South Swell Hand Dipped Ice Cream

137 Avenida Del Mar, San Clemente
(949) 388-4984

Recent Reviews

Stephanie Cooper

Incredible soft serve ice cream. 99 with a flake Mr Whippy style (if you know you know) ice cream. But dipped in melted chocolate and toppings. Honestly heaven. Would have included a pic but inhaled it.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: The Bite Me

Paula Healthy

It’s very rich tasting ice cream! I got peanut butter and Oreos with chocolate hard shell so it’s not unexpected that it’s rich!In retrospect, and if you have kids or don’t want a mess, choose the bar vs. the soft serve. The hard shell is quite difficult to eat without it all falling off.Kid-friendliness: Kids love watching this off.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Build Your Own

Monique Turner

So much fun! Everyone got exactly what they wanted. I love that I was able get a non-dairy option that was delicious. While my kiddos enjoyed soft serve cups with topping combos like fruity pebbles and butterfingers and peanut butter sauce. I had a chocolate dipped frozen banana with Heath bar and caramel sauce. I definitely recommend stopping by this place.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Frozen Banana, Build Your Own

Lezli Byrum

We loved the server who absolutely delighted is with his creativity. Ice cream here is very very different. Delicious.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Soft Serve with Sprinkles

Jeremy Kellogg

Best ice cream shopped in so cal.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Hand Dipped Ice Cream Bars

Rachel M.

Talk about a hidden gem. I'm glad it's far from me because otherwise I'd be there constantly. Best ice cream shop in south county and I love the simplicity of the menu. We got a cup, a float, and a frozen banana for our family; all were delicious. The cup is enough for two kids to share.

Lauren Rowe

South Swell is a must stop for all ages! Wonderful hand dipped soft serve and hand dipped ice cream bars make for the perfect anytime, anyday treat. Super friendly staff!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Adriel Lubarsky

Delicious. Chocolate dip was so good, peanut butter in the bottom was hard but the end and crunchy and delicious. Unique ice cream and so good.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: The Parent Trap

Tamarack Restoration Gmail

Best ice cream Ive ever had.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Chocolate Ice Cream

Heather A.

One girl working during a busy Sunday holiday weekend. Soft serve machine was down. Came around 3:30pm. The girl working had a poor attitude and should probably not serve the public. She was barely wearing a shirt. Health and safety code violation was watching her handle cash at the register then go straight into dipping ice cream and her hands touching the toppings. No gloves. Pretty gross when you think about it. Lack of knowledge to wash hands in between handling dirty money no brainer

Mahdis B.

Best hand-dipped ice cream ever! Love all the toppings! Everyone is super nice, friendly, and informative. It's super cute on the inside too!

Sam Tyrrell

South swell ice cream was not that swell.Quality similar to McDonald’s flurry, service was good however. Overall 3.5/5.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 3

Service: 4

Corey Pitsillidi (Pitts)

Amazing hand dipped icecreams with all the yummy toppings. Worth checking

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Sam Sangermano

Came for the ice cream, stayed for the toppings. Somehow the ice cream wasn’t that cold?

Danielle M.

Sweet tooth heaven. Came with a group of friends and we all got different things.. root beer floats and hand dipped bananas. Everything was tasty!

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