Carvel

Carvel has always been great! I’ve been going to Carvel since I was a kid. I used to live in the same neighborhood as this Carvel when I was a kid and go to the Baskin Robbins that used to be a couple blocks away (That’s now a Subway, Though). Anyway, I loved any type of Ice cream back then and I do now. I used to be at this Carvel every Wednesday for the buy one get one free Sundae’s.
First impression walking in… You can smell the ice cream in the air! Which is always nice. As soon as you open the front door, The smell hits you and you get an instant smile! I do, At least. Other than that, The first thing I noticed was the level of cleanliness throughout the entire store. Any place that serves any kind of food should be super clean. When I worked in the food industry, My number one thing was to constantly clean the workplace.
They have a book there that you can look through with all the cakes that they make for any type of party or celebration you’re having. As soon as you walk in, There is the counter to your right, and the ice cream freezers to your left. And on the window behind you is a list detailing what they have for buy one get one free every day of the week. In the freezers, There are the usual things you can buy. The flying saucers, A few cakes an other ice cream essentials.
The staff, Oh the staff. From the second I walked in the staff was always smiling and willing to help. I started joking around with them and laughing and they were joking back. Making the experience that much better. I was there like I said every Wednesday for around two years (My girlfriend loves ice cream.). She loved to get the Chocolate/​Vanilla swirl. And they have a pretty good amount of toppings. Also, You can taste the ice creams before you decide what kind you want to get (If you’re a very indecisive person, This is good).
Other than the buy on get one, the prices are pretty good. I think the small Sundae was around four dollars and change. Everything is pretty decently priced. The saucers, However are kind of expensive. They have the 6 pack of them in the freezer for like eleven dollars or something. Outrageous to me for ice cream. Good thing I don’t really like those anyway.

Delicious soft serve, friendly employees, clean establishment. Price for two junior cones (one with sprinkles) was over $ 6, seems a bit high to me. Other than that, the best soft serve ice cream chain.
Oh Carvel, how I miss thee in central Florida…

The ice cream cake here is tasty and affordable. Carvel is my family’s go-​to tradition for any celebration whether it be a birthday or graduation — love it! The staff here is friendly as well.

First, I’d like to make it clear that it’s your average chain ice cream store, not specialized ones like Chinatown Ice Cream Factory or Big Gay Ice Cream in Manhattan. That being said, I feel as if some reviews here are a bit too harsh.
I give this place 5 stars for many reasons.
1) this store has been here since I moved into this neighborhood in 1998. It’s probably been here longer than that but hey — that’s pretty darned long. Even its nearest competitor, Baskin Robbins turned into a Subways sandwich shop due to Gentrification. I’m glad this store is still here.
2) the owner and workers are ultra nice and give massive servings. It’s not only an honest way of keeping customers happy, but it also means they keep their ice cream constantly fresh by replenishing it after such portions.
3) Their buy one get one free weekdays promos are a steal. Too bad it doesn’t apply on weekends, but if you see the sizes and portions they give you — you don’t need bubble tea on the hotter days. Just be careful of diabetes
Lastly, I give them 5 stars because they do custom image printing. They custom print images onto the cake using edible ink and can even tailor ice cream flavors to your request (provided you give them at least a week’s time in advance) for extremely reasonable prices. One time my image on my flash drive got corrupted, but they still managed to dig it out. If they put so much effort into making their customers happy, then I believe they truly deserve their 5 star rating.
I kinda wish they experimented with different and more modern flavors once a month or something. E.g. Matcha. If they did, then it would’ve been perfect

Decided to come here because we found some coupons that gave us $ 1 off thick shakes. When we arrived we saw a poster where they advertised their daily special each day. It turned out to be better than the coupon.
We tried their nutella sundae dasher and the oreo sundae dasher because monday was buy one get one free on that type of item. The oreo one was pretty good, had a decent amount of oreo chunks. The nutella one was also good but after awhile it got a little too sweet and too much chocolate taste.
Service was fast. Good specials each day at this location. Their selection of ice cream thats available didn’t appear too good and not much variety that interest me.

