Delicious, and refreshing sums up our experience at Nieves Tipicas Rey Cosijoeza. After a long hot…read moredrive from Oaxaca Centro. These shaved iced fruit drinks come in so many flavors you'll have a difficult time choosing. As a first time customer I chose the Tuna, which is the fruit of the Nopal cactus and NOT the ocean fish! Delicious and not overly sugary. I've enjoyed the Leche Quemada at other places, but I'm sure that here it is at least equally delicious. Nieves Tipicas Rey Cosijoeza is located in the street side part of a beautiful park in Zaachila. It's open air seating with a cool breeze. The service is very friendly and generous! I'm definitely coming back soon.

One of the best treasures we found in Oaxaca. Cannot leave without trying these…read more There is a whole plaza dedicated to just ice cream. It's a whole little center of tiny nieve establishment outside a church. Honestly all of the establishments offered almost identical flavors of nieve so I think it's just a matter of finding one with good sitting. We went during the week and place was full. The place is full of so many vendors asking to purchase something constantly while eating but I did not mind much because we ended up buying from most of them. They are almost all indigenous vendors who offer hand crafted items from bracelets to alebriges. There is also live marimba music. This is a must stop when in Oaxaca. All the locals recommend coming to las Nieves. Can't wait to come back.

Recently I found out the actual name of this place, for me it was always Las Nieves de la Soledad,…read moreand probably I'll keep calling it by that name. My favorite place to get my ice cream is El Niagara, I remember going as often as I could with my dad or my mom when visiting family. And to this day I keep ordering the same combinations, mamey w/lemon, leche quemada w/tuna (prickled pear) and last but not least sorbete & strawberry. This plaza was recently renovated, so now you get a different feeling when you visit, there's also some food stands and the traditional candy/dessert stand (that I've heard is not that great, I just don't like getting too close to it as I am scared of bees)

Was literally on my way to a restaurant a mile away for some lunchtime tamales and atole…read morechampurrado and walked smack right into this food stall. They do three kinds of tamales: mole, verde and rojo, and champurrado. I got two tamales de mole, used to the wimpy tamales in the states. Whoa, these babies are freakin huge. I was so full after one. And the mole was complex and rich and sweet and savory all at the same time. Duh, it's Oaxaca. The grandmas know what's up.