Cherry-Pick

For a quick ice cream, this place was great. There were a few gluten free options and some of the ice creams were made in the local Hudson Valley area so that was nice. This is just a classic ice cream place, nothing amazing but consistently good. The coffee with chocolate covered espresso beans was really good and I also loved the Thai Coconut, which came with a kick of cayenne pepper. The woman who worked behind the counter was adorable and very generous with her samples.

This place will get 2 stars because the guy at the counter was very nice.
I tried the chai latte and dulce de leche flavors; the chai was good, nice kick. I got the dulce de leche so my son could have some but the flavor was a little flat. I also ordered a fresh lemonade and it tasted like water with lime juice the kind that comes in the little lemon pouches. Definitely not like a freshly squeezed it also had no pulp… I was told I’d get a freshly squeezed and not to mention it cost $ 3.50.

I kept meaning to check this place out and finally stopped by.
Success! I had an Apricot and Bergamot ice cream! Yum. (Never seen that combo before and it was great)
We also had walked in 4 minutes after they closed and still were politely served. Which gets a lot of neighborhood cred in my book.
–but I’m really not the kind of person to write Unilocal reviews, especially not on ice cream… I just wanted to give a good review because ive read a bunch of mediocre reviews of this place on Unilocal,that are totally absurd. Like a woman complaining that 3.50 $ is expensive for a serving of ice cream… It’s like she’s never bought ice cream anywhere ever. And then I read one by this guy who kept worrying about if there were going to be ice crystals in his ice cream, but they weren’t icy. Someone smarter than me could turn those reviews into some piece of high-​brow performance art, about neuroses and consumerism.

This is another gem found Downtown Jersey City right on grove street. A very cute place. Just a block away from the train station at Grove street.
I have to tell you about their flavors that knock my socks off. They have a wonderful Vanilla Chai ice cream that is smooth, delicious, calming and refreshing.
Now I’d be wrong if I didn’t tell you about the amazing flavor of their Thai Coconut! This ice cream will take you for a flavor ride! Once you taste the creaminess, the smoothness, the sweetness all of a sudden your taste buds recon a kick of heat! It’s great!

While I have to give it to them that their flavor choices are unique. With names like «Apricot Orange Blossom» and «Scotch on the Rocks», it is hard to resist trying at least a scoop or two. I was sadly disappointed that the texture and feel of the ice cream didn’t live up to its fancy titles. It tasted sticky, overly creamy, like clumps of cream, as well as overly sweet.
With plenty of ice cream shops around downtown JC, I wouldn’t be coming back anytime soon.
On the upside, the service was very nice, and they have crushed waffle cone as a topping for people like me who would feel guilty eating a whole waffle cone but crave the crunchy carb goodness.

Most folks in J.C. swear by Torrico’s but if you want amazing sorbet, check out Cherry Pick. Best pink grapefruit on the planet.

Got dulce de leche. It did not taste good. It tasted like the freezer. I ended up throwing the whole thing out and wish I walked over to toricos instead.

They had a variety of flavors, but the ones we ordered tasted like it’s been in the freezer since the Ice Age. I thought the lavender flavored iced cream was unique so I got that as well. It tasted like lime.

After 6 miles of walking my fiancé and i spotted this cute shop on our way home. I love all things cherries so we decided to check it out.
Once inside we soon discovered it was not a store that specialized in cherries. It was an ice cream parlor that also served Belgium waffles and fruit juices. My fiancé ordered the apple tonic juice. It was refreshing and tasty. It was made with freshly squeezed apples, lemon and ginger. Real fruits! The gentleman at the store let me sample of few scoops of ice cream. I ended getting a kid size lavender scoop. It was like eating a fragrant vanilla bean ice cream with olive oil. Sounds weird but really delicious.
I would come back if im around grove st and is craving a juice or ice cream !

