We were just passing through and had no idea what we were getting in for. Had the best chowder. Tasted so clean. Loved it

Legendary ice cream, unusual flavors.. But the star was a Thai soup... Interesting menu, Riverside Fish & Chips is in the same building. read more

I recommend going out of your way to eat here on the back patio overlooking the river. This was one of the best salads I've ever had in my life because all the ingredients were FRESH FRESH FRESH. The strawberry vinaigrette was so aromatic and the salad came with interesting peppers. My friends also swear by the ice cream and soup but I'm dieting. Womp womp. It was hard to resist the celery peanut butter ice cream inspired by ants on a log. read more

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This was an unexpectedly great discovery, chowders. We tried two flavors and were enchanted by the complex rich but not claggy combinations. Smoked salmon with fried caper topping a revelation with a bit of spicy. The clam chowder was one of the best chowders I've ever eaten featuring razor clams. Bread from the newish Wolfmoon bakery was the perfect accompaniment. Superb. read more

We'd heard about Buttercup on Yelp and also through some friends and were excited to try it. It did not disappoint! I was going just for the ice cream but my husband's friend had told us that we needed to try the chowder and he was right. It is not your normal thick stuff; the traditional chowder, which my husband got, is instead thickened with a potato base. Each bowl is freshly made with the soup bases, from ingredients that have been simmered, and so your bowl is exactly what you personally want. I was intrigued by the Provençal chowder and it was PHENOMENAL. The broth was perfectly balanced, savory with an earthy quality. And the chowder itself-- so full of the goods that I could hardly believe it. Nice chunks of vegetables and huge chunks of shrimp and calimari. If I could have licked my bowl without feeling wholly uncouth I would have. And that doesn't even begin to talk about the ice cream. I'll leave that mostly to everyone else other than to say that the flavor combinations may sound a bit crazy, but trust them, because they're to die for. read more

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Great unusual soups! Nice people, great location. We stop by every weekend we are in Manzanita.

Wonderful soup and ice cream (with vegan options for those who need them)! The NW clam chowder is well-balanced with flavors and textures. It's a delicious bowl of comfort, creamy and bright in flavor with perfectly cooked ingredients. No mush here. More, please! Do yourself a favor and get your ice cream in a cone. I had the cinnamon dulce de leche + sweet corn (real kernels :)) & honey in the best waffle cone I've ever had! Mine didn't crack or crumble annoyingly like some do, and it's perfectly crispy while having a light soft bite to it at the same time if that makes sense! PS there's seating in the back. read more

Buttercup - Cinnamon dulce de leche + sweet corn & honey 9/19/21 - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Nehalem, Oregon

Coconut Ginger Ice Cream. That is all. Please treat yourself and get a scoop of this - it's vegan too! Their Smokey chicken chowder is also wonderful. It's not too heavy but full of flavor and is very satisfying. I will always recommend this place to friends! read more

We tried the corn soup, curry and ice cream sandwich. We absolutely loved the corn soup and curry! I added shrimp to the curry and for the corn soup we had it vegetarian. All of the ingredients tasted so fresh and you could certainly see that they made it fresh! The slice of bread that it was served with was even amazing! My son thought the ice cream sandwich was only okay, but he still liked it! We took our food and went out to the back patio and sat and ate while watching the kids play by the water. read more

We have gotten ice cream all over the country, we seek it out on every vacation big or small and if there is somewhere making fresh made, we are there. We make our own in both custard and non custards styles as well and enjoy talking to other ice cream makers. Buttercup ice cream is one of the best we have ever tasted (top two). This reminds me I need to keep and eye on her menu for when she puts out Lemon Balm again. I usually just get the marshmallow on graham cracker and chocolate cone because it's my favorite and since it's a rotating menu mainstay it must be many peoples :) She uses Bennet Family Farm milk which we had the privilege to home order for about a year before they shut down the milk man service and they have the best milk! read more

Not your typical chowder. Quite frankly, I think it's better than Moe's, or any other restaurant chowder I've had in my years living on the coast. The menu rotates frequently, so here's always something new to try. They even sell to-go containers in the fridge. Chowder came in a big bowl with a couple slices of bread. Was able to walk out the store and around the back to sit on the patio overlooking the river. Patio space is shared with the Fish truck, out of the back of the Antique shop, so if it's busy, there may not be much space. Didn't try the ice cream, but it looked incredible! read more

Buttercup - Provincial Fish Soup. Yumm!! - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Nehalem, Oregon

