Ralph's Famous Italian Ices is definitely the place to visit for a cool treat. A family-owned business which has been in existence for 90 years. That's excellent and wonderful! This location is one of many locations that span across Long Island, Manhattan, and New Jersey. They offer ices, ice creams, and drinks which come in all flavors. My favorite ice cream to order when I visit is pistachio. It's delicious and has many pistachios throughout the ice cream. Staff were very friendly and helpful, we enjoyed a few laughs. If you happen to drive by or walk by a Ralph's Famous Ices, stop in and treat yourself to a sweet treat. read more

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It's icey season!! I pulled up with my sister and my teens for a sweet cool treat last week. And my sister got so mad at the owner who was apparently making horrible faces at me when I was placing my order. I have this goofy way of making Dad jokes and it's not like offensive at all. And the girl taking my order didn't seem too annoyed. But when I looked up to pay my sister's face was so red and she was like we are never coming back to this place like what's with that guy. She just got a treat for the kids and walked away. I was disappointed. I never saw this older gentleman behind the cashiers and there wasn't a line so I have no idea I guess the guy really doesn't like Dad jokes/ people who make jokes. My sister was very adamant that it wasn't the jokes. Hey you know what I still left with my key lime pie blizzzard with the ice and the soft serve joint together in a cup. I no longer live in the area so idk when I will return but my Mom lives close by so I guess decisions will have to be made in the future regarding where I get my icey fix at. t This spot has a parking lot and very cheery young women taking orders. The line gets long so don't wait all day to go. And don't make any dad jokes unless you want to be stared at. read more

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Your average run of the mill Ralph's. This location is always so busy during the season, especially after dinner. Prices are reasonable and so are servings. A lot of selections to choose from. I wish there was more seating, but overall it's what you'd expect from a Ralph's. read more

Ralphs Famous Italian Ices - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Franklin Square, New York

Cute corner shop to stop at during the summer! Staff is always friendly. Most recently I ordered the Dubai sundae and rainbow cookie sundae. I've had the Dubai sundae from another Ralph's & this one puts the other locations Dubai sundae to shame. This one was loaded with kataifi at the bottom which was a pleasant surprise. As for the rainbow cookie sundae, you kept finding another rainbow cookie with every spoonful, so I would say both were definitely worth the cost! read more

I love love love Ralph's. It's only open in spring/summer which makes sense but there are SO many locations and even if the line is long, they move really quick. My favorites are Cookie Monster cream ice, graham cracker cream ice, and birthday cake cream ice. They also have ice cream and water ices. Only thing is there is no where to sit but that's okay! read more

Came here last night and decided to try a new smoothie flavor I usually only get lemon however this time I got Peach & Mango and it was delicious. The young lady that was helping me was very nice. read more

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I could never hate a Ralph's. Marrying nostalgia with sweetness and a vast array of flavors, the teens that typically dole out the treats are usually pretty kind, definitely speedy. I'm fairly certain Ralph's is still cash only, can't speak for the new locations, and thought the iced do run a premium price (my small cappuccino cream ice was over $4) you'll be feeling satiated, at least for the sugar cravings. The locations open in early March and generally close in the fall, so you gotta get your hands on them during the hot months, which makes them even more of a commodity. I leave always happy read more

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10/10. Ordered a s'mores sundae and it was absolutely delicious. Asked for marshmallow fluff and the worker delivered. It can get crowded on hot days but the area is overall quiet and the workers are amazing. read more

To my favorite ice cream shop in all of New York State: Ralph's Italian Ices of Franklin Square in Franklin Square, New York. Ralph's serves all types of ice cream from soft serve to sundae's. The shop looks really bright with lights on during the night. Every time I eat a cool treat from Ralph's my mind and heart lightens up to do really well. Service is great, I highly recommend it for people to visit and enjoy :) read more

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What can I say I like Ralphs and I cannot lie lol all the flavors of ices and ice cream you can't go wrong read more

