Pine Dairy Bar in Timmins

141 Pine St S, Timmins, ON P4N 2K3, Canada

★★★★☆
(272 reviews)
Categories: Fast food restaurant Ice cream shop
Address
141 Pine St S, Timmins, ON P4N 2K3, Canada
Plus Code
FMFC+7J Porcupine, Timmins, ON, Canada
Time Zone
America/Toronto

Business Hours

Monday
11 AM–8 PM
Tuesday
11 AM–8 PM
Wednesday
11 AM–8 PM
Thursday
11 AM–9 PM
Friday
11 AM–9 PM
Saturday
11 AM–9 PM
Sunday
12–8 PM

Services

Service options
Outdoor seating Kerbside pickup Delivery Takeaway Dine-in
Accessibility
Wheelchair-accessible car park Wheelchair-accessible entrance
Offerings
Coffee Vegetarian options
Dining options
Breakfast Lunch Dinner Dessert Seating
Amenities
Toilets
Atmosphere
Casual
Crowd
Groups
Payments
Credit cards
Children
Good for kids High chairs Kids' menu

Reviews

4.1
★★★★☆
272 reviews

Most Mentioned

ice cream (56) poutine (7) atmosphere (5) frozen (3) the blt (2) cone (2) 50s (2) public health (2) quebec (2) tradition (2)
5 stars
148
4 stars
62
3 stars
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2 stars
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1 stars
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★★★★★
November 29, 2024

I was pleasantly surprised by the quality and flavour of the Marilyn Monroe bacon cheeseburger and fries... so fresh! Not to mention a sandwich as simple as the BLT was top-notch. Thank you very much for the inviting atmosphere and free financial tips ;)

★★
October 15, 2024

I haven’t not been here in a few years and I won’t be returning. No prices anywhere and items are overpriced. Nothing spectacular or inviting. If you want a good ice cream cone I would recommend going elsewhere Where you get a smile and no snotty attitude.

★★★★
August 13, 2024

The 50s experience is still alive. Love this place, there's not too much of this left in Timmins. They didn't have garbage cans or wet wipes though, for some of the stickiest stuff you'll ever eat.

★★★★★
July 26, 2024

I love Pine Dairy ice cream shop! They have a variety of delicious waffle cones. They have delicious flavors of hard ice cream to choose from. They have friendly staff. The only issue I had was that the paper wrapper stuck to my waffle cone and left paper residue stuck to the cone. I look forward to coming back to Pine Dairy ice cream shop again.

July 9, 2024

Got two milkshakes today, they were super watery had 0 thickness to them, we were essentially served what was chilled cream. The 2 smalls we ordered were 16$ and on top of that we had to pay a 4$ atm fee, so that's 20$ for two small milkshakes that were worst quality then gas station milkshakes I've had.

July 5, 2024

—I use to love this place and I was very disappointed today. Very greasy mushroom caps. My son’s hamburger was a little under cooked but since I had already returned mine, he didn’t want to make a scene returning his. —What’s on the menu is not necessarily what you will get and instead of letting the customer know about missing ingredients, they decide themselves what to give you. Not great if you have an allergy to something. — Fries use to be much better and use to be real potatoes, now it seems like the quick frozen fries which was not expected. Most definitely Not worth the price I paid. There are no prices on the menu, was not given a receipt and when I was reimbursed for my hamburger how am I suppose to know the exact amount I am suppose to get? Sadly I will not be eating a meal there in the future. —On a positive note, all the ice cream so far has been great!

★★★★
May 14, 2024

We decided to get two ice creams: one medium cup and one small waffle cone. It was $15!!!!!!!! It was extremely overpriced, but it was tasty. They also are CASH only and do not accept debit/credit. Will most likely not return because of the price.

★★★★★
February 24, 2023

Absolutely LOVE this place! One of the most iconic restaurants in town, and the food (not just the ice cream) is incredibly delicious and all home made - not reheated frozen stuff like most places!!! Definitely 5 stars all day long!!!!! The BLT is to die for ;)

★★
Local Guide
November 23, 2024

Did not have items adverting website Staff was unhelpful and apathetic Product we were sold was sub par Food : 2/5

★★★★★
Local Guide
November 23, 2024

Cozy nice store with the best ice cream ever

September 23, 2024

Well overpriced 8$ for small icecream, instant diarrhea, not good. Visit kiddies corner if you want real icecream.