Walked into this hipster looking ice cream stop to see if they had any non-​dairy frozen treats after my vegan pizza at Two Boots. I was fully expecting to see a hipster behind the counter, but a nice older lady directed us to which flavors were dairy free.
I had the grapefruit sorbet, which tasted like a grapefruit, as expected.
It was good, but not somewhere I’d go out of the way for.

I need to give it another try. We sampled 2 (salted caramel pretzel and cake batter) but they tasted like mint. So odd. My thought is that they must have dipped some mint chip and then dipped into the other tubs without washing it. But this was a big turn off. We ended up purchasing the chocolate and dulce de leche. Chocolate was good but the other also tasted like mint and was icy, not creamy. Ugh!
Reasonably priced. And flavor assortment is cool. Just need to go back in a few weeks when the mint contamination is gone to give it a fair review.
However, quality control, especially with a specialty ice cream store, is very important so to me, this does not bode well. Guess we shall see what the future holds.

Stumbled upon this place with «the girls» on our way to Toricos for a dessert cap after dinner. It has a very unassuming storefront and we almost walked right past it. But our curiosity won out and we entered.
There was only one woman inside, in front of a MacBook and talking on a cellphone. She acknowledged us with a smile and a nod (and maybe a hi, I can’t remember) and went about her business on the phone as we perused the flavors in the case. She finally got off the phone when we had made a decision and she had to do some scooping.
The chia ice cream was amazing! Two of us got a scoop of that. We also got the salted caramel pretzel (ok but the pretzels tasted a little stale, I’m assuming from absorbing the moisture from the ice cream. I was expecting a crunch when I bit into it. I received no such thing) and the coffee (really good, strong coffee flavor).
The seating in the store is cute-​ish. But the walls are bare and there’s no background music playing. The overall feel when walking in was very… sterile. They should really do some more decorating to warm the place up a bit.
Also after ringing us up, the lady went right back to her phone call lol
But I will definitely check this place out again. They also have lots of chocolates and treats and such. Including cookies and cream popcorn (say word!). Will be trying that on my next time in.

Passed by this place and thought wow another Ice Cream shop! I tried a variety of flavors that I forgot but they let you sample as much as you want. I opted for the gluten free strawberry ice cream with sprinkles on a cone. It came to 4.50 which is pricey in my mind. I still like Torrico’s much more and probably would still go there instead of this place. Cherry-​Pick is also pretty small and even though they have interesting flavors it didn’t have that «it» factor that made me become a fanboy.
I’ll probably come back if I really need to.

My friends and I were walking by and decided to check it out. We were the only ones in the place, but it’s a small place, so good for us I guess. We tried the scotch on the rocks and the Pretzel caramel flavors. Wow. Amazing.
I like that they SEEM (we’ve only been here once) to change up the flavors a bit, something I wish Torico’s would do a bit more, like a falvor of the month? And the flavors we tried were amazing! They did not have that big of a selection though, but it is a tiny place.
They did sort of mix up my friend and my orders, which was fine, but it did concern me a bit if there had been more than just my group of friends. The serving sizes were a bit smaller compared to torico’s. Also, while I did think the bright spoons were cute, I did kind of think they were a bit of a waste too.
I clearly will have to go back to make sure my review is as accurate as possible and that I have tried all the flavors. A couple more trips should do it, but might need to go more than that, just to make sure.

This is supposedly super premium ice cream. According to them, that means that it has less air. Perhaps that is true as it was fairly dense. However my ice cream (both what I ordered and what I tried) had freezer burn. In my opinion, if something is premium it should be fresh. Didn’t seem that way (given the freezer burn among other things). Also the ingredients didn’t impress me at all. Again, in my mind, super premium implies high quality ingredients.
I admit, I am not the biggest fan of ice cream and so the stuff I get is only when it has made a name for itself and has a reputation for being very good. So maybe my standards are too high or my taste buds distorted. However if you are charging me $ 3.50 for a tiny scoop of ice cream as they do here, it better be amazing. Not the case.
The flavors sound really good but nothing lived up to it’s description. The people are also nice and I want to root for them. That’s the main reason I give them 3 and not 2 stars.
Not impressed with the taste or consistency or the ice cream and the quality was not that great either. I don’t think that all ice cream has to be mind blowing but when you charge extra for «super premium ice cream» I think it’s fair to expect more.