We were on a trip here for 5 days, and this by far was the best meal of our trip! We were tired of fried fish and ended up for the most wholesome, delicious, fresh "chowder" we could have dreamed of. I got the red curry chowder and it was so yummy, I'm still dreaming of it. My husband got the original and it was delicious, and we had friends that got the street corn chowder and it was quite tasty too!! All served with beautiful slice of bread with butter. I don't normally order ice cream in the middle of the day, but when on vacation- I went for it!! I got the burnt chocolate ice cream with the chocolate dipped cone. It was AMAZING. I wanted to go back for more but sadly we were just passing through this day and never made it back. Just stop here and enjoy a tasty meal by the river!! It's all fresh food and you can watch him make it in a pot right in front of you. The nicest employees as well!! read more

Go for the Food! Stay for the Ice Cream. Seating down by the Nehalem river. I am talking about: Home-made Soup! Fresh and chock full of freshly chopped vegetables and loaded with seafood and other choice ingredients. Full of flavor. Salads are also special with many ingredients not found in other restaurants. You must try it to find out. An added bonus is the slices of home made bread on the side. Top Restaurant on the Oregon Coast. A ten out of ten. Last but not least. Dessert! I feel like I'm back in Italy eating sweet creamy Gelato. Unique and delicious flavors. Its a labor of love. A must go if you are any where near Nehalem, Oregon. Or - even if you're not. :-) Just go! The hours are limited. I believe they close at 5:00 Th-Sat and 4:00 pm on Sunday. Bon Appetite read more

Everything Julie makes is delicious. Love the variety of soups & ice creams. Soups come with local bread too.

Amazing chowders and ice cream. You cannot go wrong stopping here, even if you're just doing a day trip to the coast.

Delicious!! I had the Thai Pumpkin curry chowder (vegan) and it was so good, some of the best vegan food I've ever tasted! They were very kind and really cute place! Would 100% recommend! read more

Small joint, locally sourced, unique & delicious chowder & ice creams. *small enough that you will have to take everything to go*

Their ube coconut ice cream is a delight. Great location. They primarily sell soups and ice cream, and they do both to perfection. When I was there last, they made a French press for us. Excellent coffee. read more

Ice cream was delicious had the coconut pistachio, I should have read reviews about the nw chowder is was the consistency of water, and the flavor was not on point at all. If your looking for good traditional thick creamy chowder go anywhere but here, plus it was overpriced, please just stick to ice cream! read more

I loved Buttercup, the soups were so wonderful, especially the Thai sea food soup, chock full of fresh seafoods such as shrimp, calamari, fish, etc., with nicely diced sweet potatoes, cabbage. Been coming here for the past 6 years but sadly very disappointed with the Thai soup I ordered recently; it was full of vegetables but hardly any seafood pieces. It did not taste "special" at all, and we do pay extra for the seafood pieces. The quality has gone down and that is a sad statement for a place we loved for so many years. Come on Buttercup, you can do better than that. read more

Small yet mighty delicious vegan and gluten free options! Delicious chowders all gluten free. Two vegan GF chowder options. And even vegan ice cream and a gluten free waffle cone option!!!! Food was delicious. Nice heated deck on the water or picnic tables if the weather is nicer. read more

This woman is amazing. Skip the traditional and get adventurous (but if you're a chicken at least stop in for the regular chowder), also try the dark chocolate hot chocolate. All the ice creams look fantastic but I'm usually around in winter so I've yet to even sample them. I'll come from Wyoming any day to get my some Buttercup chowder. read more

My favorite place to get food in ALL OF OREGON! Vegan ice cream???? What!?!? With a gluten free sugar cone?!?!?? How?? And it tastes amazing??? Yes. And then some. The soups are made to order. Meaning they put the ingredients for just your soup into a pan after you order! So delicious. We go multiple times during our camping visits to Nehalem Bay. read more

I wandered in here with someone who is a chowder fan, having no expectation there would be anything vegan. I was delighted to find they had a vegan soup AND a homemade vegan ice cream (coconut based). I got the Thai green curry (there was an option to add tofu, though I did not) and a pint of the vegan almond joy ice cream. Both were delicious! Love that this business is making a point to offer vegan options. read more

We come here every time we are near Nehalem. The soup is fantastic. The ice cream is amazing. The salad is... okay we've not tried the salad yet. They have unique flavors of ice cream and they usually recommend flavor pairings with the cones, too. If you're an ice cream fan, you have to try this! read more

We drove 20 minutes south (from Cannon Beach) to Nehalem because we were looking for gluten-free clam chowder for my besty. So worth it! Very unique ice creams-we tried several and liked them all, but I settled on the pink velvet. Fantastic!! My friend loved the clam chowder, and I had a Thai curry chowder with shrimp and calamari-delicious! The dulcet du leche drink was great as well. Highly recommend! read more

