Cream King

Hours of operation are not updated for the winter season. Drove all the way there and they were closed.

Soft ice cream and fried stuff. Sign me up. Owner is very community involved and supports many local charities through ‘Cream King Mondays’ and other donations. Fries used to be better, but what can you do. Everyone uses the ‘coated’ fries now.

Been patronizing Cream King for a number of few years. Got to say: What gives? The serving sizes of your soft-​serve cones have taken a downward squeeze. Your cones now amount to between ²⁄₃ –½ the amount you used to offer. Considering the cost of a small cone equals 3-​bucks & 25 (plus tip), and considering that now the size of your cone doesn’t fill my eye-tooth.that just doesn’t cut it in my book.
Wake up Cream King and sort out your portion sizes or else this little dairy girl is going elsewhere!

I was about to write that Cream King reminded me of roadside ice cream shops in New England, but Jake E. beat me to it. Oh well, it’s still true. I grew up with places like this, and I was glad to see one here in NJ. The service was fast and considerate, and the prices were fair. Even the kid’s size is pretty substantial, though for that they went easy on the chocolate dip (that’s a «hard shell» for you Jersey boys and girls). There was ample parking and outdoor seating on a hot Sunday afternoon.
I can only speak to the soft serve, since that’s what we got. Hard ice cream is from Hood, so nothing special. I would have loved to see a Lime Rickey on the menu.

Cream King is definitely a throwback to an earlier time (serving the area since 1891, if you can believe it!) and reminds me of the roadside ice cream stands you see scattered throughout New England. While somewhat off the beaten path, it’s hardly far from civilization as other reviewers have asserted. It’s pretty accessible from Rt. 31 and the various county routes which feed into it. Not to mention I-​95 is only a few miles south. For me, the «rural-​ish» character of the general area is a positive, but different strokes for different folks, as they say!
The chocolate/​vanilla twist soft-​serve was some of the best I have had anywhere — very flavorful and not at all watered down. While I thought the price was a bit high for the quantity I received, it was not excessively so. Credit card minimum is $ 10, so be sure to bring cash if you’re only buying a cone or two.
Service was pleasant and efficient — good stuff!
Dining area is pretty bare-​bones, basically some benches and picnic tables under makeshift canopy of corrugated metal roof suspended by some poles. While that might sound a bit unusual, it works well for the overall vibe of the place.
Overall, I really enjoyed my first trip here. I will definitely be returning again to sample more of their ice cream offerings. My initial positive experience, combined with the sea salt caramel ice cream and pretzel cones mentioned in other reviews have sufficiently piqued my interest to warrant a second trip in my near future. I would definitely recommend to anyone within reasonable driving distance.

I Unilocal,you Unilocal,we all Unilocal for Cream King!
No seriously. Pay me in Sea Salt Caramel ice cream.
This place is apparently kind of legendary in the area. (News to me, I just looked for ice cream places that were still open after 8pm.) On our last visit, we got there right after the governor. He got a vanilla flurry with oreo, if you were wondering.
They have a pretty large menu but since I am a fiend for Sea Salt Caramel anything my choice was very obvious. My sister got chocolate and black raspberry and we shared. (AKA– I ate most of hers and let her have what was left in my cone). What are sisters for?
It was pretty darn good. Kind of away from civilization but if its worth the governor’s time then it must be good. I’m not really into politics, but I am pretty sure the need for good ice cream is a bi-​partisan issue.
Note: This review has been approved by O-​bOM-​NOM-​NOM-​a.

Driving at 9 PM to this ice cream spot from Trenton is pretty much a scary movie. There are barely any street lights, tons of farm land, and this city girl knows that people of color are the first to go. I cautiously approached the parking lot and thankfully there was a very friendly attendant behind the counter.
I was intrigued by the new Sea Salt ice cream flavor and the pretzel cone option… but opted only for the pretzel cone since I don’t need to have bigger «cankles» with all that sodium intake. I added chocolate peanut butter ice cream in my pretzel cone and quickly regretted it. The ice cream was delicious, creamy with soft swirls of peanut butter, but that pretzel cone was terrible! Stale, odd taste, almost like hardened baking soda, sadly a total disappointment.
The clear winner of the night was my hubby who I planted the idea of Sea Salt ice cream and thankfully got it in a waffle cone. The taste of the ice cream was like creamy vanilla with slices of almonds and a little sea salt to bring it all together. This flavor was amazing! Both cones were huge, and about $ 5 a pop.
The Cream King has plenty of outside seating, with tents for even rainy days. Apparently they serve some food here too, I’m excited to risk my life again and try some of it.
P. S. Cash only.

