Snowflake Shavery

the quality of the dessert is delish! this place is similar to kuma snow. It is a really small place. I came with my family on a busy Saturday night. It took about 30 minutes for our order to be completed. We also had to fight for a table in order for my grandparents to sit down. I felt bad for the workers. there were only two of them dealing with a lot of customers. The price is very reasonable and cheap. The dessert is also really tasty. The cookie butter shake was AMAZING. I would come back but definitely when it’s not as busy.

Delicious melt in your mouth shaved ice cream. They only reason they get 3 stars because they don’t layer their toppings. At first bite, it was so tasty. I got vanilla with condensed milk and strawberries. After a couple bites, the ice cream was bland. They only put a small very small amount of condensed milk, I was shocked. The price is not cheap either.
My advice to this place is to layer the toppings for a much better experience.

Was craving a dessert and decided on shaved ice cream. Ordered the Green Tea with Red Beans and it was absolutely delicious. I noticed a strong Green Tea flavor from the shaved ice cream and the red beans gave it a nice rounded sweet flavor (Green Tea tends to be lacking on the sweet side normally so by adding Red Beans it sweetens the deal, great combo).
The dessert was served in a clean cup (which is normally difficult given the nature of shaved ice cream) and it looked beautiful. Service was fantastic and would be hitting up this place again next time I’m in town.

The place is amazing! The shaved ice was delicious and not expensive. The only thing that made it 4 stars is the restroom smelled really bad! A water dispenser would be a nice touch as well. I definitely recommend

One of my fav desert places! It’s shaved icecream. They have really good flavors and toppings to choose From. It’s basically icecream don’t let the shave part scare you away. Prices are reasonable. Love this place! Seating is limited so be careful of that

Located in the same plaza as town favorites like Sweets Raku, Monta Ramen, and Curry Zen, Snowflake is one of my go-​to places for dessert.
Considering the amount of toppings they will give customers for a small upcharge and the size of the portions, the prices here are very affordable. I can easily share a medium-​sized cup with a friend for just around $ 5. Totally worth it.
My personal favorite is the Black Sesame Sensation, but I also highly recommend the Smooth Green Tea. Whatever I order, I usually top off with condensed milk. — It really does make a difference. Another good topping is the Mochi topping because it goes with just about any shaved ice flavor and provides a good contrast between the smooth and chewy.
There is usually only one friendly staff member to help with the order, but I’ve never come in at a time where it was so busy that they were overwhelmed by their workload. The orders are processed quickly. I don’t think I’ve ever had to wait longer than 3 minutes to receive my shaved ice after paying for my order. Even though the store is small, Snowflake is one of those places where most people get their order to-​go, so there is usually at least one free table to sit down at. Sometimes, when it is just us and the staff member in the shop, they will even ask us for song requests!
A thing to look out for is the temperature of this place. The AC is usually set to a temperature to keep the shaved ice good, so I would advise for anyone who’d like to sit down and chill (ha ha ha) for an extended period of time to bring some warm clothing.

Solid shaved snow shop! I’m a big fan of shaved snow and always try to find it wherever I go. Snowflake Shavery keeps up with some of the best I’ve had and has all the elements of a great shaved snow place.
My family likes eat in Chinatown for at least one of the meals while we’re in in town. After one of these meals, I had a craving for shaved snow and Unilocaled this place. So glad I did! I had tried Kuma Snow Cream down the street before and wasn’t completely satisfied with their offering. Snowflake Shavery is so much better and worth the extra couple minute drive from the strip compared to Kuma. I had a small matcha green tea with condensed milk, mochi, and strawberries. The small is a very decent size and enough to satisfy my craving. The matcha flavor was spot on and creamy. The texture was perfectly flakey and fluffy. The toppings were plentiful and the mochi was soft. All these elements combine to make a great shaved snow.
Highly recommend this place for anyone craving something sweet and looking to try great quality shaved snow in Vegas!

I love shaved ice and this place did not disappoint. I ordered the Black Sesame shaved ice and my friend got the cookie butter shaved ice. Yes, i said cookie butter. The cookie butter was pretty good, but the more you ate it the more sweet it got. My black sesame was good, you can really taste the fine texture. We both got a small and for the price, it was a very large portion. I will come back to this place the next time i’m back. The worker here was super nice and you can see how hard working he was.

MILK MARRIED ICE = SNOW
This is a cute simple little place. I am usually used to only one size shaved snow ice desserts but it is nice to see different sizes.
The guy was very nice & made our desserts very quickly. It was fun to watch our snow being shaved as he went to work peddling away & shaping away.
There is a little area along the wall to sit down by this place would definitely not be able to hold too many people…
TASTY TARO $ 3.93 — got the small size… lychee jelly, taro snow, snowflake sauce. I added some mochi bits as well. The taro snow was AWESOME just the right amount of sweetness & it tasted like actual taro instead of the SUPER sweet artificial flavor! The lychee jelly gave it an extra kick of sweetness.
CHOCO LOCO $ 3.93 — chocolate snow, Brownie bits, chocolate bits, & chocolate sauce. This is like chocolate galore! But the hubby lobed it & freaken devoured it! It was also the small size but definitely 2 people would be more than content.

