Xanath Ice Cream

With prices of premium ice cream approaching $ 5.50 a scoop, this place a truly a bargain. Organic, milky ice cream from $ 2.99 for a single, it’s a bargain — sad, but true. I had caheta flavor which i thought would be condensed goat milk, but it will just cow condensed milk. Still good though.
We came a few minutes before they were going to close, and the door was locked. The girl reluctantly unlocked the doors for us. Not a lot of words from her– must have been a long day.

Ordered a double scoop. It was served on a ridiculously huge cone. People were staring. Was pretty funny. Good ice cream.

The frozen yogurt (soft serve vanilla, chocolate, or twist) is average, but the sign explaining the pricing/​sizing (for frozen yogurt) is bizarrely cryptic, and the clerk didn’t seem able to give me a straight answer either. I suspect they call the larger size «slightly larger» because it’s still too small to be called large.

I had the saffron ginger on a cone. Delicious and the right size. Not so much that I felt terrible, but just enough for a tasty treat.

I quite enjoyed Xanath… good prices for the quality of ice cream, which is ORGANIC! There were many flavor variations of vanilla, and they also seemed to push the uniqueness of their saffron (there was an entire wall display for these two spices).
You can get 2 flavors in a single scoop ($ 2.99), and their sugar cones are not your typical sugar or waffle cone, but still good. I loved my roasted almond and figm especially the almond.
Their workers looked so miserable though. Yes it was close to the end of the night, but c’mon.I’ve worked at an ice cream shop and I know that ice cream makes people happy… so be happy, or at least look it, please? You’re bringing me down.

Came in for dessert post dinner with a friend. I ordered myself a double scoop of matcha and blueberry. I also took a taste test of the fig. The fig ice cream certainly lived up to its namesake imparting a strong fig flavor. However, I found it to be a bit too sweet so I didn’t order it.
Scoop-​wise, they definitely do not skimp! For 4.75, the amount of ice cream I received was certainly a steal! However, flavor-​wise, it didn’t quite meet the mark. Starting with my matcha flavor, it did not compare to Polly Ann’s. While it did taste like a matcha green tea frap from Starbucks, the texture was gritty. I like my ice cream smooth and creamy, so this textural surprise wasn’t exactly a pleasurable experience. Likewise with my blueberry scoop, I found it to be inundated with ice crystals. However, as a flavor, I thought it was pretty good. It actually reminded me of the blueberry cheesecake flavor from Fenton’s, just a bit. Tried a spoon of my friend’s mint too — more pepperminty than spearmint.

I was wrong about this place, there was some slight misunderstanding initially and the manager emailed me and realized how good of customer service and appreciation they have.
In addition their frozen yogurt is some of the best in SF
Highly recommended

Vanilla bean is so tasty! Organic and delisious Yummmmm I will come back for sure
Place are good as well
Tried Tahitian coconut vanilla today. Very tasty and rich. Their vanilla ice creams are the best I’ve tried in SF

Great people and great ice cream. The soft serve is ideal for kids! Far less expensive than birite and awesome.

$ 2 for a kids scoop of ice cream and $ 1 for a scoop of yogurt… you really can’t get more reasonable than this for high quality tasty ice cream.
They’ve got a lovely assortment of intriguing flavors from fig to saffron to strawberry and more!
Every time I pass Xanath, I just can’t say no to the saffron ice cream. I make all my dates go in if we pass it. Lol.

First time here. Sampled the vanilla and coconut flavor, tasted icy and not coconutty. Didn’t like it. Wasn’t rich and creamy like Bi-rite’s or actually, any OTHER ice cream parlor. Tries the toffee caramel, that one was a slap in the face from the sugar. Eggh. I’m not picky with ice cream either, but this place was really disappointing. I also tried the cookies and cream one, and that was gross. None of the flavors were creamy and rich and smooth. Even though they say they don’t use artificial additives or what not, all their flavors tasted really artificial and super sweet to me :/
Won’t be coming back here again. Plus the shop itself gave me insane asylum vibes.

We were on our way to bi-​rite when we passed by this place and decided to just go here instead. We walked in a wooooow everything here is organic, pretty awesome! The girl behind the counter seemed like she didn’t want to be bother but she probably had a long day.
Anyhow, we tried a few flavors and even though they were good they seemed as if they were lacking sweetness, o well I guess that’s the price you have to pay for organic ice cream. I ended up getting the almond flavor they have, and my fiancé got their espresso flavor. The espresso flavor was actually really rich and flavor packed, while the almond flavor was good but not sweet enough in my opinion, however it was still good. We also got their organic sugar cones and they’re great.
I will definitely come back to try some of their other flavors.

