Mary Coyle Ice Cream

Although Trecaso pizza and Mary Coyle ice cream are good eats they are tarnished by poor service and rude staff. Customer service is about accommodation not scowls, frowns, and harsh words. My wish for this historic venue is management that teaches staff to be on their game or go home. It’s all about the customer.

This local institution has stood the test of time with it’s retro interior and homemade ice cream, in fact when you walk in you get the feeling that you just stepped into a 1950’s ice cream parlor… which also serves up excellent Italian dishes from Mr. Trecaso himself. If you’re hungry and need to get full, you can’t really go wrong with anything on the menu, but the pizza and pasta dishes are especially gratifying. Conversely, if you’d rather have something to satisfy your sweet tooth, the ice cream and candy selection is as good as it gets and the milkshakes are thick, rich, and served the way they should be — with a tin container — so none goes to waste. Take as step back on a warm summer day and try a classic and local favorite!

FLAVOR! That’s the word that comes to mind when I think about my experience this weekend at Mary Coyle Ice Cream. A few friends of mine wanted to go here and get ice cream after having dinner in the valley so we stopped in for a quick dessert.
It’s totally a 50’s style diner inside which is kind of fun! I think kids would really enjoy this place. There are a ton of ice cream flavors to choose from not to mention sundaes and such. They also serve hot food so I’ll have to come back and try that too.
I got the vanilla almond ice cream which was very good. I think it’s best to judge an ice cream place on its vanilla. That tells you what kind of effort they put into their ice cream and Mary Coyle is the real deal! One of my friends got some kind of butter rum or butter pecan or something and asked if I wanted to try it so I did and was immediately jealous that I hadn’t ordered it myself.
I will be back!

Take a step back in time and enter Mary Coyle’s ice cream parlor. Creamy goodness is abundant. You will find thick decadent milk shakes that need to be eaten with a spoon and scoops of your favorites including butter pecan filled with nuts and a double chocolate that tastes like flourless chocolate cake yumminess. Don’t forget a box of chocolates on your way out the door.

If I could give it a zero, I would. Management *Michael* is very rude. He needs to get out of the service industry.

The original banana bowl is amazing. The stuff of dreams. The service? Dicey with an attitude.

As others have said, you really do feel like you’re stepping back in time when entering the restaurant. Overall, the atmosphere is quite nice, but the bathrooms could certainly use some attention (no locks on the doors. really?).
My date and I picked a booth in the back corner and had only dessert on our minds. However, «The Dad» was rather persistent in convincing us to try his special pizza. «But it’s REALLY good», he insisted, even after assuring him that we just finished an entire meal only minutes before. Our waitress was more well-​behaved and happy to take our orders for the ice cream we had come for. She ordered the Cocoanut Fudge Showboat and I picked the Mint Fudge Showboat. Both were delicious.
Despite the (somewhat uncomfortable) experience with «The Dad» (or as we now call him, «Creepy Pizza Man»), it was an enjoyable experience, and we will definitely be making a return.

I went to this place recently when hanging out with a friend who grew up in the area. There were many things I enjoyed about the experience, but gave it 3 stars because the quality of the ice cream didn’t impress me as much.
What I enjoyed about this place:
— the crazy bright pink sign
— the fact that it’s an ice cream place and an Italian restaurant in one — both with their own names (couldn’t tell you if the Italian food is any good)
— outdoor seating
— variety of flavors, including my favorite maple walnut
It’s definitely worth checking out if you’re in the area and from what I understand, it’s a local favorite. I personally found the ice cream flavor to be on target, but it wasn’t as creamy and rich as I would’ve liked. Compared to the plethora of awesome ice cream places in Cleveland, Mary Coyne falls in the middle of the pack.

