Marble Slab Creamery

There is no wonder that the reviews for this place are what they are! Customer service was non existent! Cam into the store ask for a strawberry shake, the girl explained they couldn’t do shakes after 9 due to them closing at 10, it was 9:15!!! Customer service? After I refused anything else the young ladies attitude was just that an attitude! Not even worth a 1!

You got to be kidding over 6 $ for a small cup of ice cream. Then if you want a topping it’s extra. A gallon of ice cram would be equivalent to a monthly car payment

I got the $ 5 banana split that comes with 3 scoops and plenty of toppings. The problem was there were too many toppings so iI couldn’t taste the ice cream at all. Although I got the lemon custard, birthday cake (sweet cream), and praline ice cream, everything tasted the same.
The setup is really cute though and clean. It’s great for a cold sweet retreat from the summer heat.

I agree with Carrie’s observation that watching some underpaid person bust their a$$ to mix broken cookie bits into ice cream is fun. On the other hand I can’t really let go of the idea that the slab operators also have the job of mixing germs into the middle of perfectly good ice cream. Not that the slab is necessarily dirty but with all the people in line talking/​laughing/​coughing/​sneezing/​tooting there has got to be a lot of «stuff» floating around in there. I guess I have spent way too much time in airports, airplanes, taxi’s etc thinking about germs to enjoy this type of place.
Oh and by the way, I don’t use airplane pillows any more. Not after I witnessed someone come out of the men’s room with their «roll aboard bag» and then stuff the wheels up against the pillows in the overhead compartment as he put his bag up.

I think I’ve finally figured out why there is always a line to the door at Marble Slab Creamery in TigerTown. It’s not because the ice cream is all that fantastic (even tho it is pretty tasty!) and it’s not because you get to custom design your own flavors with mix-​ins. It’s because of the sadistic pleasure that comes from forcing some poor minimum-​wage-​earning teen to develop carpal tunnel while manipulating your ice cream with a spatula on a frozen marble slab. Now that’s entertainment that anyone can enjoy.
I think that I feel vindicated in enjoying Marble Slab because my first job as a teen was scooping ice cream. I am sympathetic to these poor souls (who will undoubtedly smell like spoiling milk every night after work… as I know all too well), but I feel like I’ve paid my dues.
The ice cream is really creamy and fresh tasting. My favorites are all of the chocolate varieties and the coffee. For someone who is indecisive, however, the whole marble-​slab/​stone-​cold ice cream paradigm might just be the end of you! Sometimes I agonize over what flavor (s) of ice cream and what combination of mix-​ins I am going to order, and then when the server finally gets to me in line, I end up blurting out some bizarre combination because of the pressure. I’ve always enjoyed my ice cream there, bizarre combination or not.
I suggest you try it, if you haven’t, but try to avoid prime times when the line is ridiculous. They have a frequent buyer’s punch card too, which can lead to sure-​and-​fast addiction (also to be avoided). At some point, after going there three nights in a row to buy a $ 4 cup of ice cream, you have to ask yourself what you are doing with your life…