Jim Mack’s Ice Cream

We stopped on a road trip home to Washington DC. It’s a quick, cute, cheap stop off of Route 30 and really hits the spot for ice cream should you need a mini-​pick me up!

Terrible business all around. Do not support animal abuse! Sickening. Holding a bear captive for 20 years. Will never get my business.

This place does have amazing ice cream, it’s true. I came here last summer after driving through. Once I had my ice cream, however, I almost dumped it.
Chained up animals everywhere. A freaking BEAR in a concrete cage.
Nope. Just… no. Can’t condone this at all.

The ice cream was good but I was appalled and disgusted by the cruelty of the owner so we will never eat here again.

Ice cream is good but the bear made me lose my appetite. He should be in a larger cage pathetic. …not going back.

FREE THE BEAR!!!
Ice cream was very good. But I just couldn’t get past the smell outside and the caged lifeless bear.

Fun place for the kids and food isn’t any worse than chain fast food, with a little bit better variety on the menu. Ice cream is really great, food service is slow.
Would give another two stars but the animal exhibits are pretty terrible, the bear is caged up in a box and the llamas aren’t much better with a ratty tent to chew on. Getting rid of the animals would also improve the smell. Nothing like a whiff of peacock poop to make mini golf less enjoyable.
Really sad that their logo and theme is a happy dancing bear – the one in the box looked stressed and hot, wasn’t doin any dancin.

This place has everything the under 12 could ask for: mini golf, crap food, great ice cream, hoops, bouncy house, black bear, and feeding zoo (you can’t actually pet most of the animals unless you want to lose a finger).
This is the second time in a month that my daughter has wanted to go here and she loves it. Ergo, I will be back.

pretty good ice cream made right here in york. while they are open everyday all year long, the petting zoo and mini golf that are also at this site are especially popular in the summer. my favorite kind of ice cream from mack’s is oreo. they do serve food here, burgers fries, that type of thing. fun, cheap place to take the family!

Stopped for ice cream to celebrate my birthday with my son. Young man named Zane made the best hot fudge boat I could imagine. It was outstanding, my son had a banana split that was amazing.
Highly recommend.

Always a great time @ Jim Mack’s.whether its Ice Cream or Mini-​golf or both and you can’s go with-​out visiting and feeding the bear! Awesome Place!!!

Friends asked us to go along to Mack’s in the afternoon so we stopped in and got a bite to eat. I thought the food was decent, but not anything special. It reminded me of the snack bar at a Lake my grandmother took us to. The interior of the restaurant is like a small I mean tiny diner or ice cream shop with one counter which has a window outside and in for food and the other for ice cream and drinks. They have one table inside and 3 or 4 picnic tables out front and a several more beyond the parking and in front of the mini golf on the grass. They had no air conditioning so with the grills inside it was hot in such a small space. They had a box fan on the counter to circulate the air, though.
The attraction to this location is the animals since they have a bear which paced back and forth and you could buy a handfull of dog kibble to slide down a tube to feed it. The other animals are ducks, chickens, tortoises, a rabbit, turkeys, alpacas and a peacock! The ducks and chicken with 2 chicks were out for petting and the turkey poked his head through the fence to peck at the grass. I think the kids liked seeing the animals and my son made some ‘quack, quack’ sounds at the ducks. They have two small arcades and a basketball free throw area near the mini-​golf too so you can distract yourself for at least an hour. I didn’t have any ice cream so I can’t comment, but I have had it before and enjoyed it.

Great location to grab some quick food and take children, or adults, to play some miniature golf. There is plenty of entertainment for the kids and plenty of open areas for adults. The ice cream is great and cheap! The food is very cost effective as well. Some members of the staff are not as impressionable as they probably should be for working in service (hey we were all young and thought we had other «valuable» things to do with our time) but they do not take away from the friendliness and personality of the other members. All in all, a pretty great place.

Some of the best ice cream around, it does seem a little expensive, but well worth it, wonderful flavors! I do have to agree that the bear in the cage is pitiful, it looks like the saddest bear on the planet, I wish they would donate it to somewhere that would take better care of it! Great stop in the summer though! They even let me bounce house, well for a little while, it was a lot of fun!

Jim Mack’s is more than just an Ice cream shop. It’s a special little attraction, They’ve got mini-​golf, rides for the kids, bounce houses, and even a (caged) bear! The afternoon we visited it was packed, we placed our order and then were called over an intercom when it was finally ready. The food was alright, not too expensive prices, they have a dollar menu available too. We had two pulled pork sandwiches, a hamburger and some ice cream, they also have fries, burgers, subs, fish sandwiches, hotdogs, etc. It’s a great family destination, our daughter had so much fun. I was very delighted to find such a wonderful, kid-​friendly spot.

The ice cream here is excellent. This is an ideal spot to stop with the kids on a hot day. If you’re at home on a nice day and are looking for a reason to get outside and go for a ride, this is the place to go. Hamburgers, Hot Dogs, French Fries, Sandwhiches, Bar-​B-​Que, Milk Shakes, Excellent Ice Cream, etc. Fair prices, food and great ice cream.
A Zoo, Arcades, Bank Shot, and Miniature Golf. Lots to do and lots to eat. This place is a lot of fun and a good place to eat.