Paleteria San Antonio

Ordered the cantalope and Fruity Pebble paleta (ice-cream bar). Both were really good. The cantalope was sweet and had fruit chunks. The Fruity Pebble had pieces throughout the bar, not just on the outside. The young man running the store was friendly and helpful. The store is small and clean. It's within a park, so there were lots of shaded areas to sit at. Highly recommend.

The Popsicles are not any ordinary popsicles. They are fantastic creations for snack craving, sweet tooth having, mouth watering, cool you down on a hot day, wanna take a nap at the beach afterwards popsicle. It's one step short of, nah it is the best popsicle you will have. Dip it in chocolate and add some custom toppings.... At first I said, "dang $4 bucks?" And then I ate one and was suddenly in the Bahamas drinking Mai Tais. Just go.

Came on Wednesday only an hour after opening, we bought 5 paletas. I went back in shortly after bc my 5yr olds pop was melting all over the place and needed somewhere to rest it. I asked for a cup, the response “we don’t have any” and I’m thinking ok but you sell mangonada.. I notice they have small paper plates behind the counter, so I say “oook, can I have one of those plates?” Her response came as if it was a bother, she says “no we don’t give those out, they’re for our toppings” sooo then I say “fine, sell me a topping, how much is a topping?” and idk why but she replied full of hesitation dragging her feet like she was unsure of the cost or didn’t want me to buy it (even though it’s on their board which I did not see when I asked). It’s a dollar, I pay, and leave. This isn’t about anything other than the way it was handled. First off $20 was just spent on the paletas.. the reluctance to let me know the price, and then charge for a paper plate (yes obviously I paid for the topping but it was solely to get a plate). Paper plates is something a business averages in their costs as a general operating expense like napkins, plastic spoons, straws. A small plate for a 5yr old child on a hot day to rest their melting paleta was a problem? Being a small business a good attitude is what keeps people coming back, and it’s unfortunate that I had this experience, but I guess there’s always a first time for everything.

Very creative take on making colorful ice creams. Great respite from the hot summer. Sesame Street nearby is a good place to cool off with an ice cream in hand too!

YOU HAVE TO COME HERE. The fruit and cucumber cup was so appetising I didn’t have a chance to get photo before it was GONE!! Mixed with the coconut Paletas was heaven. Will definitely be back before we leave San Antonio!!! Wow!! Just wow!! Went back and snapped a pic before devouring it!!

It feels so good to have a paleta on a hot summer day with the kids next to the splash pad and park.

My son, Zen, loved this place so much that he made me write this review. I only had a bottle of water, but he and my daughter had a Watermelon popsicle and a strawberry one. Both give two thumbs up, four for more! The people were very friendly, and we enjoyed swapping stories with them for a few minutes since it wasn't busy. Highly recommend, AND it is next to a really cool park, playground area. Perfect way to cool off after a great afternoon in the sun!

The perfect cool ending to a hot, busy day! A great variety of flavors with the option to dip in chocolate and add toppings.

Place is super small with only one table, plan to take to go or eat outside. I was let down by this place. I got a watermelon, strawberry lime, and bubble gum. All were lacking in flavor. The strawberry lime was way too tarte. The bubblegum tasted like sweet milk, could hardly taste any bubble gum flavor. The watermelon was meh. Maybe it was the flavors we got, but I just wasn't impressed.

Yummy way to cool off. Here is what we had and loved Mangolanda, pecan and frutty pebbles. These are inexpensive and great! They also have drip proof holders for the kiddos.

