South Seas Ice Cream Company is an ice cream shop at 87 Queen Street, Waitara 4320, in the New Plymouth district on the Taranaki coast, and it holds a 5.0 Google rating from three reviews.
The trade lives and dies by its cabinet: a short, honest line-up of flavours, churned in small batches and turned over often, says more than any signboard. Ask for a taste before committing — any good scoop shop expects it — and look out for local classics; in Taranaki that usually means hokey pokey, or real-fruit ice cream with berries whizzed through vanilla. Warm afternoons bring the queues, but regulars know the line moves fast and a weekday scoop is just as sweet.
Tucked on Queen Street in coastal Waitara, South Seas Ice Cream Company makes an easy stop after a wander down to the river mouth.