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Tropical Sno
16835 N 40th St, Phoenix, AZ 85032, United States
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St
Review №1

This place is amazing. Try the paradise island! Great for summer heat overload. Endless options. Many with cream or other additions like Tajin (a lime chili sprinkle) that goes great on mango.

De
Review №2

Good choice of flavors, the snow is soft and not chunky like some other places. I also like the drip guard on the cups, it helps keep your hands from getting sticky. The color changing spoons is a nice touch. Pricing is good for the sizes. As snow shacks go I quite like this one.

Al
Review №3

THEY HAVE PINK BUBBLEGUM!!That’s right… not blue, PINK!!!Don’t walk, run!!! These people know how to do shaved ice correctly.

Da
Review №4

Overall so freshing some employees make it better then others but I went to another tropical sno n they had only half the flavors n combinations as this one. Its a little shack but I highly recommend

An
Review №5

The place is clean on outside, fast and friendly clerk. Love the amount of setup and flavors, dont ever change this.No seating, no drive, its a park and walk up station.The servings are little misleading but thats in reality do to shape of the cups that the reps are given. The ice maker spits out balls of ice so not to much gets in bottom of the cup. So all the syrup runs to bottom, but still tastes great.Love the hawiann drizzle on top worth the $1.10 but I wouldnt pay much more for it.My medium was 4.49 after tax.They even have a calorie index.

Mi
Review №6

So me and my wife are from out of town I was craving a sno cone called down asked the gentleman if this was the place to be. Sure Fxcking was great damn snow ones thanks guys!

Tr
Review №7

I haven’t had a snocone since the county fair in what seems like centuries!! My, how things have changed.... so many options, cute color changing spoons, a fantastic plastic sleeve over your cup with what looks like a UFO 🛸 top that catches your escaped ice. Yes, please ~ I’ll be back with the family often!The hours are great.. 11:00am to 9:00 pm. I’m hooked!

Sh
Review №8

Just went here a couple days ago, I have 5 kids plus my nephew was with me. (2 sets of twins under 5) Our clan can be hectic and the sweet gal working was really patient & very helpful! We will definitely be back! Plus she gave me a stamp card! I didnt even know yall had one! I wish I got her name cause she was just a doll!!

An
Review №9

I love tropical sno so much!! The flavors are all delicious, the little cup holders help keep it from being a melty mess. Staff was friendly and helpful. My new favorite flavor is Tiger’s blood. Much better than ice cream on a hot day!

lu
Review №10

The service here is fantastic, the people are nice, the quality of the snow cones are delicious. I also love how you have a variety of flavors to choose from, plus you can get your snow cone built a different way. (Such as Hawaiian Style)

St
Review №11

Best sno cone in this part of The Valley by far. Great soft consistency and wide range of flavors.

Ma
Review №12

Must try this place, OMG. So good!

Pa
Review №13

Love this place! So many options and absolutely wonderful customer service! A must visit while in Phoenix and needing a treat to cool off. Prices were great too!

An
Review №14

Customer for 15 yrs now! The best cool treat EVER!

Ja
Review №15

Sooooo Good! Fast friendly service.

Il
Review №16

Wow I was surprised by this place. Sadly it was my first time at a Tropical Sno. Hawaiian style is where it’s at

Al
Review №17

I love it here, I love just my plain ol ice !

Te
Review №18

Love this little stand. The ice is shaved very fine, so it stays soft for a long time. No flavorless ice chunks.They have many flavors and combinations. The people are always nice and patient, especially when my kids cant pick a flavor.Perfect treat on a hot day.

Do
Review №19

We live in Arizona, they give us tasty ice at 115 degrees! duh

Pa
Review №20

Definitely my favorite snow cone!

Ma
Review №21

Few times Ive been it takes a wait to cool down..

Sa
Review №22

Reminds me of shave ice from home. Staff is young and friendly. Definitely a place to visit when the sun is out!

