El Palacio de Los Cholados

Reviews

• Jing K.

  star star star star star 15 July 2026

  Great for cholados and they should be cause it's the only thing they sell. Deliciously refreshing and the fresh fruit marries perfectly with the very sweet syrup and condensed milk. It's worth coming by if you have never enjoyed one and this is the best place in NYC to try.

• Daniel F.

  star star star star star_border 10 July 2026

  Cholado's are fairly new to me. I never tried one until today but I've definitely heard it being mentioned by friends and people in Jackson Heights. It's really fascinating how shaved ice desserts exist in almost every culture of the world. For example, Korea has their bing soo, Indonesia has Es Teler, Filipinos have halo halo, Italians has ..um Italian ice (not really sure ..is it really from Italy?) but all has their own unique recipes.
  
  It's a fairly simple recipe here that works for me. It has condensed milk, fruit syrup, shaved ice, fruits (strawberry and bananas), and coconut shredding. Both refreshing and sweet, Id definitely come back again. Drinking the cholado, I did find the coconut shreds to be annoying and getting caught in my throat. I'd likely skip the fruits and coconut next time.
  
  Its cash only and only 2 workers from what I can tell. Drink was $8 with all the fruits in August 2019

• Nick C.

  star star star star star_border 10 July 2026

  Ended up at El Palacio de Los Cholados on a hunt for some dessert. The line was out the door. They have a lot of counter space, but nothing really on display. The menu is in Spanish. There is no description for any of their items anyway. I had no idea what a cholado was, but fortunately my companion went ahead and just ordered for me.
  
  I got a cup of shaved ice with blackberry and passion fruit syrups, pineapple chunks, coconut shavings, banana slices, and strawberries, topped with maraschino cherries and condensed milk. It was basically a fruity sugar bomb, perfect for a warm summer night. Reminded me of Filipino halo halo, or a Korean patbingsu. The price isn't bad either at $8, especially for fresh fruit.

• Zeus G.

  star star star star star 1 July 2026

  So this is a great after dinner spot. Dessert Colombian style. It's a little twist on the Puerto Rican shaved ass with syrup. I always get the Cholado when I'm here. It's shaved ice with there mix of juice, they cut up bananas, strawberries, pineapple and add shave coconut and top it off with a sweet sugar Carmel. They also have a fruit salad with whip creme also amazing. So I encourage you guys to go and try this little place. Keep it tasty my friends and let me know what you think. Enjoy.

• Ina M.

  star star star star star_border 27 June 2026

  Yummm Cholados!
  
  I never knew what Cholado was until my fiancé introduced me to it. If you are Filipino (or know of weird Filipino cuisine), you should know what Halo-Halo is... so basically Cholado is like the sober version of Halo-Halo! It's shaved ice, with passionfruit, blackberry, and orange juices, more fruits like pineapple, strawberry, banana, shaved coconut, and condensed milk. (See, Halo-Halo is the drunk weird concoction we, Filipinos, made. We were like ooh shaved ice, milk, beans, coconut, pinipig aka weird pounded rice flakes, gelatin, fruits, flan, tapioca....list goes on....see, we were drunk when we invented this)
  
  So yes, I truly enjoyed my first Cholado experience. The only downside I had from here was that the pineapple and strawberry weren't ripe, so they were a little too sour for me. Nonetheless, still a great refresher and dessert!