Nelson’s Ice Cream

How can you possibly complain when a child’s size ice cream is big enough to fill 4 hungry adults? If you are searching for affordable, this is your place. Nelson’s is amazing and you’ll understand when you walk in a hot summer day and see the line packed right up to the door. But as you stand in this long, but fast-​moving line, you’ll practically spend your next 10 – 15 minutes looking at the huge selection of flavors they have, asking yourself which flavor you really want to try. They really do have a huge selection of unique, but also common ice cream flavors. Even the pickiest of the picky people are sure to find something that suits their preferences. The staff is friendly and the ice cream is great. However, I’d mention that the ice cream isn’t the highest quality and the most creamiest, best ice cream you’ll ever taste. But for the price, I’d say it’s definitely worth it and I really have no complaints. My favorite of course: birthday cake ice cream (cream flavored ice cream filled with sprinkles and cake bites).
Final tips:
– They have a parking lot right next door however, parking can be tight on their busy days. Plan accordingly.
– Cash only. They have an ATM inside, but sometimes is out of order.
– Stick to the child’s size unless you are VERY, VERY hungry and you have multiple people in your group.
– Two flavors allowed for each size up to a triple which allows for 3 flavors.
– If you’re super shameless like me and know you won’t finish your child size ice cream, bring tupperware. I hate throwing food away and the ice cream is great even after you put it back in the freezer!

1) they don’t take credit cards. 2) they serve on Styrofoam disposal ware. 3) a kids scoop of ice cream is just over $ 4! (3.75 plus tax)
For those prices especially since it is not homemade ice cream they should offer credit cards and ditch the Styrofoam or lower their prices or all of the above.

SUPER delicious, affordable, friendly staff, and massive portions. This little ice cream parlor was suggested to me by a fellow mom at Teddy Bear park. Seriously, it is so delicious. Super cheap and the kid size is humongous! My jaw literally dropped when my daughter and I got our ice cream. Highly, highly recommend if you’re in the Stillwater location.

I ordered the child size Java Chunk. It’s was enormous. Couldn’t finish half of it. The ice cream was decent for the prize and size. Service was poor, and that was very disappointing.

All these reviews speak for themselves. You get SOO much ice cream for what you pay! Plus everyone working is in High school and adorable and so nice and friendly! There are a ridiculous amount of flavors to choose from and you get as many as you can fit while they scoop!
Super important that they are CASH only! But go here!

My first mistake was using the bathroom as soon as I entered. They were disgusting! The filthy dirty disgusting that makes you want to take a shower as soon as you get home disgusting.
My second mistake was smelling. As soon as you enter, you smell sour milk. I honestly do not know how anyone can not smell this! Between the smell and the gross bathroom, I could not stay. My friend agreed thank goodness and we went outside to sit down to discuss our Plan B for our ice cream fix. Surprise, Surprise, the tables outside were filthy dirty and sticky too!
I know all of the above does not stop many of you who think getting a head size scoop of ice cream for $ 4.50 is worth it but for me, no thanks. I would rather go get my Cedar Crest Ice Cream in the frozen food section at Lunds.

The ice cream place where you definitely get your money’s worth. I had the child size and it would’ve been enough for 3 people. They have a good variety of flavors, and the staff were friendly. They only accept cash so keep that in mind.

Holy Mother of Ice Cream! Some friends recommended that we try this place out, but cautioned us to order the kid’s size. We scoffed. You can imagine our surprise when the server crammed what seemed like six scoops on top of a cone. After seeing that, we ordered the massive size, chose a multitude of flavors, and shared it as a family. As everyone has noted, you have to see their portion sizes to believe them.
Nelson’s has great ice cream, a variety of fun flavors, and serving sizes that will keep you coming back. Bring your children, grandchildren, or other people’s children here just to make their eyes bug out of their head when the server keeps piling scoop upon scoop upon scoop. It’s well worth it.

HUGE portions! Get a child’s size!
If you were ever wondering why America has an obesity problem, go to Nelson’s. Seriously though, they boast a ton of flavors so it will be difficult to decide. I opted for two flavors and got a child’s size. However, there was so much ice cream that I didn’t even get to try my second flavor, as it was situated deep below the first flavor, which was a crater-​sized portion. Huge portions might be a draw for some people, but in my opinion, it was annoying and such a waste. I ended up throwing most of mine away because it was literally too much ice cream for one person.
My sister said the ice cream they use can be purchased in any grocery store, so I’m not sure what’s so special about Nelson’s except for the gigantic portions. Not impressed.

Line was 20 people long but the short wait was well worth it. We walked in with a heavy appetite wanting to order a double or a triple scoop… only to retrieve those statements when we heard a guy say he only wanted a baby scoop. HUGE PORTIONS and possibly the most bang for your buck in ice cream terms. I ordered a single scoop and its about 9″ tall (or about 4 scoops) of rasberry chocolate chunk. My uncle ordered a choclate malt and grandma ordered the rasberry white truffel. Everything was delicious and very reasonable! The only reason we did not give ⁵⁄₅ stars was the bathroom accommodations…2 smelly portapotties! Who wants to go there after indulging in 15 scoops? So, instead we made great access of our local public taxed services and made an «emergency bathroom stop» at the Lakeland hospital a few blocks doen instead. Will certainly be back!

