Delicious Kawartha Dairy ice cream as well as fruit ices. Friendly service, and plenty of outside…read moreseating. Glad to have them back in town.

Thankfully this popular summer spot beside the highway and at the bus stop remained open during…read moreCOVID. They didn't offer as many flavours as usual but the classics remain on the menu. Portions are quite generous and it's Canadian ice cream (you can't beat that!) Right now it's cash only...I actually think it's always cash only but I might be wrong. I'm trying to remember if the one lady working was wearing a mask. She was behind plexiglass and sanitized her hands but I cannot remember if she was wearing a mask or not.

visited this ice cream stand and the girl working had no gloves or mask on. asked her "why not"…read more She said " well I wash my hands". I watched her take money from the customer before us and went and grabbed another cone and started scooping ( no hand washing in between). We left with no ice cream and its very doubtful we will be back

In the eight summers I've been coming with husband and his family to Muskoka, the building…read morecurrently occupied by The Scoop has been...probably eight different ice cream shops. And why not? It's the perfect little hut, situated just outside of Bala town, with its own dock and excellent views of Bala Bay. Unfortunately, none of these ice cream places ever seemed to be open in the middle of the summer at the height of cottage season. Until The Scoop. Purchased last year by a local college student and her brother, the hut received an adorable Canadian facelift -- red, white and brown paint -- revamped signage and a new life. The siblings take turns working each evening, greeting customers and proudly scooping delicious, Ontario-based Kawartha brand ice cream. A tiny Swedish berry in lieu of a cherry on your scoop is their quaint signature. We're *so* glad they've set up shop in Bala and wish them the best of luck for continuing success; cuz nothing beats grilling your dinner al fresco followed by a boat ride to town for frozen dessert.

I have a huge pro tip for avoiding the huge line for cups and cones!…read more Go inside the dairy shop, and ask for a tub of your favourite flavour. They'll give you as many spoons as you want, and you can eat it on the picnic benches while everyone else looks at you like you're a genius. Bring a cooler so you can enjoy the leftovers at home!

Huge selection of flavours to choose from, there really is something for everyone. Service is fast…read moreand friendly. Staff are great at handling any questions you might have about their large menu. If you get a milkshake, you can even opt to have it made with chocolate milk! I have a sweet tooth so of course I jumped at the chance to add even more chocolate to my milkshake. Would definitely recommend.

Such a good hidden gem in Dorset!! I haven't been here in probably 15 years and I last remember it…read morebeing quite mediocre. But I have seen their online presence growing as well as the lines they have so we decided to give it a shot! We came around 11am on a Saturday. I wanted to try their coffee and bagels and my boyfriend wanted a pizza so we divided and conquered. The Smoked Salmon bagel was great - the bagel itself was nice and chewy (some capers would've put it on another level), but there was a good amount of all the ingredients (cream cheese, smoked salmon, red onion, arugula and fresh dill). The coffee was enjoyable, as there aren't many options for to go coffee in Dorset. The pizza was phenomenal!!! Fresh out of the oven, amazing quality ingredients and tasted delicious! I'm looking forward to trying their other pizzas as they all sound very good! Such a good food spot so close to our cottage too! I'm glad we decided to check these guys out again!

Great pizza. If you are checking reviews to decide if this is worth it. Stop reading. Start…read moreeating. So good.

AMAZING place! I'm super fussy about ice cream. If I'm gonna take in those calories I want it to be…read moreworth it and along with that being high quality ingredients it means as little (or preferably zero) binders.... And they only have a bit of organic guar gum to keep the ice cream all silky smooth. Many other ice creams including Kawartha have carageenan in them which is not good for us at all. After speaking with the lovely owner who is a chef (all ice cream made ON PREMISES) we learned that a few shops carry this ice cream (2 places in Scarborough ON and also The Royal York hotel). After an absolutely terrible and underwhelming and laughably overpriced lunch at Local this was a great reward.

