What a cute little ice cream shop! So many different kinds to choose from! Soft serve, sundaes, regular ice cream, shakes, you name it! Everything tasted so good! Definitely a spot anyone should try when visiting in the summer. read more

Amazing little gem! The entire space sits on a beautiful, green, grassy area that is a total breath of fresh air.Ugh, the food is delicious! It honestly tastes like they love their customers, and you see so many happy faces coming out of here. Their ice cream selection is nothing short of delightful. The dairy-free ice cream is heavenly--I am finally able to enjoy dessert right along with my family! The cheeseburgers are incredibly tasty, and I love that they offer gluten-free buns and so much more.My family and I actually drive all the way down from the Bronx and stay overnight at my daughter's house just to visit. Don't judge me, lol! The ride down is spectacular, the service is excellent, and they offer free parking. Please enjoy these pictures! Just don't eat all the dairy-free flavors before I get back. That ice cream is sooo smooth and the taste is perfect not overly sweet or weird flavor. Many dairy flavors to choose from if you want reg milk versions. read more

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I love this place, the ice cream is always great and they have alot of options. The staff is always friendly and it is consistent. There is a line at time but it moves fast. I have ordered alot of their items from the sundaes to the soft serve to the regular ice cream, it is always a hit. read more

Great old fashion ice cream stand with plenty of parking and seating outside. They are cash only, for those that use card mostly. The candy mixin cup were basically blizzards from DQ, but way more options in terms of candy. Was pretty great and got lot for the price. Overall a great place to stop on 17k if in the area. read more

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I will be back. We got a chill cheeseburger, grilled chicken sandwich on a Gluten free bun and onion rings. They grilled both buns which adds to the greatness. The burger meat is average but when combined with the grilled sesame seed bun and fresh toppings it was good. At $5 blows any fast food place away. Grilled chicken was nothing special either but it wasn't dry, overcooked or chewy in any way. Again when combined with a grilled bun, fresh ingredients and at only $5 it's a steal. Then top that off with some really good homemade ice cream and you have a win all the way around. This place is about 25 minutes from where we live but I will gladly drive by the other 4 ice cream stands to go here. read more

Does anyone know what's happening with Richard's. we've tried going twice this week and it has been closed during the hours. They have posted as open. read more

Great lunch spot, I got the double cheese burger and onion rings every day for lunch when I was in town

I love this little shed along 17k. The ice cream is smooth and creamy, and the staff are very nice. There is an outdoor area with views of a marsh which is swell. read more

The ice cream was great. The staff was friendly. I had the brownie Sundae. It was delicious

Best cakes and ice cream in the area! We get all our cakes from here! The staff is so nice and helpful and we enjoy the various options they have, including no sugar added and low fat options!! read more

Great staff. Finally a delicious ice cream place in the Hudson Valley area! Wish they could take over that field and spread further away from 17k read more

Richards Dairy Shed NY: Montgomery 5 Stars This mom and pop ice cream shop makes some affordable and delicious homemade treats. I had cup of Coffee Ice Cream and enjoyed every bite. read more

Richard's Dairy Shed - Coffee Cup - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Montgomery, New York

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If this place had any other competition it would of closed their doors 60 years ago like the sign advertised. I don't know how such a mediocre place could be in business for so long. Humdrum servers that slam the windows before you're done ordering. Rickety splintered picnic tables and a few plastic chairs sprinkled around for a place to sit, off a very busy road so watch your children don't step out into the roadway. We ordered three medium cones: two twist and one coconut pineapple of their homemade hard ice cream. The hard scoops were a decent portion and had a nice coconutty flavor, the soft serve was equivalent to a small/baby cone not worth almost $5 each. I went here with $20 thinking it would be plenty, I was nervous as I ordered thinking I wouldn't have enough. Total came to $14.96 for three teeny cones. The cones themselves were the joy cones you can buy in the dollar store and I think more flavor would be in actual styrofoam! The soft serve was okay I don't think the best quality I've ever had...definitely nothing to rave about. They get it from Gillettes creamery, same place most local stands do. I wouldn't return. I'd be much more satisfied by 4 pints of the very best ice cream from any local grocery store that would last me and the family a month. read more

