Aqua S

The home to amazing soft serve! Absolutely love how they always have different flavours and my favourite has got to be their sea salt soft serve.

Its so different and i love the balance between sweet and salty, the textures of the soft serve are so smooth and i really enjoyed it

Cant wait to them to bring on the pandan soft serve because it was amazing

No one other than AquaS can do soft serve in the best possible and fancier way. Sea salt is classic, but the limited edition combo each month are simply to die for. By far my most favorite have been honey milk sea salt soft serve, its so heavenly in taste that it literally makes you fall in love with soft serve in a brand new way. Love the pastel and insta worthy decor of their store, not much of seating space is there, yet outside the store you will find quite a lot of seating space. The prices are really affordable, and the beautiful soft serve are so much awesome in taste. Staff are always friendly and attentive. And this dessert place is highly recommended to one and all.

At first I was hesitant to try the sea salt ice cream, it just sounds weird isn’t it. But, this ice cream place is known for their unique monthly special flavors and this time they had the lindt & caramilk chocolate special items, so I decided to go for it.

I was sooo surprised at how good the flavor actually is! Although the flavor is called sea salt, its way different that what I’ve imagined. The red velvet ice cream flavor was amazing as well.

Now i’m 100% addicted to this ice cream and i’ll definitely be back for more 😍

Swimming in happiness! 🥰🥳

So, I’m sure you all know what a soft serve is 🍦 but do you know what a sea salt soft serve is?!

Well, if you’ve been in Japan you probably do and you might have tried some of these amazing whipped and extra smooooth cones! But if you haven’t (or even if you have 🤭) then this is THE place to try it!

Their signature soft serve is aqua blue in colour but they change flavours very frequently and have limited editions (including vegan ones!). And if a blue wavy looking soft serve wasn’t bold enough, these guys actually face the bravery of the oceans and not only can be found right in Melbourne CBD (most convenient places of all times!) but they have sailed and conquered the world and have stores even in the USA!

Seems magical? Well, it gets better! 😱

Exclusive to Australia, the team has decided to collaborate with Anushka, one of the top 6 contestants MasterChef Australia and (who I have met personally and is the the most humble and at the same time talented person ever!) and taking that sea salt soft serve to a whole new level with her famous Honey Cakes 🧁👆

Blue icecream? Magical layered cakes? Too extra? Oh friend, you WANT to be that 👌 bit extra here 🤤 SO GOOD!

Here’s what I had:

- Original Honey Cake Creation by the amazing Annushka from MasterChef Australia, with Signature Sea Salt x Black Hawaii: The cake is a rich, sweet Russian honey cake filled with indulgent layers of soft sponge and custard cream as well as honey thyme syrup and honeycomb and it is a true delicacy! I must highly how spongy and soft it is, quite similar to a Chinese sponge cake, but slightly more dense, and how the creamy layers are ideally placed, creating an increase in sweetness, but not overdoing it at the same time! This original version in particular is quite caramel/honey based and if you are a true sweet based foodie I think you’ll be dazzled by this option (if you don’t tolerate too much sweetness in one go I would definitely recommend the chocolate one as it certainly is slightly less sweet!). I decided to pair it with a mix of the famous AquaS Sea Salt along with their special flavour of Black Hawaii and I must say that what stands out with these soft serves is how incredibly creamy and light they are! Of course, not to mention the instagramable look and the incredible colours that obviously capture anyone’s attention. The taste is very enjoyable of both and while the sea salt tastes like vanilla or just something sweet, the Hawaii one has a coconut flavour that I absolutely loved! Size is not massive but appropriate and by itself it’s not very filling, so I would certainly recommend getting it with one of their special deserts! On a further note, I will like to add that actually also melt quite easily (even for a day that wasn’t too hot!) and that don’t even bother spending too much time admiring these because they will melt pretty soon 😂 they also add some special flowers (both sweet decorations and sprinkled with dried flowers!) and overall I enjoyed this one amongst the three desserts but I would rate it as the third favourite, because the other ones stood out slightly more 🤗

- Santa’s Milk and Cookies with Signature Sea Salt x Black Hawaii - one of their special deserts and my second favourite! It’s basically a little waffle cone with some of their AquaS soft serve that can be served as one or two flavours, as with any of their other items. I actually love that you have the possibility of choosing one flavour or both, because it allows the customer to have the possibility of personalising more their little treat! 👏 unfortunately when I visited, they didn’t have Santa cookie to place in front of the ice cream but nonetheless the cup was filled with not only the softserve with the two flavours as described above but also two chocolate chip cookies that I personally really enjoyed - fudgy, not too sweet and just of good size! Again with flowers and decorations, the dessert is very pretty and they even add a strawberry/raspberry couli that makes it so extra special - absolutely loved the taste! I see this as a little pot of gold indeed and would definitely recommend 👏

- Chocolate Honey Cake Creation by Anushka with Signature Sea Salt x Royal Milk Tea: again, here I had the chocolate version of the honey cake and this was my absolute favourite! I think the sweetness of the cake and it’s layers is cut short surprisingly by the chocolate used and it doesn’t become overly sweet as some might find it with the caramel honey one. Th disposed layers are quite similar but I found this one even more fudgy and a winner amongst all. Topped with a decadent chocolate sauce it is sublime and makes everyone drool. No doubt whatsoever! The royal milk tea soft serve is very enjoyable and it feels that it may have maybe a hint of caramel? It paired really nicely as did the sea salt soft serve and I a total fan of this dessert creation!

It was amazing to try these special desserts and to support someone so talented as Anushka that has such a kind heart and some masterful hands! I seriously cannot highlight the team from AquaS from bringing such amazing treat from Japan!

And finally, I’ll leave you with some news: they will have their Signature Sea Salt also in a vegan version pretty soon! And not only that, but there are some vegan surprises coming soon! 😍

I just love the creations ice cream is creamy and presentation is on point. I'll definitely be coming back

Unfortunately they only had burnt caramel and sea salt flavours when we went in, but they were still good! Got one with the rocky road and one with the macaron topping. Not bad for its price!

This place is THE best ice cream place in Melbourne and every time I visit I make sure to get some! Who doesn’t love soft serve! The usual sea salt flavour is creamy, sweet and salty and I recommend mixing it with another seasonal flavour, it makes for a great combo. They change the seasonal flavours about every 2 weeks. Overall this is my favourite ice cream place in Melbourne.

I went to Aqua S to try their iconic sea salt ice cream, which was pretty amazing despite not being a fan of salty sweet flavours. These sweet/salty flavours were paired with Vietnamese coffee’s bitter and sweet. Topped with a giant grilled marshmallow, the ice cream was simply a treat.