mary's milk bar

the most amazing, creamy, cooling, scrumptious and sweet centered ice cream to be found in edinburgh. mary herself makes freshflavoursevery day that are often bizarre and unique yet infinitely better than you could ever imagine. my favourite flavour so far is peaches and cream but everything else has also been delightful. i only wasn't a fan of the lemon sorbet, because the texture of the ice cream in general is much more enjoyable. a must try after a walk around the castle in summer or even when you want to dream of warmer days during the long gray winter!

mary's iced creamflavoursare always delightful, even in the cold cloudy edinburgh. on picture is their milk chocolate with lavender, offering a soft lavender fragrant and milk chocolate iced cream that's neither tasted like perfume nor feeling too strong. also try their hot chocolate topped with milk iced cream, it's her signature.

have you lived the last few years as a disheveled wreck of a human being, your only solace stuffing your face full of ben and jerry's whilst watching increasing dire reality t.v?

well i've got good news for you. there is better ice cream out there than ben and jerry's.

ok, we're going in at the deep end. hold your breath. earl grey ice cream. that's right, it ruddy marvelous and vastly superior to its tepid tea form. but mary's doesn't stop at earl grey, there are differentflavoursavailable every day, i've been lucky enough to stumble in when they were doing whisky and ginger. i don't know if there's some form of witchcraft going on but it should not be possible to make ice cream this good.

i love mary's milk bar - you can tell their gelato is made with high-quality ingredients, and they have some really unique flavour combinations. honey & lavender, earl grey tea, thai iced tea, and strawberry & black pepper sorbet are a few deliciousflavoursi've sampled!

best ice cream in the city. you can tell its really well made and worth the money. although they don't have as big a range offlavoursas i was expecting. they also do amazing looking hot chocolates, definitely going to go back and try one!

when it comes to ice cream and milkshake mary's milk bar is the place to be. fresh ice cream and differentflavours. i love the feeling of the place and it has lovely staff.

ice-cream is one of my ultimate comfort foods and while there's no bad day to have it, on a sunny day if i'm near the grassmarket it's hard to resist a trip here. mary herself is usually behind the counter with a smile, suggesting good combinations of her often unusual flavours. 
try the hot chocolate float (a scoop of ice-cream in one of three hot chocolate flavours) for a delicious contrast between hot and cold. pictured is the white hot chocolate with cardamom served with a scoop of salted caramel ice-cream. mmm...
my one criticism is that i think sometimes theflavoursare just too subtle.

this charming gelato shop serves a range of yes, gelato as well as hot chocolates, milk shakes and a selection of handmade chocolates. the decor manages to pull off shabby-chic retro without the hipster try-hardness that often comes it. the two ladies behind the counter are extremely helpful and let me try a range of gelatos (their seemed to be a lot of flower inspiredflavoursthat day including rose and lavender and honey) followed with snippets of information on the different ice creams, before i finally settled on a "milk" milkshake. while not the most adventurous of choices it was absolutely delicious. the milkshake was extremely dense and the flavour, for lack of a better word, very milky. 

the lady in front of me opted for a hot chocolate which came with a massive scoop of rose flavoured gelato and looked and smellled absolutely delicious. i will definitely be back to try out some of their other delights!