1-900-ICE-CREAM
Ice cream shop · Rittenhouse ·
Creamy soft serve & inventive ice cream flavors, rotating weekly.
Creamy soft serve & inventive ice cream flavors, rotating weekly.
"1-900-ICE-CREAM is best known for making soft serve ice cream that has both Fishtown and Rittenhouse locals lining up around the block. But they also have a rotation of sundaes that look like they’ve been pulled straight out of Eureeka's Castle. The creamy mishmash can span from strawberry and cream soft serve topped with cubes of pillowy pound cake and Fruity Pebbles to their Frosted Animal Cookie Sundae, which is like a tasty unicorn in a cup. No matter what they’re swirling, it’s excellent. And worth the lines. The shop actually opens at 1pm daily and the crowds mostly come around 7pm and later—when people have finished dinner or had five drinks. So we recommend going early if you truly want a chance to taste the creamiest soft serve. Or you could bring a small child with you, tell them to look sad, and hope the masses take mercy on you (though we’ve tried it, and they won’t)." - candis mclean
"Verdict: One sure sign of great ice cream is an Apple-store release day-like line outside. And that’s exactly what you’ll see at Rittenhouse’s 1-900-ICE-CREAM. They have lots of toppings and standard options, but it’s when they get inventive with flavors—like lemon cream cookie and salted Sicilian pistachio—that they really get your (and the whole city’s) attention. The shop actually opens at 1pm daily and the crowds mostly come around 7pm and later—when people have finished dinner or had five drinks. So we recommend going early if you truly want a chance to taste the creamiest soft serve. Or you could bring a small child with you, tell them to look sad, and hope the masses take mercy on you (though we’ve tried it, and they won’t)." - candis mclean
"With dedicated scoop and soft serve shops in Rittenhouse and Ardmore, plus a robust nationwide shipping program, 1-900-Ice-Cream is never far from reach. And isn’t that a relief: The menu of rotating flavors is colorful, creative, and jam-packed with exciting ingredients (say, Italian rainbow cookies or habanero chiles)." - Annemarie Dooling
"A good cup or cone of soft serve makes you feel like you walked in with the A/C cranked up after a sweltering day. That’s exactly how we feel after eating at 1-900-ICE CREAM, making it the best soft serve in town. The Rittenhouse and Fishtown locations serve creamy, delicious flavors like sort-of-salty chocolate, birthday cake batter, and Dankaroo (with cookie crumbles and a frosting shell) as well as ice cream bricks and several take-home pints. The shop actually opens at 1pm daily and the crowds mostly come around 7pm and later—when people have finished dinner or had five drinks. So we recommend going early if you truly want a chance to taste the creamiest soft serve. Or you could bring a small child with you, tell them to look sad, and hope the masses take mercy on you (though we’ve tried it, and they won’t)." - candis mclean, alison kessler
"Good soft serve makes us feel like we walked into a room that’s had the A/C cranked up all day. That’s exactly the feeling we get after eating having a cup or cone from 1-900-ICE CREAM, home to the best soft serve in Philly. The Rittenhouse and Fishtown locations serve creamy, delicious flavors like sort-of-salty chocolate, birthday cake batter, and Dankaroo (with cookie crumbles and a frosting shell), as well as ice cream bricks and several take-home pints." - anne cruz