The Dairy Godmother

Whats the point of having dog treats if im asked to leave when I bring my dog inside. Thought would be like a lot of the other dog friendly places in the area. Was told to leave the dog outside so just left.

I have been here before a few times with one of my friends from high school. The place always has a line out the door and when we went after our dinner was no exception. I decided to try one of the Sundays this time.
Got the rice Krispy Sunday which is vanilla custard with rice crispy and whipped cream. The custard is always amazing but for the price I expected better. Still it is a good after dinner treat :)

My husband and I came here for a little dessert on a hot evening. Earlier in the week I saw someone with a brownie sunday and I knew I had to have it tonight. My husband had their strawberry rhubarb crumble with the cinnamon oatmeal custard.
The custards were creamy and delicious however the other components (brownie and crumble) of our treats were a little sweet. We just felt like the other components were a bit too sugary and I ended up not being able to finish my sunday.
The staff was friendly and very efficient at moving a huge line through on a hot day. We will be back to try other things but I think we will stick to the basics next time.

A wonderful little neighborhood custard shop serving up some wonderfully thick and tasty frozen custards in the Del Ray neighborhood. We had just finished up dinner down the street and found the Dairy Godmother (love the name) by working backwards, trying to find out where the stream of people carrying their cups full of frozen treats were coming from. We finally found the shop with the big gold magic wand in the window. The place was packed, but take my advice: No matter how much the line might be snaking around the inside of the shop, just get in line — it moves quickly and it’s well-​worth the reward awaiting you once you get to the counter!
This particular evening, they were featuring chocolate, vanilla, cinnamon, and toasted oatmeal custards, which you can get with a variety of mix-​ins. My friend had the chocolate, which got a hearty thumbs-​up. I decided to go a different route and had the buttered almond custard sandwich, a creamy, buttery custard containing chunks of almond in between two crisp chocolate wafers. The custard is surprisingly thick and, unlike most ice cream sandwiches, didn’t fall apart, staying together until the last tasty creamy frozen bite. I brought two of their chocolate macaroons home with me, and they were amongst the best I’ve ever had, perfect the next day with my morning coffee.
If you happen to find yourself near the Del Ray neighborhood (or even at Potomac Yards or DCA), swing by and treat yourself to some delicious custard!

Ultra creamy goodness in the heart of Del Ray!
A perfect way to end the warm day wandering around DC. Right on Mt Vernon Ave, Dairy Godmother delivers some of the best frozen custard I’ve ever had. Smooth, creamy and a flavor that’s just right. We tried the chocolate and toasted almond. A very good chocolate. I loved the toasted almond, but my wife said it was just okay. I’m told they have different flavors of the day/​week/​something, so the toasted almond may become something else on other days. It looks like they always have chocolate and vanilla.
They have ice/​cream pops in a cup for dogs, which ours thoroughly enjoyed. They also make cakes, sundaes, «treats of the day» which we wanted but defaulted to the custard cones as this was our first time, and a few other things on the menu. There is a good amount of indoor seating, but outdoor is where it’s at on a 75 degree clear evening. There are some benches outside and some table seating across the street in front of the parking lot.
We’ll be back!

Very nice mint lime sorbet and strawberry n rhubarb cobbler. Everything was really fresh. I’m definitely coming back.

Updating my review a bit. We tried their ice cream cake (around $ 25) and it was just OK. The cake itself was pretty forgettable, the custard inside is what you’d expect. Probably would not get again.
The lines in the summer can get rough. They definitely seem understaffed a lot of the time so be ready to wait.
If you don’t read my prior review: the custard is good but after a few visits you get kind of bored with it due to the small flavor variety: vanilla, chocolate and 1 flavor of the day which I always sample and has never been worth getting. We return because it’s convenient but certainly not something I crave per se. Worth a visit to see for yourself!

