Like stepping back in time. I rarely go for soft serve, but on a recent weeknight I had the urge to get the kind of cone I had as a kid. I ordered a small choc/van twist on a regular cone with peanut butter dip and colored sprinkles. Good thing I ordered a small! It was just a little more than I needed. But, it was fun and brought me back to the 1970s when my parents would take me here. read more

Yum yum yummy! This place has been around for at least 50 years in the heart of Manlius... friendly customers, quick service and generous portions! There aren't a lot of flavor choices in the ice cream department but the offerings, toppings, dips, cones, bowls are all fresh and tasty! We had about 15 people with us and they took care of us lickety split... the first ones served still had ice cream to eat when the last one was served. Not many picnic tables to sit at, only a few benches as well, but plenty of standing room... read more

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Good selection of ice creams and conveniently located with lots of parking space. It can (and does) get busy during the evenings. This time, we ordered floats and slushies, and they both were good. read more

Sno Top - Menu at snotop - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Manlius, New York

First time 4 of us including 2 young grandkids. Plenty of choices and flavors. Two young ladies behind the counter were very friendly and accommodating. Plenty of seating w/ available napkins everywhere and the place was very clean and organized. Three of our team were very satisfied with their orders. I however, have a minor concern with my root beer float /ice cream. I requested vanilla, which they provided, but, I couldn't see the ice cream. Typically, the ice cream fills the container followed by root beer. What I feel I ended up with was a $4 small cup of soda with a less-than -normal (imo) amount of ice cream. Not a real big deal as the rest of the fam enjoyed theirs and their serving sizes were more than adequate. Would I go back? Sure thing just not for their RB Float. read more

This used to be my go-to ice cream place, until this year. Maybe they got new owners but the milkshakes my grandkids had were full of ice crystals and were crunchy which should NEVER HAPPEN!! The black-raspberry twist is what I always get and it's normally like a custard, but when I went this past week it was watery and had little to no flavor. I am so saddened that the quality of ice cream has diminished since new ownership. Such a shame! I saw they are using Crowley mixtures and they were also mixing them and dumping them into the machine using Lowe's buckets (which are not food-safe!). Yuck!! read more

The perfect cool down after a hike or just a quick ice cream stop whenever! I had the trash can and it came in the cutest container, I loved it! read more

Sno Top - Trash Can - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Manlius, New York

Amazing old time ice cream shop experience. Friendly staff and even the wait in line is a friendly experience.

Great ice cream options, and the staff are always smiling and helpful. Wish there was some indoor seating for those hot and stormy days, but the outside tables and grass areas are nice. The pond is also a great little walk, and a nice way to enjoy the Sno Top treat. If in Manlius, you have to try! read more

Great ice cream with a lot of variety on the menu. However, you don't get a bang for your buck here. The portion sizes are so small and the ice cream is very overpriced. read more

Disappointed with our ice cream and the service. Both the chocolate and vanilla soft serve have zero flavor, they put about 12 sprinkles on mine, and they upsold my husband to a sundae and then didn't put on the whipped cream or cherry so we paid an extra $3 for nothing. Bummed. read more

I get closing at 9:00 on Sunday but to shut the windows on people that have been waiting in line for 15 minutes? and to make it worse it was 8:55 when they did it. The 4 employees didn't even make an attempt to say anything. Will never stop there again. read more

I had their blackberry vanilla soft serve twist in a size small and tried the strawberry shortcake topping with vanilla soft serve. I thought the the soft serve ice cream tasted good and had a nice texture but it mostly tasted of just vanilla. They have outdoor picnic style seating and no indoor seating option. They sell flurries, sundaes, fun themed ice cream concoctions for the kiddos (trash-can sundae), and soft serve ice cream. The strawberry shortcake ice cream was super messy. There was strawberry juice all outside of the container. The shortcake appropriately was dry and salty. I really like the old-town feel to the walk-up ice cream stand. The windows are adorned with a bunch of visual sensory overload. There are posters, stickers, colorful pictures and menu items. I would definitely come back to try one of their fun flurry flavors. There is parking in the plaza right by the stand. They're open 11-11 during the summer. I'm interested in trying their dole whip. read more

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This is all the locals favorite ice cream place. It's a little overhyped and overpriced. They do have a great variety of sundaes, flavors, and other desserts. read more

Great icecream but the girl named Paige is beyond disrespectful. I understand that that little stand gets busy, but there is no need to treat customers like the way this girl did. I felt so uncomfortable ordering my vanilla icecream with rainbow sprinkles that I didn't even want to grab it in the second window. I was ordering for my family and she looked at us like we didn't need the calories?! She looked at the tip jar like I was gonna tip that brat. This girl needs to learn some manners. Have a good night read more