Belly was located across the street from our Air Bnb during our weekend stay in Huntsville. And…read moreeach night we looked covetously over at Belly as we pulled into our driveway, arriving too late from dinner to get there before they closed. It was a priority of mine to finally visit Belly our last evening but then the time started slipping away from us. We thought all was lost after it turned 8, but then we serendipitously looked over our brochure for Belly again and noticed that on Saturdays they closed at 9. We hustled over, only to have the doors close on us at 8:59. The manager told my daughter she'd already started putting covers on the ice cream. And then I begged and said it was our last night and she responded that she couldn't say no. So of course we each got lots of samples. Kidding! The Kiddie scoops followed the usual trend in Ontario of ridiculously large scoops of ice cream. At Kawartha Dairy where we ate the day before, a Kiddie was like a large where we live in the San Francisco Bay Area. This time the Kiddie was more like the size of a Medium. (A Medium at an artisan creamery in the Bay Area is $8.50 American compared to this Kiddie $3.50 Canadian.) The two Kiddie scoops were a bargain and easily fed the four of us. My daughter earlier had pored over the Belly brochure we had at our Air Bnb, and requested the Blueberry Lavender. Even though it wasn't in the case, the manager had a container just behind her! (Unfortunately they didn't also have the Sticky Toffee Pudding Flavor I also saw in the brochure.) My son got the Chocolate Dipped Strawberry, which was more like strawberry with some chocolate chips than what I'd imagined by the name. Maybe there's a better way to make it actually taste like it sounds? These are all minor quibbles. The ice cream was excellent and both were better than the flavors we got at Kawartha Dairy. The blueberry lavender was really good and my favorite of the two. I'm sometimes skeptical of floral notes in food but this worked. The strawberry in the Chocolate Dipped Strawberry was easily better than Kawartha's strawberry. This one had real strawberry flavor and actual strawberry pieces in it. I felt like the chocolate taste didn't come through in the chips, which often happens with chocolate chips in ice cream. My daughter (absorber of the Belly brochure) filled us in on the founding of the store while we ate. She said that the name came from a mom who had a big pregnancy belly while carrying twins. As a fellow twin mom I relate. If this was 14 years ago I'd come here to eat for three. Best tastes of Huntsville trip 1) Farmer's Daughter (pierogies) 2) Farmer's Daughter (berry scone) 3) BELLY (blueberry lavender ice cream) 4) Allora (papardelle with short ribs) 5) Farmer's Daughter (lentil wrap) 6) Farmer's Daughter (mac and cheese) 7) Farmer's Daughter (chocolate chip cookie) 8) Farmer's Daughter (iced chocolate chai) 9) BELLY (chocolate covered strawberry ice cream) 10) Farmer's Daughter (bean avocado edamame salad)

3 large generous scoops of ice cream for $8.60 aftertax is a very good price these days for an ice…read morecream retail establishment. However, we tried 6 of their flavors. Moose Tracks, Nanaimo Bar, Tiger Tail, Strawberry, Salty Caramel Truffle and Chocolate Peanut Butter. All were very good. Service was very good. Friendly and efficient. Felt welcomed right away. Ambiance was very simple. No place to sit down inside but on a nice day you can sit outside on the stoney/cement blocks.

Been going here since I was a young child, highest quality ice cream! Just the best! Good prices,…read morequick service & enjoyed eating at the picnic tables outside.

Kawartha dairy and ice cream store in Bancorft Ontario. Friendly staff and service there is an ice…read morecream counter along with small store attached with washroom inside. Lots of flavor of ice cream, there also ice cream float. Inside there is milk, cheese and more ice cream inside. Nice place I would say getting the pints inside the store would be more worth it than the cost of single serve at the counter in my opinion. Lots of parking with a picnic table outside. Can't really miss the cow on the roof. There are reminates of ice cream outside on the ground and side walk. Ice cream ordered Muskoka mocha and black raspberry thunder and mint chocolate float ice cream quickly melting on a hot day. Id say milkshake was nice and thick can't go wrong with their ice cream either. If you come out this way don't forget to make a stop here. There definitely a queue on the summer months

Ice cream in a regular cone, waffle cone, cup, or you can even make a milkshake! There is typically…read morea long line up in the summer but it is definitely worth the wait. Size-wise the Baby is 1 scoop and the others are 2 and 3, respectively. The Milkshake looks delish. Take your pick of the ice cream flavour and either white milk or chocolate milk. Woot woot it's a party! For my non-dairy folks, there's only 1 type of sherbet flavour. The best news is that they're open all year round so I don't know what's holding you back. If you want something for home, they have the 1L take home ice cream buckets and cakes as well! Definitely a pit stop if you're in Cottage country.

Getting out of the city can be hectic, but totally worth it to be surrounded by the rolling forests…read moreand lakes of muskoka. The Rosseau General Store has anything you might have forgotten to pack or unexpectedly need, and everything else to make your cottage weekend great. They have camp groceries, seasonal produce, gourmet ingredients, toys, games, hardware, maps, souvenirs, etc. Maybe grab a snack or fresh baked goods and enjoy it on a backyard bench, with a beautiful view of the lake. The store sits on the main village intersection. Hard to miss the beautiful store front with an antique carriage. Refill, restock, and refresh here.

This store has everything you need for a weekend at the cottage. You don't even need to bring food…read morereally, you can get it all here with all the seasonings and fresh veggies to go with it! It has it's own butcher shop at the back! Forget flip flops or a towel? I did and the General Store had just what I needed! Staff are friendly too.