Schwietert's Cones & Candy — Restaurant in Manzanita

This ice cream place could do with some major improvements. It has ice cream which is a huge bonus, because who doesn’t love ice cream???

Unfortunately even before you come inside the shop there are a million grouchy signs admonishing you “don’t loiter on the porch” “you can’t sit here” etc etc. This would all be fine if there was an outdoor seating area where you could enjoy your ice cream. It seems really unrealistic to have a bunch of signs telling customers what they can’t do without providing some kind of outdoor seating area as an alternative. You’re left with the feeling of not being wanted as a customer. They could easily give up one or two parking spots in their parking lot, throw up a shade tent and a picnic table or two and people would have a place to sit. It’s not that hard.

The ice cream was comparable to what you would buy in the grocery store, if slightly worse and more melted. They claimed to have Tillamook ice cream but it was definitely of a lower quality than the Tillamook ice cream I have come to know and love. Trust me, I am a die hard Tillamook ice cream fan.

The employees were doing their best, it’s not an easy job especially in a busy beach town. They went out of their way to make sure I knew which flavors were safe for my kid with allergies. Keep up the good work employees!

Also they used styrofoam cups for the ice cream. I have seen a styrofoam cup like a handful of times since 1995 and I’m always astonished when I do, it’s like finding leaded gasoline for sale. Good grief. Get with the times.

I VERY RARELY, like once every few years write a negative review.

This place could be great with some minor...

One star because they are supposed to be open til 8 PM, but we got there at 7:48 and there was a sign on the door saying "Please don't pull on the handle, we are closed"... all around us on the sidewalk were people eating ice cream, so they must have just closed then. But we had hiked back fast from the beach to get there before 8 and this was a bummer! (Edit: next day. Oh my god, again today at 7:30 PM. Again people outside eating freshly scooped cones, door locked, teenagers inside cleaning up. Apparently this place...

Absolutely love the variety of options from this place! Waffle cones are made fresh and delicious!! They don't stick to just one brand of icecream either. Absolutely love their lemon meringue pie and key lime cheesecake icecream from Cascade Glacier. Love thr chunks of pie and graham cracker crust!! They do not have the same flavors everyday which is good and bad. Just wish I knew what the flavors that day were without always having to call everytime since it is a 40min...