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| - First, through the summer, they're open until 9:30, not 8:30 as listed on Yelp.
Good, but different than you probably expect. Therefore, your experience at this quirky, family run shop can vary *wildly* based on those expectations
The name is quirky and the descriptions are themed. Shave ice with a "lather" of freshly made whipped cream. Get it? OK, moving on...
Here's the deal with Lather and Shave: they make their flavors themselves from ACTUAL FRUIT. Therefore, it tastes (and in most cases, looks) like real fruit syrup with the emphasis on the fruit rather than the sugar.
For example, the blueberry flavor is purple and tastes like real blueberries. Blueberries aren't blue. (They should be called purpleberries.) If you're expecting the colors and flavors of a slush from Sonic or liquid Jolly Ranchers, you will NOT get that here. The owner actually told me that he's had people argue with him that "blueberry should be BLUE". Well, true, fake blueberry should be a fake blue with a fake blueberry flavor.
Lather and Shave is about as far from that as you can get. It is the natural flavor of the fruit. Now, based on your expectations, that can be good or bad.
You should note that they will bend over backwards (literally, forwards since they're reaching through the window) to make sure you're happy.
Our visit last night was a mixed bag, but overall good. We hope our experience will help you have a better one. We will definitely be back, armed with more knowledge. We arrived about 9pm, so they only had the banana lather left.
Example #1: My wife HATES banana flavoring. She initially didn't want it, but since it was the only option, we got it. Fantastic! It was like the meringue from a banana cream pie. Huge win here. Huge. We both loved it, especially with the graham cracker bits.
Example #2: My grandson selected lime. Did I mention that they use REAL fruit? Yeah, that was NOT a good choice for him. If you've ever thought "Hey, I love lemonade! That limeade looks great! Wha hhah haaat, just happened?", you'll understand his experience. The owners were more than happy to add some strawberry that helped tame the lime's tartness. Tyler wasn't exactly happy until he got to the ice cream at the bottom.
Example #3: They had rhubarb syrup last night. When have you ever seen that at a shave ice place? (or anywhere in Southern Nevada, for that matter) I love strawberry rhubarb pie, so I asked if I could try it. It was delicious, so I had a strawberry rhubarb "pie" shave ice. It was a bit light on the syrup, but there wasn't any color to it, so it could be hard to judge. They're happy to add more.
Example #4: My granddaughter's blueberry. Man, oh, man. That's awesome.
They give you a Boba-sized (-Tea, not -Fett) straw with which to drink the melty goodness at the bottom. Man-oh-man-oh-man, the blueberry mixed with the melted ice cream and shave ice was the best bit of the night.
I went back and had them add blueberry syrup to mine and my wife's triple berry. It really turned it from "decent" to "great"!
Now, I can't say for sure that their syrups are any lower calorie than the mass produced ones with artificial flavors, but boy, it sure seems like they would be. None of us had that "Post Shave Ice Regret" feeling afterwards. We weren't hit with the "loaded down with sugar" feeling at all.
TL;DR - All natural flavors. Don't expect slushy flavorings. Lime is not for kids. Owners will work to make you happy.
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