Ralph's Famous Italian Ices of Greenport

Hey! A nice little find on our stroll thru Greenport on a summer weekend. Take a ride on the antique carousel, then walk in over to Ralph's for some really good ice cream. If you're going to have dinner, might as well do the double or triple, which are only $0.50/$1.00 more than the single scoop. Lots of flavors to choose, and they can do sundaes, soft-serve, as well as your traditional ice cream and self-serve candy cabinet. A handful of benches to sit on outside, no seats or tables inside the store. Reasonable prices, by Greenport/tourist standard anyway.

Don't get me wrong, I love some good ice cream, Ralphs is just not that good, pretty mid if you ask me. Also, everything tastes like flavored sugar. Not gonna lie, most of their ice creams are filled with preservitives and artificial flavoring. Also, the atmosphere is fun, but gets really crowded at times.

I recently visited Ralph’s with a large group and placed a substantial order. While most of the items were fine, one Italian ice—specifically the bubblegum flavor—had a strong chemical taste and was completely inedible. Despite this isolated issue, the staff were rude and unhelpful, refusing to offer a refund or replacement on the single item. To make matters worse, we had to eat in an alley with tables, which did not enhance the experience. Given the poor response to a single complaint in a large order and the overall lack of customer service, I won't be returning and would advise others to go elsewhere for a sweet treat.

Sugary-watery ice cream which we ended up throwing out. We tried cherry garcia, chocolate (how can you make bad chocolate?!), pina colada and rocky road. All similar, way too sweet, watery flavors. Very disappointing. They have dozens of flavors of very substandard ice cream or maybe "ices" means exactly that? Either way, will not be back👎

Now this is the good stuff. I have since moved away from LI, but whenever I come home, I'm sure to grab some Ralphs before I go! Mint Cookie Crumble is my personal favorite, but the range of flavors is astonishing. Gotta try some! I used to be a birthday cake addict!