Mo
Review №23

You got to get this affordable cool down

Na
Review №24

Delicate flakes of snowy deliciousness dance together with fantastic fruity syrup concoctions, usually crafted buy an extremely passionate icemaster wizard teenager. Behold the color changing spoon that will warp your perception of reality, only the most brave and deserving of desert connoisseur will be able to withstand such an incredible onslaught to the pallet.

Ma
Review №25

Its good I love snowcone

Bo
Review №26

Best tropical snow around!

Ja
Review №27

Delicious flavors and excellent customer service. I recommend the cotton candy flavor!

Pa
Review №28

Portion cups are miss leading, as the small we ordered to share ended up with MORE product above the rim than below it! The recommended flavor was way better than we expected, too. They also let us join their punch card rewards program for free. All in all, the price was pretty low for such a high value! We cant wait to return. 🥄

IC
Review №29

Amazing. Great prices, staff and location. Sometimes there is a wait but other than that, no complaints. Always get Hawaiian style.

Tr
Review №30

Great treat and the worker (Savanna) was so friendly!

Sh
Review №31

Reliably excellent and pleasant service every time we come here. No shortage of flavor combinations to keep me busy and the kids beg to come back here time after time. My favorite way to beat the heat!

Sh
Review №32

Great selection of yummy snocones

An
Review №33

Good felt bad that the worker was the only one working and there were lots of people ordering.

Ju
Review №34

Fantastic.

Fi
Review №35

Best in AZ.

Ri
Review №36

Great selection. EXCELLENT friendly service!

Br
Review №37

As close as youre going to get to the Hawaiian Ice experience. Plenty of flavors. With the early heat this year, a true pleasure.

Za
Review №38

Being going since high school.Place is an Icon.

He
Review №39

Sizes are big and so many flavors! Good price and good customer service!!

Sh
Review №40

Shaved ice in Arizona, need I say more?! They have probably the biggest variety of flavors and even have a menu with different flavor combinations that go well together. I like that you can also add ice cream to the bottom of your cup and also really like the color changing spoons and ther cups that the shaved ice is served in because if used properly it protects your hand from getting all sticky. But i think overall my favorite thing is the little sitting area outside ordering window. Its like common ground where everyone can sit and enjoy their shaved ice. Definitely recommend its a summertime must

No
Review №41

Yummy flavors, great for hot days! I love the new Hawaiian style. Lines are short, not pricey at all!

Mi
Review №42

With such an amazing enlarged menu its incredible how patient and efficient the staff is... Ive never been disappointed here

Ro
Review №43

We moved away from Phoenix a year ago, and this place is one of the spots I miss the most. It was always a great treat with the kids. I grew up in New Orleans where snoballs are a way of life in the summer. These are the closest thing to that culinary delicacy Ive found outside of NOLA. The ice is fine shaved to perfection and they are not overly sweet as some have suggested.

St
Review №44

We enjoy this place 😁 person working there is very nice

Je
Review №45

My step dad remodeled the whole place. Nice little oasis. Havent had a snow cone since I was a kid. Great treat.

Am
Review №46

This place is AMAZING! First its super inexpensive compared to other icecream shops you can go to. Also they have such a variety of flavors and crazy concoctions you can make. And lastly they add a lot of syrup unlike most places where there is barely any syrup and its impossible to eat because its so packed. The perfect summer treat for all shaved ice lovers.

Mi
Review №47

Ive been coming to this little shaved ice hut for most of my life. When the temperature hit 100 and up, my friends and I would grab our bikes, go play around in the highway construction zone (shhh...dont tell the parents!) and cap a long, hot day of mischief with Tropical Sno! It was always affordable, they always had high schoolers working their first jobs that were friendly to us kids despite the lack of A/C, and the flavor combos were the best anywhere.I dont think Ive seen such a collection of syrups to this day...well, maybe at Macalpines, but thats it. The ice is still soft, the cream is still a great addition, the kids working there are still friendly, although theres A/C now.And I just saw a family with a couple boys, about the same age as I was once, haggling over flavors and debating the best choice.This place isnt just for shaved ice. Its a community fixture - the kind every kid deserves to have nearby. I invite you to stop by on a summer day at sunset. I promise Ill share!