We stopped in here for some snows it was so warm in Vegas. We decided to share the strawberry snow and black sesame snow with mochi. Strawberry snow was standard, but I never had black sesame yet. So, I had to try it. Yes, it’s very Chinese and Taiwanese. It does taste like black sesame. It was really good! I wish they had black sesame snow in San Jose, CA.

Delectable shaved snow in a very popular mini mall (same as Monta, Raku, Zen, etc…) Simple yet so delish, so glad they have an accessible location away from the strip although the shared parking lot is dicey at times, we just got lucky twice I guess…
They give you a lot for a little compared to other places says my wife who is a tougher sell than I am. When I asked, she said she likes this better than Blockhead’s and 302 in LA. You can put together your own but we were too lazy. Besides the Smooth Green Tea with red beans I liked so much that I bought it twice. The Black Sesame Sensation with mochi was also a hit. I can also vouch for the Tropical Mango with pineapple as being very fruity and refreshing although my phone died so I couldn’t take a pic or check in the night before. The common factor is the snowflake sauce which is at minimum condensed milk if even anything else but…
Each block of snow that is shaved is full of creamy flavor and yet light in texture like the best of them. I feel as if we’re going to make this one of our regular places to hit up in LV like Poke Express whenever we’re in town…

Snowflakery is located in a very busy Chinatown area shopping center with many other well known local spots.
The prices are very fair (just under $ 5 for a small), they have a large variety of shaved ice flavors and an even larger choice of toppings.
They had a couple of very polite guys working who helped me pick out the «crunchy» which is one of 8 of their combos aka a set of pre-​determined shaved ice flavor plus toppings. This had a cookie butter shaved ice with graham crackers and chocolate sauce. I’m more of a sweets that aren’t fruit guy and this was right up my alley. A small is pretty large so anything bigger should probably be shared.
I thought the place was cute and the staff is nice. Everything is made to order and comes fairly quickly. I give them kudos for selling really affordable drinks. A water bottle is $ 0.35. I think that’s so awesome! The perfect place to cool down in the Vegas heat.
If you’ve never had shaved ice then imagine it’s like the fancy version of snow cones. Large ice cubes are spun and shaved simultaneously to make an almost ice cream like desert. Choose one of their suggested ice plus toppings combos or choose your own flavor combos and make it how ever you’d like.
My tip is to let the shaved ice sit and actually melt a little. It becomes very smooth and creamy just like ice cream– minus the dairy.

Serious heart eyes when I got my shaved ice! The ice cream was perfectly shaved fluffy and piled on each other so nicely.
I ordered the cookie lover one and it was delicious! Make sure to tell the girls to layer it because you’ll just end up getting just shaved ice cream quarter way through it.
The downside is that there isn’t much seating when t gets busy! I ended up having to sit outside at the curry house.

yes please! Love me some shaved ice! I love the black sesame and green tea flavors. Mmmm toppings… Mochi and lychee are yum. I tried egg custard today and it was yum as well, it’s put in the middle of the ice so you get a pleasant surprise as you are conquering your cup :) I also like the coconut flakes, they seem to add great flavor to shaved ice. Oh and the Snowflake syrup is yum as well!
They use all natural ingredients, always great to know.

I used to be in love with this place, but I think it’s definitely changed.
You can definitely tell when you walk inside that the ambiance just isn’t as lively as it once was before. The placed definitely has quite the high price for what it is and I feel like they put TOO much in a cup where I feel like I will just make a huge mess.
Their flavors aren’t that amazing and the only one I would really get that’s not too sweet is vanilla.

Snowflake Shavery comes pretty darn close to some of the best shaved snow I’ve had back in Hawaii! The flavors are great, the texture is heavenly, and the service was phenomenal!
For those who don’t know what shaved snow is, it’s a cross between shaved ice and ice cream. The «ice» is shaved into ribbons that give it a fluffy texture but it melts and tastes incredibly creamy!
The bf and I stopped by after getting some Zen Curry next door (I highly recommend that place!) and the owner was very kind and let us sample a bunch of flavors before we decided upon cookie butter with mochi, M&M’s, and condensed milk. You can choose from pre-​designed flavor combos or make your own. The cookie butter was AMAZING! Very rich and creamy, I would recommend it. I also tried the coconut and mango, which were light and still creamy.
A small was the perfect size for 2 to share, although they have a large and monster size for a few bucks more!