The Dairy Godmother is delicious! I absolutely LOVE their almond custard (when they have it) and I have started seeking out almond flavored frozen treats since having theirs, but nothing ever compares. I also love their lime mint sorbet which tastes just like Pitango’s mojito, but doesn’t cost nearly as much.
They have been busy every time I have come, but the line moves very quickly and the staff is friendly (even with a 5-​year-​old that keeps trying to change his order ;-)). The frozen treats are delicious and the staff is great, so it’s not surprising that this place is packed when I come.
They also sell Sprecher root beer which I love because I haven’t had it since visiting my cousins in Milwaukee, Wisconson, so that alone will have me coming back for more!

It’s the real deal!
I’ve loved this place since we first heard about it years back. The DG does not disappoint with a wide variety of daily flavors and baked treats.
It’s worth waiting through the long line during peak times, then heading out into Del Ray to find a spot to enjoy your custard if you don’t want to deal with the crowds inside the shop.

Disappointed! First and I’m not thinking of coming back. I went excited to try this ice cream place, since was always full, but got the worst service ever. The girl that serve my ice cream, 1^st forgot what I ordered, then when I repeated it she gave me a bad look and her attitude was rude, she did not gave me the ice cream cup she slided it with anger at me, like I had done something wrong.
Don’t know if she was having a bad day or no, but please management show your employees how to manage their emotions or better serve your customers.

The service here always sucks. Just left with a chocolate milkshake when I asked for chocolate malt. When I asked about it after tasting my shake, that’s when the server decided to inform me they’re out of malt and shrugged. Oh thanks for not informing beforehand because I would have gotten something else.
I always figured the service was poor because it’s a small shop that is usually packed with patrons when we’re there. This time it’s a rainy, cold Thursday at 9:30 with few people in the shop and still the service stinks.

I don’t leave ranting reviews, I really don’t (go check previous ones if you’re really concerned), but why the hell would you open an ice cream shop and refuse to put sprinkles on someone’s cone!!!
The sprinkles are the best damned part of eating ice cream. You sell them, but not to me. I have money, I wanted to give it to you, just give me the god damned sprinkles you crazy ba****ds.
Or! Let’s be crazy here and think totally outside of the box. How about next time, you give someone with a cone a god damned cup of toppings?!? Boom! Consider that a free tip.
Never again.

It’s no secret that I love all frozen treats. If the Dairy Godmother was good enough for Obama, I had to find out if it was good enough for me.
This is a very traditional custard place. They offer only chocolate, vanilla, and a flavor of the day. I definitely wish they had more flavors. I like a lot of stuff in my ice cream/​custards.
I decided on a small vanilla with oatmeal crisp. The best way to judge a custard is by their vanilla, and this was about as true to custard as you can get. It’s incredibly rich and creamy. The only thing it is a missing is a hint more of vanilla. The oatmeal crisp is like adding granola, which I love on ice cream.
The price is a bit high. It is great quality, but I would still probably rather take on a pint of Ben and Jerry’s loaded ice creams for cheaper.

I got the brownie sundae and it was WAY TOO SWEET. I mean i like sweet ice cream but this was ²⁄₃ brownie, ¹⁄₃ ice cream and each bite tasted like a new cavity. Two of use couldn’t get more than a third of the way through the sundae before throwing it out.
Pretty expensive for what you get. Cost me 9 bucks for the sundae and a single scoop of ice cream.

We stop by every time we’re in the area. We absolutely love their custard and sorbet.
But please PLEASE keep the bathrooms cleaner. They are disgusting every time we come in.

As a true DCer, once I heard that President Obama visited this small, locally owned custard shop in Del Rey, I had to go. Of course, with Obama brings the lines, but it was worth it. This little shop is in the middle of an emerging, hip part of Alexandria and sells Wisconsin custard, a little creamier than normal ice cream. As you wait in line, you can give your dog a little treat of his/​her own (Which is perfect for Del Rey since a pre-​requisite to live here is to own a dog and or a baby and sometimes both). The staff is friendly and there’s space to sit down and enjoy your custard as well as a bench outside to use in warmed weather. The Dairy Godmother is a must-​do when in Del Rey.

