My family loves this place. It is so nice to sit on the porch and see all the lovely cows while eating ice cream. Even though there is always a line out the door, the line moves quickly and the employees are friendly and helpful. The ice cream is delicious as well.

Dear diary. Today was a ok day. I was sitting home wanting to get out of the house. I had a hankering for a banana split. Now not a lot of places sell a true banana split so I thought this was going to be a lost cause. So I started to look at shops near me when I found this amazing place. Howling cow is amazing. It had a list of splits. And other amazing treats. This place should be everyone once a week stop all summer and then some. The ice cream is to die for and the live cows are a great look. The smell…. Well this place is amazing and look forward to gaining wait here.

Every time we are on lake wheeler road we are tempted to have ice cream here! 5.5$ for two scoops, chocolate and sea salt caramel taste perfect together. We loved the dairy store at Michigan State University, here is a good replacement. Great cow view from the back patio. ( not sure if kids should be touching the cows though)

I enjoyed 😉 the ice cream at the Howling Cow! This was my first visit and I became excited about the things that are happening at the dairy farm. The kids enjoyed eating ice cream and watching the cows. This was a great ending to a Sunday afternoon.

This is a great spot with great views for extremely quality ice cream. It is operated by mainly current NC State Students and have fresh homage ice cream made on sight. I definitely recommend one of their wanna splits. Also make sure to sit out on the back deck and look at the cows and enjoy the beautiful farm land. While you are at it, take a pint home for later which are offered at the creamery.

We stopped here for some ice cream on our busy day of errands! We were intrigued by the name and decided to check it out. I was expecting extremely creamy and smooth ice cream, but it just wasnt that. I had the PB & Chocolate Brownie Sundae and the brownie was veryy dense. The peanut butter sauce and peanut butter cups were yummy. My dad and my husband both had the banana pudding ice cream and they loved it!! I tried my husbands 4H Campfire flavor and it wasnt bad. Id like to try it again to see what I think!

Beautiful land with cows dotting the landscape. Delicious ice cream and banana split classic was a good choice today. Picturesque place to sit on the porch rocking in chairs eating a yummy treat.

A really fun place to visit with the family. A little expensive, the additional cost is worth it knowing it is part of the Dairy education school at NCSU. The Ive cream is consistently sweeter than I like - but its a hit with everyone else.

We love Howling Cow Ice Cream! I used to have it almost every day on campus and now with a BRAND NEW stand alone location it is even easier for me to get off campus.I highly recommend the Wolf Tracks and the Banana Pudding (so creamy just like your Grandma made Banana pudding, but as ice cream).The views were beautiful and the cows were fun to watch. The staff were friendly and helpful.Will absolutely be back and bring friends and family.p.s. Cant wait to see Howling Cow at the NC State Fair.

Hands down delicious ice cream with take home options or have a seat in a rocking chair and enjoy the view

Worth the wait after hiking! Calming down from this sugar rush. Definitely needed this with the weather being this hot.

YUM!!!!! We all enjoyed our ice cream immensely. I had the hummingbird split (vanilla and chocolate ice cream, pineapple, walnuts, banana and toasted marshmallow) and loved it! I also appreciated that they had the sinks outside to clean up. Getting the ice cream was a little slow but worth it.

Happy cows make happy ice cream!

What a beautiful place for some beautiful views, sunshine and delicious ice cream! LOVED this place and have been recommending it to everyone! Lots of good flavors to try, super friendly staff, and comfy rocking chairs or grass to sit in. Can’t wait to come back!!

What a treat! The ice cream is DELICIOUS and the surrounding farm is truly beautiful. I enjoyed my visit and can’t wait to return. I didn’t go into the education center, but hope to next time.

Wow! Delicious ice cream, broadened menu items, great porch with rocking chairs and dairy farm views. Terrific experience today!

Would recommend to anyone.Love, love the set up; beautiful views, a piece of country ten minutes from all things busy.Ice cream is ridiculously delicious! I appreciate the simplicity if the ordering system.

Loved this little creamery, delicious ice cream and a nice green field for the kids to run off the sugar!

