Ralph’s Italian Ices & Ice Cream

First time I had Italian ices, it was great. I definitely prefer the crème ices over the water ice. Amazing place, I will definitely be back for more.

I’m surprised I have never review this place before. Well here goes…
Ralph’s Ices is pure bliss. Its highly addicting when its open and the flavor combinations are nearly endless.
They serve traditional ice cream, water ices, and cream ices. I stick with the cream ices and highly suggest you go for it!
Beware of the 30 minutes lines.

Staff friendly, ices are the best around and for people like myself that are lactose intolerant these ices which come in traditional ice cream flavors are a real treat, prices are reasonable my personal favorite is the mint chocolate chip mmmmnnnn!

Lots of staff to move the line along. …and the ices… what can you say. .it’s Ralphs!

So many choices! obsessed with this place. Mint chip is a must try

This is my local Ralph’s Ices. If you have been to one, you have been to them all so I am reviewing Ralph’s Ices in general. The flavors are amazing and different. The choices must be close to 100. Portions are large and you can mix flavors so if you order a small you can ask for one scoop of two different flavors and so on. They have water ice, a small selection of sugar free water ice and a big selection of cream ice. The cream ice is not gelato. It isn’t the same consistenancy but it is a closer to gelato then ice or ice cream.
Our favorites are the espresso bean sundae which is ice cream, not an ice, but still amazing. My favorite water ice flavors are peach, mango, raspberry and chocolate. What I love about the water ices is that it has small chunks of fruit in the fruit flavors. The bubble gum water ice even has bubble gum! As for cream ices, any of their flavors with peanut butter are amazing.

Its Ralphs! nuff said

Nothing can be said badly about this «exact location», this one is just closet to my house. Living in Staten Island I have visted Ralphs Ices many times, but I feel the ices are too sweet and sometimes cant even finish the ice. Their not bad, just a little too sweet for my liking. I highly reccomend Gino’s Ices. There is a pizza place in this same shopping center (Euro Pizza) that sells them, highly reccomend them!

New York has got me fooled with their seasons. Is it Spring? Is it Summer? Now it’s Winter again? Last Saturday played some April Fools and it felt like time to inaugurate an early Summer with Ralph’s Italian Ices.
Off we went to the little strip mall. Not sure if this location used to be a Rita’s but there Ralph’s was and there were a few people buzzing around. It’s basically an ice stand. No seats, benches or tables. I guess they don’t want loiterers hanging about. People just go on about their business or enjoy their treats sitting in their car in the parking lot.
I had no idea what to get. A friend of mine said the proper way to enjoy an ice is to order a cream ice on top of the water ice so that it melts down and tastes richer. I got the Java Chip cream ice and Cherry Cola water ice small. A small was huge! The Java Chip tasted just like a Starbucks Frappucino and the Cherry Cola tasted like one of those Slurpee’s/Icee from a convenience store or the movies. Good stuff. Next time I’ll get an iceberg which is a smoothie topped with soft serve. I really wanted soft serve ice cream but I was at Ralph’s and that would defeat the purpose of stopping by an ice place right?

I have been eating Ralph’s ices for many years. They have a big selection of flavors. Almost every flavor is DELICIOUS (I didn’t eat every flavor, that was just an exaggeration)! The reason I am taking off one star is because I am not that crazy about the rainbow ice. The combination of the flavors isn’t right to me in the rainbow ice. That is the only CON about Ralph’s. Other than that it is the best ices I have ever had.
My top 3 favorite flavors:
1. Vanilla Chip
2. Chocolate
3. Lemon