I like coming here with the kids and grandparents — it’s one of the few places in the area where you can have your ice cream outside. The ice cream, both hard and soft, are quite good and you get a reasonable amount for your money.
The downside is the cleanliness and maintenance. The floors (both inside and seating area) are generally dirty. I also feel like the roof over the seating area is going to collapse any minute. Generally, it is in desperate need of some sprucing-​up.

Stopped here on a lark on my way back to MD after buying a car. Excellent food. Had a steak and cheese that was probably in my top 10 lifetime cheesesteaks (I’m 42 & eat cheesesteaks whenever I can). Nice people. Definitely recommend.

I’ve been going here since I was a kid. I went there last week. The floor looked mostly clean. I wouldn’t eat off of it. However, I checked out the rest of the insides and saw the grill looked clean and the place where soft serve is served looks clean as well. The floor does not keep me from eating here. Also it looks like they got a new soft serve machine. I love their ice cream and service is always quick. The prices are very reasonable and they always give lots of ice cream.

I have mixed feelings about this place; as I have had good and bad experiences. While the food is fairly good, and the ice cream delicious, the place is rather flithy. The other day we stopped to get dinner, only to find that there was no soft serve that day, and they had ran out of shrimp. However, you do get what you pay for. The scoops are big and the servings of food are plentiful and filling. I feel like if they cleaned this place up a bit and changed the décor, it could be very cute.

I stop in once in a while for a soft-​serve vanilla with rainbow sprinkles to satisfy the kid in me. Noticed in the past it was not the cleanest of places.
Stopped by today, was looking in the window to the inside and saw how FILTHY the place looked. The floor was disgusting looking — and I don’t mean just dirty after a day of service — it looked like it was never mopped since last summer. The food service area also looked filthy, covered in grease (not that I ever eat the junk food, but still…)
Sadly, I won’t be back.

Cream King falls short and has gone downhill as the summer continued. Each visit, it got worse. I’ve been there several times over the summer and found that they are either out of soft serve completely or hardly ever have both vanilla and chocolate (soft serve) at the same time. If you peak in the window, you will see that the cleanliness is questionable. The machines do not look like they are cleaned on a regular basis and on my last visit I saw a disgusting mop and bucket full of dirty water resting right next to the soft serve machine. Gross! I won’t be going back.

For a delightfully sweet ending to our small circle of good friend’s New Jersey winery trail, our final stop was at Cream King.
Cream King functions more than a creamery ice cream as it is also an all-​American dinner. My one small cup of vanilla ice cream was devine!

I have been getting ice cream from here for year, ever sine I was a little kid. Not many places serve soft serve ice cream anymore, and this is one tha tdoes — that is the reason to go. best combo is the twist on a cone with choch jimmies! everyone is friendly and there is food too. hot fudge sundae with wet walnuts is another classic

After passing this place dozens of times, we stopped by after picking up food at Honey Brook a few weeks ago.
The onion rings are outstanding. Perfectly fried, not the least bit greasy. Tender – YUM. I think I’ll have to stop there again today, even though it’s 100 degrees outside
Friendly people who will get you your ice cream immediately – we ended up with a coffee/​pistachio-​cashew butterscotch sundate which was very good, but having been spoiled by Halo ice cream, the ice cream could have been better and with more of a cashew flavour (even though it too was a local brand). I have been dreaming of butterscotch with coffee ice cream ever since.
Yum yum yum!
It’s also a good stop returning from Hopewell Valley Vineyards.
Will definitely be back, hopefully today!

Yummm! I love Cream King. This place holds a special place in my heart because we used to stop here after my ball games when I was a kid. I still like going, but try to keep the visits to a minimum, so as to maintain my girlish figure.
My favorite treat is a twist (chocolate and vanilla) on a wafer cone with chocolate jimmies. I know, not too exciting, but I love it. They serve a variety of ice cream and shake flavors, and a lot of yummy fried goodness as well such as burgers, dogs, fries and all sorts of other fun fried items. There is lots of outdoor seating, if you don’t mind listening to the 18 wheelers whiz by.