Haley’s Ice Cream

Food and ice cream. Cash only seasonal business. Booths and tables. 5 booths and 5 tables. Very loud when busy. Prices are decent for the area. Gift certificates available. Haven’t had the food here yet. Only ice cream — and only ice cream frappes which are thick and delicious.

Just a bit shy of chili on the chili hot dog, but otherwise very tasty! Burger was delicious too. Our dog enjoyed the plain hot dog equally so :). They also offer a doggie vanilla ice cream cup with mini biscuit for $ 1.95
Lots of variety to choose from off the grill, appetizers, and daily made fresh salads. All very appealing ! $ 20 for our lunch also included coffee frappé and soda !!

Want to give 4 as their burgers are superb but the French fries are worse than styrofoam
No matter how much salt you cannot get a flavor
Shame

Oh, the sweet hidden gems of New England.
This quaint curb side farmhouse, turned 1950’s deco interior is absolutely adorable! Black and white check tile line the flooring, vinyl blue and white booths add for welcoming seating, and the variety of ice cream is a hit!
I really went for it and ordered a black and white, extra, extra thick frappé and it was so delectable, I was in taste bud ice cream heaven!
Perfect pit stop to satisfy any sweet tooth!

cool décor… easy way to kill time waiting for the train… extra thick frappé… is there any other way

Meh, we went to this ice cream shop just looking to get some ice cream. I noticed that they had soft serve strawberry so I decided to order it. The lady gave me hard ice cream and I didn’t feel like complaining so I just took it and the strawberries were icy and not very good.

Just gross, dirty inside, rude people. Will never come back.

After celebrating all day with our toddler on her birthday, we thought we would finish the day on a happy note. Unfortunately the note was anything but happy and turned into a confrontation with the owner. When I asked her about which ice creams were gluten free, she got very confrontational and questioned me for even asking. It was really bizarre and I keep playing the ugly scenario in my head of me asking and her getting angry about it. In this day and age when allergen awareness is so common, instead of insulting your customers, simply tell them you do not know. That would have been more acceptable than getting defensive. The owner was obviously not prepared for my question and took it out on me.

Great fifties diner. Clean and good burgers (MUCH better than skips). Nice location and good ice cream. Fairly priced. We will definitely be back.

My boyfriend and I had gone to Water Country and decided to drive back to my parents via Rt 1. Along the way we decided we wanted ice cream and stopped at Haley’s. I had been dying for some good cookies and cream ice cream, which you can not find in Maryland. Anyways, the ice cream was exactly what I wanted. Giant serving of ice cream at a good price, what else could you ask for. We didn’t get any food, so I can’t commend on that, but the ice cream was great!

Stopped in here for lunch today and the food was great! Probably one of the best burgers I have ever had. The french fries and onion rings were pretty good but I wish they were a bit crispier. Overall great little place for lunch. I would go back any day.

I can only comment on the ice cream, which was good and they had tons of flavors, both hard and soft serve. My husband and I stumbled here after walking the Clipper City Rail Trail in 93 degree heat. It is very close to the Newburyport commuter rail station. It was our last stop during a day trip to Newburyport; we figured that being in an such a quintessential New England town on a hot summer day warranted some ice cream. We each got a kiddie size (which is a generous single scoop) — me pistachio, him some kind of coffee with chocolate — and two waters. Cost was about $ 10 total.
The place has an almost obnoxious 50s motif, but is clean and spacious and is probably a great place to bring kids (they have a kids menu). You can order burgers, hotdogs, wraps, and frappes as well as ice cream. Haley’s is a convenient location and fulfilled our ice cream needs for the day.

Nice place and I recommend the Coffee Heath Bar Frozen Yogurt highly.
— Prices can be moderate, but can be high
— Located right off the bike path and a very short walk up the bike path from the end of the Purple Line commuter rail
— Cash Only
— Richardson;s ice cream — not made on site :(
I’ve only ever had an issue once when I ordered a mint chocolate chip frappé and the server put vanilla syrup in the frappé. Yuck! I could understand mint syrup or chocolate syrup or no syrup, but the vanilla syrup I didn’t get the logic behind it. It overpowered the mint and chocolate making the frappé taste horrible.

