There are many ice cream options in Estes, but this is the one that we usually visit when we're in…read moretown. They have a great selection of flavors to suit virtually many different palates, preferences, or allergies. Within reason, you can ask for a sample before choosing. I really enjoy the Mango Cream and the Irish Cream. One of the things we really like about this place is that there is some outdoor seating on the back along the stream.

Ice cream was okay. Ends there though. To start 2 of the 3 workers were not wearing gloves... not…read moresure if this a health violation but I thought it was nasty considering how far their hands go down into the ice cream to scoop it. Secondly one of the workers made an obscene comment about a diet to someone in my party who was female. Joke or not you do not make diet or weight jokes to a woman... or anyone if you're and employee somewhere. This place will not see my business ever again and I hope that employee is fired and the glove situation is figured out.

Wonderful selection of house made waffle cones that were delicious. Was fun to pair the waffle…read morecones and ice cream flavors and our results came out amazing. Good service too.

Update: still the best ice cream in Estes! Good service with an olde soda shoppe feel. I skip the…read moreby-the-pound taffy and go straight to the counter for my favorite, a Black Raspberry cone. Hubs had a Bing Cherry Vanilla milkshake- yum. That would've been a great 2nd choice if there were no black raspberry. 19 and change for a milkshake and regular scoop in a sugar cone. Worth the walk across town--skip all the other ice cream shops and go for the real thing.

Cookies are hard and lack flavor. Truffles no matter the flavor we tried tasted like plain…read morechocolate. $25 for 3 cookies & hot chocolate Better to stop elsewhere

We tried this place after seeing other ice cream shops charging $8-10 for a single scoop in Estes…read more This place is colorful, small and delivers good service. We had both ice cream and candies and both were delicious and more reasonably priced. Great little place!

Super cute place, very clean, amazing owner! I wanted a sweet treat so bad and this was the only…read moreplace open!! We were so lucky to find it! Also the merch is awesome

Tourist beware, The sign says cheapest in town, however, they are price gouging. $21 for popcornread more

What is Shakes Alive trying to be?? I visited after finding the business on Yelp, and it appearing…read moreto be an ice cream/dessert location - but once I got there, was assaulted by the signage and aggressive advertising for everything BUT ice cream, including sandwiches, entrees, etc. The shake menu was sort of tucked to the side and hard to read, so I eventually opted for a simple hot fudge sundae. It was decent, but not great - I felt I could've received similar soft serve from a fast food restaurant. Overall, a confusing visit. Not sure I would visit again, for ice cream anyways.

My daughter and I visited this place a few times when we visited EP in mid July; its that good…read more When I was a kid, a fruit smoothie place was in the spot that this place is now in and my family would always go and get a couple fruit smoothies. This place's smoothie's tasted eerily similar; which is an amazing thing. We didn't partake in the food because frankly, I had no idea what it all was as it is Mexican food. But we definitely had a few smoothies over the four days that we were in EP. They were super friendly and really fast when making our smoothies. When we come back to EP, we will definitely be going back. We have been craving a smoothie from this place nearly every day since.

best(and only) bison burgers ever. fun atmosphere and cool drinks. Lowkey eat here. The staff were…read moreso nice.

We love Bird and Jim! It's one of our favorite restaurants in Estes Park. It has really good…read morevibes, amazing service, and delicious food. We love all of the different seating options; great bar, comfortable lounge area, chef's counter, cute patio and nice dining room. The food is always so good. The Hallets Peak Bowl is always my go-to. Fresh, healthy, and delish. The parking is not ideal; they have small parking lots on both sides of the restaurant. I've also read that their lots are full, locals recommend parking along High Drive, just past the county road sign and then walking 2-3 min to the restaurant. Enjoy!

A whole menu of sundaes, ice cream, hot dogs, pretzels, and a entire selection of candy. One of the…read moreshop workers was commenting that they are known for their hot cider at $3.00 a piece as well as their jumbo Caramel Crisp popcorn. Some wacky and unique flavors include cheese corn, and peanut corn. It looks like they have about 10 different and unique flavors. Aside from their Caramel Crisp, they have delightful Caramel dipped Apples that are covered in different colored sprinkles and peanuts or simply plain. I think it's also helpful to say that they offer sugar free option candy and salt water taffy. Their bulk candy is weighed and sold between $2.00 and $5.00 depending on the weight. Overall, a really cool candy shop.

The peaches and cream ice cream was stellar! Very decadent wonderful, we also got the soft serve…read morecone which was pretty darn good. The lady helping us had an awesome personality! Would definitely recommend over there neighbor to the left.

I haven't been here since way back before Covid. I remember…read moreit being smaller. I was pleasantly surprised to find a fast food alternative in a tourist town. There seems to be plenty of parking and a little fountain and creek out front. I appreciated the 50's retro chrome and red vinyl chairs. When we weee ready to leave it took our server quite a while to bring us our bill.

Update: our youngest started vomiting on the way home a few hours after eating here and has been…read moredoing so ever since - it's been 24 hours, she has been vomiting all night. All symptoms point to food poisoning. We will not be back. This was our first visit to You Need Pie. What we liked: Our waiter was really hospitable, friendly, and did his best to provide service in a timely way despite being the only server available for all the customers. The coffee was decent, though in a small mug, and so was the hot chocolate we orders for the kids (which came with whipped cream, much to their delight!). The decor on the walls felt kind of scanty but what is there was cute. There is a pretty wide pie selection. Food serving sizes were okay. The single person bathroom was clean. What we didn't like: *The $2 veg add-ins of onion and jalapeños to the $12 omelette were raw. *The corned beef hash was extremely basic and barely seasoned, the potatoes were well cooked but bland and pale. It was edible but not worth $15. *Our party ordered a $9 bread bowl soup and waffle fries as well; it was eaten but the cheese ingredient was really overpowering in flavor - the small size was a good thing, in this case, because otherwise it couldn't have been finished. *The batter on the chicken tenders in the kid's meal were almost burnt on the edges, but still pale everywhere else. Something off with the oil temperature I guess. They didn't get eaten. *The color of everything was pretty much all beige and served on white plates, which impacted the impression of the meal - zero visual appeal. One of my favorite parts of eating at mom-and-pop diners is the way the meals feel homey, warming you from the inside out. This did not create that kind of impression. Lastly, the pie (which was the main draw for us and why we picked this dining option). We ordered one slice of rhubarb at $6.25. The pie was very disappointing - something in it was either stale or had gone bad. It tasted really unpleasant and we ended up throwing it away. Our total for everything was about $80 with tip and it was sadly not money well spent. We love stand alone dining options but probably will not be returning.