There are simply so many photo opportunities in the front yard without having to go inside - they dont open and therefore no tour on weekends.Flowers, trees and grass all beautifully maintained and trimmed.I recommend in the trip to Brenham, plan on visiting other places and nearby cities.

Great place to visit with family and kids.. Friendly staff at visitor center, Ice cream parlour, country store and museum... Nice to learn about Blue bell ice cream history... Watch Ice cream manufacturing process from the deck.. Can try various flavors for just $1 for a large scoop... Overall a very pleasant experience will try to visit again..

Great place to tour! Of course $1 scoops but overall a cute place. Hours for observation deck are not friendly so double check everything! Souvenir store is filled with great stuff! Very expensive though and some staff were not friendly. Clean restrooms and lots of photo opportunities! A MUST go!

Amazing! Had a fun time with the family. We saw the ice cream being packaged. Sadly we are not able to take photos. The tours are currently closed. The ice cream flavors to choose from at the parlor is some of the best and the employees working the parlor were friendly and helpful. If you’re looking for a nice day trip this is the spot to go. Im looking forward to coming back.

The staff were very friendly, attentive, and very knowledgeable. The observation deck was Free and ice cream was ONLY $1. That is a great price. A variety of ice cream flavors to choose from, even flavors that are not sold in stores. There souvenir store had a good variety of inventory to choose from. I definitely recommend Blue Bell Creamery.

Clean and pretty place! Blue Bell ice creams was first created in 1907 here in Texas. Delicious ice creams !!!

It was nice to see some of how the ice cream is made and get a little history of how Blue Bell Creamery started. A walk around the Visitors Center and a walk around the Creamery and thats about it.

Fantastic service and products. The observation deck and tour are something all Texans and visitors alike should do. $1 large scoops of various flavors are pretty good deal too!

Love Blue Bell ice-cream. Best in the country.Has a little gift store with t-shirts, hats, small gifts, clothing for children.Best part is $1 per scoop of ice-cream. Yum!Factory tours are also available, we did not take one today.

Blue Bell is a great Texas company that sells a superior quality product. The observation area offers a fascinating view of four of the facilities production lines. You can see the single serve sizes, 3 gallon parlor sizes and two others generally from the viewing area. The museum is interesting and offers a interesting look into the companies long history. It is still a family owned company that is respected by its workers. Generous scoops are available for $1.00 in their parlor. Several flavors are “parlor only”. The cinnamon was really good.

We love Blue Bell Ice Cream so we had to stop! They have a visitor center that tells the history of Blue Bell and an observation deck where you can watch ice cream being made and packaged. The information person at the observation deck was gave a lot of interesting information about the company and the process. It sounds like a great company to work for! In the ice cream parlor you can get a good size scoop of ice cream for $1 and it was delicious! I highly recommend stopping by here if you are in the area.

The cleanliness is awesome. The place is cremeary everyone must visit this place. This place shows you how Blue bell icecream is made and they have 3 building to see each process. The best part of this place is you will see around 15 flavour of icecream and which you can try in just $1. Kids will enjoy this place.Lot of scenery is also there and photo scenic point as well.

I had never been to an ice cream factory, so well this was the first time, the experience is really quite nice, it has a very informative museum, many places to take photos and most importantly, each scoop of ice cream for only $ 1 is left. a bit far from the city (if you live in Houston) but it is a great option.

Awesome ice cream fresh at the factory!!! 🍨

EAT BLUE BELL ICE CREAM ITS DELICIOUS!!!

Blue Bell is my FAVORITE icecream so I had to go here! I loved it, They have excellent customer service around the whole place. And they have the cutest things in their souvenir shop! Go over to the visitor center to know the whole history of blue bell 👌🏻

Cute place, not much to do though. Observation deck is pretty small and was crowded when we went. We didnt see much because of how it is setup. Nobody explains anything to you. The ice cream parlor has some exclusive flavors not in stores type so that was nice. Pretty cheap to test them out. For 3 people we ordered 5 flavors and shared. Visitors center is full of pictures and historical facts.It is a nice place to visit if it is on your way, but i will personally not make the drive there as my destination.

Great stop! The staff were all very friendly and informative. The observation deck is open now as well. It was fun to watch the process. Had their almond mocha fudge ice cream and it was delicious! $1.00 for a scoop and it is a HEFTY scoop.

It was a nice experience to show the kids, not alot to it but reading the history was interesting. Think my kids enjoyed getting the ice cream over the entire experience lol

Closes at 5pm and not open weekends is the only downside. Other than that worth the drive from Houston at least. There are also flavors here that arent in stores to try. $1 scoops is also nice!

Great experience. The dollar scoop for the LARGE scoop was worth it. They were making cherry ice cream in 1/2 gallon, vanilla in single serve and blue monster in the big containers. Lots of this to see.

