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Cooks Farm Dairy in Ortonville
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Ortonville, Oakland County, Michigan, US
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Phone: +1 248-627-3329
Site: http://cooksfarmdairy.com/
Site: http://cooksfarmdairy.com/
Opening hours
- Monday:9AM–10PM
- Tuesday:9AM–10PM
- Wednesday:9AM–10PM
- Thursday:9AM–10PM
- Friday:9AM–10PM
- Saturday:9AM–10PM
- Sunday:12–10PM
Comments (199)
You can pet and feed BABY COWS. What more could you ever need. Definitely recommend. They have Ice cream and other food items available as well.
Cooks is the greatest! Fantastic ice cream and you can explore the factory where the cows and calfs are cared for. Cooks invested in a large expansion with modern husbandry resources. No one could visit the farm and believe that these animals arent given excellent care and attention.But dud I mention the ice cream? Wow!
Work in Clarkston, but I live in Bay city. I drive by almost daily on my way to work. Yesterday I packed an extra ice pack and brought my cooler back pack to work. I stopped by to get some ice cream sandwiches. I asked the girls working, if they could double bag the sandwiches for me in hopes that they would keep until I got home. The girls were so sweet and helpful. The ice cream sandwiches were perfect by the time I got home! The ice cream sandwiches tasted fantastic and my husband is currently enjoying his 4th spicy beef stick 😂. Thank you for having such a fantastic team working for you. The service and product is AMAZING at Cooks!!
Very nice place for taking small kids, a great learning experience for them. Their ice creams are really good, definitely worth a try. They also sell milk and eggs. Milk definitely made sense as the quality definitely felt better. But eggs didnt make sense as I dont think it was from their farm. But nice few hours of time spent on a weekend evening with your family.
Fun experience for all. Good to see the nature. Delicious Ice-cream, milk and honey! My favorite spot for the Buttermilk too!!!!
Great place for ice cream lovers🍦 and theres cows!!! Whats better than eating an ice cream and petting cows🐮 and the quality, sizes and prices were great. All over a great experience.
We had an Awesome time They were very Friendly & polite the staff. And the Cows Maple nut ice cream the best. Have you Kissed You Milk Maker Lately
Took my wifes sister and great nephew and they loved the place, asked to go back the next day, so we did, great ice cream, but the scoops have gotten smaller, drive thru only
Cooks is an all time family favorite. The ice cream is great. The dairy drive through is so fun! By far the best is the entire ambiance of the place. We get the very best photos there. The farm is open to field trips which are delightful! The new barn and milking system is amazing!
We had Michigan products theme at the Milford Senior Center potluck. I got Cow Pie and Raspberry Chocolate Torte ice cream and they were huge hits at the dinner. Thank you Cooks.
Fantastic ice cream. I love checking out the cows especially giving some pets to the babies. Dont forget to take some milk home with you.
It was a lot of fun for the kids! They got to pet cows, eat cider donuts, go on a hay ride, and pick out pumpkins. Hay rides are $6 a piece, same for pumpkins. They also have ice cream, but we didnt make it to that. They encourage mask wearing and social distancing. And dont forget quarters for feed so you can feed the cows. Plenty to do for a family fun day.
I love coming here. Its such a charming gem tucked away from the busy parts of SE MI. My husband and I come here to enjoy the baby cows mostly. The ice cream shop allows us to make it into a little date! They have all the basic flavors and a a couple unique ones. Oh, and large portion sizes. Great to keep you and the family entertained for 30 min to an hour.
Ive been coming here since I was a child. My mom used to bring me on a regular basis. This place brings back so many memories, their ice cream doesnt disappoint. I have got the coconut, Almond, fudge and its amazing. Along with the Raspberry chocolate torte!
The best ice cream i think i have ever had , its just better , if you dont know about Cooks , then your not from around here
Great farm and delicious ice cream!
Wonderful place to take the kids. Aside from their always fabulous homemade ice cream, in the fall they offer wagon rides out to the pumpkin fields along with a amazing corn field maze! I GPSs about 90% of the maze for fun, and attached the photo here (spoiler alert). Definitely worth a stop oh, especially if you have kids!
Its always a treat to take a trip to Cooks Dairy Farm!! We had fresh delicious ice cream and enjoyed the beautiful cows!!😍🐄💕🍦Great place for the entire family to spend some time together.
Great ice cream! We get ground beef, milk, and bratwurst here too. Great experience for the kiddos too since you can go see the cows as well. My nephew even got to feed a baby cow a bottle one time we visited. Its definitely worth a visit! Now my son loves to see the cows.
Best ice cream around but cows are the best part of trip for me . Going there for years and years!
They never disappoint. The ice-cream was amazing and all the baby cows just added to the experience.
This place has really good ice cream flavors! We had to wait in a long line on a Saturday evening, but it was worth the wait. You can sit in a pavilion and watch the very cows that provided your treat!
