Food /Lower East Side /Dessert

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9.1 / 10

Surreal Creamery

Loud, photogenic sundaes — but the plain soft serve underneath is the actual reason to come.

MUSEENYC · August 18, 2026

Where
149 Ludlow St, Lower East SideOpen in Google Maps ↗
Price
$
Order this
Smallest soft serve · Ube · Taro
Website
www.surrealcreamery.com

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This place does simple and it does fancy, and you can’t really go wrong either way — but we go for the plain soft serve. Get the smallest size; the portions are enormous whatever you order.

What to know

Bonus tip, and it’s a good one: Pomme Frites is right next door. Get an order of fries, bring them over, and dip them in the soft serve. You probably did this as a kid. It still works.

149 Ludlow St, Lower East Side. Directions in Google Maps ↗