Dairy Twirl

I have been coming to this place FOREVER. My mom worked here in high school the first summer it was open! For me, a vanilla cone with rainbow jimmies from this ice cream stand *IS* summer. I do like the ice cream from Fore-​U in West Leb a little bit better, but I can’t quit Dairy Twirl just for the nostalgia factor. Definitely great ice cream at reasonable prices. If you don’t mind eating it in a parking lot after standing in a lengthy queue, definitely give it a shot!

My family and I love this place. We consider ourselves «ice cream aficionados», and this is the best in town.

Long lines in the summer. This place had very good ice cream. The seating is nice outside but there can be some bugs sometimes because of the ice cream and the rural nature of the place. Pleasant experience and is definately a local favoraite spot.

Stars are awarded for food only because you don’t come here for the ambience
With my daughter recently moved to this side of town, we tried Dairy Twirl for desert. With its extended menu of hand scoops and soft serve, yogurt and sundaes, waffle cones or floats, if you can’t find it here it’s not made with ice cream!
After asking for an explanation of some of the flavors, we were quickly served generous portions of ice cream. If you are trying to limit calories, let them know, they do have sizes smaller than «small.»
I also liked that various flavors were marked with a star indicating that it was gluten-​free. While the ice cream was not made on premises, it was high quality stuff!
This little spot reminded me of Rodio Whip in DeLand, FL. Handmade ice cream in a walk up that been in town for years! I love these places.

My 400^th review! CAN YOU DIG IT?! The Daily Twirl is as good as any to celebrate this epic Unilocal milestone. Almost every summer around the 4^th of July a large group of us would go camping in Lebanon, NH. BEAUTIFUL in the summer time! And when you’re downtown in the blistering New Hampshire heat with streams of sweat emanating from every one of your bodily creases, what better place to stop than @ the window of the Daily Twirl for a cup or cone of some mid-​summer brain freeze!

The Dairy Twirl has a ton of choices and the prices are very reasonable. A family of 4 for under $ 10 — where does that happen??? It’s nothing special since they don’t MAKE their ice cream but it is good quality ice cream, with tons of flavor choices, at a good value. What more can you ask for?

I do not care that the real name is Dairy Twirl. NO ONE from Lebanon calls it Dairy Twirl… It is PETE & ROGERS. Anyone from Lebanon back in the day will tell you that. GREAT childhood memories

I must confess that I’m more of a Ice Cream Fore-​U fan, but Dairy Twirl also works to satisfy my ice cream craving. I’ve never had their hard serve, but their soft serve. They generally offer four or so flavors where you can be sure they’ll at least have chocolate and vanilla as options. I like the black rasberry. The texture of the ice cream is thick, creamy, and delicious. Also, it’s very affordable. There is a picnic table in the back where you can sit down. This is what I dislike: The service could be better. You don’t come here to experience the excellent customer service! Also, their option to chocolate dip, caramel dip, what have you really isn’t a dip per se but a dribble type endeavor. For a real chocolate dip, go to Ice Cream Fore U! However, if you happen to be in the neighborhood and West Leb seems too far away, Dairy Twirl will do.

«Meh» really describes my experience here. I stopped one evening for ice cream to see what all the rave was about and I was disappointed. My ice cream had no flavor.
If someone did a blind taste test with there flavors I would not be able to guess what flavor I was eating. Which is a shame because the consistency was a good one.
I love mom and pop joints just like everyone else so it is with a heavy heart that I have to give this place 2 stars.

I LOVE local mom and pop joints like this! No franchised chain here. Lots of ice cream choices served through windows to the parking lot. Portions were large for the money. Perfect place to stop for a break while riding the back roads of New England in the summer.

The Dairy twirl opens every year after mother’s day and closes shortly labor day, so there is a small window of time when its blinking sign lights up enticing you to come in and enjoy some cold treats. As far as the ice cream goes I think that Ice Cream Fore U in West Lebanon has a better menu with more variety and flavors, but the Dairy Twirl beats it in terms of ambiance and location. Ice Cream Fore U is located next to the Lebanon Trash Dump so it literally stinks over there while DT is right off the green in cute downtown Lebanon. The central location in downtown makes it convenient for locals to walk to, and I think that convenience is probably its greatest asset. The soft-​serve at Dairy Twirl is definitely good, but nothing to write home about. Kinda predictable and plain but not bad by any means. Also I get a kick out of this being a «Great Nighttime Place» yet closes at 9pm. Wow! Small town late night indeed =)

Oh how I have always loved Dairy Twirl. My parents used to take my brother and I to this place when we were little. Some of the best soft serve out there. I don’t frequent the area as often as I did when I was younger, but once in a while if I’m visiting the relatives up in the Boondocks, I make time to stop by.

How can I be the first to review this? Seriously! Dairy Twirl is a NH tradition. It’s in this little rundown building by the laundromat. When I was there it shared space with a used sports good store. The lines go on forever, waiting for delicious dairy twirl treats. You can get soft serve, sundaes, chocolate dipped cones, sprinkles, whatever! It’s super cheap; I would raid my change jar for Dairy Twirl money. You wait for DT to open in the summer and keep going until closing day in the fall. I enjoyed the maple ice cream. And the vanilla ice cream. My favorite DT memory is when I got a little dish of vanilla as take out. I had an infection in my finger and started erythromycin. I went home, took my pills, ate my DT, and then spent the next few hours puking. Turns out I can’t take erythomycin. The good news is the DT vanilla was cold and tasty on the way up too! BAM!
Oh, DT, there is so much I don’t miss about living off the green in Lebanon, NH, but I really do miss you.