Very cool! Clean facilities and very informative workers. Amazing ice cream!

Awesome Place.Its really fun you should go ice cream scoop 1$ .There is also a baseball museum and a lot of history.

The new flavor, Coconut Cream Pie, is out of this world delicious! The creamy filling is smooth and does not have that artificial coconut flavoring taste like so many other ice creams. The crisp chunks of crust, toasted coconut and yummy whipped cream swirled around are the perfect accompaniments. Thank you, Blue Bell, for sharing this wonderful summer treat. Please dont stop making this year round. We Highly recommend this ice cream!!!. And would give 20 stars if possible.

Nice stop if you are into BB ice cream. No more factory tours and scoops for $1. Wish they had my favorite banana pudding available but they didnt. 🙃

A smallone room museum, the observation floor is closed. But $1 scoops in the so cute Ive cream parlor and a small boutique make this a great summer stop! Get the free pair hat for added whimsy

My kid absolutely enjoyed their ice cream and so did I! We enjoyed our trip so much and we plan on going again tomorrow. I wish the observation deck was open, but I understand things are a little different with COVID.

We drove 45 minutes each way to get there. If I would have known what it was going to be like, I probably wouldnt have. I was anticipating that it would take some time to walk around and see different things but there wasnt much to see other than a statue, an old ice cream truck and a few baseball artifacts. There was an observation deck and theyre set up to do tours, but both of those features were closed when we went. The facility and grounds are really nicely maintained and they sell $1 scoops, which was fun. People were there from all over the world, it seemed, so I guess its a destination spot. Bluebell ice cream is absolutely delicious, but I was underwhelmed by our visit.

People who visit Texas should visit this place if you have a chance. Famous and popular blue bell ice cream creamery. You can also enjoy $1, a scoop of blue bell ice cream.

We checked online and found that only the store was open. That was ok because that is what we were looking for. We drove several hours just to find them closed. No signs saying what their hours or days of operation were. Nothing on their website. All the reviews on Google stated they were open on Saturdays. Totally wrong. Complete waist of an 8 hour car ride! I was completely disappointed. There were SEVERAL other people there who were just as surprised.

Nice country store and outside landscaping.Of course, serving fabulous Blue Bell ice cream!!!

Went Here On 8-16-17, Which was 4 years ago, Stopped here on the way home From Galveston And I was Quite Thrilled With This Place,

Friendly people. Great ice cream. $1.00 for a bowl. I think I will retire there!

Fun day trip! Ice cream coma 😜 We tried a bunch of their flavors. Some of our favorites were sea salt carmel which you can only get at the factory and happy tracks. Observation deck is still closed.

One dollar for huge cup ice cream awesome service friendy

Interesting visitor center. Cute gift shop and tasty ice cream. Tours and observation area currently closed due to Covid-19.

Very interesting and informative. You can also get a generous dip of ice cream for $1. Worth a trip if you are in the area.

Was in town and heard about the creamery. Went and saw the timeline and scored some $1 scoops. Yum! Great experience. Will come back again once the observation deck is open again.

Bluebell ice cream is the best! We loved trying the flavors not sold in stores. Everything was very clean. Highly recommend stopping by!

Well kept, good photo ops, multiple flavours of ice cream the couple we tried were delicious. Price is reasonable.. $1/scoop. Free to walk around.

Eventough the lady in the information desk in our first visit (as Ininformed her) just let us know to pick a flyer.The visit was fine after looking to the observatory with our kids and get an icecream. Not all flavors, just all time best sellers. (I wanted to try cherry or coffee, but triple chocolate today was great as well).

Yummy giant scoops for $1 and a cool little baseball museum. Information center has a cool history of the company and a vintage antique Ford blue bell delivery truck. Also You can see a small portion of the factory floor and a nifty little gift shop. All employees were friendly and nice. Very clean restrooms and facilities.

If you are passing through and they are open. Don’t pass it up. The country store has $1 scoops and the viewing area is worth the visit alone.

A fun place for all ages. The visitor center is informational and fun for the kids. The ice cream parlor was the best with $1 mega sized scoop. Wish the observation deck a bit longer so we could see more of the factory. The guides were knowledgeable and answered all of our questions. Enjoyed our trip to Blue Bell!

It’s been about 7 years since we visited the last time. We were passing through Brennan so decided to stop for ice cream quickly. There were several flavors to choose from and it’s only $1 for a large scoop in a cup! Service was very fast.

This is a must-stop for folks with kids (or wish they were still kids). The observation deck is a great place to watch Blue Bell being made. Of course, the $1 scoops are the highlight of the trip. Summers are busy -- be sure to check the times they are open.