I have always enjoyed visiting here, and they didnt disappoint today! They have excellent ice cream, and it is a nice place to relax and visit. One of my favorites!
Prices have gone up but still the same good ice cream. Extremely cute boy rang us up. Dark circles under those grey eyes. . .oh sorry the review, yes, good ice cream, good service, nice cows. 😀
Pretty busy but got a really cute pumpkin for $6 and met some absolutely adorable cows. But im not sure if they have an ap or not to order ahead (curbside pickup) if they do fantastic if not its something to work on in the future because its very busy.
We come here every year to pick pumpkins. I have to say every year we come, we have a fantastic time.We have a 3 year old son and now a month old baby girl. We took a family trip here yet again. Everyone is so incredibly friendly. They have all sorts of animals, even some baby cows that my son loved to see.The best thing is the pumpkin patch. Its VERY affordable for what you get. $10 a person gets you a hayride out to the pumpkin patch and back,(Its a very long hayride too!), Small cup of chocolate milk, and a donut! All for $10!After we did that we got some of their homemade icecream. I had the pumpkin crunch. Whew it was very delicious. It was a wonderful way to end a fun family day.
☆A REAL working dairy farm w cows, pigs, pumpkins, authentic country air (farm fumes) ;) and yummy homemade ice cream ♡The cows look healthy, the calves are plenty and cute, the pigs ofcourse smelly. ..Friendly staff!We enjoyed our unplanned visit and hopefully will come back sometime.
Always such a wonderful time! The girl at the ice cream drive up window was so kind and radiated positivity, and the cows were absolutely precious!!
Wonderful ice cream. Great opportunity to pet and see some cows!
Cooks has always had a special place for most people in the area. Taking kids there to see the cows as well as getting your favorite ice cream, its definitely worth the trip!!!
Nothing beats this. We had coconut almond fudge and black cherry (in the picture). It was very tasty. There is also a farm behind store. Love it!!!! And we will visit again!!
Excellent dairy products. Went for the ice cream today. Plenty of outside area to walk around and look at the dairy cattle and calves up close. Service is always excellent.
Great family owned business that is involved in investing into the community. Delicious ice cream and dairy. I just learned they give tours too.
3 of the last 4 times I received the wrong flavor. I get a two flavor Sunday and the bottom flavor is always wrong. Today is the last time! You lost a loyal customer of decades.
Ice cream is awesome and tasteful and my kids love to feed the cows
Best ice cream in the area, all the employees are super nice. This place also has a great selection of other dairy products and pumpkins on Halloween and Santa during Christmas
Lots of selections. Local, family owned. Kids have a great time anytime we go. We love going in the fall as well for the hay rides and pumpkin picking. Definitely worth a stop if you enjoy dairy and cows :-)
Great ice cream, and even better access to pet cows and introduce my puppy to new experiences. Seriously though, I love being able to feed and pet the cows.
The ice cream is the best I have ever had. It is also super cool to feed the baby cows and pet them.
It was so much fun stopping by. It’s just as I remembered as a kid except the ice cream was even better! If you’re a local or just driving by be sure to give them a try!
A great time was had by all! Ice cream is a must if you visit here!
Me and my family travel to Michigan every summer to visit family, and we always go to cooks dairy farm, the workers are super nice, & their ice cream is really good,
You can pet the cows. Ice cream is also great. Nice little family trip location.
Best ice cream, and a great place for the kids to get excitement seeing all the COWS, and PIGS 🐄 😀
Nice place for take the kids to explore and good homemade ice cream, we walked around and enjoyed to stopped by the baby cow and all Mr. cow with ice cream in this summer
Cooks is one of my favorite places! They have fantastic and fresh ice cream, milk, etc. Theres plenty of parking and places to sit and eat your ice cream and you can walk around and pet the cows as well. Great place for families or just for some quick ice cream.
Always fun to pet the cows and they have huge gumball machine next to the babies that takes quarters and gives you corn to feed the cows.. definitely a enjoyable time and gotta have their homemade Cooks Dairy Farm ice cream when you go 🐄🤩
We love Cooks Farm Dairy! Great Ice Cream, little pricey, but its fun to let the kids see/pet some cows also.
This place was amazing. Amazing ice cream too! Took my mom there with cancer and she loved the cow therapy. Thanks Cooks for letting me make memories with my mom.
If you Like Coffee then you will love the Cowpuccino Ice Cream
The ice cream is good but the cows smell bad and the pigs smell WORSE lol.
Great place to visit with the kiddos. Pet the goats and cows. Enjoy delicious ice cream and take some chocolate milk home with you!
Highly recommend:Its a beautiful experience for all ages.Worth a visit! Worth a drive.
Cooks farm is a working farm and a great place to take kids to. The ice cream is amazing too.
We got ice cream cones through the drive through. I havent been to Cooks since I was a kid and memory can be a hard thing to live up to.Im so pleased to say this trip didnt disappoint. Their ice cream is so creamy and packed with flavor its hands-down the best cone youll get in Oakland County. Ice cream with savoring is always worth the trip.
