Dutch Haven Shoo-Fly Pie Bakery — Restaurant in East Lampeter Township

It was a terrible experience!! Don't let the cute Dutch exterior sway you!!!! Upon entering there were COVID related signs everywhere, like a paranoid person had hung them. It was a bit dirty and run down, chairs being used to block basement stairs, I envisioned a child, like my own waiting in line to enter jumping up to set in one and toppling down the stairs. Once through the hallway you enter a menagerie of knick knacks and tchotchkes, definitely NOT AMISH items...just a trap. The old man behind the wall of plexiglas at the counter was rude and belligerent. He was pushing samples of sho-fly pie, which they claim is the best in Lancaster and if you declined which I did because I can't have sugar he got extremely defensive so my friend and I took a plate and he yells in a demanding voice to step away from the counter and go to back wall to eat. There was no one near us and we were 8 feet from counter. I asked were the waste basket was to throw away the forks and plates and he stuck his hand out and touched our dirty forks...he Clearly doesn't understand cross contamination. I had planned to by a pie because my daughter loves it, I was about to order he came running around the counter to scream and I do mean scream at a young girl for not having her mask over her nose. She apologized several times and tried to explain to which the entire store emptied out, including my friend and me. I would never recommend as long as its owned by this clown. Felt bad for his employees. HORRIBLE MAN!!! If you want good Sho-fly pie got to Stolfuzus meats 14 Center St, Intercourse, PA 17534 they have the same recipe as far as I am concerned.And I should add he is in code violation by keeping his front door locked so you can get but not out...highly illegal! I will be...

I love this place. I see there are a few negative reviews here and I'm surprised. I live about an hour and 45 minutes away and have been coming to Lancaster every spring and summer for close to 20 years and my first stop is always Dutch Haven. This place is a landmark and if it wasn't there Lancaster...for me...wouldn't be the same. I'm surprised by some of the negative comments because in all the years coming here no one has ever been rude to me and they're always friendly. I love the Shoo Fly Pie and during this pandemic and not being able to come here the last 2 seasons have been drooling for it. I finally made it down here this past weekend and was happy to see the place again. Have I purchased Shoo fly elsewhere in Lancaster for cheaper? Sure. Actually there's a nearby bakery with great pie for about half the price but that's not the point. As I said before. This place is a landmark...a staple...and a treasure and I love and support it. Believe me. I've been here quite often. You don't have to take my word for it nor do you have to take the word of the other reviews. Give it a shot and make your own decision. Personally after 18 years of great pie and staff it's all...

Not having had shoo-fly pie in years due to being out of state, I wanted to get a piece of the best for my birthday. So, I drove from York all the way to Dutch Haven just for the pie.

I was thinking the whole way their pie had better be as good as they claimed.

I've had a lot of shoo fly pie in my life, it's my favorite. I've had good ones and not so good ones so I had a pretty decent frame of reference when I got this pie.

I was slightly worried when I walked in to the place because it smells a bit musty... but so do many places in PA.

I ordered my piece of pie to go, they tried really hard to give me a free sample, they also offered to warm up my pie and add whipped cream which I declined because I wasn't going to eat it until later in the day. Everyone was super nice and the piece of pie was reasonably priced.

So later comes, I eat the pie and OMG

This is the greatest shoo fly pie I have ever had. It had a perfect sweet and salty balance which is important because most shoo fly pie is just a mass of gooey sugar and way too sweet.

It was so good, I would absolutely drive over an hour in Lancaster traffic...