Holy mother of good sweetness. I’ve found the mother load of ice cream. There’s literally mountains of them here!
They have HUGE PORTIONS. Even their «child size» is enough for a whole week! Then again, who’s going to complain about that much ice cream for only $ 3.50? SUPER CHEAP and affordable! It wont even hold itself up, that you’ll get a bowl to support it! Now keep in mind to bring cash if you haven’t been here before though. They only accept cash &the atm machine happens to be down as well.
There’s a huge chalk board wall that lists so the flavors so that you don’t have to wait to the front to walk back and forth to see what you want as well. They have a huge out door seating &a small section inside depending on your preference. Staff is also very nice, they’ll answer any questions you have& even give you suggestions.
Stop in if you haven’t before &get the best of your $ 3.50 worth!

After a colossal failure at Pat’s Tap earlier in the day, and my pissed off meter running an all time high, the girlfriend thought it was in order to take me to Nelson’s and make me happy again. All I can say… HURRAY!
Swing into the Highland location and stroll in. To the right is the flavor list on the wall, and holy balls do they have some flavors! She tells me «now go with a child sized.» Dang nab it woman, don’t tell me my food business! But, I go with that anyway because she’s generally smarter than I am, and it’s my first trip here.
Child waffle cone, blueberry cheesecake and salted caramel nut. The staff is chuckling behind the counter as they ask «first time?» Uh huh. Lets just say I wasn’t skimped at all. Four softballs of ice cream later, to the point of needing a bowl to plop it in, this guy is in brain freeze heaven.
She got White Chocolate Raspberry Truffle which I only mention because I ended up eating hers too after I hit that Tasmanian Devil style zone where limbs could have been taken off and I wouldn’t have known.
The blueberry cheesecake is absolutely amazing. Creamy cheesecake with sweet-​tarty blueberry swirled in. The ice cream is thick and creamy, not frozen over and icy. Salted caramel nut is a flavor I’d make sacrifices to whatever god you said I needed to in order to get again. The perfect mix of salty, sweet, and oh so savory. All while being in creamy ice cream.
White chocolate raspberry truffle was an amazing sweet and chocolate flavor. It was a perfect mix in to the two I had already been demolishing in my bowl.
The waffle cone broken up and smashed into the ice cream was great too. A wonderful little extra texture and sweetness.
Upon going back in to get some napkins I notice this «Lumberjack» thing. I was in shock and all I could do was grunt at it like King Kong while being told «next time.»
I’m very glad I don’t live near Highland. I’d go bankrupt eating here.

I went into this place last year shortly after the business opened. I quickly noted they had many flavors of ice cream on display. I asked what brand of ice cream they served, and I was told that it’s mostly Kemp’s; however, some flavors are Cedar Crest.
I used my bank card in their «no-​fee» ATM to get cash in order to pay for a small serving of ice cream. I always request a receipt be printed from an ATM, and their machine would not print one out. I said something to an employee, who may have been a manager, I don’t know. And he simply said it must be out of paper. Well… it being a «no-​fee» ATM tells me that the business owns it (the machine) and they must replenish the cash inside it as well as replace the roll of paper so that receipts are printed out. Their machine being out of paper is careless — if it dispenses cash, it outa spit out a paper receipt.
I ordered a kid size of some flavor of Cedar Crest brand. Their kid size serving is an insane amount of ice cream for only one person. I slurped and sipped on it while walking home in the sunshine that day, and before I was even half-​way through with the serving, I had to stop eating it. It was way too much sugary sweet with little butterfat to back it up.
Although comparatively expensive, I will get my single servings of ice cream in the future at local shops that make their own premium ice creams in house (Izzy’s, Grand Old Creamery, Sebastian Joe’s).

For a kid’s size ($ 3.50) that can be split multiple ways, come here. Seriously. Yes, going out for ice cream can be spendy, but not at Nelson’s! We spent $ 10 on two cones (one kid size & one small) stacked higher than I have ever seen cones stacked in my life (with giant scoops)! We easily had enough for five people. The staff was friendly & very happy to help out the line that was created before they even opened. The two people working that day cranked the line of customers (about 30 – 40 people) out crazy fast!
The reason I gave it 4 out of 5 stars, was due to hours. The day we went, we stopped after a trip to Como. We did not realize they didn’t open until 3 in May. I’m not sure if these hours are their summer hours, or if this is their off season hours.

