DiDio’s Italian Ice

I’m from the east coast and this is the only place I know here that serves REAL Italian ice! The best flavors are the natural ones: blood orange, lemon, lime, grapefruit. They also sell old style candy. Great to take out by the quart too!

Adorable owner. Great shop. It has been there for 20 plus years. It is amazing!

This is my review for DiDios. Fabulous Italian Ices. Great selection of regular flavors, plus a few seasonal specialties. You can consume this on the spot, or place it in the freezer at home. I fetl the prices are a little high, but you get what you pay for. Several of the fruit flavors contain bits of actual fruit. The also have a lot of old fashioned candies which are near impossible to find. Parking can be an issue.
I have a few special flavors as my favorites… Root Beer, Cherry, Lemon Lime, to name just a few. You don’t need warm weather to visit this place, Italian Ices is great 365 days a year. If you are in the Los Angeles, or surrounding areas, you really need to try this place. You will love it!

I’ve been coming here for many years. They always have a great variety of Italian ice. They also have a huge candy selection which is great for all the kids that come in. I know they used to have a $ 10 min for credit cards, not sure if they still do as I’ve gotten used to paying cash. Very friendly staff every time I come in. Only downside is parking on Montana can be tough.

ORGANIC BOBA and INTENSE FLAVORS OF ITALIAN ICES!!! I truly love the organic chia seed boba, i add it to various drinks to create a great snack. They have a nutty smoothie that has about 20g of protein and I get it almost every time. I tried to coconut, blood orange, lemon ices and I was blown away by the intense natural FLAVORS! Randy the owner gets the blood oranges when they’re ripe at peak season and squeezes them! It’s basically like smooth shaved ice in a cup with wonderful diverse ingredients. They also have the best snacks and candies that you’ll remember from when you were a kid! Like fruit stripe and Reed’s! Plus genuinely friendly service! Fun place to hang out on stools or bench outside!

Good italian ice!
I stumbled upon this place after walking off my brunch.
I ended up getting a small of the Pomegranate Ice. To my delight, there were small pieces of pomegranate in it, which added a great dimension to it. I learned later that you can do multiple flavors, so will do that next time I come in.
This place is quaint, with fun candies lining the walls. There is a counter for sitting and a bench outside, but I think that’s enough. I ended up eating it on my way to my car. Sad to say, it was gone before I even reached my car!

The best Italian ice I’ve ever had.
Made with fresh ingredients in the store, there’s a variety of delicious flavors that you can mix and match.
Chocolate, Pink Grapefruit, Blood Orange, Coconut, Vanilla Chip, Watermelon, Lemon, Cherry, and a handful of other flavors that you can’t go wrong with…
This is not a chain… and the family that runs it is lovely.

Extremely disappointed with the owners attitude so much for customer service. I work near by and it was really convenient to walk over and grab a gelato on my break. Sucks to say I won’t be coming back here even though it is super convenient. I am disgusted with the owners attitude and how badly she mistreated and belittled me. Don’t bother stepping foot in here, if you do you’ll leave pissed off.

Great place. Great hand made Italian ices. Many flavors. Also candies and other tasty items. The shop owners are very nice as well.

Born and raised in Philadelphia, my summers were filled with «Water Ice» and Pretzels. Currently living in Chicago no one has the slightest idea to what water ice is or pretzels. A few weeks ago I came to visit Santa Monica to visit my boyfriend’s parents, the family promised me they know of a shop that would cure my Philly cravings. Walking in I was greeted by the owner. She taught me a trick to cleaning my mouth from blue coloring after eat the Italian ice. In addition she had an AMAZING pretzel to complete my Italian ice! Overall I had a wonderful experience!

Cash only unless you wannasirens more than 10 on the card. I recommend mixing the ices. sweet and sour mixes are the best. Heard the chocolate ice is delicious too. The Gelato is bomb too. try the birthday cake and pistachio

Interesting place. They have a mix of Italian ice and a few gelato ice creams. The prices are set for the neighborhood. We tried the root beer and the lemon ice. Both of them were hits. Nice little desert spot in middle of tons of restaurants.