I couldn’t help but feel underwhelmed after having read so many great reviews of this place. It was a hot day and I was expecting to see a little crowd since it seemed like a popular place. It was pretty quiet when we got there though, so I couldn’t help but feel a little uneasy about that. And I must admit to being surprised that instead of seeing young Asian workers in uniform behind the counter (which I had in my head for some reason), a dressed-​up non Asian couple who had their baby with them were working: p Btw we got to Snowflake earlier in the day when you think it would be cleaner, but the place looked like it could use a little cleaning up already.
The woman was friendly and explained the whole concept of the place to us. We sampled a couple of flavors and went with cookie butter with graham crackers and caramel. The texture was similar to regular ice cream and the overall taste was just ok. Maybe I would’ve liked it a little bit more if they had chopped up graham cracker pieces instead of big chunks of it. Also, we got just a drizzle of caramel sauce.
Some tips: If there are two of you who want the same flavor/​toppings, you might want to share and go for the middle size (which I think was a large) to save some money. Portions there are very generous. Also, if you are expecting something icy, this isn’t it. Just know that their product is on the creamy side, pretty much like ice cream.

In my eyes (well, my mouth anyway), Snowflake Shavery now has one of the best frozen treats in town, which is also my favorite shaved snow yet. It’s unfortunate that I can only say this (so far) about one specific flavor.
On the heels of two remarkably contrasting visits in April — one a massive letdown, and the other an epiphany — I returned yet again with dreams of a delicious dessert. I was lucky enough to arrive before the evening rush, and I asked the well-​dressed man (as I now know, the new owner) for a sample of the green tea shaved snow, which was one of the disappointments of yestermonth. As he presented the sample cup, he cognizantly noted that it was cut a little thick. Indeed, and to my dismay, it was both thick and a little icy — both undesirable textures in such a texture-​dependent dessert as Taiwanese «xue hua bing.»
Instead of that green tea, I used my full stamp card to order the small cookie butter shaved snow ($ 3.93 normally) with graham cracker topping (+0.50) and caramel sauce (one sauce free). Since it was a lull in the evening, he prepared my order right away. Just like last time, the cookie butter shaved snow was fantastic. It’s surprisingly smooth and shockingly rich, and it makes damn sure that your taste buds know that it’s cookie butter. It felt almost too thick to be shaved snow, but even ignoring the added crunch of the graham cracker and the sweet tones of the caramel, this was have been a wonderful way to wrap up the evening.
Before departing, I mentioned my concerns about the textures of the other shaved snow flavors to the owner, so hopefully he’ll work on them. If the only menu item was cookie butter shaved snow, this would be a massive 5 star hit. When he refines the other flavors enough, I’ll be overjoyed to order them again. As it stands, the permanent addition of cookie butter to the menu is the best business decision that he’s made, and it’s a delectable dessert that I can recommend without hesitation to fans of shaved snow or frozen treats in general.

This place is great, huge portions for vey reasonable prices. Not shaved ice but shaved ice cream, they have many different flavors of ice that they take out from the freezer and put it on the ice shaver machine.
You get a giant bowl of ice cream folds of chips topped with as many topping as you want. Each topping is 50c more. They have condensed milk as a standard topping, which is very nice. Service is nice and fast. Prices are very reasonable.

This place that serves up shave ice Taiwanese style is under new ownership. That may be a good thing. This place went downhill and lost me awhile back when Mike, the OG owner who created and made all the Frost Bite/​Snowflake creations himself (ie the infamous black sesame) left. He moved back to the Bay Area to take care of family biz. Will who had handled the business end of things took over. The flavors and toppings still were good but I felt a bit of that snow magic was missing. Besides shave snow/​fluff ice/​snow cream. whatever was becoming a fad and gelato was the dessert where Unilocalers flocked to over at AOF.
Fast forward to latest visit, no more Will, enter new owners.
Prices — lower.
Sizes — no change
Flavors and toppings — no change (Mango, Green Tea, Black Sesame are still the staples)
Cookie Butter is back although I overheard one of their family/​friend member claim they created it… lol
No changes to the place itself. Same signage, same deco, or lack of deco.
My favorite toppings here are the egg pudding aka flan. That was and I’m assuming still is made in house. Still tasted great… although mine was still not firm enough because it was just made. It’s all good.
If you are new to this type of shave ice, you will be in for a treat. Made with milk and whatever flavor, ie like green tea. It’s frozen and shaped into round blocks where it’s fitted on a customized machine that shaves it into fine ribbons.
If you are accustomed to the original shave snow when it used to be a two man operation, then you might be a little disappointed like I was. The texture was not as fluffy as I remember it. More icy. It wasnt frozen but oddly after 15 minutes my shave snow was hardly melted. The flavor I had Black Sesame had freezer burn aftertaste. The Mango flavor Mr. B had tasted good, but texture was more icy than fluffy.
My suggestion for new owners… try the different shave snow in So Cal like Mike and Will used to do; compare and get a better feel of their product.
If you do offer free samples, initiate the offer. Some customers like me are hesitant to ask.
The new owners are friendly and helpful, although they did not formally introduce themselves to any of the customers, like the previous owners did. I only knew they were the new owners because all the tables were occupied by family and friends of theirs that were congratulating them. I thought I walked into a different shop at first because nobody was Asian. In fact I was the only Asian in the place at the time. That’s first C-Town…ha ha. Hopefully bringing in new clientele will breathe life into this place again.