Ice cream is more like an icy milk than a creamy ice cream kinda dissapointed thought when new…read morepeople took over it would have been different but they must have kept the old ice cream recipe which is no good If business is slow this could be why!!!!

Food is great. But…read morethe ice cream is the worst I've ever had. Tried it twice, will never order their Ice cream again

After seeing this restaurant pop up on commercials as the best burgers in central Illinois 100…read moretimes on a Cardinal Cub game, I decided to give it a shot and see if there was any validity to their claim. There was not.... Pulled up and ordered a double cheese burger with everything and a French fry and large Coke. Their pricing is way more expensive than any other independent burger joint and they nickel and dime you pretty hard on the items. 70 cents more for lettuce and tomato each, which I understand and that's typical for most restaurants anymore. $4.35 for a French fry that was old and tasted like it had sat under a heat lamp for an hour wasn't worth it. Their large drink was a medium and it was like $4-5 too, but the coke had the worse metallic taste to it like the lines were serious dirty. Was undrinkable. So you are looking at $20 before tax just for a "combo" which they don't offer... Let's get to the sandwich- it wasn't special and for $9.35 for just the meat, cheese and bun wasn't worth it either. They put condiments on the bottom bun which made it a soggy mess and when I went to pick it up, it was like wet dough because how soggy it was. Pretty sure it was one single slice of cheese and the burgers weren't thin and crispy but seemed like they try to make them like that, but I am guessing the size of each patty was 5-6 oz each maybe, so that is more meat than other typical independent restaurants. It almost tasted like charred or burnt and just wasn't special. Would I return? No, it's not worth the drive or the price for their products because everyone of them Had issues and was the most expensive "combo" I've bought at a tiny local burger joint.

Amazing food, great prices and wonderful workers. We live down the road and eat here awful.read more

Super good Ice Cream. Always packed on the weekdays so it's best to find a good time that works for…read moreyou. I personally enjoy swinging by here during the night time, looks really nice later in the day and the stuff are pretty cool. Very nice interior and they let you sample before you buy.

Enjoyed the chocolate milk ice cream with the chocolate sugar cone :) $7 something for 1 scoop.read more

This place has really friendly staff and amazing service! Also, the ice cream, and food is…read moredelicious!

Super good food best burger I've had in my life and the fries were perfect love this place and def…read morerecommend

Good! Not perfect. I really wish you paid per cup size and not weight. They were out of cookies n'…read morecream, BUMMER! I settled for pineapple and it was pretty good. The TV was way too loud, I couldn't hear myself think. Service was good I guess, all they did was ring me up. I'll be back. I'll bring ear plugs next time.

The staff was rude, low key harassing me for what I was wearing and then proceeded to have a loud…read morediscussion about conspiracy theories with another customer that I wasnt thrilled about my child being in earshot of. It was a weird experience and dont think we will be returning.

Review Visit: April 1st, 2015…read more Good ol' Uncle Bob. He is the Uncle you never hear of. But when you do, you love him. Well, that's how I feel about Uncle Bob's Homemade Ice Cream. I discovered this place while grabbing coffee in Eureka, IL. Oh boy, was it a good discovery. I sampled a few ice creams and loved each one. Conveniently when I was there, they also had dollar hot dogs! So between amazing ice cream and cheap hot dogs, I was in heaven. If you love ice cream and haven't visited Uncle Bob's, do yourself a service and go try some! The do sell Uncle Bob's ice cream at some local eateries, so keep your eyes peeled if you can't make it to the Eureka location.

Delicious ice cream. Service is always nice and polite. I don't come here as much as I used to, but…read moreI often have dreams of myself eating the ice cream.

Any time I am in the Downtown Bloomington area, I make a point to stop at Gene's Dairy Delight…read more Its a 50+ year landmark business in the Bloomington area, not just for amazing soft serve custard but for friendly fast service. You can walk up or hit the drive thru but always the same great service and wonderful soft serve. They have an extensive menu with something for everyone in your group! I especially recommend the strawberry lemon twist soft serve. Delicious and refreshing on a hot summer day. Highly recommend this business for yummy treats in the heart of Bloomington! Cash only so hit the ATM before you stop by and tell them Kate sent you!