This was my hometown ice cream shop so I have many fond memories of dessert on hot, humid days. Usually, there are long lines of families and little league players wanting a tasty treat. But this time, no wait for my snack. My go-to is their version of a blizzard, the flurry. I usually get the M&Ms with the creamy vanilla. I like how small the M&M bits are so it's not all candy or all ice cream in a bite. I've also had their slushies (too sweet), root beer floats and the dipped cones, with a variety of flavors. A new addition--Twinkle kote (aka glitter)! There are a lot of choices for you to pick from so you could have something new every day all summer! It's no frills, just a typical small town ice cream shop. read more

A classic ice cream stand that does right by their community. My favorite is their ice cream sandwiches, which are a great value. My kids love The Trash Can, which is a bit pricey but a fun treat to celebrate an achievement. As a bonus, they are ongoing sponsors of Little League, and of the Manlius Library Summer reading program, which we really appreciate! read more

This place has the worst ice cream. The vanilla soft serve ( since they don't offer a hard version) has zero taste of vanilla! None zip zilch! Don't you people know what good ice cream is? It sure isn't fluffy tasteless crap! read more

Ordered Carmel apple pie flurry and there was no pie snd very little apple. Don't recommend

So the family and I needed a nice cooling dessert after chomping down on hot food in a hot building with no AC. We saw this on the way to the restaurant and my wife had that look of fire in here eyes. So on the way back, it was a given we would come here! So they have a wide selection of different types of ice creams available, but there are few things missing that kind of blew my mind. I was stuffed, so I just wanted to have a small bowl of cookie dough ice cream. What I found out next shocked me...They don't have hard ice cream! Needless to say I was pretty bummed out! Fortunately the girl who served the ice cream said I could get a soft serve ice cream and they could blend in cookie dough. So I basically made my own cookie dough ice cream. Now the entire reason I wanted a small, was because I was really full. When I got this mixed ice cream...it was in a pretty big bowl. I wouldn't have minded that much, but I had a feeling it wouldn't be cheap when I saw the size. My wife and her mom got a cone for a couple bucks each, but the total cost for all 3 was 10 bucks! I didn't come here after dinner to spend 10 bucks on ice cream. I wanted something small and yummy that only would have cost a couple of dollars anywhere else. That limitation bummed me out. Flavor wise, mine was pretty tasty. The ice cream was good and the cookie dough fresh. The cone I got my wife was incorrectly made the first time, but they remade it and it tasted great. A pretty good place to get ice cream I would say, but be aware if you are someone who doesn't want soft serve. One solid note though...they take credit! read more

Welcome to Sno top where the sign says you will pay 5 dollars for your drop of ice cream but you added sprinkles so it ends up being 7$. Add that on top of some sassy Highschool employees that can't add and you are in for one GREAT experience. I grew up eating Sno Top, and I always knew it was a rip off but didn't care because my mom always paid. Well, now I'm a poor college student and have come to the realization that a table spoon of soft serve for 5 dollars is not exactly how I want to spend my money. I could think of a million other options to settle for before wasting all of my money at Sno Top. I'm not trying to be rude or anything but the reasons I hate Sno Top are totally logical. The only reason why people like it is because they are Manlius locals and have grown up eating here. But to be straight, Sno Top is a rip off. Literally a small is like 2 turns of soft serve on TOP of the cone. THEY DONT EVEN FILL THE CONE. R U SRS!?!? A small is literally 5 dollars and I need a friggin magnifying glass to see my Icecream. Not to mention they like double the baseline price for a cone...and the only price posted is the baseline soft serve in a dish. Just be prepared to pay triple of what you are expecting. ALSO people claim they have "so many options." Yes. From a place that has ONLY soft serve. SO MANY OPTIONS WOW YOU ARE SO RIGHT. If you used your eye balls and actually read all of the random crap hung up on the outside, a lot of it is repeated. And extremely similar to any other ice cream shop in the entire world. Let's talk about their "amazing" flurries. Aka, a large cup filled to the top with vanilla ice cream and a chunk of snickers mixed in. It's like a freakin treasure hunt. I've gotten like or 5 or 6 different flavors and they all just taste like vanilla soft serve with like .1oz of candy. Not to mention they charge like 482848 dollars. Those sly dogs. How about their infamous weird garbage can ice cream thing. Aka a small twist with a blob of cotton candy and an Oreo shaving on top for the price of my college tuition. SO GOOD. The only redeemable thing about this place is that their soft serve actually tastes pretty decent. 6/10. But I would MUCH rather drive 2 mins up the road to Kimberley's, or 5 mins to McDonalds and get a better quality for half the price. PSA: THE BEST SOFT SERVE FOR THE BEST PRICE IS ON THE SIDE OF KWIKFILL ON MANLIUS CENTER ROAD. Creamiest soft serve and the small is the size of a normal EXTRA LARGE. Best bang for your buck for SURE. read more

