Big Top Ice Cream Shop — Restaurant in Ithaca

Staff was super friendly and helpful with questions. Lots and lots of soft serve and handipped favor options. 🍨 flavor combinations are fun. Skakes were ok. Must be a type of soft serve because they were not really cold. Cool but not cold like one would expect. I am guessing it's some type of soft serve with lots of thickening agent. Onion rings, corn dogs, chicken strips all ok. There were not greasy. Flavor was good. But not very hot. Maybe air fried? Everything cooled quickly. Best thing we had was the burger. 2 flattened patties were tender, still medium done, made to order, not greasy. It looked nice in the bun. Go for the double. Food that will fill you up with nostalgic flavors. Go for the hand dipped flavors. That's my plan...

I walked up to the window. The lady there was super nice but when I asked for the smallest amount of monkey milk I could have she looked at me like I knew what it was. She said "What?" I really wanted monkey milk but I was scared she was gonna give me something with a flavor that I didn't like. I quickly said I wanted monkey business which is a real flavor and the man had it ready for me before I was done paying! I got the ice cream and it was made with banana and peanut butter. It was made with flawless skill but alas I hate banana so I gave it my best shot but I didn't...

Service is excellent. Ice cream is amazing!! There is a drive thru or you can sit outside and eat at the picnic tables. There are actual food options too like cheese curds, macaroni and cheese bites, burgers and hotdogs, just to name a few. The only thing I would say is the bees are horrible around the outside tables bc there were no lids on the trash cans. Other than that, 5 stars...