Dandis is by far the BEST ice cream place! The flavors are great! The service is spot on! The person taking your order is efficient and on point and the service behind the scenes is fast! No sooner do you pay but when you walk the 7 steps to the pick up window they are announcing that your order is ready! The line...no matter how long...moves quick and the price is so reasonable! There are tons of picnic tables to eat your ice cream too!! Highly recommend! You will not be sorry and your wallet will thank you too!!! read more

Wow, price to size ratio is crazy!!! The prices are so reasonable and they give you big portions, hard to come by. My waffle come did break in half and I almost lost this but I was able to save it and make a "waffle cone bowl-cup"...which was actually pretty good.... Cookie dough flavor was awesome too. They were busy but line moved quick, and lots of tables to eat at under shady trees. read more

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Not really open today (5/30). Stopped by with several other cars in the lot at 1:45. Lights on, open sign up. People inside but no one getting served. I went to the window. Stayed awhile saw others sitting in the car. Went back to my car saw another customer stand at the window without response so I left. read more

I love this cute, little shop! They recently added orange cream and black raspberry soft serve and both are so good! The staff are all nice and service is fast. Love love love this place! read more

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Best ice cream ever. Chocolate Overload is my favorite! Every trip to Dandilyons is a magical experience.

Every time I'm in Reading, I HAVE to stop Dandi-Lyons! Luckily, I got my last visit of the season in tonight. Since it's the end of the season, there weren't many flavor options left, but luckily they still had my favorite--moose tracks! I ordered a regular scoop in a cup, and it was packed to the brim with 12 ounces of ice cream. I love the mix of chocolate and peanut butter without one overpowering the other. I also tried the chocolate overload, which truly lived up to its name! It might be too much for those who aren't hardcore chocolate lovers. I usually like to get my ice cream with rainbow sprinkles, and at Dandi-Lyons, all toppings cost about $0.50-$1.15 extra. However, it's worth the slight up charge because the ice cream itself is very reasonably priced. Other popular flavors in my family include purple cow (black raspberry ice cream with white chocolate chips) and chocolate soft serve. There's also some allergy-friendly options! My cousin has a nut allergy, so all we have to do is let the waiter know before ordering his ice cream and they will make it separate and pay special attention to avoiding allergens. I can't say enough nice things about Dandi-Lyons, it truly is one of my favorite ice cream places of all time!! read more

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You can never go wrong with a stop at Dandi's. Ice cream and service are always top notch. My family has been coming here for years and we've never been disappointed. They do a great job keeping the picnic tables clean if you want to sit and eat there as well! read more

Have been coming here for years! Always, happy with the service, the ice cream, and portions are consistently generous! So happy to have Dandi-Lyons in Reading! read more

My family and I went to this ice cream place the other day. I ordered a flavor that I had never heard of - lemon merengue pie ice cream. It was delicious. So delicious that I went back the next day to get more. My son loves their root-beer blast. Now, don't everyone run out to buy these flavors all at once. Leave some for us. I'm sure the other flavors are just as good. Try them instead. read more

Love it! Great flavors, speedy service, and my kids love sitting at the picnic tables under the trees. The only issue is that parking is limited, which is tough in the summer when everyone wants ice cream. read more

The maple pumpkin swirl is to die for. We also got the ice cream sandwich. It was huge and delicious. Totally recommend this place

Such great ice cream! Love Dandi-Lyons - delicious ice cream that reminds me of summers growing up in northeastern MA! Dandi-Lyons has a huge menu of hard serve, soft serve, and hard yogurt (and the hard serve is from Richardson's) - you can check their Facebook or Instagram for the flavors they are currently serving. Despite the array of options, I love a traditional chocolate/vanilla soft-serve swirl - always creamy and refreshing on a warm summer evening! Good prices and big portions - definitely a spot to check out if you love ice cream! read more

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Place needs a makeover. Replace the lot, draw clear parking lines, refresh the building exterior. Everything is a bit run down. Ice cream is decent, portions are smaller side. Go to Socs. read more