This place is a staple in Manlius, and you can't go to the swan pond with out going to Sno Top for ice cream. They can be a bit expensive, and lines some times long but it is worth it. There's plenty of parking in the lot next door and plenty of outdoor seating, there are picnic tables on the side of the shop. read more

I didn't know it was possible for someone to ruin an ice cream experience for you. But Bethany at Sno Top managed. From the moment we walked up she had an attitude, like she didn't want to be there and she wanted everyone to know it. On a huge board it says you can create your own sundae, and each extra topping is 70 extra cents, yet she refused to let us add more than 2 toppings and after we asked again for her to please add sprinkles no matter what the cost, a gentleman working there handed us a cup of sprinkles?!?! When she handed us our last item (of 3) the guy I was with said thank you, and without skipping a beat she says, um you have to pay. While I'm standing there with money in hand. Which she continues to snatch out of my hand, make change, and hardly get the change in my hand before she slams the screen down... We asked to speak to a manager, but we're told that there wasn't one available, but as we walked away we could see her pointing out the window at us. Um thanks, this Sno Top experience that we were all hyped up about is now ruined and we no longer even want ice cream...but we refuse to waste this $19 we paid for 3 ice creams...who knows what she charged us for though, no receipt and definitely no extra toppings were to be had! read more

Although my family and community wait with baited breath for Sno Top to open every year, I can't give it a high rating. It all began when I was 2 years old and they refused to let my mom purchase a baby cone, because they don't have a size appropriate for children. As I grew older and started softball, my coach would treat us to ice cream here at the end of the season and soon the glacier was born- a slushie with ice cream or frozen yogurt inside. Then came high school and I knew almost all the girls who worked here because we went to school together. With age came the ability to do math and I realized even if I ordered the same thing each visit, magically my total was never the same. I checked in with my mom and she confirmed this phenomenon. They never give receipts. The ice cream is good (certainly not the best) but their business practices are dishonest. The line is always long in the summer and often orders are mixed up. Lucky for them they have no real competition. read more

I took my son there for a cone last week, I could not help but feel sorry for people as they walked away from the window with a ice cream cone that could be eating in 2 bites! I got my son a flurry because at least it has a good amount of ice cream in it, I think its about $4.50 DADS in Chittenango gave all us Dads a free ice cream cone on fathers day, no such genorsity at Sno Top! Please note that this review site is only posting positive reviews about Sno Top, but if you look at the positive reviews they are old ones. read more

I've been here twice. Both times, I ordered a medium bowl with chocolate & vanilla swirl, rainbow sprinkles, whipped cream and a cherry. The first time I was charged $5.47. The second time, I was charged $10.81, and I was given a small instead of a medium... The ice cream was good and it's a convenient location, but I don't understand how I was charged double for less of the same thing. read more

Sno Top is a Manlius landmark and really the only place in the area to get soft ice cream. Seems like every time we have gone the prices go up and the size of the cones gets smaller. The best place to get Soft Ice Cream is on the side of the Kwik Fill on the Manlius Center and Bowman Rd in East Syracuse. I stopped there on day out of the blue and when they handed me my ice cream I was shocked at how Huge the small was! Their small is the Sno Top large cone. If you go based on location Sno Top wins because it is in walking distance to the Swan Pond and everything else in town. But if you are looking for a great value and a few picnic tables check out the Kwik Fill read more

Heard about this place and when we visited Syracuse l-- our friends took us here as a must go to place. Black raspberry soft ice cream is great. I had the trash can which was unique and delicious too. Trash can a bit too sweet though. Nice place in Syracuse. Next to local library too read more

They offer some unique menu items but the girls who work there tend to have attitudes. I've been there on several occasions. Once, around 5:30pm, I stood outside a good five minutes before receiving any service at all. One girl came from the back room with her eyes glued to her phone and didn't see me for another good minute. I wish the girls had name tags or something so it would be easier to call and complain. Another issue with service is that the prices are constantly changing. Every season they seem to creep up another 10 cents but the cones get a little smaller. Even then I never seem to get the right amount of change. I understand the workers there count out change by hand but if you're going to have your employees do that then train them so they're doing it flawlessly and not ripping off some customers and giving others extra money. I've been going here for years because of the convenience but I expect more out of the service from such a landmark location in Manlius. read more