Great fall afternoon. We did the hayride and pumpkin picking. My 6 year old grandson loved all of it and especially the cows. Ended the day with ice cream. Highly recommend.
I took my 3 year old nephew, he loved the cows! For $12 you get a hayride to pick your own pumpkin a donut and a chocolate milk.
Had a great time today. Corn maze hayride & pumpkins. Cooks Dairy Farm thank u for a great time. See u next year
Hands down the best ice cream around! They also have milk, eggs, bacon, etc, to buy and all farm fresh. Ive been going here since I was a kid and now take my own children here. Its an awesome experience for the kids
Great stop for families with kids. You can walk right up to the cows and pet them, and pet the calfs too. They sell their dairy products such as milk, cheese , and ice cream. It was neat to go into the viewing barn and see how the cows are milked.
I took my kids here for Ice cream. My youngest is 5 and oldest is 14. Everyone had a great time. The ice cream was amazing. We ordered smalls and it was a lot of ice cream. We walked around for about an hour petting all the cows. It was such a cool experience. I will definitely be going again. The ice cream shop was drive through only. The inside of the store is closed.
Have loved this place sense i was a kid!
Only the drive thru is open but after getting your ice cream you can park and walk around to see the cows. There wasnt much to do other than see the cows chomping and smelling the farm smells. Dont expect to keep little kids entertained for long. The ice cream wasnt very good, not creamy and a bit watery. Been there done that.
Great hard ice cream and baby cows. Whats not to love? You can also see the adult and adolescent cows as well as pigs and barn cats.
My kids all love Cooks!! We go here often and love to check out all of the calves and dairy cows, and of course we have to enjoy some amazing ice cream!
Been going to Cooks dairy farm for decades. Love it. Best ice cream ever. Kids love to pet the baby cows. So much fun.. 💟
Awesome place to get ice cream or let the kids pet shine baby cows
Best place for kids with homemade ice cream and nice grounds to walk around and see farm animals.
We live 5 min from the farm or what our family has called it for the past 13 years that we have lived in this beautiful town.Cooks is a wonderful place to get away and love on some cute baby cows and eat some fabulous homemade dairy products. 👍💖👍Plus the staff is always sooo warm and friendly!
Bunch of tasty stuff here and the ice creams not half bad
Always a family favorite for us. My kids live all the baby cows. The milk and ice cream are AMAZING.
Perfect stop to show young kids the cows and eat a really good ice-cream ! Nothing fancy but worth the stop !
Cute cows
Delicious ice cream and a great place to take kids to see a working farm.
Great ice cream place. All fresh ice cream. Also other fresh dairy products. Large portions. A single here is a double anywhere else. You can pet the cows which is also fun.
Love This Farm So Much!Best Ice Cream and Cow Care in the World!
Cooks Farm Dairy has the best ice cream I have ever had! The whole family agreed that is was absolutely delicious! We will be returning. We all want to plan to make it to Cooks Farm for their fall festivities.
Drive thru only. Line was decent but went quickly. They definitely have a good system.Still able to see the cows. The milking machine is fascinating and amazing to watch. Love visiting and getting ice cream with the family!
The best mint chocolate chip ice cream I have had.
We recently visited Cooks for a hayride and pumpkin pickin. The hayride lasted nearly half an hour as you venture far out to their enormous pumpkin patch. The pumpkins are mostly large some huge and are a great deal. When you get back your treated to a very small glass of their great chocolate milk and a donut. They also have a store that sells their fresh milk and icecream. You wont be disappointed visiting Cooks theyr great.
Very nice dairy farm, been here a number of times. We especially love the ice cream. My favorite flavor is Cowpuccino, their coffee ice cream.
The BEST dairy products and ice cream in the county.
Best ice cream ever! I suggest the butter pecan! They are friendly and fun. You can walk through the farm area and see baby cow and pigs and feed them if you choose. You can watch a cow get milked.
This is an outstanding place to visit if you want some of the highest quality milk and dairy products youve ever had. I strongly recommend the ice cream, as it is better than anything youre going to get from the store. You also get to see the cows if you want to, which is fun.
What can I say? I have been going to Cooks for years in fact when we lived in Ortonville I would walk there nearly every day with my children. The owners are fabulous the food is great Ive been very happy with my experiences there for years now I would highly recommend this place.
Ice cream is much creamier and richer than the urban legend Baskin Robbins
My granddaughter loves seeing the cows and sharing ice cream. Great experience
Great ice cream. They have a drive up window and you can check the flavors on their website. My favorite is pumpkin crunch when in season. You can also purchase milk, eggs and some other items. Staff is always nice.
Our 2 year old loved feeding the baby cows and seeing the big cows and pigs....all while eating the best ice cream around of course
SERIOUSLY some of the best cookies n cream ice cream I ever had and dont forget to try the chocolate milk as well.