As far as Ambiance is concern there is No Ambiance this is a hole in the wall kind of joint that's close by and why I went for a quick food fix. Service... I've been 3 times, the first time they were friendly , the second time they were inattentive and spoke to their friends at the window for well over 15 minutes, when I saw a bag at the pick up window I went up to ask if that was my order, they said no turns out it was the order of her friend that she had been chatting it up with and she had not even started my order only threw my burger on the grill and fries into the fryer after I had asked it the bag on the counter was mine. My third time and will now be my last time ever going is because they were just plain rude in fact the guy making my order made faces and sarcastic remark's because I was watching him make my why this made him ballistic I'm not sure but I've been to plenty of restaurants who have windows into their kitchens who welcome customers to watch and there is an open window to watch there he has the the daughter of Richard come and stand her butt in front of the window so I could not see what he was doing. Then she proceeded to finish then I could see her put my hotdog in the microwave with the bun and not put the onions on that I requested which takes me to the food. Food: Cheeseburger: so The cheese burger is decent and the most tasty thing they have that I've tried this far but again I won't be back because of the rudeness but I did order it on my first and second visit. On the second visit I asked them to put Mayo on both sides of the bread because the first time they just give it to you dry, it was still good but of course who wants a dry burger so the second time I asked for Mayo on both sides however they Did Not do that they still kept one side dry and put Mayo only on one side of the bread. Not cool. Fries: I got the waffle fries, they are greasy and unseasoned, never ordered again. BLT: Again I asked for Mayo on both sides for some reason only half of the bread whats with these people I was watching and maybe that's why he was mad I was watching. There is a decent amount of bacon, however no seasoning and the bread was toasted burnt. Not very flavorful. Chili Cheese Dog, I asked for extra cheese and extra onions: Yikes because I was watching some of the preparation of this she put the hotdog in the bun slices some white cheese and then put it in the microwave!!!! Which made the bread very doughy and completely compromised the taste! Plus she totally did not put Any onions on it and when she threw it on the counter I told her than she put just a dash of onions. Wow! Please understand if you actually read this that if your chili is hot, all you have to do is sprinkle cheese on it and it will melt and that way you don't have to compromise it by putting it in the microwave. Ice cream : The lemon ice cream was delicious very creamy, and I highly recommend it . The banana ice cream did not taste like banana at all. It's like they probably were being as cheap with the bananas as they are with the mayo and onions when it comes to making the banana ice cream so I would not recommend it. Maybe they are more kind to their white customers but as a person of color I felt extremely disrespected and I will not be supporting this business again out of respect for my self. read more

Excellent icecream and food. Best icecream shack I ever visited. Excellent for family visits. Dine out only. Plenty of parking.

Old school rural summertime Americana roadside ice cream and snack joint, complete with yellow lighting. Everything as advertised, including some really good homemade pumpkin ice cream. Great deal for the money. Been there twice, was very happy both times. read more

I have gone to Richard's for like 20+ years. I don't understand some of the mediocre reviews here, unless they're discounting for the service which can be a little off some days (like everywhere). Their food and ice cream is legit though. I don't count it as summer until I drive from wherever I'm living at the time and get an E.T. Sundae, which is probably their most underrated concoction. Yes, you're not getting crazy flavors like taro or Vietnamese tea. You're getting regular ice cream. It's still freaking delicious, guys. Plus, they seem to love Game of Thrones (despite this last season being soooooo bad), and that makes them cool in my book. I always recommend it to people in the area, though mostly everyone has seen them. If you're looking on Yelp for Ice cream and you haven't heard of them yet, you're missing out in my opinion. Though, I do have to agree with some others, that the service isn't always A+ and that a little variety doesn't kill anyone. read more

