Mount Desert Island Ice Cream in Maine

"Mount Desert Island Ice Cream has five shops that are mostly located in Portland but they also have a location in the District of Columbia and one location in Japan! We tried the ice cream at this location for the first time and it was so tasty! They pride themselves on making small batch, high quality ice cream with a high ratio of butterfat and low air whipped inside. You can tell that they care about their ice cream just by eating it. The flavors were all delicious, the atmosphere is small and simple. They don't list all of their flavors on their wall so if you really want to see what they have you're just going to have to go inside and check it out. The line gets long here quickly so the sooner you get here, the better. Service is counter service and was friendly and quick. If you're looking for some tasty and unique flavors in Portland, Maine, check this place out! My wife and I got the ice cream flight which consisted of your choice of 4 different flavors. They give big scoops for each flavor and the flight is only $9 so make sure you have someone to help share, or not! The flavors we got were, Metz Sugar Pill, Blueberry Sour Cream Crumble, Lemon Poppy Jam and Butterbeer. The Metz Sugar Pill was an "elevated" s'mores. It's a marshmallow ice cream base with bits of graham cracker and hot fudge ripple. The Blueberry Sour Cream Crumble was a blueberry and sour cream ice cream base with different sized bites of sugary crust inside. The Lemon Poppy Jam is a lemon and poppyseed ice cream base with raspberry jam ripple. And lastly the Butterbeer. It was hard to tell what was in this but we assumed it was a root beer and butterscotch ice cream. Of the four flavors that we had, I really liked the Blueberry Sour Cream Crumble the most. The flavor was rich with blueberries and a hint of sour cream and the crumble inside was soft and complemented the ice cream perfectly. Tasted like I was eating blueberry pie with ice cream. The Lemon Poppy Jam was also delicious and fresh tasting. The jam was plentiful and also complemented the ice cream well. The Metz Sugar Pill was a good take on s'mores and the ice cream tasted like it had some malt taste to it alongside the marshmallow flavor and I liked it a lot but I with there was a bit more graham cracker bits inside. Lastly, the Butterbeer was... Different. It mostly just tastes like root beer ice cream which wasn't bad but wasn't the Butterbeer I expected. I went to universal studios and tried Butterbeer from the Harry Potter themed part of the park and it tasted more like butterscotch. So if you're like me and expect that flavor, this ice cream is not that haha still good though and tasted like an ice cream float. This place has a while bunch of different flavors that I wanted to try but got full after sharing the sampler with my wife. Check out my pictures to see all the ice creams that they have as of posting this. Food - 5 ⭐ Atmosphere - 4.5 ⭐ Service - 5 ⭐ Overall - 5 ⭐ Follow me for more reviews across America"

"Pretty good ice cream. Consistency is more chewy which is interesting. Sweet cream flavor wasn’t quite what I was looking for compared to others but wasn’t bad. Recommended for your ice cream fix tho."

"Downtown/Old Port, Portland Visited: March 2023 Parking: metered street parking, paid lots nearby Seating/Service: counter service, limited indoor seating Menu Favorites: lemon poppy, blueberry sour Dog-Friendly: outside, yes Kid-Friendly: definitely Pros: many unique flavors Cons: not everyone’s cup of tea, no kid size ⭐Recommend: yes! A great stop for unconventional ice cream in Portland!"

"We went here with my friends to get ice cream. They are ice cream with fancy names. I would recommend to get the Dude and lemon poppy one. They are really good. The prices are also reasonable with less than $10."

"Solid ice cream. Range of flavors. All standard fare. I enjoyed the sorbets (lemon mint and plum). Very little seating and cash only. Sister location to Bar Harbor original."

"What an amazing place! Original flavors! And GOOD one too!! You should totally come and taste it! The flavors I tasted (and some ate obvious): mint, Vietnamese coffee, Belgian chocolate, salty Carmel and I think more but ALL were AMAZING! I usually don't like mint in candy but this one was delicious! The Vietnamese coffee is with a little cinnamon, AMAZING."

"Very on-the-spur-of-a-moment decision and it was a good one! I was hoping they would give samples because they had a lot of great flavors that we would want to try but no samples here. Cookies and Sweet Cream - This was lovely! Perfect balance of the sweet cream flavor, ice cream and the cookies in there. I would not have minded an entire portion of just this! Sweet Cream ice cream + Oatmeal Cookie plus Peanut Butter Fudge; This was actually on point! Ice Cream had the sweet cream flavor and I could get the strong peanut butter flavor and they were actually chunks of oatmeal cookie in there as well. If you are a fan of this combination, I would totally recommend it. Got it the waffle cone and it was a good one too. Crunchy and fresh!"

"They don’t have the basic flavors. They don’t do samples. Something about the environment. went with the blue berry option. The other was sorbet. Basil and blueberry. I like the flavor I choose. Could have used a bit more blue Berry."