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A local friend introduced me to Ralphs on one of the last evenings of summer, and it felt quintessential Long Island activity. This one feels a bit retro with its lights and signage. I got the strawberry cheesecake icee, and I loved the texture. How do they make it so fluffy and light and still pack in the strawberry and cake? And how do you choose a flavor? It seriously took me 5 minutes given the huge selection. I think the best option is to come back and try more. There's a bench to snag around the corner if you want to hang for a while. read more

I love Ralph's, so when I saw this location on the way to the doctor, I was excited!! They never have sour cherry when I go, which is a bummer, but they make up for it with their plethora of options. I had "a blue ice" that I didn't know the name of and the girl helping me knew automatically which one I was talking about: blue Hawaiian. The service was great, and actually fast. I was expecting a much longer wait because of covid but they were very accommodating. There's a parking lot in the back of the store, which works out because they're located on a busy main road and a busy side street (across from a car wash). Awesome service paired with awesome ice so I'm a happy lady!! read more

Ralphs Famous Italian Ices - Blue Hawaiian! Yes please - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Franklin Square, New York

The perfect hot weather treat, that I seem to want all year round! Love love love Ralph's Italian Ices! They offer a huge selection of flavors, from water-based, to creamy, to sugar free. This is definitely a great dessert option! Aside from ices, they also have ice cream, sundae's, and other sweet treats if you aren't a fan of ices. I particularly love their chocolate ice, and have had both the regular and sugar free option. Surprisingly the sugar-free had a minimal difference to the regular! I have also had their sugar-free mint chip which was yummy, and their passion fruit which really embodies the flavor of the actual fruit! Customer service has always been great, and while the lines are typically long, especially on a weekend night, the workers really do hustle to assist everyone as quickly as possible. Prices are very fair, especially for the amount given! read more

This is the nearest Ralph's to my home, and it's such a summer staple of mine. The girls working here are always very friendly, and are happy to let you sample any flavor you'd like. A few faves of mine within the cream ice category include: cookie monster, rainbow cookie, birthday cake, and pancake (tastes like maple). Of the water ices, passion fruit and mango are my faves. While most of the flavors are up on the menu above of the counter, I'd pay attention to the hand-written signs they place on the side of the store on the glass. Throughout the summer any additional or new flavors are written on there, unless you're on the lengthy line that could wrap around the block, you might miss them! Remember to tip these hard-working girls, and keep cool at Ralph's this summer, I know I will. read more

Ralphs Famous Italian Ices - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Franklin Square, New York

This place is crazy! The location in Franklin square ALWAYS has an insane line! The wait on this line is at least 15/20 mins .... although there are like 5 people behind the counter. The workers were kind and quick once we got to the window. I think people like the nostalgia of waking up to a window and ordering from it! I got a small water ice - cotton candy and black raspberry, both flavors were delish... the cotton candy one was insane and my husband got a swirl cone with chocolate sprinkles on it. He said that was very tasty as well... but loves carvel and international delight cafe much better ... Happy eating ! Nicole read more

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I give Ralph's ices in Franklin Square because I hate waiting on a 20 minute line for a product (ice cream wise) is not as good as its competitors. I believe friendlys and carvel are both better ice cream products with minimal wait times. Obviously they have a better selection of iced and "gelato" but it's not usually worth the wait. I think it usually has such a long line because of the nostalgia from ordering through a window.... but a wise person once said "ain't nobody got time for that" read more

Their flavors are awesome and they have so many different ones. The prices are really cheap and the service is speedy and done with a smile. read more

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The trick to this Ralphs is to catch it one of the rare times when two stipulations are met: 1) The line isnt down to the southern state. 2) Its hot enough that I want Ralphs Trust me, it happens ... just about as often as the lunar eclipse. Okay fine. Haleys Comet. or !0-10-10. Also, dont try to horde your Ralph's leftovers in the freezer like my parents do. You know youre not eating some rock hard overly frozen leftover Italian Ice. Lets be real here. read more

