The Daily Scoop

There is nothing better than the smell of an ice cream shop! We stopped here with the kids and had a cone each. I love how they make all of their ice cream and don’t feel the need to put artificial colors in their sherbet. They have a small patio with 3 round tables out back and another picnic table near the deck. There is no bathroom though so be prepared to wash your kids up in the drinking fountain on the deck. :-)

Yes, the ice cream IS fantastic. Yes, I understand why it’s expensive. But Styrofoam cups– I HATE that. They even posted a notice as to why Styrofoam is actually recyclable and an eco-​friendly solution. Read the fine print– the notice is put out by the company that makes the product. In a poor economy I prefer to spend my money where it’s appreciated. The owner is not particularly nice to customers but seems even worse to his poor staff.

Cash only — enough said!
I hear this place has very good ice cream, and I’ve tasted it in other peoples houses, and it is good ice cream. But I don’t go there, and I don’t recommend that any of you go there, because they do not accept any form of payment other than cash. To me, that means one of two things: Best case scenario: they are either associated with the mob, or hiding money from the IRS. Worst case scenario: they just don’t give a shit about their customers. Either way, not a place to do business with. The gelato place down the street is just fine.

My daughter and I went for a nice walk down to the Barrington center. We decided to stop at Shaw’s and grab a salad and then go to The Daily Scoop for ice cream. So we sat at the picnic tables to eat the salad and I handed my daughter the cash (it’s a cash only establishment) to get ice cream. Less than 5 minutes later a man, very angrily, tells us to get our things and leave. He is sick and tired of people sitting there and leaving their trash. They do not serve food and LEAVE. I explained that we planned on buying ice cream and he screamed «I DO NOT BELIEVE YOU. GET YOUR THINGS AND LEAVE». I asked if he was being serious and told him he was going to lose a customer since we go there often. «GOOD! IM NOT CONCERNED ABOUT LOSING YOU!» I said ok, gathered our things and got up. He said «THANK YOU.» Needless to say we will never be back. It’s a shame to since we had a nice Monday routine. The most angry owner I have ever experienced.

Ice cream before dinner, how could we resist?! The Daily Scoop is so cute with so many flavors, it’s hard to order anything less than an enormous double scoop. There is indoor and outdoor seating, not to mention a high chair for your squirmy, messy little ones. This reminded me of the ice cream parlors of my childhood, and the many summers I spent scooping ice cream in my home beach town. Some things are better when they don’t change!

Pretty pricey… Their apple pie ice-​cream and coconut almond chip… Yum! I have drove 45 minutes just too get a scoop of their ice-​cream :-)

If I could of given no stars I would have!
Just because you sell decent ice cream doesn’t mean you throw customer service and Just basic manners out the window.
The attitude some of the girls behind the counter have is insane. When I was a kid with a meaningless service job I never talked to an adult like I was there peer, no matter how much I didn’t want to be at work that’s not my problem.
Also the size of the second scoop is an embarrassment !

Great ice cream, but not very customer friendly with a cash only policy. Between their very high prices (for seemingly less and less every year) and the lost business, you’d think they get a square card reader.

Great ice cream stop, one of the best ice cream shops in the greater Providence area. The prices are on the expensive side, but as a home-​made ice cream enthusiast, I buy farm fresh premium ingredients to make my own ice creams at home and can tell that Daily Scoop uses premium ingredients in its own product. The strawberry ice cream in particular is notable with its fresh strawberries and clean flavor profile, and it’s surely one of the most delicious strawberry ice creams I’ve ever tasted. Some of the other flavors I’m not so much of a fan of, but the good thing is that the kids working the ice cream bar are generous with the sampling so you can try a few before you commit. Sugar monster approved.

