Marble Slab Creamery

* x * STORE IS CLOSING THIS WEEK * x *
* Everything is 50% off on Monday 25^th & Tuesday 26^th July *
I went on here before watching a film only because I couldn’t locate the local Yumi (yes. bring on the ‘woman doesn’t know where she’s going’ jokes) and I so wish I had taken more notice of the reviews.
I went for a small Vanilla.
Now not being too picky when it comes to Ice Cream /​Fro-​Yo I’m fairly easily pleased but this was pretty bad. It was very sweet and rather than creamy it was quite icy. Icy like when stuff starts to defrost and get’s refrozen. It was so bad I wasn’t able to eat it which was a first — EVER! And for almost $ 5 I feel well and truly ripped off.
The location for the store really couldn’t be any better but the product just fails. High priced and poor quality. I would suggest find the local Yumi but as this place is closing that pretty much goes without saying. Hell, even the Dreyers they serve at Century cinema is better.
Looking forward to seeing what new establishment opens up in it’s place.

Wondering around downtown Redwood City «Theater District» looking for something sweet and cold after a nice lunch and found this place next to the movie theater.
When I walked into the store I found a lot of stuff in the front window marked «for sale» and it appears here is another entrepreneur who is getting squeezed by the parent franchise and the high rent and a not well thought out business plan as there were no signs for the price of two flavors with mixes.
Instead of walking out I started to take pity on him and gave him some business.
A regular cup with two flavors cost me $ 5.00 out the door. But I as in a hurry and this appeared to be the only place around.
I don’t think he will have his doors open much longer.

This is not a review of the Marble Slab chain; I have been to a Marble Slab in Sacramento that has fast, friendly service and fantastic ice cream with very generous mix-​ins that I would give 5 stars to.
This location is located close to EVERYTHING in Redwood City and is super convenient. However, I have had three bad experiences here, and that’s enough. It’s not hard to get ice cream right, and it’s even easier to get good service right.
To be brief, the ice cream is blah, the selection and quality of mix-​ins is poor, the prices are ridiculously high, the portions are small, and the employees are downright rude. I have never been so poorly treated at a place of business in my life. I will never go back. If you are at the movie theater and want some ice cream, go in and get some Dreyer’s at the snack bar. It tastes better and the employees don’t look at you as if you were a slug on the bottom of their shoe.

Just don’t go. Not worth trying. Search for something else in the area. Nothing special about this overpriced ice cream. I’d eat Thrifty ice cream over this any day! True story.

I just want to set the record straight. Coldstone is not a marble slab rip-​off. Marble slab has been around in other parts of he country since 1983. The first coldstone came out in 1988. I think that if you like very very sweet ice creams, you’ll like coldstone more but I personally prefer marble slab’s creamier version.
That said, this marble slab in particular doesn’t have great service but it’s not too bad otherwise. I haven’t had any issues with portion sizes but I personally think that they’re actually doing people a favor by not making them huge.

I agree their frozen yogurt sucks. youre better off going to Costco, Mcdonalds, or Yummy Yogurt for frozen yogurt.
The employees there seem to want to be any other place but there. They arent that cheerful or happy like ice cream shop workers should be.
One thing that is very amazing is their Birthday Cake flavored ice cream with cookie dough mixed in. I promise that thAt the the most amazing tasing combination EVER. EVER!

$ 4.09 for a tiny bowl of this completely undistinguished ice cream. This very literally could be from Trader Joe’s.
This place is taking advantage of its location (right next to a movie theater) and charging as if it was in the movie theater itself.
A mediocre and exploitative establishment which begs to be put out of its misery by a real ice cream store.

Before I watched Star Trek, I was in the mood for some ice cream so I came here. Unfortunately, no particular flavor jumped out, but I was craving some chocolate. They only had two flavors, chocolate swiss and double dark chocolate. I’m a big dark chocolate fan, so I got the double dark chocolate with walnuts in the small cup. The ice cream was rich, creamy and good, but nothing spectacular.
You are better off going to Coldstone or some mom-​and-​pop store and you pay the same price for better quality and more variety of flavors.

Hubby & I love the banana ice cream! I have never ever ever liked a banana product because it usually uses that disgusting artificial banana flavoring, but this has real banana chunks. Yum. Also, try the sweet cream flavor.

Over priced. Not that great, unfortunately this shop is in a great location. They just don’t serve great quality products.
Good customer service though.

Good ice cream. Just a little pricey…

This place is beyond underwhelming — I mean everyone is right — why go to Marble Slab when you could go to the much tastier, higher quality Cold Stone? Service at Marble Slab is awful to boot — my group of three was the only one in the store and it still took us a good 10 minutes to get our three items.
There is one thing at MS that CS does not have: fat free fro yo. Yes, this place is just a few blocks from Yumi, so if you’re in the mood for fro yo the only reason to come here becomes if you just got out of a movie and you’re lazy, but the simple, old-​fashioned chocolate and vanilla yogurt available here are sweet and creamy, and I think slightly less pricey than the ice cream. So, if you’re in the area and in the mood for a little old faithful, and the line’s not out the door, then give this place a shot.

