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As of day this business gets a score of 4.9 out of 5 and this rating is based on 127 reviews.
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This Bakery corresponds to the category of Ice cream shop.
Great ice cream and amazing staff, can't go wrong coming here
Best Ice cream and waffles cones! Great staff and beautiful gardens! Always a great experience!
Delicious ice cream and huge portions for a great price. Tried the strawberries & cream and piña colada sorbet - would absolutely recommend!
Must visit place in town. Charming old home with history, good ice cream and old time drink selection.
I love ice cream. I have made a lot of ice cream in the past, and I have been to many amazing ice cream parlours: when I visit a new city, I go to as many as I can. Holman's is quite simply the best I've been to, hands down. Don't just visit once, because you should try as many of their incredible flavours as you can. And, amazingly, the quality of the product is matched by service and atmosphere. If you have a chance to go here, take it. Thank me later. PS - I know, I don't review much. It's because I'm both lazy and hard to please. Read the other reviews and then believe mine.
The keto ice cream was some of the best ice cream I have ever had.
So many truly unique, totally homemade flavours! Girl guide mint cookie was absolutely amazing. Plus, the back yard is a beautiful place to sit and enjoy your ice cream treat! Lots of places to sit, cozy corners of the gardens to enjoy the smells of nature and watch the birds in the bird bath and bird feeders! I highly recommend popping by for a one of a kind treat (like ice cream spaghetti!) and to enjoy the beautiful property!
Wonderful service. Ice cream sundaes are awesome. Milkshakes are homemade. Ice cream is made on site. Located in the historic Holman home. You can take your time and enjoy your dessert in one of the more picturesque gardens in Summerside. A must see.
The ice cream is delicious. The parlour is completely unique. Sit in the gardens, or in one of several rooms while you enjoy some amazing ice cream in hand rolled waffle cones.
Quaint atmosphere, great customer service, fantastic ice cream. I especially love their sorbets.
Holman's serves amazing ice cream! It is incredibly creamy, and I appreciate the unique flavours that they offer. I love the Wacky Wednesday-- so much fun. The aesthetic of the place is great as well, it's like a mini step-back in time-- the garden out back is especially lovely. Great ice cream, great atmosphere, and great people!
Holman's is simply the best ice cream ever. We've never taken someone who didn't love it as much as us. Besides their staple flavors, they have a changing variety of delicious options, even lactose free ones. The owners and staff are always friendly and offer great service. Their garden is gorgeous and seating indoors is comfortable and seeped in history and PEI culture. Every experience is there is a great one.
New loyalty app is great. Ice cream is even better! Also the ice cream sandwich is a hidden gem. The lemon ginger one!
A great local business with fresh homemade ice cream, served by the scoop, in waffle cones and in a number of specialty treats. On warm days there are wonderful places to sit outside around the property.
Wow! What an awesome spot. Great icecream at great prices! The family that run the place are so hard working, and kind. I was there the night of the Benefit for Camden, so there was hundreds of people. They worked so hard to keep the line moving, and they did an awesome job! Thanks so much for great icecream, and great service! I will most definitely be back!
If you like cows ice cream then this might not be the place for you. The ice cream is all natural and not as sugary as most of the options out there. It's also not as creamy as some of the other dairy bars around. It's a good option though if you're looking for something different.
Fantastic flavors with a pretty wide rotation. All made in house and it shows. Service was great at well.
I had the Salted Caramel Milkshake. It was good but I have had much better milkshakes. Maybe I should have just had the icecream. It was really busy so I guess lots of people like it.
I have genuinely never tasted anything as good as their ice cream!! I had the Cookies & cream & home made cone & had to go back for more & that doesn’t happen often!
Very tasty ice cream, their brownie a la mode is divine, the ladies working there were very personable
Best waffle cones I have ever tasted! We took our family here after a visit to Thunder Cove for a treat. Everyone thoroughly enjoyed their ice cream and their experience. There is a charming garden to sit in while eating. Friendly owners and staff! Highly recommended!
Got a double scoop of cookies and cream, it was to die for and I didnt want it to end! So delicious so fresh :)
The building its self had a nice old feel to it like a restaurant or an old style ice cream parlor. All the ice cream is homemade being a huge plus in my books. Over all it feels pricey but the auctual price at the end is very fair and no more expensive then other places. It's a nice team after going down to the city hall to pay Bills. Great service and great ice cream
I am addicted to ice cream, and that was the best ice cream I’ve ever tasted!!! Seriously! The warming atmosphere of the place was a plus.
Beautiful location and garden to enjoy eating their fabulous ice cream. Highly recommend and hoping to enjoy again before our long weekend trip to PEI and Summerside is over.
