While in whitestone queens how can I say no to Carvel ice cream and I won't . The full menu of the cold stuff and some hard ice cream flavors as well with a large fridge with flying saucers, cups , cakes , pies , etc ..Give me a large cup of soft vanilla ice cream with hot fudge, rainbow sprinkles , nuts and I will be happy . Some seating inside and outside or enjoying in the car is just as enjoyable. Got a dozen of flying saucers for the boys and everyone is happy . Carvel in whitestone rocks and so is my tummy .4 stars on my yelp meter. read more

This location is ok since they do a large variety of flavors. There is a small parking lot in the back which makes parking a breeze. I have been coming here for years since I live close by but the issue I have always had is their service. It looks like the people that work there are always so miserable. They are never polite; they seem to always be rushing you and they are just nice people. I have sent my son inside to get napkins and they always seem to give him attitude. The location in college point everyone is friendly so I will be taking my business there from now on. read more

Carvel - a hand holding a cup of ice cream - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Whitestone, New York

This Carvel location is an absolute disgrace and is clearly taking advantage of the community. I ordered my usual sundae dasher, which is supposed to be "layers of soft or scooped ice cream" as stated right on the menu. I tried to get a picture but my Phone malfunctioned, however you can see it on any carvel menu including here. I always choose scooped ice cream, but this time they tried to charge me extra for it! When I pointed this out, the woman behind the counter tried to insult my intelligence by saying I just never noticed how much I paid before. Terrible customer service and a bad attitude coming from a 40 something year old woman working in an ice cream shop, hate to say it ! Fed up, I changed my order to a regular sundae, which includes one topping, whipped cream, and a cherry. What did I get? Only one topping, and I had to ask them to add the whipped cream and cherry AFTER I paid, because they weren't going to include it, even though it's part of the order! This I was able to get a photo of. For $8, this is absolutely ridiculous. I could easily get three gallons of ice cream at Stop & Shop for that price. Save your money and avoid this place at all costs! read more

Carvel - Sundae menu - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Whitestone, New York

The workers always have a chip on their shoulder. This place is unwelcoming. The ambience is Machines crammed into the corner when you walk in. Even thothe ice cream is good. I find myself not wanting to go back because of customer service. read more

This place was a childhood staple for me. My pops would take us here after special events and occasions. Even though it is a chain, this location never feels like it. There are so many awesome treats here and they are famous for their crunchies in the ice cream cakes. These are my absolute favorite cakes! We used to visit here so much and when I was younger, one of the employees was a friend. He unfortunately passed away in a car accident but ever time I visit here, I think of him. My recent visit was the first time I visited in years since I no longer live in the area. I need to get Carvel more often when I visit home! I love the way this store smells-like a typical ice cream store. They carry cakes, novelty treats, hard ice cream, soft serve, and milkshakes. My favorite hard ice creams are the chocolate chip, mint chip, and pistachio. They have pistachio on soft serve, which I ordered this recent visit. On Wednesdays, there are BOGO sundaes and you receive toppings (1 or 2, I cannot remember) as well. I put biscoff cookie crumbles on and it was surprisingly very tasty together. The pricing on everything is reasonable. The store has always been clean and the staff were always pleasant. There is a bench outside that you can sit on to enjoy your treats as well. read more

Carvel - Pistachio soft serve with biscoff cookie bits - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Whitestone, New York

Many choices here ! Cakes Ice Cream Take out delicacies Great soft serve choices Many toppings Great service Fudgie The Whale lives on!!! read more

Carvel - Ice Cream Sundae - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Whitestone, New York

What is the deal with this staff at night, very rude and unprofessional try to over charge for toppings that are suppose to be included not to mention always make the wrong orders simply lazy. read more

Honestly a great and clean place besides Rude girl i encountered last monday when i went to get a milkshake around 7

Best ice cream place. very clean place. They have every flavors. Costumer service is good. Nice place to bring my nephews. read more

Carvel - Store pic - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Whitestone, New York

I love carvel and I love the service, I get my milkshake after work on a hot day never complained about it, good ice cream cakes for parties and birthdays also read more

A good location, they could do a better job cleaning and keeping more options in terms of flavors. In comparison to the franny Lew location, they have less options. But either way the ice cream is pretty fresh. read more

Not the cleanest carvel, the ice cream is decent but their sign looks like it's 100 years old. A little investment into the business would go a long way here. read more

Best carvel in the area. Soft serve is always fresh, as are their cakes. Accommodating if you want to order an all vanilla cake with chocolate crunchies. Service is usually pretty good. Sure, it's an older store, but it's an ice cream shop what do you expect? Has buy one get one sundae free on Wednesdays read more