Food and ice cream are great but the servers could use some lessons on manners. I get it your teenagers and dont want to be here, but if you want the tips that pay for your gas I suggest you pretend to care. Otherwise a perfect way to end the rail trail

I only get ice cream here and it’s pretty darn good.
Word to the wise: last time I visited I got soft serve which I was VERY disappointed in. Stick with the hard, real stuff.
Once I got a German chocolate cake sundae… AMAZING! The sundaes have all kinds of nuts and whip cream, delicious!
Usually the service is fine here, but my last visit I left pretty annoyed. First, there are NO SIGNS AT ALL saying they don’t take credit cards, so I got up there after waiting in line for awhile, then the girl tells me no credit. So I had to use their ATM in the back which charges some ridiculous fee, which I wasn’t happy about it.
When I go back to pay the girl informs me I’ll have to wait now since she is doing someone else’s order. Well, I have ice cream waiting and its melting, so I tell her I’ll come back after I eat the ice cream when she is less busy.
When I return to pay, already annoyed by all this, I still manage to apologize for paying later, and, in the worst gesture of customer service, the girl gives me a snotty look and simply says, «what did you get again?»
no apology from her for inconveniencing me multiple times, no smile, nothing. Especially since I wasn’t happy with my soft serve either, I was pissed.
So normally they’d get more stars, but I was unhappy my last visit and have to deduct some points.

Here’s a classic example of an ice cream shop where the owners have lost the passion for the business. GREAT ice cream, but if you have a full parking lot at 8:40 and you close at 8:30 on a 75 degree night in late spring and TURN PEOPLE AWAY, you need to sell the place to someone that has a clue, or least has a passion for being a business owner.
There are far too many ice cream shops that have opened in the past few years in Newburyport to be closing before it even gets dark. Do yourself a favor, skip Haley’s, they probably won’t be open anyway.

Burgers and dogs oh my! This was the perfect spot to please the whole family. There was some seafood for those craving perhaps a lobster roll or lobster meat on a salad. (A little cheap on the portion of lobster on the salad however). And juicy burgers and footlong hot dogs on a grilled bun. Yum! The shoe string fries were addictive. And the mozzerella sticks were outta this world. No marinara, but ketchup did the job.
We tried to digest in a hurry because their selection of ice cream was really the main attraction. The «small» hot fudge sundae was anything but small. There «Haley’s Comet» was a take on the DQ blizzard and quite good. The only restriction was chocolate, vanilla or twist for ice cream in the Comet. Finally, the sorbets were extremely fresh and satisfying. FYI it’s cash only.

I confess, I’ve wanted to see Newburyport for awhile now. Haley’s was my first and last stop in town. It’s literally right across the street from the commuter rail, less than 5 minutes walking.
On the way into town, I opted for an ice cream. Always a fan of made-​on-​the-​spot, I asked where it was made. Richardson’s. As much as I love Richardson’s, I wanted something made there. I chose an ice cream sandwich. It was a little disappointing since they were pre-​made and the cookie was hard as a rock. I should have stuck to something basic.
On the way back, I knew that it would be an hour ride back home and I hadn’t eaten dinner. I don’t know what I was thinking after the ice cream incident but I opted to get the fish and chips. They said they got the fish from some local fish market, which I guess is supposed to be good. Thank goodness I did get dinner because the MBTA is the MBTA and the train broke down, turning an hour commute into a 3 hour commute. But I digress.
I had very limited time to get it since I thought the train would leave soon. They hurried the order, which was such a plus for them. I took the fish and chips with me and smelled just like fish and chips does. Took a bite of my fries. It tasted like nothing. I took a few more and it tasted like nothing again. No flavor whatsoever. After this, I feared the fish. I was ready to toss the whole thing in the garbage.
I’m so glad I didn’t. I took one bite into the fish, and it really was like heaven. I’m not a fan of fish and chips at all but wow. The fish was absolutely amazing and fresh tasting. I am tempted to give this place 5 stars for the fish alone but then everything else wasn’t great, and that’s unfortunate, especially since service was so friendly and good. One girl in particular was the perkiest cashier I’ve ever encountered in my life.
Go to Haley’s. Get the fish, no chips.

I love homemade ice cream especially in New England.
The shop has got to be around since the 50’s or longer so make sure you stay inside and bask in the energy of the All American experience.
It’s places like this that makes me love that I am from Massachusetts.
If you are visiting Massachusetts in the late spring, summer, or fall, be sure to drive up Route 1 through the beautiful stopped in time places. And I am not talking Saugus people… Danvers and North!
The 1 goes all the way from Massachusetts thru Maine and offers the most beautiful scenery in New England
It is places like Haley’s Ice Cream that sincerely makes the historic Route 1 complete :)
A gem!

24 flavors of soft serve on the wall
24 flavors of soft serve
24 flavors of soft serve on the wall
24 flavors of soft serve
Buh-​bye diet. Hello Amaretto. Numbers 1 – 23 I’ll be back.