As the only icecream place in town (not really counting Newport Creamery), the quality of the product has always been good, but the cost is quite absurd and makes the frosty goodness just a bit more unpleasant to swallow. For all those froyo fans out there, this is NOT the place to get soft serve froyo, it lacks the tart and for that matter, all other tastes in general.
Food: 3 stars
Cost: 2 stars
Only place in town: 3 stars

I LOVE this place. The quality and freshness of their ice cream is beyond any frozen treat I have ever tasted. More specifically their COFFEE OREO. I tried their Coconut Almond Chip (it was alright) and their Caramel Crunch (very good), but nothing compares to the Coffee Oreo.
Customer service I felt was good and accommodating when I wasn’t sure which flavor I wanted and changed it twice while she was scooping. Their high school kids and did their job well.
As far as prices go I think it’s absurd that a gentlemen in a previous review would complain about FRESH and GREAT ice cream and in the same breath want it cheap.
Did I mention their Coffee Oreo?
And of course their local!!! Support!

HAHAHAHAHA
I just had to take a moment to laugh at some of the bad reviews. HELLOOOO, its F*CKING ICE CREAM!!! hahahaha
Why are we being soooo picky, and «first world» about something soo silly and enjoyable. Stop crying about price. Look, I agree going out for ice cream isn’t cheap but their location probably isn’t cheap either. It’s called a business and with business you’re trying to make a profit… Ya know, pay your employees, feed your family, pay the rent or mortgage for the building.
Also, again let me reiterate … THIS IS AN ICE CREAM SHOP! To have a credit card machine in a business costs about $ 1000 TO $ 1500 PER MONTH! American Express cards cost a business 4 dollars for each transaction being run. if you’re selling a 4 dollar cone you virtually make ZERO PROFIT. USE YOUR BRAINS PEOPLE!
And I’m sorry, but if you people really need to charge ice cream to your credit card… maybe you shouldn’t be getting ice cream in the first place.
Now for the ice cream… It’s pretty good there. Nothing too crazy but good flavors and cone options and things like that. It’s worth a trip if you want ice cream rather than a newport creamery or the local mini mart. I’m actually on my way there right now! Take care all!

Wow, what fresh, delicious, tasty and obviously home made ice cream. We stopped in for the Pumpkin ice cream on a friend’s recommendation. It truly was the most flavorful Pumpkin I’ve had– just the right amount of spice, cream and sweetness. The servings are huge– we had «smalls» which easily fit in two one cup servings of ice cream (we both got two flavors). We only paid $ 8 for our two small ice creams and we were very satisfied with them. When I come back I should go for the chocolate and coffee based flavors, which both packed a major dose of deliciousness (husband had them, I should’ve gotten them, but I was so psyched about having pumpkin).

My wife loves hard scope ice cream, whereas I like soft serve. I make an exception for Daily Scoop however, as their flavors are so refreshing. It isn’t a heavy feeling after you eat here like Cold Stone, or Marble Slab. Instead, they use fresh ingredients to deliver a crisp, light taste. They don’t load you down with chocolate toppings, nuts, whip cream, fancy cones, etc. Instead they let each flavor of ice cream stand on its own.
Note: This place is cash only. We have had to abort a few times once we realized we didn’t have any way to pay.

I hate to give an average rating to a local business that makes a quality product but I have to say my experiences at Daily Scoop have been getting worse and worse over time.
Tonight was the breaking point that leads to this review.
The ice cream is 5 star all day long. Tasty, fresh and well made. I’d take it over anything else offered locally or in the grocery store.
Unfortunately the prices are absurd and the portions have shrunk to insulting. Whoever tagged their prices as reasonable, please message me; I have some exciting investment opportunities…
I got a double scoop in a waffle cone and I was almost done with it by the time the girl was finished making my GFs malt. The scoop sizes were very small. I almost questioned the girl scooping but I looked at the scoop sizes of the 5 people after me served by 2 other girls and noticed they were also insanely small. Much smaller than in seasons past.
Why is this a sticking point for me? Because the price is not any lower and my expectation is that a double scoop remains what it always has been. I don’t want a scoop of ice cream that’s been adjusted for inflation, I want the same sized scoop I received before. If your business is having difficulty dealing with cost pressures; that isn’t my problem. I find it incredibly irritating. It’s like the potato chips that come in the same sized bag but the bag as more air and fewer chips and they’re selling it at the same price. Changing the quantity of product but leaving the price and description the same is misleading and dishonest. There I said it.
This last experience was so absurd we actually drove to Sunshine Creamery after for a second round of ice cream. Was it as good? Of course not. But Sunshine understands value and customer expectation in a way that Daily Scoop seems to have lost sight of.
So will I go back? Probably, the ice cream is really good. But it’s no longer a given since I know i will be leaving hungry for more ice cream.
Also, just to add some context here, I’m 183lbs and 6′ tall. I’m not some sloth driving a customized van because a conventional car won’t hold my enormous mass. I’m not asking for a half gallon, these scoops were legitimately small.

