Ice Kiss

Good place to hangout with friends at night and munch of desserts and have coffee. They also offer games that are fun to play.
Though, I don’t recommend it for very large parties since it’s kind of small and maybe hard to accommodate. Also, the service is a bit slow, since they usually just have 1 – 2 people working.
Overall, I’d recommend dropping by and checking it out!

I’ve been coming to ice kiss since high school! Glad to see it’s still up and running!
Everytime I come here, it is empty but there’s always people dropping by to buy a drink. There’s nothing here that is too good but it’s a nice place to sit and hookah with friends while munching on dessert :)
Whenever I come here, it is just one woman working. I think she’s the owner? Service is a little slow but I understand because she’s the only one working. She’s very friendly and sweet so I never mind waiting. Prices are what you’d expect at any other Korean café… $ 6 for 2 scoops of ice cream, $ 5-​$ 7 for a shake or smoothie…$ 18 for hookah.
They were known for their shaved ice back in the day but I think the taste has gone down a little bit. However, I go here simply because it’s just a place to chill and kill time while waiting to get seated at some of the more popular hot spots on the same block.

I went on Father’s Day with my family after boiling crab. The ice kiss dessert was good enough for 5 people. It wasn’t crowed which sometime is good.

I went in on a weekday afternoon, and I was the only one there. The woman working was so friendly and helpful. She insisted I sit and be waited on. When I asked about a the flavors of a couple of teas I was unfamiliar with, she brought me samples.
I ordered a sweet potato milk shake, which was delicious. I sat for a couple of hours and worked on my computer. Their wifi is quite fast.
The place was clean and tidy. My only complaint is the loud Korean pop videos. But even that was kind of fun to watch for a minute. I spent the rest of my time there with my headphones on.
The price for the shake was reasonable. I’ll try this place again. The key to a great coffee house is the quality of their cappuccino. I’ll try that next time.

Came here on a Saturday night with a few friends. Not too crowded, but there was only one lady working so service was super slow. However, we got the green tea and house special shaved ice and they were decent. Definitely liked the green tea better but she was nice enough to give it to us in dog bowls!
Nothing too special here. You can look on the wall and see all the celebrities who have been there, but the actual food itself is not amazing. Décor seems a little out of place, kinda dark, and just meh. Decent place to chill and have a conversation, but then again, there are many other places you can do that with better service, food, and cleaner area… just not with dog bowls.

Cup was dirty; I didn’t even touch the drink.
Service is horrible, even on ktown standards.
NEVER coming back.
Ordered a drink at 5pm weekday to sit down while waiting for a friend. The place was completely empty, yet the owner still gave me hard time for ordering just a single drink. The cup was filthy with pinkish smudges around the rim.

The first time i came here was in college and i really enjoyed myself, but after coming back again I realized this place wasn’t that great. The décor was pretty cheesy, and the tables were not very clean. The service was pretty decent but the prices were pretty high for shaved iced. After experiencing it again for the second time i don’t think i will be coming back. I still recommend anyone to go and just try it out. You can be the judge of it. The good thing is that there is a parking lot in the back for $ 2. ENJOY!

The lady at this spot is very rude. She gave us a hard time for standing in line and not ordering right away.
Never coming back

«The works» is so good! It’s the best waffle I’ve had so far! The ice was really good as well! I’m really picky with my green tea and their green tea ice cream was up to my tasty standards

I still can’t believe I spent $ 19 on a bowl of shaved ice…

Ambiance: quiet and colorful small café store
Service: a little bit pushy and impatient
Drink: jujube and jasmine hot tea about average taste
Price: decent, less than $ 10 dollar each

Sure the bowls are big, but the quality of their shaved ice sure went down hill over the years.
The ice is chunky and the toppings are mediocre and don’t blend well (captain crunch, hard mochi balls, running whipped cream? I think not). This is one place in K-​town that definitely does not encompass what korean «pat bing soo» or shaved ice, is all about. Save your money and go a couple streets over to Café Yellow House, Heyri, or Miss Coffee for better shaved ice!

