With lobsters, clams, scallops and haddock on the menu, this isn't the average dairy bar and the food was good! They only have a small inside seating area, so don't count on being able to get a seat inside, but outside there is more seating, so if it's warm enough... Do save room for an ice cream, the servings are generous and the ice cream is good.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Rebekah Donelan
First time at Kay’s Dairy Bar and it was amazing! Enjoyed fried calamari, fried pickles, fried haddock and a cheeseburger plate for three of us. Portions were good, had no room for ice cream (next time!). Overall delicious and fresh food! The haddock was really, really good. Service was friendly and efficient. Ample outdoor seating, though road noise is distracting. We noticed many picnic tables behind the dairy bar (as we were leaving) that look nice for a quieter atmosphere. Will definitely be back! Happy to see they are open year round.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
HipJipC
I've been going here since the 1960s as I grew up in South Gardner. It's got different owners, but the ice cream cones are still the same sizes up to ENORMOUS, lol. The food is very good and they are open year round instead of just the summer like it used to be. It can get a bit busy so I try to go at off times where less mistakes are made.
Our recent trip to Kay's we decided would be our last. The ice cream is extremely over priced and unfortunately not good. $19.65 for 2 people. We purchased a small cone with soft serve twist and chocolate jimmies. And a turtle boat. The turtle boat was nothing but a hot fudge sundae. Very disappointing at the cost of the boat...it didn't even include pecans, caramel etc...isn't that the point of a turtle?? On a side note...the music in the sitting area was extremely loud and obnoxious. Kay's is a hard pass! Plenty of good ice cream local at other locations.
Atmosphere: 2
Service: 2
Cindy Richardson
I ordered the quart of lobster bisque. How disappointing 😞!! I got a quart of red slop that tastes like lobster with no lobster in it at all for $16.25!!! Never again. Your customers should be told it comes in a plastic bag and then thrown in a container... 🤬
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 1
Service: 2
Dee Evans
ORDERED CAPTAIN’S PLATTER AGAIN AND WAS NOT DISAPPOINTED!!!
FORGET ABOUT THE REST WHEN YOU’VE GOT THE BEST WITH KAY’S DAIRY BAR OF WESTMINSTER, MA AND THEIR SISTER SEAFOOD RESTAURANT SS LOBSTER OF FITCHBURG MA !!!
YOU WILL NOT FIND FRESHER, BETTER PREPARED OR MORE GENEROUS PORTIONS OF DELICIOUS FOOD AND SEAFOOD FOR THE GREAT PRICE THAT THESE TWO FAMILY OWNED PLACES GIVE YOU ALL SERVED UP BY REALLY HARD WORKING FOLKS WITH A SMILE STRIVING TO SERVE THEIR CUSTOMERS DELICIOUS AND VERY FAIRLY PRICED DELICIOUS FOOD, SEAFOOD AND REALLY EXCELLENT ICE CREAM TO BOOT!!!
DON’T MISS OUT!!! THESE 2 PLACES ARE A W E S O M E !!!
AS USUAL I WILL BE BACK SOON!!!
THESE 2 PLACES ARE SUPER BUSY FOR A R E A S O N SO PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT AND BE PATIENT AND KIND TO THESE HARD WORKING FOLKS! THEY ARE DOING THEIR BEST TO SERVE YOU A FRESH, DELICIOUS MEAL!!!
E N J O Y ! ! !
Tad Dinsmore
Patiently handled our big family order as we fumbled through our order. Food was great but Malts were fantastic!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Shane Gormley
Great ice cream and friendly service.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 4
Brenda Jean Hamilton
we ordered $69.00 worth of food . we picked it up at the window and found you have added an $11.00 tip without my permission. how dare you steal from me! we made you change it! greedy, greedy, you will never see us again, and I'm telling everyone!
Warm and sunny day, lunch time crowd with a line out the door and one person taking orders to finally get to the register and find out no soft serve!? A sign or something would have been nice🤬
Zach Savoie
Please be aware by going to Kay’s and using your card you are giving them permission to charge you whenever they have time to run the books. This may be months and months later somehow.
Ellen M. Goldsmith
My expectations were too high for this place. All summer, I received emails with food specials, and they all looked scrumptious. My baked haddock parmesan didn't look great sitting in butter and wasn't tasty unless I used a lot of fresh squeezed lemon. My spouses coconut shrimp was good with an overabundance of onion rings as a side. I had the same side. They were great, but way too many to eat. We did have dessert. I had coffee frozen yogurt - excellent. My spouse had a soft serve twist dipped in chocolate that looked fabulous and was enjoyed!
Parking: There is plenty of parking on either side of the restaurant.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 4
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Onion Rings, Seafood
Daniel Hebert
Great seafood as always. The jumbo shrimp are always calling my name, they're so good. The seafood chowder I had was not very good, but everything else in order was fantastic.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Joseph Renda
Loads of lobster in the large lobster roll. Quite good.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Lobster Roll Fried Calamari and Fried Oysters, Seafood
With lobsters, clams, scallops and haddock on the menu, this isn't the average dairy bar and the food was good! They only have a small inside seating area, so don't count on being able to get a seat inside, but outside there is more seating, so if it's warm enough...
