Wedding reception ice cream and cake

Have you considered having the ice cream provided by your caterer? My best friend had a sundae bar and her caterer provided it. they had a server scoop the ice cream

They have a sundae bar but its not that great, and its $6 per with only ice cream. :/

I am looking into some local ice cream shops now, and seeing what it would be like going outside the caterer/venue.

Our venue does allow us to go external for the desert only. My only concern is keeping it frozen and how to serve it. If we went to Costco or something, we would need to find a person to serve. No sure how to find ice cream servers on yelp/weddingwire.

If you have a self serve froyo place near you, they usually offer caterin for $500ish and you choose 2-3 flavors

My cousin did an ice cream and cannoli bar so it's possible

If you go outside for the caterer, couldn't that caterer bring the ice cream in at a specified time later in the evening, along with someone to serve it? For example, if dinner is at 7 and dessert will be served at 9, they could bring the ice cream in around 8:30 for set up? Note that this option may wind up being more expensive than just paying the $6/per person for ice cream. Alternatively, you could pay the $6/per person and supply your own toppings that don't require much effort (sprinkles, M&Ms, crushed Oreos, etc.)

Could you ask your caterer what additional cost it would be to serve ice cream when cake was served?