Gellar’s Snack Bar

Oh so good. Nothing fancy but everything is just so comforting. I love the bacon cheeseburger deluxe, the hot dogs, scallop roll, the soft serve, and onion rings. When you’re having a bad day, go to Gellars. When you’re having a good day, go to Gellars. Just go to Gellars. You won’t regret it.

I love this place. Just wish their hours were posted online — I never know when they close at night!

I’ve only been for ice cream. They offer 20+ flavors of soft serve, but I recommend going for their homemade ice cream flavors. The Seaside Smores was a delicious vanilla ice cream with graham cracker flavor throughout and large, gooey marshmallows as hidden surprises. I’m looking forward to trying the other homemade flavors such as «Shark Bite.»

Gellars has been a staple in the Manomet area for quite a while and they get some things perfectly right. The ice cream. 42 flavors of pure headache delight. The gourmet, fun, and ever changing flavors make it hard to choose but once you do, there’s no disappointment. The other menu items will serve as a quick fix as well. My only gripe is the cost. It’s gone past the normal Mom and Pop store prices and skyrocketed into premium national chain prices and for a lot less creamy goodness. The good ol’ days of taking the little league team out after a hard fought diamond dispute will now require a second mortgage.

We found this place completely by chance. We had dinner (hot dogs, hamburgers and fresh fish sandwich). Wow, what great service. Family run since 1926. It turns out my 82 year old Aunt used to go there with my uncle many years ago so we went back for ice cream with her and it was great. They make individual soft ice cream flavors for you (something that is new to me) as well as normal hard ice cream.
The whole family loved it! Worth going to even though it is out of main part of town.

Gellar’s was the hot spot to go when I was younger and spending the summers in Manomet. Your typical summer Cape snack bar. Lots of food options, and even more ice cream choices. Yummy treats perfect for topping off a good beach day. Highly recommended. I used to love their bubblegum flavor, but transitioned to the good olé’ vanilla soft serve. YUM!

Even though they don’t put animal crackers on the ice cream cones anymore, like they used to back in the ’80 when things were good and people were rich, the ice cream here is still pretty tasty. I recommend the bubble gum flavor or a root beer float.
In the summer (they are open year-​round), go south on Rt. 3A to Holy Cows (will be on your right) if you want to get a larger serving of soft serve. The boss, Suzie, at Gellar’s is always sitting near the front window, and cashiers, especially the very friendly one who always wears her hair up in pigtails, can’t give you large servings.
Because they don’t take debit cards and that’s all I ever seem to have on me when I’m driving by, I don’t go there as often as I used to when I was a kid. The place has been there forever though, and locals who hang around drinking coffee all day, gossiping and harrassing the cashiers, call it Manomet Town Hall.

If you find yourself in Plymouth’s bastard child of a village (Manomet), and I say that fondly because I grew up there, definitely drop in for a cone.
The correct way to eat Gellar’s Ice Cream is on the wall surrounding the church and cemetery across the street — don’t be waylayed by the picnic tables. Your legs must swing over the side of the stone like a toddler in a highchair for the genuine experience.
Despite any snackbar stigma, I can attest to the fact that the place is immaculate — the owner, a long-​time Manometian, manages with an iron fist.
While ice cream’s the draw, my boyfriend is pretty much obsessed with the burgers, hot dogs, and fries. Stay away from the chicken fingers though — I can’t exactly articulate why, but I hate them.