Buttercup - Pink velvet ice cream with ruby cone. So good! - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Nehalem, Oregon

The clam chowder, billed as "NW Chowder" was different. And I was ready to dislike it, but WOW! It was great! Much more interesting and flavorful. I was eating along thinking they were pretty generous with the clams, when I got to the bottom of the bowl and realized many clams had sunk to the bottom. Served with an awesome sourdough chunk. Very filling and wonderful. And....you can take your bowl around back and eat beside the river. read more

Hands down the best ice cream we've ever had. Had the marshmallow and the mint chocolate cookie and they were both perfect. Great customer service and the soups looked and smelled wonderful but we had already eaten so we didn't try them. Excuse to come back! read more

Bomb ice cream and soup! They also put the soup together when we ordered it, would 100% recommend this place!!!!

I hear that the chowder here is phenomenal and I hope to try it one day. But we came for ice cream and were disappointed. Only complicated flavors were available and both of those we tried were very disappointing. I will not come back again for ice cream but my 3 stars indicates that I will give their chowder a chance read more

The chowders crafted here are incredible. Not thickened clam and potato goo!! It's fun to watch them build your order fresh, with freshly prepared ingredients measured into savory base. We love the Thai chowder, and the "traditional" is our favorite. But wait, they make ice cream?? Their creative ice cream flavors are delicious! Obviously we're fans, we return there every time we visit Manzanita. read more

great service. delicious chowders and ice cream. low having a local place that has the feel of a hidden gem still.

By far the best chowder on the Oregon coast! And we have tried endless places over the years. Always the customizable favorites plus creative seasonal offerings. The big problem is making up our minds. We usually end up getting some for now and some for later so we can try more soup varieties. And don't even get me started on the homemade gourmet ice cream flavors...simply out of this world. An Oregon Coast trip is not complete without a visit to Buttercup. Highly recommended. read more

Skip tillamook and come here: Riding along the rural Oregon coast, past dairies and farms, one would expect to find ice cream which is fresh and sustainable. This place does not disappoint. Ice cream: we had the cherry chocolate, marshmallow, salted Carmel and nectarine Very imaginative and delicious. Cones: Four types of homemade comes. Suggested pairing with ice cream! brown butter, chocolate, graham cracker, marscone cheese. We had the first two. Awesome. read more

This place is a must-try! Delicious chowders of several varieties will please your whole crew and is a great solution for a meal out or one to go. They also make incredible ice cream. I highly recommend the grasshopper semifreddo! read more

My family LOVES this unassuming gem at the coast... watch the sweet owner put together your bowl of chowder and heat it up in her immaculately clean kitchen and then grab a picnic table out back overlooking the Nehalem River. The ingredients are fresh and well prepared, the flavors are gigantic and you can even grab a quart to take back to your home base and savor the deliciousness one more time before your next coast trip. Ok, then there's the ice cream... out of this world! Totally homemade and with every flavor they pair a different homemade cone! Is this place for real?! Support this wonderful establishment so we can all continue to enjoy it!! read more

Love this place!! If you haven't tried Buttercup chowder you haven't tried chowder, period. If you doubt for a second you could be impressed by chowder, you must give their's a try. Both the traditional and their rotating soups are incredible- highly recommend the prawn, fennel, & potato one. Not to mention the incredible gelato/ice cream flavors! A must stop if you're passing through! read more

The chowder and ice cream are both delicious. The chowder is not as heavy as the traditional New England clam chowder--but it's so much more flavorful and loaded with veggies. They always have a vegan ice cream and sorbet that changes seasonally. So good. The people who work there are also super nice. read more

We specifically planned our day out to make a stop here at buttercups. They close at six so we made sure to go by at four. When we arrived we were notified that they were out of all of their chowders except for one. I was extremely disappointed. We ended up getting a red thai chowder because that is all they had. We ate it later in the room and it was OK but lacked seasoning. I am assuming this is because they add all their ingredients into a broth right in front of you so the seafood or the vegetables don't seem to be infused. If you were known for chowder but going to run out two hours before close you might as well shut the doors for the day.I was disappointed that we rearranged our whole day to stop by To be so limited in our options read more

It's not easy to find a place that serves chowder with bold flavors like this place. Caribbean Chowder and Red Curry were really amazing. I have had lots of chowders all over but this little place is near the top. Great flavors, they cook it fresh when you order and their homemade bread makes it a great lunch spot. read more