This was our first experience with Paletas, and they were quite tasty. It was a bit difficult to find the place at first, but we were treated to a wonderful cold dessert on a hot day once we did. There weren't a lot of seats just outside the building, but there were plenty of areas to rest a bit further away. You can see more of our experience on our YouTube travel channel: https://youtu.be/yEvVsg8rpy4

There are SO many cool finds in the #Hemisfair like this paleta place called Paleteria San Antonio. As soon as we exited the garage and sauntered onto the plaza, we were immediately captivated by this bright signage. My girls love a good paleta (popsicle) and it was certainly a warm day. I promised them we would try it after we finished a tour of the Magik Theatre. It's a small store front & I imagine it can be quite tight in those busy hot summer days! There are 16 different flavors available at any given time. But that's not all! They have SA staples such as mangonada cups, cucumber or fruit cups where you can add tajin, chamomile, etc, hot Cheetos with cheese, caramel apples and some clothing. The prices are very reasonable and everything tasted fresh! I tried the watermelon paleta and it was so good! I didn't get a chance to try the cookies n creme paleta as the 12 y/o devoured it so quickly lol. I foresee us coming here each time we visit the Hemisfair. #PaletaSA

Pistachio paleta dipped in chocolate was good. not a whole lot of choices but worth a visit if you're in the area!

We found this place on the recommendation of our Airbnb. So we came here with a preconception that it would be thick, creamy Mexican ice cream. But this cute little shop in the park sells popsicles. We got a watermelon popsicle which was delicious and refreshing. We also got a coconut bar which was creamy, but also bitter. So not a fan of this one.

I definitely want to come back and try the Oreo one! I was visiting town and found this place on maps. Came here for a sweet treat after dinner and this popsicle definitely tasted like a bowl of cereal and milk. It was good and the lady working was nice.

Paleteria is everything South Texas is about. Fresh. Natural. All the flavors that take you bake to your childhood, or that you've grown to love in adulthood. They have sweet, tart, fruity, nutty, creamy, citrus, truly something for everyone! I love taking my kids to get paletas whenever we go downtown. And they are perfect on a hot sunny day walking around the Hemisfair. Oh, and the coconut, has actual coconut shreds! So yummy!

At first they were out of everything but pecan. I was told by the friendly workers to come back in 5 minutes and they would be restocked. I was expecting maybe 4 or 5 additional flavors. Instead there was a whole lot more to chose from! Cute vibes especially outside there's great seating options In the park too under the green arches for shade! Loved my mangonada flavor it was super fresh and unique that I could add tajin and chamoy on top not just mixed in.

Fun option for dessert. We got the milk option bars- chocolate, pistachio- and they were good.

Great & fast service. I ordered the fruity pebbles & Oreo paleta... the fruity pebbles was my favorite, it was like eating a bowl of fruity pebble cereal nice scenery as well.

Fun place to bring the kids for a treat after playing at the nearby parks. Lots of variety in flavors and friendly service.

Located at Hemisfair Park, this is the perfect place to get something to cool off! They offer traditional fruit-based paletas but also have milk-based sweets that resemble ice cream. I opted for a mangonada paleta and added chamoy for an extra dollar. Worth it!

Stopped by for a cold popsicle. I got the fruity pebbles and the cereal was soggy. I was expecting more of the crunchiness so it was a bit disappointing. It is in a great spot right in front of the park's entrance near the playgrounds.

We were in the area for dinner and walked over to check out Yanaguana Gardens since that was on my bucket list. On the way to Yanaguana Gardens, we saw this shop and had to stop by to see what's going on. We were pretty full from dinner so this was perfectly light for a dessert. There were many flavors to choose from. You can see which ones were low or had run out likely from their popularity. Very reasonably priced at $3 each. I decided on the guava and pineapple one. It surely was authentic and had real fruit because there were guava seeds in it. I did have to eat it carefully because I didn't want to break a tooth. It's because of the seeds that I took off a star on my review. My husband had the pistachio one and I had a bite. It was good. I think he was expecting it to taste more like the ice cream. I told him that it's a paleta which would be on the lighter side. Thankful for the outdoor seating to enjoy the paletas before heading over to the garden. Would be curious to stop back to try other flavors!