Great place for a quick visit. Kids lived it! Be sure to visit before 2pm so you can go to the Observation Deck and see the ice cream being made and packaged!! Open until 5pm. They also have a small gift shop.

Fun 😁 and Yummy place for a teen who has never been. She was really impressed that you can get a scoop for $1. It was nice to know that they even have popsicles for Dairy free people 😊!!

Before the quarantine of 2020, I decided to celebrate my birthday by visiting the bluebell factory. It’s a short drive from Houston. I was probably one of the biggest kids there. But growing up on this stuff I just had to visit. It stays packed throughout the year as people come on tours and field trips. There’s honestly a lot to see. The best part is the sampling’s. They are very affordable and have some flavors that are exclusive to the shop.

This is a cute little place to stop and get ice cream (would love to have more sugar free options besides vanilla). We stopped and took a look in the shop, and got a scoop, but didn’t get to do a tour since they are not allowing it right now. We will have to come back another time.

Beautiful grounds but too hot to enjoy them right now. Perfect place between Austin and Houston for families to meet up. No photography is allowed in the production area which kind of defeats the purpose of a visit with kids, but its free so I really shouldnt complain.

We had a great time at the Blue Bell creamery. We were able to watch the ice cream being made from the observation deck. There was also a visitor center that had history and information to read about Blue Bell. We were also able to get $1.00 ice cream! It was yummy!

Love this place. $1 power school of ice cream and lots of flavors to choose from that arent available in stores.

What a nice place to go with family. They have a area where you learn the history of Blue Bell ice cream and another area where is the shop. They are not currently doing tours.

Nice little drive from Spring tx fun day trip $1 scoop of ice cream a real bargain at the store. Super clean 😀

Very fun! Staff were friendly and informative on the observation deck. Ice cream was delicious!

Great history to know how a famous product got its roots. The store was nice, and the ice cream was delicious! They sell flavors not in stores just yet. We got to tour the factory area, though small, it showed us how they do the assembly line. Wish I could have taken some home. 😊

Im just a man, aspiring to be an ice cream man. Place is friendly as it should be, and the experience was amazing. I recommend it for any family field trip

It is a fun place to bring the family to experience how blue bell ice cream is made and the $1 per scoop ice cream is awesome. Kids love here so much!!

Not to be missed stop!! Clean and cool and colorful - you can purchase a full scoop of luscious Blue Bell ice cream in the parlor. Great family fun. Hope to take the tour on our next visit!

What a fun stop! They have a little museum with facts about the ice cream, a sweet outdoor area with an old ice cream truck and some statues, and, of course, an ice cream shop! The ice cream is $1 for a scoop, which is unbeatable! You can also watch the ice cream as its packaged, though the viewing area closes early (2 pm though that changes)

They showed us the facilities, where they make the ice cream, everything was a dollar, for all the different flavors. It was all very interesting, can tour the whole place in probably 45 minutes, if you stretch it to sit down and eat some ice cream. Of course it is worth it.

Nothing but the BEST ! Great side adventure driving thru town. Visitor section very informative of the ice cream process and history of company. Parlor & country store and very cute! Observation deck closed at 2pm everything else open till 5 pm ! $1 Ice Cream Scoops!! Staff very friendly, Texas Style

Amazing ice cream for an incredible price! So encouraging to see this company blessing their community with delicious food for a very gracious price. We will be buying more Bluebell in the future!

💥Super fun! Seeing my favorite ice cream made & packaged was pretty cool. Eating the ice cream for only $1/scoop was the best!👍

Sometimes we just drive a couple hours for ice cream for no reason, well not just any Ice Cream. I was raised on this stuff and enjoy the trip to see what new flavors are available to try for a large scoop for $1.

I love Blue Bell ice cream. I would like to know why I can not get Chocolate Chip. I can only find it a few times a year.

We had an amazing time here! It’s a great place to visit if you’d like to know the history of Blue Bell. There’s a small museum inside with an organized timeline showing how it all started. Also you can check out the observation deck, see the production line, and watch how the ice cream is made. It was really cool! In the end, you can try a scoop of ice cream for only $1. (It’s a generous scoop by the way. Check out the pic!) The staff was very welcoming and friendly which only made my visit more enjoyable. I highly recommend visiting this place!

Always fun as kid and now. With the new expansion since the flood and call back the second story level observation deck with the new ice cream parlor are now on the same level, with the Texas baseball museum underneath and the visitor and history center just on the other side of building there more space for Field trips and regular people in attendance. Yes ice cream scoops are still just a dollar.

I was a big fan. Then I read the ingredients and found high-fructose corn syrup in every single flavor. Shucks.

Best part of the your was the $1 scoops👍

I enjoyed learning about the history of this company. I tried a couple of ice cream flavors and they tasted really good. I wish the observation deck was open but understand why (covid).I plan on returning again. The prices are very family friendly too.