Ill start with this: if you love ice cream, Cooks has it. So why two stars? Let me tell you a story.I used to frequent Cooks Dairy Farm (CDF from here on out) in the late 90s and 00s. I loved visiting with friends and going on dates there in particular because you could get your ice cream and then stroll around and watch the cows enjoying themselves in the field. Sometimes theyd even come up to the fence and you could give them a scratch on the head. As cows are my favorite animal, you can imagine that this was pretty wonderful (better than some of the dates). As you can imagine, I have very fond memories.Recently I was back in Michigan visiting family. My fiancé was visiting with me and I wanted to take her somewhere wonderful. Naturally, CDF came to mind.Pulling into their parking lot, I could already see that things had changed. Where was the field? Where were the cows? We purchased our ice cream and began waking around.Behind the main building were small, individual enclosures with one calf in each. A little shelter for sharing in, but otherwise no shade, and it was sunny and hot. The quality of their food was lacking.Then there was the new-to-me barn, packed with cows, heads in restraints, manure around their feet. The conditions were disheartening, the fiancé saying they were awful. Her father being a recently retired cattleman, and her growing up on the farm, she has some knowledge of this. Again, the food quality was lacking.The last building was relatively small, dank and dark, and there were too many cows in too little space. Manure everywhere and once again, sub par hay.No field, just big, dark buildings where the cows had limited movement and were wallowing in their own waste. I lost my appetite and threw my barely touched ice cream away. I am udder-ly disappointed (see what I did there).In all seriousness, though, the ice cream is good, but having lived out west for 10+ years now, I can get better ice cream from better farms. When I visit the Mitten, I wont ever be visiting CDF again.Its genuinely sad for me to see the direction theyve taken and I can only hope that things might change in the future.
When my mom comes to visit me from Southern Ohio, she stops at Cooks before coming to my house. The love for Cooks ice cream is real! The best, hands down.
We love coming to Cooks for ice cream and to see all the cows. They have quite a few different homemade flavors to try.
The only thing better than the ice cream, are the cows.
The ice cream is amazing. Try the cow pie. They have bathrooms now, so that is a huge plus. The ice cream has lots of butter fat and it melts quickly and profusely on a cone, so being able to wash your hands afterward is great.
Great country getaway destination, we rolled in with a bunch of bikes and they held the window for us. Gotta love the moo cows... 🖖😎 This was the first group ride for me and the wife with the Honda GoldWing riders association chapter D2. Perfect evening and Yes we will be returning with the family.
Best ice cream ever! I have been coming here with my family for close to 25 years and its still wonderful!
Always a fun family trip for ice cream and to visit with cows ❤️
Love the cows in the big barnAnd there were 11 calves out when we were there.
Love everything about this place!
Great dairy. Ice cream is awesome. Can pet baby cows if you like.
Amazing icecream and awesome selection! You get to pet the baby cows!
Amazing dairy products, especially the ice cream! You can pet and feed the calves and they are so cute! All the employees are so friendly and helpful. Great place for families!
Cooks Dairy is a Hidden Gem of North Oakland County. Virtually timeless, Ive been going there since I was a kid and nothing has changed. Extremely good quality ice. I would recommend this experience to anybody.
The farm gives you an opportunity to get up close to dairy cattle. Their ice cream is excellent.
GREAT ice cream! Employees are always pleasant. My family and I try to come here each October for the hayride to pick pumpkins. Bonus is that you get a donut and fresh chocolate milk along with your hayride! ;)
This is the only brand of milk I will buy. As a zoologist (with 24 years of experience at 3 major US zoos, including working with various hoofstock), it was easy to see how well cared for their cows are. This isnt a milk-em-to-death kind of dairy.Their cows are in a more than adequate area for flight distance (the amount of space each animal in a group needs to feel comfortable), they have a good quarantine area, and I dont believe they allow animals treated with antibiotics to be milked.Theyre healthy and have fantastic temperaments, which tells me their keepers love them very much. It shows.Sometimes they might be muddy, but Ive never met a cow that didnt enjoy a good mud bath in certain circumstances.The ice cream is the best in the state (and several others, IMHO) and they have a great variety of flavors.If you have kids they can pet the cows and in the spring you can love on the calves. The cows seem to enjoy the people as much as the people enjoy the cows. Highly recommend this place and the dairy products coming out of it. Thanks, Cooks for caring about your cows and not just money. It shows.
My husband and I live 5 minutes away from Cook’s. When we first started going to Cook’s we LOVED it! We even got our extended family obsessed with their ice cream. However the last few times the portions have been underwhelming for what we pay (the small I got wasn’t even a full scoop of ice cream) and there has been NO pieces of anything in the ice cream. I got the udder butter which is supposed to have buckeyes within the ice cream and there were NONE. My husband got the cow pie and there was only TWO cashews within the whole medium ice cream he got. Very disappointing!! We want to support a local business but it’s hard when the quality doesn’t reflect the price people pay. The ice cream itself is delicious but there needs to be more pieces within their ice cream if they want to advertise that there are “Buckeyes” in the udder butter and “cashews & caramel” in the cow pie. We used to buy half gallons of their ice cream and have started to buy Guernsey Farms ice cream half gallons from Neiman’s Market instead. We hope to be back for a better experience. We want to love Cook’s again!
