Ripley Ice Cream & Cafe

Featured reviews

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  Kealy Smethurst

  ·5 months ago

  “Really disappointing experience at Ripleys Ice Cream today. We arrived at 3:45pm, clearly before their advertised 4pm closing time, only to be rudely told by an older man that they were no longer serving. When I pointed out there were still 15 minutes left, he just shrugged and said by the time the queue went down it would be 4pm anyway. I honestly don’t understand why you’d turn paying customers away—especially on a sunny day when families are out with their kids. The attitude was unnecessary and quite off-putting. Definitely not the kind of service you expect when you’re just trying to enjoy a simple treat.”

• F

  Fiona Gallagher

  ·6 months ago

  “Very friendly and sociable space. Indoor and outdoor seating. Excellent hot chocolate. Definitely worth a visit.”

• C

  C-B

  ·8 months ago

  “Great place for a coffee whilst walking around here, cant comment on food as I haven't ordered any from here yet, but staff are quick and polite”

• D

  Dave Mason

  ·8 months ago

  “Terrible service waited half an hour for three hot chocolates and a coffee , when enquired we told they had a problem with the machine. Lots of people served with drinks after we came in . Sort it out Ripley 😡”

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  Issiemc

  ·1 year ago

  “Brunch after a walk around the gardens. Service friendly & welcoming. Cheese & Onion toastie and a coffee Lots and lots of cheese. Dog friendly. Very busy”

• J

  James Stone

  ·2 years ago

  “The setting and location is idyllic. Within Valley Gardens you couldn't ask for a better view. The cafe itself is small but very nice with a decent amount of seating. Unfortunately on this occasion I had a scone which was very dry and my Vanilla Latte wasn't very warm and lacked vanilla taste. But the staff are very friendly and plenty of choice of drinks, snacks and ice cream.”

• A

  Andrew Moorhead

  ·3 years ago

  “This place is a little Gem. We stayed in Harrogate for a couple of nights and we decided to go for a walk through the park where you can find this beautiful little place. We popped in for a couple of freshly made ham sandwiches and a couple of coffees to take out and while we were waiting for them I told the gentleman serving that the last time I came here I bought a tub of Rum and Raisan Ice Cream and it is by far the nicest ice cream I have tasted, the nice gentleman went and got me a tub and gave it to me for free. If you are in Harrogate and have time to kill you can not go wrong with going to the park and popping into this place. People are so nice and the sandwiches we ate were so nice and soft.”

• W

  Wahyu Hidayat

  ·3 years ago

  “Taking a break from our walk here, enjoying ice cream while doing people watching and absorbing calmness of the gardens”

• S

  Spencer Hudson

  ·3 years ago

  “Almost always busy , and in summer expect a queue for the fabulous Ripley ice cream (some solid flavours to select from). Best of all your in the heart of valley gardens and and explore with the kids. If it’s raining there’s some cover to shelter … in winter pop in for a hot drink. This really is one of the gray places to refuel while mooching around.”

• D

  Dean Dowling

  ·4 years ago

  “Friendly service and great tasting ice cream. Shame they don't seem to do the special flavoured soft serve like their Ripley counterparts but the vanilla is delicious all the same. Update June 2022: Still great tasting ice cream, with lovely staff. Massive queue today goes to show how popular it is. Still a shame they don't do flavoured soft serve like the shop's Ripley based older sibling.”