Lil & John's Sweetreat

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6324 E Oak Island Dr
Oak Island, NC 28465

History

Sweetreat was originally in Southport NC from 1978-2003 and reopened in 2016 on Oak Island serving homemade ice cream.

Specialties

Delicious, homemade ice cream located in beautiful Oak Island, North Carolina. Lil & John's Sweetreat is family-owned and operated and features 16 flavors of ultra-premium, homemade ice cream. We use only dairy from grass-fed North Carolina cows and never add artificial flavors or colors

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4.5123 reviews
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Anna D.
11/12/2025

The creamiest dreamiest ice cream. It's always the perfect beach day when you start or end at Lil & John's. Nothing beats ice cream that's homemade daily. Large flavor selection and topping options.

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Rebecca M.
8/18/2025

Lil & John's might be the best ice cream in the area! For the prices, I truly believe you get a good amount of ice cream and I cannot say the same about other places around. Ube, banana cream pie,...

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Amy M.
9/26/2025

Cute little shop. Friendly staff. Homemade! Generous portions. Several choices of flavors and sundae options. (Candidly, I have to point out, this place is MUCH better than OKI scoop shop and...

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Barb C.
6/25/2025

Friendly service and yummy homemade ice cream. Let's see, we had chocolate brownie, snickers, mint chocolate chip and a lavender special... sorry, I don't remember exactly, maybe lavender...

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Chaim M.
5/24/2025

This is the perfect treat after a sunny day at Oak Island. The classic, childhood-memory-inducing dessert. We had the sorbet and ice cream and both were phenomenal. Service was excellent and very...

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