Hoffmans Ice Cream

The best ice cream around. While the servers are young kids and I’ve never seen an adult around, they are courteous and diligent. We go at least once a week and would never consider getting ice cream elsewhere.

Stoped by this past Tuesday evening and it was not very crowded at all. Ordered the flavor Jersey monkey on a cone. It was an extremely generous portion for a small size and the ice cream was creamy and delicious. Quick courteous service and outstanding ice cream.

I had a pleasant experience. The staff was very knowledgable in helping choose a flavored frozen delight. I am a big of Cookie Monster, and when I saw it in ice cream form my heart began to race. If you are in the area please stop by and treat yourself to some really good ice cream.

The staff was complaining about so many people coming into the shop and how they wanted to get out early. What store doesn’t want a lot of customers? Honestly I didn’t think the ice cream was that impressive. Their flavors aren’t that special and they don’t have a lot of toppings and they didn’t give me that much ice cream. Didn’t get my money’s worth at all. Waste of time

Wish we could give them a proper rating.
Came here on a warm spring night and they closed shop super early. There were a few customers outside enjoying their ice cream. But the lady behind the counter stared at me rudely while I was looking at the sign that clearly said they were suppose to be open for 30 more minutes.

Hoffman’s Ice Cream is a point pleasant beach institution that has fallen into mismanagement — or more like non-​management– in recent years. This place has great ice cream but is staffed with poorly trained kids with no adult in sight in any shift no matter how busy it is. The wait times are abhorrent. And not an option if you have kids under 12. Tonight, Memorial Day at 8 pm after the crowds have gone home, is about 45 mins. The scene inside is pure
, uncontrolled chaos.

One of our favorite shops when we head to the shore! Only downside is there is often a LOOOOONG line.

Hoffmans is my favorite ice cream shop because it has all my favorite flavors — Cookie Monster, chocolate explosion, chocolate peanut butter and mint chocolate chip. Next time I’m going to try the cupcake ice cream.
I wish I could go there every day! Ben, age 4

Went here recently, very disappointing, this has to be different owners than the point pleasant one because it should not even have the hoffmans name. The ice cream tastes different, the toppings are not fresh, the inside it literally horrible and filthy… Not going back there again, I was in shock when I ate the ice cream, words cannot describe it.

Honestly I came here cuz it’s closer then the point pleasant hoffmans (which is amazing) this place is such a disappointment. I got vanilla with the cookie dough topping. The cookie dough was STALE it was not even in the cooling display with all the other toppings it was left out on the counter. It was so dry it just turned to complete powder when you tried to eat it. Me and everyone else who got it ended up having to throw all it out into the trash and just eat the ice cream which was ok nothing special. Definitely recommend to anyone thinking about coming here to just make the extra trip to pontpleasant or go somewhere else cuz this place is not worth your time.

Quite often I feel poisoned by all the detergents chlorine gas in the air when I arrive. I make a comment each time to the staff with no avail. I had a pool and know the dangers. I don’t want my kids inhaling the fumes.

Filled with arrogant prepubescent teenagers on their iPhones.
Ice cream is decent, but a tad on the pricey side.

BEST ICE CREAM EVER! Fudge mint cookie OMG. There is nothing else to say.

First of all, I should preface this by saying that if you don’t like ice cream-​or yogurt-you’re probably not going to enjoy Hoffman’s. I know what you’re thinking, «What kind of douchebag goes into an ice cream parlor when he or she doesn’t even enjoy eating ice cream?» Believe me, it happens more often than you think.
That said, if you do like ice cream, you’re going to love this place. Huge servings, cheap prices, and delicious ice cream. The people who work there are extremely friendly, and its a picturesque, typical Jersey shore town. Worth taking a trip to this Summer, if the opportunity presents itself.

Well, the ice cream isn’t anything too special, and it’s just an ice cream place. I got a S’Mores ice cream which had actually marshmallows in it which was pretty good, but I think the service is what really fueled my review. My older sister and I had just left the beach and wanted some ice cream. We walked into the store, and it’s obviously over-​staffed but they seem to come in handy when they actually need the staff. Mind you, my sister and I were the only two black people in the parlor. A man and his daughter had come in after us but the worker just skipped right over us and the man didn’t even say «Oh, these ladies were before us». He just took it. My sister got a little upset and she knew what was going on but since I had never experienced something like this before, I just brushed it off.
Then one of the staff shouted from across the room, «Are you being helped»? Honestly, I don’t think that is a question to ask a customer. If we were being helped you would see us picking out our flavors, not standing around waiting. We picked out our flavors, paid, and ate our ice cream in the parlor. Service picked up out of nowhere, as if the beach had closed and everyone rushed over, and they brought out the number system which seemed to have helped the crowd. It gets disorganized in there because they don’t have any type of crowd control or line control so even if the place was empty, I really wouldn’t know where the line started, which is probably how the man got in front of us. The ice cream was pretty good honestly, but nothing enough to make me want to crave to go back there again. There was nothing in there that would say «I Am Hoffman’s, this is our flavor, we stick out more than any other ice cream shop».
After we finished our ice creams, I usually want a water to wash my mouth out, and have a clean pallet, so I went to the counter and I realized the place was still a little crowded and I didn’t want to seem like I was skipping the line. I said «Oh, I’m just getting a water.» I didn’t see the point in taking a number just to buy a water bottle. The cashier looked me right in my eye, ignored me, and then proceeded to ring up a lady who wasn’t even standing there before I was. I decided I wasn’t thirsty enough to buy their water and we went to a CVS down the block. At the end of the day, I’m not entirely sure if their actions were based on race or not, but they definitely could have been. Would I go back/​recommend to a friend? Possibly, if the service was better.

I like it. Location is a bit obscure, and I really wish more people came! There is a Hoffman’s in Pt. Pleasant and Spring Lake, which are far more popular (probably since they are close to the beach and get lots of foot traffic). Hopefully this place will start drawing a crowd and feed off the success of the other locations.
The ice cream and soft serve are nice. It’s ice cream!!! How can it ever NOT be good??? Anyway, the quality is good. Not the richest hard ice cream or smoothest soft serve, but definitely hits the spot. Good amount of variety too. Come in and check it out.