★★★★★
Local Guide
August 23, 2024

Good food at a reasonable price and great service!

August 23, 2024

Needs swirly ice cream

August 23, 2024

We want swirly ice cream back

August 23, 2024

service is great really wish they would go back to their roots with the swirly ice cream

July 23, 2024

Walked in for an flavoured ice cream as I do not come here as I m out of town and was turned away 15mins before close.

Local Guide
July 23, 2024

Not worth the price, ice cream in a cone melts right when they hand it to you, chocolate dip is a rip off basically tastes like paper.

★★★★★
Local Guide
June 23, 2024

Best ice cream in town, no doubt. Oldies themed interior with vinyls and photos of musical artists from back in the day, such as Elvis.

★★
Local Guide
May 23, 2024

5 nuggets, 1 small fry Nd gravy, 1 small poutin, and one milk shake. Costs close to 45$. Thats ridiculous..... Last visit before this one one scoop of Ice cream is 6$!!!!???? And it was freezer Burt..... Crunchy ice threw out...... Went back another time, got cotton candy ice cream and bubbles gum 3 VERY small scoops 12$!!!!???? What the heck..... 1 scoop looks small enough for a small child. On top of that those ice creams are the exact same ones I use to get from Walmart! Can get 2 full icecream containers for 10$ instead of 3 small scoops for 12$. Maybe would be worth it if they gave decent scoops.

★★★★★
Local Guide
May 23, 2024

Absolutely love this place! Worth the trip.

★★★★
Local Guide
April 23, 2024

Loooooove the soft serve. Food is ok.

★★
Local Guide
February 23, 2024

Wow...I understand inflation, but I paid 18$+ for a clubhouse sandwich...not a platter, JUST the sandwich! Thats 4,50$/quarter! Great food but way too expensive!

★★★★★
Local Guide
February 23, 2024

Please keep up the amazing tradition of pine dairy bar you have excelled and elevated the business that I knew from a kid in the 80s. Please never sell like the rest look at the drastic quality and service that happened! youre the only good food left in Timmins. The cost is worth the quality. Kid-friendliness: Safe clean environment that is educational of a lost era of original rock and roll.

★★★★
Local Guide
January 23, 2024

Love the decor. Staff are awesome. Food is good

★★★★★
December 23, 2023

Great service and food!!!

★★★★★
December 23, 2023

The Ice Cream Cake is the Bomb

★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2023

I ate an Elvis Burger. Excellent. Nothing better

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2023

My favorite soft serve. Hands down. Multitude of flavours. Work up a sweat making axes, then treat myself to this. 100% yes. Update March 2023: the menu seen is out of date. Some items may not be available, but if it is, Ill bet you that itll be great. Food

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2023

Awesome food awesome ice cream and awesome customer service. Bring cash as its cash only something we didnt know We got a 3 d club and it was awesome poutine Quebec style and ice cream was an awesome hit We will be back Thank you

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2023

Amazing ice cream! Nice staff. Great place to visit. :)

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2023

Very clean and delicious. Friendly and helpful staff.

★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2023

Great atmosphere and food options. The older lady there should probably let the young ladies to thier jobs. She causes more confusion than anything.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2023

Eat out

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2023

Pine Dairy bar in Timmins has the best ice-cream .

★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2023

Very expensive

★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2023

A lifetime worth of flavour selection! Soft serve, frozen yogurt, ice cream, milkshakes and a massive menu of hot food, will certainly overwhelm you... to the point you find youll just need to return to try more! Be sure to get there early in the day during the summer, as it gets busy quick!

December 23, 2023

They should clean their kitchen it s disgusting like seriously rat poop in the kitchen how has the health unit not said anything also the owner/manager treats their employees like garbage. Also over heard the health unit was 34° which is way to low, also been told they make there employees peel and cut potatoes by hand for hours on end. The health u it gagged when they smelt the room they peeled potatoes in. Don t recommend supporting this business!

★★★★★
December 23, 2022

Great food and amazing service! Vegetarian options available.