Unbelievable. Excellent ice cream, nice smiling staff, and an amazing yard where all kinds of flowers and century-old trees grow where you can relax while eating your treat. It truly is one of a kind. I will definitely be back when I come to PEI.
Very nice and quaint place. Their homemade icecream is a delicious change from the store bought. There was a little bit of a wait the evening we went, because everyone was wanting their homemade waffle cones. My family and I will definitely be going there again.
Such amazing flavors in the most amazing waffle cones. Worth the ice cream drips down the shirt!
Amazing taste, real ingredients, nostalgic atmosphere, very impressive attention to detail
Delicious ice cream that they make in the back. Great dairy free options, had two different flavors of sorbet and two lactose free options.
Excellent ambiance, service and selection! Loved the room with piano for guests to play as well :)
Perhaps the best ice cream (and definitely ice cream-related experience) on PEI, and surely the best waffle cones.
Holman's is my favorite place in Summerside. The Ice Cream is a real treat. A great variety of flavours, old favorites and inventive creations like Canadian Breakfast (YUM). The sundaes are generous portions and great value. It is tucked in behind the new Rotary Library, just off the beaten path but still in the core of downtown.
Soooo good. Historic building and delicious handmade ice cream.
Beautiful building and friendly staff.
Went there and had dessert it was absolutely delicious. Highly recommend this place for ice cream and other tasty treats.
Best ice cream, best atmosphere, best staff. I literally can not go to another dairy bar because it's not as good as this one, all other ice cream is ruin for me now but that's okay because Holman's ice cream is so good and so worth it. A must visit place for pei tourists and islanders alike, wish it was open year round but glad it's not because I would go broke. Love Holmans. So good.
Best icecream on PEI! They have something for everyone, sugar free option, lactose free option, my sons dairy free so he always orders sorbet and OMG its delicious! They even have gluten free waffles cones that taste amazing! The flavors are always changing , the prices are fair, and of course the staff are very friendly!
Icecream lovers, take note. You will not be disappointed
OMG this place is everything they actually make the cones right there ???????? ice cream is delicious ???? I will be returning for you.
Really delicious cookies and cream ice cream. One of the best I've tried. Shop also has plenty of space to relax and socialize.
You will love the aroma as you walk into this historic home and smell the freshly baked waffle cones. Next you will enjoy the delicious homemade ice cream - what a treat!
Great selection of ice cream I've never heard of before, all homemade. Excellent place. Will definitely be going back
Holman's is a destination that pulls me to visit PEI! The home is beautiful, the gardens are beautiful, the staff is awesome and the homemade ice cream is the best you'll ever have.
This ice cream place blew my mind. Fresh home made ice cream, amazing texture and flavours (highly reccomend the salted caramel as well and the cookies and cream!), made daily fresh waffle cones, all in quaint and historical building with a beautiful courtyard. And a good price too! What more can you ask for?
Excellent ice-cream, service, and atmosphere. You can eat in or enjoy the patio or evenings around the fire pit in the garden. I recommend this spot for a refreshing break from a hot day.
Such a magical place to eat a scoop or three of homemade ice-cream.
Awesome! Great atmosphere and delicious ice cream.
Without a doubt the best place for an ice cream. Other places don't even compare. Daily home made ice cream from scratch with delicious flavours like s'mores and lemon curd with blueberry. Usually a nice lactose free option available too, which I appreciate.
Best ice cream on the Island! Not even cows can compare. Forget the dairy bars...this ice cream is way better!
Warm and welcoming ice cream parlour! Salted Caramel and Haskap Berry ice creams were delicious! Would happily return anytime!
The ice cream is amazing. The strawberry ice flavor and warm date pudding are highly recommended. Don't miss this small if you are in town.
Excellent icecream! Will be coming back again!!
Awesome handmade ice cream made with PEI milk and cream. Great flavours and reasonably priced. They ask for customer feedback on new items and have very good staff.
Exceptional ice cream! Good variety of flavours. Allowed to test taste if uncertain about selection. Delicious waffle cone! Half scoops permitted therefore can get 2 flavours in one scoop format. Helpful staff!
AMAZING!!!!! Best ice cream and homemade whaffle cones we have ever tasted!
Staff were friendly and conscious of girlfriend's allergies. Received a recommendation to go here from a local and wasn't disappointed.
Great ice cream and ingredients often come right out of their own garden! Staff was above and beyond friendly. The factory and parlor is actually a large old home. I wish they did tours showing the process of how they make their ice cream, but all we got to do was peek into the kitchen.