Excellent service and always great ice cream. There was an issue with my sundae and they were so sweet and apologetic. They even offered to make me something else and thanks to the wonderful girls at the window I now have a favorite sundae, a blonde sundae with strawberries. Delicious read more

The food is delicious but we need to talk about the ice cream. There are about a billion different options to chose from like the et Sunday or the blonde or just so many different options. I always love going it gives me a good feeling. The only thing that is not as great as the desert is the service no one is rude everybody that works there is awesome but it is just a little slow but that is because there is almost always a line of like 30 people. Overall they are great. read more

I want to thank the entire staff for once again making a PERFECT cake for us! Hands down the best for your buck AND it's delicious!! read more

Richard's Dairy Shed - a birthday cake in a box - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Montgomery, New York

Don't go. Don't bother. Here's why... So, in case you don't know this ice cream spot is in the middle of humble bumble upstate. The kind of place where a slice of pizza costs $1.50 and can feed your whole family. It's the Mecca of .45 ice cream from Stewarts. I went here because Richard's was supposed to be homemade ice cream and I thought how cool. I ordered a super burger. I asked what made it super. They said, lettuce, tomato and mayo. Wha?! That's not super, that's called human decency. I had them add bacon. Dur... My version of their burger ended up great. Next, I ordered an Oreo cookie blizzard with peanut butter cups. I had this vision of white, agains junks of dark with little half buckets of peanut butter and chocolate. This was not that, it was chocolatey sludge with no discernable flecks of PB cup. Bah! I also ordered onion rings and chicken fingers. Here is where we go off the rails. The chicken fingers were 5 pieces for $675. I mean I don't know know great math but $1.12 per finger! An abomination! This is America. Oh and the fingers did not come with fries. Even bowling alleys and bingo halls know you can't just send out fingers with no fries. This is just despicable. The rings were ok. They screwed up my order and forgot them. They also forgot my seltzer. The fingers were overbreaded meh. They accidentally gave me fries. Oh and to top it off they don't have a restroom. So, if you have to pee, you can try McDonald's which is 1.2 miles away, or go in the bushes like you did as a kid. Next time I will just get some nuggets and a cone from McD's rather than pay $26 for mediocre food, mediocre service for too much money. read more

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Richards didnt really do it for me. This review has nothing to do with the service bc it was fine, its more about the flavor and quality of their ice cream. Its great that they have dairy free options but please dont advertise "coconut milk soft serve" when its actually just another sorbet. I ordered it thinking it would be a creamier more ice cream like texture, but it wasnt. The sundae was "alright" as per my fiancé, and of course my dog gobbled up the small vanilla in a cup. All in all i'm not sure we're inspired to return. read more

Love the ice cream and food. Love everything! Our family cannot wait all winter long to get the mini ice cream cookies with sprinkles! So good read more

Decent but not special ice cream. The servers aren't so friendly. They open and shut that window as if they're behind bullet proof glass and they're expecting a hold-up. The serving sizes are reasonable for for the price. The reality is, they have very little competition. They wouldn't fare so well in a busier area. Also, this is a complete outdoor location. They have picnic tables and umbrellas, but it's not so welcoming. Not really impressive, but not terrible either. read more

Absolutely the best ice cream ever anywhere! The ice cream is soft, but this is not "soft serve" as one would expect. This is the richest and densest soft ice cream you've ever consumed. A spoon will not easily scoop up this confection. We chose to have our "small" serving dipped in chocolate and began to devour. We tried the pistachio, butter pecan and birthday cake flavors. All were wonderful. Being on vacation allows you to bend the rules a bit, so we stopped by before dinner on two separate occasions. How is it possible for such an establishment to be in existence for 51 years and NOT have a Yelp review? I'll post some pictures as soon as I get a chance! read more

