Baskin Robbins

Stopped by to get a prepacked quart. I grew up in this area and even though I have moved away many years ago I enjoy stopping by this location. I have been to another location that I wasn’t please with that had recently opened and it doesn’t compare to this location in quality/​service.

The owner is so nice and friendly! I took my daughter, son, and nephew there yesterday. My nephew was being a little hyper, climbing on a rail and hanging over the glass case. I told him to get off, but the owner told me it was fine, that that’s what the rail was made for (so the kids can see the flavors). He took our order and was very patient. We all ordered cones, but he gave me a sundae cup and spoon for my son to empty some of his ice cream from his cone so he wouldn’t get so messy and told me if I needed more cups for the other kids to just let him know. Will definitely be visiting again.

MMMMMM! I love this place! Chocolate chip ice cream sundae is my absolute fave! The neighborhood isn’t my fave but sometimes you deal with that to get some good ice cream! They have long hours and everyone is friendly, you can’t lose there!

The owner is always super friendly! We don’t get to go as often as we’d like (family of 5), but when we do the owner makes us feel so welcome. We always get great big scopes & it’s awesome! I don’t know what there is to complain about. I have had great service even when the place is packed.

I can’t believe this location is still in business! I’ve been coming here since I was a baby/​toddler, I’m now in my mid 30s. The ice cream is still as good as it’s always been. The strip mall is a bit old and run down, but baskin Robbins lives on!

I bought an ice cream cake here for &40 and it tasted like it had been in the freezer for over a decade or something, very dry and flavorless. Do not recommend wasting money on their expensive, over priced ice cream cakes. You can buy them way cheaper and better at Walmart/​HEB, very disappointed…

Still my most favorite place in the world to go to for ice cream!!! All of those amazing flavors and all with that incredibly delicious taste!!!
Love you Baskin Robbins!!! Keep up the great job you’re doing!!! :-)

You know you’ve been in Austin a really long time when you’re in your early 30s and can go to a Baskin Robbins at which a boy you dated in high school worked. And you know that BR has something going for it if a single location in a scummy strip center can persevere over at least 15 years of summer romances and lessons in how to drive a standard transmission and french kissing.
One of the things going for BR is consistency: the quality of the product has not changed, at least in any material way, in all the time I have been a customer. Now, some ice cream truists, fanatics, or snobs may argue about what the level is to begin with, but it is the ice cream shop I was taken to as a child, and thus will always be the standard in its own way. Thus, I happen to prefer the style of ice cream to most of the others in town: it is fluffier, «American style» ice cream whereas Amy’s, though I really like their flavor, is much more sticky. And that is because there is a good amount of air and artificial things in BR ice cream that give it that consistency. Apparently BR ice cream has Propylene Glycol, which is also used in antifreeze and paint solvents, among other things. What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger, right?
The other thing BR has going for it is ice cream cake. And today, I saw something I have been wishing for ever since I would ride my bike across several scummy neighborhoods in Corpus Christi to get to the only BR in town in the 80s: an individual ice cream cake. Yes, the people have spoken, and BR has listened. They call the new concoction an ice cream «bite» which is probably why we have an obesity epidemic in this country: the bite is almost big enough to share, about the size of two normal cupcakes. Although my trip to the BR tonight was in observance of National Ice Cream Sundae Day, which was a few days ago, I had to get an ice cream cake bite for the road. I put it in the freezer, way in the back, so hopefully, I can wait at least a few days before eating it, though ice cream based desserts in the house is a potentially hazardous affair.
Though the girl working tonight was in a major rush, even though it was 9:20 and they don’t close until 10, I gave her some slack and still tipped her a buck, since I’m sure she’s rushing to get out so she can meet her high school boyfriend.

Visited this location on Saturday. 6÷11÷11 about 8:15pm so I could get a couple of scoops of ice cream. Instead, I ended up leaving without anything. Upon entering, the store was rather loud with the rap music being played and then service was horrible by the two teenagers who were working there. While I waited for one of them to help me, they carried on their own conversation and then one when to the back area while the other one proceeded to text. I was annoyed by that time and decided for him not to finished his text and left. Horrible customer service and environment. Next time I will pay a little more and drive a little further for Amy’s.

This location of Baskin-​Robbins has been in Austin as long as I’ve lived there. And I haven’t lived in Austin for eight years! And I’m still the first to write a Unilocal review? Alright!
All ice cream chains are NOT created equal, and I’ve always been a fan of Baskin-​Robbins, or 31 Flavors. I tasted several flavors tonight before going for a cup of peppermint, a favorite flavor of mine whether it’s ice cream, candy, a cookie, whatever.
I usually gravitate towards ice cream with a lot of STUFF in it (chunks of chocolate, cookies, candy), but I think where Baskin-​Robbins really excels in their simpler flavors — flavors like peppermint, mint chip, chocolate chip, Jamocha (sp?). I tasted several flavors such as a white chocolate and Quarter Back Crunch, and the flavors just didn’t hold up to my cup of peppermint. If you’re going to go for ice cream chocked full of STUFF, Ben & Jerry’s is really your best bet. Or one of the mix-​in ice cream chains (but even then, Marble Slab, Cold Stone, and Maggie Moo can ALL vary in quality depending on location, quality of the actual ice cream, blended-​ness of the mix-​ins, and more).
I’ve always liked 31 Flavors, and I always will unless they completely alter their ice cream recipe. Oh, and they send you a birthday coupon for a free cup — which the store honored today!

When I was a kid, my dad would take my bro and me to Baskin Robbins on his weekends. This was always a big deal. Now I know some of you may be grunting to yourselves, «Pfff, a chain ice cream shop…», but this was El Paso; there’s not much in the way of local flavor when it comes to ice cream unless you’re chasing down an ice cream truck and ordering one of the million varieties of ‘Paletas’.
31 Flavors is of course a bit of a misnomer, they have closer to 50 flavors to choose from. But my dad and I always ordered the Pistachio Almond, me in a cone, him in a cup. And we’d drive back to my abuelita’s house, vanilla to-​go cup in hand, singing to the oldies station that always played in his car. So, when I’m back in the EPT, dad and I still hit up the ol’ Baskin Robbins, but here at home, I usually opt for the local Amy’s or a cool gelato place.
I make an exception on rainy days, though. Why? The Rainy Day special, that’s why! Normally the Banana Royale: two heaping scoops of ice cream, banana slices, your choice of topping, and whipped cream with a cherry on top will set you back $ 3.99 plus tax. But on days that it rains at this location, you only have to fork over a cool $ 2.99. That’s a cheap and tasty trip down memory lane for me!