Rita’s Italian Ice

Super friendly staff and very generous with samples. Highly recommend black cherry Italian ice and mango-​pineapple Italian ice when available! They’re perfect to enjoy on a sweltering hot summer day.

It’s just simply frozen ice with really good flavors that change from day to day. Can’t go wrong with this place. I love it for sure!

I love Rita’s! Even though the original way of making this dessert, custard with Italian ice of your choice, I just enjoy the custard by itself! The staff is ALWAYS very friendly and willing to let you taste test anything! They just started something new for you «ice» lovers! An Ice Flight! It’s a way to get 4 different flavors with your custard!

Yummy! This place was very clean! They had 10 flavors of Italian ice available at the time I was there. I chose strawberry colada and birthday cake which were both really delicious. I found out what flavors I wanted by TASTING them!!! Yes, you can try before you buy which is just how I like it. After a nice hike at Monrovia canyon park, getting a nice Italian ice is very refreshing. I would definitely go back.

Delicious. Arrived an hour and a half before closing and half the tables and seats had been stacked. Guess they were hoping for no business. Had to set up my own table because the three that were set up were taken.

good custard. A little confusing on how to mix the Italian ice and custard. Not a fan of their pricing on that, but the custard was very very good. Great service as well.

Been here a couple of times, every time there is a couple of different flavors which is good. Only bad part is that right now they are not serving custard because of am egg shortage.

Been here twice now and both visits were absolutely great! This past weekend I stopped and got a gelati, which I highly recommend.
My only word of advice is to get the smallest size cup. Even though that large singly 25 cents more and it doesn’t really LOOK that big, don’t do it!

In a day and age of where most Companies don’t give a Rat’s a$$ about Customer Service this place goes above and beyond to make you feel welcome, explain their products for the first timers.
I opted for their Frozen Custard since this is something you don’t find served at many places, they also offer Italian Ice & Sugar Free Italian Ice, Cream Ice, Gelati, Misto Shake, Blendini and Milkshakes… as for the cups it’s one size Cup but amount served is dependent on size ordered… I believe I ordered a small and don’t recall the price.
Orange Cream Frozen Custard —
Creamy texture that reminded me of the old «Orange Julius» drink kinda Orange Bangy flavor, so if you like Creamy Orange flavor this is something you’d probably LOVE!

I’ve always wanted to try this place and I’m glad that one opened nearby me.
The employee working was very nice and helpful by offering samples of the different Italian ices. I ordered the most popular gelati, the mango Italian ice with the vanilla frozen custard and it was perfect because it was extremely hot that day. I liked that the frozen custard wasn’t too sweet and it was very creamy. Can’t wait to go back!

This was our first time coming to Rita’s and it’s so good! The workers were very helpful and gave us all the the details and allowed us to try free samples. There are over 70 slushie flavors and new flavors are different every day! Will be coming by a lot this summer.

Came in for «any regular size $ 3 Tuesday»
Tropical fusion and pineapple Italian ice with vanilla custard. The perfect treat on a warm June day. My son had the cookies and cream ice with chocolate and vanilla swirl custard… he loved it!
Now that I have the app, I’ll be back for more flavors and earn a free frozen treat!

It’s so refreshing! Perfect for the summer heat! I love that you can choose what you want. You can get the gelati which is a mix of custard and ice. Or you can just get the ice cream by itself or just the slush. They even have shakes and smoothies.
I tried the vanilla custard with root beer. Kinda like a root beer float! It was good. Although I’d still prefer a root beer float. My friend got the mango with vanilla. That was delicious!!! It was so light and just tasted like summer.
The place has a good space and the service was good. Although the girl who was taking our order had a bit of an attitude. We wanted to try the flavors but she was rushing us and didn’t seem very helpful!
Other than that, it was still yummy!

Ok kids, slow your roll.
The soft fluffy fruit flavored neon colored stuff is ‘Italian ice’
The creamy ‘melted ice cream’ coming out of their soft serve machine is ’ frozen custard’
I tried both. Separately .
Italian ice = flavors (island fusion /​green apple) are nice but pretty darn close to a slurpee just with a heavier price tag.
Frozen custard = coffee (yum but pretty close to a Hagen Daz left out for a good 20 minutes on top of my car hood)
Vanilla (egh!) mc D in same plaza has soft serve that is very much the same here but only for $ 1.19
Sorry, but not worth the hype.
Ps— (not intended for kids but add a shot or four of your favorite tequila into any of their Italian Ice & you got your self a yummy margaRITA yo!!!)

Omg. I’ve been in the dark for years.
Oh Rita…
How I love you. I had never had frozen custard. That is amazeballs! Soft and fluffy. Good stuff! I had the mango and strawberry ice. That thing was like nectar in my mouth. I should have bought a a 10 ton tub to keep in my freezer. I can’t wait to go back.
Amazing.

