03/24/09

Hard to Find Ice Cream Flavors

by Semera

Ice cream is part of my life. I love eating ice cream. It's my passion and it's my hobby. A perfect day would be if I have an ice cream from Chinatown Ice Cream Factory. I don't know how they do it, but I love all their flavors. It's so good I can't stop myself from eating half gallons!! For real. Like, it's ice cream I've never had before. I will never find another ice cream parlor that will replace CICF in my heart. Some of the tropical flavors are: Almond, Lychee, Mango, Pandan, Durian, Banana, Green Tea, Peach and Coconut. Some of the exotic flavors they have that I couldn't find anywhere else are: Coffee Brandy, Wasabi and Pumpkin Pie.

I still have a lot to go to try all of their flavors. I'm telling you, every trip to this place is worth it because I leave happy and stress-free.

• Pros: Best Exotic ice cream flavors and ice cream cakes
• Cons: What are the drawbacks?

03/15/09

BEST ICE CREAM EVER!

by Hon

I've never had so much fun eating ice cream until I had an ice cream from this place. Wow, so incredible. I love the mango ice cream. De-lish! I always order it whenever I'm in the neighborhood. I brought my sister there and she loves it to death! We both are obsessed of the mango ice cream. We love it so much we decided to bring some home in Jersey. My parents loved them so much too! In a way, Chinatown Ice Cream Factory brought my family together.

It's so awesome!!!!!

• Pros: Most awesome ice cream flavors in New York City
• Cons: What are the drawbacks?

02/10/09

Exotic flavors

by jenlovesfood

I love the exotic flavors that Chinatown Ice Cream factory provides. There's plenty of flavors to choose from, so you have to like something. I always want more than one kind of ice cream. My favorite flavor is the Zen Butter. I hope they make more flavors soon. These flavors you cannot get anywhere else. It's A LOT better than Haagen Daaz, Baskin Robbins, etc. I promise you. So glad I live near this place. Also they give you a really large scoop for the price. I remember when it used to be $2.25 for one scoop, now since it's becoming really popular they've increased their prices rather quickly. However it doesn't matter, I love this place.

• Pros: Exotic flavors
• Cons: Sometimes a line

08/09/08

Engagement Cake

by JaneBee72

I just got engaged and my fiancee got me a beautiful heart shaped cake from the Chinatown Ice Cream Factory to celebrate. He knows that my family always celebrates the holidays and important hallmarks in our lives with their cakes. It's only fitting that he get me a cake with my favorite flavors! The almond cookie is to die for~! He loves me and I love ice cream!

• Pros: Best ice cream in the city if not the world
• Cons: only one location

05/26/08

AVOID CAKE ORDERS

by jdlamkins

I was extremely disappointed with my cake order. I ordered a 13" green tea round cake. It tasted nothing like green tea ice cream, it cost $60 according to the ticket. Despite the fact that we specifically asked for a picture to be plastered on the cake when we ordered it, they decided (when we were picking up the cake) to charge $7 extra for the picture which is just an edible image they place on the cake... I didn't understand why they couldn't have just told us that from the beginning and write that on the ticket.

Completely ridiculous

• Pros: Wide variety of "exotic and not your everyday" flavors.
• Cons: Wayy overpriced, crowded, bad service, cocky owners.

03/06/08

THE BEST ICECREAM I EVER HAD IN MAHH LIFE!!

by crzyasssbqtch

i love their ice cream, especially the zen butter, which is made of tosted sesame with penut butter.. oh my god i cant no believe how it will taste like untill i tasted! it was out of my mind. and the employee there are are really friendly and nice. i think that they are trained to smile. lol.. the customer service was great, great attitude and ice cream.

• Pros: service, ice cream,

02/06/08

We don't have this in LA! Great ICE CREAM!!

by SexyLady1981

I read so many reviews about this place, my husband and I had to try it while we were in Chinatown. The ice cream is SO GOOD! I LOVE the Red Bean and my husband had the Lychee...so YUMMY! The only reason I gave it 4 stars instead of 5 because its so busy and they only have 2 people working and no place to sit. Its pretty cold to eat ice cream outside in the middle of Jan...but its worth it.

• Pros: YUMMY ICE CREAM!
• Cons: No Place to sit and So Crowded!

07/09/07

Beware of cake orders

by mh5646

I recently placed a phone order for a custom cake. However, when we went to go pick up the cake, it was nowhere to be found. The manager had the order ticket but no cake. As a replacement, the manager said that he had 2 smaller cakes of the requested ice cream flavors. However, he charged us for 2 cakes which cost more than the original price for the 1 larger cake. Since this occurred 2 hours before our party, we had to pay the additional cost. It seems quite unfair to pay for 2 cakes when it was the store's incompetent service that created the situation. I would have been satisfied if we had paid the original price for the 1 larger cake in exchange for the 2 smaller cakes. However, the poor customer service left us all feeling extremely unsatisfied and angry. So to all of you who are planning to order a cake from there, beware of the store's incompetence and the poor customer service.

• Pros: Wide selection of ice cream flavors
• Cons: Extremely poor customer service

01/10/07

i'm a convert...

by suebeelin

i'm not an ice cream fan. So, i used to pass this place, snickering at the fools standing in line, not believing that this place could possibly warrant the rave reviews, particularly since i don't usually like ice cream. I was an unbeliever. Notice the past tense. one day this past summer, while passing the little storefront, there was NO line. Impulsively, I ventured forth to see what flavors they had. i was suprised to find that the very friendly workers provided tastes of the ice cream (something free in chinatown? how is that possible??). So i had a taste.... and lo behold, i became an instant fan. Yes, I believe now. wow. the flavors burst forth in your mouth so that you forget you're having ice cream-- how do they do it? guess that's why they're so popular. i had the pina colada and the almond cookie.

12/29/06

Scream For Chinese Ice Cream

by b00pi3flak3s

Its a Chinatown mainstay with various Chinese inspired flavors and apparently has been around since the beginning of time. Service has been very helpful, however, the prices have slowly creeped up in the last few years. Other than that, the ice cream is good and is technically cheaper than that ridiculous Haagen-Dazs right around the corner.

• Pros: Ice Cream, Service
• Cons: Small, Crowded, Cash Only