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Scoups in Albany
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Albany, Albany County, New York, US
Service options
Delivery
No
Highlights
Great dessert
Yes
Accessibility
Wheelchair-accessible car park
Yes
Wheelchair-accessible entrance
Yes
Atmosphere
Trending
Yes
Planning
Quick visit
Yes
Payments
Cash only
Yes
Phone: +1 518-935-2308
Opening hours
- Monday:12–9PM
- Tuesday:12–9PM
- Wednesday:12–9PM
- Thursday:12–9PM
- Friday:12–9PM
- Saturday:12–9PM
- Sunday:12–9PM
Comments (199)
Excellent ice cream, generous portions. A pleasure to visit every time.
Excellent ice cream. I had no sugar added coffee ice cream and it was great.
Great ice cream wish it didn’t take over a hour to get ice cream
Great ice cream. Located on the main drag. Be careful using your maps; youll miss the location. Cows and nursery on site.
$6.50 for a medium ice cream; price went up drastically from last year and the serving size halfed. Disappointed!
Definitely a very friendly service. Thorough in taking orders. Tasty ice cream too .
Not good experience after waiting one hour
Arrived @ 8:59 pm and got in line with my family. We were told that the couple we were behind in line were the last and that they were closed. We got back in our car and pulled out at 9:01. This was our 1st and last time trying this place
My wife and I stop for ice cream everywhere we go, and we’ve eaten ice cream all around the world, and this place was hands down amazing. Very milk-forward tasting, with simple flavors done very well. Great base texture. The vanilla soft ice cream is fantastic, don’t miss it. A bit of a line on warm weekend days.
I moved to a different state and still cant compare their ice cream to anyone elses. I really loveeee their homemade ice creams. I got hard strawberry ice cream choc dipped with oreos, jr size was so filling. So good.
Good home made ice cream. Id put this in my list of top 20 ice cream stands but not top 5. Moderate wait at 8pm on a beautiful Saturday in late April. I did but try the soft serve, but options were vanilla and coffee which intrigued me.
Wow, great ice cream and fun place to visit.
Yummy yummy in my tummy! Great place for families, friends and ICE CREAM! Friendly service, clean picnic tables and a view, of cows, but awesome cows!
Great ice cream shop right next to the crossings. Occasionally you get the smell of manure to complement your icecream experience
Nice place. Line gets long but worth the wait
The portions of ice cream are Large :)! The Ice cream is homemade and is a must for our family in the summer months
Great ice cream at a fair price
The small cone is the size of a large cone at most other places... You get your moneys worth...
Best icecream Ive ever had, Only open for summers but when they are open there is always a crowed to be prepared to wait but it is welll worth it....super friendly staff and Low prices and big servings aswell as picnic tables
This ice cream 🍨 spot serves outstanding ice cream. They dont offer a lot of flavors, but they offer enough for some variety. They also serve frozen yogurt. No inside seating is available, but theres plenty of outside seating for a sunny day, and theres even some cows for the kids to see! There prices are reasonable and the ice cream is refreshing, making this an excellent choice for your ice cream craving or family date.
Delicious homemade soft and hard ice cream with rotating flavors of the week. They have Dole fruit flavors and homemade brownies. We come for the shakes and the cows!! As an added bonus you can get the most beautiful flower baskets right next door!
On our trip home after a long weekend in the Adirondacks, we stopped here for ice cream and wow was it great! Double thumbs up!!! Highly recommend.
Amazing ice cream!!! You gotta try everything in this place. Great service and ice cream choices and options are many
Well, Im lactose intolerant, so I can confidently say (my stomach actually) that Scoups use really not lactose free organic milk.Still I love it, not that sweet and delicious. I had vanilla with mint chocolate chips in a dish, yummy 😋.
Amazing local favorite! Large selection of soft serve and home made hard ice cream. They offer their flavors of the week on their Facebook. Everything we come here we are blown away by the ice cream. Highly recommended! Definitely worth the wait
The ice cream was amazing and people were friendly. Only thing I wasnt into was seeing the poor cows walking in a space smaller than my apartment.
