Thayer's Real Dairy Ice-cream

We came here because the gelato shop closest to us was closed. We live quite far away, and on the way back we wanted to get a gelato to take to the car with us. We did not expect such friendly and good service. The man serving us was cheery and helpful, and we inquired about the many ornaments and pictures scattered around his shop. He was very talkative and charming, and even showed us his world-famous parrot which he let us hold and even put it onto our heads. He gave us a million-year-old fossilised oyster which he let us keep. It was truly a highlight of our day. Would recommend to anyone coming to Eastbourne to go to his shop.

I was on my way to a pub in the Seaside area and discovered this. To be honest, this ice cream shop has been here for more than 40 years but as a child I wasn't really foodie and all I did was hang around in town. Anyway, better late and never. Behind this ice cream joint is the famous Italian Fusciardi's another gelato parlour which can be tried later but my priority was Thayer's!!! It was a relaxed ice cream joint with so many ice creams to choose from and they have soft ice/ softie / softserve which is made in house with Jersey Milk so it is expected to be creamy. There are a few tables so you can dine in! Having all these ice cream choices was a treat. I picked Cinnamon and Rhubarb ginger. There were also the usual like Pistachio, salted caramel etc which are available in the city. The ice cream texture was to my liking and it was thick, gooey and mastic like Turkish Ice Cream. The rhubarb ginger (left) was a surprise as it was loaded with crystallized ginger, although the rhubarb wasn't really prominent, the overall flavour was good. The other scoop was cinnamon (right), also good but it got outshone by the rhubarb ginger so if I were to choose cinnamon again, it should be paired with something lighter.