Morgenstern's Finest Ice Cream

Restaurants, Ice cream parlors Lower East Side
4 out of 5 stars
(8user reviews)
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Nicholas Morgenstern (El Rey Coffee Bar and Luncheonette) scoops inventive hard ice cream flavors (sesame-caramel, salt-and-pepper pinenut, green tea pistachio) and sorbets (lychee-raspberry, guava-strawberry) at this scoop shop kitted with a hyper modern mix of bright white and jet black tile, a letterboard menu, and color-popped cobalt blue exterior. 

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Venue name: Morgenstern's Finest Ice Cream
Contact:
Visit Website Call Venue 212-209-7684
Address: 2 Rivington St
NY
10002
Cross street: between Bowery and Chrystie St
Opening hours: Mon-Thu 8am-11pm; Fri, Sat 8am-midnight; Sun 8am-11pm
Transport: Subway: J, Z to Bowery; F to Lower East Side–Second Ave
Price: Average ice cream: $4. AmEx, MC, V
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Average User Rating

4.3 / 5

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tastemaker

So good! Licorice love! I hate lines but this was good stop. The cream brûlée ice cream is done in from of you! Next time the Fernet and Walnut and Burnt Sage are mine!

tastemaker

Let’s face it, ice cream isn’t just for the kiddies anymore. The cool and refreshing treat is becoming more and more appealing to the adult palate now. Morgenstern’s Finest Ice Cream takes the adult ice cream obsession to a whole new level. Expect a line out the door but it tends to move quickly. You can enjoy some really delicious and outrageous flavors like cinnamon whiskey, burnt honey vanilla, banana curry and the coolest ice cream ever to exist, black coconut ash. Yes, this ice cream is a black as night but has a creamy coconut flavor and leaves your tongue a little black. 

tastemaker

Do i have a Yelp list going of all the ice cream places in New York i want to try? Maybe. Was this place on the top of my list? Yes. Did i finally get to go? Yes. Am i freaking excited? Yes. Should you go here and try some of the freshest, creamiest, and most innovative ice creams of your dreams? Yes. Should you follow their instagram for a year before going so that you can work up the hype and immediately know your order of coffee crisp made with toasted honeycomb bits and burnt honey and coconut ash? Yes. Just go here. You won't regret it. Just say yes. 


I am a big ice cream person. Ive been to most of the top places in New York. This place is def one of my top three favorites. The flavors are always unique and rotating. Last time I went I had the strawberry balsamic which was probably the greatest flavor I've ever had and the Vietnamese iced coffee flavor which was incredible! They definitely know what they're doing here. On my latest visit I even ran into Eric Andre!


I'm obsessed with ice cream in general so maybe I'm biased --- but Morgenstern's is really that good. Always plentiful options. Whether you get a basic flavor or an extra special flavor, they don't disappoint. Last time I was in, I just got a strawberry cone and it was fresh and delicious. The service wasn't extraordinary - the person at the counter did not seem extremely happy with me when I asked about the flavor of the week. Regardless, I saw inside at the counter and enjoyed my cone. Will obviously continue to patron this ice cream parlor because its delicious, creative and extremely high quality. 

tastemaker

Morgenstern's is incredible. They offer so many unique flavors, and each one is creamy and rich. You'll be tempted to try them all, but choose carefully, as the staff will only let you sample one flavor before you make your purchase.


The coconut ash flavor that's all over your Instagram feed is nothing short of delicious (it's not too coco-nutty), and even the more classic flavors like Bourbon Vanilla don't disappoint. Well worth the price. 


Be warned though - you'll be waiting on line for quite a while if you go on the weekends, we're talking waiting down the block and potentially around the corner.


I came here for the first time last weekend and I absolutely loved it! The green tea pistachio was so refreshing and light I never wanted it to end. It had the perfect balance between the two flavor combinations and chunks of pistachio nuts throughout. My friend ordered the salted caramel pretzel, which was very intense and moreish as well. While the consistency is not quite Italian gelato (read: so soft and malleable it looks half melted), the flavors are what really count here. The décor makes you feel like you have stepped back in time making the whole experience even more fun!


I'm honestly not sure what all the hype about this place is. When I went here, they had several unique flavors which I was looking forward to, but they would only let you taste one ice cream before you bought anything. The one I chose, I didn't like - so it really was a gamble on all the other flavors when I was choosing which one to buy. I ended up not liking the one I bought either, which is a real waste when ice cream is as expensive as it was here. Both of the flavors that I ended up trying were WAY too sweet. I would be open to trying out more flavors here to find one that I like, but with only getting to taste 1 before you purchase, it's not worth the gamble for me.

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