Frankie & Jo's Ballard

1411 NW 70th St, Seattle
(206) 257-1676

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Vanetta Pickering

Is it outrageously overpriced ice cream?- yes. Is it outrageously good ice cream?- yes! The best dairy free ice cream I've ever had. $25 for 4 scoops of ice cream is crazy to me, but we're from out of town and had to try this place. The Salty Caramel Ash and California Cabin were so yummy!

Pooja Mohite

Loved this
Never had such good ice cream
Tried a few samples n finally got so many flavors
Don’t miss

Kartikeya Sharma

Their Salted Caramel Ashe flavor resurrected me!!!

Ahmed ibrahim

Loved the blueberry lavender ice cream—delicious and refreshing!

R

I am still thinking about this ice cream shop! Vegan and gluten free options! I can not wait to go back!

Bernard Jeremy

Truly amazing ice cream. Better than 99 percent of non vegan ice cream I’ve ever had. Try this place!

Joel Rosenbaum

An outstanding frozen dessert place with inventive flavors. Great service too. Really appreciate that they lean into the non-dairy base, rather than just attempting to recreate conventional ice cream flavors with a different backbone. Really excellent.

E

I love the ice cream, but giving it only 3 stars because when looking at the receipt, I noticed a Small Business Fee of 3%. Which is then included in the sales tax calculation. I support small businesses, but this amounts to a surprise fee that should just be added to the advertised price of the ice cream. It makes me not want to support this small business when charged with a surprise fee. Just add it in the original price and make it not a surprise. The only surprise should be the uniquely wonderful flavors of the ice cream.

Jade Dikelsky

absolutely amazing flavor! Loved the waffle cone. Great work.

Joseph Sutton

This is without a doubt the best vegan ice cream in Seattle, but many non vegan friends absolutely love the unique flavors! California Cabin is my favorite ice cream in the world, and in a fresh made waffle cone, you can’t go wrong.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: California Cabin

Maxx McGoff

Amazing, delicious everytime! Great customer service too

Dietary restrictions: Fully vegan and gluten free +celiac safe

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

dhcastle81

Went to get some ice cream with some friends for the evening. Labeling showed flavors which had coconut, nuts, or neither. It wasn’t mentioned anywhere that all of the flavors are made with coconut milk and that not having coconut on the sign means something else entirely. Two of my friends had allergic reactions to the coconut they thought they were avoiding.

Austin Brovick

The ice cream is amazing and the service is generally good.

Today I went in and the woman working was on her phone and touching her face. She didn’t wash her hands.

She was also talking to a friend when we walked in. I’ll be back I’m sure but this was one of my first bad experiences there.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 3

JosephWinters

I have spent way too money at Frankie & Jo's. On the one hand, they have objectively some of the best ice cream I've ever tried. (Sticky Sweet in Maine is another top contender.) But I legit feel embarrassed to bring friends here because of the price — a split scoop on a cone costs upwards of $15, which is almost double what it costs at other high-end ice cream places (e.g., Salt & Straw). Kind of wish they wouldn't use so many specialty ingredients (like flax seeds in the waffle cones?) so they could bring the prices down. I do really like their soft serve, though. I know they had some trouble with the machine in the summer of 2024, so hopefully that'll be back for next year.

Merissa Underwood

I have been vegan for 10 years and I’ve tried every ice cream brand available. This is the best I’ve ever had. The mint brownie is unbelievable. I’m shocked by how amazing it is. And the store itself is so cute and the people working are so lovely!

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