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Italian Ice chain that gets mobbed. I never could figure the appeal of this chain of ice places. I use lemon ice as a gage against which to judge all the other ice places against. The lemon ice here just doesn't do much for me. They have a slew of flavors to be sure, but let's face it, you are paying a lot of coin for frozen water. On the plus side, it is a great place for people watching. read more

My friends are not foodies or epicures - they are the sorts who think Chili's is a fine meal out and that sushi is "gross" - all this despite living in the best food-city in America. After a day full of wonderful gastronomic experiences I met up with my pals with whom I'd be staying for a few days and despite it being late in the evening they suggested we get ice-cream. L'arte del Gelato? Grom? Il Laboratorio del Gelato? Emack and Bolio's? Nope - Ralph's. Isn't that the Grocery store in Big Lebowski? Maybe I can write a check for 64 cents - that was my first thought. Driving up to the small hut (similar to Mel-O-Creme from my childhood) I heard my friends brag about how great this place was and how you could get a large for only $4 - not expecting much but not wanting to be a dick I asked them what they recommended and got "Blue Hawaii" from one and "Chocolate Peanut Butter" from the other. Browsing the sign I decided to go with Canoli. A blend of chocolate chip cookie dough ice-cream and straight up Vanilla sherbet I must admit it was better than expected - the flavors actually quite intense and texture decent enough.....but honestly, after the textural miracles achieved by the Gelato at L'arte and Scarpetta earlier in the day and at Humphry Slocombe weeks earlier there is a clear difference between "artisan" and "average. For the price (my friend offered to pay - if only I'd have convinced him to do the same at Le Bernardin the next day) it was good enough, but I just couldn't justify going on my own if I lived in a city with so many incredible options - it'd be like going to Subway for a sandwich or Dunkin for a Coffee. read more

First time there today!!! Been hearing about it forever! Counter people are amazing!! Could not do enough for you!! Very knowledgeable about all products!! Parking limited, but You make it work!! It's a must go to!! read more

I love my ice cream. The different flavors it comes in satisfying my sweet tooth while giving me undesirable brain freezes. But when you take these ice cream flavors and use them in ice, that's a game changer. No wonder there's a line wrapped around this place and no where to park but in the residential neighborhood that is on the same block. Will be coming here to try out all the flavors when I make more visits to the LI. FYI: $10 minimum for credit card read more

It's hard to talk about addiction, but this place has got me hooked. Between rainbow and their creme ice, Cookies and Cream, I'm hopelessly lost sometimes taking in a pint a day. My only break from them is when they close for the season and I have a chance to burn off all the weight gain they caused. Then the cycle begins again when they re-open in March. read more

Great service and the creme ices are fantastic. All of the flavors I have tried are wonderful but my favorite is PB candy bar; cookie craze and strawberry shortcake are delicious as well. I love sampling all the flavors, and it's just a classic hot summer day spot. Can get crowded at night with all the teenagers in the area. I have a list of flavors I need to try now, if only they had speculoos cookie butter or similar... sad face. read more

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Wow, just bought a quart of red raspberry ices. Best flavored Ices I have ever had. It had actually pieces of raspberries in it. I don't know what they put in there but unlike some other ices I had from other places, these ices don't turn rock hard in the freezer read more

Perfect spot for a sweet tooth like me! They got ice cream, fruit smoothies & italian ices with numerous flavors to choose from! I tried the cookie dough & mint chocolate chip mixed with Cookie Monster which I loved! read more

Ralphs Famous Italian Ices - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Franklin Square, New York

The ice cream is really good here i had a chocolate ice cream with sprinkles and it was great. The staff was nice and did a good job. My overall experience was pleasent, just be ready to wait in line theres always a line here but its pretty obvious why... read more

