Ice Monster

Ice Monster

I Highly Recommend ☆☆☆☆☆

Taipei shop offering: Dessert / Taiwanese Food / Modern Shaved Ice / Sorbet / Juice Popsicles / Dessert Soup

Address:
No. 297, Sec. 4, Zhongxiao E. Rd., Da’an Dist., Taipei City 106
台北市大安區忠孝東路四段297號
Phone: (02) 8771-3263
Hours: Sun - Thu: 10:30am - 10:30pm, Fri & Sat: 10:30am - 11pm
Last Reviewed: 25 June 2019

I thought I'd review something iconic for my last review (don't worry, the new Jaysun Eats Taipei guy will be posting reviews periodically). I passed Ice Monster every day on my way to work but didn't end up trying them till my last two months in Taiwan. I have had traditional shaved ice before and didn't care for it, and I thought Ice Monster was mostly hype, so I kept walking by it without trying it. After trying it, I understood what all the hype was about: their modern shaved ice is delicious. They modernized traditional shaved ice so that it's elevated into a dessert that's much more pleasing and can be appreciated by a larger amount of people. So if you have tried traditional shaved ice (or even modern shaved ice at a shop similar to Ice Monster) before and didn't really care for it, don't let that stop you from trying Ice Monster, as it's a completely different experience. And now that they have a total of three locations in Taipei, the waiting lines aren't as long, or absent during the weekdays. They've also opened up locations in Japan, China, and in one in America that resides in Hawaii.

Their modern shaved ice is thoroughly blended with flavor, so that you'll never have a spoonful that consists solely of flavorless ice. Their shaving process makes the ice so light that it melts in your mouth like a snowflake would. I recommend sticking with their sensation series, which is the first section in their menu. The second section in their menu is the avalanche series, which is good but not nearly as good as the sensation options. The avalanche series isn't as snowflake-like as the sensation series and will melt into a syrupy slush that's too sweet towards the end of the dessert (akin to Smoothie House's shaved ice).

After trying the two most popular modern shaved ice shops in Taipei (Ice Monster and Smoothie House), I can safely say that Ice Monster is way better than Smoothie House because Smoothie House doesn't make shaved ice like Ice Monster's sensation series, which is the best type of modern shaved ice. However, Ice Monster isn't my absolute favorite modern shaved ice shop. My favorite modern shaved ice shop makes all their shaved ice dishes out of soy milk mixed with flavor, with the same snowflake-like texture of Ice Monster's sensation series: 豆味兒 (Do We Are).

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Address:
No. 297, Sec. 4, Zhongxiao E. Rd., Da’an Dist., Taipei City 106
台北市大安區忠孝東路四段297號
Phone: (02) 8771-3263
Hours: Sun - Thu: 10:30am - 10:30pm, Fri & Sat: 10:30am - 11pm

English, Chinese, & Japanese Menu
No Deceptive 10% Service Charge
No Reservations
Free WiFi

Click on the link below for their Google Map page for the street view and/or other visitor's photos. Afterwards, you can click the dedicated back button on Google Maps to view the destination on a full-screened Google Map for directions.
Ice Monster

Address:
No. 204, Sec. 2, Xinyi Rd., Da’an Dist., Taipei City 106
台北市大安區信義路二段204號
Phone: (02) 2393-2228
Hours: 10:30am - 10pm Daily

Address:
Breeze Songgao
Fl. 1, No. 16, Songgao Rd., Xinyi Dist., Taipei City 110
台北市信義區松高路16號一樓 (微風松高)
Phone: (02) 2722-9776
Hours: Sun - Wed: 11am - 9:30pm, Thu - Sat: 11am - 10pm

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The Trip by Still Corners

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