Pop's Ice Cream & Soda Bar

Roanoke, VA · Ice cream shop

Rating
4.8/5
★★★★★ 4.8
Reviews
20
Rank in Roanoke
#12
of 432 restaurants
City Percentile
87%
rating percentile
Address
Pop's Ice Cream & Soda Bar, 1916 Memorial Ave SW, Roanoke, VA 24015
Phone
(540) 345-2129
Website
www.popsgrandin.com
Status
Closed · Opens 11 AM

Pop's Ice Cream & Soda Bar is a restaurant located in Roanoke, VA. It is one of 432 restaurants listed in Roanoke. Its 4.8-star rating is above the Roanoke city average of 4.2 stars. It ranks #12 of 432 restaurants in Roanoke. There are 10 photos associated with this location.

Hours

Saturday11 AM–9 PM
Sunday12 PM–6 PM
MondayClosed
TuesdayClosed
Wednesday11 AM–9 PM
Thursday11 AM–9 PM
Friday11 AM–9 PM

Customer Reviews

★★★★★ 5.0 David M Monastra · Dec 2025

This place is a lot of fun. The owners are friendly and the vibe is great. The sodas are handmade the old fashioned way with syrup and seltzer water with over a dozen flavors to choose from and even more if you combine them. The grilled cheese sandwiches are for kids and adults alike. My wife had the special one with the cranberry and she loved it. While I had the #3 best in the country which was out of this world. The tomato soup was yummy. I also really liked the popcorn that came with the sandwiches. Yes it's not fries I would've have preferred fries but it was still a great option. The icecream is awesome too. The kids and wife all enjoyed it. We will be back every time we are in Roanoke. If it gets crowded it could take a while for your order to come out but the owners do take

★★★★★ 5.0 Ashley Christensen · Dec 2025

We came in on a Wednesday night so it wasn't very crowded but the atmosphere was super cute. Loved sitting at the counter and the ice cream was great. Definitely a good experience 😌

★★★★★ 5.0 Scott Dittman · Sep 2025

Excellent choices and quality of the "cream" served in retro metal dishes. But this long-time neighborhood fixture also has a fun, odd, throwback vibe including a rack of Mad magazines and custom wall decorations.

★★★★★ 5.0 Dale Clancy · May 2025

I found this local charming gem in grandin neighborhood in Roanoke recently as I have just moved here. It is the most adorable ice cream/café you could ever hope for. The ice cream is wonderful and the service is great and the food is comforting and charming and yummy . I have celiac and they have gluten-free bread and gluten-free cones and they take such care. I've been back three times since and it is my favorite grilled cheese of all times and again so charming inside with children coming and going and it's just such a cheerful place I can't recommend it enough and it's locally owned so let's support that and go get some fabulous ice cream this summer and some yummy food.

★★★★★ 5.0 M B · Jun 2024

I've really enjoyed finding this place, and being able to get an actual egg cream outside of Boston/Chicago/NY. The egg cream wasn't served how I'm used to, but still frothy and delicious and every place does it a little different. From talking to one of the owners (who are super nice) Steven, apparently it's been there for almost 20 years -- they took it over two years ago because they loved it and didn't want to see it go. The menu is simple, but delicious -- ice cream, milkshakes, egg creams, malts, floats, sodas a few soups and souped-up grilled cheeses. It's usually a tomato bisque plus a soup of the day, and the grilled cheeses are loaded up and made on a retro sandwich press. The actual ice cream comes from a local creamery, and may be more than one (lemon crunch is homestead I bel

Accessibility & Amenities

✓ Delivery ✓ In Store Pickup ✓ In Store Shopping ✓ Onsite Services ✓ Takeout ✓ Dine In ✓ Solo Dining ✓ Wheelchair Accessible Entrance ✓ Wheelchair Accessible Parking Lot ✓ Coffee ✓ Seating ✓ Gender Neutral Restroom ✓ Restroom ✓ Casual ✓ Cozy ✓ Trendy

Services

Ice cream shopCafeDessert shop

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