I’ve been coming here since I was 8^th grade or so? Back when my korean middle school friends taught me what ktown is all about for the innocent (cue picture, arcade, nrb, food, and of course ice kiss!) That’s how I first discovered Ice Kiss and I used to think it was bomb. Now that it’s been years, I don’t care so much about their shaved ice anymore. (Also, what happened to their infamous dog bowl? I felt like that was one of their way they attracted their customers by serving their shaved ice in funky dog bowls. Oh times have changed. :/​)
BUT the last time I came here my friend ordered waffles with some ice cream or whip cream with chocolate syrup. I honestly didn’t think twice about it at first but when she gave me a bite of it, I instantly became a fan. Still not a big sweet tooth but I’m definitely ordering their waffles now if I come to Ice Kiss again. Goodbye shaved ice!

Portions here USED to be ZOMG XOBX LOL HUEG… now they’re merely crazy. The two-​person ice kiss feeds three pretty easily, although it’s not as tasty as I remember. We used to get a kick out of the crazy portions in a dog dish, but today it’s merely a regular deep pasta-​type plate. Not nearly as fun…
The waffles aren’t bad, but they’re not the best– not enough to draw us back by themselves.
iPads for games to kill time are kind of neat, the dark décor hides the years of wear and tear fairly well, owner is reasonably friendly. The menus could use a revamp too.
It’s decent, just… like the menus and the décor, the place feels like it’s declined from its A-​game of a few years ago.

Cozy little space with a wide assortment of offerings. According to the Food Network, the Pat Bing Soo is the thing to get, and I opted for the House Special which mixes the shaved ice with ice cream, red beans, fruit, whipped cream, and mochi. The combination of flavors & textures was just not at all appealing.
Service was friendly and prompt.

Small little place with what seemed to be one lady working (takes your order then goes back to make it kind of deal). I was surprised to see that they have a hookah menu. Random. Another random but nice touch? The iPads strapped to the tables for guests to play games.
As for their house special patbingsoo, you either love it or you hate it. I can see how some people might be excited about all the different ingredients piled on, but I have to admit, I’m not much of a fan. it’s loaded I think it’s a bit overpriced for what it is. $ 12.99 for the «couples» size. Sure, it made for a good picture, but red bean, canned fruit cocktail, chocolate syrup, fruity pebbles, whipped cream, ice cream, strawberry flavored syrup, mochi, banana, strawberries, kiwi, and ice? I don’t know. It may sound like a heck of a lot of goodness, but not for the price. It was refreshing, but wouldn’t be my first choice for shaved ice. I probably won’t be back.
I might be generous with the 3 stars, but the lady who was manning the fort was nice, and the iPads were a fun addition.

The recent heat wave in LA inspired me to go on a prolonged SHAVE ICE crawl. Stop #6 was at Ice Kiss in Koreatown.
I heard and read the PATBINGSOO here is over the top and it’s so true. After having a truly awesome meal next door at Ham Ji Park, we came here for dessert. I was so full from dinner I’m afraid I didn’t take better notes of this place. I do know we ordered two COUPLE sized shave ice desserts ($ 12.99/each I think) between the five of us, one of which was the WATERMELON MADNESS (with watermelon juice, watermelon topping and watermelon shave ice). If you check out both of my photos, you’ll notice that they don’t look that different. Their patbingsoo is just super crazy looking with so much sweetness (fruits, mochi, red beans, ice cream, whipped cream, fruity pebbles, etc), but no condensed milk?! The ice is just an after-​thought.
It was messy, but fun to eat with friends. Service was kind of blah.
There are ipads on the table for you to play with if you don’t mind all the hands that have touched it before.

