I've said it before and I'll say it again, a trip to Edwardsville is not complete without a visit to Northside Dairy Haven. In addition to the sweet treats, one of the highlights of stopping by and even driving by, is reading their marque. The messages are always, witty or supportive of another local business. I love it when local supports local. Recently, I had a Chocolate Covered Strawberry concrete and I liked it more than my typical favorite M&M concrete. The chocolate ice cream with flakes of solid chocolate and pieces of strawberry made my day. I've also enjoyed, chocolate and vanilla twist cones, but the orange sherbet and vanilla is still my favorite. I keep saying, I need to try their burgers, so I'll say it again. I gotta try their burgers. The restaurant has a nostalgic look and feel. The staff is young high school and college students and they're always friendly. They truly hustle and make things happen for their ice cream fans. Next time you're in Edwardsville, be sure to make a stop at Northside Dairy Haven. read more

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Great tasty treat stop with a dose of nostalgia. They have a drive thru or you can walk up. The girls inside were friendly and fast. We ordered sundaes, shakes, a cone or two and even a banana split. Everything was delicious!! read more

Northside Dairy Haven - Small Cone with candy crunch - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Edwardsville, Illinois

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My first stop was a great one. Ordered a char cheese burger which came with fresh LTO and a special sauce (similar to thousand island). I also grabbed a kiddie cone. Burger was excellent for the price. Ice cream was good soft serve. Service was kind and my food came out in about 10min. Kids were running around and family's were happily chowing down. It's a great old fashioned atmosphere. If you drive past this place, it's time to finally make the stop! Little hiccup: kids cone is 1.50 on the board but I was charged 2$. So check your receipt if you're pinching pennies. read more

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Such a great little place to get your fix! So many different things on the menu, but we opted for a #6 cheeseburger, fries, and a Frostee root beer.. This has become our favorite local place for a nice treat. Workers are always pleasant, and the service is quick - even when they're super busy! A must visit!!! What are you waiting for?!? read more

Northside Dairy Haven - #6 cheeseburger, fries, and a Frostee root beer. - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Edwardsville, Illinois

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The staff was so friendly and happy... always made great suggestions!! Worth the drive up Main Street!!

Super great concretes and food! I come here a lot for the ice cream, but this time I finally tried a charco cheeseburger after reading reviews and it really was delicious, as well as some great onion rings. Everyone was super friendly and helpful as we asked questions, and the place was packed. It seems like a great spot to hang out with family and enjoy the weather when it's not blazing hot lol. Not to mention, you really can't beat the prices. read more

Northside Dairy Haven - Small concrete with butterscotch and pecans - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Edwardsville, Illinois

The staff here are so friendly and the food is just as good. Everything we tried had a perfectly fried crisp and was packed with flavor. Reasonable prices and a ton of stuff on the menu to come back and try. Pro tip - everyone around me seemed to be getting ice cream cones with big smiles on their faces! They have parking in front and a drive through around the side or you can walk up and order directly from the counter. read more

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Three more weeks read the sign. Edwardsville peeps if you want that home town flavor you need to get to Dairy Haven or you wait until next year. read more

Stopped in here and I must say Great service Great price And best of all yummy ice cream. The setting was outdoor seating but on a beautiful day there's nothing better Be safe all And for the record this is a delayed Post as I was here earlier in the late summer while visiting family Be SAFE All read more

Our favorite burgers and fries! The service is outstanding and they are all friendly. It is seasonal so you can sit outside and enjoy your food or your ice cream. They also have a drive thru too for those days when I just want to grab food and go. Love, love, love! I look forward to their opening day and want to cry when they close for the season! read more

Northside is and will forever be one of my favorite places to get a quick delicious meal or treat! They offer a huge selection of food items so everyone will find something on the menu they will love! The charco cheeseburgers are a MUST try! They also serve up a huge selection of ice cream treats too! The service is always quick and the staff is so friendly and ready to help! They have seating under shaded trees and umbrellas so you can even enjoy your treats outside! The owner is also so down to earth, funny as can be, and just a great person! This is one of the BEST food joints in the area hands down. They also keep everything SUPER affordable! Check this place out if you get the chance! read more

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Looking for a good burger and fries with the old school taste, you will find it here. What is funny is i have had the burgers and fries, yes the sliders and the charcoal burger but have never had the ice cream. Some day I will. read more

What a darling stop! We stumbled upon Northside Dairy Haven after a stroll through the nearby nature center. Our ice cream was delicious, and we were pleasantly surprised by how reasonable the prices were! We'll definitely be back if we're in the area. read more

This places malts are like totally cool:). My malt was very malty and delicious! Their service is almost as good as the malts ngl. Also I love the shirts the staff wears, on the back it has one star reviews so here ya go a 5 star review if I could I'd give it 6 tho! read more

We love this place! Great fries and the orange cream soft serve is my favorite. Always a great summertime treat with our kids.

