The Hop West

The Hop proudly serves Asheville, NC with an imaginative and locally-influenced array of handcrafted dairy ice cream & completely from-scratch vegan ice cream & sorbet in cups, cones, milkshakes, and sundaes.

Also Check out The Hop in North Asheville (640 Merrimon Ave), downtown Asheville (inside S&W Market), and Black Mountain (114 Cherry St). We also offer fulfillment for ice cream cake and custom orders placed in our Online Store at The Creamery (167 Haywood Rd). Unchained and Independent!

Located at 721 Haywood Rd, Asheville, NC 28806, The Hop West operates as an ice cream serving Asheville in North Carolina. This page gathers the practical details people usually look for before visiting: where it is, how to reach it, when it opens and how customers rate it.

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Hours are published for 7 days a week. Typical hours are 12–10 pm. Hours in the United States do change around federal holidays and long weekends, so a quick call before a special trip is sensible. You can reach The Hop West at (828) 252-5155; calling is usually the quickest way to ask about availability, prices or directions. More information is available on its website, hopicecreamnc.com.

Customers rate it 4.7 out of 5 on Google across 667 reviews, placing it among the better-regarded ice cream & desserts in Asheville.

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