King Kone Ice Cream — Restaurant in City of Elmira

King Kone is a soft serve and sundae stand which has been in operation since the 1940s. It is only open during the warm months. Each week, there are a small variety of flavors available - chocolate and vanilla are always available (and chocolate-vanilla twist), and there are generally three or four additional flavors which can be ordered separately or with a twist that compliments the flavor - like banana and peanut-butter or berry and vanilla. There is also a wide array of upgrades that can be added to the cone, such as sprinkles and flavored dips (chocolate, caramel, strawberry, etc). King Kone also sells a range of sundaes, any of which can contain any of the week's flavors - if you want a blueberry hot fudge sundae, they will serve you that.

The quality of the ice cream is pretty consistent - it's soft serve, not gelatto - but it's always good soft serve, and very tasty. When it's hot out, this place is often busy, with lines. The lines tend to move fairly quickly. King Kone is a cash only establishment. They have added some picnic...

I try to return every time I'm in Elmira! King Kone has been there since before I can remember and shows no signs of leaving. The menu, such as it is, is plastered all over the windows on the little shack, such that it'll take quite some time to read all your cone, sundae, soda, and milkshake choices. Prices are outstanding, and the soft-serve ice cream, while limited in flavor choices any given day, is plentiful and hits the spot. The plethora of toppings are really the way to play, with a favorite being the Krunch (also sold for home use). Not really much room for standing in line before you find yourself standing on College Avenue, and there's just a couple of nearby picnic tables, so you might be relegated to sitting on your car's hood devouring your selection. But it's...

On this visit I stopped on with my visiting sister. As always it was a great experience! We've visited King Kone since we were kids & as always it made us smile.

They have the best soft serve available in the area in my humble opinion; that is. They usually have some additional flavors besides the traditional chocolate & vanilla.

Whether you choose a traditional flavor, a non traditional, or some other item besides a cone I'm sure you'll enjoy it!

They have a few picnic tables for outdoor seating. There is no indoor seating.

Of note the cone sizes are huge! You get a lot of ice cream. Look at the size chart when ordering. I highly recommend this...