I loooove this place. It's enough off campus, that's it's quite. It's run by a nice older lady which makes the best ice cream in town. The guava, spicy tamarind and corn ice cream were my go to. read more

I had been checking reviews of this place from quite a long time, and so much wanted to go here but because of one or other reason couldn't go. Finally, last Sunday I had a chance to try out this place. They have a huge selection of ice creams and water based treats ( kinda like sorbet). I wanted to try all of them but my husband did not let me buy each one of them :(. After tasting a few, I settled on spicy mango, spicy pineapple, strawberry yogurt and strawberry. All for myself. I loved spicy mango and pineapple. It was like mango/pineapple mixed with crushed ice, chilly powder, salt, sugar. Tasted fresh and yum. Now strawberry yogurt and strawberry paletas were not overly sweet like usual ice creams, which I really liked. Both had pieces of fruits in them and they did not taste heavy. Loved everything read more

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Tried this place for the first time recently and it was a lovely experience. It was a typical gray gloomy winter day and the interior is cheerful enough to brighten your day. They have a large selection when it comes to flavors and have both milk and water based ice creams. While I was standing all confused the very nice friendly lady behind the counter probably realized it's my first visit and gave me a walk through along with a few tasters. That pretty much made my decision harder cause all of them were delicious! I settled with scoops of pine nut and oreo. Now I can't wait to go back and try the rest of them! read more

El Oasis - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Urbana, Illinois

Located in the corner of a strip mall behind a Walgreen's and in front of a car wash, El Oasis has some of the most friendly and happy-looking employees around. The store is pretty clean with lots of seating in front of a colorful, slightly weird and poorly drawn mural of palm trees on a sandy beach. The chairs are also brightly colored, and there's a little area with smaller chairs for kids. There's a drive thru window on the side of the building - maybe a remnant from a previous shop? A bulletin board with Spanish ads and community information hangs on the wall behind the counter, just far enough that you can't really get to it from the customer side. It makes you wonder who it's for, since no customer can stand in front of it to read what it says. While you're peeking over the counter, squinting at the words on the bulletin board and wondering why anybody would bother putting up flyers there, you feel a chill from the glass panel your hands are on. You catch a whiff of something spicy from the cup your friend is holding. You hear the nice lady behind the counter ask what flavor you want. Your heart skips a little as you rattle them off, not realizing what you've just said. No matter. It's the usual, the same thing you get every time you come here. And when she hands you your pine nut, cheese, and mamey triple scoop of milk-based ice cream and your guanabana and spicy mango chamoyada, you realize that in this brief moment, in this small Mexican ice cream shop between the Walgreen's and the car wash, your life is complete. There's nothing better than this. read more

Highly recommend these delicious ice creams. I had the mamey flavor, which is a tropical creamy fruit that tastes like a cross between pumpkin and strawberry. My husband had the corn ice cream, because he prefers savory over sweet. Both were fantastic! read more

I've been here twice (not enough) and it gets better every time. Where else will you find cheese ice cream? El Oasis is clean and bright, the staff is great, and their selections are incredible. read more

El Oasis - Mamey ice cream. Highly recommend this one. - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Urbana, Illinois

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Picture this: you're in a quaint room filled with chairs in vivid colors. Two children sit at a miniature picnic table, speaking to each other over popsicles as their parents eat ice cream. You sit in one of the colorful chairs, scraping a plastic spoon over the cold exterior of ice cream--an ice cream scoop that you come to discover, as you bring the spoon to your mouth, is the best ice cream you have ever had. This was my experience at El Oasis. I chose the mango ice cream, which surprisingly had mango chunks in it as well. The environment felt like an eternal summer day, as if it didn't matter what time of year it was--no matter what, El Oasis will be a sunny place where ice cream will always be the perfect choice, regardless of the weather outside. At the ice cream counter, there are two options: water based and dairy based. There are plenty of flavors for each; the main difference is that the water based ice cream has a refreshing, sherbert-like texture, whereas the diary based is creamy and decadent. The cost of one scoop may seem slightly expensive upon first impression, but one scoop fills a cup and you can't beat the quality. I highly recommend El Oasis. If you're looking for something new and can picture yourself in the scene described above, this is an excellent place to go. read more

The best, and only, Mexican ice cream shop in town. Their unique flavors are consistently creamy and incredible. They have a huge variety of paletas (popsicles) that are very authentic. The elote ice cream is my favorite, followed closely by the mango and rum flavors. Very friendly staff and great prices, there's nothing negative to say about this place. I recommend it to anyone who likes ice cream! read more

