The Meadows Original Frozen Custard

Cute little custard shoppe the owner is really friendly and claims he makes the custard fresh daily. The flavors are: Vanilla, Chocolate & Truffle. The special today was Vanilla Marshmallow and it was so delicious! Super creamy and not too heavy. My husband had the truffle with Oreo crumbs on top which was also yummy. They also have custard cakes, custard cookie sandwiches, coffee/​lattes/​cappuccinos/​espressos :)

I love the afogata: their version is espresso with frozen custard. Yum! Melty custard in my cup, bitter espresso with sweet and creamy custard. I think it is the best thing on the menu.
Their birthday cakes are really well made, just enough cake to hold layered frozen custard together.

Some of the best Italian ice I’ve had in a very long time!
To be honest, I was not very impressed with the selection that was available but the blue raspberry flavor with custard (better known as a gelato) was absolutely delicious! It was creamy, smooth and a perfect treat after enjoying dinner with friends.
If I’m in the area again, I will definitely make sure I stop here for dessert– regardless of the season or temps outside (yes it is that good!)

Add this to the Hidden Gems list — it’s a tiny space in a shopping center deep within the labyrinth of Columbia. I would never have found it without Unilocal reviews and Google maps!
This is real frozen custard, take it from someone old enough to remember the Polar Bear in Silver Spring long before it was Sprung. Smooth, creamy, maybe could have used a bit more chocolate flavor intensity.
Very friendly service. They offer Italian ice, gelato, baked goods and coffee drinks as well. Open year round. It’s a good thing I don’t live too near, or I’d be shopping for XXL pants and suspenders in no time!

I came in all set to try the custard cappuccino, but once I tried the black cherry vanilla, I had to get that! I’m not usually a custard fan because I find it to be too thick and airy, but this was deliciously creamy and so fresh tasting! Everything on their menu looks delicious; I’m coming back to get that cappuccino with custard and to try the apple dumpling sundae! Just a heads up, they ask that you pay cash under $ 10.

Really liked the variety… got the chocolate +peanut butter +Oreo cookie custard. it was really creamy n delicious! Also had the cappuccino custard –which is on the coffee menu –it is a cappuccino with a scoop of custard.

A big plus about The Meadows is that it’s just a short drive away from my house – So we tend to make a few stops there alot of the time.
I have nothing but great things to say about it! The staff members at the Meadows are excellent!
The only con I can say about this place is trying to figure out what to order because of how many tasty treats they have, if you can call that a con at all.
If you enjoy frozen custard as much as I do, stop by The Meadows sometime!

I visited here with a few friends this past weekend. I ended up ordering their gelati with strawberry lemonade italian ice and vanilla custard. It was delicious! The italian ice didn’t taste just artificial like rita’s often does and the vanilla custard was smooth and delicious.

In Columbia, craving creamy custard but can’t conceive of campaigning through the countryside into the city for Charmery?
Yes, I know there’s a difference between custard and ice cream, but c’mon! Alliteration!
Anyway. It’s delicious and rich and the folks behind the counter are as sweet as the caramel they generously dollop on my small-​size cup. Which is twice the amount I need, but I eat anyway because research.
You’re welcome.

We’ve been going here for a couple years now — it is our favorite ice cream spot around. The owner is a nice older asian man, always very warm and polite. The ice cream is fantastic. It’s located in a small shopping center along with a grocery store and several restaurants. We will sometimes eat at one of the neighboring restaurants and stop in to meadows for dessert. For dog owners, the area is dog friendly! I kinda wish they were open after 9pm, but I understand the owner works the shop and probably wants a life outside of the business.

what can you go wrong with nice creamy custard?
nothing.
I haven’t been to this place since high school and returning three years later made me nostalgic — with good old icecream.
I had vanilla with almonds, and he gave me a lot of almonds so that was great. the custard is creamy and filling, it hits the spot.
price is great too, I will be back for some more in the future.

Good stuff.
I got the chocolate custard which was awesome.
My wife tried the cherry ice over vanilla custard, and the cherry ice was too sweet for both of us, almost syrupy. However, The vanilla underneath was excellent.
We’ll definitely go back, but we’ll stick to custard only next time.
Not the cheapest place, but having seen the sizes we’ll probably just split something next time.

Great service, tasty custard. This was our second visit and we’ll continue to come back. The prices are a little on the high side, but the quality more than makes up for it (they make their custards in house).

