Ice cream parlor in downtown offerings several sorbet flavors as well soy and almond milk ice cream -- look in the case on the far end of the parlor. Open Mon-Sun 11:00am-10:00pm.


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57 Reviews

First Review by marykjohnson

LizMayo

Points +1452

Vegan
19 Jul 2024

Huge Selection

This is a vegan dream! Thank you for the incredible variety.

wormgirl

Points +111

Vegan
17 Jul 2024

vegan soft serve!

I’ve been vegan for 3 or 4 years now and this was my first time having vegan soft serve! it rocked! super happy to have found this place!

Jazzy2024!!

Points +41

Vegan
11 Jul 2024

SO MANY OPTIONS

This place is a gem. They have vegan soft serve and had about 8 scoopable vegan options. I had maple walnut!! who doest that? I wish I'd had time to go back more. It's expensive, but ice cream in a tourist town...

They are cash only but have an ATM inside.

Pros: Variety, Taste

Cons: Expensive

mardoll10

Points +50

Vegan
04 Jul 2024

Great vegan options

They had 8 different vegan ice cream options, plus I think they have vegan soft serve as well. They were definitely open today (7.3.24) even though Happy Cow says "temporarily closed". I got the vanilla Oreo and it was yummy. So nice to have options that aren't sorbet!

Kimby1000

Points +62

Vegan
23 Jun 2024

I went 3 days in a row!

So delicious, that I went 3 days in a row! Nutter butter was my favorite flavor. Cookies and cream was also yummy. My husband got the blueberry soft-serve. It was very tasty.

June 2024: we're vacationing on MDI again and went to CJs last night. Everything is the same. 12 vegan flavors. Nutter Butter is still my favorite!

Updated from previous review on 2024-06-23

Pros: They rotate the vegan flavors daily., There were 12 vegan flavors plus vegan soft serve., Vegan waffle cone available

Cons: Expensive, $7.50 for one scoop., Uses plastic cups, Cash only

Beachbabe005

Points +331

Vegan
14 Jun 2024

Pretty good

Good options!! Thank goodness

Pros: Price, Soft serve

Cons: None

Banangela97

Points +2558

Vegan
22 Sep 2023

Ice cream better than soft serve

The swirl in the pic was alright! I got the vegan cappuccino ice cream today and ooooOo yum

TashO

Points +388

Vegan
19 Sep 2023

Many dairy free options!

Their almond milk soft serve machine was broken, which was a bummer. But they have an entire section of dairy free options for in-house made ice cream. It was pretty tasty.

Pros: More than one vegan option

tolmeia07

Points +527

Vegan
18 Sep 2023

Absolutely huge but tasty!

A regular soft serve is HUGE. But very tasty! Recommend the swirl combo

Pros: Huge size , Good flavour

chels2ocean

Points +955

Vegan
10 Sep 2023

The place for ice cream in Bar Harbor

Tried the vanilla soft serve as well as a chocolate Oreo hard ice cream, both were good. Portions are HUGE. They have around 8-10 vegan hard ice cream flavors that seem to rotate.

Danidarling06

Points +401

Vegan
24 Aug 2023

Blueberry Soft Serve

When in Maine, definitely stop for the vegan blueberry soft serve. It was so good! There were a few other vegan flavors, hard and soft serve, to choose from but I got the soft serve swirl on a cone. So yummy!

Pros: Options to pick from!, Outdoor seating, Helpful staff

FrauRuby

Points +50

Vegan
23 Aug 2023

Vegan soft serve

Really yummy blueberry vanilla soft serve. Fast service

Pros: Soft serve , Quick service

Cons: Not cheap, Cash only

Maddie1295

Points +89

Vegan
03 Aug 2023

So many flavors of vegan ice cream!

This place is great. The blueberry/ vanilla swirl is fantastic, but they also have 10-12 other vegan flavors every day.

Pros: Dairy free soft serve, Dairy free Buttwr pecan, Key lime blueberry sorbet

Cons: It’s a cash only place which is a little annoying.

vegonugs

Points +1616

Vegan
21 Jul 2023

awesome selection!

