Kaleidoscoops Ice Cream and More

Came here for ice cream dessert with family. Pricing was good, food quality was very good. Would have been 5 stars, but having a business refuse to follow simple covid health rules for it's employees = 3 stars. Wear a mask when serving foods.

Great traditional sandwich and ice cream eatery in Carlsbad. This restaurant holds a lot of surprises. The facility offers outdoor and indoor seating; not comfortable but functional. The menu is a surprisingly extensive list including breakfast burritos, sandwiches, chili, fish, and dessert treats. The service is generally efficient; you order/pay at the counter, and they bring your order to your seat. The burgers were arguable the best burgers I’ve had in a very long time: juicy, fresh, stacked perfectly and wrapped. The fries and the onion rings were cooked perfectly. We had shakes and a sundae, and all were fantastic. The prices were very good. Overall, I’d rate this as a high value for price, choices, and quality. Highly recommended eating spot in Carlsbad.

Consistently terrible service. I used to keep going back despite having terrible service because the food is darn tasty. However, after the last time I will never be returning. Blatantly lied to about receiving the wrong ice cream and being told the ice cream I asked for wasn’t out for sale at this time, when it clearly was (kind of confusing but it’s a difficult and boring story, point is instead of saying, “sorry I gave you the wrong ice cream,” a young man and lady lied to me to try and convince me not to ask for the kind I asked for initially. Then I get home with my order and my wife’s milkshake is just some cold milk. Not familiar enough with milkshake making to know why but it was disgusting and the worst tasting milkshake I’ve ever had. Just one small instance after around 7/8 times I’ve been there. With each time a different terrible service experience and food that is almost worth the abuse. If you can handle overpaying for a gamble on getting good food and certainly getting your order wrong or untimely or just plain rudeness, then I highly recommend.

Got a hot fudge Sunday and though the ice cream was good, for $6+ there was way more topping than ice cream

I visited this ice cream shop with my three children in late March, 2018. We arrived about 8:30 pm and the lines were long for ice cream and diner food dinners. It seems to be a community place, as we were joined in line by local police and emergency responder crews on a break. The crowd was friendly and appeared to gather there often. The ice cream selection was good—presented in the traditional Baskin Robbins’ barrels-behind-glass presentation. The kids were happy with their cones, shakes, and ice cream dishes. We enjoyed indoor seating at shallow wooden-seat booths, but there was also outdoor seating available along the street. Parking was plentiful in an empty lot on one side of the building. If I’m not mistaken, the building had a drive-through window, but I don’t remember seeing staff service the window inside.

I don’t enjoy this place. It is always filthy and the service is slow.

Kind of dirty. Ice cream was ok

Great service, and fantastic ice creams😋

I was not impressed with the hamburger and the waffles fries were great as well as the brownie ice cream. The service I think was terrible and every time we asked what went with the meal they didn't know. The cook didn't even know what was on the loaded tots. Really, wow that is really bad service. Employees need to know what goes on all the meals.

Great ice cream, good grill menu, best Reubens ever! Staff is primarily young and fairly friendly and efficient. The property is very clean, white bench seating, and clean outdoor seating. It is a happy place to be, good food, very clean establishment, ice cream, people enjoying ice cream, children and families everywhere. It’s a fun to simply sit and soak in children enjoying ice cream ... simple pleasures.