Polar Cub Ice Cream — Restaurant in Readington Township

I will drive 30 min just for Polar cub ice cream. Their soft serve is top notch!! My usual order is a vanilla cone with rainbow sprinkles. If i choose something else, it's good, but i always sit there going "I wish i got the vanilla soft serve". It's just sooooo smooth. It's perfect!!!

My family and friends have gotten the hard ice cream, banana on a stick dipped in chocolate, shakes, slushies and nobody has been disappointed. Over the past 10 years they've come to offer a few (usually 1-3) vegan flavors daily (made my lactose intollerant husband happy bc we could ALL get a treat together).

They even offer the dog frozen treats. We have one dog who gets a kids cone of vanilla and the other who can't handle dairy, so he gets the frozen treat.

On hot summer nights, The parking gets crazy to find a spot, but the key is to be patient and kind bc people are always finishing up and leaving.

One customer gave us a tip once... at the end of summer, when polar cub is readying to close, her family orders a large ice cream sheet cake so that they can have polar Cub all winter. We tried this once, but the cake didn't last past Halloween. lol!

Excellent ice cream and worth the drive!! And remember...

I'm a native of Lebanon, NJ and as a young boy of 5 in 1970, The Polar Cub was a regular stop. We lived in the old house that was demolished to make room for the Harley-Davidson shop in Lebanon.

Polar Cub had food at that time, and we would eat there (or get ice cream) and then go to the Big W supermarket across the road (now McDonald's in the little strip mall.)

So many memories of the great food and ice cream at The Cub. 50+years later, I still go for ice cream, and while prices have changed, the quality has not!

It's just as good now at my 59 years of age, as it was when I was 5.

My family are all gone now, and Polar Cub stands as a monument to the happier days of my youth.

And as I do every year, I'll soon return for more of your awesome ice cream (with a side order of tears as I remember those bygone days with my family.

I'll always love you guy for the food, flavor and fun you gave to generations past, and for your continued mission to give everybody the best treats in the world!

Forever...

First time here as a local and wished I came here sooner. The milkshake was delicious and just the right thickness. For ice cream selection they also offer a vegan & dairy free options which my wife appreciated since she can’t have milk products. For the dogs they have a dog all natural yogurt ice cream.

Parking wasn’t too bad did have to wait to enter but just be patient. For payment options for those of you that use card or Apple Pay be aware they only accept cash.

My only feedback to establishment is the cardboard straws are a nice touch to save the environment. But perhaps thicker ones or an extra might be nice. It was a challenge with the milkshake and lucky for me at home I had a straw but I can see this as...