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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67 Reviews

First Review by marykjohnson

redeats

Points +63

Vegan
24 Oct 2025

Yay!

Got the peanut butter chocolate flavor, I usually don’t love almond milk based ice cream, but this one was awesome!! Perfect little treat and just what I wanted😄

DEdoc

Points +458

Vegan
06 Sep 2025

Choices

So many flavors to pick from! Peanut butter and capuccino were creamy indulgence. Cookies and cream was thin, not auite the same. They offer milkshakes too but only 24 oz, too much for me!

thecsfamily

Points +24

Vegan
14 Aug 2025

Great vegan options

Go to the cooler at the far end - it’s all non-dairy - all made in-house. Selection changes pretty much daily. Best vegan ice cream on the island!

ErinEpel

Points +473

Vegan
16 Jul 2025

Amazing vegan selection!

Stumbled across this place and saw all the vegan options and needed to try for myself. They have 9 different vegan ice creams / sorbet options! I got the mint chocolate chip, made with soy milk. It was so smooth and creamy! Would get again.

namastevegan444

Points +706

Vegan
08 Oct 2024

Awesome almond ice cream

Blackberry fudge sorbet was delicious!

Updated from previous review on 2024-10-08

Forman

Points +7051

Vegan
18 Sep 2024

Yummy Ice Cream

Had the rasberry chocolate truffle and butter pecan. Really good!
BTW, this time of year they don’t have non dairy soft serve.

bdg99

Points +104

Vegan
11 Sep 2024

Vegan ice cream options!

They had 8-10 vegan flavors - some soy milk, some almond milk, and some sorbet. Flavors rotate. We had the rasberry chocolate truffle and the vanilla with raspberry swirl - both made with soy milk and both were excellent.

Pros: More than two flavors of vegan ice cream, Soy milk based was very good

Cons: Cash only

CourtneyBublitz

Points +152

Vegan
03 Sep 2024

amazing flavors

several vegan options that are all delicious! many labeled vegan options including hand-dipped iced cream, sorbets, milkshakes, soft serve, and even waffle cones!! everything i tried was amazing and i went several times throughout my week here. it is on the expensive as some other reviewers have mentioned.

VeganMama1889

Points +87

Vegan
25 Aug 2024

The best ice cream I've had in a while

Soft serve almond milk twist van/choc was absolutely incredible and felt so light. I could've eaten it all day. Two thumbs up from my 6 year old too!

Pros: Taste, Friendly staff

Cons: Cash only

spinachplz

Points +98

Vegan
08 Aug 2024

Lots of vegan selections

The ice cream was good and there was variation, a little expensive though.

LizMayo

Points +1614

Vegan
19 Jul 2024

Huge Selection

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

wormgirl

Points +165

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 +100

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 +364

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 +369

Vegan
14 Jun 2024

Pretty good

Good options!! Thank goodness

Pros: Price, Soft serve

Cons: None

Banangela97

Points +2925

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 +406

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 +575

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 +1675

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 +404

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 +54

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 +97

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 +1894

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 +42

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 +1187

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 +2231

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.




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