Way overrated, has a huge following from the local village dwellers for some strange reason. For the volume this place still pulls you think they would provide some better seating opportunities, they certainly have the room in the side lot for it. Sit up front and listen to the traffic speed by while everyone in line stares at you. Prices...wow, this is the biggest let down, everything is over priced in Montgomery and Richards ice cream is no different, extremely expensive. Drive over to Walden and pay half the price, better yet drive over to Maybrook to the "Trackside" or whatever the place is called, its dumpy looking, but the ice cream is great and the prices are half of Richards. read more

Roadside ice cream stand. Serving food as well as all kinds of ice cream treats. Ice cream was excellent and enjoyed the three flavors I ordered in a cup. They do have a wide Variety of cone choices. read more

I used to come here every year. The last time I went the ice cream was expensive and tasted pretty plain. Save yourself some money and go to any Stewart's and get some great ice cream !!! read more

Amazing and great place. Yummy ice cream and the staff are great kind people. I've been going there for ice cream forever and it's the greatest thing for Montgomery! It's a nice thing to have coming back from a pool party, or if you're driving on a hot summer day, you can enjoy some fresh, cold, tasty ice cream. Great place. 5/5 read more

I normally stick to a hot fudge sundae or ET sundae but this year I branched out and am very happy I did! I had plenty of hot fudge sundaes and ET sundaes but I also had some brownie sundaes, waffle sundaes, apple crisp sundaes, banana ice cream, pumpkin ice cream, and plenty other varieties. All were so good it made it hard not to eat the something everytime!! I'm sad they are closed for the season but as soon as they reopen i'll be there regularly! read more

You'd be a fool to go anywhere else! Few things in life are certain, yet somehow, year after year, Richard's continues to dish out the highest standard of creamy, chunky and rich homemade ice cream. Last month, I toured ice cream stands from Lake Erie, through the Hudson Valley to New York Harbor. Richard's creams the competition! Hardly any place nowadays serves homemade ice cream and no place comes close to Richard's value per scoop! Next time I'm home in Montgomery, I know where I'll go first! read more

GO TO RICHARDS If you want amazing ice cream and delicious food Richards is the place Im lucky to live in a town with such a perfect spot read more

Can't get enough of the lemon ice cream! Half of our party of 8 ordered it the other day with a variety of toppings and everyone loved it! Soft serve is made perfectly, and the ET Sundae is a perennial favorite when you really want a treat... Full of Reese's Pieces and peanut buttery goodness. read more

Past it's prime. They have forgotten the basics. You will not get friendly service from the older (compared to the young kids employees) lady that works there that I believe is an owner. The supposed homemade ice cream is okay. Not great. And bring your own napkins! It's like pulling teeth to get a couple. When you pay premium, it's nice to get decent service that appreciates your business. Not here. Go to elsewhere, there are several nearby. read more

Just went and got a medium E.T. Sunday. Looks like a Jr or small size. I did confirm I got a medium. I asked if there were Reese's pieces BC I couldn't see any and she said yes. Come to find out there was about 4. To top it all off.. It was 7 bucks! The lady in front of me ordered a Sunday and she got it served in a Styrofoam to go container. She said, what the heck is this? The girl behind the counter explained that they are now serving in different containers. Yeah a lot smaller containers. Really, Come on now, what happened to this place. read more

Richard's is the BEST. Great home-made ice-cream, efficient and hip service, and retro 1960's ambiance. We skipped dinner last night and indulged in butter pecan ice cream in a waffle cone that had been drenched with oozing hot fudge. It was fantastic! This is a Montgomery icon. Joy L clearly does not appreciate quality. read more

Richard's ice cream is amazing!! It's difficult to find delicious, homemade ice cream in New York State, and Richard's hits the mark every time! Even though we live out of state, my boyfriend and I travel out of our way to visit Richard's when visiting Montgomery. It's evident the owner's care about their craft. The service is excellent, they have a plethora of options, and their hand-dipped waffle cones are the best I've found! I emphatically disagree with Joy L.'s comments! Richard's rocks!!!! read more

This place has some of the best ice cream around and it beats Stewart's every day. And their ice cream really is homemade. Great service and good atmosphere read more