Their custard is good. Next time I come I will stick to the basics and get the custard alone with no toppings. Their brownie (or their other toppings for that matter) is nothing to write home about.
When I came, they only had three flavors of custard and about five sorbets. Not so dairy after all.
The staff tried to rush us. Despite not many people being in the store. It didn’t bother me none, because I ignored it, but they had a persistent need on their end to rush us… Which made no sense… CHILLAX PEOPLE! So, yeah… customer service can be improved.

I don’t often find myself in the Alexandria area nor do ever crave dessert type foods… but I’ll get a craving for this place and go to Alexandria just to come here. This oasis of sugary treats will have a good crowd all day long. If you time it right, you won’t be waiting long (if at all)… but time it wrong and you could find yourself in a 15 – 20 min long line. What I love is that they always have chalkboard specials. What I love more is that they’re always damn good.
On one of my recent visits, the special of the day was Blueberry Cobbler topped with a perfect scoop of Vanilla Custard. Blueberries happen to be one of my favorite fruits so how could I possibly turn that down. This was stuff dreams are made of and I’m willing to bet it’s on the menu in heaven. I’m salivating just writing this review.
Overall, the service is always so friendly allowing you to try the different ice cream and custard flavors while the food sends you into a sugary bliss that transports you to a simpler time where you have no worries and no stress. If you’re ever in the area, I definitely recommend you stop in for a sweet treat.

Before today is never had custard and let me tell you, I have been missing out. To be fair, as I’ve said I don’t have much custard experience so the comparison threshold doesn’t really exist, it’s more of this is amazing so if this is custard there’s no way it’s bad custard.
I had the chocolate and pumpkin in a waffle cone (hack tip– they seem to charge the same regardless of cone and the waffle obviously holds the most). The small was so large that I literally didn’t need dinner afterwards. The pumpkin tasted like an amazing creamy pumpkin pie. The chocolate was creamy and a milk chocolate, not a rich, deep, dark chocolate.
The environment of the place was friendly, there were several community tables.
If you’re not into custard or you’ve got a dog friend, they’ve got doggie treats and sorbet.

Wow! The quintessential American ice cream shop in the cutest del ray neighborhood main street.
Our president Barrack Obama famously ate here! You can sit in the seat he sat in (it’s inscribed with the facts of the story).

I’ve always wanted to try this place but could never find parking. Today there is ample parking on the street side so I was able to hop in and out without any delays.
Today is also a very humid day, so it’s the perfect time for ice cream. This place has everything! I decided to give the peach sorbet a try.
I’m typically not a fan of sobert so believe me when I say this this is the best sobert my palettes have ever tasted! I am definitely going to be back to try other items on the menu.
Minus one star for price. Though remarkably deliciois, two small scoops for $ 2.99 is pretty steep, but totally worth a try.

This small neighborhood ice cream shop had a ridiculous line stretching around the store on a lovely summer evening and it’s not hard to figure out why. The custards are soft and creamy, the sorbets are smooth and bursting with fruit flavor, and the ice pops are unique and delicous. I recently got a champagne peach pop, with chunks of peach in it and a distint champagne flavor. I recommend it. The desserts are totally affordable and they also sell homemade dog treats for your furry companion. My picky dog devours thier squirrel cookies and he seems to like the pumpkin frozen yogurt puppy pops even more!
The dairy godmother really earned 5 stars from me because I love that they offer so many light, fruity desserts and I love that my doggie can have a happy experience here as well.

I’m a purist — I seek etherial vanilla flavors whenever I hear about a local ‘must try’ ice cream, soft serve place or custard place.
I’m happy to say… I have found an etherial vanilla flavor within their fabulously displayed custard trough — and I’ll be back for more, plenty more!
We also got a cup of lemon lavender sorbet and by itself it was quite tasty, but when we took half a spoonful of the lemon lavender and half a scoop of the etherial vanilla it was an out of this world combination!
We were hoping to get some of the famous strawberry rhubarb, but they were out, so we sampled the sangria sorbet and it was definitely red sangria flavored… since we had a couple pitchers of that last night it wasn’t the flavor we were seeking.
The facts: The custard menu here consists of 3 flavors — Chocolate, my favorite Vanilla and a rotating flavor.
They have 6 or 8 sorbet flavors.
You can get sundaes, cones, shakes and even doggie pops for your favorite feline friend.