BEST ice cream I’ve ever had… EVER
Reasonable $$$
Awesome service
Keep it up! You guys are great :)

Yes, xpensive single scoops. But they are huge portions. Even the kids scoop is expensive and huge.
Surprised about the few bad reviews, best ice cream we have had. But then we never tried strawberry. Chcolate, pistachio, are both superb, as are their lemon, and orange sorbets.
Trick is to get doule scoop and share. Single is like 3.75, double is just 0.50 more.

Great ice cream but I wish their small size was actually small. It’s pricy and I always feel like I’ve had too much… Who can throw away uneaten ice cream? Regardless. It is really high quality stuff. I think they are open again for the 2012 season actually. Gotta get me a scoop!

Wowie-​wow-​wow-​WOW!
You can serve me up a cone of this homemade, creamy, cold love any day. I can’t wait to go back!
The ingredients are pure, and that goes for the flavorings, too. I want you to forget everything you know about coffee ice cream and come here to be REBORN with this deep but sweet espresso-​bean-​y flavor. Hallelujah! Make that coffee oreo. And a drippy-​hip-​hip-​hooray for my favorite new flavor: banana peanut butter cup. Banana ice cream with fake flavor tastes like banana Runts. Not here — this has little chunks of banana and the aroma of banana bread, stuffed with Reece’s.
The gals at the counter scoopin’ for summer break were nothing but sweetness and doled out recommendations and samples on those little spoons like it was their job. Wait, it is!

Let me make something perfectly clear… in New England, a «milkshake» is called a «frappé.» Everywhere… EXCEPT Rhode Island! After a beautiful walk along Newport’s coastline, we decided: ice cream was a necessity. The Daily Scoop seemed like the best plan (all of their ice cream is homemade… and because Unilocal told me so). We arrived with frappes on the brain — got in line — looked at the menu… NO FRAPPES??? Panic ensued. What were we to do?! Where were we to go?! The gentleman behind me came to my rescue: «Oh, dear, no need to worry. We call ‘frappes’ ‘CABINETS’ down here.» He chuckles to himself. I wear a look of utmost confusion (+exhaustion + sun-​burned babe… it wasn’t pretty). At least there would be creamy salvation for my taste buds!
*Pretty pricey… but this seems to be a popular trend amongst ice cream joints (just over 5 $ each).
*Long list of full-​fat flavors (as in maybe 15) — a short list of fro-​yo (as in 5) and fat-​free (as in 2). Plenty of toppings, sizes, cones, smoothies, and sundaes to choose from.
*MY FIRST CABINET: caramel cashew cluster + coffee heath bar fro-​yo WITH chocolate syrup AND whipped cream. Sure, it probably added on the calories that the two of us worked off on our 7-​mile hike… but it was well worth it.
*The shop has limited parking and it’s a narrow space, but people seem to move right along. Scoopers were in TINY shorts (really? you work in freezer-​zone) but were pretty friendly and accommodated my desire to taste multiple flavors.
*BRING YOUR OWN GIANT STRAW! The Daily Scoop provided «straws» for our cabinet creations… but it was a REGULAR straw which was A) too short for the cup in which the cabinet is served, and B) didn’t allow fun bits of your ice cream flavor to be sucked up (ie: cashew/​heath bar/​peanut butter bit/​banana). Straw from bubble tea adventure worked perfectly.
Apparently «Cabinets» were named after the CABINET people kept the machine with which they made «Cabinets» in. Makes sense? — not to me, but it was delicious all the same. I don’t live nearby, so the likelihood of me visiting again is slim… but I will add the DS to my «ice cream locations» list for future reference.