Wow! This place is amazing! Some really unique flavors that actually taste pretty dang good! I had corn and papaya. My wife had coconut and berry and cheese. The corn was surprisingly good. Almost addictive. I wanted more. The wife said the coconut was almost like pie. Just needed some pieces of crust in there. Some of the other flavors are avocado, cucumber, spicy chocolate, mango, and many others. No doubt we will be back. read more

A must visit place in CU. The manager is super friendly and they have a good selection of icecream. Some are milk based and some are water based. They have interesting flavors such as avocado, cheese, spicy mango, tequilla, etc. They also do have normal flavors like strawberry, pecan, lime, coconut. Prices are not bad at all. They seem to sell shakes and juices as well. NOTE: You should definitely try tequila flavor. read more

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Great service. Great hospitality. Great variety of ice cream. Is hard to find cheese ice cream and here they have it. They also have coffee and other sandwiches in their menu.I recommend the blueberry cheese ice cream. Very clean and relaxing. read more

Love their mango ice cream! Such a mix of spicy sweet dessert. Also unique flavours like guava is also good

VERY interesting flavors, corn and avocado ice cream tried for the first time! both flavors actually tasted really good. Price was great. Hidden gem in Urbana. Would definitely go back to try more. read more

Mexican ice cream with good reviews for a reason. We had Gansito which tastes like a birthday cake. Also coconut and Chongos(Christmas Cookies) were both terrific. 4 scoops for the 2 of us came to a little over 8. Yum read more

El Oasis - Gansito and Coconut - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Urbana, Illinois

Delicious flavors. If you want fruit I've cream that tastes like fruit instead of sugar, come here. If you want to try some Mexican flavors like Guava, Tamarind, Cucumber, Passion Fruit, Chongos, Pineapple, Mango or even the spicy versions of them, then this is the place for you. Honestly, it's amazing ice cream with very diverse flavors. I love this place. read more

Went there for the elotes in a cup wasn't that good at all. Tastes like she used parmesan cheese and was really soupy/salty. Wasn't worth the 3 bucks, but employees were very nice and welcoming. read more

The Popsicles are so simplistic yet delicious! The price is very decent as well. If you want simple dessert that doesn't cost too much, this is the place. read more

El Oasis - Strawberry Popsicle! - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Urbana, Illinois

Been here many times. And always get amazing service (even as a gringo), if you're not sure on a flavor ask for a sample; the staff are always more than happy to dish out a sample. My first time here I sampled just about every flavor before finally deciding on a couple scoops. Last time I was here was just a few days ago, I got a chamoyada with watermelon sorbet, so tasty. The paletas (Popsicles) are amazing too just one look will tell you they are made with quality ingredients. The fruit bars have slices of whole fruit in them, and the Choco Bananas look simply amazing. Oreo bar? Has a whole Oreo in the middle of it. Yep. This place deserves the 5 stars I'm giving it. And you should go and give them a try. I'd say it's the best little-known hard dip ice cream place in town. read more

Had the strawberry shake, it was good. Came up with a cherry, whipped cream and chocolate drizzle.

It's so amazing.... the mango ice cream we tried had real mangoes in it!

Authentic Mexican style snacks and ice cream . Natural tasting flavors. Both classic flavors and their own more exotic combinations Reasonable prices for such good quality and taste. Very relaxing environment. read more

I love that they have the water based ice cream especially flavors that I love such as soursop, guava and prickly pear. It's not as sweet which works for me. Love the avocado ice cream. Chamoyada is another of my favorite and they also have nice snacks to eat. Just ask for the explanation since most of the menu is in Spanish. Owners are very friendly and polite. read more

This place is a hidden gem in Urbana! With both dairy and vegan desserts the flavors are all bright and delicious. The people are friendly and helpful. I had the Passion Fruit and it was beautifully tart and sweet at the same time. The flavor explodes in your mouth. Find this place behind Walgreens in Urbana at 5 points. You won't regret it. read more

About 25 flavors of ice cream made from real ingredients and a good menu for snacks and food. Great prices and the ice cream is sooooo good. read more

El Oasis - Mural - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Urbana, Illinois

Nice little frozen yogurt place. It has sooo many flavors to choose from. The texture is amazing. Loved it!

