Kona Ice Beach Cities

My friend and I were in the area when we noticed this Ice cone truck. I love myself a good ice cone, but usually its all ghetto. This truck is the perfect solution. Its basically a food truck that serves delicious ice cones instead. Gasp! I wanted the Kowabunga which was the largest size but since we were already going to grab ice cream somewhere else too, I was told to just get the smallest size… sigh.
They have so many wonderful flavors. There’s some flavors they have upon request and some that are there for you to just self serve yourself. The tiger’s blood was one of my favorites from the self serve area of the truck. The orange was really delicious and the strawberry was tasty as it can be. This was a great treat on a relatively hot day. The truck only accepts cash so be aware of that. Luckily I had a few bucks on me. I think the small was 3 bucks. I’m not sure how much the Kowabunga one was. In retrospect the small size was actually pretty big and me and my friend took quite some time to finish it off.
Service was excellent. The young lady was super helpful and friendly. She was also very patient as we took our time and decided amongst the flavors. The ice does melt really quick though so gobble it up quickly. Overall its a solid dessert truck. I don’t see too many dessert trucks often but when i do I usually try to make an effort to buy some. I’d return again if I ever see them.

This is my first Unilocal review but I felt that I had to give props to this company for their service.
We had the truck come for a kids’ birthday party on a hot day. Dan set the truck up really quickly and the price was extremely reasonable. We had 50 people, 25 were kids and 25 adults, many of whom are carb-​phobic and all loved the shave ice. It was certainly the hit of the party and the kids loved getting to pick their own flavors and pick the amount of syrup that they put on the cones.
Kristin, the driver, was really nice and professional. The ice was shaved to order and was super quick and the music added to the festivities. I tried two different cones with six different flavors and the syrup was not too sweet and quite tasty!
My kids and I give Kona Ice big thumbs up!

We got Kona Ice for a kids’ party in Costa Mesa (¹⁄₂₄), and it really was the talk of the party. All of the kids were saying it’s the best party they’ve been to b/​c of the shaved ice. And it’s great that they can pick and put on the juice themselves. There was a big WOW factor with having it at the party.
I worked with Dan to make it happen b/​c there was some issues with scheduling since I thought of doing this at the last minute. Dan worked extremely hard to make this happen and am very grateful. He got it done!
Dan also had the best prices in town. I called every where, and his pricing was significantly lower and worked within my budget. The product was great, the driver/​server was great, and the customer service was great. So if you go with another company, you’re just getting ripped off haha.
Thanks again, Dan!

— Locale Destination —
It’s a food truck. I guess you can find them either FaceBook or Twitter.
Everybody bought it with cash, so I believe CASH only. Most trucks are like that.
— Gluttony Expedition —
— $ 3 for regular size and $ 4 for large size shaved ice.
— You buy the shaved ice, and can pick flavors out of 10 syrups (you can pick whatever you like — there’s a section with self dispensers). I think the syrups tasted a little thicker than normal Hawaiian ones. Interesting flavors.
— The shaved ice is very chunky. I’m very spoiled by amazingly fluffy Taiwanese shaved snow: p So I’m not a fan of this.
— They also have ice candy bars.
— Conqueror’s Deduction —
It might be good for die-​hard Hawaiian shaved ice fans or kids.
But some Hawaiian shaved ice isn’t chunky like this. So I don’t say I don’t like it. I just prefer the fluffy Taiwanese shaved snow.
It’s kinda cool that you can pour whatever the syrups you want by yourself, but that’s about it. I’m not a fan of this «chunky» shaved ice.

Kona Ice Beach Cities was awesome! We had them at our 34^th Annual NHB Cup that hosted over 300 teams throughout the US held in different sites around OC. They were not only professional and friendly, but their shave ice was a hit! The kids at our tournament went crazy over the «serve yourself» shave ice when they found out they could tap their own flavors. I appreciated the owners professionalism and will be glad to use their service for many other events not only for our soccer club, but for private, business, and personal events in the future. They rocked it this weekend and we thank you! Spread the word, you’ll be impressed!

just had the truck at my sons 5^th bday. i am so happy to give them an 5 star review! they were on time! they were super friendly both the girl who booked my party and the guy who worked it. there were about 60 people at our party young and old loved the whole experience. tasty treat, fun music and and over all fun. i will use them again.

I’ve probably had 2 snocones and 1 shaved ice in my life, period. The shaved ice is super soft and easy to eat, like snow (not the yellow kind!) I love that you can pour your own syrup. Sort of like the fro-​yo craze, you can choose how little or much you want. I tried about 5 flavors on mine. The best was the blue-​raspberry. Not much size difference between the large and small. I saved a buck and got the small, glad I did. I didn’t even finish it. It was a great treat on a hot day in a parking lot. Again, I rarely eat this kind of food, but I certainly enjoyed this one.

You can give this a bad rap, if you want, but my grand kids find that this a totally awesome experience. They want this truck at their birthday pariies. The Kona Ice, the truck, the music. The day that my wife and I visited a Kona Ice truck at an athletic field in Alieso Viejo that truck had a line 5 to 20 people long for the 30 minutes or so that my wife and I were there and they seem to be of every age. Who, on a hot day, wouldn’t enjoy this.

20 flavors, free condensed milk, Mochi, Vanilla Ice Cream. Sour Spray…
Sadly this truck doesn’t offer any of that. The menu is real simple, buy a small or large Styrofoam cup of ice, and help yourself to one of the 10 flavors they do have. The self-​serve flavor is a great concept on paper; but how much syrup does one put on? Believe it or not there is too much of a good thing. Why not at least put up a sign saying how many pumps is best? it isn’t bad, because I think bad shave ice is impossible, but it really isn’t any better than a Slush Puppie at an anonymous gas station mini-​mart.
I had a large for $ 4.00 and and chose Tigers Blood and Pina Colada Flavors. Neither one was outstanding. I don’t know if they make their syrups from scratch or buy the bottles at Smart and Final.
Either way they were underwhelming.
«Gourmet Food Truck #91 on my never-​ending quest to try every truck in So Cal»

Fun idea!
Obviously not the first to come up with the shaved ice truck concept, but Kona Ice BC puts their own spin. Just like most of today’s DIY froyo shops, you get to serve your own flavors. All you’re buying is the cup and ice. After you buy the ice, waltz over to your left for the pour spouts for the syrups. Their syrups include Tiger’s Blood, lemon lime, blue raspberry, watermelon, grape, strawberry, Tropi-​Kona, cherry, orange, and piña colada. They also have zero-​calorie syrups: black cherry, lemon lime, cherry, pink lemon sour, and strawberry.
What’s great is that you’re in control of your shaved ice. Want a lot of syrup? Go nuts. Want more strawberry than piña colada? It’s in your hands. Want to sample every flavor? By your command. Portion control is key here, because you don’t know if you poured enough syrup to reach the bottom ice, or if you poured too much. A drawback is how small the cup is compared to the ice given. Nearly everyone I saw getting ice here dropped most of the top overflow of ice to the ground. It’s a bummer, and they can’t refill your ice should you lose some of it due to being too tall for the cup. You also need to eat fast, because the ice is either going to melt, or bind together to form large ice clumps.
Shaved ice trucks are fun, and their business relates to the weather. The king of all shave ice trucks is still Tropical Shave Ice. It seems that they have their own territory though, so it’s unlikely that one will see TSI and KIBC near each other.
Go get some shaved ice!

My wife and I were visiting from New Jersey where we were at a local event in Orange County and had some of this awsome Shaved Ice. All the flavor I wanted! Delicious, Wish they had this in NJ!