Seaside Dairy Bar

Family-run takeout window in Bass Harbor, Maine

Lobster off the boat, soft serve off the swirl.

Fresh Maine seafood, about two dozen soft-serve flavors, and homemade wild blueberry pie from one roadside takeout window.

Lobster roll overflowing with hand-picked meat, with crinkle-cut fries and a cup of coleslaw on a bright red cafeteria tray Deep red soft-serve twist in a waffle cone held up in front of the orange and white striped awning

Then there’s the dairy bar side

About two dozen rotating soft-serve flavors, plus hard-serve scoops in cones and cups, sundaes with the usual toppings, and homemade pie. Prices are at the window.

Waffle-cone ice cream nachos in a paper boat with hot fudge, brownie chunks, candy pieces and whipped cream
Ice Cream Nachos: waffle-cone chips under hot fudge, brownie chunks and candy.

On the soft-serve board lately:

  • Dragon's Blood
  • English Toffee
  • Blueberry
  • Cake Batter
  • Tiramisu
  • and the board keeps rotating

“Dragon's Blood was out of this world!! I had never had the flavor before”

Google review (Delaney A.), Nov 2025, 5★ - via Wanderlog

Homemade Wild Blueberry Pie

Baked with wild Maine blueberries, in the flaky crust reviewers rave about.

“The homemade blueberry pie is ABSOLUTELY mouthwatering delicious!!!”

Google review, Aug 2025, 5★ - via Wanderlog

4.6

stars across 214 Google reviews

Read them on Google

“I cannot say how much Better the food/service is this year!”

Review by Julie Ireland, 2025 - via Restaurant Guru

“The chicken fingers were absolutely delicious! Pretty sure they were breaded right in house.”

Google review, Sep 2025 - via Restaurantji

“The food was GREAT! Had flavor, cooked good, nice people.”

Google review (Olivia F.), Oct 2025, 5★ - via Wanderlog

On the quiet side of the island

It is all takeout: order at the window, grab a picnic table under the tent, and stay for the fire pit on cool harbor evenings. Some nights bring live music. Bass Harbor Head Light is about a four minute drive down the road.

42 Tremont Rd, Bass Harbor, ME 04653

Open daily in season

Monday: 11:30 AM - 8:30 PM

Tuesday to Sunday: 11:00 AM - 8:30 PM

Hours can shift with the season, so call ahead.

Call 207-244-8138

Order on Toast
Order on Toast