Handel's Homemade Ice Cream

Santee, CA · Ice cream shop

Rating
4.6/5
★★★★★ 4.6
Reviews
20
Rank in Santee
#18
of 103 restaurants
City Percentile
66%
rating percentile
Address
Handel's Homemade Ice Cream, 8980 Carlton Hills Blvd, Santee, CA 92071
Phone
(619) 312-2381
Website
www.handelsicecream.com/santee
Status
Closed · Opens 11 AM

Handel's Homemade Ice Cream is a restaurant located in Santee, CA. It is one of 103 restaurants listed in Santee. Its 4.6-star rating is above the Santee city average of 4.3 stars. It ranks #18 of 103 restaurants in Santee. There are 10 photos associated with this location.

About Handel's Homemade Ice Cream

Handel's Homemade Ice cream, Handel's Ice cream started in Youngstown ,Ohio in 1945. Alice Handel started making home made ice cream with fresh fruits picked from her own garden. selling it to customers that were waiting for there cars getting fixed... More

Hours

Saturday11 AM–10 PM
Sunday12 PM–9 PM
Monday12 PM–9 PM
Tuesday11 AM–9 PM
Wednesday11 AM–9 PM
Thursday11 AM–9 PM
Friday11 AM–10 PM

Customer Reviews

★★★★★ 5.0 emerald_ 22 (Liliyb) · Dec 2025

Whenever you’re in the Santee area, you have to make a pit stop at Handel’s! There are so many incredible ice cream flavors to choose from—it’s almost impossible to decide. Definitely check their website ahead of time to see what each location has available. Tonight’s treat was an apple dumpling with scoops of the amazing blueberry cobbler, finished with a cinnamon drizzle. Easily a 10/10—not overly sweet at all and absolutely made my evening. I’ll definitely be 🏃‍♀️ for more very soon! 🍨🔥 side note if you have fur babies they have a frozen treat for them as well🤗.

★★★★★ 5.0 Linda Seamans · Jan 2026

One of the best ice cream places in San Diego. So many choices! Potion sizes are very generous. Try the 4 scoop sampler if you can't decide what flavor you want most. Service is fast and friendly, even when the line is long. They don't have a lot of choices of sorbet but the ones they have are soooo good! Haven't managed to find any flavor of ice cream, sorbet or sherbet so far I haven't liked. Handel's never disappoints!

★★★☆☆ 3.0 Kyah Webster · Nov 2025

Normally I love this place. Today not so much. I love love love pumpkin pie but I’m allergic to clove. Pumpkin pie anything is hit or miss. Today my husband and I stopped and I had asked if their pumpkin pie ice cream had clove, may have mispronounced it cloves with it being a long day. I got laughter from the girl at the window followed by her asking a coworker, spelling the ingredient, laughing some more, then saying I don’t think so but I really can’t say for sure. I explained it’s a common ingredient in pumpkin pie and got the same I don’t think so but I really can’t say for sure. At which point I decided to roll the dice since I have EpiPens on hand. Clove is one that will randomly send me into anaphylaxis, so it’d be nice to know if I can have these more often or if I need to be smar

★★★★★ 5.0 Saul Collins · Nov 2025

Hot Apple Dumplings with Salted Caramel Truffle and Cinnamon Drizzle was AMAZING and theyve got a new regular :)

★★★☆☆ 3.0 Karen Brown · Dec 2025

Went to get ice cream on Saturday night around 6:30. Asked the counter person if I could taste a flavor. He replied "not now". There were about six people waiting for their orders and no line at my window. I took my order home and to me it really was not tasty. I ended up throwing order away. I sure wish I could sample the flavor first!! What is your locations sample policy??

Accessibility & Amenities

✓ Delivery ✓ In Store Pickup ✓ Onsite Services ✓ Takeout ✓ Dine In ✓ Solo Dining ✓ Wheelchair Accessible Entrance ✓ Wheelchair Accessible Parking Lot ✓ Table Service ✓ Restroom ✓ Casual ✓ Trendy ✓ Groups ✓ Quick Visit ✓ Debit Cards ✓ Nfc Mobile Payments

Services

Ice cream shop

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