Came here with my friend, not the same as it was before or many years ago. As a buddy, I came here to support the business. But I’m writing this review from a customer P. O. V.
Came here with a friend. I usually go to Guppys for my shaved ice cravings. But wanted one nearby as I lived in K-​Town.
Service: from 1 – 5, I’d give it a 0. Why? Because, it felt like a express or a self served café. I could of walked up to your counter and picked up your menu and seat myself and my friend.
Food Quality: 1 – 5, I give it a 1, cause my friend said the watermelon juice was good, but I wanted to give it a ½ honestly. I ordered a Couple size Taro Bing-​soo. My friend ordered a watermelon juice. Taro bingsoo wasn’t anything special, shaved ice, vanilla ice cream, red bean, canned cocktail fruits, and TARO POWDER… When I saw the menu, I instantly said mmmmm TARO ice cream, Thinking its TARO, there might be a delicious purple ball of ube ice cream sitting on top of all the cold goodies. But nope! Wasn’t near anything what I imagined. 2 scoops of vanilla ice cream and sprinkled or dusted TARO powder. I dig in and to see that the center of bingsoo is plain shaved ice, didn’t see any trace of condense milk. What a bummer, but I ended up devouring it. Bad to pay for it.
Overview: To: Stephen (the worker/​owner), your doing everything wrong. Instead of investing in ipads for us customers to play with, invest in some new jenga games or simple games. Update the flavors of your bingsoo. Your Icekiss. You guys are known to make the best shaved ice in K-​Town (not so much anymore) feels like to me that you guys given up. A lot of new trend and style, quality has risen in the ²⁰¹¹⁄₁₂. Be creative use better ingredients and toppings then maybe people will come back and are willing to pay up $ 12.99 for a couple sized bingsoo.
Service #2: Since your in a hospitality business, it should be about your guest. Not you and your friend hanging outside smoking. We were the only customers. You should of given your attention to us and check back with us and see how things tasted, etc… If that had happened, I’d at least given you a 2star review. But Nope!
P. S. Writing this as a friend.(sorry if I’m so blunt) Jinhae. If it’s slow… Throw some kind of happy hour or specials to draw in customers instead of being dead/​slow/​empty and just smoking your stoges outside. It’s slow for a reason. Means something isn’t right. Find the problem and fix it.

I’ve come here twice in less than two weeks. I was so glad to finally have some baht bing soo (Ice Kiss House Special served with your choice of ice cream) after almost 15 years. LOL I never knew how it was actually spelled and my Korean boss lady kept calling it «popping sue». hahaha Sounds dirty… I know! :)
Anyways, I love that it’s open late and so far it hasn’t been busy when I’ve gone here on a Tuesday night and Wednesday night. I do actually like the way paht bing soo tastes here. It has fruit cocktail at the bottom, shaved ice, ice cream on top (vanilla and green tea tastes good), slices of fresh bananas and strawberries on the sides, red beans, mochi balls, and whip cream sprinkled with fruity pebbles. Please see picture posted. :)
A single size can easily be shared by two, but when we brought a third person we had a large (the size smaller before the «monster» size). There are Korean music videos playing on the flat screens and plushy booths with pillows and pillows in chairs. Also, there’s free Wi-​Fi. Of course, you have to find street parking but you really have no choice. Yah, but depending what kind of dessert you get here, you’ll probably need a walk after. LOL
I don’t know if they still serve in doggie bowls, but so far I haven’t seen it. The staff is nice and attentive. And they have a great menu with different desserts that I have yet to try. Mmm… maybe funnel cake… waffle?! We’ll see where my taste buds take me. LOL :)

I LOOOOVE ice kiss! Must be the Korean in me :)
Everytime I go to K town, I force my BFF to eat Pat Bing Soo (Shaved Ice) @ Ice Kiss with me! I NEVER get sick of it!
Ice Kiss Shaved Ice comes in 3 sizes: 1) Individual ($ 6.99) 2) Couple ($ 11.99) and 3) Monster ($ 19.99). It also comes in about 7 different flavors, I’ve tried thier Green Tea, Strawberry, and Ice Kiss flavor and they’re all equally delicious — just depends on what you’re in the mood for! Each flavor varies in thier toppings, fruit, and ice cream flavor. Me and my friend can kill the «individual size». so we usually go up and order the «couple» size. which is a really good amount for the 2 of us. but probably can be split amonst 3 or 4 people! haha
One thing I HAVE to mention… Lately, I’ve noticed that the «couple size» comes out served in a freaking DOG BOWL. WTF. I mean, I can see some Koreans thinking this is kinda cool, hip, or cute. But I seriously think other cultures would be traumatized. They seriously need to stop this…
Ice Kiss also offers frozen yogurt, pastries, coffee, smoothies, and savory snacks, but I’ve only gotten the shaved ice here. One of these days, I’m going to order a monster and kill it :)
–1 star for the dog bowl, –1 star for the price (min $ 20 for credit card)