Lots of flavors to choose from! The tasty ice cream melted in my mouth as I enjoyed the picturesque scenery sitting on the stairs outside. I was delighted to learn that the ice cream cups were compostable. That just kind of rounded out the entire experience in a really great, Earth-friendly kind of way.

Best ice cream weve ever had. Their strawberry flavor is phenomenal. Prices are decent for eating there and grabbing a pint (or bigger) for home.

Excellent creamery from the cows of N.C States agriculture program straight to your spoon with fantastic ice cream flavors and sundaes. Even pints or quarts of your favorite flavor to purchase and enjoy. Love the outdoor seating with a heavenly view of the farm and land...and cows, of course. Mud pie Sundae is the ish!

Vibrant parlor with ice cream, banana splits, sundaes, and take-home pints and quarts, all made at NCSU. The workers are fast and friendly, so even if the line is out the door it wont take but a few minutes to get to the counter. There is a lovely wrap-around porch that overlooks a cow pasture, and has plenty of room for the kids to run around and burn off the sugar.The ice cream is delicious and very affordable--you can get a scoop for less than $2 and a sundae for less than $4. An amazing bargain.

Delicious, fresh, and creamy ice cream made directly from cows at this facility. Students that run the place are great, when not being reprimanded by their faculty advisor... Many flavors to choose from. The pricing structure is a little wonky and a bit expensive, but they do take credit cards and are open 7 days a week. You can sit in rocking chairs on their porch with a view of the cows. Relaxing experience.

The Cherry Brick Road ice cream tasted great. I loved the porch and big sink to clean up the aftermath of the two scoop cone battle.

You just have to go here - great ice cream and so many flavors!

So Im visiting NC and decided to drop by as I was hiking nearby. I t tried a scoop of the banana pudding and a scoop of the sea salt caramel. My goodness it was superb. Almost custard like in consistency, flavorful and a big scoop that made you feel you got a true tasting! I absolutely recommend their overran and there are many flavours to choose from. I could not easy again for another 6 hours as I but the wall after the second scoop. You have to pay by credit card so be aware. No cash Im afraid. It cost just around $5. If you want value for money, you can buy a pint which costs just around $6.50. you can sit outside and there are even rocking chairs. Just chill and enjoy the view of the cows grazing from the shade of the veranda.

Grew up on NC State ice cream at the fair and this did not disappoint! It was really good! The Campfire was so perfectly balanced: graham, marshmallow, chocolate. Wonderful experience. Will be back often.

Picnic style, not many seats here outside the building. Ice Cream taste smooth and creamy!

A great place to get some ice cream. All their flavors are good, especially Campfire Delight and Wolf Tracks. The porch area is nice to relax at and eat your ice cream, or you can go to Yates Mill Park right nearby.

Insert Howl Here: I am so excited to have Howling Cow just down the right from my folks’ house with hours of operation seven days a week! Kenny Chesney was playing on the radio when we visited and enjoyed a variety of flavor and sundae selections. With less than 30 minutes left before the posted closing time, the line was out the door but moving swiftly. There are many summer nights to be enjoyed on this porch overlooking the farm on the horizon!

Sweet Potato Pie and Lemon Wafer flavors are excellent. I expected to like the first better, but the latter won!Well-organized drive through process.Credit card only.NOTE: the 2-scoop option right now is served & priced as two LARGE single scoops... so you pay a little more (than the 2scoop menu price), but you also get a little more.

NC State Howling Cow ice cream is always the best! You cant go wrong here. The location is great as well. You get to sit on rocking chairs while viewing the fast grassland ahead with cows! Great place to take your kids! Fair warning, they dont allow pets.

Very good ice cream that is made locally. Cherry vanilla was excellent!

Icecream & other frozen treats are Amazing

My only complaint is the price. I used to get a scoop at the Student Center for 25¢. It is obviously a money making cash cow (pun intended). But it IS delicious, and a pretty place sit and eat it. Note to those in charge: advertise a scoop each strawberry and chocolate as Chocolate Covered Strawberry Mothers Day special every May. Delicious 😋

Great place for ice cream. I would recommend this place for all those who love the ice cream

This is really great ice cream in a pretty amazing setting! I have so glad this came to Lake Wheeler. It is super relaxing to sit on the back porch with yummy ice cream and look at the cows. They also have a large open field for your kids to run and entertain themselves. But, the star of the show is definitely the fantastic ice cream.

