Being an ice cream junkie i have hit more than my fair share of ice cream joints in the area and socks is hands down the best around. Yummy soft server and hard ice cream. Fluffernutter hard frozen yogurt is the best around. Be advised that their size small is HUGE. read more

Not sure many of the people reviewing this place were at the same place I was. I ordered a medium hot fudge sundae that was put in a small dish. I doubt it even had 2 scoops of ice cream in it. They put a little hot fudge on it with some whip cream. I looked at it in amazement that I just paid over $6.00 for two scoops of ice cream. My wife ordered a waffle cone with chocolate ice cream. The ice cream was good but the waffle cone was hard as a rock. Overall, overpriced and undersized portions. Soc's is fortunate they are the only outside ice cream place in the area. read more

When you don't want to take the ride out to Richardson's this place is a great alternative. Products good and prices match typical ice cream parlor prices. read more

Traditionally I have always enjoyed Soc's Ginger and Vanilla ice creams. These last few years I became familiar with their slush and sugar-free ice cream offerings. I love them. They are way ahead too!! The quarts and 1/2 gallons make for a wonderful, local gift!! read more

in my heart, i secretly wish you were my 100th review, socs because i have so much love for you. i have been coming to socs since i was a little girl, their watermelon slushes get me everytime. seriously, they are one of the best things in the world. this past trip up to mass we were driving back to my g's house and i was like, i want the italian cookies that are waiting....buuuut i really want socs-- if its open. because its literally a stones throw i made my boyfriend drive the extra .2 miles down the road just to check and make sure it was closed so my trip to mass wouldnt be a complete failure if it was open (joking, joking). IT WAS OPEN! i couldnt believe my eyes. a watermelon slush (i dont care how old i am), rum raisin, a milkshake and a pistachio ice cream later, (no, it wasnt all for me!), we were back on our way home. they do take credit cards, thank goodness, i only know this because i paid with one. the girl said they open early march only 2 weeks before we came and close october-ish. i now know when to book my trips. read more

summer is not the same for me without a trip to soc's to get a kiddie cup of coffee oreo ice cream. I dont even like coffee but this ice cream is my ab fav! Great place to go if you get a small but you really want a medium..yea they load it on there for yah. O and dont forget the jimmies on top too!! read more

Socs is our local ice cream joint, but it's also so much more. It's a Summer ritual. The selection is extensive- you're going to find anything you want here from soft serve, to sundaes to slush. What's more, it's all made on site and it's very high quality. The butter crunch is hard ice cream is the best I've ever had. The servers are attentive and are very generous with your requests- if you can dream it, they will make it. Your imagination is the limit. There is plenty of indoor and outdoor seating, and it's only a short ride from downtown Melrose. read more

Talk about bang for your buck! Socs gives you so much ice cream! My boyfriend, who is a self-proclaimed "Ice cream snob" really liked this place too. We went on a weeknight and the line was pretty long, so I can only imagine what it's like on a weekend! We will definitely be back soon! read more

This place is an essential element of summer to me now, and I have only lived in the Boston area for 4 years. Their ice cream is truly outstanding (cookies and cream is particularly good) and they have the most impressive selection -- including sugar-free options -- of hard-pack frozen yogurt I have ever seen in an ice cream shop. As noted, portions are huge...somehow I always seem to muddle through. :) read more

I want to love this place because the ice cream is great. But they are pretty expensive and the outdoor seating is nasty. There are a few tables inside but most of it is outdoors. I really wish they would put more attention to the seating area. Its often very buggy - it overlooks marsh/swamp. The tables are often speckled with ice cream and seem rarely cleaned. Also the dumpster is nearby and the trash can is often overflowing. All this contributes to an unhappy aroma while I eat. read more

Awesome, huge selection of homemade ice cream. The coffee Heath is amazing. The only negative to this place is it's not enjoyable to eat there because you get swarmed by Mosquitos. I definitely recommend it. But I recommend getting it to go. read more

The ice cream here is great, but I took one star off for the structurally unsound delivery. I ordered a sundae, my gal pal got the banana bucket. While the two kids working there were super nice and attentive, they were poor ice cream architects. The brownie sundae has one brownie put on top of a pile of ice cream and whipped cream. Whipped cream does not provide adequate support for a brownie of that heft and density. The brownie quickly fell on the floor. They replaced my brownie so that was nice and the sundae itself was great. So while I definitely would not go anywhere near a bridge built by this establishment, I'll most likely come back and not order a brownie sundae. read more

The ice cream frozen yogurt and service was awesome. I went there with my kids on Easter. I wasn't sure if they would be open but I found out they were. The blonde girl working was as friendly and effeciante as you can get (mind you it was Easter too). Kelsie I beleive was her name. The kids loved the soft serve ice cream, my husband had hard serve and I had frozen yogurt. It was GREAT. The prices were very resonable. I will be going there all spring and summer. KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK!!!!!!!! read more

Hands down One of the best Ice Cream shop around, A great selection ice cream .

Head and shoulders above any ice cream/yogurt shop in the area and, as far as I'm concerned, anywhere in New England. I have so many favorites and can't wait to visit real soon with the family and friends. read more

I have been going to Soc's Ice Cream since I was a kid...now I take my kids! When I was little I always use to get the bubble gum. It's the hidden jewel for Ice Cream! We heart Soc's Ice Cream! read more

The ice cream here is okay. Im not sure if they make their own whipped cream but the whipped cream on my sundae last time tasted like it was sour. It killed the sundae. I also didnt enjoy the taste of the brownie. The ice cream does not compete with Richardsons read more

Love it here. Always a lot of amazing homemade ice cream. Good service that always greet with a smile. Lines aren't too long. So glad it's close to home because I go almost everyday read more

My favorite ice cream place! It's all about the ice cream and the original flavors. I see a lot of reviews about the service but I can't say that I've had a problem yet. (Same serving demographic as most ice cream places; high school girls and maybe a guy or two.) read more

I have always been partial to Soc's. Great ice cream & variety of flavors. I wish I drove by more often!

