Ice Cream Charlies

Delicious ice cream and friendly staff, best rocky road ever! Limited seating but cute park across the street with plenty of benches.

Charming little venue with delicious ice cream and friendly service. My advice? Skip Dairy Queen and such, go to this place and enjoy.

Disappointed by how I was told that I couldn’t have toppings on my cone. Which is a first because I could have it anywhere else she said it would fall off and mess up the cone. I find this unfair we my fiancée and I enjoyed the first time we went. We might go back but hesitant the waffle cones also tasted bad.

Been meaning to go here forever based on the positive Unilocal reviews and I’m so glad I finally did. Visited with my daughter and we were so impressed with the flavor options and the services. The ice cream is clearly homemade. We both sampled a couple of flavors, but ultimately, she got the cookie dough and I got the raspberry truffle. Both ice creams were amazing. The portions were huge. We each got a small, but there was definitely enough for a few servings in each. Will definitely go back. Also — there’s street parking only, but it’s not so bad. We got a spot right in front. And, cash only. Definitely try this place out.

Great place to go for ice cream. They have 4 – 5 tables so the place is small. Only downside is they only take cash which isn’t worth losing a star. Their ice cream is definitely worth that hassle. There is a its aid next door where you can use their ATM. parking at times can be hectic. If you’re in the area, I highly recommend this ice cream shop!

I could definitely see how it is so highly rated. For me, however, I was a bit let down.
Let me start with the good. The portion sizes are absolutely amazing. You want a small? Try three scoops. You want a large? You better be hungry to eat you weight in ice cream.
The ice cream itself is definitely very creamy and homemade. However, for some reason I just have always encountered this unpleasant aftertaste after eating it. It really did not matter what flavor it was, but when I was done, I could taste the overload of sugar in my taste buds. It also is not for the weak stomach. My stomach is normally iron but if I eat too much of this ice cream, I can definitely feel it. My guess is that it could be made with too much sugar.
I must give them credit for rotating flavors consistently as well. By far, my favorite two flavors there were the Cookie Monster (Blue-​dyed vanilla with full fresh cookie chunks and cookie dough!) and the Black Raspberry truffle.
Definitely this place is worth the stop if around to try, and make sure you get a mini size if you are just looking to try!

This is a place I will come to from now on for my ice cream fix. You can taste the quality here, it’s all home made for sure. Hence the prices. I got a kiddie cone soft serve with sprinkles on it for $ 3.46…A kiddie size is perfect… I can’t imagine how much you get in a small. You just have to try this place to see what the hype is all about… I love small businesses like this who are making it big. Go out and support them… You won’t be sorry!

Hands down my favorite ice cream shop. Theres always a good variety to choose from, the portions are huge. And it has that nice homemade taste to it. An absolute gem. I dont know why anyone would even go to dairy queen across the street when they can go here

I love this place!!! I have had dinner at Café Matisse a number of times and never stopped in at this ice cream shop. Last year in October I had walked into the shop and tried the «Witch’s Brew». I bought a quart after I finished my initial order. It’s October again and I already bought a quart of my favorite ice cream. The staff is really nice and the place seems like it’s a local spot. I am officially a lifelong customer.

Good and cheap ice cream. I love soft serve. I got vanilla soft serve with crunchies, because I also like crunchies. The shop has a little seating, along with some interesting items. I saw a shovel and pail full of ice cream for sale that I was seriously considering buying just for fun. Maybe bring it to the beach and eat some ice cream before playing with sand.
The local high school age kids behind the counter seemed friendly enough. I saw the nutella chocolate chunk ice cream, which sounded amazing, so I ordered some. It was amazing. It tasted like I was eating a lighter nutella. When I drank the melted part on the bottom, it tasted like straight nutella.
Support your local ice cream shops, they’re better than the chains.

Disappointed… Stopped by here after dinner, but regret it. I should’ve just gone to Dairy Queen. The icecream was decent– but I’ve had better. When we first got there, there were 2 people ahead of us so we browsed and sampled a few flavors and waited till they completed their order. When we were ready to order the person who was helping us just disappeared. Then a family of like 5 or 6 barged in and took over. We weren’t able to order until they were pretty much done getting their stuff. Rude! Anyway, my cone broke within about 2 minutes of getting it, so I threw it in the trash… The end. I won’t be returning.

