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    Plank Road Ice Cream

    4.5 (38 reviews)
    Open 12:00 pm - 10:00 PM

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    Ice cream cannoli
    Michael L.

    Plank Road Ice Cream is fantastic. The soft serve is on point. The serving sizes make you grin ear to ear and the variety of choices are endless. The staff is great and always appear excited to serve and deliver greatness. The parking is plentiful and the seating is all outside and there's a moderate amount. They do offer shade though which is appreciated. It's a no brainer, you like ice cream, you'll love Plank Road.

    Jaxon C.

    Everything about plank Road ice cream is great! they have great quality ice cream and amazing workers. My kids love coming to plank road.

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    Christopher J.

    Every time I'm in town - there's at least one stop at Plank Road Ice Cream - and one of those stops is to get the two berry twist soft serve. If you don't like to get a lot of ice cream, ask for the kiddy size! Even the small is giant! In the picture I have a medium cone - and the small is just shy of that scale. The staff there are quick and kind. They take care of you promptly and make sure you're happy. It's a bummer there isn't a parlor room to sit in because going there at night in the summer - you get eaten alive! Highly recommend the stop for anyone craving ice cream. Massive selection to choose from.

    Cody P.

    It's crazy how much ice cream we've had in Syracuse without ever trying this place. I think every time we're in the area we've just never had cash on us. There's multiple ice cream places right near Plank that take cards, so we've always just pivoted around it. This year we finally put our foot down and made a point to set aside some Plank cash. At this point we've been just about everywhere in the area, and we both confidently place Plank at the top of the list. There's a few important qualities that each would singlehandedly bring us back over other places: -Soft serve flavors. They've got peanut butter/chocolate all season long. There's a few places that do this, but this one has a very specific taste to it. Kind of a sour base like yogurt or cheesecake. It's not what I want every time, but sometimes I'll lean into that taste and mix in some cheesecake bites and Oreos for the full on cheesecake experience. We tried the orange in a Razzle but couldn't get into it. It definitely felt more like sherbet than ice cream, which threw off the whole creamsicle feel we were going for. They have one slot on rotation that seems to change every time we go there. The only rotational flavor we weren't into was pumpkin, because it was all chai/pumpkin pie spice and not a lot of pumpkin. -Portion sizes are insane, and the prices don't reflect it. I think the cone in the picture was a medium. The first time we asked for a sample to try the peanut butter flavor, they gave us a cup with more than we could eat before our orders were made. If we're going home, we try to order things in a cup so we can freeze what we don't eat. Additionally, sometimes I like to pile in an unreasonable amount of mix-ins into a flurry or sundae. Some places charge extra per mix-in, others reduce the amount of each one if you order multiples (sometimes while also charging extra). Rest assured, if you order a flurry with 3 mix-ins, you'll be able to eat it with a fork and you won't be charged extra for it. -Super accommodating staff. We get owner vibes from the guy we see most often, and he's down for anything. Our orders can get weird and complicated, but these guys keep up and we don't feel like a burden. Last time we went, we asked for a parfait style set up, layering different soft serves with different toppings and it was completely painless. There are places I wouldn't even risk asking for multiple mix-ins. I tried ice cream nachos here for the first time, and it was amazing. Definitely had to eat that one outside. They were doing strawberry soft serve on rotation, so I went for the full PBJ. One pile of peanut butter ice cream with strawberries, one pile of strawberry ice cream with peanut butter. And as usual, I didn't have to break out hand puppets to explain my order, and I wasn't made to feel fussy for the amount of detail. There's gotta be like at least two full cones worth of waffle rounds to scoop with. I could have replaced a meal with this order. They do Perry's for hard ice cream, and their menu selection is about average. Even so, they've got more pull than many of the places right near me due to the portion sizes, the unique soft serve selections and the service.

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    Erica O.

    Plank Road Ice Cream Open for the season! I really love Perry's Ice cream. Toasted Coconut, one of my favorite flavors. They have soft serve as well and the sundaes looked delicious. Perfect sunny day to have a treat.

    Small orange and vanilla twist in a cup
    Fetima W.

    Visiting plank road is a tradition when I come back home during the summer. My last review was 3 years ago, and 3 years later, they continue to deliver quality ice cream and service. Even during a time of inflation, their prices are still reasonable, and their portions exceed your expectations. They are always busy at night, as people flock here at night for a delicious treat. Although the lines get long, the service is friendly, and quick. I get a small because their small is equivalent to a medium and maybe even a large at some places. They have a variety of hard and soft serve ice cream, razzles, shakes, floats, and sundaes.

    Small twist. Small chocolate w/chocolate sprinkles (partially eaten)
    Jennifer S.

    We always go for opening day. Doesn't matter if it's 30 and raining like last year or 50 and sunny like this year. We miss this place during the winter. The ice cream is the best around. So creamy and delicious. And the small size cone is like the size of a medium (or large) anywhere else. Staff are friendly and really get that perfect swirl so it doesn't fall.

    Vanilla orange cone. Looks so pretty but the orange tastes awful
    Andreea M.

    Cute place but the quality of ice cream isn't consistent. I ordered the vanilla orange soft cone. The vanilla ice cream is rich, creamy and very good but the orange was terrible. It had a bad aftertaste and tasted very artificial. Ended up throwing the whole thing away because it was so off putting.

    Vanilla chocolate twist soft serve
    Stephanie T.

    I love how they give a large amount of soft serve at a good price! I got a small vanilla chocolate soft serve twist and it was really creamy. They have plenty of ice cream options to choose from. Don't forget to bring cash!

    Apple pie with chunky crust.  Yum
    Maria C.

    Crazy number of Perry's choices, like 50. I had apple pie for fall, and it was generous and delicious!

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    Brenda L.

    I'm giving them an extra star for having ice cream for pups on their menu! It's $1.95. I don't know if it's regular ice cream/soft serve or if its's a different formula especially made for doggos. There is no indoor seating. There is plenty of parking. They take cash only. They have sundaes, ice cream sandwiches, soft serve ice cream and hard ice cream. They have bench style seats and some metal tables/chairs under an overhang. I had the white lighting hard ice cream (dark chocolate ice cream with white mint swirls) and the fiance had the muddy sneakers ice cream (has peanuts in it). I thought they tasted pretty good. Next time I come, I'd get the baby size rather than the small. They were almost the same size. The small (single scoop) is pretty massive. The waffle cones were alright. They weren't as good as the waffle cones at Gannons. They were smaller and less crunchy/crispy. I would have liked to see a little more variety in the hard ice cream flavors. The workers here looked super bored.

    Small Chocolate Custard with peanut butter dip. It was freaking amazing. But this was before it blew up all over me.

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    Some of the best ice cream in the Syracuse area, especially the chocolate/Peanut twist.

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    3 years ago

    Ice cream nachos?! Literally the perfect food. They have a ton of flavors and toppings. We love this place!

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    7 years ago

    Great ice cream. Good size cones for the price. Friendly service.

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    12 years ago

    Best soft serve in the area! The portions surpass the competition.

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    11 years ago

    Love that they have flavor burst ice cream. Always a good experience here with my daughter

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