Frosty’s

If you’re in Lancaster, go to Frosty’s, don’t even think about it, just do it.
However let me inform you, CASH ONLY, there is an ATM on site though.
I moved to the Lancaster area about four years ago and never knew what Frosty’s was, and I wish I still didn’t because most of my summer pay check wouldn’t be there.
They have literally the best assortment of Perry’s ice cream; you name it, they got it. They also have soft serve and an assortment of speciality items, such as sundaes and milkshakes and whatever else your ice cream craving desires.
I really enjoy the location and being able to sit out on a nice summer evening enjoying my ice cream in the quite area of Lancaster. If you’re in the area, make the stop, you won’t regret it.

This place stinks… will never go again

Ugh so many children. My nightmare.
Anyway, there are so many options it is severely overwhelming. I usually get cotton candy anything and everything. But they have Perry’s, which isn’t my favourite kind. SOOOO, I got a Samoa arctic swirl thing… so freaking good. I enjoy that there is coconut in every bite. Unlike Dairy Queen blizzards, where their proportions of toppings to ice cream are like 1:5. Dumb.
I got my Dad a warm brownie sundae, which I asked for with hard chocolate instead of vanilla custard. They got this correct. I asked for my Samoa arctic with chocolate ice cream as well… they gave me vanilla. Luckily, I don’t hate vanilla I just prefer chocolate. So, not a deal breaker, but still disappointed.
My step-​sis got a twist with chocolate sprinkles… boring. But she got a baby size, which is a normal human size small. My step-​mom got a Reese’s arctic which also looked decent but I hate peanut butter.
The line went quickly, and they served pretty quickly. It’s a cool place and I didn’t realize it was on the registry of National Historic places, that was kind of neato burrito.
CASH ONLY. Be aware of this or you will be sadly disappointed. I never carry cash so if I want Frosty’s I have to be prepared.
X’s and O’s!
J

Awesome building on the national register of historic places. Very friendly service. Custard is very good, but not exceptional. Definitely better than the chain place down the street. I would not hesitate to return, but I would not make a drive to treat myself, as I would with the other place I reviewed.

I’ve been coming to Frosty’s ever since I was growing up in the area. They always have a great selection of items to choose from and massive variety of ice cream flavors. The girls taking your orders are very nice and have excellent customer service. They are helpful to explain products to you if you’re not familiar with something you haven’t ate there before. Prices are very reasonable for the size of ice cream you get. I love to come here on a hot day, but then you chance a super long line. It’s worth waiting for though… You can always go play with some children in the wooden trains that are in the lot. I like that there are spots to sit down if you want (especially the seats for the kids) but you can take it to go as well.
I usually always get a cotton candy ice cream in a waffle cone… But I’d stick with a small– you still get two large scoops. I got a large once and forced myself to eat it all … I think I ate two gallon tubs of it…
I did change it up and got a Shamrock Arctic… Sounded cool but didn’t ask about it. It’s sort of like a McDonald’s shamrock shake turned into a Dairy Queen Blizzard but softer. Had I asked before I would’ve removed the chocolate chips… I don’t care for chocolate chips although everyone loves mint chocolate chip ice cream. But basically it just tastes like you’re eating a soft serve version of the flavors. I’d eat it again but I think I’m gonna stick to my norm in the future.

Man, I’ve been falling down on the Unilocal job lately. Just not enough food exploring in my life these days. I need to be more like a hobbit, and go on adventures with food at the end of them.
Frosty’s isn’t far from where I live. My husband and I can make a nice evening walk of it. I’m of the opinion that we shouldn’t keep ice cream in the freezer anymore, we should only have ice cream if we’re willing to take a walk to get it. He’s a little less sure but we do like our walks and I like good ice cream.
This tiny neo-​Tudor dollhouse thingy is on the National Register of Historic Places because it was built in the ‘30s for a gas station. It’s been an ice cream shop for a little over ten years. They have every kind of frozen dairy concoction you could ask for, including soft serve custard, thirty-​something flavours of Perry’s hard ice cream, milkshakes, «Arctics» (soft serve with mix-​ins), ice cream cakes, sundaes, banana splits, and apparently some kind of frozen doggie treat in case you went there with the excuse that your four-​legged friend needed some exercise.
There’s no indoor seating. You get your treat and you sit at a wobbly sticky outdoor table or you take it somewhere else. Wobbly sticky outdoor tables are part of the charm of this kind of place, in my opinion, unless you’re allergic to hornets. There’s also some playground equipment so your kids can burn off the excess sugar energy. Plan to spend some time relaxing and chatting with one ear open, because there will be a lineup on a hot summer evening and you’ll be called up for your order when they get to you in the queue.
Warning to other Canadians coming here: get the small version of anything if you plan on finishing it yourself. Seriously. If you don’t believe what you’ve heard about American portion sizes, Frosty’s will make you believe.

