Snow Pops San Diego - Snow Pops SD — Restaurant in National City

I have been to many other shaved ice places including the best in the nation by far “Jerry’s snow cones” in Memphis. And by far, this was the worst place. We stopped by at 7pm on a week night and the service took a while because, just like everywhere else, it was short staffed with one employee. There was a sign that clearly said no mask, no service but it was not being enforced from my observation.

We ordered a regular shaved ice with cherry flavor.

The main reason for my one star review is simply due to the fact that shaved ice tasted horrible. After one spoon, It was very clear that the shaved ice and the syrup were mismatched, creating a weird, awful after taste. Ice was soft and puffy, which was great, but it was quickly overwhelmed by thick, gooey, extremely syrupy cherry syrup. General rule of a good shaved ice that syrup and ice must complement and supplement each other but in this case, the combination created a disharmonious taste where one ingredient overpowers the other; leaving an imbalanced taste. They should’ve used more light and diluted syrup to complement such soft shaved ice so we could taste the melding of both ingredients. Or they could have used a bit chunky ice to counter the thick syrup texture. Sadly, their current recipe did not produce the...

Visited the ice cream shop today waited in line for 10 minutes service was extremely slow and the place was packed with little seating. I ordered a snow cone with strawberry and raspberry flavoring after taking just 2 bites I knew I didn't like the syrups.I asked the girl behind the counter if she could remake it with different flavors or If I could have a single scoop of ice cream instead. She was not accommodating at all and told me I needed to purchase another one if I was unsatisfied. She then proceeded to tell me with attitude to ask for a sample of the syrup next time before purchase. Very poor...

Okay so I recently discovered this placeㅡ More like, I finally visited it and wow I LOVE it. Popsicles are amazing, my little sisters love them but I'm there for the shave ice or "snowpop" as they call it. It's very reminiscent to Hawaii shave ice, which is my favorite thing ever. Please NEVER get shave ice confused for snowcones or "shaved ice", as those aren't like Hawaii's "shave ice". those are much more course than the shave ice ghat literally melts in your mouth. Definitely my new favorite spot!

Also bonus for their really cool temperature...