Loved it here! Employees & other customers were very nice! Great chocolate ice cream, just like home made!
I lived down the street from this farm for years. Best ice cream and milk Ive ever had. Always fun to walk around and look at the cows and calves.
So fun and yummy. Kids had a blast
Great family outdoor outing, especially in the fall. They have hayrides and a great pumpkin patch, with not too many crowds. You can also get their homemade ice cream. Our 18m old loved the pumpkin patch and especially feeding the baby cows!
Cute farm!! Perfect for a quick trip when there’s nothing to do. Baby cows, teenage cows and adult cows are all around the farm and they are very friendly. They love corn (25 cents a handful), and are very friendly animals. No picnic tables, store is drive thru only, clean bathrooms are outdoors next to baby cows-very convenient for us with young children. We walked around, saw a cow getting milked with a machine, pet all the cows, fed them, saw the stinky pigs, then grabbed some ice cream. Total time spent here was about an hour-we went at 11am on a weekday and it was not busy but did start to get busy when we left at noon. No picnic tables but there are garbage cans for your picnic trash. This place is pretty far north from me but worth it for something to do. Shower after cause man we stink lol. Very kind staff, too.
Loved seeing the calves. The ice cream was creamy deliciousness!
I loved visiting! The cows are so cute and sweet. They love licking people. You can tell that theyre well taken care of and happy. The ice cream is delicious too!
I grew up coming here, it has always been a good experience
I do not know if i could talk more highly of any ice cream shop. I have gone to Cooks since I was young and I have never been disappointed. The ice cream is always fresh and delicious, and being able to walk around and see the cows that made that ice cream possible really proves to be a special experience. Every parent should bring their children to Cooks!
We love coming here for the delicious ice cream. I have never tasted ice cream so creamy and good. We always leave with a few quarts. My kids enjoy visiting with the cows. Its a fun treat for us.
We live in Oklahoma and whenever we are in Michigan visiting family, we always make it a point to go to Cooks! We love it! Bring back Hot Lava flavor though! It was my favorite!
I ordered a raspberry shake but got something almond tasting with chocolate shaving. I didnt notice til I was driving down the road. Too long of a line to go back. Couldnt drink it, wasted $6. They have 2 drive thur windows and must have mixed up the orders.
Disclaimer- I have been going to this farm for ice cream since I was a baby, so I may be bias. Nonetheless, I say with full confidence that Cook’s has the best ice cream in Michigan. Better than Hudsonville (by a landslide). Holy cow is my favorite (their version of mackinaw island fudge) and they have a ton of other unique flavors- from cowppuccino to coconut almond fudge and blue moo! As an added bonus, you can meet the cows responsible for the ice cream. The cows are treated very well, and you might even get to meet some calves. Cook’s also sells milk and other products. So, if you’re ever driving through Ortonville, make the right choice- grab some ice cream and pet a cow.
Kids loved petting the cows and pigs!! Ice cream is great too!
My sons bus stop is at Cooks, so we are there a lot. The tour is amazing and I love the new barn they put up. The ice cream is absolutely amazing. You can tell it is real ice cream by how fast it melts! The milk is great too. Really enjoy this place in the summer. Kids love being able to pet the smaller babies and see all the animals.
Best place to get ice cream. Its so delicious and nothing like the ones you get at the store. 15/10, definitely reccomend it.
Spectacular ice cream. I had their version of Moose Trax. Awesome! Cooks keeps growing they add on more to see. CHolsteins everywhere
They give a third of your milkshake to the pigs. Great milkshake. Animals in the back for the kids to see. Sad for the baby cows.
Great family friendly place! Delicious ice cream!
The ice cream was absolutely Awesome!
Drive through only tonight. There were about 20 cars lined up but they had 2 drive up windows open and 2 girls on foot taking orders in the second line so it went pretty fast. Good ice cream. Grand kids got to see (and smell) lots of cows and calves close up. Picnic tables were removed to help with social distancing. No inside service.
My grandmother would take me here for the ice cream and to give the cows some love when I was little. today I was able to share a memory with my spouse and kids and they all loved it as much as I did. it is looking like it will be a monthly treat for us.
I have loved this place since the 1980s, my grandparents house was a mile away from here growing up. You use to get you milk in plastic bags back then. I have always looked forward to fall at Cooks for the caramel 🍎 ice cream. It is the absolute best thing ever! Make it into a shake and you will not be disappointed! Everything Cooks has is farm fresh and amazing... You cant go wrong when you stop here
Fast and friendly service. Beautiful cows and the cleanest dairy farm Ive ever been to. You can barely smell any cow manure. The ice cream was delicious. I got the double utter butter. 😛😛😝 It was awesome to bring the wife here because she loves animals and the got some pretty new born baby cows, pretty darn cute. We had a great time! Thanks Cooks!!!
