Dr. Davis Ice Cream — Restaurant in Pepperell

This place has been around a really really long time way before I was born and I'm in my mid-60s. The ice cream is always fresh they have a good variety they have great staff there they always have these kind of like college students there they have a little tip jar for their education and stuff I do ask people to put money in it cuz I do it's the proper thing to do folks. The ice cream is homemade and you can tell the difference between them and say some of the other places out there. Later in the summer it's a good idea to start checking on the peach because they start using local peaches at that point and it's very good. There was a place in Hollis known as loches. They had the best peach ice cream in the world bar none simply because they use the peaches from the local farms unfortunately they've been gone for oh God probably close to 30 years. They were the only competitor to doc Davis in the area. I think that's kind of nice and if you're lucky if it's a hot day out they have these huge and I mean absolutely huge umbrellas these umbrellas must be 25 ft across. But you have to be the first one there otherwise you get to sit in...

I've heard great things about this place so I thought I would give it a try. Sadly this place did not live up to the hype I heard. The prices are really high for ice cream that is not that good. The flavors are not very pronounced and just very bland. They ice cream I had today one scoop was melting as she put it on the cone and the other two were freezer burned. So they need to fix there freezers and at 8 bucks for a small waffle cone i think that should not be a problem. Another draw back is they have no order windows. I like to bring my pup with me and the ordering windows are nice because I would not need to leave her in the car but can't do that here. The final major drawback is there's not even a basic hot dog lunch combo. I mean I think every ice-cream stand should at least have a basic dog combo. The only two positives are they take google/apple pay and the young girl who took my order was very nice...

I recently moved to within 10 minutes of this ice cream stand, saw the great reviews and old time classic photos and so I gave it a try on a weeknight in June.

I love the feel of the place….very old and quaint. I was shocked at the prices given the tiny portion sizes. A “large sundae” is 2 smallish scoops and cost nearly $8!

Oh well. I got a hot fudge sundae, whipped cream, with butterscotch ice cream. The overall size is what I would expect for a small.

The whipped cream was phenomenal. The hot fudge was great. But the ice cream was absolutely without flavor. Very disappointed in the actual ice cream quality. Tillamook from Shaws is way better.

I will give it one more try, but at $8 for a smallish sundae, the ice cream needs to be great. It wasn’t.

Servers were all pleasant and service was...