How do I put this so that I don't undersell this place? The kids working the counter are friendly, fun and kind! They are warm, considerate and treat even the difficult customers with respect. I have seen over the past three years a continued appreciation of the community that supports this incredible business. Also if anyone at Holman's sees this - I am also using this as my chance to ask for Tiger Tail! Hehe Go here! Have a great time and an amazing ice cream experience! I appreciate all of you!
Great service is key to any ice cream place and Holman's holds up to its reputation. Located in a historic building, this place has quite the selection of flavours and also has various voices if you are vegan. Sorbet and flavoured sparkling water to name a few. The outside area is gorgeous with landscaped shrubs and trees.
The cones are so good here, my favorite ever. The icecream is very tasty, however it is a bit inconsistent, and sometimes there will be ice chunks in it
Great ice cream and interesting decor
This place is a treasure. All their ice cream is homemade. They have a good variety of unique flavours.
I was pleasantly surprised at how nice, clean and friendly the overall experience was of staff and the shop. The ice cream was the best ive had in years! A decent selection to choose from and some flavours that can't be found anywhere else. They also make their own ice cream which makes it overall better then the average ice cream parlour! Keep doing what your doing cause it works! I'm hoping in the near future more selection of flavours come to the shop.
Is there a better haven on a hot sunny day? Really nice flavours - key lime pie is sublime ????. Even the Graham crust is captured in a delicious way.
Very good custard-style ice cream with lots of wonderful flavours like lemon curd and blueberries, deep chocolate, pistachio, and many more. Also some sorbets. We had thee different flavours and liked them all. The cottage garden is a beautiful place to enjoy your treats.
The absolute best ice cream ever! Special place with incredible staff. Ice cream made fresh daily at back of heritage home. Unique flavors, plus other desserts and floats. Free walking tours as well.
Best ice cream we’ve ever had, hands down. My boyfriend had the ruhbarb cheese cake and I had cookies and cream with caramel swirl, they were both delicious and the home made waffle cone was the perfect ice cream vessel!
Every kind of ice cream served here is flooded with a creamy and sweet flavour, even the vanilla goes beyond expectations. Once you get your ice cream there are beautiful paintings from P.E.I artists hung up and an old timey themed living room to sit and enjoy your cone in. They also have a cute little garden to relax in if you're an outdoors person. One set back is that they dont open until 11:30
Great ice cream. Lovely grounds. Great atmosphere.
Bacon and toasted waffle is worth dieing for. Just amazing.
The ice cream was superb! Staff was friendly and helpful. The line was the worst thing about this Ice Cream Parlor!
I would need an extra star or two to accurately assess the delightfulness of this shop. Their ice cream is silky smooth and packed full of flavour. Their waffle cones are crunchy yet chewy. Each bite of my blueberry cone was truly a treat. Furthermore, they have a spectacular historical building and unique artifacts from the past. If you’re in the area this should be on your list of places to visit. You won’t be disappointed.
Wonderful ice cream made in house...litterally! This parlour is located in a beautiful Victorian with several rooms to eat in, including an actual parlour and a lovely garden for those who like to eat au natural. They also make traditional floats and fountain drinks that will tickle your taste buds.
Love the high quality ice cream with freshly made waffle cone. Service is good and friendly
Excellent atmosphere. Knowledgeable staff, very friendly. There's even a firepit in the backyard. The ice cream was so delicious. I would recommend any ice cream lover to not miss out on an opportunity to try this place out. It was by far my favorite ice cream experience of all. Thanks guys ❤️
Put this on your list! Excellent ice cream with superb staff all in a truly genuine historic home. Give yourself and guests a real treat.
In your imagination there is an ideal ice cream parlour. This is better. Friendly staff. Unique ice creams and sundaes. Beautiful gardens. Lovely patio. Heritage house. Across from the public library.
Beautiful heritage building, warm inviting space, stunning outdoor gardens, and DELICIOUS ice cream! What more could you ask for?
Fun experience with yummy ice-cream. It's great little place full of history. Staff was friendly and place was clean.
For a Ice Cream parlor, this is one of the most exclusive venue I had the chance to be to enjoy. A truly amazing selection of home made ice cream. Super friendly staff, menu and astonishing venue will make you feel like you travelled back in time and all for very reasonable prices!
We visited Holman's and it was absolutely amazing!! They have such a friendly and patient staff, and so many choices! We ordered several different things off the menu, and I had zero complaints! Each item was crafted with care and so delicious!! My new ice cream stop every time I am in the area!
Excellent service and delicious ice creams. Beautiful place to enjoy something sweet ????.