Best ice cream in Michigan!! Great place to take the family for a delicious treat and some family time on the farm.
Adventure awaits. Loved it hear delicious ice cream.
Ive been coming here my whole life hehe :) I used to pet the cows, chase stray cats (sorry, kitties), and the ice cream was really good! The people there are really friendly, and they give you sooo much ice cream :D
Was recommended to go here for good ice cream and boy were they wrong! Tasted terrible! Im not a fan of freezer burnt ice cream but if you are, then this is the place for you. Inside the building had a funky smell, and even made my ice cream smell funny. Wouldnt recommend. If I could give 0 stars I would.
Honestly its in the middle of no were but worth finding. Being able to see the cows while you eat ice cream is something I didnt knowni wanted to do until I did. Its only drive thru due to covid but the ice cream is outstanding.
Cooks Farm Dairy is amazing! We recently found this gem and stopped by last weekend to check it out. We purchased fresh milk, eggs, ground beef and delicious ice cream via their drive up window!!! The ice cream is to die for 💜 We will back to support this farm again next week (and the weeks to come) because of the great service and products and in honor of our family in Kentucky who are dairy farmers.
By far the best ice cream I have had in a long while! They have so many flavors to choose from! Plus they let you see, & pet the cows!!
Usually crowded but they have drive-up service. Be careful not to run over customers going into the building. Best tasting ice cream in the area! You can explore the farm and see the different animals. Kids were love it!
Cooks is always a terrific place to visit. They offer wonderful ice cream and fresh dairy products, farm tours, and fun events. I love that they have a drive through window to buy milk. We have done birthday parties, class field trips, and fun family outings at cooks. Weve even seen calves being born on our visits. I always look forward to their chocolate milk at the Oakland County Fair, but now the fair isnt using Cooks milk. Boo! Its worth the drive if you want a fun family outing.
Wonderful service and great ice cream. Being there is tons of fun and its a great atmosphere for kids too.
Been going there for 30 plus years, great products and service.
If we had seen the filthy conditions of the cows before, we would not have purchased ice cream cones. We were raised on farms and know that those conditions are pure laziness. It was embarrassing to have friends from Ohio see it. We won’t go back.
They have the best ice cream and milk around! Highly recommend going in the summer if you would like ice cream, however its a great place to visit in the Fall as well. Recommend taking a hay ride to their pumpkin patch in October. You can pick out a pumpkin and then enjoy donuts and chocolate milk.
Wonderful to see the changes Cooks have made at the farm. The new barn for the animals safety is especially great. Its as clean as it can possibly be. The huge cows were so nice to see as they ate their feed. There were little baby pigs, so cute playing. My husband fed a hungry little calf. And we enjoyed the best ice cream made right there at the farm. This place is a Year Round Michigan Must Visit.❤
The ice cream tastes better than the cattle farm that it resides on smells. Ive been told that the Blue Moo tastes really good. The flavors I tried were really great and by the look of the line everyone else was enjoying the ice cream as well. The service was fast and prices were great.
Great service even better ice cream. Lots of animals.
Ice cream was delicious and service was terrific. Well definitely make another trip out there soon. 😋
Great place to bring the family and enjoy some icecream while viewing their updated corralling space 😁
Love this place. They have the best homemade ice cream around. With the cows right there that ice cream is very rich and tasty. All the freshest ingredients makes for all the best ice creams. They have their own fresh milk and their chocolate milk is so rich and smooth. The homemade hot fudge is scrumptious. Forget about Ben and Jerrys....go to Cooks dairy farm where you can get your favorite ice creams and other Farm Fresh Products while enjoying them sitting out relaxing by the farm side.
Cooks Farm Dairy has the BEST Milk & Ice Cream in Michigan!!! The Customer Service is absolutely outstanding, even when there is a long line you never wait long because the Staff works hard to make sure the line moves quickly! They are friendly & helpful. I love Cooks, Id recommend it to anyone looking for Fresh Dairy Products!!!
They process and create the best dairy products Ive ever had. We have been enjoying there ice cream and milk since 1983. Oh love the turkey butter that they mold for Thanksgiving... The farm and store are a great place for families to visit... Family owned and operated for generations. Genuine goodness!!!!!
Cooks has my favorite chocolate chip mint ice cream in a waffle cone! This is such a fun place to take friends and family from out of town especially in the summer. My kids also enjoy seeing the cows and so do I.
Very special place for our family. Every time my kids and I went to visit my grandparents they took us here! The kids love seeing the cows up close and feeding them. And of course the ice cream is such delicious bonus!
