Chucks Homemade Water Ice

Been going here since I was a kid and it was a couple doors up the street and Chuck was actually working there. Tasty water ice. Great pizza pretzels. Chocolate water ice and vanilla ice cream gelati is money!

On the hunt this summer to find the best water ice in Philly! Did I find it here? Not so sure, but I'll tell you a little about it...I've driven past this little spot which is kind of out of the way, very far down the west end of Snyder Ave. I wondered why I had never heard of it, or actually been here before. Maybe the location? It's seems just like a lot of the other classic South Philly mom & pop wooder ice shops.... Window and cash only, and standing boldly in Italian flag colors. Somewhat simple offerings:-They have almost a dozen flavors, some with real fresh fruit pieces. Love this!- soft serve -of course that last one means they offer gelati-Soft pretzels which for most go hand in hand with water ice for some reason, but here they offer them topped a few different ways like pizza, cheese and pepperoni. -Nachos We wanted to order a kiddie size but they wouldn't do two flavors so went with a medium which at our last location, the same size cup was a small. Same cup and for $1 more here. Lemon was a popular choice with our crew and it was good choice! It was perfectly tart and a tad sweet and had lots of chunks of lemon in it!! Absolutely delish! The mango and cherry were also incredibly flavored, no fruit though! My strawberry lemonade was good too. Perhaps a tad to sweet for me, but good. All and all, we would head back to Chucks when we're in the area and think you should try it if you are too! *Knocking off a star for lack of a place to sit, the fact that I didn't get that warm South Philly welcome and feeling I'm used to getting at places such as these, and and forthe fact I think they're just a hair pricier than the places we've encountered so far.

Really good. Really, really good. One of the best, possibly edging out Pop's for second place but too close to call at this point. Keep in mind I only speak of lemon water ice; I do not countenance the other flavors or products.Thicker than average, lemon had some nice tartness but a tad too sweet for my taste but,yea, this be some real nice wooter ice.And Mr. Chuck, FYI, if you edit your business name on yelp from "Waterice" to "Water Ice" you'll get more eyeballs on your page.

Me and my boyfriend come here like every day we both are obsessed. We both won't go anywhere else for waterice

It's fine... I mean, I appreciate the classicness of the place. And the signs are spot-on. But the menu is so damn... plain. Maybe I'm spoiled with a million water ices, this place only has like 8. My kids cone was big for a kid though, and the flavor was totally fine. The rest of the menu like pretzels and Otis Spunkmeyer cookies are just so damn plain --- EXCEPT getting pretzels "chopped up" - I have no clue what that means. I should have asked. I would come back here just to ask what was up with that chopped pretzel.

Every time we go to Philly we try a new water ice place based on ratings. We have tried Jimmys, Pops, and Chucks. Chucks is better than ice outside of Philly, but inferior Jimmys or Pops in flavor and texture. No bits of fruit, either. My wife and kids concur. Certainly enjoyable on a hot day...I'm not saying to avoid it, but there are better spots out there.

Live love Chucks best water ice and custard in South Philly, everything is homemade and fresh and the owners are so sweet. Down to earth place, prices are affordable.

Best water ice I've had in my life. An old friend used to live nearby and he would take me here every time I visited in the summer. Get the watermelon if they have it!!!! I miss it so much.

They have delicious water ice and soft pretzels. My husband enjoyed the pizza pretzel. They have great prices too.

Their customer service was amazing and their water ice is very refreshing and their pizza pretzels are the best!!