Ice cream was so tasty and the one scoop cup was larger than I have anticipated. Will definitely visit again.

Very worthwhile stop. Costs nothing to visit and if you want ice cream it’s only $1 per cup. Friendly people and they have a gift shop too if you really want to let people know how much Blue Bell means to you. 🍨

Had an absolute blast looking at the rich history present. I wish the operating room was open to the public but with COVID it’s really good they are upholding CDC standards. The ice cream was super delicious and I will be back soon to scoop me some more. Loved it here!

Nice place plus good taste perfect 👍

Didnt make it in time for the tour, but was able to visit other parts of the facility open to the public ( visitors center, baseball museum, the ice cream parlor and gift shop). The ice cream was delicious.......try all the scoops you like for $1 each!!!!!

Ice cream was so yummy 😋 great place to take your family!

Nice and cute ice cream factory, but don’t expect a big thing. The tour through the actual factory is super short, can’t see most of the things. But in my case it did compensate the fact that the floor where the ice cream is for sale is super nice, very well decorated, with walls that tells you about the history of Blue Bell. Also they had pretty much all the flavors the offer nationwide and the cashiers were very nice. They let us try all the kids wanted... which can be annoying and they really were super sweet. It’s a fun thing to do with kids.

Love, Love Blue Bell ice cream 😊😊 Driving between Austin and Houston I will go out of my way to visit to try flavors Ive never tried before. Ive traveled throughout most of the US and havent found anything that even compares.

Super cool visitor center, store, ice cream parlor and observation center. Very welcoming people. And of course the ice cream is awesome.

What a wonderful treat! Despite the cold and rainy weather, everything is better with ice cream; Southern BlackBerry Cobbler and Peachy Peach. Yum Yum

This has to be one of the cleanest dairy/refineries Ive ever delivered to. Awesome and friendly staff as well. Definitely will love delivering here again 😀

Childhood dream fulfilled! Fun place to learn about ice cream and a bit of Texas history. 10/10 would recommend

What a treat for all ages! Go early because the tours end in early afternoon. They have a wonderful gift shop outside the tour area and an ice cream parlor where scoops are $1.00. For a history of the company go across the parking lot to a second building and learn how they were founded and grew. Anyone who loves Blue Bell ice cream has to make this pilgrimage.

Omg yall the peach flavor is to die for...Do no skip this place,we love going there and you get 2 very generous scoops of fresh unique ice cream for a buck.

We loved it, then again we enjoy eating Blue Bell Ice cream.One of the reason we made this stop was too observe how ice cream is made. Unfortunately, we learned upon arrival the the plant was undergoing maintenance and that the observation viewing area was closed and might be through next week.The second reason was to tour the visitor center and to learn about the companys history. We particularly liked watching the three well produced video on the company history and how Ive cream is made and distributed. Not sure kids would find this very interesting.Our final reason was to sample ice creamflavors we might not see in our grocery stores. For only a dollar, $1, we got three small scoops of dark cherry and pralines an cream. Enjoying these made our trip a success.

Cool experience, gift shop is a little tight and not well stocked.

First stop of my birthday trip my family and I enjoyed the presentation and atmosphere and the ice cream is also delicious as always with a great price

Best ice cream ever! Especially the cookies n cream.

Are they ever gonna bring back Southern Hospitality??? It was so good and no one makes anything like it.

Right off Hwy 290 at Brenham... watch the production from an elevated spot, buy a souvenir in the gift shop, but most of all choose a big scoop from a variety of flavors from the friendly server at the ice cream counter for only $1!!!

Great little visitors center! The best part is the opportunity to have your selection from a plethora of flavor choices for only $1 per scoop.

I love Blue Bell ice cream. Its cool that you can just walk up and buy a scoop and get flavors you cant buy at HEB.

Best ice cream only 1$ recommend comeing back and its a baseball museum.

This was so much fun i highly recomend this for a fun day

Great place, great staff, great icecream

Awesome and ice creams only a dollar for alot!

Its a cool place to duck in from the heat! Friendly personnel throughout! You can try sample scoops for $1.00 each. The gift shop doesnt carry a large selection of items. We noticed hats at $18.00, shirts at $18.00 and a Blue Bell Christmas ornament at $29.98. Theres two stories to the tour but an elevator is available as well as the stairs. The 2nd level allows an elevated view of the production floor but...no photos or videos allowed in that area. If you go once...youre done! Its one of those things that once you visit, theres no desire to go back. Its a process with very little changes to prompt a return.

Made a point of visiting BlueBell Creameries on my way to Austin. The ice cream is just fantastic, loved it. Shame the Observation Deck was not open, shame also that the staff selling the ice cream lacked the famous Texan friendliness...