JC’s Dairy

It’s ok. Good slushes but the soft serve ice cream is more like water. It it so soft. More wet. The quality has gone down. Ice cream sucks. Prices are fair. I would take frozen yogurt over jc any day.

Was so looking forward to my first coffee flavored soft serve of the season. Man was I disappointed, there was not one hint of coffee flavoring today, it was horrible. UGH, I threw it away.

I’ve been going here since I was a kid. Starland and then JC’s Dairy= a good time.
I only get soft serve. Pistachio /​Coffee swirl with Jimmies, err Sprinkles, is hard to beat. In fact, it’s bomb and you should try it at least once.
A medium is actually very big. I would never get a large!

Your average side of the road ice cream place. They have some sheltered picnic tables if you plan on eating the ice cream on-​site. Giffords ice cream is very good in my book and they serve it at JC’s. it is a little too close to the road for my taste but my kid is always happy when we go there.

Love the coffee pistachio twist with crunch coat. Big potions but they come with a big price

JC’s serves both hard ice cream and soft-​serve.
They serve Gifford’s hard ice cream.
The soft-​serve swirls are also good. They have vanilla & chocolate, and coffee & pistachio.
The swirls seem to be tighter here, so the flavors are closer together, and not separate.
If you get a coffee & pistachio swirl, and you get it dipped in cherry dip, it’s kind of like spumoni (except with coffee ice cream instead of chocolate ice cream).

So JC’s is under «new» management (apparently its the old owners) now i have been goin there forever since i was a kid, im 25 now. This place rivals dairy twist in pembroke hard. Have always loved there ice cream.
Now they were closed for renovations, new bright inviting paint, and i was so excited for when they were goin to open. I would drive by once a week to see. Finally they opened an i couldnt wait to go…
So i finally get there, waitin in line so excited, get my ice cream and…
THE BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT EVER!
There ice cream is like watered down slush verzion of what ice cream is. As if they took the blandest most tasteless ice cream an threw it in a blend with ice and thats what they are using. It is disgusting. No flavor, no subtance, disgrace to ice cream itself. I had to drowned it in crunch coat (which the made me pay extra for, which then never used to an dairu twist doesnt either) just to get thru it. And the sizes are so much smaller than what they used to be, a small was ginormous before an now its teeny tiny.
After all the years ive been coming here an how excited i was for them to open i can say I WILL NEVER BE BACK.
DAIRY TWIST ALL DAY, EVERYDAY.

Who doesn’t like ice cream? OK, well we all like something sweet in the warmer months and JC’s Dairy is the best place to go in the Hanover area. When I moved down here years ago to marry my wife she told me JC’s Dairy is a favorite since she was a kid. Once it opens in the warmer months it can get packed quickly although you don’t have to wait long with up to four windows to help you get your order. The workers here are always happy and never disappointed with the service. Seeing it was a favorite for my wife we have come here with kids too now. Although we live in Halifax the drive is worth it for great ice cream. They serve regular and soft serve ice cream in a variety of flavors. If that isn’t your fancy you can have a banana split (ala Banana Boat), Slushies, milkshakes/​frappes, as well as soda & water. I do believe they also have a «doggie bowl» size for your pets as well. lastly, they do have ice cream for diabetics. They have two seating areas outside (Its all outside except for the workers inside.). One part is under a little walled area with benches along the walls. Plus they have 3 benches currently painted pink (Which my daughter loved!) in the lot attached to the other seating area. The attached photo is of one of their new signs attached near the area you order. (I’ll try next time I’m there to snap a few more photos so you can see the whole building.) They used to be cash only but now if you order over $ 10.00 they do accept credit cards-​Though check as this may change at any time after posting.) Lastly, it is across the street from another Hanover favorite Imperial Garden (Which after having a great meal there you can treat yourself (and kids) to a nice dessert!). Its located right on Route 53 in Hanover and its easy to find. So when you’re looking to keep cool this spring/​summer, come to JC’s Dairy in Hanover and you won’t be disappointed. (I“m not!)

Ugh where to get started. If i could give no stars, I would.
First off, way too pricey for what they give you. The place isn’t air conditioned and the machines break all the time, so sometimes the ice cream goes bad in the soft serve machines, and the girls who work there still serve it to customers. They always run out of everything because the new owners don’t know how to run a business. I’ve seen pets such as dogs, bugs, and other things that should not be in a food service place in the back, and they would sometimes be brought to the front counter. Worst of all, in my opinion, is how the shop was infested with flies. There were fruit flies in the toppings and house flies sometimes fell in the hard shell dips. Absolutely disgusting. They also dont take credit cards, as it says they do above. I miss the old JC’s

Used to love this place for a cone on a hot summer night, but then we discovered Dairy Twist down the road in Pembroke. JC’s has miles to go to catch up to the quality and selection of DT’s ice cream and frozen yogurt.

A childhood staple. THE place to be after softball games: p
Seriously though– SOFT SERVE. Amazing soft serve.
Naturally, the place gets packed at night during the summer months– but it’s totally worth the wait. They also make great milkshakes.

5 reasons for 5 stars…
1. De-​luscious soft serve ice cream. Not a ginormous selection, but all of your favorites are here, plus they have a pistachio/​coffee twist. Good heavens.
2. They are my very favorite soft serve stop nostalgically. I swear I remember my Dad stopping here when we’d swing by my Grandparents’ house when I was a wee Amy. If my mind is playing cruel tricks on me, and JC’s wasn’t here in the ’80’s, I’m a monkey’s uncle.
3. They offer traditional ice cream, Richie’s slushes, hot dogs!, and other treats beyond the aforementioned yumm-​a-​licious soft serve as well.
4. The kid claims this is her «all-​time favorite» summer ice cream place. Reason enough to stop here often.
5. Did I mention the coffee/​pistachio twist? Genius. (With rainbow sprinkles, of course.)
I heart you, JC’s!