Sweet Melissa's Ice Cream Shop

Banana pudding ice cream was amazing. The generous "scoops" made the kind of higher prices worth it. Will be back cause I had my eye on the chocolate brownie.

Worth the drive for homemade ice cream — and yes, it was dinner. We drove to Sweet Melissa’s from Venice because we’d heard they make their own ice cream, and it was absolutely worth the trip. Ice cream for dinner is a bit of a Sunday night tradition for us, and the generous scoops here definitely made it meal-worthy. There were four of us, and everyone found their go-to favorite — the flavor list is impressively long, so there’s something for everyone. Friendly service, great ice cream, and a fun local spot that we’d happily return to. Highly recommend if you’re in the area (or even if you’re not — it’s worth the detour!).

Very delicious sliced cream and it's walking distance from Nokomis Beach! Take a load off on one of their rocking chairs!

Great. All around great. On vacation and wanted ice cream. Was in the area so gave it a try. The variety will have you staring and asking questions, still unable to choose. Just pick something. We had three flavors and all were good. Hoping to return again before going home. Also if 1 scoop seems expensive just know they are giant scoops. You won't be disappointed

Took the family here after a day at the beach. It was great the service was too notch and the ice cream even better.