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Buds Ice Cream Info
Amenities
Service options
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In-store shopping
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Takeout
Accessibility
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Wheelchair accessible entrance
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Wheelchair accessible parking lot
Planning
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Quick visit
Payments
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Credit cards
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Debit cards
Best WLM Reviews
I'm not too impressed with this place. The young lady who works here seems too stressed to her job. She seemed to get really mad when we ask her if we could switch the ice cream. I sat at the bar and didn't get served. I felt that I got some second rate service. I'm a transwoman so, I hope that wasn't her issue. She seemed to have no problem walking up to others...
Ice cream tasted like the kind you buy in the gallon size from Safeway wasn't made there. They buy it in bulk. Girls working were too busy on their cell phones. Wouldn't go back or recommend.
Executive summary: This place kind of stinks. Take a pass.
Details:
Like a couple of good tourists, my wife and I ambled by Bud's and were taken in my the "old fashioned soda fountain" look at first glance. That was the best part of our visit: the view from the sidewalk.
We ordered 2 scoops in a cup with hot fudge. The young woman took what seemed like a really long time (minutes) in front of the hot fudge gizmo. Her back was blocking our view, so we just sort of shrugged our shoulders and figured she knew what she was doing.
She put the cup on the counter and informed us what we owed. My wife (being the sharper of the two) noticed that the hot fudge looked "lumpy" and congealed. She quickly tested the temp with a quick finger and -- yep -- it was room temperature and hard. I tried some and -- I kid ye not -- it was chewy like caramel. My wife asked about that and the young woman told us the hot fudge machine "wasn't working". Hm. Why not tell us that before scraping it out and prying it out onto the unwilling scoops of ice cream?
My wife said it really didn't look good at all and felt weird about paying for something like that. The young woman said she wouldn't charge us for the hot fudge. Being good Catholics and Baby Boomers, we felt weird about insisting on a new scoops (we could just eat around the goo), so we stood outside to give it a go.
Moving the congealed mess to the side revealed what I could best describe as "discount grocery store quality" ice cream. It had that ice milk look to it and had just the barest flavor at all. We could only tell the difference in the two flavors by color (cookies & cream and peanut-butter-chocolate).
We were drawn in like chumps and regretted it. Do yourself a favor and pass this place by. Cheers.
This was not worth it.. first I got over charged, but okay my fault - I should have asked for the receipt.. second I ordered Margo sorbet along with other flavour. So i walked out for a walk once I finished first flavour there was no mango.. clearly I got totally fooled. Sad :/ plus as previously stated - no hygiene whatsoever
Paid $8 each for ice cream flavored milk. This was the thinnest milkshake I've ever seen. The two girls working were relaxing at the end of the bar and took their sweet time to actually come talk to us, and when they did it wasn't friendly whatsoever. We threw our milkshakes in the bin and went to Dairy queen.
We had an unfortunate experience. The neon open sign was on. There was a sandwich board sign on the main sidewalk. It was 4:38 pm. I was hoping to buy my daughter a scoop of ice cream on her birthday but… as soon as we opened the door and walked in the young women working, who seemed to be preoccupied with her phone, said that they were closed. I said, are you sure, your signs say that your open and it’s her birthday and we’re looking for a single scoop. She said yeah, I’m closing. After parking and approaching the establishment with an open lit sign we were incredibly disappointed by the person’s demeanor and senselessness to the moment. This place has so much unmet potential. This will be our last visit.
We ordered the brownie sundae with chocolate ice cream …. The brownies were stale and the icecream we didn’t care for either… We asked for hot chocolate fudge and they didn’t have it… in the end we dumped the entire icecream and walked out… quite disappointed with the place….
Love this place! It’s an old fashioned ice cream shop, the service is amazing and they let me try lots of samples to make sure i got what i liked!
Quick Facts About Buds Ice Cream
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Opening Hours
| Monday | 09:00 AM - 08:00 PM |
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| Tuesday | 09:00 AM - 08:00 PM |
| Wednesday | 09:00 AM - 08:00 PM |
| Thursday | 09:00 AM - 08:00 PM |
| Friday | 09:00 AM - 08:00 PM |
| Saturday | 11:00 AM - 10:00 PM |
| Sunday | 11:00 AM - 10:00 PM |
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