I would never ever come back here again, even if I’m craving for ice-​cream or frozen yogurt real badly.
There’s a big sign at the window that said it’s opened at 12pm daily. Cheeyaa right! My friends and I went there around 12:20pm, and it was closed. Later around 12:30pm, we saw the doors opened. We went in and asked the server about what happened at 12pm. He said he went to grab lunch. What the heck? At a time when it was supposed to be opened? Why can’t he grab lunch at 11:30?
Okay, so my friends all got vanilla frozen yogurt, and I had some of it. OMG, it tasted water down, and it doesn’t have any vanilla taste at all, and it was SUPER sweet. Seriously, that small thing costed around $ 4.00, and it tasted gross. Next time if I want frozen yogurt, I’m better off going to MacDonald… it’s tastes sooo much better and it’s only $ 1.19!
I felt like coffee ice cream so I ordered that with almonds. The server grabbed some ice cream, slabbed it on the marble. He sprinkled ONE spoon of sliced almonds, and then he took one metal spoon and fold one side toward the middle, and then use the other spoon to scoop the ice cream into my cup. OH MY GOSH! What’s the point of that? He could save some work by just putting the ice cream in the cup and sprinkling that spoon of almonds on top. What the heck? All my almonds are like on one side covered with ice cream. I’m not sure if that’s the way Marble Slab does it, but at Cold Stone, they put work into it and actually mix it the toppings with ice cream! Oh yeah, my coffee ice cream tastes okay, but probably loaded with sugar.
The whole time the server has this «I don’t want to work or be here» look on his face. When I paid him, he said thank you, but in a very unwelcoming tone and no eyes contact what-​so-​ever. Geez, worst ice cream experience ever… and ice cream supposes to make a person happy!

I love the cinnamon ice cream here, it is sooo creamy and delicious! and all the ice cream is made right there in the store so you know its fresh and good quality. Perfect late night snack after a movie since your already there.

I think I have to be a harsher critic than some on this place. I had a sudden craving for a Cold Stone-​esque ice cream fix, so I thought «why don’t I give the new CS-​knock off a try!?‘
Now I know why I should stick to the DQs and the CSs (even if I have to drive farther)! …
First of all, it’s 3pm on a Thursday, and there’s a line. That’s not because this place is popular, it’s because the owner is SLOWER than molasses in December… so slow that the old lady in front of me decided to leave after waiting too long.
Anyway, I’m stubborn, so I hold out to see how good the ice cream is. I agree with Kriste P… the servings are an embarrassment. Small servings are fine if you are on holiday in Paris and expecting to buy a small French Café ice cream, but I’m at a chain in Redwood City.
The owner said that they don’t give large scoops of ice cream in their cups, but that their cups are bigger than CS’s…I think that may be true with their largest size… but that’s pathetically false with the other two sizes (hey, I remember my ice cream excursions). He scooped so slow and small that I was actually shocked. He then added maybe a tablespoon of graham cracker (or whatever)…and then mixed it all up. My pathetic sad little concoction came to almost $ 7.00. You know, I don’t mind spending a little more, but I mind when the owner is SUPER cheap and makes you feel like you just got ripped off. The service is horrible, the attitude is cheap and unfriendly, and I’d rather drive to Foster City than give this guy another dime of my money.
Make smaller cups, give me the illusion that you are spoiling me for $ 7, but don’t be a cheap mean little man about it — boo hoo. Do NOT go here… go to Beard Papa Sweets… go to Tartine… just don’t give this place any of your hard-​earned dough.

I am persnickety about ice cream, and Marble Slab has a kickass cheesecake version. Mix that with some berries and graham crackers, slap it into a waffle cone, and hand it over!
Being a true American glutton, I was dismayed at the tiny scoop I received. Dock one star.
I removed one more star because, unlike its better-​looking step-​brother, ColdStone Creamery, at Marble Slab, you pay for each mix in you want in your ice cream.
Super. Lame.
I paid $ 4.79 for a tiny ball of ice cream with two tablespoons of mix ins. I know Redwood City is trying to get all upscale, but this is not the way to achieve greatness.

I can’t walk by without getting a Willy Wonka waffle cone (dark chocolate ice cream with chocolate chips and hot fudge mixed in.) Good stuff! Perfect for an after dinner treat, and right next door to several other restaurants and the movie theater.

This place is pretty good! I love mixing raspberries with the vanilla frozen yogurt. It is expensive, but when you consider places like coldstone and other ice crean or dessert places it is about average… me and my roommie like to visit this place after having lunch at tacone or other places in downtown RWC!

This is pretty much just like Coldstone, but it has its moments. They actually have the combo that I used to like at Coldstone before it was taken off the menu (strawberry shortcake), although for some reason I can’t get a regular size for it. What I got instead was something to the effect of a raspberry cheesecake… it was good, but not great. Although, I’ll give some kudos to the employee for forgetting that there was a $ 10 minimum for an ATM transaction and letting me pay with my ATM card anyway.

Like Cold Stone, they have a chilled marble block where they take your ice cream and mash it together with toppings of your choice. I think I actually like their ice cream better for it’s not as sweet and the texture is firmer. Had a small cup of amaretto mixed with almonds. Hit the spot and helped rid the garlic and onion heaviness of my lunch!