Milk Bar is one of The 15 Best Places for Soft Serve in New York City.

1. Milk Bar

7.8
251 E 13th St (at 2nd Ave), New York, NY
Dessert Shop · East Village · 711 tips and reviews

SS: Cereal milk soft serve with fudge and corn flakes is awesome!

Sana C.Sana Currimbhoy: One of my favorite soft serve ice creams. The cereal milk is an exotic flavor and the crunch is a nice addition with the smoothness of the ice cream. It really does taste like cereal and milk!

Dina F.Dina Fierro: The best. Nothing better. My favorites include the Cereal Milk Soft Serve with Crunch, Birthday Cake Truffles and the Corn Cookie.

Ray's Candy Store is one of The 15 Best Places for Soft Serve in New York City.

2. Ray's Candy Store

8.7
113 Avenue A (btwn E 7th St. & St. Mark's Pl.), New York, NY
Dessert Shop · Alphabet City · 81 tips and reviews

Jinnie L.Jinnie L: soft serve is $4 n its huge!! try beignets, so yum!

Kate F.Kate Furman: Get the soft serve and beignets and eat them in Tompkins square Park. There's way more than half a dozen when you order 6.

LukeLuke: A classic for a reason. Get the pistachio soft serve and go for a walk in the park

Chloe's Soft Serve Fruit Co. is one of The 15 Best Places for Soft Serve in New York City.

3. Chloe's Soft Serve Fruit Co.

8.2
25 E 17th St (at Broadway), New York, NY
Dessert Shop · Union Square · 96 tips and reviews

ChiChi212.comChiChi212.com: The best soft serve in the city. And only 100 calories? Yes please!

Jenny S.Jenny Soo Hoo: Student discount with ID card!!! Banana or dark chocolate (banana based) are bomb for healthy soft serve!

Kristina M.Kristina Marie: Excellent! Super cute spot and oh so tasty soft serve!!

Soft Swerve Ice Cream is one of The 15 Best Places for Soft Serve in New York City.

4. Soft Swerve Ice Cream

8.7
85B Allen St (btwn Grand & Broome St), New York, NY
Ice Cream Parlor · Lower East Side · 75 tips and reviews

Natalie R.Natalie Roberts: The woodside was far and away the best soft serve I've had in New York!

Yaz S.Yaz S: Their ube soft serve is life 🍦🍦🍦 love it with fruity pebbles on top. Black sesame is yummy too! And they have seasonal flavors every so often that are delicious as well 😋

Lise L.Lise Larsen: Great matcha ice cream, especially with strawberry toppings 🍓💚

Cha Cha Matcha is one of The 15 Best Places for Soft Serve in New York City.

5. Cha Cha Matcha

7.9
373 Broome St (at Mott St), New York, NY
Tea Room · NoLita · 132 tips and reviews

Caroline D.Caroline Deng: Matcha and Vanilla soft serve is delicious! almond milk matcha latte. They serve everything matcha, from matcha "doissants (donut and croissants) to matcha cupcakes. Cool interior.

ClaireClaire: Excellent matcha and try the soft serve. Note: soft serve portions are huge, worth sharing.

Jackson I.Jackson Isaacson: Cute AF, with delicious matcha soft serve and coffee. 9/10 for sure.

Taiyaki NYC is one of The 15 Best Places for Soft Serve in New York City.

6. Taiyaki NYC

8.0
119 Baxter St (btwn Canal & Hester St), New York, NY
Ice Cream Parlor · Little Italy · 91 tips and reviews

AnissaAnissa: What's better than soft serve? Soft serve in a fish mouth! In this case, a warm cake with custard serves at the cone and makes for a delightful treat!

Honghui Y.Honghui Yu: Delicious soft serve - recommend the matcha black sesame swirl

TomTom: Ice cream goals. Delicious soft serve, snack on a wafer and mochi and you still have a taiyaki cake for your happy ending 😋

Milk Bar UWS is one of The 15 Best Places for Soft Serve in New York City.

7. Milk Bar UWS

7.4
561 Columbus Ave (at W 87th St), New York, NY
Dessert Shop · Upper West Side · 113 tips and reviews

Amber K.Amber Kho-Udom: Awesome staff <333 ordered the cereal milk soft serve and tipped it over :( staff immediately said "it was already tilting anyways" and gave me a new one for free!!! Ahhh :)

Ben R.Ben R: The surprise corn flake crunch at the bottom of your soft serve is a thing of joy.

CCnycCCnyc: Cornflake marshmallow cookie, birthday cake, cereal milk soft serve

ChikaLicious Dessert Bar is one of The 15 Best Places for Soft Serve in New York City.

8. ChikaLicious Dessert Bar

8.4
203 E 10th St (btwn 1st & 2nd Ave), New York, NY
Dessert Shop · East Village · 252 tips and reviews

DariaDaria: The cookies n cream soft serve is amazing. It's a gourmet mcflurry.

Real Cheap EatsReal Cheap Eats: Try the Cookies and Cream Sundae ($6.95), which mixes crisp chunks of three types of cookies with vanilla bean soft serve. "Just make sure to share with one or two people; the portion is huge." Read more.

