Polar Bear Ice Cream

Capitola, CA · Ice cream shop

Rating
4.6/5
★★★★★ 4.6
Reviews
20
Rank in Capitola
#7
of 68 restaurants
City Percentile
75%
rating percentile
Address
Polar Bear Ice Cream, 104 Stockton Ave, Capitola, CA 95010
Phone
(831) 479-8888
Website
mariannesicecream.com
Status
Closed · Opens 11 AM

Polar Bear Ice Cream is a restaurant located in Capitola, CA. It is one of 68 restaurants listed in Capitola. Its 4.6-star rating is above the Capitola city average of 4.2 stars. It ranks #7 of 68 restaurants in Capitola. There are 10 photos associated with this location.

About Polar Bear Ice Cream

Since 1975, Polar Bear Ice Cream has churned hand-made small batch artisan ice cream right here in Santa Cruz County, using all-natural and locally sourced ingredients. Re-opening the iconic scoop shop at Stockton and the Esplanade, Polar Bear... More

Hours

Saturday11 AM–10 PM

Customer Reviews

★★★★★ 5.0 Ra Sh · Nov 2025

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ We had a great experience at Polar Bear Ice Cream in Capitola! The lady helping us was so friendly and generous with samples, letting us try different flavors with a big smile. We ended up getting the chocolate ice cream, and it was absolutely perfect—rich, creamy, and delicious. Highly recommend!

★★★★★ 5.0 Daniel Bahr · Jan 2026

Wonderful Ice cream! Some of the best I've had. And an original assortment of flavors. Worth the wait, wish the price.

★★★★★ 5.0 Michelle Cho · Jun 2025

After grabbing some pizza from Pizza My Heart, our family decided to grab some icecream! Polar Bear Ice Cream stood right where we were walking and the variety of icecream flavors offered caught our eye. You are able to sample the flavors to try. I noticed that the flavors are organized according to a particular theme so that helps with navigating the large menu. For a family of five we ordered a triple scoop since one of us is lactose intolerant and we were all quite full. The three flavors we have chosen were all chocolate-based *Heaven - peanut butter 🧈 taken to another level, incredibly rich so it slowed us down to eat * Chubby cub chocolate - the chocolate was not too sweet which made it SO GOOD! best chocolate icecream *One mysterious flavor we forgot the name of but we’ve been to

★★★★★ 5.0 Kim M Reyes · Oct 2025

This ice cream was DELICIOUS! We all had different flavors and they were each really really good. Suggestion: for your special flavors have a spot that says what is in them. The staff kept having to explain with many of the people who were ordering. The staff was friendly and kind. Trying to figure out a way to go 1 more time before we head home. YUMMMMMM!

★★★★★ 5.0 Janardhan Pala Bushanam · Dec 2024

During our recent family trip to Capitola Beach, post lunch we dropped into Polar Bear Ice Cream Shop. 45 plus years Ice Cream Shop. USP: Hand made small batch Ice Creams in Exotic Flavours made using locally sourced ingredients. Butter Pecan and Coffee Toffee were awesome. Value for money must try ice creams when in Capitola

Accessibility & Amenities

✓ Wheelchair Accessible Entrance ✓ Wheelchair Accessible Parking Lot

Services

Ice cream shop

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