For Real Icecream & Coffee is an ice cream shop at 530 Great South Rd in Karaka Harbourside, Franklin, with a 4.6 rating on Google. As the name suggests, coffee comes alongside the scoops.
Good ice cream shops stand or fall on what's churned on site, so ask what's made in house and taste a spoonful before you commit. Flavours tend to rotate with the seasons, and the popular ones can be gone by late afternoon, which is why regulars arrive early. Where espresso is served alongside, an affogato, hot shot over a cold scoop, is the honest test of both. Texture tells you the rest: dense and creamy rather than airy points to real cream and a slow churn.
Set on Great South Road in Karaka Harbourside, it makes an easy stop for a scoop and a flat white on a Franklin drive.