Do save room for an ice cream, the servings are generous and the ice cream is good.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
First time at Kay’s Dairy Bar and it was amazing! Enjoyed fried calamari, fried pickles, fried haddock and a cheeseburger plate for three of us. Portions were good, had no room for ice cream (next time!). Overall delicious and fresh food! The haddock was really, really good. Service was friendly and efficient. Ample outdoor seating, though road noise is distracting. We noticed many picnic tables behind the dairy bar (as we were leaving) that look nice for a quieter atmosphere. Will definitely be back! Happy to see they are open year round.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
I've been going here since the 1960s as I grew up in South Gardner. It's got different owners, but the ice cream cones are still the same sizes up to ENORMOUS, lol. The food is very good and they are open year round instead of just the summer like it used to be. It can get a bit busy so I try to go at off times where less mistakes are made.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Seafood, Onion Rings, Chicken Tenders, Clam Strip
Our recent trip to Kay's we decided would be our last. The ice cream is extremely over priced and unfortunately not good. $19.65 for 2 people. We purchased a small cone with soft serve twist and chocolate jimmies. And a turtle boat. The turtle boat was nothing but a hot fudge sundae. Very disappointing at the cost of the boat...it didn't even include pecans, caramel etc...isn't that the point of a turtle??
On a side note...the music in the sitting area was extremely loud and obnoxious. Kay's is a hard pass! Plenty of good ice cream local at other locations.
Atmosphere: 2
Service: 2
I ordered the quart of lobster bisque. How disappointing 😞!! I got a quart of red slop that tastes like lobster with no lobster in it at all for $16.25!!! Never again. Your customers should be told it comes in a plastic bag and then thrown in a container... 🤬
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 1
Service: 2
ORDERED CAPTAIN’S PLATTER AGAIN AND WAS NOT DISAPPOINTED!!!
FORGET ABOUT THE REST WHEN YOU’VE GOT THE BEST WITH KAY’S DAIRY BAR OF WESTMINSTER, MA AND THEIR SISTER SEAFOOD RESTAURANT SS LOBSTER OF FITCHBURG MA !!!
YOU WILL NOT FIND FRESHER, BETTER PREPARED OR MORE GENEROUS PORTIONS OF DELICIOUS FOOD AND SEAFOOD FOR THE GREAT PRICE THAT THESE TWO FAMILY OWNED PLACES GIVE YOU ALL SERVED UP BY REALLY HARD WORKING FOLKS WITH A SMILE
STRIVING TO SERVE THEIR CUSTOMERS DELICIOUS AND VERY FAIRLY PRICED DELICIOUS FOOD, SEAFOOD AND REALLY
EXCELLENT ICE CREAM TO BOOT!!!
DON’T MISS OUT!!! THESE 2 PLACES ARE
A W E S O M E !!!
AS USUAL I WILL BE BACK SOON!!!
THESE 2 PLACES ARE SUPER BUSY FOR A
R E A S O N SO PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT AND BE PATIENT AND KIND TO THESE HARD WORKING FOLKS! THEY ARE DOING THEIR BEST TO SERVE YOU A FRESH, DELICIOUS MEAL!!!
E N J O Y ! ! !
Patiently handled our big family order as we fumbled through our order. Food was great but Malts were fantastic!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Great ice cream and friendly service.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 4
we ordered $69.00 worth of food . we picked it up at the window and found you have added an $11.00 tip without my permission. how dare you steal from me! we made you change it! greedy, greedy, you will never see us again, and I'm telling everyone!
Great food for the family
Restaurantji Recommends
Warm and sunny day, lunch time crowd with a line out the door and one person taking orders to finally get to the register and find out no soft serve!? A sign or something would have been nice🤬
Please be aware by going to Kay’s and using your card you are giving them permission to charge you whenever they have time to run the books. This may be months and months later somehow.
My expectations were too high for this place. All summer, I received emails with food specials, and they all looked scrumptious. My baked haddock parmesan didn't look great sitting in butter and wasn't tasty unless I used a lot of fresh squeezed lemon. My spouses coconut shrimp was good with an overabundance of onion rings as a side. I had the same side. They were great, but way too many to eat. We did have dessert. I had coffee frozen yogurt - excellent. My spouse had a soft serve twist dipped in chocolate that looked fabulous and was enjoyed!
Parking: There is plenty of parking on either side of the restaurant.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 4
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Onion Rings, Seafood
Great seafood as always. The jumbo shrimp are always calling my name, they're so good. The seafood chowder I had was not very good, but everything else in order was fantastic.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Loads of lobster in the large lobster roll. Quite good.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Lobster Roll Fried Calamari and Fried Oysters, Seafood
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