Omg amazing ice cream, and delicious cows! Only bummer was the corn feed dispenser wasnt working, a quarter got jammed in it and made you unable to buy corn to feed the cows...hope it gets fixed
BEST ice cream ever I have been going there since I was little. The farms changed so much and is very family friendly as you can walk up to the cows pigs and even see the cows go in the automatic milker machine.
Best ice cream on Earth! Other Dairy items available. Can also see the cows which the kids love. Have been going there since I was a kid with my parents, took our kids there when they were young, and now take my grandchildren there at times.
Had not been there for several years. Stopped in recently, WOW ! Still making some of the BEST ice cream in Metro Detroit. Worth the trip. A real farm, real cows , a GREAT place to take children. The ice cream is so dense, smooth.
Great place for local made dairy products, especially ice cream. A little awkward now with it being closed on the inside and the walk-up and drive-thru are basically the same. Fun place to grab a cone. Lots of families and kids visit and see the cows.
Great family place that wont break the bank! You can eat homemade ice cream, great variety of flavors. While youre enjoying your ice cream you can visit the live stock that it came from. They also have local honey, fuge, ice cream pies and other yummy food! All throughout the year they have fun family activities, hayrides, corn maze, and much more!!! Bonus youre supporting local farms!
The ice cream and milk is still as fantastic as it was when i was a kid. Dont be intimidated by the long line, they keep it moving quickly and its well worth the wait
Great place to take a family drive to enjoy home made ice cream. my favorite coconut almond and the butter pecan. but in the fall pumpkin is my favorite. there are so many flavors to try that you have to go back again and again. the kids will like seeing/feeding the cows or just sitting and enjoying their ice cream at the picnic tables.
Cooks Farm is a nice little spot to get some quality ice cream in the summer! It is an actual farm and does have farm animals, so expect to see lots of families and kids running around everywhere. The ice cream shop is located out front and the farm is out back, but theres something for the whole family here. Theres generally a good amount of people, so expect to wait in line for a while, but youll be rewarded with some fantastic ice cream!
Best ice cream ice ever had! Flavors are amazing and its so creamy! The best part is getting to visit the cows!!!!
Excellent tasty and fresh ice cream. They have got variety of flavors. The double scoops have more quantity than you would expect. Dont order double unless you can really eat! I would recommend this to everyone. Nice drive to this place as well. You can also get to see cows, calves and pigs!! You can feed the calves with corn with a quarter 🙂
Cooks Farm is a perfect place to relax & enjoy a perfect scoop of ice cream with family. Many flavors of great ice cream!
I love cooks dairy and have been coming here for many years. Sadly I was very disappointed on my last visit. While waiting in line to order I noticed that the car in front sent one of their singles back. I was disappointed and disgusted to see the young lady proceed to put the icecream from the returned dish back into the container in the freezer. We are in the middle of this pandemic and food safety and handling is under greater scrutiny then before. Any item handled by a customer and returned should have been thrown into the trash.
They have the best ice cream milk well any kind of dairy eggs honey, You dont wanna shop for any of your dairy needs anywhere else and if youre taking your kids to get ice cream what better way the let them see exactly where cream, butter, and ice cream come from you can go out back and pet the cows and the see the pigs and even see the baby calfs.This is not only a great place to take your family for your dairy needs weather it is the ice cream milk cheese or any of that but its the fabulous family place where you will all grow together!
Very good ice cream, super fresh! Ice cream is freshly made from the cows milk on site. You can even visit with the cows and pet them. Warning: it does smell like manure since this is a farm, but they do have a picnic area you can sit away from the smell. I would definitely recommend you check this place out at least once!
Local homemade ice cream right at the farm! You can also buy milk and ground beef directly from them so you of coarse know its fresh! Very friendly family and staff. You are welcome to eat your ice cream while walking around the farm and petting the cows. On nice summer weekend nights the line reaches out the door but if you go during off times there is usually little or no wait.
Best ice cream and shakes!!!!
I grew up in Wisconsin and this place helps when I miss it, great ice cream and love the animals.
Best ice cream in the world! Support a local, family owned business! It’s now fall, so the seasonal pumpkin crunch ice cream is available! They also have weekend hayrides where you can go out and pick your own pumpkin from the field.
Looking for an all natural ice cream and a bit of nature. This place is both, in the middle of a country farm setting. Great place to take visiting guest and children while eating your ice cream you can take a stroll around seeing the pigs & cows on the premise. Their ice cream is delicious and a single is a double dipped cone. My favorite, coconut chocolate almond.
Weve visited about four or five times over the past few years. Staff are kind. But the ice cream is expensive ($3.75 for a childs size cup) and it has a very distinct gummy/spongy texture. Not very creamy and milky. Lot of flavor options though.
We love the variety of ice cream flavors. The staff is willing to help us decide. We make time to get out and see the animals as well.
1st time in almost 20 years, took me back to being a kid. Amazing ice cream and always cool to see the cows and calves.