I haven’t been in Mary Coyle’s since the 80s and Michael Trecaso’s since the 90s. It was really awesome to find them together, Mary Coyle’s still in its cool, quirky Highland Square location and Trecaso’s having moved in from the old Akron U location. Our waitress told us that’s been twenty years.
Time has flown.
Happily, though, Trecaso’s mastery of sauce and crust has not gone anywhere. Neither has Michael Trecaso, on hand to personally feed and entertain guests. We had spaghetti with meat sauce, with lots of meat and deep tomato flavor. You can’t beat good sauce. The tuna with melted provolone, toasted on a hoagie was a hit and the garlic pizza was perfect, the crust and toppings balanced so perfectly that you didn’t think «crust» and you didn’t think «sauce», you just thought «pizza».
The cherry boston cooler was really good and of course save room for 27 flavors of ice cream and five flavors of sherbet. This is, after all, Akron’s classic ice cream parlor since 1937.
The décor is kitschy/​old timey, the cost with ice cream was moderate and it comes unreservedly recommended.

Eh, the pizza is ok and the ice cream good (old fashioned hard scoops), but the owner has always been rude when we are there, so I no longer eat there. After all of the terrible stories from other locals about his rudeness I’m surprised this place is still open.

I had been wanting to try this place for awhile. Stopped in for my first visit and ordered a Strawberry milkshake to-​go.
I was extremely disappointed. It just wasn’t good. The ice cream tasted cheap and almost a little freezer-​burned.
At first I worried that there was no way the tiny straw would suck up a delicious $ 5.25 milkshake. But I soon found out that there was not a single strawberry in the milkshake; they use a fakey-​tasting strawberry syrup.
Maybe other things are better? I do not plan to find out after throwing away $ 3-​worth of a bad milkshake.

Super good icecream went there for the first time last night and it was quite good. I like some other icecream places better but this was up there.

Old fashion ice cream… done right. Walk in and it feels like a step back in time. Phosphates and soda mixes, tons of sundaes. The food is good. The pizza has won many awards but I have not tried it. The pasta with clams packs a ton of flavor, even though the pasta wasn’t fresh it was cooked perfectly.

What can you say, homemade & fresh Ice Cream, super classic décor that echo’s the days of Ice Cream Parlors!
I got to say I think I’ve found my special little spot for grabbing a scope or two. Very nice location, the Ice Cream is hands down amazing, and I am very much looking forward to checking out their Italian food at some point! They have a pretty wide arrange of selections/​flavors, styles… From Soda’s, Shakes, Splits…
I think it will take me a while to try everything out here, but I’m not really sad about that!!!
Great for the family and kids!

Husband and I had a late dessert stop here on date night. I had a peanut butter sundae and he enjoyed a vanilla milkshake (as always). It was great and we were happy to find a place open so late. Staff was super friendly.
The old school theme is fun and sweet, but it could use a facelift.

Good ice cream, cute atmosphere.
TERRIBLE management.

One of my family’s favorite spots, and OMG the awesome Trecaso pizza is back.

Was very excited to discover that Mr Trecaso had finally decided to start offering pizza here. It was just as good as I remember from eating it at his pizza shop near the University of Akron I’m the 1970s.

Mary Coyles is one of my favorite places to go in Akron. I no longer live in Ohio, so I only get a chance to stop in every few years. I’m always so excited when I walk in and see literally nothing has changed – same wood panelling, same soda fountain set-​up, same red tables & molded-​wood booths, and same AWESOME, FRESH BANANA ice cream! This place is an institution and for good reason! The ice cream is great, homemade, and made with fresh ingredients.
I wonder about the others that have ‘yelped’ about tap water, bad service, etc. I think you get what you put out there. Today, we were greeted as we came in, immediately served a round of tap waters, and served our sundaes and showboats with ice cream substitutions (without any extra charge) all by a perfectly lovely 80-​plus-​year-​old woman. It feels like some ‘yelpers’ look for reasons to complain. But really there is just nothing to complain about with Mary Coyles. So if you’re an uptight a-​hole, maybe you should go to Menchies or Ben & Jerry’s. Enjoy your carageenan-​filled, artificially-​flavored ice cream served by bubbly, vapid teens.
Anyway, even if you don’t think you’re a banana ice cream person, go for it! It’s made with fresh banana, not banana liqueur. Banana hot fudge showboat with crushed nuts is definitely the way to go.
Can’t speak to the food. I’ve only ever come for the ice cream. But am curious about the pizza… looks good.

I’ve never been disappointed! Ice cream and frozen treats are awesome and the pizza is the best I. The square.