Not impressed. Super excited to see a paleteria but after tasting the paletas I was disappointed. I was hoping for a creamy, chocolatey cinnamon flavor but got a skim milk chocolate paleta instead. Not great for the price

Location? Amazing Price? Excellent Paletas? Perfection I stopped by when I was in the area and wow am I glad I did. It's right in hemisfair park. I got the fruit pebbles paleta for $4. The ice cream part was like sweet cereal milk and the fruity pebbles weren't just on the outside. The whole paleta was filled with them. Super tasty! It was a hot summer day so walking around the park with a tower view and eating a delicious paleta was an excellent treat. Def need to go try the bubblegum next!!!

Came for the cookies and cream paleta. My favorite. Smooth and creamy. Will have to try the fruity peoples next time.

What an amazing location to enjoy the scenery, off the river but at the foot of the Hemisphere Plaza area, to enjoy the classic and artisanal popsicle flavors. Water based and cream based popsicles available, with real ingredients...Oreos in cream, watermelon and kiwi, even mangonada... I always find it to have a steady stream of customers. It's small but organized; and the flow of customer traffic keeps the small area moving. It's a be a regular stop for us. See you next time.

Fantastic place to cool off and grab something sweet at a very reasonable price!! Splash pad is around the corner. Kid heaven!!

Cute little place in a friendly park. Got the pistachio popsicle coated with chilli powder and a drizzle of chamoy! It was delicious!

Showed up to the location and everywhere said they open at 12. I showed up around 12:05 which I know is annoying, but I am celebrating some great news and this is the one thing I wanted to do! We called to ask if they were open and someone answered hello, we asked if it was the palateria and if they were open. They said they should be poke in a couple minutes. No problem. When we went in the woman was nice, but it seemed like we were an annoyance or bother but the paletas were great! I'll go again, but I don't do well going to places after feeling unwelcome so I'll just send in my husband so I can avoid those negative situations in the future, which is a bummer but is how I was made to feel maybe it was an off day! I will always give another chance for sure because the food was worth it!

We stumbled upon the Paleteria in Hemisphere during our Mother's Day 7 Mile walk and were not disappointed. We shared the pineapple, mango, strawberry & pecan paletas- the fruity one was large chunks of fruit in a crispy ice shell while the pecan was chunks of pecan in a soft milky shell. It took everything in me to not walk back in and buy out the stock!! We will return VERY SOON!

I finally was able to visit this lil mom & pop shop downtown. They're located on the corner of Alamo & Caesar Chavez in the Hemisfair Park. They have a wide variety of paletas to choose from. Must wear a mask upon entering & enjoy your sweet treat on their patio.

This was yummy! We were impressed with all the flavors we tried, and honestly I couldn't believe how inexpensive it was. We didn't get any toppings because we were walking, but it looked like they had great choices.

It's National Cherry Popsicle Day! According to legend, an eleven-year-old boy named Frank Epperson accidentally invented the popsicle in 1905. He was stirring up a soft drink when he got distracted and left the cup and the stirring stick out on his front porch overnight. The next morning he discovered a delicious frozen treat with a convenient stick handle! Unfortunately, Peletería San Antonio didn't have a cherry paleta, but this Strawberry Lime did just the trick this 93 degree evening.

Now more than a food truck at its permanent location on the southwest corner of Hemisfair Park -- near the children's play park. It's namesake Palaterias (Mexican-styled ice creams and dozen iced) are as beautiful as they are tasty. Icy cold to enjoy on a hot day. Fresh fruit varieties that rotate. Go by and enjoy what they have today!

This is the greatest little shop. It's right by the park. The shop is neat and clean. There were many choices of popsicles. We bought two different ones and they both tasted fresh and yummy. Can't wait to go again!

My husband and I stopped by Paleteria on a hot afternoon this weekend for a paleta to cool down! While we both chose the mangonada paleta (yum!), I loved the variety of paletas they offered (everything from creamy to fruit only options). Is there anything better on a hot day than a freshly made/frozen paleta? I don't know. But the paletas from Paleteria really hit the spot for us!