All the delicious treats youd expect plus homemade hard ice cream, generous portions and friendly service! Lots of room to sit and enjoy the ice cream plus pretty plants and garden supplies next door. Love it!
Hands-down the best ice cream stand in the Capital District. Their salted caramel shake is ridiculously good. The hard ice cream and Italian ice is homemade and fantastic. Ive never find such good Italian ice. My family loves the soft-serve. The only downside: While I love hanging out with the cows, the family isnt as fond...
Randomly found this place one night and WOW they have wonderful soft chocolate and vanilla!!! I think these guys are homemade too! We didnt try their hard ice cream but will definetly be back! Cant believe I didnt know about them sooner! P.s. very clean and doing great covid protocols!
Very cute little ice cream place....Love to visit this place again and agian...variety of ice creams available here and in different sizes...I like the junior size...quality of junior size itself is enough for me...excellent summer ice cream place
Top 5 of my favorites, this place is just outstanding. Love their delicious John Deere hot fudge Sundae ❤️
So good and the value is outstanding. Plus you can meet the makers. The cows are penned next to the seating area, it was unique.
Prices are decent, though Id steer clear of the Frogurt. Its vibes are just off, its not like a creamy frozen yogurt thing. More like Dope Whip consistency without the fruit flavor. Maybe thats exactly what it is, idk. All I know is Ive spent too much time talking about frozen yogurt in this review. Also why call it Frogurt? I feel like a toad saying the name when I order it. 4/5
Just had the best ice cream so smooth and delicious!
Hands down best soft serve in all of capital district. I’d give them five stars but it is very annoying that they are cash only. In today’s day and age they should accept card also. In addition they offer an ATM that is sometimes not working so you have to pay extra $$.
Ice cream was so fresh and creamy! Atmosphere was nice. Got to watch the bull running and jumping around before and after he and the cow got cones for a treat. Definitely recommend it.
Love this place! I come once a week (sometimes more) all summer long. Great homemade ice cream, and the frogurt is amazing! My favorite is when they have chocolate peanut butter.By the way... Its Scoups not Scoops.
A Loudonville/Shaker Road/Colonie staple. Great spot to visit on a hot summer night. Or cool summer night. Or any afternoon. You can also go in the morning but they wont be open...
Homemade and local with moo-moos you can chat with right beside the seating area. Love this place. Mint chocolate chip ftw.
This year I would like to try a different flavor each visit. So far I have enjoyed Butter Pecan, Root Beer Float & Mint Chocolate Chip!
Oh man. They have some of the best ice cream in Upstate NY. Very comparable to the competing ice cream stands in CT. I love the peanut butter ice cream here!
Love the place, the ice cream is delicious, and the prices are fine comparing to the size of the portion.
Excellent ice cream and fun experience for little kids as they can watch the cows while eating their ice cream. Ive also never seen bigger portions anywhere else.
Good ice cream and service but wow... I have never seen a bussiness to allow a yellow jacket infestation to be present when people eat outside. Several other ice cream places in the area do not have this issue. They made the visit unplesent since we were constantly having the yellow jackets land on the ice cream in my hand.Management you need to take care of the yellow jacket problem.
So tasty amd I love their froyo flavor specials. Just to warn you, sizes are larger than you may expect.
We like to stop in for a bite of ice cream here during the summer. Couple places closer to home than here, but well make the ride for quality. Run into friends here too. Our daughter likes to watch the cows next to the shop.
The soft ice cream was good but i had to leave thier outside picnic tables and eat in my car as their seating area in right next to 2 cows in a small enclosure. The smell of cow manure wasnt appetising.
Great local ice cream (hard & soft serve) with real live cows. Scoups is attached to a garden center and within walking distance to The Crossings Park in Colonie off of Albany-Shaker Rd.
This ice cream is all home made! (The cows are actually on site). This is some of the best ice cream Ive had in this area. You definitely get your moneys worth of ice cream soups.
Average at best ice cream to me has a funny after taste. I would rather go to Guptills Snowman or take the drive to Marthas...cool cows though.
Lovely location next to The Crossings of Colonie park. Great ice cream selections, both soft serve and hard. Came for a first date, definitely went well. Lol.
