Nana’s & Pop Pops Sweet Shop

David and company are great! Old fashioned ice creaming scooping and candy of all kinds to your hearts content.

Price: $$
Quality: 4 stars
Service: 4 stars
Portions: average
Nice little mom and pop candy/​ice cream parlor that complements the other eateries at the harbor. You can smell the sugar even before you enter their doors. Lots of ice cream flavors and candy to choose from. Fun place to bring the kids after a day at the beach or paddle boat ride.

Flash back to the 70’s! And deeeelicious ice cream. Lot of flavors and a variety of candy such as taffy and chocolates. The gal, Claire, is very friendly and helpful. This turns into a daily event because it’s such a pleasant time. The expresso with chocolate shavings and the salted caramel ice cream were the favorites plus they have a terrific peppermint. It’s hidden in the back so make sure to look for it. You may have to walk through other businesses to get to it.

If you have a sweet tooth then head to the OC harbor.
How did I not know that this ice cream shop was located in the OC harbor? In truth, until I started writing reviews and actively seeking places out I’ve never really paid enough attention to all of the amazing places that San Diego has to offer visitors.
Nana’s Pop Pops Sweet Shop is a great example. A small sweet shop hidden in plain sight in the OC harbor village: jelly beans, hard candies, milk shakes, and loads of ice cream types /​flavors with a variety of cones.
The line was out the door and down the hall — that’s the best sign that you’ve found a great place.

This is another one of the Harbor Shops that is definitely more suited towards the «tourist troupe» that come in. The shop is very cute with the nostalgic touches, however the ice cream is just your run of the mill. Oftentimes, as was yesterday when there, the containers have that layer of ice crystals on them (meaning it’s been opened and closed way too much) and that usually means the flavor has lost some of its original taste (as was the case).
It’s a little pricier for the scoop size that you would get at your local Rite Aid store (which carries the same ice cream brand with almost double the size), but who really needs that much sweet stuff anyways, right?
They carry your usual salt water taffy and other kinds of «Rocket Fizz» type of products here. The staff vary as you can get some really great customer friendly types, to some that really just aren’t that into it on that particular day!
Bottom line, if it’s hot and we are in the neighborhood, we may (or may not) stop in.

This sweet shop was cute. They had my ice cream, which was chocolate malted crunch. Usually, we can only get that at Rite Aid in Stockton. I got jipped on my scoop. The older man served me my scoop and it was a weak scoop compared to how the young girl was hookin my boys up. She was pretty much doing double scoops, but making them look like large single scoops. I’m sorry for $ 2…almost $ 3.00 they should be big. It was good though. She was also helpful in making the recommendation for dinner. Thank you pretty young girl.

Every flavor I tried was delicious. The chips/​candy mixed in the ice cream was tasty too. The staff was really friendly and funny. Definetly opt for the waffle cone, it was fresh, nicely sweet and lightly crispy. I thought the prices were fair, considering it’s a small business ice cream parlor at a touristy pier. They really piled on the ice cream, I didn’t think I could finish it, but it was tasty so I gobbled it up.

Liked it, not in love with it. Got salt water taffy and a few other things… most people seemed to be getting ice cream. Maybe their ice cream is better than their candy. Not bad, just not woo-​hoo fantastic for what we chose and the price.

Went there for the first time a couple days ago. I am from the east coast where ice cream parlors and mom and pop places are more common than chains. (Currently been living in California the past two years)
Upon going in the staff was friendly. The ice cream on the other hand was extremely over priced. I don’t mind splurging on a good small town ice shop but the sizes with the expensive prices? Seriously the scoops were so small.
You can pretty much order lunch some where else for what they charge for a small scoop.
I got the Moose Tracks which tasted exactly the same and looked the same as Hersheys brand so I assume it was not home made.
I gave it two stars because staff was nice and it is still a small business.

Unfortunately for this candy store, its employees and manager ruin the store.
If unsanitary ice cream, unprofessional service, and painted over dirt spikes your interest — this is the perfect place to go!
If 2.00 for a tiny scoop of ice cream didn’t seem like enough than hopfully this will: Hair in the ice cream ‚
Band-​aids in the ice cream ‚
Faulty charges ‚
Unclean working area .
The ice has wood shaving in it! (Do not get SMOOTHIES or SHAVED ICE)
The workers many of which are young girls.
— loose hair
— use cell phones.
These girls know how to stock, but obviously not how to CLEAN.
This 17 year old candy shop may be the holder of «home-​made waffle cones» and an array of wrapped candy, both old and new: but the wrapped candy is the only thing I would trust from here.
AVOID THIS PLACE.

Every flavor we have tried has been amazing and the staff is always very friendly. Always a must-​stop.

Great lil locals Ice Cream & Candy Parlor in the Harbor. Definitely worth the stop while walking around. Staff is Super friendly and they have quite the lil business even during the off season. My daughter loves the Coffee Bean Ice Cream on a regular cone. HAVE FUN!

Friendly staff and the ice cream was well worth it. I had the Salted Carmel, OMG all the way home to Los Angeles I was dreaming of having more. When I come back I know where I am getting my dessert.

We came to the Harbor to go fishing & roam around. After having dinner we were craving some ice cream on this really hot day. Found this cute mom & pop ice cream shop. They carry an array of old fashioned chocolates & candies from back in the day. They also carry several thrifty ice cream flavors. Not all are thrifty flavors though. I personally do not care for thrifty ice cream after having such great gelato’s & artisan ice creams over the years it’s too artificially flavored & heavy for me also a cheaper brand when you think about it. We ordered the none thrifty flavors that striked our fancy. The Marionberry Sorbet & Huckleberry Ice cream. Both were amazing. I really enjoyed the refreshing factor of the Marionberry with it’s unique tart flavor. The huckleberry reminded me of a blackberry/​blueberry hybrid & was creamy too. The service was super friendly & inviting.

super friendly staff and great deal! always swing by with the kids on my way back from the beach.

Friendly staff. Delicious ice cream. All 5 flavors we got were lovely. Nice little shop to look at the old fashioned candy too. Great find.

I absolutely love the ice cream here! Service is great and the location is awesome. Grab some ice cream and then take a walk on the beach. What could be better? Only down side was the parking. It’s always packed, but that is to be expected. Highly recommend going here. Candy selection is on the smaller side, but is pretty good too.

Best coconut pineapple ice cream in the world. Driving from LA to SD we had to stop at our favorite ice cream place. Absolute heaven :)

Took parents herw when they came to see Camp P. After doing sight seeing I treated my lil sis to an ice cream sunday. Memories ill have when im deployed. Took my pops there too when he came out a week later he liked the old time candies

Great bubble gum ice cream! We stopped in 6 times on our vacation in Oceanside!!!