★★★★★
December 23, 2022

Excellent food and service.

★★★★★
December 23, 2022

Great food ,and the deserts are awesome, crazy about of choices like an ice cream shop from the 50s or 60s

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2022

Great place to have a quiet date, the soft ice cream is fantastic and staff very friendly.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2022

This place was awesome. The staff that were there the day we came in were extremely friendly and the food tasted amazing.

★★
December 23, 2022

Kept alive by virtue of tradition only. Needs help in a big way. Greasy food by greasy looking people. Last legs establishment.

★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2022

Friendly owner, but food quality and quantity need improvement.

★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2022

Great ice cream treat,,,but seems a little over priced

★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2022

The ice creams here are delicious. They are however not presented very well and you gonna start licking right away or risk a collapse. Knock off one simple star for this purpose but dont let this deter you

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2022

The decor brings you back in time. Good milkshakes.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2022

A must visit treat destination if you are in Timmins, more flavours than youd ever manage in one lifetime...

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2022

We love dessert from here! The space is unique also, a gem in our city

★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2022

Pistachio and Rum&Butter milkshakes were amazing! Their portion for poutine (medium) was HUGE and tasted great, but we were really disappointed with the jumbo dog. It was roughly the same size as a regular and there wasnt anything that set it apart from a normal hotdog (beside the fact they cut it down the middle). PS: The hours posted on Google are not correct, took a picture so check it out just in case! Maybe its changed because summers over? But they really should have updated. We went and it was closed and had to come back the next day. Parking: Street Parking!

★★★★★
December 23, 2022

Very friendly staff! And the food there was so delicious esp the fries, Im also surprised my three year old finished all of her food because normally she is picky lol

★★★★★
December 23, 2022

Everybody there is super friendly and the food is the best quality Ive seen

December 23, 2022

I went there and they been so unprofessional to the customer they have no credit card machine and only accepting the cash for many reason (cra -using the ATM machine to get commissions from atm transition or not paying the commission for processing fees for credit card company s ). they burger was good but they French fries was not top of that they charge 20$ extra for just drink I dont find they soft drink price on they menu and even when they get money they not issue the receipt In they menu mentioned texas burger is 11.99$ But I paid for two texas burger with French fries and 2 soft drink become 42$ What i think is not worth it

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2021

Ordered a medium Baileys dipped soft serve ice cream. It was HUGE and delicious!

★★★★★
December 23, 2021

Best ice cream

★★★★
December 23, 2021

Great service, wait times are pretty good meaning not long at all and awesome banana split!

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2021

Really good ice cream and nice personal

★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2021

Wonderful ice cream treats. A little pricey but worth it

★★★★★
December 23, 2021

Always a great treat served by great girls.

Local Guide
December 23, 2021

Ovet rated

★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2021

The banana split was spectacular. Soft serve come was fresh and a very large portion for a medium. Only issue is we waited almost 20 minutes for onion rings (kids were already done dessert) and they tasted fishy.

★★★★★
December 23, 2021

Good food. Such nice people.

★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2021

Good food, great service, excellent ice cream.

★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2021

The food is pretty great really. The fact they are advertising that they won t be following public health rules in the middle of a pandemic is much less good. Sadly I will have to take my patronage to more law abiding places going forward.

Local Guide
December 23, 2021

Used to be a great place to get classic diner food. But now that they are publicly defying public health measures it is not somewhere I would feel safe taking my family.

★★★★★
December 23, 2021

Great Food, Great Service! And they believe in the Freedoms this Nation was founded on! :)

★★★★
December 23, 2021

Got a large milkshake. It was good. But for $7 I expected the best milkshake Ive ever had (it wasnt) - and their large would be a medium anywhere else.

★★
December 23, 2021

Our experience there was not the best . Service was impatient! Over priced. The ice cream wasnt the best either. Although we didnt try there soft serve ice cream or shakes. We only tried there hard ice cream .

★★★★★
December 23, 2021

Great customer service !! And amazing iced cream!