We did not realize they did not serve frozen custard. Their dairy delight just does not compare to…read moreTed Drewes or Andy's frozen custard.

We stopped while traveling through. Service was great and a cute little location on the square. It…read morewas so good and will definitely be back

It is fair to say that Top Hat is a "hidden gem"...if you find it on the first try,…read morecongratulations! You may have been an explorer in a previous life. When it comes to value, Top Hat Creamery may be the best bang for your buck in the Midwest when it come to ice cream. Additionally you will find a bevy of delicious flavors and flavor combinations available to suit any taste on their rotating menu. Bring your sweet tooth and leave a nice tip for the young people behind the counter showing the scoop-love.

Absolutely LOVE Main Street Cookies & Cream. The ice cream is great, there's always at least one…read morenon-dairy flavor, and the teas and lemonades are ahhhh-mazing. This is a small business with big heart for their small town humans and we will support this establishment (and their new mobile one) as long as they're here! We love their gluten free bakery treats and hope to see more in the future!

From the owner: Ice Cream, Coffee, Pastries. read more

Review Visit: June 10th, 2015…read more Carl's Ice Cream.... Home of the Creepy Ice Cream Cone. Those eyes. Those ice cream eyes still haunt me to this day. They will never leave my memory. Nor will the decent ice cream served here. During one of my many trips to explore Bloomington-Normal, I decided to start trying out the ice cream shacks in the dual city. Twin cities. Hyphenated names. Whatever you want to call them. I used some Google-fu to look up places to grab the sugary snack and Carl's was one of the first results. My girlfriend at the time said that it was good enough for her, so we punched the address in to the GPS and headed that way. Upon pulling up, I was startled by the feeling that I was being watched. After getting out of the car, I had to look around and see what was causing that feeling. It was then that I locked eyes with Carl. The incredibly creepy ice cream cone on a pole that is staring down on you. Trying to ignore that, we shuffled to the front of the building and looked over the menu. Looking at their current online menu to help refresh my memory, I am surprised to see them offering only ice cream and ice cream-style treats. Most ice cream shacks offer not only a ton of different frozen dessert items but also a multitude of food items as well. Not Carl's. They just have ice cream and ice cream-related products. We eventually figured out what we wanted and placed an order. I remember getting my usual (peanut butter malt/blizzard/shake) and being just slightly disappointed in the flavor and lack of a wow-factor. Not but a year later, we ended back here by some stroke of luck and I got a cone of ice cream. It was mutli-colored (as seen below) and I remember enjoying that more than I did with my 2015 choice. Back to 2015, I remember us standing our and enjoying the nice snack after a long day of exploring. I just couldn't help but feel that Carl, the ice cream mascot, was looking down on us. Like a chef watching a VIP eating their signature meal to see their reaction. All in all though, the place was pretty good. More-so the second time around. The second trip would've scored a 4.75/5. I am still surprised they don't offer non-ice cream options, but maybe The Carl doesn't allow them to serve anything but ice cream. There is a second location in Normal, Illinois. They seem to have a 'muffler-man' statue that was repurposed in to a man holding ice cream. I have yet to visit that place but hopefully his stare is less soul-piercing than Carl, the Ice Cream Cone's.

We ordered a kids chicken strips and a basket of fries. While we waited patiently with our number…read more(12), other guests arrived and placed their orders. After noticing that people who ordered after us had finished their entire meals, I went up to the management and asked what happened to our order. I was then told that it was because I ordered chicken strips that it took over forty minutes to make such a simple order. Keep in mind that a family with four children who came in after us had already gotten their fries and were halfway done with their ice cream. Another table that had two gentlemen who also ordered after us had finished their cheeseburgers. I have been a professional in the short order cooking business for over twelve years in the past, and I know for a fact it does not take that long to make chicken fingers (even if they were made from scratch and not frozen). I usually buy the gift certificates every Black Friday, but that will never happen again. I will never return to this establishment. Please feel free to reach out to me to buy my unused $30 gift certificates at half price, but be warned---this place is poorly managed, understaffed, and desperate for a line cook who can manage a couple deep-frier orders in a timely manner. Although I prefer to support local businesses, there are far better alternatives in town, like Culver's and Gene's. So ends about twenty years of patronage and many good family memories.