Cold Stone Creamery Lynnwood

I'm an ice cream fanatic and haven't been here in a while. Decided to stop by recently and saw they had a cookie dough menu - like over six different flavors focused on cookie dough. Well, that drew me in and I opted for the One Smart Brookie. Brownies and cookie dough? Beautiful combination. Anyways, as I was saying - ice cream fanatic, no ice cream can really be "bad." Salt & Straw, Molly Moons, Coldstone, these all share the common denominator that they can have unique flavors. I mean most ice cream parlors do this these days, but my point is they're all good with different offerings. These cookie dough options are thick and they help "liquify" it a bit by beating the ice cream before placing into your preferred container, a cup or cone. Cookie dough is heavy and filling! Not what I expected, I would've opted for a smaller size had I known. I suppose it's good to know now though, in case I come back and crave some cookie dough. Every mouthful of ice cream will have at least one large cookie dough chunk. Yelp has a 10% discount offered when you check in. I was able to use it here, but it took a few minutes as they weren't sure what it was and had to double check the location. They didn't refuse and worked with me to honor it, so props to the service here. Ends up eliminating tax from the already expensive price. Price can be a big factor when deciding what you want so any small discount feels significant. I mean at a large scoop with a cone, this discount helps make the cone almost free. Now I'm leaning towards a 3.5ish for value and price but was very happy with the service and patience here. It's not like I interacted with the staff much nor did they go particularly above and beyond, but they were very patient and took time to work with me for the Yelp discount which says a lot honestly. They could've simply avoided any hassle by saying no or claiming they don't know.