So refreshing and such a great treat to bring in some delicious shaved ice! Their truck can be parked anywhere, and they offer many different flavors, with a good sized grate underneath to catch anything that drips. The Tigers Blood was the most interesting with strawberry and coconut notes, but my favorite was a tri-flavor cone of cherry, lime, and grape. You are given the cone, and then you select your own flavors and pour it yourself. Super easy, just go slow so you don't get it all over your hands. Shaved ice cones are always a great idea especially on a warm day! read more

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Our shaved ice from Kona Ice had no Flavor !!! For the price you would expect it to have a taste but it tasted like like plain ice . Don't waste your money! read more

Friendly staff, flavors are super nasty. It has an after taste that is super weird. long lasting on tongue. Diet like.. eww read more

Kona Ice Beach Cities - Kona truck... was super excited but one taste and it was a wasted $15.00 - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Irvine, California

Finally tried this place, I ordered a pina colada one, but it's totally tasteless. The only thing I could taste was the ice and a little bits of sweetness. My kid loves their cherry ice cone though. read more

We were excited to have Kona Ice as part of our apartment's end of the summer event. Our residential reps told us that the truck would be available for all residents from 3-5. We ran over super excited to the truck at 4:45 after getting home and the guy in the truck was already driving out. He was a complete jerk and told us 'I'm leaving". He drove off without a care. Terrible customer service and I wouldn't recommend this truck for any events. read more

- 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. read more

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I had this truck at an outdoor non profit event, so it was sponsored. I thought this concept was a good idea, especially the Shave ice machines has a top mold to make it fast to get the orders out. They have a bunch of syrup flavors to add yourself on the side of the truck. The ice came out finer than I had thought, but when you put the syrup the ice would collapse and it would almost become a slush. I think it was because they're not hand packing and shaping it. The syrup flavors weren't anything special, I think I'd rather have a Popd Up specialty syrup on there. Now, the big question that I was asked...does it compare to Hawaii? Matsumotos, Wailoa, or even any on da Big Island where my parents live. I'm going to have to say, not even close. For a hot day and getting it for free, it did the job, but it's definitely not the same as da islands. Props to the creator of this, he was able to franchise a bunch of these. trucks. My favorite is still Ululani's on Maui! read more

Kona Ice Beach Cities - DIY syrups - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Irvine, California

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" read more

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Kona Ice Irvine has been such a great experience for my kiddos at my child care center! Our driver Adrian was super great with the kids and made a girls day today for notifying me that they have sugar free flavors! She is a 5th grader with diabetes and was BEYOND excited to finally know that she isn't the only one left out from this yummy experience! Thank you SO much Adrian, you truly saved the day/life of a 5th grader who can now enjoy Kona Ice with her friends at our child care center! :) We hope to have you again! read more

Had the Strawberry Banana flavor in what I assume was the regular size from an event yesterday. While the strawberry flavor is plentiful, it completely wiped out the taste of banana. Additionally, if you opt to save it for later by freezing it, it turns into a hardened clot of ice. This brought me to the unpleasant discovery that the sugary liquid only flavors at best one-third to one-half of the portion. Fun as a one-time treat, and brought back some childhood memories of visiting the treats shop or ice cream truck, but not worth a return trip. read more

Less than zero. I booked. Confirmed several times for my daughter's 12 bday. Not only did they not show. I never heard back until the next day and nothing was offered to fix it. To date. Nothing. Such a sad disappointment. Filing a bbb complaint next. Corporate said they would investigate and now they aren't responding. read more

We had them come to a drive thru COVID-19 birthday party for our boys. I wore a mask and gloves to hand out the cups and we kept the line of cars moving. I think this is a great way to celebrate in these times of "social distancing". The kids friends were all excited to have shaved ice. A lot of the grown-ups were too! read more

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! read more

Outstanding customer service. Understood my last minute requests and delivered more than what I was expecting. I would absolutely book and recommend!!!! read more

I work at Marleys preschool and we love Kona Ice. All of the employees have been super nice and friendly. They make is super easy and simple to get shaved ice for the kiddos. It's super refreshing during the summer read more

It tastes the best. Better than ice cream. I got the combination of cherry, coconut and vanilla. I liked that it uses natural ingredients.

We had a Kona Ice truck come to two of our events this past weekend, 8/25 and 8/26. We paid for the shaved ice on Saturday, and it was such a hit, we ended up paying for more so we didn't run out. On Sunday, residents paid for their own shaved ice and there was still a long line. Shaved ice on a hot day was great! Adrian who worked the truck on Sunday did a fantastic job getting everyone taken care of as quickly as he could! Thanks Kona Ice! We will use you guys again for future events!!! Kim E. read more

Had this the other day.. Who doesn't like shaved ice right? How ever I wasn't to much of a fan of the taste of their flavors. I've had better. read more

This is my first Yelp 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! read more

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! read more

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! read more

We just had Kona Ice come to our school during lunch as a fun treat for the kids. They LOVED it!!! What a hit!!! I searched their website, Dan contacted me right away and was great to deal with. He made up the cups of ice as quickly as the kids could grab them! I can NOT recommend this company more! read more

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. read more

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. read more

Rented the truck for a private event in OC. The driver was friendly and on time. It was a hit with everyone and a nice way to cool off in the heat. Highly recommend for an event small or large. read more

Kona Ice Beach Cities was awesome! We had them at our 34th 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!! read more

just had the truck at my sons 5th 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. read more