Wow! This place is awesome. Service was amazing, felt welcome just walking in the door. There were so many exciting options. and then I started to sample some of the flavors– yummy! …They were ALL great. The Italian ice is refreshing and not too sugary sweet. You can tell they use real fresh fruit in this super fabulous slushy treat. I loved mixing my two favorite flavors together: pink grapefruit & coconut.

I grew up in Philadelphia (1964 – 1983) — and so have some expertise on this subject — and Di Dio’s is the equal of any Philadelphia Italian Ice you can find, then or now.
Two additional reasons I patronize this place:
a) They recently added a terrific soft pretzel to their menu (better than any others I’ve found in LA)
b) They’ve long been the only SoCal place that sells some of the old-​school candy that I loved in my youth, namely Clark bars and Mallo Cups (all trademarks are the property of their respective rights holders).
This place is – and will continue to be (unless they screw up) — a regular pre-​movie stop on my way to the nearby Aero theater.

Awesome. Chocolate and watermelon are my favorite, Just saw their display at Bay Cities Deli. Happy, Happy, Happy.

best sorbet I have had outside of nyc. almost as good as ferrara’s on grand street in little italy ny where their italian ice is out of this world. I like to mix the cherry and the tart lemon

I am in love with the natural flavors here and I don’t feel guilty after I eat the flavored ice.
My only gripe about this place is that they serve amazing frozen treats and then rubbish candy on the main wall.
I was stuck having to buy 6 dollars worth of bottled water because I didn’t have CASH! Ugh the credit card minimum should be $ 5 not $ 10!!!
The store should be a little more grown up… the endless amount of gummies and bubble gum make this place less inviting.

I don’t know why this place is rated as $$$. Y’all are CRAZY. It’s cheap. Or maybe it’s cheap by LA standards… I’ve been living in Santa Monica for seven months now, so I may have been price-​desensitized. I ordered a small Italian ice and it was $ 3. How is that in the $$$ range?!
A small allowed for two different flavors, so I got mango and lime. I love fruit flavors with this kind of dessert, and I wasn’t disappointed. I did sample the green apple as well, but it tasted strange to me. This place doesn’t allow credit/​debit cards unless the total is over $ 10, and with cash they prefer you to pay with a $ 5 or a $ 10. The lady serving was nice enough about it.
Next time I go, I’ll try out their gelato!

This place is the crème de la crème of all things frozen and the Italian ice is homemade. I ordered a medium which was the perfect size. After sampling a few flavors, I chose cherry with lime on the bottom as per the suggestion of the woman behind the counter (the lime on the bottom that is). My friend ordered the blood orange also with lime on the bottom. Oh my gosh, was she ever right! The sweet cherry top melts into the sour lime. It was so deliciously flavored and wonderful that it took me back to summertime as a kid. And it looks like iced velvet!
The medium was $ 4 and change, but well worth it! And $ 4 is not really a lot for homemade Italian ices, especially on ritzy Montana street. I will be back again, that is for sure!

I was surprised that there hasn’t been a review on this place in awhile… why!!! I have no idea. :P Well, here I go. As I normally do… I was in the area today after frying on the beach and wanted something cold and sweet. Of course… Unilocal to the rescue! *ta dah!*
The guy at the counter was okay, but didn’t make any suggestions. I guess I kinda like the fact that someone would ask if it’s your first time there and be a little bit more helpful (okay, a lot more helpful.), but I guess that’s just me. :)
I got the pomegranate and blood orange combined because you can mix two in your cup. I think I should’ve mixed two other different flavors together because both flavors were pratically the same color and I started to forget which was which. LOL I got a small because the medium would’ve been too much. (I think the medium is more than 8 oz. LOL) The prices are okay with the small being $ 2.75 but I guess I’ll stick to my cheaper San Fernando Valley price at $ 2 bucks. Yah, I’m a cheap ass! Well, cause I’m broke! LOL