9 Best Ice Cream Shops in Albany

“I don't visit Crumbl as often as I did in the past, but I've always had a pleasant experience visiting this location. The staff is always friendly and super helpful. The cookies are delicious, and I love that they offer something new on a weekly basis. Some cookies are better than others, but they usually have something fun to try when we place an order. This location shares a parking lot with multiple other businesses. It can be a challenge driving around/parking in that parking lot. Overall, I'd recommend this location.“

“Excellent ice cream! We’ve been to both locations, here in Albany and in Sisters.“

“Someone had said this was the best Mexican food in town. I gotta say, this is some damn good food. I had the Asada Burrito Supreme and the Quesa Birria. Burrito and tacos were delicious and the consomé was on point. Will go there anytime I'm in the area. Definitely some comfort food.
And the sauces?.
Red: Chipotle
Green: Avocado/Tomatillo
Habanero:.....well, it's Habanero????“

“Thank you for staying open during all that has turned the year 2020 into! I appreciate the staff for always being positive and helpful.“

“So very disappointed at SHORTSTOPS hamburger, shakes, and fries. Was made fresh drove to Hyak Park (5min drive) tots so piled with salt and the mass amount of grease left the food soggy and grossly over seasoned, notice the amounts of grease on the bag and every napkin soaked in grease, the tots containers soaked in grease , and the soggy squished buns. Went to get my money back because 2 meals $40.50 is outrageous when you cant even eat it. The thin gal with long pretty blonde hair rolled her eyes at me saying well they are greasy burgers. I said the shakes were great and my child was starving and ate the burger that was on top away from all the grease. I would be willing to pay for that but wanted a refund for everything else. So spent 40.50 got refunded in cash $15. Not fn cool. fyi 2 shakes and a double chz burger is $23 (still over priced for size and quality compared to lets say Hasty Freeze) Hire some decent cooks that can recognize they fuc@*d up. And do the right thing instead of still purposely screwing over customers and trying to gaslight folks that thats how burgers and tots are supposed to be. you should be ashamed of how your employees represent your establishment and what they are serving to the community. ZERO stars. first and last time I will spend money here.“

“Food is fast food, the burgers taste good, has nice sauce and good buns, the fries seem like cheap freezer fries but not necessarily bad. The milkshakes are great. Definitely recommend you come here over the big box corporations like McDonald's and burger King and because they are a small local company I think they get a pass on the higher prices but they are higher.“

“Been there for almost 40 years (maybe even longer). Remember going there on a cold Christmas Eve for soft serve ice cream as a young child in the 80s. Fast forward to 2024, the food and ice cream are still delicious as it was in the 80s
Ordered the King Kong burger - all I can is yummy!!
A must visit if you want good burgers and soft serve ice cream. A favorite of the locals. Drive thru was busy the entire time I was there. Note it's cash only!“

“Do not go if you are in a hurry. Good food (lamb gyros) would have been a better rating if other carts we went to get were open at the food court.

Parking: Hard to use handicap parking as others were blocking the marked no parking spot so we could not unload from the side mount wheelchair van.

Wheelchair accessibility: All the ordering counters seemed very high.“

“We were on a road trip through southern Oregon and one of my road trip traditions is stopping at DQ for a dipped cone. For this trip we ended up at the Albany DQ. It did not disappoint.

First off it’s not a new, fancy DQ. It’s got that amazing old school DQ aesthetic, including that slate/powder blue exterior paint and tables outside that are bolted to the concrete. Brings me back to the days when they used to hand dip the Dilly Bars.

Second, they had CHERRY dipped cones. Not just chocolate and whatever weird flavor they are featuring but CHERRY. As a dipped cone fan, this is like finding a rare gem. I have given up on ever getting a butterscotch dipped cone but still savor a tasty waxy cherry dipped cone. It also wasn’t dipped so the dip was thin. It was nice and thick. NO COMPLAINTS.

It’s a long story but we ended up on a second road trip in Southern Oregon shortly after and I insisted we would go to the ALBANY DQ. We even missed our turn off! My kids complained, saying all DQs are the same. Well, they ate their words because their banana split was perfect, their brownie sundae had the perfect balance of brownie to ice cream, and my second dipped cherry cone did not disappoint.

Seems a lot of haters are reviewing here. Let me put it this way: I’d sit in drive through and deal with rude employees to visit the best DQ ever and get a cherry dipped cone vs going to a shiny corporate DQ where you only get the chocolate dipped cones.“