Tasty fresh ice creams. Try wolf tracks.. its good. Mini ice cream cups strawberry and chocolate are good. Popularity credit goes to the cows there..

Ice cream and atmosphere is 100% the best! And, I am a Wisconsin girl so I know my ice cream.

Nice place to visit and eat Natural ice cream and milk shakes. Thanks to NC State University !!

Good, fresh ice cream. Clean dining area with a good family friendly view.

Excellent ice cream, great staff and a really nice facility. Makes you feel far a lot farther away from the city then you are! Nice to have some open spaces like this.About 15-20 different flavors. Tried the Wolftracks and it was delicious.About the only way this place could be better, is if they served Tuffy beer. 😎PS: Me thinks Helen must have a degree from that nearby school with fake classes... 🙄

The ice cream is great. We went during COVID, so we couldnt go inside. The service was friendly and quick. Enjoyed sitting in the parking lot eating the ice cream and watching the cows. The single scoop is BIG! Enjoy!

Howling cow ice cream is worth the drive. I love the lemon wafer, banana pudding and campfire. I wish i could get all 3 in pints. Everyone that works there is very nice also. Keep up the great work howling cows!

Howling Cow is my favorite ice cream and its nice to have a cozy, country set place in which to order, sit and enjoy vs. just taking it home from the grocery store.

Nothing to write home about. Strawberry ice cream tasted super artificial and cone was stale. Definitely not worth 5.50 for two scoops.

Delicious ice cream and a unique portxh to sit of while.you enjoy it. It overlooks the dairy farm.

I totally understand not allowing dogs on the property, but given that most ice cream places allow dogs, Howling Cow definitely needs to work on communicating that with first time visitors. It was no where online! Sad to get there and see a sign that says no pets allowed, so we had to go elsewhere.

Beautiful place with amazing service and incredible products! An unreal experience that everyone who visits Raliegh needs to see.

Love the country views here! And, great ice cream too, of course!

AMAZING! Great ice cream. Love the atmosphere and supporting the college. Will return many times.

Pretty setting along side cow pastures. The ice cream store is new, clean and a thought out layout. It features a covered outside area to enjoy your ice cream while looking out to the beautiful surroundings of the pastures, cows and trees.

Great spot with NC State’s signature ice cream right there on the same farm they get the actual milk used to make the ice cream!! How cool is that?!Also the place has friendly staff and administration and they also give tours of the actual farms and cows!!!

I was immediately transported back to my college days at NCSU. The ice cream tastes as good now as it did back then. The service was very friendly as well!

Site is on a farm. It is an education center for NC State. Enjoy the ice cream!!! You will not be disappointed.

While having a wonderful experience with my Java milkshake 2 months ago, I was slightly disappointed in today’s milkshake that tasted way too sweet. Besides that, the atmosphere and the service were as good as ever.

Icecream was really good. Cookie and icecream sandwich really stand out. Nice covered porch for outdoor seating. The cows can be a good attraction for the kids, but when the wind is blowing toward you it might be more enjoyable to be inside due to the smell of the cows.

Amazing scenery and ice cream 🍦

Ice cream is delicious; line was short on Friday evening; staff are friendly. We enjoyed seeing the cows outside.

The creamery is just awesome! Great place to bring your whole family. Best ice cream!

Always great but they have been out of my favorite ice cream for the past few weeks. Hope they bring it back soon.

Waited in a line outside to enter the store. It was about 10-15 minutes.The ice cream was delicious! It was a fun outing for out of town guests. The kids didnt get to see any exhibits or get near the cows. Its OK because we later learned that they were afraid of meeting the cows. Yes, we all loved our ice cream!

Ice cream is delicious! Very clean. All the ice cream is made at/by NC State Universitys farm.

This creamery is great. Pro tip, check their menu before you go. No samples here. Sit on the porch, enjoy the rocking chairs, and the view.