Don't get me wrong, Soc's has good ice cream. I drove down to Soc's today hoping to get some of this good ice cream. I usually have a good experience getting ice cream here, but not today. Soc's is "open until 11 pm" according to the sign. I arrived at about 10:45 pm. The outside window had already been shut down for the night, but the main door was still propped wide open and welcoming. I walked in, and a guy was counting down one of the registers. I browsed the menu on the wall for several minutes while he counted, not wanting to interrupt him while he was counting. He continued to ignore me until he was done. Ok, fine. Then he says to me "OH, we're closed." I checked my phone to see if I was mistaken about the time and saw that they were definitely open for another 7 minutes. "I thought you guys were open until 11?" I said. He replied that since there were no customers "they" had decided to close early. "They" meaning him, I guess. On the way out, another family was pulling up into the lot, and saw me leaving, sans ice cream. Glancing at the still-wide open front door, they look confused and asked me what was going on. I told them, and they also drove away disappointed. I work in retail, and I can't even imagine the trouble I would be in with my boss if I decided to close the store 15 minutes early because there happened to be no customers in at that moment. And then refusing to serve customers during business hours? Families often drive to Soc's from several of the surrounding towns on a summer night solely because they ARE the place that stays open until 11. I guess nowadays they are the place that closes whenever they feel like it, aka whenever the cashier wants to go home. Bummer, and poor customer service. At least change your posted business hours and don't leave the door wide open so people think you are open =( A very disappointing experience. read more

I have been going to Soc's for many years (I live in the area). They have gone downhill considerably over the last year. I visited three times this season and they were out of two of the three or four hard frozen yogurt flavors that they regularly carry. The one time they did have my favorite, I had to throw it away because the taste was horrible, like it had gone bad. I won't hurry back. BTW, they are already advertising their Christmas tree business (and this was before the end of September!). It's too bad -- it used to always be so good. read more

Great ice cream and exceptional service, especially for the price. A new owner took over in 2016. You can tell they care about the business and their customers. Place looks much nicer now, plus it's a great bang for the buck. It's my go to ice cream place on the north shore. Good atmosphere too. read more

Great ice cream and service, honestly only one thing keeping this place from 5 stars. They need a magic show

I came here twice; got soft serve ice cream both times and it was VERY good and I enjoyed the ice cream. BUT if you come here, especially at night, there are TONS of bugs. Make sure you wear long pants and a long sleeved shirt to prevent bug bites. Put bug spray on. Load your car up with citronella candles before you go. Bring Tiki Lamps to surround your car when you park. And run fast when you get out and back in to your car as the bugs will be bomb-diving in when the car doors open. Then finally, eat with your mouth closed to prevent the bugs that flew into your car from sneaking into your mouth. ENJOY! read more

This is my favorite place to go for ice cream. They have a large selection of flavors and a flavor of the month. Coffee is my favorite rich and creamy. read more

Stopped and got a nor'easter, which is soft serve with a mixin (I got m & m's), and they sure do load you up with the candy, which is a good thing. Seemed like a cute place and the sizes were reasonable. My wife got a kiddie cup and it was quite small, as it should be. I'd recommend it as a place to go to get your ice cream fix! read more

Best ice cream in the area. Creamy, delicious, reasonably priced and a good variety of flavors. Plus, it's never so crowded that you have to battle your way through the masses. read more

So disappointed with Soc's today. I have gotten ice cream there several times, mostly during the summer, but today it was awful! Yes, I get it's winter, but they are open year round so the quality shouldn't slack in my opinion. They offered very few ice cream flavors this time of year, the hot fudge was burnt, out of butterscotch topping, and it goes on and on. My husband and I took one bite of our sundaes, and immediately brought them to the counter saying how bad they were. At first I walked out without getting my money back, but decided to go back in and get reimbursed. I have gone to other ice cream restaurants this time of year, with much better results. Socs will be my summer only destination for ice cream. Too bad. read more

Pretty good. There's not really another place like this around so it gets a lot of business. I love their coffee Oreo!!!

love this place! great place to take the kiddies. off a busy road but next to a nice wooded area with some picnic tables. read more

Love the fluffenutter frozen yogurt!!! The place is usually really busy at night so make sure you go there only if you have time. Staff is friendly and they give you large portions. read more

Best ice cream around!!! My kids love the rocky road ice cream. Sizes are good for the prices and the line always goes quick on a busy night. Glad this place is right around the corner from us! read more

This is the first time I went here and only stopped cuz it was on my way home. I came with my sister and brother in law ordered one sundae, 5 minutes later it arrived, ordered a large dish of cake batter, the 3 of us tasted after my sister said there was something seriously wrong with it. She wasn't lying! I can't even describe the taste...it was like rancid, chemically treated, like...I can't even describe it. I spit it out! During this time she was make our 3rd sundae (for another 8 minutes) when she came back we told her there was something seriously wrong with the cake batter, she said that was the second time someone had mentioned it. She told some young girl who appeared to be a supervisor of some sort who seemed like she could care less. This whole tub needs to be thrown out! I'm pretty sure what ever was wrong with it could probably make someone extremely ill. Needless to say we will NEVER be going back. -End Rant read more