Great homemade ice cream! A little pricey, but I guess good ice cream is getting spendier these days. Its a toss-up between here and Guptils for quality.
It is worth the drive to go to scoops the ice cream is so good
We love Scoups! Great homemade ice cream and the prices are fine. My toddler loves watching the cows too.
This is a great place to go and grab some ice cream after dinner. We stayed for a while and the youngster that was with us got to see the cows that were hanging out nearby the picnic tables.
Cash only, reasonably priced, excellent desert, fresh air, and friendly staff. What more can you ask for.
Conveniently located near the Crossings of Colonie. The ice cream is made on the premises and you can greet the cows who live there too. You can buy beautiful flower baskets next door.
The best ice cream place in the area. Beats any other place on the flavor and service. You know the place is good since there are lines all the time.
Great ice cream and despite long lines they are super quick! I also have to say the prices are really reasonable here!
Love the homemade hard ice cream with VERY generous portions and being able to see the cows at the gate. Quick service, nice employees
Checked out this place while in town for lacrosse!! Ice cream was yummy! Staff was nice. Seating area was clean and spacious!!
Really good local ice cream place. Only downside is there is not much of a hard ice cream selection
Only con: this place only takes cash. Other than that, its really rich ice cream. If youre feeling ambitious, try their milkshake plus whipped cream and extra ice cream!
Good quality but took a star off because inconsistent with quantity they give you for a particular size you order of soft serve. A small will be a different size depending on who makes it.
Great soft and hard ice cream but be prepared for long lines. I dont think the owners had any idea how many people would flock to this place.
I like there ice cream thay have lots of flavors hard and soft and next store there is a green house with lots of plants and flowers but what i dont like thay dont have a bathrooms which is not fair but thay do have cows that you can look at so if you go there and get an ice cream remember theyre bathrooms at the corssing right down the road so up to you the end
Good ice cream shop, and very close to The Commons which is a nice benefit. They have large portions, though this seems to be a thing at ice cream shops.
This is our favorite ice cream place - their soft-serve is the best!The line gets pretty long, but it moves quickly.
Grandchildren LOVE coming here for icecream amd to see the cows
Always have a great treat, for us and the dog!
The homemade hard ice cream is delicious. Love checking out the flavor of the week with my little one.
They have great variety of ice creams, Im absolutely in love with their ice cream and the view of the cows!
Ice cream is delicious, variety of flavors and types and very reasonably priced. Only takes cash but has an atmnon site.
Delicious ice cream and plenty of outside seating. There are even cows.
The best ice cream, I love it
Best soft serve value in Colonie.Still the best soft serve in Colonie..
Ice cream is great. They have extremely low prices. You get a HUGE amount for what you pay for.
Pretty much as good as it gets for ice cream around Albany, NY. Very tasty homemade-ish ice cream, good prices, and a nice atmosphere. What more do you want?
The best ice cream Ive ever had and ive eaten alot of ice cream. serving sizes are generous too.
Cant get enough of scoups... Delicious ice cream and the prices are unbeatable.
Loooonnnggg lines especially when 1 teenager in line in front of you turns into 6 over the coarse of the 30 min wait in line.And when suggesting a sign might be put up (stating to wait till your entire party is present before getting in line), the owner made a snide comment that no one reads signs anyway.Yeah, I guess Ill be taking my business to The Tower on rt 7 and to Bumpys on Central by Mowhawk Commons.Dont bother unless you want your wait time in line to double.
Homemade icecream, new and different flavors rotating out through our the summer. always busy but worth the wait.
Some of the best local ice cream, but the paper always sticks to the cone.
Really nice icecreams, many flavours to choose, next time Ill try lemon homemade one!!
I prefer Kurver Kreme for cones, but Scoups has the better sundaes and other ice cream treats. Best option in Albany.
Scoops has the best tasting icecream in the area Colonie and Guilderland areas.
My first visit. Went here after leaving Tha Crossings park. Busy, not to long of a wait. Jr cone ridiculously large. Prices good.
Always come here for ice cream, really good and cheap. The vanilla soft serve is real good
Great ice cream
Hard ice cream was good. Several interesting flavors and daily specials.
