Ralph’s Famous Italian Ices

The coolest ices ever! I enjoyed my piña colada ice, it was extremely sweet but tastes exactly like a piña colada! Loved the coconut flakes & pieces of pineapple in it as well

Amazing! I don’t think I’ve had real Italian ice until we came to Ralph’s this past weekend. So many different flavors to choose from!
I had two different flavors — passion fruit and strawberry margarita. The passion fruit was tart and paired well with the sweetness of the strawberry margarita, which also had a light hint of lime.
Prices are great and the location is convenient. We stopped by on our way back to Queens.

Long beach and Ralphs ices/​ice cream just go hand in hand. Ive been coming here for close to 10 years and it hasn’t changed, well more creative flavors. Only open in the summer months
(beach mos) and run by high school kids. Grab a flavor and go back to the beach and enjoy …

I like the vanilla soft serve.
Service is slooow. They often run out of vanilla soft serve or sugar cones — pretty stupid considering this is an ice cream joint in a beach town.
There is no seating it is just a take out window.
I hate that they don’t take debit cards.
Cash only.
PS: there is one in the city in the Baruch College area.
They are are cash only too.

Exactly as it states: as good as it gets! Chunks of bing cherries in the red cherry ices… my favorite is cherry and lemon together :) …I just honestly love every flavor… I haven’t had the cream ones or the ice cream so I can’t say personally but I’m sure they are as good as the water ices

As good as Italian ices get, but I don’t understand the people who orgasm over it. At the end of the day it’s just Italian ice. When you go in the summer expect a line, and be willing to try something other than ices– all of their cold desserts are second to none.

Came here reluctantly since I do not love sweets. I was very impressed with the cappuccino flavored ice. Good size, and good price. The lines are long because the service is very slow. I think it’s part of the allure, but as far as ices go, and they don’t go very far, Ralph’s is good.

Dear Whoever Owns Ralphs,
You NEED to start putting some Ralphs in New York City… It is simply unacceptable for me to go weeks at a time without your icy goodness. I have yet to find an italian ices spot in Manhattan that has as many flavors as you do.
(See for yourself…
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My only complaint about Ralph’s is in regards to the braces wearing, gum snapping hair twirling children that usually serve you in these places (ok, they’re probably about 15). In any case… service is slow. But definitely worth the wait.
Ok… I’ve made myself want ices. Now, should I get the pineapple cheescake flavor, or the chocolate fudge Brownie… hmmm

Ralph’s Famous Ices specializes in water and cream ices with many branches throughout Long Island and all the boroughs except — rudely enough — in the one I call home (Manhattan).
This branch, next door to the Beach Bagel & Deli, is the first one I’ve had the pleasure of visiting. For $ 3, I got two scoops of lemon water ice, one scoop of watermelon water ice, and a scoop of piña colada cream ice.
Both the lemon and watermelon water ices were great. Strong flavor but not too sweet. Soft enough to eat it with a spoon but not melty/​syrupy in any way. Very refreshing on a hot day.
But the piña colada was the star of the three I tried. Intense flavor and bits of coconut and pineapple included in the mix. Fantastic.
I had a taste of my friend’s chocolate cream ice. It had a nice chocolate flavor but less creamy/​heavy than ice cream. Similar to what used to be called ‘ice milk’.
Now I can see what my Long Island cousins were raving about…