This is my go to place for my son’s birthday cakes for school parties. Since hes started school, whenever it comes to his bday. I always order cakes from here. Theyre the only cake shop that do prints on the cake without giving me a hard time with copyright issues (BJs will give u issues!!!) and with all these new characters comin out every yr. Carvel has made it real easy to satisfy my little boy. They’ve done minions for him, trash pack and many more! The kids at school loves it cos who wouldnt like ice cream cake at that age along w cool cartoons on the cake! The prices are always good and the staff makes the process so easy!!!

This place is small and cute, and conveniently located on Bay Parkway. The workers are really friendly and I had a chocolate shake here, it was so fresh and well made :) Even better, if you come in on Tuesday like I did you get the second one for free The only reason I decided to give four stars was because there are no tables to sit down and enjoy your food. You have to take your melting food and walk around outside looking for a place to sit down.

I came here a total of 4 times. I came in for lil rounders, ice cream, and their shakes. The service and quality is excellent every time.
What makes me give it a ⁵⁄₅ is the service I received here this summer, when I came in with my friend, carrying presents (we were picking up the cake for my boyfriends birthday).
It wasn’t busy at all, we just bought the cake and were waiting for our ride when we realized we forgot to buy balloons. The super nice gentleman who served us (he might have been the owner or the manager because he is always there!) offered to keep the cake refrigerated for us while we ran to get them. We came back and he took the cake out for us, with a smile on his face.
We were waiting for our ride (for about 30 min) in the store and were not rushed out, but rather felt very welcomed. (We were blowing up balloons, and the manager even gave us a garbage bag to put all the balloons into!) Although the store is tiny, he let us stay. When our ride arrived, the man waved at us, still with a smile on his face.
It is so nice to see people genuinely care about their costumers.

Unilocal,
who wouldnt like ice cream? personally i think carvel soft serve ice cream is better then any other chain ice creams soft serve… ice cream cakes to me here are whatever… nothing special… im not a huge fan… of course… what good is ice cream with toppings… whipped cream. sprinkles and fresh fruits on top is the best!
I like their once in a year free ice cream day! :D

Love this place. The owner works in the store and is super nice. He is VERY generous with the ice cream. you get alot for your buck! And it’s all Carvelious! It’s also really fresh… all the cakes are made fresh in the store and he even does special orders.

Never really notice this carvel in my area till today. Only reason I noticed it was because there was lots of people lining up for something. So I walked over there to see what was going on and you know what they were handing out free junior ice cream and anything that’s free I have to go get some ice cream waiting on line for 10 minutes and I got my free ice cream cone YAY!!! Yummy.
Place is kinda small but hey it’s an ice cream shop on the left side there are ice cream cakes comes in all sizes and in the back is their counter on the right are ice cream sandwiches ant etc. staff and owner are super nice.
Overall place is great to go get ice cream and with the hot weather approaching this place going to be booming with lots of happy kids and adults. I will be coming back to this place soon maybe tomorrow even I’ll see, definitely check this ice cream place out you won’t be disappointed.

Ever since baskin robbins closed down this has been my new go to place to get cakes and ice cream and must say I haven’t been disappointed just yet.
The cakes here are cheap and delicious you can’t go wrong !
Me and my friends came here extremely last minute literally 11:05PM (they usually close at 11) and they serve us and they didn’t rush us or anything.
The staff /​owner are really nice here !
They accept credit cards so it definitely a fan ! HEHE.

This Carvel is pretty standard. What really matters is that it’s a CARVEL so you can get your chocolate/​vanilla swirl with rainbow sprinkles AND you can get a Fudgie the Whale cake. I’m just glad it’s walking distance from my flute student’s house, so I don’t really have to go out of my way when I want to get soft serve.

Their ice-​cream cakes are pretty bomb. I love the little crunchies between the vanilla and chocolate layers. I feel like their mint Ice cream has gotten worse over the years though but that’s just me. A solid 3 stars just cause this place has been there since forever and their cakes aren’t bad.

An «A» grade from the Health Dept. and an «A» for ice cream cakes from meee! Their cakes never disappoint and are always that gooood! Loved the ice cream cone shaped cake. sooo creative! One word. YUM!

Has to be one of the worst carvels in NYC. Staff is rude and place seems dirty.

*you can never go wrong with Carvel’s ice cream cakes.
*flying saucers are 2 for $ 6 with deals.