After getting Watermelon and only Watermelon for the past fifteen years, I decided Summer '16 to expand my arsenal of go-to flavors. Ralph's also has drinks, icebergs, twisters and fruit smoothies (http://www.ralphsices.com/flavors-products/). Ralphs are known for the creme ices (cr), but I prefer water ices (w) because they melt faster; you can feel the ice melt on your tongue, and Bill Nye said it cools your mouth which is somehow conducive to feeling cooler in the heat of the summer. Creme Ice (aka sherbert) is good and creamy but better for indulgent flavors like birthday cake and mint choc chip; very filling too My Favorite Ices: 1) Watermelon - classic 2) Blue Hawaii - best synthetic flavor ever LOL 3) Java Chip - Mmm yummy coffee Crowd Favorites 1) Malibu Bay Breeze (w) - fruity, little boozy taste, didn't like 2) Jelly Ring (cr) - VERY POPULAR. I DONT GET IT. Chocolate creme ice with little chocolate candies that are filled with jelly and subsequent jelly streaks... 3) Blood Orange (w) - Cloyingly sweet; all citrus flavors are very sharp 4) Strawberry Margherita (w) - Boozy, sharp, little strawberry bits, not for me 5) PB Cookie Dough (cr) - TBA 6) Mudslide (cr) - Basically Java chip with Oreos, but tasted weird 7) Cannoli - Sweet lush smooth cannoli 8) Rainbow Cookie (cr) - Yummy, the raspberry jam really comes out 9) Java Chip (cr) - My favorite Creme Ice. Tastes like a quasi frap iced coffee with choc chunks. Coffee lovers unite 10) Cake Batter - YES!! I stand behind yellow ice with pieces of cake. 11) Black Raspberry - TBA 12) Iced Tea - TBA 13) Lemon - Classic (one of the 2 original recipes unchanged since 1928; the other is Orange) 14) Honeydew - TBA 15) Pistachio - TBA 16) Graham Cracker (cr) - Mala L. scolded me for not including this; liquified graham cracker, pretty good but too much for me My Weird-but-great combos - TRY AT OWN RISK 1) Key Lime Pie/Watermelon (the bits of lime from the k.lime pie make this really interesting) 2) Blue Hawaii/Watermelon (my original, I call this Spider-Man's Afternoon Delight) 3) Vanilla/Orange (Faux Orange Creamsicle) 4) Vanilla/Root Beer (Root Beer Float) 5) Banana/Chocolate/Strawberry (Banana Split) 6) Chocolate/Coconut (Almond Joy? - Thanks Allison F. for this tip!) Staten Island born - ubiquitous ON Long Island - a true staple of LI summers :) read more

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You know Ralph's is open again when your Twitter/Instagram/Snapchats are filled with never ending cups of ices and cream, followed by the caption, "first Ralph's of the season". It's s pretty big deal around here. I came around 1:30 on Sunday surprised there was no line (better for my friend and I). I was so excited to celebrate the changing weather with my Ralph's until I found out the prices were raised... AGAIN. A medium ice cost $3.25 last year and now it's $4.00. Summer time used to consist of Ralph's 3-4 times a week but maybe I'll just go once or twice?... What a challenge. Even if I tried, I don't think I could resist a night out trying all the weekly flavors (& yes I'm that girl who will ask for 50 flavors before choosing what I actually want). Ralph's is such a treat for anyone visiting Long Island. It's worth every scoop of the small, medium, large, pint, and GALLON cups/containers. I have yet to get a whole gallon of cotton candy ice for myself. $4 for my favorite coconut creme and peanut butter cookie dough!? Alright, if it makes me happy. read more

I'm not generally the type to get all frothy over Italian ice, but maybe that's because I had never tried the cream Italian ices at Ralph's before. The array of flavors is amazing. So far I have tried the dulce de leche (my favorite), toffee crunch, chocolate milk, tiramisu, canoli, and cookie dough. All were awesome. It's also cool that you can get your 3, 4, or 5 scoops of all different flavors; and they pack them in perfectly so that you get distinct layers, but can also penetrate down to mix layers. Pretty awesome, indeed. read more