Very good homemade ice cream. We stop here most nights after dinner out.
Great summer ice cream spot! Gives very generous sizes
Homemade ice cream on a rotating weekly special. Absolutely delicious but cash only (there is an ATM)
Homemade ice cream plus big servings! Whats not to love? The cookie dough ice cream was fabulous.
Very good ice cream. They give you a very large serving size. 😁
Great ice cream. My daughter loves to see the cows. Although the cows do smell a little.
Great ice cream, but u have to be able to take cow pee smell
Good ice cream. Very big helpings. Order small. Its almost a large elsewhere.
Good ice cream. Interesting that the business is right next to a cow pasture
Great ice cream, quick service.
First time there and was very impressed with the service and icecream. Will definitely be going back.
One of the best in the area the ice cream was creamy and smooth and full of flavor
Scoups ice cream is very good. They will prepare ice cream with the milk out of their own farm.
Low cost, large portion sizes, and great quality
So many different options and great icecream for such a low price!
Really upset to see the cows so malnourished. They are practically skeletons... Abuse!!
Long wait, but delicious ice cream! cash only, they should modernize and accept credit cards
When my boys and i are out its always great to stop by scoups for a treat! My favorite is the strawberry shorts cake.
Great ice cream here. The sundaes are the best, and huge!
Great hard ice cream options. On-premise farm and vegetable stand. Open usually early May to mid September
My family and I absolutely love this place. Costumer service is always on point. We look forward to the opening every year 🤗
Homemade ice cream! Yum yum YUMMY!
Best homemade ice-cream of area , the only downside is one window to order ...
Generous serving sizes, great tasting ice cream, and reasonable prices.
Excellent ice cream! Great price and quick service.
The ice cream was so good and the cows were so cute the people were friendly too
Very good ice cream and decent prices.
I like the flavor of the ice cream. The soft serve was delicious.
Best ice cream hands down! Long lines though so be prepared to wait.
Great ice cream and great social distance set up.
We really enjoyed the sundaes.
So fun!!! The high school girl working was not having it haha but still so fun! Even with the cows it didnt smell!
Always love coming here for ice cream. I just wish they took debit and credit.
Great tasting ice cream you can always count on
Great ice cream!!! Great prices!! Too crowded tho...
Love this place. Has homemade hard ice cream which is awesome!
Very nice store, great quality and good service. All around a great place to visit especially if you are from out of state like us
Good selection of post soft serve and hard ice cream.
Great ice cream and Italian ice! We will be back.
Large portions of home made ice cream... Delicious!
Locally owned farm, homemade ice cream! And a farm stand/greenhouse stand! Whats not to love?
Best soft serve ice cream in the capital district!!!
Daisys Marshmallow Moo Moo was excellent. My wife and I came all the way from South NJ
Excellent ice cream. Dont pass by visiting this place
Best ice cream . It was so delicious
You can watch a cow while you eat locally made ice cream. What more could you ask for?
Great Ice Cream
Great ice cream can’t wait to the open back up ...
The best ice cream place around Albany, Latham and Niskayuna.
Love the homemade ice cream and the peanut butter sauce is to die for!!
The soft vanilla ice cream is pure love to eat!!
Very friendly staff and great ice cream!
Friendly, safe, tasty. They have thought of everything. Bring the family!
Some of the best ice cream youll ever eat.
Great ice cream and environment. Cash only is the reason for only 4 stars.
Cash only spot. Great ice cream. Big servings.
Love this place. Tasty ice-cream, what more does one need.
My favorite ice cream place
Who doesnt love scoups?? Their hard ice cream is a must try.
Very friendly staff... ice cream is so so good!
They also have gluten free ice cream and cones.
Best cake batter ice cream Ive ever had
Best fresh fresh ice cream in all Albany County
Natural products and they have a farmers market. I find their plants reasonable also.
Rotating weekly flavors. You can also say hello to the cows that provided the ice cream 😊
This place serves great ice cream!
Strawberry delicious ice cream for my kids!
Worth standing in line! Super creamy and portions are plentiful
Good value for the $$. Their small size is the equivalent of the large size of everyone elses
Best Ice Cream in the Capital Region! Hands down!!!