What I love about Rita’s is it’s perfect for every occasion. Don’t believe me? Just check this out…
On that low-​carb grind, but still want to treat yourself?
Get the sugar-​free Italian ice.
About to get your period and need chocolate (like yesterday!)?
A Blendini with chocolate custard, fudge brownie cream ice, hot fudge and Oreo pieces never fail no woman with a visit from Aunt Flow.
Got lockjaw and need to eat your breakfast out of a straw?
Get a vanilla custard milkshake with Fruity Pebbles.
In love with the coco?
A cup of that coconut cream ice with love you back.
Bummed your can’t go to Disneyland?
Get a misto made out of pineapple Italian ice. It’s like you’re eating a Dole Whip at Adventureland.
Cheap AF, but still want some Rita’s?
Ask the nice servers to let you sample all the Italian ice flavors and custards, then run out of the store when they’re not looking.
Soo…like I said. There’s something in this little dessert shop for everyone. There’s so many ways to play around with the combinations of custard and Italian ice, I end up with something completely different and delicious every time.

A nice treat to cool down on a hot summer day! Clean spacious environment and the employees are so kind! They let you sample as many flavors as you want. There is both indoor and outdoor seating plus a tiny children’s play area.
Get the mango Italian ice! Sooooo delicious. I was really sad when it was all gone :(we got the mango Italian ice with vanilla custard. They load up the cup on the bottom and top with custard. Meh. I didn’t really care for the custard. Maybe I just wasn’t in the mood for something so heavy at the moment but my bf loved it!
Seems that Rita’s is popping up everywhere which isn’t a bad thing! ;)

4.5 Stars
I’m a regular at the Rita’s in Arcadia so everyone was excited to hear they were going to open another one in Monrovia. Most of my friends from work love Rita’s so we all planned to come here the first day they opened.
They are located by the Sprouts along the same row of businesses as the Jersey Mike’s and Flame Broilers, right next to H2O Nails Spa.
The owner at the Monrovia location is the same as the one in Arcadia so you may see some familiar faces. I like this location a lot better. They have a restroom, and both indoor and outdoor seating. The Arcadia location only has a couple tables outside.
STORE HOURS
Mon-​Thurs, and Sun 12PM-​9PM
Fri-​Sat 12PM-​10PM
Their menu items include the following:
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ITALIAN ICE — made fresh daily and combines ice with real fruit and available in «Sugar-​Free»
CREAM ICE — just like it sounds… creamy ice. The more decadent flavors are in Cream Ice, like Strawberry Cheesecake
GELATI — layer of Italian Ice and Frozen Custard (THIS IS MY FAVE)
MISTO — combination of Italian Ice and Custard and blended
FROZEN CUSTARD — comes in vanilla, chocolate, light vanilla, and strawberry
BLENDINI — Italian Ice, Custard, and various Mix-​In options blended
MILKSHAKE — made with Frozen Custard
Personally, I find the Frozen Custard by itself too heavy. It’s like a dense whipped cream so I tend to favor ordering a Gelati.
Today at their Grand Opening, I opted for the Black Cherry Cheesecake Cream Ice with Chocolate Frozen Custard… YUMMMMMM
Other flavors they had today were Fudge Brownie, Horchata, and Mint Chocolate Chip Cream Ice as well as Root Beer, and Georgia Peach Italian Ice.
Check their website daily to see what «Today’s Flavors» will be.
⁵⁸⁄₁₀₀ Reviews for 2015

Today was Rita’s grand opening where they were giving away free Italian ice from 12– 9 pm and single serve items were 50% off. With it being such a warm day today, my husband and I decided to come by and take advantage of the freebie.
This Rita’s location is located in the same plaza as Sprouts and Jersey Mike’s, specifically located right next to H2O Nails Spa. There is plenty of parking, but this plaza can get really busy sometimes because of Sprouts (especially on their double ad Wednesday deals).
Anyway, after I had a sample of a few flavors, I ended up getting the black cherry cheesecake with a twirl of light vanilla and strawberry frozen custard. The black cherry cheesecake had a nice light flavor, as Italian ice usually would. And because I am a fan of frozen custard, I decided to get a twirl of the light vanilla and strawberry. Frozen custard alone may be a bit too much, but when mixed with Italian ice, it really adds as a nice complement.
My husband ended up getting the mango Italian ice with strawberry frozen custard. I didn’t have any of his but he did enjoy it.
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($ 2.30, includes tax and after grand opening discount).
What I like about this particular location over the location in Arcadia is that this place actually has some tables and chairs both inside and outside, along with a unisex restroom.
And just in case you are interested, the mango currently is the only flavor that is sugar free, but according to the employees, they will be introducing a 2^nd sugar free flavor in the near future.

How did someone give this place a «ok» review before the store even opened?
Anyway I came for the soft opening and was not disappointed. I tried a gelati with pineapple ice and light vanilla custard. The pineapple ice was so refreshing and addicting I couldn’t stop eating it.
My husband tried the root beer ice with vanilla and chocolate twist custard and he said the only thing that he wished could be different is the fact that root beer ice doesn’t have the carbonation that soda does.
There are so many flavors and they are very generous with samples. I tried the sour patch kids flavor ice and it was so good as well.
Most of the workers here look like high school students and you can just feel that sense of willingness and eagerness to do a good job which makes me a little warm and fuzzy inside. I love neighborhood joints like this that not only provide a place for family and kids to hang out while getting a treat but also job opportunities for young adults to get some working experiences.
We saw that they have green tea flavor ice so we can’t wait to come back and try that and all the other flavors!