Omg we love Ralph's ! I'm so happy the weather is nice so I can enjoy some good ol Ralph's ! As soon as the weather gets nice we run here among groups of other people . The staff here is amazing ! Very nice polite girls , lord knows I have so many favorites here , out of the sundaes the " peanut butter crunch is the best " if you want an ice the most popular flavor here is the black raspberry ! But I go for one scoop of peach and when it's in season the honeydew which taste like nothing I've ever had b4 ! read more

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great service. super patient. me and my friends were treated very well. ask for allie chez when you get here. she's great read more

Ralphs Famous Italian Ices - great establishment!!! - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Franklin Square, New York

I love their large selection of unique flavors. Their samples are huge and even in the small cup you are allowed up to 3 flavors. Rather inexpensive. As the name suggests, this isn't your average ice cream. You can definitely tell these are water based. Tried the sugar free flavors once. Not great, but what can you expect for sugar free after all, right? Favorite flavor: Chocolate Marshmallow read more

My favorite favorite ice place since like 2001 so refreshing I always get mango ice or smoothie :) when they close in the winter it makes me so sad so many days and nights I craze for this and now they're re open my heart is happy lol read more

Ralphs Famous Italian Ices - Passion fruit peach and tropical fruit smoothie my favorite place is back open for the summer so exited - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Franklin Square, New York

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The best Italian ice made with real fruit! It's my all time fav place for treats! Lots of Parking in the back too!

When my cousin from Franklin Square was bringing me for italian ice, I was figuring italian ice like minute maid italian ice or maybe snow cones of some sort because I am visiting from Las Vegas....But this place was delicious! They had a board of must be around 50 flavors. A small is three scoops for about $3.50 (if i remember correctly) and you could choose a different flavor for each scoop. I decided on pistachio, hazelnut, and coconut. I think what really impressed me was that each flavor had chunks of that actual nut or fruit. Hazelnut and pistachio had whole nuts and plenty of them. Coconut tasted like the fruit bars and had real fruit in it too. It's not milky as ice cream is but its smoother than regular shaved ice. Texture is comparable to Kuma Snow Ice or Snowflake Shavery located in Vegas except without the "froyo" toppings. Totally worth it. Gonna have cravings for this place when I go back home. read more

FACT: Italian Ices are great anytime of the day, any time of the year. FACT: This location only takes cash (even though other Ralph's locations have stepped up to taking cards with a minimum purchase of $10) FACT: The creme ices are better than the regular frozen ices. FACT: you WILL shell out about $10 for two people for a cup of Ralph's goodness. YES to all of the next questions? Can you get better ice cream elsewhere? Can you get a giant tub of Ices like they sell on the street carts for much cheaper ($24 for a 5 gallon container that will not fit in your freezer but perfect for parties in the summer vs. a gallon tub at Ralph's is $20) On hot days, will you wait 25 minutes for service? So why should you go? Because it is DELICIOUS! You may hate coughing up $4.50 for a cup of coconut creme ice but after you have eaten half of it, you start thinking about getting another one....and maybe in another flavor. This is what addiction tastes like..... read more

I always get the same thing. Twist with crunches. I'm not into flavors but they've got like 8 boards full of options. Ice or cream they've got it. Plus I feel like the soft serve is better than Carvel. The lines are insane duh it's the summer. But they've got a full staff so the line moves fast. Plus if you're feeling adventurous you'll need the time to read the commandments. read more

Ices are is good!!! Lines are short. MUST TRY!!!!! plus there's parking in the back. That's all a plus. read more

Ralphs Famous Italian Ices - Yummy - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Franklin Square, New York

Be careful if your money doesn't read on the machine they will send you away.. I gave it 3 stars Bc the ices here are to die for but I think it's rude to turn a customer away due to the machine not reading my money proper. I offered to use my credit card but they told me it was a $10 minimum which I would of been cool with if my issue wasn't my fault.. There was no compassion for the situation by the manager if that who was handling the problem after the fact! They should really hire managers who care about the customers. As I get it I'm just one person compared to 100-1,000 of people a day. I will not go back to this location nor take any of my friends or family back here.. They offered no help to my situation and it was only a $20 bill with the government line in it which states it is real money.. read more