Farfar’s Danish Ice Cream Shop

This is the quintessential New England style ice cream shop, rich and creamy and their own special mixes and cream bases and is just awesome Americana.
They have been in business for 30 years and there is a reason…
Best ice cream on the south shore for sure, it’s tucked away in small town USA, but do yourself a favor and take that detour.

Greatest ice cream in the world. I miss walking down to Farfar’s after class for a frappé. Always a mandatory stop after soccer practice or trips to the beach, lest you feel the wrath of a car full of screaming kids. Millbrook Market/Doyle’s was another great hangout. Damn I feel old.

Great danish ice cream shop! Local favorite with highschool students working all summer and leaving college pendents in the rafters once they leave. There about 20 flavors, my favorites being peach and cookie’s n cream. The shakes are great and there is seating out back. Only caution is that mosquitoes WILL eat you alive if you stay back there long enough. Definitely a must for visitors or locals keeping up the tradition.

Good ice cream on the south shore. Family has been coming here for years. A few years ago it would been 5 stars, i think it has slipped a little recently, but still good for your high butter fat ice cream fix.

I’ve been going here since I was a kindergartner at Alden elementary #aldenrules. I’m no longer a kindergartner (graduated on the second try) and I left Deluxbury a while back. But when visiting the well-​endowed beach-​front ‘burb I try to stop by Farfars. And ya know what? They still make a great Black and White Frappé. Why can’t the world be more like the Black and White Frappé? Mmmm, tasty racial harmony.
I love that he mooing cow still works (tip jar). When I commented on this to the HS kids working the counter I learned that they paint in the black spots with a sharpie as necessary to keep it looking new. Hilarious!

I live a long way away now — having grown up in Pembroke and Plymouth — but I remember Farfar’s fondly, having patronized it from the month it opened.
Yes, it’s really homemade ice cream. No, that’s not the usual lie most places spin to characterize their Indiana factory made glop. Yes, the quality is really outstanding.
Honestly, I don’t understand the Shopzillas whining below. OMG, the counter help are local high school students earning a buck and aren’t professional, polished retail experts! OMG, they don’t have public restrooms! (Neither do a few hundred thousand other retailers in Massachusetts.) OMG they don’t have a thousand flavors!
Well, no, they don’t. But I rate a place on the quality and price of the merchandise they have, without complaining about the merchandise they don’t sell, and I’m pretty okay with ownership not willing to sell out on quality by having three dozen tubs of fringe flavors sitting around for weeks getting freezer burn. Farfar’s is top notch in that department. Nuff said.

I have been coming to Farfar’s since it opened, first with my children and now with grandkids! It is absolutely the best ice cream. Lots of flavors to choose from and a nice outdoor deck to sit and enjoy! Service has never been slow int the 25 plus years I’ve been going!!! Can’t wait for it to open in April!!!

Love this place its a family tradition after the beach. My kids love it… Ice cream is fresh and they hire local college kids to serve so you love to tip them to help them out. They make great shakes and sundaes. Line moves fast and you can eat on front porch or out back. Cash only

If we weren’t with locals I don’t know that we would have found this place, but I’m glad we did. If I had to name my vice, ice cream would definitely be it. I’m pretty picky about my ice cream too.
Because coffee ice cream is hard to find without chocolate chunks where I live, it is my go to flavor when I’m in New England. I have never liked the cones so I went with a bowl. The regular single scoop was the size that I have come to know as two scoops in scoop shops at home. The ice cream was nice and creamy, had excellent coffee flavor that reminded me of the ice cream my grandpa used to make, and most importantly, didn’t leave a funky after taste.
As I am becoming a little weary of all of the trendy ice cream flavors like basil ginger and the like, I appreciated the simple flavors offered here.

Over all the ice cream is very good but there are a lot of good shops all around the South Shore. Give them a try.

After reading some of the negative reviews of FarFars I have to say I’m really surprised. I’ve grown up in Duxbury and have been here a million times — never had a problem with the service and they’re one of the very few places that stays open until 10pm. Also one person gave it one star because they didn’t have a bathroom and said you should go to scoops instead — but scoops doesn’t have a bathroom either and the ice cream isn’t as good and the portions are much smaller. If you enjoy creamy homemade ice cream and don’t mind paying for it, you should go here.

Im siding with most of the other reviews. I go here for good simple ice cream and tolerate the so so service. Some of the young people behind the counter should smile more. I’m a fan of the strawberry ice cream with chocolate jimmys. Can’t go wrong with that.