Delicious custard and really good service. Still haven’t tried the coffee but there are a lot of coffee options.

Great for a hot summer day! So yummy! The gelatis and the Turtle are really delicious. Great service, too.

The Meadows custard us the type of place that you wish you knew about already. They operate under a simple idea… do something to the best of their ability. That something is delicious fresh made custard everyday. They have unique flavors combined with a excellent owner who is more concerned with the people he sees everyday then making a dollar.
You walk into Steve, the owners, shop and you immediately can tell that you’re in for some good custard!
Enough said… just go and enjoy.

3.5 stars.
Recent visits: I’ve come to love the coffee and ice cream. The coffee is great. The apple dumpling and ice cream is also good.
First visit: A buddy and I met there and were offered samples of the days flavors. He realized it was frozen custard but it was so good I thought it was ice cream. We both had a drink recommended by Steve, the owner, and we both liked them. The place is clean with a handful of tables. If it’s a nice day there are benches and stairs in the shopping center. There is a ton of parking is this shopping center, both in the front and rear.

This is the best custard & ice in town. Far better than «Rita’s». They are always so nice. I love the mango ice, but I get a gelati which is a layer of ice, then custard, then more ice.
This place is kind of hard to see in the strip mall because it is on the side, you have to get out of your car and walk up the middle to find it.

I’m a big fan of frozen custard, and this place has the best I’ve had. A nice find after the old custard place near Enchanted Forest was torn down.
Creamier, richer, tastier than either soft serve or fro-​yo. You can also get it in various forms like shake, sundae, with espresso poured over, etc.
The GF really enjoyed the «gelati» which is layers of italian ice and custard. The italian ice is made in-​house, various flavors, much better than the watery stuff I’ve tried elsewhere. The mango was particularly good.
They have an espresso bar– the espresso itself was a little weak, but I get the impression the coffees are mostly made to be mixed with custard (or poured over custard).
(the reviewer who said this is «just like a Rita’s» apparently didn’t try much here?)
They also have fro-​yo and varying flavors of the day. The father-​daughter team running the place was friendly and efficient. There’s a frequent-​buyer card.
We’ve already been back twice. It’s cheaper than Coldstone or Baskin Robbins, and tastes delicious. A small is filling enough for an adult, though a medium is a delicious indulgence. Highly recommended.

So this is my 100^th review and it came by accident being that I was holding out on doing one for another business… however, this is the first review for this business location that is fairly new and brought to my attention by the Custard King himself. Bobby K. While entering in all the proper info for the business on Unilocal to put it on the map. I HAD to write a review just to finish the process. No problem if I weren’t in the driver seat with 2 anxious kids in the backseat ready to get out and have some ICECREAM! A.K.A Frozen custard… super duper yay points for Mommy for giving them dessert before dinner on this rare sort of day.
I thought I had been all over Columbia at some point of my 15 month residency of the area but I had not… in fact, I thought I might be closer to PA by the time I got here and did some recon work after many stops in the same shopping area to ask where the heck it was hiding! There is a little strip mall next to the grocery store (can’t think of which chain it was) but it doesn’t look like your typical strip mall where the stores are right in front of you and wondering what they are is not an issue if you’re literate. The two strips are facing each other with a shaded walkway on each side and heavily shadowed but the trees going up the gut of it all. Well, anyways… if you’re facing it on the grocery store side of it, it’s on the flippin right hand side. When you walk in, it’s a tight fit… maybe 3 – 4 tables and just enough room to order and having only enough room for 3 – 4 people to wait in line. I knew already what I was going to order for myself… shout out to Bobby K for the vanilla with the black cherry topping. I got the children’s chocolate with chocolate cookies mixed in already. The black cherry topping was awesome, no glaze mixed into it to act as a sauce for the plain vanilla… only downfall to mine besides the the abundance of cherry ratio to custard was waaayyy off. I suppose some people wouldn’t complain about that but for me… I portion out each bite… seriously, I do. The girls custard was awesome… they devoured it like hungry children from a 3^rd World… poor babies, almost made me feel like I should’ve gotten them a larger size but the Mommy in me said «good-​call Moms». Overall, the custard was smooth and creamy… the one person staff was a total sweetie for my daughters kept telling her «thank-​you» every 30 seconds.NomNomNomNomNom.