My girlfriend and I found this place on a whim after eating dinner last Friday. I’m so happy we did!
I had a full scoop of apple crumb and a full scoop of Oreo with salted caramel swirl in a waffle cone with the top dipped in chocolate and chocolate sprinkles, and it was in the top 3 of the best ice cream I’ve ever had.
My girlfriend had a half scoop of mint chocolate chip and a half scoop of commit dream. She was equally impressed.
If we’re ever in the area again, we will 100% go back.

I agree with most Unilocalers…3.5 stars for homemade ice cream. Good quality and service… if I’m in the mood for really creamy, hard ice cream, this is my go to place. They have many creative flavors and the portions are huge. I usually get a «kids cup» and it’s totally enough!

I’m addicted! I grew up in Rutherford, so I have been coming here for years, and I absolutely love it. Their ice cream and milkshakes are the bomb. Homemade ice cream, friendly staff, and clean facilities. There is another ice cream place just down the block, and I would choose Ice Cream Charlie’s over that place any day. It is a little pricey for one scoop, but one scoop is about 3 scoops, so you won’t be disappointed. My absolute favorite is the Mint Chocolate Chip, but there are a variety of flavors to choose from. I seriously have not had better Mint Chocolate chip anywhere else, and I LOVE ice cream.
Come here with the family, friends, by yourself… no matter what, you’ll leave satisfied and smiling from ear-​to-​ear, with a guilty yearning to come back again tomorrow.

Cashhhhh only! Which in and of itself is one star down. With so many payment options out there, it definitely hurts their business. Had to run to the ATM and come back which was just plain inconvenient. As for the ice cream — tried the pistachio, strawberry, chocolate chocolate chip, and fudge swirl. All of them were tasty and had good consistency but not the best I’ve ever tried. Still a solid local shop with a good amount of choices. Will be back!

Clean, well run, and most importantly DELICIOUS ice cream! Artisanal flavors as well as tradition favorites. There is a chain ice cream shop very close with a larger line most nights, like they say there’s no accounting for taste.

Friend brought me here yesterday. Never heard of this place before but definitely will be coming here often in the summer.
Got 3 scoops of ice cream, vanilla cake batter, vanilla and cherry ice cream, and a raspberry I think it was. The scoops were huge. We weren’t able to finish the ice cream since we got so much. It was well worth the money though. My girlfriend got the chocolate cake batter. The only complaint I have is with the raspberry ice cream had freezer burn so I had to throw out most of that flavor. Other than that though, service was friendly, portions were more than generous, and the place itself is really nice. Definitely would rather come here than Dairy Queen which is right down the street.
By the way, no credit cards, only cash.

Cute place has an old time charm to it. They lost a couple of stars because we ordered a brownie sundae and the brownie was microwaved to a burnt crisp and I was still served this in addition to given me the wrong flavor. On the bright side the ice cream was creamy and the serving was well worth the price. The staff is super friendly. My favorite was cookies and cream and the whip cream was really good! If you like raspberry the chocolate raspberry truffle is a must.

Great little ice cream shop that makes their own ice cream and does it well. Nice and creamy, not too sweet, and great flavors, definitely going to be our go to ice cream shop.
So far I’ve tried the chocolate raspberry truffle, chocolate chip cookie dough, coffee, chocolate peanut butter, and cookies and cream (nice to bring the family and be able to try all they ice cream they ordered!). I have to say, the cookies and cream was by far my favorite. Perfect amount of cookies and a great tasting vanilla base makes their cookies and cream one if the best I’ve ever had!

Ice Cream Charlie’s has the best ice cream I ever had. My ideal ice cream is creamy but not too heavy. Their ice cream is a lot less heavy than Coldstone’s ice cream and more heavy than Baskin Robin’s ice cream. Ice Cream Charlie’s has ice cream with the perfect consistency.
Have trouble deciding what flavor to get? Ask for samples. I had the pistachio ice cream. It was the best tasting pistachio ice cream I ever had. It has chunks of pistachio in it. I also tried the banana nut flavor and that was just as great as the pistachio one. The banana nut ice cream has a couple of nuts in it. I had a tough time choosing what flavor to get, but pistachio won. For only $ 5, I got a huge amount of ice cream on a wafer cone. It’s big enough to share.
They don’t accept credit cards. Cash only.