Biggins' Big Dip — Restaurant in Coventry Township

Biggins' Big Dip is a small ice cream shop right across the way from Portage Lakes in Ohio. They also serve savory foods such as hot dogs, chicken salad sandwiches and nachos. Yet again another classic shop that's been around for a while and stays true to it's classic atmosphere. The service is nice and is run mostly by women which is a nice touch.

Quick Verdict: I would recommend Biggins' to anyone looking for tasty ice creams that can be dipped! I would come back.

The wife and I had coney dogs and the mother-in-law had the chicken salad sandwich. I've had a few coney dogs around here in northeastern ohio and this is definitely the sweetest dog I've had by far. The buns were sweet and so was the sauce. I feel as though an ice cream shop should have food that is more savory and leave the sweetness to the ice cream and other sweet things. I had the "footlong" coney dog and it was just two standard dogs side by side. I finished them so they weren't terrible but after eating ice cream my stomach was just overloaded with sweets. I feel as though if they just left the sugar out of the sauce it would be great. I got a sweet tea (in hindsight not a good idea) and it didn't really taste freshly brewed and tasted concentrated from the tap. The mother in law liked her sandwich.

Now, this is Biggins' BIG DIP so I'm not really going to let the food kill the rating for this place as they are known for the ice cream and dipped cones so of course we had to try it. I had the peanut butter cup in a cake cone dipped in chocolate. The wife had a chocolate and vanilla swirled cake cone with crunch coat and sprinkles coated around it. The soft serve is typical ice cream and made with a cream base and is smooth and enjoyable to eat. My ice cream was a handmade flavor with peanut butter swirl and peanuts mixed in chocolate ice cream. This was a nice way to enjoy peanut butter cup as most people just mix in reese's in their ice cream and call it a day. The chocolate was rich and not overpowering and there was plenty of peanut butter swirl to make it known that it was not just chocolate ice cream you were eating.

Overall, I like the fact that you can get different flavors besides vanilla and chocolate dipped! There's not a lot of places offering dipped cones around here so this is definitely a gem for that reason. The different homemade flavors that can also be dipped is a nice touch, I would probably just avoid the savory food here unless sweet savory food is your thing. But one thing is for certain, I would definitely come back for the dipped...

It was ok. I would say the value for the money is above average but the actual ice cream wasn't anything to brag about. This was our first time visiting. On the way there I had looked at their Facebook page to see what their flavors were like. I was super excited to try this one flavor off their page from 5 days previous only to find out they were no longer doing that menu and it just hadn't been updated apparently. I ended up ordering the big six (I believe it was called). She asked me if I wanted a lid for it... I was confused at first. When it was ready she literally handed me a loaf container with ice cream in it. It was easily big enough for 2-3 people. I wish I had thought to take a picture ahead of time. My issue with my ice cream was that the toppings and what not all seemed to be on the bottom (which I didn't realize at first), half of my container was whipped cream (way overkill), and the plastic container lid was pointless. By the time we left there it was completely melted anyways. I guess I shouldn't complain about such a silly thing but at the same time there's better options available. I would recommend anyone that wants to try it to remove some of the whipped cream elsewhere (not in the lid) because then you could just shake the container to mix it all up or something. My son really liked his cone. We sat behind the building in a little sitting area that was cute. Weird but cute lol. The drive thru line was just a tad annoying at times because it's fairly close when it gets a little backed up. For us, it's a bit of a drive so I doubt we go back. We weren't in aww but like I said the...

It took a reallllly long time to get our ice cream. I got there 35 minutes before work that was just 5 minutes away and I didn't get to work until the last minute because we waited so long. Then they messed up and gave us a lemon cheesecake milkshake instead of a regular cheesecake. They also put GIANT chunks of bananas in a sundae too big for the spoon. Also, we tried to get the girl at the counter's attention but she was too busy on her phone on SnapChat or something. Since she didn't pay attention, we didn't get the right smoothie. It was the slowest ice cream stand I've ever been to and I'm not...