sorry we have dumped all the coffee for the evening."
me: "No worries you can charge me extra and make an Americano."
JPLicks "Oh, we 'closed down' the coffee machine at 9pm."
me: "I'm from Chicago and thus unfamiliar with the concept. Does the machine work right now?"
JPLicks "Yes, but we cleaned it."
me: "You mean you would have to do some work after you served me, and thus you can't serve me?"
me: "Is there some magic that happens overnight that the coffee machine can only be cleaned at 9pm, but not afterward?"
What we learned: The owner of J.P. Licks thinks that the 500% to 700% markup on coffee is not worth the bother to keep the customers happy - and doesn't want to sell to Harvard Students when the Lamont Library Cafe (which is supposed to be open until Midnight - but then again it's Boston where nobody really wants to do their job with any regularity or high level of skill) happens to be closed (Even though the sign stating it's closed advertises that is should in fact be open)!
From their website:
The freshest roast in Bean Town
I founded J.P. Licks in 1981 to bring a little joy to as many people as possible with great ice cream. Then in 1999 I decided to begin roasting coffee since I could no longer buy a good cup after the Coffee Connection was bought out by Starbucks.
Like Goldilocks (might’ve) said “Starbucks roasts too dark, Dunkin’ roasts too light, but J.P. Licks roasts just right.” We roast down the middle…dark enough for a hearty brew but not so dark that every bean tastes burnt.
We serve a full espresso bar at all 17 of our locations and ship beans anywhere in the continental USA. Send a bag of our freshly roasted beans to a friend or yourself to enjoy!
-Vincent Petryk
Founder/Owner, J.P. Licks
Featured Roasts
Seems like Vince lost his will to please customers long long ago - like maybe in the 1980's.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 5
Service: 1
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Honestly the best affogato I have ever had.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Pistachio — artificial flavor
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 3
Tasty as always! Seating a bit difficult but still worth it.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
This place has a lot of nerve calling its ice cream the best town when there are at least three significantly better ice cream shops in walking distance.
The ice cream is poor quality. It is too sweet and has an icy yet melted texture. The flavors all taste similar due to the sweetness. It is overpriced for the very small portion they give you.
The environment is unpleasant at best. It is dark, dirty, and cramped inside, even when there are not many customers. Clearly, the only reason it stays in business is its conspicuous location.
Tasty as always! Seating a bit difficult but still worth it.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
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