Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams

YUMMMM!!!! Their flavors are sooo good. I love the gooey butter cake ice cream.

I love Jeni flavors. I wish they kept them longer.

Excellent choices.. Delicious ice cream

Went at 12:30 on my lunch break on Thursday. Door says they open at 12. Door was locked and no one inside.

We love the homemade ice cream here. Lots of unique flavors - we tried the new opaque flavor. It was a hit! Kid friendly, always busy - but we found seats for part of 6. Place is clean staff is great and they offered a military discount. Great value for high quality ice cream!

Opaque is ABSOLUTELY the best thing I have had all year. Thank you!

Amazing.

Great. Cold. Lots of flavors!

It's always busy!! One of the most packed places in alexandria. Good ice cream but a long wait.

Delicious stuff. Worth the line

The young woman who attended us was very kind. You could tell she actually cared. And the non dairy ice cream was pretty good!

You will understand why the line is always out the door!

Love the richness of the ice cream, but they focus too much on unique flavors like Watermelon Taffy. I really wish they also made more traditional flavors like chocolate peanut butter or mint chocolate chip.

I was out walking errands today and knew my fav places were closed on Mondays soooo I stopped in Jeni's only because it was highly rated. Let me start with my overall thought before I get into it. SHORT ANSWER: For me, the serving was small, the ice cream was too sweet, the ice cream had ice/frost crunch to it, and it was not a good value. In short, this is kid-style ice cream but the parents should cry at the price they pay. STANDING IN LINE: When I walked up to Jeni's and saw three counters of ice cream from the back of the line I got excited that I would get to choose from many flavors. Uhh, when I got up to the counter I was faked out because each counter had repeating flavors with these fluffy names that market to kids. FALSE LINES: The line was artificially long because everyone stop at the first counter and the staff do not guide folks to move down to accommodate customers in line behind them. The line also gets long because everyone ask to sample several ice creams because the ice cream title tells you nothing of what it is. When I got to the counter I kept asking the staff to tell me what the ice cream were like Texas Layer Cake and Popcorn Butter Brittle tells me nothing. You'd think they would use their signage to describe what each ice cream contains to slow folks from having samples and asking so many questions. Ice cream should not be this hard. MY SELECTION: After 30 minutes standing in line I got one scoop of a safe flavor that's technically Vanilla (I don't recall what they call it), and one scoop of Texas Layer Cake in a waffle cup. For $11 I was stunned how small the scoops were. I am value spoiled because for that price my fav places pack the whole cup. THE TASTING: Now I dig into to see what's the high rating all about. Hmm, well, the waffle was really thin and not much flavor. The scoop of vanilla was small and had ice bits in it. The scoop of Texas Layer Cake was technically chocolate ice cream with a little cake bits in it. I am unsure why they call it layer cake since there was nothing layered about it -- misleading fluff. Both scoops of ice cream were small and really sweet. I say this because halfway eating the ice cream I was getting a headache and my watchband got tight. I had to loosen my watchband and immediately drink electrolytes to offset the sugar. Overall, Jeni's is not for me and I will not return.

Jeni's is one of the best ice cream places in Old Town. With their unique flavors, delicious homemade waffle cones, and friendly staff, I love coming here whenever I visit the area.