Good ice cream done cheap.
Besides having one of the hardest to pronounce names in the ice cream biz, Xanath has some pretty decent ice cream too. I tried the mango ice cream. Not too sweet. Not too sour. It was good, but nothing to write home about. The prices are dirt cheap and also offer a variety of spices and extracts which is a nice touch for people into making their own sweets.
Xanath is a good place to get an icy treat.

I came in here around 10 one night for some ice cream with some friends. I had never been here before, but the outside intrigued me.
I got the green tea ice cream in a sugar cone, one friend got the mango sorbet, and I forgot what my other two friends got (whoops hehe). All I know is that we all devoured our ice creams. They were creamy, but not too rich, and the cone. Oh. The cone. Home made and delicious, the best I ever had to be honest. And they were so cheap! In SF I’m always surprised to get ice cream for under $ 4, and this was $ 2.99.
Overall, it’s a great place with wonderful ice cream and a cute environment. They have their own vanilla, all organic.
I definitely recommend coming here if you’re in the area/​/​if you want some ice cream!
Side note: Melissa was such a sweetheart, very patient and super friendly (I give a lot of people credit who can stay smiling after a long day of work in customer service)

Incredible ice cream in colorful space. Free soon tasting, fig ice cream, Mexican Vanilla Bean & Salted Carmel. Super good cones.

Two scoops of ice cream for $ 1.99 on a waffle cone. Count me in!
The ice cream is decent for that price, I don’t think how anyone can complain. Plus, there is no long wait!
I hope you give this inexpensive place a try. Cheers!

Last week, during that epic heat wave SF was having — I found myself wandering around the Mission for some window shopping, when suddenly I found this gem of an ice cream shop and needed a swift, ice cold pick-​me-​up after a day of sweltering upper 80’s heat.
I thought finding ice cream at the peak of my heat stroke had made my day. perused the selection of green tea ice cream, chocolate this and that, and settled on a sea salt caramel frozen yogurt.
I get to the counter, and he tells me my total: 0.99.
My mind was blown. Maybe twice. Partially because, well, this is San Francisco and I’m pretty sure a piece of gum is marked up 150% more than the rest of the country. And also, because the last time anything was 0.99 was the time of Warhol or something. Or circa Fresh Prince of Bel-​Air. Definitely before most tech millionaires were born.
Alas, that 0.99 sea salt caramel froyo made my day. My week, even. He tried to give me my penny in change, but, like a baller, I said, «nah, you can keep it.»;P
I walked a few blocks and sat at a bench outside a store, when a couple walked my way and sat right next to me, holding the same ice cream cones. I looked at them and said, «Holy crap, did you get that for 0.99?!» And I kid you not, we bonded over our three 0.99 ice cream cones for five minutes straight. It’s a wonder how much something so cheap can seem so mutually glorious. Actually, never mind. It just IS effing glorious.

This place is so underrated. I could’ve sworn I had written a good review before but apparently not. The people who work here are always soooo friendly and they let me sample as many flavors as I want without making me feel like an ass.
Must try:
Tahitian vanilla (not Mexican vanilla): soooo rich and delicious! They use real vanilla beans and the flavor really shows. I know it’s so «vanilla» of me to like vanilla, but this is an awesome place to rekindle your love for this classic affair.
Brown sugar banana chocolate chip: this is delicious. Just try it. I love the big chunks of chocolate chips and the banana/​brown sugar flavor. Mmmm so good.
When you’re too lazy to wait in line for birite or you’re so over paying $ 4+ for a scoop of ice cream, come here. High quality and friendly service. Highly recommend!

A-​OK, I’m upping this place in my book for being consistent. I’ve been back since my last review and can’t say that it is the best but it does satisfy my sweet craving!
Thank you X for keeping the fig, coffee, and the huckleberry. I’ll be back to try the cajeta and the brown sugar banana. Thanks for also keeping pricing consistent. Cheers to 2 more stars in my book!

Ice Cream: Flavorful and delicious. Comparable to Humphrey and Bi-​Rite.
Service: Nope. The employee carelessly tried to hand me the sample spoon over the counter which resulted in the ice cream dropping on the ground near my foot. No apologies. I awkwardly asked if there were napkins to wipe it up and she handed me some. I then proceeded to wipe up the ice cream she dropped from the ground. I then asked if there was a garbage can, thinking she (the employee!) would take it from me and throw it away behind the counter. How silly of me because what she did instead was point to a trash can across the room. WHAT. It’s kind of ridiculous the employee who dropped ice cream on the ground made me (the customer!) pick it up and throw it away.
Shenanigans.

Zeh.