Babcock Dairy Plant - Madison

Wow, their ice cream was the best I've had in a long time! Nice staff, large portions, and delicious, creamy ice cream.

The store is small but cozy, is in the middle of the UW-Madison and has a lot of sandwiches options. The sandwich breakfast is incredible and super tasty. The Ice cream is also amazing, perfect for hot days.

I'm only reviewing the ice cream side and not the food items (sandwiches, pizzas, etc.)Ice cream is good. Rich, some creamy, and others feel a bit granulated (as if melted and frozen again). Their portion sizes for an ice cream scoop (2-3 scoops) really varies by worker and ice cream flavour you choose.Decent amount of seating, but I don't recommend coming in groups larger than 4-6.Pricing is clear and labelled, although their TV can go through the slideshow of options and prices a bit too fast, however I think they also carry hand held menus. Inflation goes hard for these prices though.The only real complaints I have are the food line and ice cream line merge weirdly at the cashier. I wish it was clearer. Also when getting the ice cream out, some flavours are harder to scoop out than others on different days. I wish they were transparent rather than watching 3-4 workers taking their turns at it while I wait without explanation for a while when my friends have already gotten theirs.

Great service. The food smells so good but I have only gotten ice cream here, I can tell you though it is one of the best ice creams in Madison. People are always chill here, lots of college students mostly. Thank you for the good service and friendly smiles. I highly recommend coming down here in the summer getting some ice cream and sitting outside to eat it.

Awesome, fresh ice cream. made right on site with an observation deck to see the products being made.