We were expecting a Mom&Pop, home-​made ice cream shop with lots of flavors but instead found a shop with 3 flavors of custard and 8 – 10 sorbets.
Nice location —
Outside seating (1 long bench), seating
inside — limited
The cute touches of puppy ice cream was nice for those visiting with their pooches but still not enough to make me rate this higher.
Not sure if this was exactly living up to the hype. Seemed more like a place that started off great, gained popularity and relaxed a little too much.
The lines were incredibly long — snake all the way to the back of the shop near the bathrooms and almost into the back room until near closing time.
We were unimpressed with the flavors — because even though they were good, it didn’t seem to justify the wait or the price.
1 Chocolate cone, 1 small Dusty Road (kind of like Rocky Road), 1 Peach Sorbet = $ 11.
It is a cute shop, but probably only worth it if you like the atmosphere.

The thing I liked most about this place was its limited menu – they offer only a handful of custards (three when I was there) and sorbets (six or so). They have a few other options (ice cream pops and sandwiches) but it’s a small menu that changes daily, so you have lots of options overall but not too many during any individual visit.
I tried the custard and sorbet, and they were both excellent, the custard super creamy and the sorbet superbly flavored. The custard was a little disappointing, but only because its flavor (peach) was very, very mild, only subtly different than vanilla. For the sorbets, I tried lemon-​lavender, which was very lemony, and sangria, which legitimately tasted like it had wine in it, like it was made from a real, and good, sangria.
I wanted to go back about ten minutes after leaving.

The custard is good — I can see why President Obama stops by here. In fact, you can even find the chair President Obama sat in because it’s marked as so, and no one dares sit in it! But of course we all take pictures of it!
I had a small chocolate custard, which was creamy and flavorful. The small is actually a good size for just one person, so I advise to not get anything bigger since the scoops are big enough and the custard is so rich!
Fortunately I came here when the line wasn’t too long, but I hear that at times, it’s formed so long that people wait outside the building. It’s definitely worth trying if you’re in the area.

I really wanted to give this place 5 stars as it’s in one of my favorite neighborhoods and is family owned but I just wasn’t blown away.
The actual custard itself would get 5 stars but there were only a few flavors to choose from. They had way more sorbet choices. The lady was super short and seemed annoyed when I asked about the few flavors they had.
We opted for two shakes which they made pretty fast. One was filled to the top and one was noticeably less full. It looked like we had already taken a few drinks from it. The other one was barely mixed. It had big clumps of custard in it and was tough to stir with a straw.
Overall, it wasn’t that big of a deal but I was just disappointed because I’ve heard so many great things about this place. If the staff was friendlier and took the extra step to ensure the product was good then I would be more excited to return.

I have become something of an ice cream (ok, I know it’s custard but allow me some leeway here) conoisseur since becoming pregnant and this is hands down the best in the DC area. Ever since trying the custard in a waffle cone, I’ve been begging for an excuse to drive to Del Ray and go back. The specialty flavors look great and the sorbet was good but the custard is so creamy, rich and delicious that I don’t know how I could order anything else.
If you live nearby I’m sure you already know about this place. If you don’t, I’d suggest a trip here asap. One note on the line, we walked in and it was long but it moved fast and the service was great.

I recently re-​visited Dairy Godmother with my fiancé and we both loved the refreshing ice cream, especially on a hot almost-​summer day! They didn’t have the peach sorbet that I got last year (I think they’re very seasonal), but I did get a scoop of deliciously fresh raspberry sorbet that was just as good. The scoop was a very generous size (I got it in a cup) and absolutely perfect in consistency. My fiancé got a sundae and liked it as well. Our ice cream wishes certainly came true :)
I love this place and will keep visiting whenever I can when I’m in Del Rey, Alexandria!