So many vegan options and very yummy choices😄a great treat in the area! There is a whole separate display case for vegan ice creams!

neenz

Points +32

Vegan
18 Jul 2023

Vegan soft serve

Ice cream shop in bar harbor.
Not a lot of selections, but the one they had, the blueberry soft serve, was delicious! A bit pricey. But I know where I am. The service was kids, but the kid helping me was excellent. Quick and friendly.

Pros: Friendly service , Yummy ice cream, Near the harbor

Cons: Pricey

kmbrophy

Points +1053

Mostly Veg
08 Jul 2023

Vegan soft serve!

Cash only. Sign boasts 12 different types of vegan ice cream! When I was there they had soft serve vanilla & wild blueberry available so I got a swirl and it was excellent.

GFGoldenLady

Points +1929

Vegan
05 Jul 2023

Must try ice cream!

They make their ice cream which is super nifty in my books.

Had a blueberry and vanilla twist soft serve as well as a cooler full of other vegan flavours.

Staff were very friendly and fast as well. It was super busy and they were awesome.

I liked the soft serve but would go back again and try one of the hard ice creams.

vegan_or_bust

Points +65

Vegan
03 Jul 2023

Several Vegan Options

Whole little case of vegan options and a vegan soft serve machine, everything we tried was really good. They also label what the ice cream base is, which is helpful for anyone with allergies or sensitivities. Kind staff too.

VegBuchis

Points +180

Vegan
01 Jul 2023

Delicious soft serve

There is a separate section of about 8 vegan flavors as well as a soft serve machine with two flavors and a swirl option. I had the blueberry soft serve which was delicious.

jessicabutcher

Points +54

Vegan
05 Jun 2023

Delicious Vegan Ice Cream

The soft serve machine was broken which was a bummer but the hard serve ice cream more than made up for it. I got the chocolate hazelnut and oreo ice cream and it was so creamy and delicious, even on a rainy day!

TravelingThroughLife1

Points +3245

Vegan
12 Oct 2022

Really good

We were a little disheartened bc the foreign woman helping us was not very friendly and seemed irritated helping us. The ice cream looked a little old but we promised the kids and ordered it anyways. Luckily it tasted better than it looked and we wound up really liking it. The man working seemed a lot friendlier and happier.

shiftygrub

Points +156

Vegan
11 Oct 2022

Not good

The good: there were 6 vegan options when I went, which is super awesome. It looked like the options were all almond or soy base.
The bad: I got a vanilla blueberry soy-based ice cream since I have an almond allergy, and I thought it was pretty bad. It reminded me of vegan ice cream in early 2000s (i.e., I'm expecting way better now in 2022) -- not much flavor, really off-putting aftertaste, icy texture. I seem to be in the minority here, based on the reviews, and maybe it's because I got a soy-based ice cream.

bvankampen

Points +633

Vegan
11 Oct 2022

Amazing vegan ice cream!!

They had 8 non-dairy options. We got the s’mores (soy milk base) and chocolate banana walnut (almond milk base). So delicious!

DawnRice

Points +1109

Vegan
26 Sep 2022

Yummy!!

Almond Ice Cream w/Almond Milk Base.

Sweet and tasty treat to complete our time in Bar Harbor, Maine. So good that I forgot to take a picture.

Updated from previous review on 2022-09-26

Pros: Multiple milk alternative options

Cons: No samples

MichelleP36

Points +1629

Vegan
28 Aug 2022

Tasty options

They had about 6 vegan options when we went -- they were very tasty, but somewhat over priced

bronwen88

Points +74

Vegan
26 Aug 2022

Quite a few vegan options

There’s a whole section of about 8-10 nondairy options in the far case. Almond milk and soy. Had the lemon sorbet which was amazing, as well as the vanilla Oreo.

Pros: Vegan soft serve now as well

Cons: Cash only, but has ATM

angieblah

Points +267

Vegan
29 Jul 2022

Great ice cream and good options

I was surprised at how many vegan options they had here compared to most other ice cream places I’ve been. The coffee Oreo one was awesome!




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