London Dairy is an ice cream shop at 172 Queens Road, Panmure, Auckland, rated 3.4 from 15 Google reviews, with warm words for the owners and low prices alongside a few grumbles about service. Reviewers describe a classic neighbourhood dairy: lollies, cheap treats and a lotto counter alongside the freezers.
An ice cream shop of this kind lives or dies on its freezers. Ice cream held at the right temperature and turned over quickly tastes as it should, while stock left too long picks up a stale, icy edge that regulars learn to watch for. The best of these shops sell fast and double as proper corner stores, with cold drinks, lollies and the odd lotto ticket by the counter. Prices usually sit well below a mall gelato bar's, which is why locals keep coming back.
For a cheap cone or a freezer-fill on Panmure's Queens Road, London Dairy is the local stop.