Been going here since childhood. Grateful it is still in business after all these years. Plastic is up between the ice cream cases so workers and customers talk through cutout of plastic. Fairly quick service to be in and out. Still Wednesday buy one get one free sundaes, so that is a deal! read more

Just went in before for my pregnant at home wife's cravings and the old lady behind the counter took 5-7 minutes to come out from the back as she was in the middle of a delivery. I quickly said I know you got a delivery but can I get a medium soft serve and large twist Sundae. Before I could tell her toppings she closed the lids and I said I would like toppings. She angrily said you should of told me before I filled the cups!!!! I responded hey it's not fault you got a delivery and if you want I can leave. She then proceeded to get the toppings and when paying reiterated I should tell her I want toppings before hand. How many people order soft serve with no toppings it's common sense to ask the "customer" right or wrong? read more

Carvel - Worst carvel owner ever - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Whitestone, New York

My son and I walked into this store and I was taken aback by the employee who was definitely not welcoming or child friendly. Stoic face as my son tried 3 flavors. When he said he wanted just vanilla she said it was too hard for her to scoop so the answer was he couldn't have that. Kindness and a smile goes a long way. Won't be coming back here. read more

Came here tonight to take my client out for some ice cream. He was very excited to go for the cookie dough icecream and I was even more happy just because he was happy. Before I state the negatives, the positives were the fact that they have a lot of flavors,the store is clean and they have seating. Also on Wednesday its buy one get one free! The cons: UNFORTUNATELY the experience wasn't that great. We walked in and a young man was taking orders. He seemed pleasant but it started to get busy so a lady from the back popped around to help move the line. I honestly just wish she stayed in the back. She was soooooo RUDE. A fellow Yelper stated that they encountered a rude lady and I believe this was the same one. Everyone gets excited about getting icecream and she ruined the experience. I won't return. I'd rather take my clients to cold stone or just travel somewhere else for a more pleasant experience! read more

Carvel - Some flavors - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Whitestone, New York

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I got the urge to buy 6 flying sauces when I asked how much I immediately complained and walked out, I just looked up the price on line was 7.99, who in there right mind would pay $14 for crappy ice cream, go to the supermarket and save your dough it's not worth getting ripped off. read more

Worst carvel ever!!! The service is awful. The employees are rude and nasty to customers. The ice cream is awful too!! Always mushy, like soup. Even in the middle of winter it's runny. Buy new machines, step up your game or just close already. We stopped going here even though we live a block away and travel to the one on 29th avenue instead. read more

This place has gone downhill. They NEVER have bananas for a banana split. The workers (2 in particular) have poor customer service skills. I came into this store a couple weeks ago and nobody was behind the counter. I said "hello" two times before I got the response "hold on a minute". Well I waited a good 4-5 min bites before a miserable worker finally came out with a real bad attitude. Not happy to help me or see that there was more than just me waiting. I got the upmost attitude from this male employee. This wasn't my only negative experience at this place. The workers are just so rude when it comes to making the more complex items. They rush and make the items with no care. I've lived in this neighborhood all my life and I will NEVER ever come to this place ever again. I will go to the one on Francis Lewis Boulevard instead. 110% better in every way. read more

No one was here so got quick service got a chocolate shake extra thick, my face hurts lol girl was really nice

Just ordered 2 chocolate milk shakes for $12 that weren't make correctly. The clerk simply mixed milk and ice cream and served them sloppily with milk and ice cream splatted all over the outside of the cup. When I asked why she didn't add chocolate syrup she told me that it's a milk shake and you don't use syrup and that I was wrong. Ultimately they refused to fix their mistake and got rude. What they should have done was make two new shakes instead of arguing with me. Suggestion to store owner; 1) train your employees on how to PROPERLY prepare and serve the items you sell (saw this same clerk botch up a cone), 2) keep the standard recipes and instructions posted where they can be seen (take a trip to any McDonald's and look behind the counter) 3) train your employees how to deal with customer discrepancies and 4) have your employees clean the store often throughout the day. Not sure if a new owner recently bought this place. I've been coming here for years and today sadly will be my last time here. read more

Carvel - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Whitestone, New York

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ive been coming here since i was born, my grandparents have lived in whitestone since i was created let alone say "fuck" for the first time. The girl, mother,the boy and urs truly wanted to stop here before going home after spending a long over due day with my family icecream sounded like a sound idea. there have been many different owners here in all the years its been open but im just happy something from my childhood is still open to make apart of my sons childhood. theres not much to say about it, if u know carvel its carvel ice cream, fudgy the whale, bullshit bullshit bullshit. i will say this there became a line and only one high school boy working the counter, he kept his shit together and his cool when the old pains in the asses came in and handled his business. but he was italian, thats how we get down. we handle our shit. most of us have been working in rests, pizza places etc since we were old enough to sweep. he deserved for me to tell him but i was busy cleaning my little shitheads mess. Im glad to see the town is still nice and italian....i mean clean. read more

