Tropical Sno

Solid for a nice cold delicious treat. For something a little more healthier than a Blizzard from Dairy Queen, my lady and I decided to eat more snow cones! Usually we find ourselves wanting a cold refreshing treat in this blistering AZ summer heat, so sometimes we hit up Sonic for some slushes or Dairy Queen for a blizzard or Sundae. Since we discovered this little gem we have been going here a lot more. The prices are little on the high side, but if you are going to get a treat, might as well splurge a little.
For a cold refreshing treat, try a sno cone from this place. The shaved ice is amazing.

When it’s 110 in Phoenix, there is nothing better than shave ice! Try it (whatever flavor you choose, get the vanilla cream on top) you won’t be disappointed!

Shave ice is amazing! Especially for the price! The only reason for my 4 star review and not a 5 is because I didn’t quite enjoy the snow cap. I usually expect evaporated milk but instead it was something else. Otherwise I’d go back just not for the cream topping.

Love the new benches along side the building. Now you can enjoy great shave ice without having to eat it in your car, or let it melt until you get home.

New kid messed up my order. When I told him, he poured it out and made me a new one. Great kids. Great service.

We go to Bahama Buck’s whenever we visit the Chandler, AZ area. This time; however, we are closer to Phoenix, so we Unilocaled «shaved ice» close to our location. Had to find a spot that offered cream topping– it’s a must! The service was great, syrups were tasty, and the coconut cream topping is awesome! Will definitely come back when we visit family!

Absolutely love this place. My son and I come here after school sometimes and it is always just wonderful. They have a lot of flavors, i love the rainbow.
I just wish it was open year round #yum

No complaints this way! My boyfriend and I were visiting from Dallas and had to stop! Lauren was super badass and suggested some amazing flavors. A must try!

Comparable to Kamana Wana! I love it! Although he forgot to add the sweet condensed milk! A small, which is huge, is 2.50. Soft ice and great flavors!

OMG I have lived on this side of town all of my life and I even went to PV High which is right across the street and I am just now experiencing this place! what is wrong with me!
Went here and got a large (which is gigantic) grape with vanilla ice cream and the cream on top. whole this was devoured and left me wanting to go back the next day. This is a great little summer treat place to go get something cold to relieve yourself from the 1000 degree days! I will be back for sure!

Great spot to stop by to get cooled off. The shaved ice is perfect and they offer a wide variety of flavors. Love the Guava/​Passion fruit! The Pimp C (Pink Lemonade/​grape) is good too!
Will definitely go back!

Great place to take my nephews for a treat in the hot months… or maybe it’s an excuse to enjoy this treat myself.
Love the ice, the many flavors and great location… you can’t miss it!

This place is amazing! The ice is so soft & not crunchy & flavorless like most. The flavor doesn’t sink the ice like a typical sno cone. My favorite is cherry. Great customer service & prices too!!!

The owner has contacted me and attempted to make things right after a Google Offers coupon was put out fraudulently by someone other than Tropical Sno. I attempted to use this coupon and was denied, which was upsetting, because my whole family loves their icy treats. I appreciate his willingness to accommodate my family and because of this we will give Tropical Sno another go.

So many flavors, how can I possibly choose the one?! Guess I’ll have to keep coming back to try them all!
The only thing is I wish they had two employees. It gets busy so you have to wait a long time … and the prices are kind of high. Its tasty, but really, its shaved ice.. and this is Arizona.

Best Shave Ice around!

Love this place :)

Been here 3 times in the month and have had a different experience each time. E.G., Older guy talks to you, younger staff, (either sex) tend to communicate in a perfunctory manner so it’s not the great service one goes for.
Onto the ice itself, First two visits was an improvement over the usual attempt at shave ice in Phoenix and the spread of the syrup and retention till the end were pretty good. Today’s made it half-​way down then ice all the way and the visit prior was close to that too.
Tropical sno’s flavors aren’t that subtle, not a huge fan of the insulated cups for the larger sizes which seems to be an issue with how the ice on the bottom freezes into bigger lumps that doesn’t happen on the smaller plastic cup. Maybe a 3 on a good day but not much more. While it takes not much more effort to get this right I’m betting you can’ t do it within the contstraints of a franchise.

OOOHHHH Tropical Snow I had such high hopes for you, yet i was very let down! After spending over a week in Kauai and eating more shave ice (not shaved ice) than is humanly possible, i know what good and great shave ice should taste like. The ice should be as fine as snow and melt effortlessly the second it hits the tongue. Not crunchy and chewable like a sno cone. Its should be dense enough to hold up to the flavoring and not implode the second it is handed to you because it wasn’t packed well.
The flavors should be pleasantly sweet and somewhat natural. You should be able to identify what flavors were actually added to the shave ice. The flavors here were sickly sweet, with artificial sweet being all you could taste. The cream topping should subtly enhance the overall flavor with a hint of coconut not drown it in a sea of sugar (If it was coconut cream its news to me, but the sign only said cream topping).
Great shave ice makes you crave a second one, bad shave ice gets thrown away!
Neither me or my hubby liked this place at all and we specifically searched this place out so we have a little taste of Kauai again. The entire trip home (all 19 miles of it) all we could talk about was how horrible this shave ice was and that we need to open up our own shave ice company.

Finally, I have found a somewhat local place to get shaved ice. I mean the REAL shaved ice that is thin and melts in your mouth (not the chunky snow cones of the past.) As I have ranted many times before, PHOENIX of all places should have shaved ice on every corner.
So the details: This is a little parking lot shed at 40^th and Bell. Not sure of their hours, but they were open on Memorial Day and I said Hooray! There are three sizes and lots of great flavors! I only wish it was a bit closer to downtown, but it is better than going to Mesa’s Bahama Bucks. That is a drive! Thank you Tropical Snow for helping me beat the heat with non-​fat treats! Dare I say, I love you.