The Fountain Ice Cream & Deli — Restaurant in Bath

This is one of Bath's best places to eat, and if you're reading this wondering if you should check it out yourself? Don't miss out on a great experience!

Snugly tucked in heart of small town Bath, The Fountain (as it's name implies) is often actually overflowing! There is a sense of real dedication to food and service that reflects in the abundance of customers nearly always present.

When you walk in, you're greeted by not only a smile and design from the best yester-years, but also an absolutely delightful customer facing Deli, and ice cream counter staffed with some of the sweetest people you'll ever meet. Together they make an othewise smaller space feel larger than life! With an abundance of choices for your next meal or tasty treat you're sure to feel like you can always come back and try something new. The portions are generous, the ingredients are fresh, and they offer some "grab 'n' go" food if you're in a rush too. Another testament to their amazing people-first attitude if you ask me.

Now unfortunately it's not all perfect... The Fountain doesn't operate 24/7 and thus has a closing time which happens at the reasonable time of 8pm (at the time of this review). Sometimes you'll get your food and inhale it so fast that it's gone before you can savor it.... but these things tend to happen at great establishments right folks? Thats what I tell myself to cope anyway.

Well, if you're still reading this review and you havent made up your mind allow me to help clear things up. I sincerely urge you, I strongly advise you, I deeply implore you to give this local business a chance. Your head, your heart and your stomach will be glad you did! I'll...

What can I say about the fountain? Truthfully the answer is not enough. I've traveled all over for work in the last year and a half, and this place is easily in my top three favorites in the entire country. Why would I put a deli and ice cream shop into the top three with an Austin Texas steakhouse with an unrivaled lake view, and a Gulfport Mississippi seafood powerhouse? Because everything they do at the fountain, they do to perfection. By having options like hot chocolate floats, soda floats, ice cream sandwiches with any of three cookies, shakes, sundaes and all available with any of the flavors that they carry (which are all extremely good), they create an incredibly varied menu with lots of choices and none of those choices are wrong. Plus they keep their on hand ingredients few, but all gourmet. On the deli side they achieve the same effect with incredibly fresh ingredients, handmade to order sandwiches, At the fountain whether you choose to go with one of the sandwiches they have on the board, choose to make your own, or you choose any of the pre-prepared burritos, enchiladas, quiches, or baked goods, no matter what you choose you will make a great choice. Finally, it is family owned, and operated, with incredible customer service. To summarize I cannot give this place high enough praise, but I will say that the cost of the meal here is a fraction of the value of the experience that you will have. The perfect blend of the old time ice cream shop nostalgia and modern convenience, it is an absolute must for all travelers in the area. If you are ever in bath Maine, do yourself a favor and don't miss the Fountain. It's a once-in-a-lifetime...

We were excited, as new locals, to try this cute spot. Disappointed in the sandwiches though. No where did we see that the sandwiches are all panini‘s. Love panini sandwiches but we were not expecting them. Ordered a club sandwich- regular sandwich missing the third slice of bread. Also ordered a turkey blt and caprese again all warmed up. We also ordered a Cuban - made sense that it was warm. Also the blackened chicken wrap- this was our only unpressed sandwich. The portion sizes are ridiculously small. The club had one small slice of turkey. The other sandwiches followed suit. Unfortunately we will not be adding this to our list of regular...