Who doesn't like carvel every once in a while? My favorite is a simple vanilla soft serve with rainbow sprinkles read more

Carvel - ice cream with sprinkles - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Whitestone, New York

You know; it's been around forever and a day. But You don't realize how good it actually is. If you live in the hood you've been here a few times and if you grew up here, 100 times. Unless u caught the softee truck cause u lived by the park. Soft serve is fine, if that's your thing. But the hard is where it's at. Right now they got the best pumpkin pie ice cream. It's got nutmeg, cinnamon and marshmallows. They make it in the back. There's like no places that make it , not around here. I gave em 5 cause they're average is so bad, even thought it's packed from temperatures of 75 and up. How does a place this popular get bad ratings? Cause parents and grandparents don't yelp, and nobody looks up their rating, they just go. And eat it in front. read more

They always argue about your order and charge more than other nearby Carvels. Do not follow the advertisements that they post and will change rules on a weekly basis so you never know what the price or deal will be when you get there. Been going here for over 20 years and will be changing due to the constant yelling and arguing. read more

Overpriced compared to the other Carvel on Francis Lewis and doesn't accept credit. Who doesn't accept credit cards in 2017?!

I pass other Carvels to go to Whitestone. They never mess with the original formula like others have done. Quality is like you remember from your childhood. Worth the trip. read more

these guys are really nice. decent sized store, specials like wednesday (i believe) buy a sundae, get one free? my gripe is their ice cream cakes. it used to be a true double decker, legit half vanilla, half chocolate. now it's just plain half the height. for more money! how do you more than double your price? i don't want to eat the nasty frosting, i want the ice cream part! not the counter people's fault, once again, they were really nice and i'll be back just because it's carvel and i love them even though they're cheap. i will have to try the other flushing location and see if their cakes are the same. disappointed. read more

This is my favorite Carvel. Staff is always very nice and willing to help. The flavors are always the best in this carvel. Everything is very fresh. There is a women with a heavy accent that has been there for years. She is always accommodating. Keep up the great work! Thank you for making Whitestone Carvel a happy place for all aged kids. read more

Staff is nice. They are always fully stocked. Sometimes there is a bit of a wait but not bad. Like that they have benches outside and chairs inside. Good location - for me anyway lol. LOVE the cookie butter flavor! read more

I got an edible image cake from here and it turned out amazing !!! The picture was very clear! They decorated it really well and it was delicious! Definitely will order more in the future! I am very happy with my order! read more

Very nice store the owner Andrew is a gentleman he hires very nice young kids to work the ice cream is always fresh he has beautiful parking behind the store what more do you want from an ice cream store read more

The ice cream is good but this is the first time i had a young man who was so rude. they advertised free sprinkles so we go to get 2 medium cones and tell him they advertised free sprinkles online and the local paper. he said no one told me he was nasty and almost $9 for 2 medium cones??? This young man needs a new attitude. read more

I have been going to this Carvel location for over 40 years. I'm usually not one to write bad reviews, but I've had too many unpleasant experiences here not to. The ladies that work there are not friendly, never smile, and give you dirty looks when you try to use a coupon. Additionally, my son went in there on National Ice Cream day for Carvel's Buy One Get One campaign, and they wouldn't honor it. I will NEVER step foot in that store again. read more

OK yesterday was free ice cream day and Carvel advertises buy one cone get one free. This store always participated in promotions. I go into the same store, get the same nasty young man, heavy set that I got last time I went on a Sunday and he has a bad attitude. I ask him if they are participating in the free cone promotion. He looks at me for a while because he wasn't giving it to the 2 people ahead of me who didn't ask and he says "yeah, but only for small cones". The promo doesn't say anything about size. I just walk out and I've been coming to this store for 20 years. No more I'll just go to the Carvel 1 mile away. The owner of this store should get a nice clerk to work there. read more

Horrible establishment. Woman working there was rude. Prices are unbelievably higher than other Carvel shops. Wouldn't accept a Carvel gift card as payment. Will never go there again. read more

Horrible experience. Lady at counter was rude. I questioned her about overcharging me. Kids ordered a sundae which comes with one topping. Sign clearly states "any flavor ice cream and any topping $4.50". Kids ordered 2 toppings and she charged me for both. Never going back. The one on Francis Lewis Blvd is much nicer. read more

Yes it's expensive, but it is NY. The people working here are friendly and generous with putting on toppings.