Area 51 Ice Cream

First and foremost the Ice Cream is wonderful. I have seen this place grow of the last few years and I would say it is the best in Hernando hands down. With all that being said I would say with this growth comes some growing pains. My wife and son both chose ice cream by the scoop which was pretty fast but, I on the other hand choose a simple vanilla shake. The bad part was waiting on it, it took 10mins to get it and then I watched the person making the shake short the shake (Ice cream was not even close to the top of the glass) the worker realized this looked around and just add more milk to the top and hand stirred it in. For this I have decided to give the place four stars.

So let’s let’s be honest, when I first went to Area 51 I really thought they are going to have some personal flavors, something new and unseen something to match the name. Absolutely not, they have basic flavors in an upscale building. I even tried going during holidays to see if they’d drag out some seasonal flavors, nope same 14 flavors or so. Otherwise it’s spacious and party ready they also have outside seating that’s really enjoyable during warm weather. Oh and the cookies are really good. 2nd take, Area 51 listed some holiday flavor and they missed my point. Your ice cream shop is called Area 51 first thing come to mind are secrets or the actual place called Area 51 y’all have an alien ship painted on your wall lol, & for holiday flavors y’all still listed basic flavors I can find in any ice cream shop. The bar is low here, the expectation is for wild new flavors, (ex. BR offers a wild and wreckless flavor that I can’t find anywhere else.) When I see Area 51 shop as a whole the design the aesthetics I’m looking to find flavors I can’t find anywhere else. With names that’s fun to talk about, “oh I found Alien booger or moon rock at Area 51 and it’s an amazing flavor idk what they put in it but I’ll go back for more.”

I’m disappointed in my ice cream experience today. Not because there is not any sugar free ice cream available, not ever, or how hot the inside was, melting my ice cream a bit, before sitting down at a table, or the moral of the employees being in a funk, or the asking of a lid for my ice cream only to be given a lid for a drink cup. But because this is my second time experiencing people who do not enjoy scooping ice cream for X amount of dollars. I’m sure I’ll be back to this cozy home feeling, fun environment, WONDERFUL ice cream place again in the future. I just hope with a different greeting by the employees.