Northside is always the best! Charco cheeseburgers, fries, & pumpkin shakes are perfection!

I ordered sliders on two separate occasions, and both times the burgers were cold. It was clear they wasn't made fresh. Very disappointing.

The food is always fresh and delicious. Their ice cream is tasty. Service is always top notch! The owner's sense of humor is icing on the cake. read more

Love the little slider burgers! Brings back nostalgia feelings, burgers wrapped in paper for the win. The owner is pretty funny also!

Great little hometown ice cream shack with a bonus surprise of great food! Pork tenderloin sandwich- yeah!!! read more

Old time feeling with the standard ice cream concoctions and a variety of food choices. The ice cream is delicious with plenty of ways to eat it- shakes, concretes, all types of cones, with loads of mixers and flavor boosts. There's plenty of "bar food" to choose from as well. They carry some harder to find food items like fried okra & a pizza burger. They have burgers, sliders, a specialty charco burger, coney dogs, grilled ham & cheese, a few different fries, onion rings, and since new ownership, a pork steak platter special. Service is delightful but have some patience everything is made to order but does not take an excessive amount of time. Drive thru moves fast- walk up is always available. There are several picnic tables for sitting outside. Bring cash or expect a fifty-cent charge for using your debit/credit card. An Edwardsville staple. read more

It doesn't matter what you order at North Side, it is always delicious. I'll take one Butterscotch Malt, some Fried Ocre, and a cheeseburger. Don't drive by the Dairy Haven! Stop in and love it! read more

Excellent food, great ice cream and service. Reasonable prices, plenty of outdoor tables and a drive' through! Get the pizza burger, pork tenderloin, or corndogs: always perfect. Their pork steak is also very good. Handbreaded mushrooms, shakes and old fashioned orange/vanilla twist, choc/vanilla twist cones are the bomb! We now live in St Louis and still drive here often to get out Dairy Haven fix read more

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I'm from California visiting my sister and her family, this was a place they said I had to experience before I left. I got the Goldbrick which was recommended by the lovely employee. It was one of the best sweet treats I've ever had! It was filled with chunks of heath and sprinkles and I believe butterscotch was mixed in as well. It was truly an amazing eating experience and I highly recommend going here when in town. read more

Northside Dairy Haven - The Goldbrick concrete - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Edwardsville, Illinois

Amazing food and great service they serve very fast and make it amazing definitely come here 5 star for sure

Great ice cream, slower service for food but it's always fresh and served with a smile

The burgers are juicy and delicious and you have to get the orange & vanilla twist cone. It's so good! The lines are long but go quickly & definitely worth the wait. There are so many families with pets there sitting outside enjoying their desserts. read more

This local haunt is a great place to experience a historic food genre. The food is fast, the staff are friendly, courteous and fun. If you have a taste for drive-in food this is your fix. The Dreamsicle is the bomb! read more

Where have these watermelon slushies been all my life?!?! Also their hot ham and cheese is delicious!

Northside Dairy Haven is a local landmark in Edwardsville, I can remember going there as a child and still love going to this day! While I personally cannot remember much about this place as a child, I will say that the ice cream is still very tasty and if you are given the opportunity to visit I highly recommend you go with their amazing vanilla and orange sherbet twist, it's delicious! Seating is limited to only a few tables outside, however you can take your frozen treat and enjoy it in the comfort of your car, which is what most people will do. Service here is friendly, mostly high schoolers, however they do a great job. Prices are fair and reasonable. Overall Northside is a long time ice cream stop for those living in Edwardsville, there is no doubt that it will be around for another 20+ years! read more

This place is an Edwardsville treasure. I grew up eating Charco-cheeseburgers and onion rings from here, and I still love them to this day. They make their own orange sherbet, people. Seriously. And it's ah-mazing. Northside is the real deal and I love it! Don't pass up the fried okra or ice cream, and their slushies are delightful. The owners are great people and the service is always stellar. Just a warning though: they accept CASH ONLY. **edit to add: they now accept some credit cards*** read more

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Why NSDH still is near the top of my "sweet slurps" list: a little slice of time-stood-still Americana that looks like the place Mom and Dad took me when I was a kid; a gravel lot with woods on three sides so you're not baking on the asphalt; before dessert, you can order curly fries, mushrooms, onion rings, even sandwiches, if you like; a slightly better value than the custard places; instead of chopped up peanuts, you get butter-roasted pecans -- delicious! read more