Mike C.Mike Chau: Try the Michelle Obama Sundae - Shapely arms of salted caramel over clever vanilla bean soft serve in savvy espresso with a classy frost of pecan

Momofuku Noodle Bar is one of The 15 Best Places for Soft Serve in New York City.

9. Momofuku Noodle Bar

8.5
171 1st Ave (btwn E 10th & E 11th St), New York, NY
Ramen Restaurant · East Village · 849 tips and reviews

Jaeson K.Jaeson Kim: pork buns, chicken wings, and the soft serve ice cream (olive oil & pickled cherry flavored) are amazing. noodles are great too, unique and not traditional. be sure to try the ginga kogen beer.

Grace S.Grace S.: Pork kimchee tamale, pork buns, potatoes n poached egg(seasonal), momofuku ramen, soft serve, kimchee stew(off the menu)!

Mike C.Mike Chau: Try the Peanut Butter Soft Serve - Wow, one of their best flavors ever. There's a generous helping of jelly as a surprise toward the bottom too.

Xing Fu Tang is one of The 15 Best Places for Soft Serve in New York City.

10. Xing Fu Tang

8.8
133 2nd Ave (btwn St. Marks Pl & E 9th St), New York, NY
Bubble Tea Shop · East Village · 6 tips and reviews

CarrieCarrie: Brown sugar boba and soft serve

Rachel SlursRachel Slurs: Pricey but great brown sugar boba. Love their dalgona but wish it could be less sweet. Also the milk tea soft serve is delicious 😋

CarolCarol: Best bubble tea in the city because they make the tapioca bubbles in house. It’s so fresh and delicious

Orchard Grocer is one of The 15 Best Places for Soft Serve in New York City.

11. Orchard Grocer

8.7
78 Orchard St (btwn Grand & Broome St), New York, NY
Vegan and Vegetarian Restaurant · Lower East Side · 15 tips and reviews

Chop Suey ClubChop Suey Club: Soft serve was slushy custard. I hated it. Maybe you'll like it.

Marianna F.Marianna Fierro: Vegan soft serves for the win!

Megan L.Megan Luff: Loved their BLT and vegan chicken nuggets. Absolutely amazing!

Milu is one of The 15 Best Places for Soft Serve in New York City.

12. Milu

8.7
333 Park Ave S (25th St), New York, NY
Chinese Restaurant · Rose Hill · 16 tips and reviews

Karen C.Karen Chin: I have been trying a new dish every time I stop by and have liked each one. I love finishing off with the egg tart soft serve and getting salted egg potato chips to go from their pantry section.

Ryan Z.Ryan Zhang 🤪: Egg tart soft serve

JoyceJoyce: Don’t get the egg tart soft serve… really doesn’t taste like egg tart, even though the puff pastry are a nice touch!

Seed + Mill is one of The 15 Best Places for Soft Serve in New York City.

13. Seed + Mill

8.5
Chelsea Market, New York, NY
Dessert Shop · Chelsea · 24 tips and reviews

Chad H.Chad Horner: an astounding variety of flavored halvah on display at this Chelsea Market newcomer - cinnamon, pistachio, cranberry, etc. try the tahini soft serve topped with a mix of different halvah!

Rachel B.Rachel B: Halva topped tahini soft serve

Dolci K.Dolci Key: Goats milk ice cream WITH toppings and white chocolate raspberry halva are incredible. Love this little place!

Besfren is one of The 15 Best Places for Soft Serve in New York City.

14. Besfren

7.7
315 5th Ave (E. 32nd St), New York, NY
Dessert Shop · NoMad · 51 tips and reviews

Sasha C.Sasha Chinnaya: The soft serve tarp and green tea matcha ice cream is fabulous. Colors are beautiful but the taste and the texture and the size are decadent. Can’t wait to try more desserts from them.

Ha D.Ha Duong: Match/Taro soft serve was definitely some of the best I've ever had! 😭❤️

Foxxy B.Foxxy B: The obvious choice is also a very good one: the matcha & taro soft serve in a cone. Unique & delicious desserts.

Milk & Cream Cereal Bar is one of The 15 Best Places for Soft Serve in New York City.

15. Milk & Cream Cereal Bar

8.1
159 Mott St (Grand Street and Broom Street), New York, NY
Ice Cream Parlor · Little Italy · 42 tips and reviews

Victoria U.Victoria U.: Best bang for you buck? Mixed soft serve and cereal. For those who like things not too sweet get vanilla, Cap'n Crunch, and strawberry syrup.

Ashley C.Ashley Chan: Delicious soft serve mixed with cereal and topped with candy. Cute place with dessert that definitely brings you back to your childhood! I enjoyed the regular combo w/ fruity pebbles & teddy grahams

ℳ𝒶𝓎♍ℳ𝒶𝓎♍: 5 stars because cereal and ice cream is the best thing I can ask for. I'm such a huge fan of cereal growing up and the ice creams here are legit. Build your own and enjoy🍦🍪