Yummy popsicles. Everything tastes fresh and natural. I love the chamoyada with spicy mango!!! Must go to ice cream shop

I feel compelled to write a review for El Oasis because it's so freakin amazing, but part of me is hesitant because I want it to be a secret place of deliciousness for myself. Mine only. This place, though, is insanely good. I am Hispanic and grew up in Chicago where there are many, many paleterias to chose from--and oh boy, did I. Guava, pistachio, avocado, tamarind, water-based, milk-based..I grew up with all these flavors and options, and this place STILL surprised ma taste buds. I went in and bought a pecan and caramel popsicle. I hadn't even reached the car when I turned around to buy five more and get them to go! Mine tasted like legit pecans, and had unfrozen caramel filling in the inside. How?? Magic. read more

I went here a while back with high hopes based on the reviews I had read and was so disappointed :( The service was abysmal. The lady serving ice cream was incredibly impatient with me as I attempted to choose what flavor I wanted... even though I was the only customer in the restaurant and it was the middle of the day. After I asked to taste a flavor (I saw the little tasting spoons so assumed this was a fair request), she abruptly stated I could only taste 3 before I had tasted any at all. That's fine; it's obviously not exceptional customer service to so adamantly limit the amount flavors new (or any) customers can try but I understand that they may have had their reasons for doing so. What really put me off was her attitude and how openly unhelpful she was being. All that aside, I dealt with the discomfort of ordering from her and got a single scoop of ice cream. I wish I could remember what flavor(I want to say guava?), but the texture was so bad I couldn't even eat it! It was grainy and tasted artificial. Maybe it contained real guava, but definitely not fresh ones. Based on the many positive reviews El Oasis has received, I hope that my poor experience was a unique incident. However, I personally cannot recommend it. read more

I grew up in Southern California and was freaking out about finding tamales for Xmas here in CU. El Oasis cured my homesickness with awesome chicken, pork, and cheese tamales for $1.50 each. I had some New Mexican red chile sauce and avocado to eat them with and it was almost like being back home, at least for my tastebuds. read more

The only regret you'll have is not having discovered this place sooner!! Their tequila ice cream is to die for. Besides the tremendous selection of ice cream flavors and Popsicles (both water and milk based) to choose from, they have a variety of sweet and savory snacks that are a MUST! Personal Favorites: -Fresas con Crema(strawberries & cream) -Elote Preparado (corn in a cup) Not to mention, they have ALL NATURAL beet juice, carrot juice, mango, gosh!! Do yourself a favor and go here asap!! read more

Really great and unique selection of ice cream, and other frozen treats, as well as Mexican food, fruits and baked treats. I would recommend this over any of the other ice cream places; this is quite a find. read more

This place offers many creative choices of flavors, with quality ingredients. The owner was also very friendly and genuine.

Authentic Mexican treats. Great prices. They have a very interesting selection of flavors. Water and milk based ice creams. Both are very good. read more

This is hands down the best place to get ice cream in town. They have such a vast selection of flavors that whoever you bring, everyone will find something they like. They separate their ice creams into two sections: water based and cream based. It's always nice to have that option. They carry all the basic flavors and so much more. My favorites are the corn and the rum& raisin. I like that several of their flavors come in regular and spicy like the mango and the pineapple. Don't forget to check out their house made popsicles display case where you can find some truly delicious treats like rice popsicles, cucumber, Oreo and more. The staff is always incredibly kind and attentive. Don't let summer pass without making a trip here :-) read more

I was inspired to check this place out based on other reviews and it did not disappoint. First off we walked in and told the gentleman at the counter that this was our first time there. He was incredibly helpful, informative and SO friendly. We sampled some ice cream (I had to taste the cheese ice cream!) and ended up taking home some paletas. After eating our paletas we wished we had gotten more! Very reasonable and unique- I highly recommend checking it out. read more

Went to El Oasis on a Sunday afternoon. This place spacious and clean with friendly and knowledgable people serving up authentic Mexican treats(smoothies, cake, chicharones, esquite, and more). I too tried the mango sherbet with chilli powder and it was delicious! I can't wait to go back. This place is awesome and reminds me of home. They also have non-traditional ice cream flavors the gansito and tequila ice cream are must haves. Yes! Tequila ice cream, enough said. read more

El Oasis is a wonderful little paleta/ice cream shop full of tasty treats and perfect for a hot day. We sampled several of both the water and milk based flavors, took two paletas home for later, and were delighted with all of the offerings we tried. We will definitely return and recommend to friends. read more

Awesome place. The cashier lady was really friendly and walked us through all the unique flavors they had. The gansito ice cream is tasty. I also tried the watermelon and thought it was okay. The black seeds in it kind of threw me off. My boyfriend got a strawberry shake which was really good too. I'll definitely be back to try more flavors! read more

Best place for authentic Mexican snacks and ice cream/shaved ice. Anything you can think of like Mexican corn or candy from Mexico is here. Very chill vibe and can't get enough of it. read more

The paletas are delicious and under 3 dollars! Friendly service and the people behind the counter will answer your questions. The inside is clean and bright, and there's nice seating outside. read more