I think Dandi-Lyons is awesome. We drive out of our way to get to Dandi-Lyons. We really enjoy the fact that Dandi-Lyons serves Richardson's high quality, locally produced and sourced, ice cream, and they serve a variety of soft serve ice cream options and varieties, as well. The Dandi-Lyons staff is always friendly and courteous, Dandi-Lyons is always clean, the "customer experience" at Dandi-Lyons is superb. The hard working kids, who work at Dandi-Lyons, and who SMILE, I believe deserve a generous gratuity (they're hard working, happy kids). I enjoy the option of supporting a local business, Dandi Lyons. What a night and day improvement Dandi-Lyons is over "The Daily Scoop" in Stoneham; the prices at The Daily Scoop are outrageous! We are happy to drive right past "The Daily Scoop," and to give Dandi-Lyons our business. Dandi-Lyons earned our business. PS: Dandi-Lyons serves Pumpkin soft serve ice cream in the fall, it is excellent! read more

This review is a bit late as we visited last weekend. This is a wonderful independent New England ice cream-stand! I imagine many years ago, the road was less traveled and less congested. There is a Home Goods diagonal to the ice cream-stand. But it's not really a problem just an observation. There is an abundance of soft serve, hard ice cream and hard frozen yogurt choices. Staff are friendly college aged young adults with excellent customer focus. We got soft serve; and the portions and prices are so fair. Excellent quality tasting! There are 4-5 picnic benches to hangout at while you slurp your treat : ) read more

Dandilyons is the best! Great ice cream, friendly employees, and we always leave happy :)

**Review is based on customer service not ice cream** After a long day of being a tourist we stopped here on the way back to where we were staying for some ice cream. Got looking at the impressive menu and was getting ready to order when we found out they were cash only. ITS 2018 get a credit card reader... Started to look for an ATM which some places will provide when they decide to be cash only. Nope none on the premises. Asked the counter guy if they had an ATM i was missing. Was told its across the street. So unfortunately my desire for ice cream did not get fulfilled. read more

Kid wanted ice cream.. no cash on me minimum $10 for credit card .. kid not happy .. thanks a lot for your family oriented business practices Apparently you are only interested in customers.... when they buy ice cream for the whole family read more

Good selection of ice cream , we go for the soft serve... I get vanilla ice cream with peanut butter dip and chocolate jimmies last time .

Awesome ice cream! Great service! Very reasonable pricing! Don't worry if you see a line. It always moves fast!

My new favorite ice cream place. It can get very busy and the waiting lines can get so long that it'll wrap around the building. Fair prices and perfect serve portion. It was my first time seeing and having black raspberry soft serve. I never seen it before until here. Black raspberry is always my favorite ice cream flavor. Their soft serve tasted so fresh and sweet! The best ice cream shop around. read more

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This place is a hidden gem! The owner and staff are so nice and accommodating. The ice cream is amazing. Great toppings. Best summer place for ice cream! An absolute must!!! read more

FANTASTIC.Don't miss. Every time I am passing through Reading I stop by for some ice cream. Their portions are huge and their prices better than fair! They mostly serve Richardson's Ice Cream and have tons of flavors. Picnic benches are there to sit down. They can sometimes get crowded on a Friday night. read more

The exterior of Dandi-lyon doesn't look promising, but they do offer a great variety of soft serve and scoop ice cream! I am not sure if the flower shop next to the ice cream area is also considered dandi-lyon but that seemed to be empty with no flowers in sight. I tried the coffee soft serve and it was pretty good. The sundae that my friend got looked really good, it's the old-fashioned kind of sundae. A lot of the reviews mentioned about the dirtiness and insect of the seating area, but I was pleasantly surprised to find really clean benches and no insects at all! We went around noon time. It was really nice to sit at the bench under the shade of the tree and enjoy the ice cream! read more

Old- school drive-up ice cream shack. A few picnic tables with lots of bugs if that is your thing. Otherwise you have to stand in a parking lot or sit in your car to eat it. Great ice cream and yogurt. They need more hard yogurt flavors though. And the ice cream sandwiches are really really really NICE. read more

Fantastic selection, great service, and good prices! Tried their pumpkin soft serve tonight and was very impressed.