Good ice cream at a really cheap price point
Delicious ice cream. Nice shop and greenhouse.
Huge soft serve, home made hard ice cream.
Place and service is good but the ice cream not that good
Great selection & cute to sit outside next to the cows ;)
Why no public restroom? Hard for my four year old. Be more family friendly !
Best ice cream stand in capital distict.
Super smooth and creamy. Delicious and refreshing. What more is there.
Had the kahlua and cream hard Ice cream. It was very good
Friendly people. Awesome ice cream. Happy cows.
My favorite soft ice cream. Very dense .
Excellent. Real size cone portions. Nicely priced.
Great icecream. Many choices!
Close to the Crossings was the only good thing. Service was slow and staff didnt seem to care.
Best quality for the price and great rotating special flavors.
The BEST ice cream in the capital region
Great local ice creamery.
The vanilla soft serve is just unreal
Really big love it
Great ice cream, interesting atmosphere
Always a pleasant visit!
Best hard Ive cream Ive ever had
My favorite ice cream place!
Was ok. Love cows but not while I eat.
Great ice cream and friendly people
Nice atmosphere. Delicious Ive cream.
Great soft ice cream!
Yummy fresh ice cream!
Good icecream good sizes too
Total reviews rating 4.7
199 Reviews for Scoups 2023:
Review №1
2022-05-12Open again for the season! The homemade ice cream is the best, and eating areas are available outdoors. They only take CASH, so go prepared. For me and my husband, we might spend around 6-10 $ on average.Theyve got a little something for everybody: hard ice cream, soft serve, frozen yogurt ice cream (I think), sugar free flavors.... all sorts of goodies. There are not too many shaded spots to sit, but not an issue for me, personally. Cows are always munching when we go there; there will most likely be flies, but they dont bother us too much. Also, careful sitting on the tables; they are a little light. Dont let your kids stand on the seats!
Review №2
2022-06-12Hot fudge sundaes are $9.75. They’ve been out of hot fudge the last 3 times I’ve went. I waited 47 minutes in line and then 20 mins for the ice cream to come out.The ice cream is good and the girls behind the counter are nice so those are both 2 great things.
Review №3
2022-06-19Went to scoups today and waited in line which was expected, line wasn’t that long. Although it took more time to make the orders! The girls are not as friendly as when the prior owner had it! The problem was I ordered a medium soft vanilla with caramel sauce and they gave me a small. I also ordered a medium twist. The portions are not as they were in the past either. Don’t think I will be going back, which makes me sad because the ice cream is really good!
Review №4
2022-05-10They were out of peanut butter hard ice cream but said they could use peanut butter sauce and vanilla ice cream in place of the peanut butter ice cream. Obviously, this was a difficult task as it took nearly twenty minutes to accomplish. But the cream is delicious and the cows are a joy to watch.
Review №5
2021-08-03Some of the best vanilla soft serve I’ve ever had. Really incredible, creamy texture. Their hard ice cream is also wonderful. Don’t miss this place if you’re coming anywhere near it!
Review №6
2022-07-10Good ice cream, but they need to work on their milk shakes. Too much milk and very thin. Not a pleasant texture. I could have just ordered milk and saved the extra expense.
Review №7
2022-06-09The young woman behind the counter kept telling me they were out of the flavors of hard ice-cream I was trying to order and the smell of fertilizer from the cow farm was particularly pungent that day 🤭, so we prefer to avoid Scoups if we can but their business is popular with the locals, especially the kids; thats easy to see.
Review №8
2022-05-07Only wish they had banana splits. Their soft chocolate is the best. Always looking forward to try their flavor of the week
Review №9
2022-05-26Nice ice cream place. Nothing fancy but gets the job done. Cones are cheap for the area, but prices have dramatically gone up over the years. Many of the menu pics show incorrect prices.
Review №10
2020-08-31I found of about Scoups through yelp and knew I wanted to stop by before the season ended. The spot is hard to miss, as the parking lot is rather wide. Its a cute spot run out of a barn and the portions are very generous. The flavors are unique and they have classic softserve, so you cant go wrong. Also. There are cows. They are adorable.