Ellen's Homemade Ice Cream

Yumm! Wonderful ice cream flavours and variety of product available (gelato, smoothies, espresso, food bites, etc.) Charleston is one of the places we stop at numerous times a year when traveling as it is on our way everytime.. we have come to find some wonderful stops and glad to have come across Ellen's Homemade Ice Cream! I enjoyed the passionfruit gelato and the coffee ice cream, very delicious and creamy. They dont have any indoor dine in right now available but offer a variety of outdoors seating along Capitol Ave in downtown Charleston which made for a great stroll through the city while enjoying our frozen treats. Lots of parking available as we came later in the evening and on a weekday but sure seems like a very busy area with a lot of activity but there are a lot of parking garages around. If looking for a wonderful dessert/beverage I'd recommend stopping by.

Cute little ice cream shop. Loved that they had non-dairy options. The raspberry almond milk ice cream was fantastic. Chocolate Brownie Sundae pleased my chocolate loving son. Husband got a pink panther Sundae & I think the other kid got orange-creamsicle ice cream. With a good size fudgey brownie at the bottom. Nice area it is located in too. Was a bit on the higher price side for ice cream shops we've visited. ($27 for 2 sundaes & 2 waffle cones.) But it was quality homemade ice cream in a big city, so that wasn't a big surprise. Just heads up for travelers.

Another surprise here in Charleston! Not only do they serve almond milk froyo (vanilla, chocolate, or swirl), but they also have vegan and gluten free food options for their daily specials. The staff was super accommodating and helpful answering questions. No matter what the weather, this place is worth an ice cream visit!

Ellen's ice cream use to be one of the best ice creams in WV. Under new management that seems to have changed. Our previous 3 visits there have lacked organized and efficient service with long wait times during an uncrowded period and employees seemingly not knowing what's on their computers to charge us for. Most recently they ended up messing up their daily special milkshake, tried to fix it, and it still wasn't as advertised. The process took so long that our 15 minute parking spot ended and we received a ticket. It was not like this in the past and it's very sad to see this business struggle as it's such a staple to downtown Charleston. I truly hope things turn around for them.