Pr
Review №48

Staff is always friendly and the shaved ice is a great treat on summer nights

An
Review №49

Tropical sno has the FLUFFIEST shaved ice in existence.

Al
Review №50

This has been one of my favorite places for a treat since I was a kid. I recently took my own children here and enjoyed our snow cones in the bench in the grass by the side of the building. Such a great little shack.

Mi
Review №51

Best sno cone i had in 30 yrs

Yv
Review №52

I was at the Oasis Car Show at Westgate and got a tropical sno Volcano flavor from their truck. It was very good and I was impressed with the ice.. shaved and melts in your mouth! Great service too 👍

hy
Review №53

Its usually amazing but today the person gave me something like mango instead of lemon and I came back she said it was lemon I had my friend try it and we both thought it wasnt lemon its OK everyone makes mistakes but she had a rude attitude

Mi
Review №54

Very good snow cones.

Mi
Review №55

Our fav!! Thank goodness there is now one around the corner from us. Best idea on a hot day. Totally changed your idea of the old school cones in the freezer at the convenience store-yick. Every flavor you could imagine and satisfying.

Br
Review №56

Cold, wet and sweet! I had the Pina coladalada Hawaiian style and it was awesome. Perfect treat for a 113° Phoenix evening. 🌞🔥😥

An
Review №57

Super delicious! My favorite is birthday cake + cotton candy Hawaiian style it tastes like wedding cake!After you try Tropical Snos Hawaiian shave ice you wont settle for anything other than Tropical Sno the spill stoppers that the cups sit in are awesome & the color changing spoons are so fun to collect my daughter loves them!

La
Review №58

Best ice, best people, best management around! Keep this place open at all costs!!

so
Review №59

The employees are great!! And its a great concept. I think its too sweet. Im probably in the minority. It tasted like imitation flavored sugary water. I was expecting more dense ice, and more like Italian lemonades, with just different flavors, real flavor, rather than artificial.I really wanted to like Trooical Sno, but I just couldnt.Just seeing the Tropical Sno sign, took me from wayyy happy, thinking that I had finally found authentic flavored Snow, to an immediate adrenaline drop.... Yep, over a snow cone. I think if youre from Chicago, you get spoiled, and then theres a huge difference between how its done in Phoenix & how its done in Chicago....

Sc
Review №60

I love this little shack. They have the best flavors and the sno cones are like real snow.

Ke
Review №61

Amazing shaved iced and fast service with tons of flavors. Its a perfect treat for a hot day, or even just a warm one. I wish they were open for more of the year!

B
Review №62

Best snow cones in town. You would think its just a snow cone but this is no ordinary snow cone. The flavors and additions are like nothing else. Give it a try

Do
Review №63

Very good and the lady that helped us was very nice

Li
Review №64

Yummy snow cones. HUGE variety! Great prices.

Ch
Review №65

Yummy

Ji
Review №66

Best snow cone shop!! Love making a stop here. Get one Hawaiian style!

Sc
Review №67

I miss this place during winter! But I will tell you, on a hot summers day in Phoenix when its 110° outside, a perfectly shaved ice cup with perfect flavoring is just what you need. A little hut in the middle of a strip of shops, treasure in the middle of the parking lot and you wont be sorry! Leave a tip!

Ro
Review №68

The best cold treat over the summer you can get! All the flavors just pop! Like no other sno cone out there. Most places are not even really shaved ice, just crushed little mini cubes. And the flavors are chemical tasting this is the real deal and delicious!

St
Review №69

It was 116 degrees today! What better place to be than Tropical Sno. The only hard part is picking your favorite flavor from all the hundreds of possibilities. (Root beer float is my favorite. )

Di
Review №70

So many flavor this is a small little hut located in the middle of the parking lot easily seen from all 4 coners of E Bell Rd & 40th St in Phoenix

Du
Review №71

The flavors are great. The syrup doesnt taste watered down. Its delicious.