They have the best flavor burst cones around! We look forward to them every year! Delicious and multiple flavors to choose from

Hometown favorite that I always go to when back home. Memories of eating the orange sherbet and sitting in the bar stools with my grandpa always bring me back! read more

How has this place not been reviewed!?! Man, I can't even explain how good this place is. Best soft serve in the STL area, hands down. AND they're the only one who has coconut hard shell dip. (Try it, it is amazing!) They're very accommodating if you want to add or omit anything from your ice cream concoction too. I may be biased, but I swear they have the best caramel I've ever had. Oh, and their pecans for their turtles are buttered and salted... heaven! Oh yeah, its also the cheapest around. If the ice cream isn't enough to get you there, they have delicious charcoburgers. Don't even bother with the regular hamburgers, make sure you get the charcoburgers. They are a different patty and they are chargrilled. Yum! Their fries are amazing too, they use some special seasoning mix on them that is great. Don't get those confused with the 'seasoned fries' which are actually curly fries. I also highly recommend the fried cauliflower... its cauliflower and cheese breaded and deep fried.... be still my heart! Its only open spring-fall and closes when the weather turns bad. It gets packed in the summers at lunchtime and night, but it worth it. read more

UPDATE: went back a week later to find out I waited in drive thru line 15 minutes and they had closed the kitchen at 8PM. Went back the next night and ordered the fish and got something totally different so I'm hoping they confirm the difference and fish sandwiches next time I don't want the frozen triangle patty Holy cow this lil mama was happy happy happy when she arrived. It was packed on a beautiful Friday evening with tons of family's eating ice cream, but I came for the fish. Lot of regulars where there eating on their huge cones and talking to those sitting next to them or their neighbors waiting in the drive through line. I ordered the fish sandwich and fries along with a charco burger and orange sherbert twist. Naturally, I ate the twist first and was in heaven. It's better than the one I've always eaten from the Caseyville Dairy Haven. But the show stopper is the absoloutely DE-LISH fried cod (tail hand breaded) on rye with pickles, tarter sauce and onions. 3 nice size crispy golden pieces piled on with tons of fixins wrapped in that beautiful white paper. The tarter sauce almost has a light sweetness too it but not too much. And the flavor of the fish is just divine. OMG the fish is fantastic. I can't wait to get it again. The fries were a lil thicker than McD's and just as good or better cause they weren't overly salted, fried perfectly, and hot hot hot! Charco burger is good for kids. Lots of fixins and ok but not that OMG I gotta have it again feeling. Not saying it's bad, just typical, but fixed up well. Finally, the girls work hard, quickly, and with a smile. Why have I passed this place over and over? You had me at FISH! Please don't make the same mistake I did. Never again will I pass up. read more

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Northside Dairy Haven has been a part of my life since I was a little kid. My mom used to work here when I was really young, and I still have vague memories of the girls giving me candy and ice cream. But that is not what makes this place the best hole in the wall place to eat in Edwardsville. It's all about the belly bombs, or at least, what they used to call the belly bombs. Three small burgers, the perfect meat to cheese ratio, an order of their uniquely seasoned fries, and of course the ice cream. But if you are more hungry, there's the Okie Burger, the Pizza Burger, Charco Burgers, fried cauliflower, and so much more to fill your tummy! I'm telling you, if in the Edwardsville area, this is a place you want to look up. It is closed a few months every year for the cold weather, so make sure you head over before the winter months hit us. I promise you, this is the best little secret in town! read more

My husband and I just came back from there home. It's our first time having food there. I had charco cheese which was delicious and juicy, fries were crisp and hot, but I am not a huge fan of seasoned fries so I wiped it off. My husband had a coney dog and enjoyed it very much, he also had onion rings which were ok. I got a hot fudge sundae and he had a dipped cone and both very great! read more

Ice cream is amazing. We drive from Collinsville to enjoy the ice cream. The owner is super friendly and the staff is always helpful. Well worth the drive to get some good ol ice cream in an offbeat path. read more

Here from out of town for a baseball tournament. Found this restaurant on Yelp. It was delicious. We got a variety of things from a burger to milkshakes. Everything was great. Only gave 4 stars because the girl working there was super sweet and friendly. However, I'm not sure if it was the owners or what, but an older man and woman working there were super unfriendly. I tired to smile at them twice and even tried to talk to them to compliment the food. They wouldn't make eye contact with me and I tried to get their attention twice and they looked away. So other than some super non friendly adults working there, we had a great experience. read more