Beautiful Heritage Property in the heart of Summerside PEI. Serving up the absolute freshest homemade ice cream by the scoop you have ever had! We were quite impressed they had HOMEMADE keto ice cream, no SUGAR!
Awesome ice cream. Great service.
Good ice cream and great people. My three year old wanted a fork for his "spaghetti" and they looked everywhere to find one. Manager sat with us and talked to my upset son (due to the fork issue) and truly wanted our experience to top notch. We were on island for three days and went here each evening.
Friendly staff, great selection, we enjoyed our sundaes.
Great atmosphere and ice cream. We've been before and we'll be back again. We loving sitting in the backyard and enjoying our treats.
Ice cream is the best in town. Needs more of a user entrance. It feel like I'm walking into someone's home. Cool but as a tourist I'd imagine they would drive right by it.
Best ice creme on PEI (so far!)
Tried the lemon curd blueberry ice cream in waffle cone, and lime rickey soda. Everything was delicious. Will return as soon as possible! Great atmosphere as well.
Excellent homemade ice cream and waffle cones
This is the place to get specialty ice cream in Summerside. This mom and pop shop is great. The staff is friendly and flavours rotate quite often. Always something new to try!
Delightful! Best ice cream on PEI! The staff is very kind and courteous. The location also completes the experience. You will not be disappointed.
So tasty I love this place
Amazing ice cream, great service, beautiful location!!
Everything there is homemade, and top tier quality. Their waffle cones are super good also. The atmosphere there is so cozy and very heritage of that time period. There's several rooms that you and friends or your so can go and sit in. Or if the weather is nice, you can sit outside! The place has such charm and warmth to it. Sooooooo much better than going to any dairy bar. Just dont even bother. Skip all those and head straight over to the Parlour. The owners are super friendly and very much appreciate your business with them. I went in there on Friday at 1pm with a work friend and thought we were treated very nicely. 10/10 would recommend.
The house and grounds where you can sit in the garden and eat your treat is wonderful and peaceful.Prices are very reasonable.I did not find the icecream any Better than national brands.
Tried four flavours between the two of us : strawberries and cream, chocolate hazelnut, cookies and cream and munchies. Loved them all. So much better than Cows or the dairy bars. Truly original flavours and delicious.
Ice cream was delicious, atmosphere was awesome :) very cool spot
Some of the best ice cream I've had.
Best quality ice cream. Wonderful atmosphere.
Great shop...amazing ice cream!
Set in an older Victorian house. 9 o clock at night and still had a line up. Ice cream was smooth and delicious. I would go again if it were open on Sundays.
A rotating choice of 14 flavours, with classics like chocolate and vanilla and unique flavours like blueberry and Mexican chocolate. My fiancé and I could not decide what to get, so we decided to get a sampler both times we went. It’s 5 small scoops of ice cream for a bit of the cost of a double scoop. The family that runs the ice cream parlour is so friendly. All their children work there and seem to enjoy themselves. They also own a small B&B above the parlour.
Ambience is fantastic! Staff is even better, and the ice cream in my opinion is the best I've ever had. Everything is house made they use the best ingredients for the ice cream. Their pricing is so competitive especially for the serving amounts and quality. Highly recommend this ice cream parlour to everyone!
Love the atmosphere. Such a great uae of the space. Lots of seating inside and outside. Room for kids to play on the well manicured grass. Excellent flavours of ice cream to choose from and lots of menu items. Service was ok. Not very friendly.
We visited this place often. Good ice cream, awesome garden to sit out door. I rarely give 5 stars rating but this establishment deserves it. Keep up the good work Holman's Ice Cream.
I and my partner heard this place from a local stranger who I met in the island during the Northshore drive. On the way back to Charlottetown, we decided to detour. It is in a charming house with a gallery. They make icecream and cones fresh on site. I had no ideas what to order but many people chose honeycomb in front of me, so I had strawberry and honeycomb on the cone. Strawberry tasted very fresh and real. Honeycomb was wow... You gotta try. My partner had Turtle sundae with chocolate and vanilla instead of salted caramel (it was out of stock) with toasted pecans and whipped cream. It was absolutely delicious. It worths traveling if you are in the island.
Holmans was awesome! 100% better than cows… the servings were generous, the cones were super fresh and tasty and the ice cream flavors were exactly as described (peach cobbler tasted like peach cobbler!). A must have!
The best ice cream and awesome service!
Best ice cream on PEI, hands down. If you say it's a tie, then look at your bill after you buy! Holman's is a walk back in time with excellent service and truly unique selections. If you love ice cream then you owe it to yourself to make this your favourite!