I guess this is the place to be if you want a massive amount of ice cream for a very reasonable price. Stopped in the other day for some ice cream. Should have checked out the other reviews that they only take cash. Yes, they have a cash machine inside, but that happened to be out of order. Luckily between the two of us we had enough for a small taste which is not that small.
I could not get past the smell of the place. It reminded me how the bathrooms smell at the beach. That hot, humid, sour smell. I was expecting it to smell like a sweet ice cream shop not a beach restroom. There really needs to be some better ventilation. I don’t think I am alone in my sensory smell observation as I see a few other people commented on the smell as well.
Wasn’t blown away by the taste of the ice cream.
I guess if you want mass quantities of ice cream for cheap this is the place to be.
I think next time we might just have to drive to the DQ. Sorry not a fan, but I can see why people love this place if they really like a lot of ice cream.

As many other reviewers have noted, the portion sizes are HUGE here. Just get the child’s size. Your wallet and belly will thank you. If you don’t like wasting food, just take the rest home and put it in your freezer. Dude, it’s not that big of a deal. When we visited, the line was long and it smelled so disgusting, like sour milk in the place. The staff are efficient and the ice cream is good. I heard rumor that it’s all Cedar Crest, which is plentiful in any grocery store in Wisconsin so it wasn’t super exciting for me but I knew it would be delicious.
It’s cash only but their ATM is freeeeee!

Zoinks! Yes the sizes and prices are amazing. Huge Child Size scoops and inexpensive. There is no need to be wasteful if you have a plan. An ice cream plan man.
The Plan: You order child sizes grab the bowl containers and take what you can’t finish home and re=freeze. Yep.
I am an ice cream SNOB and have only had grainy freezer burn ice cream all 5 times I’ve been to Grand Ol’ Creamery-​and it is expensive. I just don’t get that place.
Now here comes my dilemma…
My favorite flavor at Nelson’s is the chocolate peanut butter.
Growing up in Wisconsin where Cedar Crest ice cream is from, my gold standard is chocolate peanut butter ice cream. To find out that this is the brand Nelson’s uses, makes me just want to skip this place and buy a gallon at the store.
With that said, I think Nelson’s is a great once and awhile treat to wow the kids and wow the out of town company.

As I have said before, this place sorta symbolizes what’s wrong with America. Ridiculously huge portions and you end up throwing away more than you eat.
The staff are nice and very efficient. They crushed a huge line pretty quickly, and managed to maintain a smiling disposition while doing so. They offered samples and were hustling.
The ice cream is good. Its not Izzy’s and its not Grand Ol Creamery — both have better ice cream. It isn’t bad, its just not awesome.
The shop itself was surprisingly clean given how busy it was, though the outdoor patio floor could have used a hosing down, very sticky.
The prices are reasonable given you receive a stupid amount of ice cream for what you pay.
And I guess that’s why I won’t be back. I don’t like throwing food away, especially a lot of food, regardless of what I paid for it, or how much I have eaten. It feels crappy to throw so much food away — to be so wasteful. I totally sound like a high and mighty ass but why can’t I pay half as much for half as much ice cream? I mean, my kids ate less than half of their cones, and we pitched the rest.
I’ll go to Izzy’s from now on. Its not you, Nelson’s. Its me.

I just… can’t understand… how they can fill up a cup… with like 10 scoops… and call it a CHILD SIZE??? I’m not complaining, I am just so stunned.
It’s like they were paying ME to eat their ice cream.
There were 4 adults, we ordered a large, we each had our own choice of flavor, then split it up into bowls, and we’re FULL. FOR $ 6 !!! 4 adults. $ 6. Is this legal?
I think I have finally found the cure for the common ice cream cone. Izzy’s, see you never. You have taken advantage of my wallet for far too long. This place has oodles and ooldes of flavors, the ice cream is creamy and thick, they give you actual samples, like a big spoonful, they get the line moving fast, and there is plentyyy of seating outside. And a nice side-​room indoors for those rainy-​day cravings.
I see nothing wrong with this establishment. In fact, I think they’ve pretty much got everything right.

I’m a sucker for variety. I’m a sucker for good quality and lucky for me, Nelson’s brings em both!
I had stopped at the local hardware store for somethings and decided to walk over and check it out. As I came down the sidewalk, a group of four was coming toward me, two with cones, two with cups, and all had the largest serving of ice cream I’ve seen in quite a while.
Inside, I see that this is the norm as people are being loaded up with one of the many choices that are available. The lady in front me got something chocolate with large chunks of peanut butter. Sprinkle some salt on that sucker and my wife would be all over it.
Myself, I went the malt route. Vanilla Toffee (aka butter brickle) that was outstanding. Ask for a little extra malt powder and whip cream on top and I was set.
The price? $ 4. After my experiences at other local shops recently (Izzy’s & Grand Olde Creamery), it is a deal.
They don’t take credit cards at this point but they do have a cash machine that does not charge a fee! (woohoo!)
Never had this in Stillwater so I didn’t know what I was missing. They also have an outdoor patio that the previous restaurants used to use with access being made even easier.
I’m looking forward to going back.