We stopped at this little shop which is located inside a park with other restaurants, lots of trees, benches and picnic areas. Yesterday there was a solo violinist who was entertaining children and parents by playing an extended version of the Super Mario Bros. theme near the playground and splash pad. It was brutally hot outside and the paleteria has only enough seating for two in the leftmost corner. My wife, son (9) and I had skipped lunch and actually had two of these small paletas each (6 total). Combined we had coconut, cookies and cream, chocolate (2), strawberry lime and lime. My wife mentioned that the coconut had an unexpected and unwanted sort of sour taste. My son enjoyed the cookies and cream a lot, mentioning that the vanilla or milk base was not that sweet (in essence it is not all Oreo cream). The chocolates were said to be on point and both my fruit ones were excellent, though tart. The selection is divided between milk-bases and clear fruit based ones. I'm sure anyone can find something they like on a hot day.

We came in to purchase paletas for the first time. We weren't greeted as we entered. Instead the owners / employees stared as if we were interrupting something. Apparently, what we realized is they were trying to bring in a new inventory of paletas in an ice chest, and apparently the door that I opened was in the way of getting a table moved to get the paletas out of the ice chest. The shelves were empty when we arrived, and after the palapas, we're unloaded from the ice chest, we changed our order, after they told us we could since they had restocked. One of the paletas we received was incorrect. When we asked if we could return it for the correct flavor they told us we could not. Maybe have some sort of customer service and communicate with us politely that we're in the way at first and secondly why not make sure our order is correct if 3 orders are SO hard to handle? THIS ESTABLISHMENT NEEDS TO DO BETTER! SMH.

Got some paletas and had tons of fun at the Hemisfair park! If you're visiting San Antonio, this combo is a must (they're only 5 minutes walking distance from each other). The paletas that include cream are very good because it's a delicious combo of a popsicle and ice cream and I don't feel guilty eating it! We got the strawberry, strawberries and cream, and fruity pebbles flavor. I'd say the strawberry one is the best of of the three because the strawberries in the strawberries and cream were a tad tough and the fruity pebbles were soggy and hard. The strawberry paleta was smooth and just melts in your mouth, it was a perfect blend of strawberries and cream! P.S The Hemisfair park is the best park I've ever been to, hands down! It's a modern playground that's integrated with amazing art and they have a really cool artificial "beach"!

We went in the evening, so there wasn't a lot of selection left but what we did get was delicious

Refreshing treat on a warm SATX afternoon. The fruity pebbles is the best, tastes like a cold bowl of cereal and milk. The location is perfect for a fun filled afternoon.

A hidden gem. (I'm serious--it literally is hidden from the streets with no storefront sign and we were almost disappointed when we drove around.) But if you see a ice cream cart outside, you'll feel like you've hit the jackpot when you finally see the colorful popsicles from afar. There were so many paletas to choose from, it was so hard to narrow it down to just one. Most of the paletas have pieces and chunks of real fruit inside. They didn't have most of the popsicles that had me drooling from the Yelp photos but they did have some flavors that made it hard to choose between. I got a Frutas, which is milk based with strawberries and walnuts. It was pink but the popsicle was banana flavored. It was a bit heavy and wasn't too bad, but I wish the fruit wasn't all the way on the bottom. My friend got a Watermelon paleta and she really enjoyed the freshness and the chunks of watermelon. These were very reasonably priced (came out to be about $5ish) and I would highly recommend coming here for a light, cheap sweet treat. There aren't many reviews and we were the only customers so I'm guessing not many people know about this place, probably because they don't market themselves as much and because they don't have a storefront that shows what they are. If you're craving paletas, definitely give this place a try and if you look enough, you will find it.

Good ice cream. I'd want to come back to buy more! I got the fruity pebbles which was good but I wouldn't get it again. My wife got pistachio and that was great. Other flavors looked good.

Love this place! Friendly staff & amazing pops! The strawberry, mango, pineapple was so refreshing with a whole lot of actual fruit! And the Oreo tastes just like cookies and milk, Oreo frozen right in! I will definitely be going back!