Awesome. Gourmet. The waffle cones are perfect (they're not nemic like they are in so many places)
This is, bar none, the best icecream on the face of the planet; hands down... Normally all really great icecream tastes, well, really great, but this icecream is in another league. You could blind taste test this against any other fantastic icecream company and identify it right away! The icecream is creamy and the flavours are vibrant beyond belief. For example, the strawberry tastes like an actual strawberry, not strawberry flavoured icecream, but an actual strawberry that is creamy and delicious! I honestly have no idea how they do it... I personally recommend the honey comb. Ps. Don't even get me started on their unbelievably amazing waffle cones...
Wonderful!! Comfortable atmosphere! Delicious strawberry sauce! The spaghetti ice cream is great (vanilla ice cream pressed into noodle shapes with Ferrero Rocher as the meatballs with shavings of white chocolate! My hubby had the spaghetti one, and I had a bite of it. We both loved it!! I had the 5 scoops of different flavours of ice cream; I picked Chocolate Surprise (excellent and I don't usually like chocolate), Peanut Butter Oreo (great), Strawberries and Cream (ok), Butter Pecan (ok, but some hard pecan pieces), Salted Caramel (horrid because it was way too salty). I would love to try the sundaes with strawberry sauce because the sauce was top notch! Wow! You can have the ice cream to go in eco friendly cups.
Great old-fashioned ice cream parlour. The ice cream was incredible. I love the honeycomb crunch flavour. They also have a beautiful yard and garden to sit outside and enjoy your ice cream. Highly recommended.
I would say the best I've cream I have ever had.
Amazing ice-cream and great services. Highly highly recommend
I thought sugar free maple walnut was my favorite...sugar free blueberry is like eating wild blueberry cheesecake without the Graham crumbs...so delicious!!!
Charming Ice Cream shop. I had a small Mexican Chocolate waffle cone. It was one of the best ice creams I have ever tried.
First off the store itself is so interesting with all the historical stuff inside. Second it smells incredible inside, and the icecream selection was delightful. I had cookies and cream with caramel - OMG. Also waffle cones amazing. Such a beautiful outdoor garden for seating too
I don't have the words to describe how good the ice cream is. And the smell of the waffle cones when you walk in makes the (relatively short) wait much more pleasant!
Best ice cream I’ve ever tasted! Every flavour is so good, if you don’t know what to choose, pick the sampler, which you can choose 5 different flavours. Their strawberry is so tummy!
Delicious ice cream in a range of subtle, but interesting flavours. Great value for the generous portion sizes.
The home made cones and ice cream are delicious.
Ice cream was amazing, got the cookies and cream and salted caramel crunch, second one was 10/10. Great service, very understand of allergy situation and went to the back to ensure no allergic reaction. Great work
Great Home Made ice cream- always lots of "Gotta Try It" Flavours.
What great ice cream and friendly staff, wish I lived closer!
The secret ingredient is "love". So much better than cow's! We've been twice now. The only negative is that they are not closer to my home....... That might not be a bad thing after all! ???? And you get to sit in their old fashioned Parlour! Heaven.
Ice cream was incredible and service was top notch. Will be back for sure!
Hands down BEST ice cream and float shop on the island!
If your craving something sweet, creamy and buttery, head out to Holman's if you can. So good.
Delicious ice cream and excellent service!
Everything to make you feel like royalty. The garden, private benches, chairs, even the outdoor fireplace is thrown in...
Good homemade ice cream in homemade waffle con at more than reasonable price. Service is friendly and they even accepted to replace my girlfriend's soda by an ice cream because she didn't like it. Way better than the overhyped (and overpriced) Cow chain. I highly recommend!
Wonderful homemade ice cream. I had a homemade lemonade with freshly made strawberry rhubarb sorbet. Absolutely amazing. Great atmosphere. Great backyard to eat in. Even a firepit to eat your ice cream around at night. We will definitely be back. Awesome location to take the whole family.
Great service, great ice cream! Will definitely go back!
If you only have time for one thing on PEI, just go here and pig out. This is the only place I visited that I would strongly suggest is a must-do. Everything about this place is excellent. - gorgeous venue - lots of seating tucked away all over the property - art on the walls for sale - freshly made waffle cones right in front of your eyes which I have never seen before but you really must try - unbelievable ice cream. I tried cookies n cream and it was excellent - service is great - street parking easily available While the house and garden are lovely to sit in and enjoy your ice cream, if the weather is good, I would suggest heading to the boardwalk a few minutes away and enjoy it there with a great view of the water.
Well made gourmet ice cream, beautiful house and gardens
Just a great place to get excellent icecream.