DELICIOUS! My boyfriend grew up with ice cream visits to Farfar’s, and I thought that he might be building it’s reputation a little too much– but I was wrong! The over-​the-​counter service is quick, and the ice cream is creamy and full of flavor. I loved my strawberry ice cream cone, and I can’t wait to visit again next summer.

I came to Duxbury to see my nephew and niece. It happened to be her birthday today. I decided to treat her to an ice cream and found farfar’s. When we entered the store she desperately needed to use the restroom and the staff informed me that they do not allow customers to use the restroom and that it was the owners decision. They did not make an exception for an 8 year old little girl and suggested that we drive to the library which we later tried and happened to be closed. I asked to speak to the owner but was told that it would not matter. It’s hard to believe that this place caters to children and families. Go to Scoops or even Dairy Queen. I

At the risk of sounding like an even older lady than I am… I remember when Farfar’s opened! My grandmother used to take me to the library and then we’d stop at Farfar’s on the way home. She always got cantaloupe ice cream, and I used to get something (anything) very chocolate-​y because I wasn’t allowed to get bubblegum, due to a very unfortunate incident involving gum in my hair as a tot.
As I got older, my tastes evolved a bit — but I still love Farfar’s! It hasn’t really changed since my library days… I just have a far greater appreciation for good ice cream! It’s always a struggle to choose what to have, but I almost always end up with Grape-​Nut, because it’s such a unique-​to-​New England flavor, and I know I won’t find it anywhere else. But really, everything is delish, with special mention for their peppermint stick, peanut butter and ginger flavors. Even the Danish sweet cream flavor, which sounds kind of dull, is awesome.
The lines can be long, but they move pretty quickly, and it gives you time to see whether they’ve got YOUR alma mater’s pennant hung among the hundreds of pennants representing the schools of the many high school and college-​aged kids they’ve employed over the years.

My ice cream was delicious, but the girl behind the counter had a horrible attitude. It was funny to us, but funny in the «I can’t believe this girl hates us so much» way. 5 star ice cream, 1 star service.

A nice, clean place. Beautiful town. Average ice cream.
Farfar’s is decent, but why don’t they have any innovative flavors? It’s generally VERY basic stuff. They could learn a lesson from lots of the other ice cream shops in MA and come up with some more unique flavors.
Oh, and taking credit cards would be nice. It’s 2013.

Farfar’s will always hold a special place in my heart. I used to go out to Duxbury quite often since a friend of mine’s parents own a summer house out there. We’d go spend weekends out there, go to the beach, check out the junkyard, and just drive around aimlessly. There are a bunch of great spots in Duxbury, granted it’s a pretty tiny town with only one full stop light. There really isn’t much to do around Duxbury, but hey, it’s right outside the cape.
The ice cream here is no doubt the best ice cream I’ve ever had. All of their ice cream is homemade, in house, ranging from your typical cookies and cream, vanilla, cookie dough, etc. to your seasonals like punpkin, peppermint stick, gingerbread, eggnog. Their ice cream is the creamiest, perfectly flavored and mixed, without running into chunks of just ice like how some homemade ice cream shops do. My absolute favorite is their peppermint stick, it’s to die for! Also, be prepared. If you order a pint or two to take home, they hardcore pack these things! The actually fill it a good 4 inches above the brim, put a piece of parchment paper on top of the ice cream itself, and just put the cover in the bag with the pint, haha. It can be a bit frustrating, but hey, gives you an excuse to start eating some on your way home :)
I absolutely recommend Farfar’s if you’re trying to get your homemade ice cream fix.

The Ice Cream shop of my childhood — I used to come here all the time when I lived in the lovely town of Duxbury. And fortunately, FarFars has not lost its charm nor delicious Ice Cream recipe. As a kid, the Bubble Gum ice cream was my FAVORITE! This time I opted for the maple walnut ice cream, and it was delicious. The interior is rustic, staff is awesome, and its an overall great ice cream experience :)

Excellent ice cream, unfriendly service. That sums up my experience here. I had a delicious chocolate frappé. And my wife had a cup of the Danish sweet ice cream. The 2 young ladies behind the counter truly seemed to wish they were somewhere else. They are working at an ice cream shop near one of the nicest beaches in Massachusetts, what could they be unhappy about? There was no a/​c on and the store was kind of dark, but doesn’t ice cream make everything better? I thought so.
I definitely recommend this place, just don’t look these girls directly in the eyes because you might turn to stone. Maybe we just caught them on a bad day. It’s a tough life in the rich, beach town of Duxbury, you know. Hopefully next time we’ll get friendlier service, because we really loved the ice cream!