This place is kinda hidden, I had to call to the store to figure out where the entrance was lol. Once I found it, I saw that they have a tonnnnn of different flavors. They are categorize their paletas by milk based and water based. I ordered the coconut paleta and the mangonada! It was perfect because it was a hot summer day. The coconut was super creamy and dreamy! Loved the mangonada because of the chamoy swirl!

I came here on a hot afternoon with my sister and was very pleased with the experience. It's in a cute location in Hemisfair Park with some outdoor seating available. I got the oreo paleta and it was really tasty! They have a lot of different flavors which all looked really good. I also appreciated the hand sanitizer they had available at the entrance given this current pandemic. I look forward to going back to try the other flavors!

had a lime popsicle, and it was delicious! it was a nice way to stay cool while we hung out at the park and splash pad! would love to stop in again.

I was looking forward to enjoying some paletas but we were disappointed when we got there it was closed for a meeting for an hour. We called half hour before to ask if they were open and they didn't mention they would be leaving. In fact we called twice just to make sure and we were told they would be open until 8pm. We paid for parking and drove all the way downtown just to find they had a spontaneous meeting. This is my first time there and the second time for my sister and she said to beware of the hours now that we know.

This tiny little paleteria is serving up some of the best paletas in SA, and it's in a perfect location for tourists, kiddos, and families to enjoy. I finally stopped by today and got to hear from the owner about how they got started in Hemisfair. I love that Hemisfair is being revitalized and bringing in these awesome local places! I tried the Oreo paleta, which was AMAZING. One of my favorite paletas ever. I wish I could've tried them all, but I'm definitely happy with my choice. Hubs got the mango, which was refreshing and water based, so it was a much lighter option. I also love how all the paletas are handmade. They have something for everyone!

Paleteria San Antonio is a perfect addition to the beautiful Hemisfair park. At first I had no idea where it was but I just followed the trail of people holding paletas and found the cute shop right away. The place is small with nowhere to sit inside but does have shaded outdoor seating. The milk based paletas are delicious but are better in the evening as it can be heavy if you eat one in the middle of a hot summer day. I have tried lime (water) and avocado (milk) and recommend both! I like that the water based ones are soft and easy to eat and not rock solid like at some other places. This place is a great option when I am in southtown and too far from my #1 spot El Paraiso.

Wow!! 5 stars, 5 stars!! This is my favorite Paleteria in San Antonio. Grab a popsicle on any time of the day & head down to the Park. What's better then that? Nutella banana will blow your mind!

We just had a perfect day at the park and the paletera topped off our whole evening. They're we're about 20 different flavors and they all looked delicious seriously we tried four different flavors and they were all up to the kids standards lol .While we we're out at hemisfair park we played on the equipment got wet in the splash park and built stuff in the sand all out for a day at the park there was even a movie playing off in the lawn not sure why we don't visit the area more often this place is great in is in the perfect spot.

Must stop here! So many fun flavors for kids and adults alike! FULL real chunks of fruit! I feel like $3 is very reasonable for a fun treat! We will definitely be back

Been wanting to try this place for some time. It's a small place. All that is inside is the counter with the ice cream pops. I kept it simple & ordered a strawberry. It's is downtown & expect to pay a bit more for ice cream. I did see a fruity pebbles flavor, but was not sure if they differ in cost.

We stumbled into Paleteria after having lunch on the Tower of the Americas. It's in a very pretty location among the vine-covered trellises by the Yanaguana Garden with seating outside. There's a great selection of paletas. I got the Oreo paleta (which was amazing!) and my husband got the fruity pebbles (which seemed like an odd choice at first, but was amazing, too!). We'll be coming back for a refreshing treat next time we're visiting San Antonio.

This popsicle place is awesome! They have a wide variety of flavors, it is conveniently located next to Hemisfair Park, my personal favorite and one of their more popular items is the Fruity pebbles, price is reasonable and employee was very nice, we stop by every time we are downtown San Antonio, go give it a try it won't disappoint