Awesome Awesome Awesome.
At 9:30 PM, it was packed with people. Large variety of ice creams. They also have a daily special which changes. Had to stand in the queue for 20 minutes before I got my turn and it was worth a wait.
Highly recommend

Mmmm, bordeaux cherry ice cream with real big honkin’ black cherries in it? I was smitted from first lick!
The Dairy Godmother is a bit of a Del Ray institution at this point. The line already wrapped through the entire restaurant when we walked in for dessert on a random Wednesday. They offer a few different daily flavors of delicious, creamy, decadent frozen custard, and then also sorbet, baked goods, and even frozen treats for your pups!
They have a plethora of different sundae options if you’re looking to jazz up your ice cream, and the line moves relatively quickly. I was a little disappointed that they weren’t able to turn the sundae that I wanted (The Rice Krispy sundae — rice krispies and marshmallow sauce) and put it over a brownie. Instead, I was told I had to buy the brownie on the side and combine them myself. Which, I mean, that’s fine (the brownie was delicious and fudgey), but it seemed a little unnecessary. Maybe with the long lines that they experience, however, they have a limit on the kinds of substitutions they allow, who knows?
Either way, Dairy Godmother custard was finger-​lickingly good, and I’m sure that I’ll be back again (hopefully with a schnauzer in tow needing some frozen treats of his own!)

I made a quick stop here today while I was in the area. It a cute litte store right in Del Rey amongst a little strong of other shops and restaurants. It smells great when you walk in and they are freshly baking other goods. On the counter was some type of blueberry pie looking crumble — that looked amazing. I was in a bit of a rush and on a mission to get custard so I didn’t ask about it.
I opted for a small serving of custard — half chocolate and half vanilla. Worth every bit of $ 3.25. I decided to get some oreo topping as well. The gentlemen was super generous and completely covered my custard in oreo topping. Their custard here is creamy, filling, and delicious.
This is the perfect treat on a hot day like today. I can’t wait to come back!

There aren’t many places to get dessert around my boyfriend’s house, so I thank you, Dairy Godmother, for making my wishes come true. The Dairy Godmother is situated on a cute little street in the city of Alexandria right next to the UPS store. It was a little chilly last night, but there was still quite a crowd.
The Dairy Godmother serves up custards and sorbets. There were about 4 custards and 5 sorbets available that night. They also serve ice cream sandwiches, cookies, cobbler, and a variety of signature treats (i.e. ice cream sundae, cobbler w/​custard). Will C. and I decided to go with their sorbet — I ordered a small strawberry rhubarb on a sugar cone and he had a small mango lassi on a sugar cone. Gotta give Dairy Godmother props for being generous with their portion sizes. When you order a small, you get two pretty big dollops of sorbet/​custard for under $ 3. I’m used to dishing out $ 5+ for the same amount at other ice cream joints.
Both flavors of the sorbet were delicous and smooth with the perfect amount of tartness. However, I ended up liking my boyfriend’s more… so we switched. The #1 perk of having a boyfriend is food swapping. I will be back for seconds, for sure!

Whoa I didn’t even know this place existed. My gf and I have been Unilocaling ice cream places and they always end up being too far of a drive or received horrible reviews on Unilocal.But for some reason The Dairy Godmother decided to show up today on our Unilocal app. I can say with certainty after today’s experience I think I have finally found a new place to enjoy a nice treat.
I decided to go for a small sugar cone with mango lassi sorbet and the girlfriend went with the strawberry rhubarb small sugar cone. The small cone comes with two scoops, ample amount considering you only pay $ 2.85. Such a great deal! Honestly both the flavors were really good but I ended up liking the strawberry rhubarb and she liked mine more so my gf and I ended up switching. The only thing I would do different next time is to avoid getting a sugar cone with sorbet, it tasted odd once I got down to the cone portion. Next time I would only get a cone if I get custard.
Awesome place, street parking only but there are plenty of residential neighborhoods around. I can’t wait to come back to this place when the temperature gets warmer with my gf and our dog.

As a native Floridian eating ice cream in near freezing weather or actually even living in near freezing weather is unnatural. That being said, this place has some excellent frozen custard. Their pecan pie custard has lots of pecans and a pecan pie filling taste rather than just genetic sweetness.
The place is pretty small so hopefully you can go on a warmer day or find a place to sit inside. Either way, they are really friendly here and this place is a must try in Del Ray.