This joint has some crazy-​smooth decadent ice cream!
A welcome addition to the ‘hood. The strawberry cheesecake was off the chain. I don’t even know what off the chain means, that’s how off the chain it was.
I’m going to need to make a few more… dozen trips here to give an updated review. You know, for science.

I don’t know how folks can write so much about ice cream. but as someone who looooooves ice cream I approve.
I tried the classic mint chocolate chip and cookies and cream. So Good.
The place is cute but perhaps not as posh as other places — but I’d rather be paying for the damn good ice cream than the décor.
Glad there is ice cream on our side of JC.

I popped here a few weeks ago and asked them if they were on Unilocal yet — they said no. I am SO bummed I wasnt the first person to write a review, but that doesnt affect my opinion of them and Ill set aside my ego…
The family (I assume?) that runs this place is super friendly and really kind. I grabbed two smalls (for $ 3.50 each — ouch! Next time, Ill ask for one large cup and get scoops of different flavors in it) — one of the butterscotch and one of the salted caramel pretzel. Im not sure what super premium means besides yummy… the ice creams were very rich and flavorful– my guy liked the butterscotch better. the pretzel one actually had whole pretzels in it, which were a bit soggy.
Im sure they’ll work out the few «new-​business» kinks and be up and running just in time for our favorite «NY/​NJ Summer Heat Wave» time.
PS: They didnt accept credit cards when I was there yet, so keep cash on hand, just in case.

I like trying new things all the time but I’ve had the Butter Brickle twice this week. So buttery, so creamy, so enjoyable.
I like it better than *throat clear* the other great ice cream shop in town. Cherry Pick’s selection is mostly the classics, nothing crazy but that’s how I like it these days :) once upon a time, I loved durian or red bean ice cream, these days I like the simpler stuff.
Small cup goes for $ 3.50. Today, I had a waffle cone dipped in cherry flavoring and I LOVED IT. It was sugary and all around heaven for those of you who also love maraschino cherries :) $ 5.50. I got quite a bit of ice cream!
The best part is that because it’s a new spot, it was SO NOT CROWDED.
The spot is small, with some bench seating and it’s clean :)
The ladies are nice too!

I was walking back from an awesome dinner at Razza and stumbled upon this place. It is relatively new and they claim to have super premium ice cream. I am not certain what would make an ice cream super premium besides fresh ingredients and I forgot to ask that question.
The business is small but somewhat inviting.
There were more than enough flavors to choose from. The staff was encouraging my friends and I the opportunity to try some of the ice creams while deciding which one we wanted.
Mixing more than one type of ice cream in a cup was not problem. I went with a cake batter and chocolate mixture.
Now down to the important stuff. While the ice cream was good I would not say that it was great. It is what I would say was an average experience. I was somewhat disappointed with the texture of the cake batter ice cream. There were not ice crystals in any of the ice cream I had but the cake batter did not seem smooth and creamy as ice cream should be. The consistency of the batter and the once cream just did not flow well for me. The chocolate was a good flavor and consistency and again had no ice crystals. I wish I went with all chocolate. I did notice some sprinkles and other toppings on top of the freezer chests. While I did not see or notice a large variety of toppings I was not looking since I am a purist when it comes to ice cream and don’t like too many topping to take away from my ice cream.
I think the price was fair but the portions wee a little on the small side. Ice cream is not cheap these days.
If you are in the area and want to check out a new place it is definitely worth a try. They do take credit cards.
In summary I have had better ice cream that was much creamier. I have definitely had worse ice cream also. I would say it was an average experience at best for me but I have no problem returning. Certainly give them a try.