15 Best Ice Cream Shops near Sterling

“Besides outstanding ice cream, it was open on a Sunday for family outing in early March - we just HAD TO HAVE some awesome ice cream! So worth the journey.“

“Fried scallops and onion rings are to die for. I can’t believe this place gets bad reviews. I live in Sterling and have eaten here for years. I’ve had fried saclllops in a lot of places throughout New England and these are the best!! Food comes out super fast too!“

“Omg the cake batter & purple cow. If they were to ever stop making them I would die.“

“Me and my kids come here all the time during the summer, and they always have fresh, cold, ice cream ready for your taste buds to explode in flavor, it’s honestly a really good place to go to if it’s super hot one day, and the workers are really quick to serve you and are very nice, 5 star indeed!“

“Great variety of flavors and toppings. Many places to sit. Flavors change a lot so you always have something cool. Really recommend you try this place out.“

“the food was great however our waitress was not. the place wasn't busy at all and there were at least 2 other servers. after we finished eating it took over 20 minutes before we saw her again to ask for boxes and ice cream. when she finally came to us it would be another 20 minutes before we finally got tired of waiting and my husband got our own boxes and asked for the check. add more wait time and we decided to go up to the front where the waitress finally decided it was a good time to make our ice creams. we told her to just make them to go. the entire time we were there it was 2 hours! they did however take 25% off our bill so that was nice. I had 2 kids with me so they were getting very antsy as well. overall not a good experience.“

“Tried it and was great !!“

“Friendly staff. Food was great! Owner makes his way to everyone table to ensure customer satisfaction!“

“It's good. Friendly staff. Typical DQ experience.

Really bad location so I recommend just stopping in the grab ice cream. I wouldn't eat on site. It's right next to the waste treatment plant. Most of the time it's no big deal, but sometimes the smell is really bad.“

“Love Meola’s but they need to allow for people to put toppings on ice cream. Come on. Ridiculous that you can’t add a topping on simple ice cream.“

“We went for Easter with a 2yo and a 6yo and had a good time. The kids were happy and so the adults. As other people commented is not really an egg hunt, because the eggs and colorful ball are all around the garden. But I knew it before going and explained the kids in advance so they weren’t disappointed. You fill the basket with eggs and need to return to exchange for a goodie bag with some candy, Easter chocolates and coloring sheet, stickers, a ring, balloon and a few more things. Not much but really enough. Plus can have an ice cream sandwich! The place is really nice, and there were a few activities to do outdoors plus an indoor room with plenty of toys and bouncy castle. It was overall a fun and lovely experience.“

“once again this dairy queen decorated my daughters birthday cake and they did an amazing job ! looked identical to the picture i gave them to reference ! ( we didn’t want the purple heart on top or any writhing since we had a cake topper) . my daughter also has a tree nut allergy and they take that very seriously and take the precautions needed during preparing the cake . we are so grateful and so happy with how her cake turns out year after year 💗 thank you so much 💗“

“I give Goodhiles a Five star rating for many reasons. The store is small in size but offers variety of items for customers. Hot and cold breakfast, lunch and dinner menus ranging from breakfast sandwiches to subs, pizza and ect. A massive variety of ice cream flavors. Alcoholic beverages from ice cold beer - wine and a premium Rum such as Captains.
In addition, candy, chips, Tabasco, gum, energy drinks, fruit drinks and ect. There is also two areas to sit and eat and a picnic table outside as well. Great place to stop when traveling. Also the Owner Tony, his son and all staff are extremely friendly and always courteous.“

“Always loved Dairy Queen and find this location to be very clean every time I go. I appreciate that 😃“

“Pros:Ample parkingEasy to findNice selection of flavorsFriendly staffOutdoor seatingAffordableDecent portion sizes - although if you’re coming from NH and familiar with places like KK, TB1, or MP the portions are smallerFresh and crispy waffle conePlenty of sprinkles givenCons:Difficult to turn left out of either side so be prepared to make a circle around once leavingNo menu - other than ice cream flavors - posted so no idea how people were ordering sundaesConfused on if there is/isn’t food availableSoft serve twist flavor wasn’t very powerful“