THE place to go for ice cream especially if you want to be "seen" in Reading. ;) Lots of families here and locals. Ice cream is from Richardsons. Coffee kalulah browine rocked. Peppermint was good. Cookie dough was the most disappointing flavor ever. No dough balls! Come on. Prices ok $2.25 for a kiddie which was plenty big. They have slush and flavor burst too. Outdoor picnic tables. 3 stars because I think it's a pretty average ice cream place. read more

I grew up eating Dandi-Lyons, it was our place to go for great soft-serve. We went for the first time this summer last week and boy were we disappointed. There must be new ownership or something? because we got absolutely robbed. The "large" soft serves are a small anywhere else. My family ordered 4 large twists in cups to go. These new larges were no bigger than your average can of soda (see pictures), for what we paid that is just ridiculous. are you kidding me Dandi-Lyons? we wont be back. read more

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Ice cream is from Richardson's, not their own. Just ok, nothing special. On the sweet side and a bit bland.

Absolutely can't recommend enough. Great selection, service and price. Only critique is the failure to ever pack to go container solid with ice cream. Always find them soft, with air pockets and feel they are not worth the $. Cravings and Daily Scope excel in this capacity. read more

This is an interesting concept as it's connected to a flower shop. They have an ever changing list of soft serve ice cream plus your standard hard flavors. Prices are decent if you're just going for the ice cream. I've never had to wait long to order. They are cash only so if you're going for bigger orders like sundaes, keep that in mind. Their java berry is a swirl of blackberry and coffee and fantastic. Banana berry was not that great. I've found banana is a real hard flavor in ice cream and coffee to pull off. Nice place to stop if you're in the mood for soft serve. read more

this is my go to place for ice cream in my neighborhood. Best cookie dough ice cream ever!!!!!!!! I've been going for years, always getting the cookie dough. sometimes oreo or one of the frozen yogurts or soft serve! all are great. I recently learned they use Richardson's ice cream, which shocked me cause whenever I get Richardson's somewhere other than Dandi-Lyons I don't like it. so it's hard for me to believe it's the same stuff. the people are super nice. line is always long in the summer. picnic tables if you want to sit and eat it before you go. reasonable prices too. plus sometimes my hubby will pick me up some flowers when he goes to get ice cream for us. they sell great flowers there too. read more

Wonderful, cute ice cream place. They have a big range of ice cream flavors that includes frozen yogurt and Richie's slush! They now have coffee soft serve which I loooove. My kiddie soft serve done was $1.95. Can't beat it! read more

Love coming here for ice cream. They have a huge menu with various soft serve, hard ice cream, slush, and specialty items. Staff is always friendly and prices are good. Only has outdoor seating, which usually has bugs flying around at night- not a huge drawback however. read more

Cheap and YUMMY . I think that is all I can say . Soft Serve is as good as Carvel and the hard ice cream ( peanut butter cup) was amazing.

What a cute little place this was. Just a shack on the side of the road, but wonderful ice cream.

This has been my favorite ice cream place for the longest time. It's affordable, has great flavors and really nice staff. The only downside is that there really isn't any where clean to sit. The outside seating area is usually very messy and directly in the sun. Overall the cherry dip and crunch coat toppings make this ice cream shop amazing. read more

Oh my gosh. In love with this place! Only get my ice cream here. Owned by such a wonderful family and always great customer service. If you like soft serve, get Blue Goo! So many good flavors read more

Yummy Krunch-Kote, my loves me some Dandi-Lyons when I'm in Beantown.

My boyfriend and I LOVE this place..we go at least twice a week. Very good assortment of ice cream flavors and slushes. The service is great and they're super fast. In the summer it's always busy but you don't have to wait long. read more