I tried to hit on the cute girl serving me, but I got a Frosty reception. I was like, «are you married», she said «no man. But you can do the job, when you’re in… your dreams.» So yeah that didn’t go well for me.
What to get: vanilla frozen custard.
I’m a traditionalist, so I only get their regular frozen custard, which is excellent. It’s not the best in town (hello Abbott’s!) but it’s certainly very tasty. Much like my girlfriend.
Good things about Frosty’s:
— excellent vanilla custard
— they have an insane selection, like, too much to try in 25 visits.
— they are very innovative with the sh** that they come up with.
— they are wildly popular so they make tons of crap, so everything is fresh.
— they are fairly cheap, especially if you order smalls and baby sizes.
— they replaced someone’s ice cream after she argued that she got the wrong thing.
Bad things about Frosty’s:
— they use Perry’s ice cream instead of homemade, so get the soft serve unless you love Perry’s.
— some of the servers are not the friendliest, hence the name of the place.
— they are closed all winter… which is a long f***ing time around here.
— their stuff is way too sweet… especially when you start adding stuff to it.
— so much sugar in these products that your face will screw up and you’ll become diabetic.
— as the other reviews attest, they’re not always so good about replacing stuff.
— the lines can be very very very long on a warm day, especially in the evening.
Skip Dairy Queen, skip Cold Stone (permanently… ew), and come here and give your dessert money to a local place instead. It’s delicious and the servers will make you feel tiny if you ask them out. In more ways than one.

Staple of Lancaster! Perfect place for a date or to bring the kids! Owner is almost always here wearing a funny hat! And the service is phenomenal! Been coming here for years! Since I can remember I’ve always remembered the fun I would have coming to frostys!
At times there will be a wait, but if your a local this shouldn’t be a problem because there’s always someone around to talk to!

On a summer day after swim lessons, I decided to take my kids to Frosty’s in the village of Lancaster. The man with the «Joker» hat on seemed friendly and bubbly until I asked how much the ice cream cones were, as he had charged me $ 11.50 for 3 small ice cream cones. When I handed my daughter her ice cream cone, she went to lick it and the whole top of the cone fell onto the ground… yes, just like in commercials. It just wasn’t pushed down in the cone enough. I walked over to the «Joker», and told him what happened. He said, «I know, I saw her tip it over!» Then he said, «She can still eat that!» I looked at him and said you are joking, right? No Pun intended… and he said, «Do you know how much many pounds of dirt a child eats in a year’s time?» So, I went over with a napkin, picked up the ice cream on the ground… took it to him and said, «I don’t know… but Here is the ice cream, and I will wait here for you to bring me another one for my daughter!» It just makes me wonder… if he thinks it’s ok for children to eat their fallen ice cream off of the ground, what does it look like inside his shop? What is he really serving customers? As he came back with the ice cream, he said, «You should have gotten her a «Baby Cone»! (Right in front of my 8 yr old daughter) I explained that I hadn’t been there in awhile, and he said, «Oh, so you are one of THOSE customer’s that doesn’t come here on a regular basis? (unaware of the size of cones)» I said, «NOT ANYMORE!» My kids finished their ice cream and we left. Not only was this bad business, and a bad attitude towards customers, obviously, we DO NOT recommend Frosty’s for a fun family atmosphere… or for anyone!

Stopped here on a whim while on a road trip. We actually drove by at first, caught a glimpse and kept going. We looked at each other a few miles down the road, I pulled out the trusty smart phone where Unilocal told me it might be worth it so we turned around.
Definitely ask what he recommends for the season! I just had a scoop of southern apple pie and my husband had two scoops of pumpkin pie & we both had waffle cones — both flavors were AMAZING.
Aside from the delicious ice cream, this place is fantastic. We stood with the owner for a while and he told us how he burned up his corporate suits & ties to start living his dream, making people smile.
To this day, it has to be one of our favorite memories of the trip.

I give this place a whole frickin 5 stars!!! (until I get fat) :P
This place is nothing short of amazing. You would think soft serve is just soft serve, but they soft serve is special. It’s super creamy and tasty! I don’t even know how to describe how creamy and velvety the soft serve is. They also have hard ice cream from Perry’s, which I am not a huge fan of, but they have so many different flavors here that I am forced to like it. The cannoli ice cream is actually pretty damn good, but not even as close to being as good as their soft serve.
The soft and hard ice cream are pretty decently priced. From baby sized one scoop to large size three scoops. The small size is $ 2.65 for soft and $ 2.75 for hard. Small size is more than enough for one person. Their sundaes are a bit expensive considering it’s just soft serve and not so kosher toppings like gummy worms or something for about $ 5.25. They also have strange pricing for other things like 50 cents for a waffle cone, but then 50 cents for sprinkles. Huh? Anyway, you can forgo those, just get the damn soft serve!
The place is actually pretty cute. It’s outdoors so they have different hours depending on the weather so I always call ahead of time. They’re super friendly and fast. They have benches with umbrellas outside for you to sit, but they also have like wooden cars and trucks (I think that’s what they are?) for little kids to play in while enjoying ice cream! :D

Frosty’s in the Lancaster Village on Broadway contributes to that quintessential village experience. Wonderful ice cream and custard (my new favorite is the lemon meringue which is like eating that kind of pie). They always had a wonderful grill for hotdogsm sausage, hamburgers, etc. which they had to remove this year!!! After 9 years! Seems they are allowed to hide it behind the historical building but that will kill the ambience of the entire experience. Please bring it back!

This is one of two places I have been in the Buffalo and surrounding area that has real official french frozen custard. So many places have ice milk and wanna be soft serve. This stuff is the real thing. If I am goning to consume calories, they better be tasty ones!
Don’t go there in a rush unless it’;s an odd hour, as you will wait for about 2 – 10 minutes to place your order and about the same amount of time to get your order. It is so worth the wait.
It’s seasonal so hurry and get it now before it’s closed for the cold months.
In addition to the ice cream they added the world famous dipping dots called itty bits which is an unusual treat itself although the portion will be small and pricey. Also a hot dog stand and plenty of wooden playground for kids to climb on while we grownups duck under umbrellas or look for shade to savor the treats before they melt.
A lovely time out there!