Cold Rock coming to Belconnen

Man, you people need to get out of Canberra more. Cold Rock has been around (and very successful) in other (admittedly warmer at this time of year) for ages now. As kezzafezza said, yeah it’s expensive and you could do it a lot cheaper at home, but the same could be said of most takeaway food/restaurants around.

Frozen custard from Goodberry’s and Rubee’s tastes weird and you are all lesser people for eating it.

Tooks said :

2604 said :

Erindale Cold Rock = five bucks for half a scoop of ice cream in a cup. Very stingy.

Goodberry’s beats it hands down.

That’s not just Erindale Cold Rock – that’s every Cold Rock. Ridiculously overpriced for what it is.

Agreed. My husband and I buy a tub of ice-cream from the supermarket and mash up our own mix of m&m’s and freckles, or whatever we fancy putting in. For what 2 ice-creams from Cold Rock cost, I can make 20 myself at home

Belconnen wasn’t exactly doing a roaring trade when I walked past this morning. Something tells me opening an icecream shop in the middle of a Canberra winter is not the best timing.

2604 said :

Erindale Cold Rock = five bucks for half a scoop of ice cream in a cup. Very stingy.

Goodberry’s beats it hands down.

That’s not just Erindale Cold Rock – that’s every Cold Rock. Ridiculously overpriced for what it is.

nsn said :

Cold Rock couldn’t be further from Goodberry’s (and spin offs). Goodberry’s was frozen custard blended with a variety of mix-ins. Cold Rock is ice cream with stuff “smashed” into it on a cold slab.

I take it this was intended as a joke…

Me too. Any ice cream is basically frozen custard ie milk, sugar and eggs heated together until they thicken. I always wondered why Goodberrys felt they had to state that. It’s a bit like a fish and chip shop trying to be special by advertising “deep fried potato sticks”.

Erindale Cold Rock = five bucks for half a scoop of ice cream in a cup. Very stingy.

Goodberry’s beats it hands down.

I really enjoy Goodberrys/Rubees, but only have it a couple of times a year. I could easily go and pick some up once a week, but I enjoy it more in moderation.

I tried Cold Rock at Erindale one day.. VERY underwhelming and nothing like Goodberrys. Sure, having things smashed into your icecream looks kinda cool, but I found the product underwhelming and the price fairly ridiculous. You could get a large concrete @ Goodberry’s or one of those 1L tubs of premium icecream from the supermarket for the same price as a tiny tub of Cold Rock.

Cold Rock couldn’t be further from Goodberry’s (and spin offs). Goodberry’s was frozen custard blended with a variety of mix-ins. Cold Rock is ice cream with stuff “smashed” into it on a cold slab.

I take it this was intended as a joke…

I keep misreading this as Cock Rock and think that The Darkness are going to play at The Lighthouse.

Whilst I would have thought that opening an ice cream business at the start of winter wasn’t the best of timing, the queue out the door at Goodberries last night in 3 degrees would appear to suggest otherwise.

Cameron said :

Gerry-Built said :

…so is this just another rebadge for Rubees (/Goodberry’s)? or an all new store?

Cold Rock couldn’t be further from Goodberry’s (and spin offs). Goodberry’s was frozen custard blended with a variety of mix-ins. Cold Rock is ice cream with stuff “smashed” into it on a cold slab.

Are you the same Cameron from Goodberry’s Belco?

Gerry-Built said :

…so is this just another rebadge for Rubees (/Goodberry’s)? or an all new store?

Cold Rock couldn’t be further from Goodberry’s (and spin offs). Goodberry’s was frozen custard blended with a variety of mix-ins. Cold Rock is ice cream with stuff “smashed” into it on a cold slab.

Ahhhh, that explains the rather cryptic half-covered sign I saw the other day. The only part I could see showed the words “cold ice-cream”, which I thought was a somewhat necessary characteristic OF ice-cream.

Keijidosha said :

It is next to Nandos in the new Lathlain street frontage of Westfield. I give Rubees 6 months before they fold, and Cold Rock 18 months before the masses realise it is a completely underwhelming form of icecream.

Cold Rock is great, once a year, when you’re holidaying somewhere other than Canberra. Ditto Krispy Kreme.

It is next to Nandos in the new Lathlain street frontage of Westfield. I give Rubees 6 months before they fold, and Cold Rock 18 months before the masses realise it is a completely underwhelming form of icecream.

…oh Google tells me it is in the Mall, facing out to the Police Station (Lathlain Street)…

…so is this just another rebadge for Rubees (/Goodberry’s)? or an all new store?