Ra
Review №72

Great snow cones. Also a great treat when you have a child that is lactose intolerant.

Sh
Review №73

You want delicious shaved ice. This place is the best. I wish I could get one now.

Cr
Review №74

So many flavors to choose from and many creative creations to pick if you cant make up your mind. Letting them pick, never disappoints.

Pe
Review №75

A cool taste of New Orleans summers

Po
Review №76

Great place to take my girlfriend for a sweet treat in the hot months...Love the ice, the many flavors and great location... you cant miss it!Eric... you and your staff are great!

Ar
Review №77

I love Tropical Sno the staff are amazing they are so sweet and kind, the sno cones are so good and amazing to eat on a great summer day

Me
Review №78

Great selection but the guy is so slow if there is 3 people in line your wait will be 30 mins every time

St
Review №79

Love love love this place. Absolutely amazing sno cones

Ge
Review №80

Absolutely love this place!

Ra
Review №81

Not bad. Its a snocone shop, and thats exactly what you can expect. But like, a higher end snocone with better flavors and a handy plastic drip guard on the cup.

Ka
Review №82

I go here often. Delicious! And mamy flavors!

Mi
Review №83

Ive been looking for a good snow cone place since moving to AZ from TX. This is the place! The ice is the perfect hawaiin ice that holds the flavor and melts in your mouth. They have many flavor options with unique add-ons. Highly recommend!

Ap
Review №84

One of the few good places to get good shaved ice in Phoenix. I like that they have a punch card system as well. The Bahama Mama with ice cream at the bottom is my favorite.

De
Review №85

Love their shaved ice and variety of flavor very refreshing.

nv
Review №86

Grew up with this place, brings me way back and so freaking bomb.

Di
Review №87

Deelishis had a hot summer day in the Wild Wild West

Ho
Review №88

Just wow so sweet diabetic coma

Tr
Review №89

Great flavor choices and friendly service.

Ei
Review №90

We travel across the country to get a Tropical Sno! Huckleberry, pink lemonade, and blue Hawaiian mix is awesome!

Ke
Review №91

These people add syrup to your snow cone for so long the ice melts. It’s way too sweet afterwards!

Ja
Review №92

So good. So inexpensive. I drove about 20 minutes to get there and it was totally worth it.

Jo
Review №93

Great place my family loves it. But i am here tonight 2/27/16 i got here at 7:04 and the lights are all on the open flag is flying but the blinds are closed and a note that says b back in 5 is in the window. I have waited here for 30min and i can see 2 people through the blinds sitting on the counter. I knocked on the window and they didnt answer. This is awful. Now i have to go home to my kid with no tropical sno.

Br
Review №94

So fluffy and light the shaved ice is awesome. Reasonable prices and so many flavors to choose from

Sh
Review №95

OH. MY. GAWD! THE BEST SHAVED ICE ON EARTH!

Il
Review №96

This is a very good place to get ice cream and the employs are very kind

Jo
Review №97

Unbelievably tasty, perfect consistency. We drive for miles to have this tasty treat.

Ap
Review №98

Is there 10 stars!??

Ja
Review №99

Great selection and great prices. Bonus points because my daughter could get gummy sharks on her sno cone.

Er
Review №100

Great flavors. Always served ice cold.

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  • Address:16835 N 40th St, Phoenix, AZ 85032, United States
  • Site:http://tropicalsnoaz.com/
  • Phone:+1 480-374-0836
Categories
  • Ice cream shop
Working hours
  • Monday:12–12:01AM
  • Tuesday:12–12:01AM
  • Wednesday:12–12:01AM
  • Thursday:12–12:01AM
  • Friday:12–12:01AM
  • Saturday:12–12:01AM
  • Sunday:12–12:01AM
Service options
  • Dine-in:No
Highlights
  • Great dessert:Yes
Accessibility
  • Wheelchair accessible entrance:Yes
  • Wheelchair accessible parking lot:Yes
Planning
  • Quick visit:Yes
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