I only come here occasionally, most of the time my mother or grandmother will pay. My mom brought me here after a LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG damn appointment, we waited for about 10 minutes behind two other people. This creepy man with a blue T-shirt kept following me and my mother. Also for whomever doesn't know, which is everyone, I'm 14. We had just finished eating from this pizza place, greasy damn pizza had us mostly full. My mom was actually not really wanting to eat icecream but I insisted, I love icecream. Anywho, time to get back on track. After 10 mins of waiting while two people ordered small, soft serve, vanilla cones, me and my mother walk forward, the awkward old man was behind me. My mother buys the icecream and we pay. The ladies were nice, probably noticing my resting bitchface and edgy clothing, didnt want to be rude and piss me off, ya know? Im joking, they were probably having a good day! ((Y'all from school know who I am. Evan, Gabe, Ben, y'all is dumb.)) That man didn't even order ice cream, he followed us until we got in the car and drove away. -N read more

I can't believe nobody have Yelp'd Sno-Top yet. This ice cream stand has been a fixture in Manlius for many, many years. I am not a fan of soft ice cream but theirs is pretty darn good. I recommend the Carmel Apply flurry - very yummy! Even on cool fall nights there is quite a line but it's well worth the wait. read more

Oh Sno-Top! Sno-Top = summer. Awesome soft serve, deliciousness in a cup or cone. Like Dairy Queen but infinitely better. And if you live or lived in the F-M area, you are pretty much guaranteed to see someone you know (for better or worse!). read more

Yes, they "only" have soft serve but soooo many options and things they do with it. Glacier slushies, sundaes, root beer floats, blizzards, dipped ice cream, dole whip, frozen yogurt, fun flavor combinations... I mean the menu is intense. Lines are long because it's so good! I love sno top. read more

Today was the first day of Sno Top for me and I ordered my favorite, van/choc twist dipped in chocolate. My daughter ordered the strawberry banana smoothie. Mine was as I expected, smooth, creamy, delicious, and she said that this was her new favorite. I wait through the colder months for Sno Top to open, and today is my payday. They have such a variety of different kinds and flavors. My grandkids favorite is the trash can, a frozen treasure chest of delights that they can keep the 5 inch tall trash can after they are done. The line was 4 abreast, and 12 - 15 deep depending upon which line you were in, and we were served pretty quickly as usual (about 10 mins total). Extra napkins on the side of the stand, and picnic tables to the left. Simply my favorite. read more

Simply an institution! It's a MUST GO spot any night, any day. Long lines should Tell you something! They have dole whip for the vegan and lactose intolerant crowd. Many flavors of "Dips" available Slushies also. You should go, if you're not already there now read more

Best Ice Cream ever. I could be bias because I live nearby but it's still amazing. I always get my ice cream just two and one half minutes after I order it max. I usually get it in one minute when I'm by my self. People argue about the price but when your not broke and have some extra cash it's worth it. After all events it's great to stop at Snow Top as it is a nice way to cool down a relax. You should stop at snow top if your any were around Manlius New York. This is a must stop in Syracuse New York. read more

I love getting Ice Cream from Sno Top. The staff is always wonderful. The only complaint I have is if you pay with a card and do not have cash a tip cannot be added to your card for the wonderful staff. Don't hesitate to stop for a nice treat! read more

Great place for soft serve ice cream and really just any classic ice cream treat. I love that it's a walk up shop and they have a pretty large menu to choose from. read more

Super pricey, portion is too small for what we pay! You hardly get anything on a cone‍

We used to love coming here, buying our panda paws and ice cream bowls for our dogs. We noticed over the years, the cups have gotten smaller yet the prices remain the same. Not to mention, the workers behind the counter are rude. I get that it's the perfect summer job for teenagers but when you notice that they are doing less working, and more talking it becomes a problem. The last time we went, my fiancé and family were eating our ice cream at the benches when we noticed all the girls behind the counter were just staring at me, speaking to each other and then staring again. It made me extremely uncomfortable knowing that I was the topic of these strangers' conversations when I was simply trying to enjoy an evening with my family. Will not be returning ever again. read more

Ice cream is good, prices do seem to be a bit higher than other places but nothing exorbitant. The one issues is busy road with limited space and some long lines. read more