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2021

Be ready to share because the ice cream and milkshake portions at this place are pretty big. The staff is super nice and they get orders out really quickly. Great place to stop by on a hot summer day for an ice cream at the counter

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2020

A go-to when Im in the Timmins area! Awesome ice cream, great food, whats not to like ? A true Timmins icon!

★★★★★
December 23, 2020

Delicious Food!!!

★★
December 23, 2020

I went over the lunch hour, and was surprised to find that they charged you for the meal before you were served. They also charge you the fee for the debit machine, which is not something I saw advertised before hand. The receipt was not itemized, so I do not know if I was charged extra for cheese curds instead of gratted cheese. The portions were generous, and I was served rather quickly, but the ceasar chicken wrap was low on chicken, and the gracy in the poutine was so bland as to be tasteless. The waitress spent the majority of her time sitting at a table with customers that she appeared to know, and not once did anyone check on me during the meal.

★★★★★
December 23, 2020

Amazing service, delicious food, best ice cream in timmins

★★
December 23, 2020

My ice cream was melted and warm handed out of the window v sad, people were nice.

★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2020

Awesome! As busy as this little shop was, the service was fast and friendly! So DELICIOUS!

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2020

Best Ice Cream in Timmins! Hands down! Never yet been disappointed! Amazing variety and amazing quality! 100% recommend...

★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2020

Fun stop... Unfortunately they didnt allow entry when we went. Food is decent. Poutine is amazing!

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2020

Very highly recommend this place the food is off the charts mouth watering good and is as everyones said,its the place

★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2020

Little slow but very worth it !! :)

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2020

Amazing place with a super delicious ice-cream! The place is filled with old pictures and vinals.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2020

High in prices, but thats what you pay for excellent tasting food, not to mention the plethora of desserts and the way they are presented. So colorful and sweet.

★★★★★
December 23, 2020

Its been years, and never was able to find deep fried pickles as good as theirs. Despite the fact that I was living in Ottawa too. So you know I HAD to come grab some, once we got into town. Cravings satisfied. Still the best~ order two more orders to go tehe Also their portions are huge ! We couldnt finish our 2 scooped ice creams, as delicious as they are.

★★★★★
December 23, 2019

large portions a reasonable price friendly quaint little place

★★★★★
December 23, 2019

It was awesome. Great service and good food. Reasonable prices as well.

★★★★★
December 23, 2019

I love there food, customer service is amazing

★★★★★
December 23, 2019

Great food and service!!

★★★★
December 23, 2019

Great food great service

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2019

Very good

★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2019

Lots of flavors of soft serve.

December 23, 2019

Terrible service owner is very rude to employees.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2019

Best burger in town

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2019

Great selection of ice cream, and soft serve ice cream. Real Iced Cream. Not iced milk knock off junk. Fairly priced, CLEAN, and consistent. Good looking, and tasting burgers. Daily specials like 2-4-1 burger platters, hot hamburger, etc.

★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2019

Good ice cream but very very overpriced. The restaurant itself is starting to look run down and dirty but its not the worst Ive seen.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2019

So many ice cream flavors! This place is by far 1 of the best ice cream shops in the region

★★★
December 23, 2019

Used to come here as a kid. Service this time was terrible.

★★★★★
December 23, 2019

The service was great with so many choices!

★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2019

Just had soft serve, flavours are very interesting.

★★★★★
December 23, 2019

Great food

★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2019

Not impressed with the food. I could tell they started using cheap frozen foods on their very expensive menu.

★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2019

Great ice cream with grandchild.

★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2019

Great food and service

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2019

Better than Dairy queen. It looks like happy days tv series.

Local Guide
December 23, 2018

You want cheap food for a good price? Go elsewhere. Ive gone to Pine Dairy Bar for many years. I live nearby and its quick, cheap, and ok-ish tasting food the majority of the time. I went there one afternoon this week and the place was dead. Thats fine, its the middle of the afternoon - its not exactly the lunch rush. I ordered myself the daily special and sat down to eat. The owner comes in and checks the receipt, he decides I havent paid enough for my special and tells me I need to pay 3 dollars more. The thing is, I had already begun eating my meal. I was 10 bites into my order when I was told I had to pay more. I was furious at being nickle and dimed for something. Accidents happen but its not like it was my fault the person entering my order didnt charge me right. If I had got it to-go would he have looked at the video footage, tracked me down, and decided that I needed to pay him 3$ in the street or the next time I was there? This is just one of the many stories people have of Mr Owner being greedy or rude to his customers. Ask around town yourself. Its no wonder the place is dead.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2018

Great food, great prices!