We did the tour and had so much fun! We all learned a lot and enjoyed feeding and petting the cows. The ice cream is excellent and the chocolate milk is to die for.
Best ice cream in Michigan!! I have an uncle who is an executive for Blue Bell ice cream in Texas, while in town here visiting family, went to Cooks and thought it was excellent!! The size of the servings are huge! Great atmosphere as well.
Ice cream was icy and had a freezer burnt taste. Oreo had 0 Oreos and cookie dough just 1 cookie. Overpriced for what we got. Been going for years. Sorry just not our place. Family of 5 no one was happy.
Weve been coming to Cooks for years, and have yet to be disappointed. They are still only doing drive-through service, but the ice cream is still awesome!
This is a local treasure that we are very proud of! Cooks has the best ice cream Ive ever had, and a variety of flavors that always make me want to come back for more. The staff is pleasant and knowledgeable about the history of the farm. They do have a few other locally produced items for sale too (I.e. fudge, eggnog, cream, honey). I should note that are slightly on the pricier side, but thats obviously because their products are locally made and have great quality. They do also have a drive thru window, but I would recommend going inside to see their full selection!
Ive been to Cooks a million times. Its one of those places that the more things change, the more they stay the same. Not much has changed since my friends in high school were working there 30+ years ago. Thats back when my family would buy milk in a bag. We didnt find any Cooks heavy cream in the cooler on this stop, but while we were there we just HAD to get some ice cream. So good. This was my favorite ice cream growing up and its still my favorite.
Cooks is always a perfect stop on our motorcycle rides. Best ice cream around 👍
Love Cooks ice cream, but calling you out on this cooks, let your cows and calves out in the pasture!!! You have all that property and they are continually caged up. LET THEM ROAM!! please....
Ice cream is beyond compare with original flavors, and cows are beyond cuteness. Highly recommend.
Love love love the Cow Pie ice cream. Its drive thru now so very easy. Nice staff
We come here all the time. Great ice cream, nice employees. We come so often one of the ladies almost has our regular orders down. Love seeing the animals, I really hope theyre all treated well.
Total reviews rating 4.8
199 Reviews for Cooks Farm Dairy 2023:
Review №1
2022-03-07The best chocolate milk Ive ever had along with the ice cream. Staff is very friendly and welcoming. Even got to see and pet the cows. This place is a must visit! Cant wait to go back.
Review №2
2021-09-13We came to Cooks and noticed since we had last been there some upgrades had been made to the facilities. The calves are adorable and I love when one of them comes up to get petted. We always get ice cream during our trip my husband got Tractor Trails and Oreo Cookie and I got Udder Butter topped with Cow Pie. The ice cream is always delicious! The price is reasonable and the facilities were clean. The employees were nice and respectful. We always enjoy a trip to Cooks!
Review №3
2022-03-08Cooks Dairy Farm is Absolutely Wonderful. Service is Southern Hospitality Style and Family Friendly and lots for the kids to do, and the Ice Cream is Great.
Review №4
2021-10-30I didnt know about this fantastic place, but glad to have discovered it !The icecream is heavenly. Especially got the pumpkin crunch seasonal-only/this Fall special. Was 😇Also, go pet the calves !
Review №5
2022-06-04Theres nothing like creamy fresh ice cream served from the dairy farm that makes it. The ice cream at Cooks is always fresh and never icy. They give a generous serving for a good price. If you want you can walk around and visit the cows. The only current drawback is that it is drive thru only. I usually like to view the ice cream before I order to get a visual as compared to a description on a board. However in this current era its understandable. Still, a great place to indulge your sweet tooth!
Review №6
2022-07-02Cooks is a little slice of Americana! A local owned spot in Ortonville to grab an Icecream cone and let the kids see the cows. It is a great way to get out of the city and go for a nice country drive, go for a hike at Independence Oaks, and then stop for a sweet treat at Cooks Farm Dairy before heading home. A northern Oakland County staple.
Review №7
2022-04-06I live visiting Cooks whenever I come to town. Its free to visit cows and pigs, babies and adults. They make their own ice cream and other products which are amazing and high quality. They are a must visit!!!
Review №8
2022-05-27What can I say, its a classic ice cream spot with fantastic ice cream at that! Not too overly priced but the location is a bit hard to get to if you dont know where youre going. You can also walk around and see the animals which is always fun and the animals are very lively and responsive so its not a depressing show. 10/10 if youre in the area you MUST eat here!
Review №9
2022-05-29A local gem with great ice cream. Ive not met an ice cream I didnt like, but a particular favorite is the raspberry chocolate torte. Its got rich sweetcream with dark chocolate chunks and the perfect amount of sharp raspberry to cut the sweetness = bliss.
Review №10
2021-08-16Purchased fresh ice cream from the car to keep our social distancing then parked and took a look at how the cows were milked and kept. My granddaughter loved getting close to the calfs and watching the cows as they step up to the milking machine.