Great ice cream shop, out in the middle of a working dairy farm, part of the.NC State Univ. campus.

Our new favorite ice cream place! Loved the variety of flavors.

They have their own cows and make fresh ice cream from the cows milk. The best and most tasty ice cream i ever had. I was on a vacation. And if I ever go to north carolina again its my first stop

This is such a fun little spot! My toddler loves sitting on the porch in the rocking chairs, looking at the cows, and of course eating ice cream.

The freshest. I mean, the cows are RIGHT THERE! Great outdoor seating on the covered porch, too.

Absolutely love this place. Came home to visit before & have never noticed it. Definitely a must stop!

The creamery is beautiful inside and out! The student staff were very welcoming and made a beautiful split! The manager was very friendly as she checked us out even though the line was long and they were very busy! It didn’t feel rushed, but was friendly and relaxed! Loved the views of cows in the background too! They’ve only been open since Monday but man they’re running like they’ve always been open! Can’t wait to come back with more family!

Really top quality ice cream. Yummmm!

Very fresh tasting. Not too sweet.

Great icescream place. Has many flavors and an option to see the cows while enjoying your dairy product of choice.

Great ice cream and beautiful views from the deck.

Awesome scenery and even better ice cream!

The most tasty salted caramel ever

Good ice cream, nice service, fantastic view! Can improve on the wafers tho

Amazing staff of student workers! Beautiful sundaes and delicious ice cream! The managers are friendly and helpful and ensure a great experience!

Excellent drive through service at the creamy. Beautiful spots to enjoy your ice cream while watching the cows. Short distance from Yates mill park if you want to walk before or after your ice cream.

Delicious!! Such generous portions

Ice cream was good, but we were forced to eat in our car because we were informed our dogs were not allowed on porch or lawn. Sad, we will get ice cream at a dog friend establishment from now on.

Good refreshing taste with natural environment... feels great 👍🏻

Ice cream is fantastic and a great location.

Inventive flavors are very good. Wished the texture was creamier.

Cherry Vanilla is great as usual. Im sure they all are.

Ice cream from the cow, to the dairy to the ice cream case all within a few hundred yards. What could be better!

The home of Howling Cow. Some great quality fresh ice cream.

Home made style cream ice cream. Looks like a good place for college folks to gather and ait in a rocker on the porch.

Great ice cream and what an awesome location with a view of the pasture and the cows that helped make the product. Highly recommend

Excellent ice cream and service. Definitely recommend stopping by here if youre passing through.

Amazing ice cream and scenery.

Friendly staff but the worker let my two-scoop waffle cone sit for three minutes while she fixed a milkshake. Icecream was running down my hands before I made it out the door. The cone completely fell apart. I stood at the counter for two minutes with a crumbling cone and icecream running down my arms even with a huge wad of napkins waiting for an employee to ask for another cone. It was too late and I just threw it away. Left annoyed and disappointed.

Delicious ice cream and a beautiful building and scenery! Go Wolfpack!

Ive been a fan of NC States ice cream for well over a decade. The flavor selection is definitely a lot more diverse these days. It was my first time out at the ice cream shop and it was fantasic. Due to the current covid situation they had a drive thru set up and it was quick and easy. I was able to enjoy the ice cream from my car and watch the happy cows out in the fields.

Ice cream really was fantastic! Great location with views with fields and cows, good place to bring your kids.

Darn good ice cream, and a great deck with a great view to eat it from!

Great tasting ice cream!

This is some delicious ice cream! I thoroughly enjoyed my visit to the Howling Cow Dairy Education Center. The staff was super friendly and didn’t mind me trying out the few flavors I asked about. (If there weren’t people behind me I would have tried a few more.) It was nice to sit on the porch and eat my Banana Pudding Ice Cream while taking in the surroundings. (Farm odors notwithstanding HaHa) My only criticism is that when I was reading the ingredients for your ice cream that there are partially hydrogenated coconut oil and carrageenan. I know the product has to be stabilized and preserved, but feel like there are more better choices than these two without compromising flavor. For an occasional indulgence this is really delicious!

Great ice cream! Ive tried most of the flavors but Cherry Vanilla is the best.