Surreal Creamery

"The union of boba and soft serve is one we’d root for on a reality TV dating show, and Surreal Creamery does this combination especially well. Get the Flotea, a bubble milk tea topped with a sky-high swirl of ice cream. (These are enormous, so bring a friend or two to share.) If you need caffeine and ice cream to get through a torturous workday, get the thai milk bubble tea topped with vietnamese coffee soft-serve. Milder options include a matcha/taro swirl with taro bubble tea. Surreal Creamery has locations in Midtown and Greenwich Village." - molly fitzpatrick, carina finn koeppicus

"Surreal Creamery isn’t just fun to say, it’s also fun to visit. This ice cream spot off of 2nd Avenue in Murray Hill makes soft serve flavors that feel almost inconceivable. (Except we're grateful that someone conceived them.) There's a cookies and cream flavor the exact shade of Cookie Monster, as well as toppings like Lucky Charms and Teddy Grahams. And you can get your soft serve in a cup full of bubble tea or a sundae in a mason jar. If you’re closer to Greenwich Village, Surreal also has a location there. " - hannah albertine, willa moore, arden shore, molly fitzpatrick

"Surreal Creamery might be the key to bringing society together. No matter how hard you try, you can’t resist talking to the person next to you about what they ordered (and vice versa). This Greenwich Village spot serves sundaes in mason jars, with options like their Nom Nom Cookie with blue cookies and cream, marshmallow puffs, and chocolate syrup. You can also just get a cup of soft serve in flavors like taro, matcha, or earl grey vanilla and customize it with various toppings like condensed milk, waffle cookies, and Fruity Pebbles. But the “floateas” (soft serve on top of bubble tea) are why you come here. Take a few sips of tea, then have a bite of the ice cream swirled on top. Wait until the two layers begin to coalesce, and you basically have a bubble tea milkshake. It’s a beautiful thing. photo credit: Kenny Yang" - Kenny Yang