16 Handles
“They also had tons of toppings too, including things I'd never seen at a froyo place, like rainbow cookies and waffle cone pieces!”
“They charge by weight, unlike Pinkberry or Red Mango, and you get to put as many or as little toppings.”
“I loaded my cup up with about 4 different topping choices such as heath bar, yogurt chips, bananas, and graham cracker crust.”
16 Handles
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Bike Parking: Yes
Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
Price range.
$ Price range Inexpensive
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*** Kid central, Great service, Fully stocked ***
This place is seriously filled with kids. I'm not quite sure if it was the time of day, but during the half hour I was there kids were coming in and out. There was a line, but the staff did an efficient job making sure everything was running smoothly. Great selection of choices!
The fact that this place is so close to my apartment does not bode well for my waistline.
I'll admit; I'd always been a loyal Red Mango fan and quietly boycotted all other froyo places because… well, I don't have a good reason other than brand loyalty. I only decided to check out 16 Handles because a friend wanted to come here. After dinner on a Monday, we came for dessert.
They have TONS of unique flavors with bizarre names; all were very delicious! As is true of most froyo places, they provide little condiment cups for you to sample a flavor before committing to a pound of it (What? Doesn't everybody eat froyo by the pound? Anyway….) The flavors I tried were birthday cake, graham cracker, cookies and cream, and something to the effect of butter pecan; every one of them was DELICIOUS! They also had tons of toppings too, including things I'd never seen at a froyo place, like rainbow cookies and waffle cone pieces!
Again, as is true of most froyo joints, they charge by weight. I can't speak to the prices because when I went, there was a promotion going on. But judging by the crowds on a Monday night, I'm guessing the prices are okay.
I love froyo. And now, I love 16 Handles.
Amazing selection of frozen yogurt. They rule. Expensive but once in while it's worth treating yourself
This is basically my favorite place. Ever. I live less than a block away so in the summer I basically come here for dinner because yogurt is totally healthy right? At least this place always has a great mix of sweet flavors like salted caramel, toasted marshmallow, and graham cracker along with the fruitier "healthier" flavors like green apple sorbet (SO GOOD), acai berry, and coconut. The topping options are great with anything you could ever want from any type of candy, cereal, fruit, or legit full cookies or giant pieces of brownies. apparently this is the hangout on a friday/sat night for middle schoolers/early highschoolers so its best to avoid those times if you can
Love 16 handles, all the frozen yogurt options -16 … and all the toppings! From fruit and granola to many candy toppings. This location is spacious and with a lot of seating. As all the locations I've been to service is friendly, quick and helpful when people want samples. Always clean.
I usually end up with far more than I can eat because I want to have at least a little taste of so many different types: caramel is one of my favorites.
There are also a handful of non dairy options for people who have dairy allergies.
A lot of kids / families visit this location.
16 Handles is more like a nightclub than a dessert place. There are at least 3-4 huge television screens in the "dining room" area, the music is pumped up to volume 100++, and there are crazy colored walls, chairs, and decorations. Personally, I don't need to go to a nightclub to enjoy my yogurt, but the fro-yo more than makes up from the overly intense ambiance.
The fro-yo is much more unique than other fro-yo places in NYC. They have their famous nutella fro-yo as well as irish mint and tons of amazing flavors. The toppings bar is HUGE with every possibility you can imagine.
I go out of my way to hit up a 16 Handles every time I'm in New York. This is probably my least favorite location because the worker that rang me up looked absolutely miserable. Girl, you could have a much shittier job than working at a delicious and beloved froyo place.
The froyo itself, however, was excellent as always. The creamiest of any DIY froyo place I've ever been to. They didn't have my favorite liquid chocolate crunch topping, but the froyo is so delicious that it can hold its own without any add-ons. 16 handles is everything Yogurtland wishes it was. Now if only they made their way over to the West Coast…
Every few years people tend to rediscover froyo and a plethora of new froyo places tend to pop-up. I've casually observed that this trend occurs every seven or so years–just like the reemergence of the Cicada. And just as in the case of the aforementioned annoying and noisy insect, froyo places tend to go away as quickly as they emerged. Thank a higher power for this.
While 16 Handles was one of many froyo places to sprout relatively recently, 16 Handles (16H) has staying power. Namely because they are good; I daresay they are great! My favorite 16H location is on 30th Ave in Astoria. When there I head for the salted caramel flavored froyo while the munchkin goes for the birthday cake. Other great flavors include cotton candy, vanilla bean and gram cracker. Yummy!
The staff at this location is almost always on point and very friendly. The girl that served us yesterday afternoon (Sat on Mem Day weekend) was fantastic! I regret not asking her name so that I'd give her a shout-out here. My faux pas. Perhaps she'll be there on our next visit and I'll update this review.