★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2018

Fast service, they didnt get my sons order right but we questioned it and my son said it was ok. After we left my son confirmed that he did ask for another flavour but it was my sons fault for not correcting the server.

★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2018

Good ice cream, frozen hands.

★★★★★
December 23, 2018

They serve real cream ice cream. Generous owner and team!

★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2018

Came here during a visit based on the reference of a friend. My colleague enjoyed his burger but I was less than pleased with the Black Forest Ham and Swiss panini. Generally paninis are served with focacia bread or better. My only option was white - not even brown bread. The ham slices were thin. Not worth the $8 especially when it didnt come with any sides. They also dont take credit cards, which was unfortunate since I was in town for business purposes. Otherwise, the atmosphere was great with an old school diner vibe. Service was quick.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2018

Awsome ice cream

December 23, 2018

Horrible! There gravy is to watery. Things like egg sandwiches are plain and flavorless. Bread is often dry. Owner slacks on buying equipment like potato tumbler. Pays the guy to peal potatoes by hand for hours wich could be painful. Instead of buying equipment he buys himself a new truck. The kitchen is often dirty and smelly. Health unit should do more inspections. It needs an actual chef. And committed employees. Not a bunch of students who dont care about there job. Might save money in Labour, but hes lost so much business already compared to the last owner! Mr levis

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2018

Great

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2018

Yummy treats!

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2018

Best ice cream in town! Its my go-to place for ice cream

★★★★★
December 23, 2018

Best poutine in town

★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2018

Good ice cream.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2018

Best ice cream in town

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2018

Really friendly staff, good fish and chips, very accommodating will stay after hours for you to finish. Will certainly go back agai.m

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2018

Very nice and polite employees

★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2018

Great ice cream

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2018

Awesome stop! Tons of choices! Good food great icecream! Good prices. Excellent theme and very helpful/understanding staff! If its a hot summer day this is a very busy spot and for good reason!

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2018

Awesome icecream, friendly service always

Local Guide
December 23, 2018

Asked staff what was gluten free. If beef or icecream had any filler. None of the staff had a clue what was in ANY of the food. Unheard of and illigal. We had to go else where that knew what was in the food. Questionable street meat place I assume. Would avoid of you have any alergies, staff is clueless.

★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2018

Ice cream is delicious, but expensive!

★★★★★
December 23, 2018

Very good place eat feel welcome

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2018

Love the different types of ice cream

★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2018

Good food but give to much fries.

★★★★★
December 23, 2018

Great icecream!!!

★★
December 23, 2018

Great place for ice cream.

★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2018

Very strange food. Weird part of the chicken in my sandwich. Should have just gone with ice cream.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2018

Great food. Really recommended

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2018

Excellent food and service

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2018

Awesome place for ice cream and food

★★★★★
December 23, 2018

Awsome food awsome service u need to go see it. Its been years since I worked there n went back to memory lane. Owner was super nice to listen to my stories from there

★★★★★
December 23, 2017

Yum...Maple Walnut!

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2017

The food is great and they make you feel at home.

★★★★★
December 23, 2017

Amazing ice cream and choices

★★★★★
December 23, 2017

The fifties atmosphere is great . The whole experience has that diner appeal. Great menu and local too. Maybe some pictures of Timmins during that time frame would add to it but all and all its very nice.

★★★★★
December 23, 2017

Great quality ice cream! And great device from the young students.

★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2017

Love the atmosphere. Fries werent great but my burger was decent. My dad had a club sandwich and it looked delicious Ill have to try that next time. Wish more places in Timmins would offer chocolate milkshakes.

★★★★★
December 23, 2017

Love

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2017

Got a bacon cheese burger with Quebec poutine and ended up only being able to eat most of the poutine. Sent the burger to work with my hubby. Good portion sizes but I was just too full to eat it all! Friendly staff and yummy food.

★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2017

Food is good but it s often very busy mid day