The Dessert Detective

868 Best Gelato Shops Near You (2026)

868 places found

In the mood for gelato? We've tracked down 868 spots, from Brighton to Kingston upon Thames to Nottingham, each rated by taste, looks and value. Here are the best gelato shops right now.

Frequently asked questions

Where can I find the best gelato?

We've ranked 868 gelato spots above by taste, looks and value — browse the list or switch to map view to find one near you.

Do these shops deliver gelato?

Many do — check each listing for delivery details.

How are these gelato shops ranked?

Rankings are based on ratings and reviews from real customers and Dessert Detectives.

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868 places
V360 vegan café - Whippy Ice Cream and Gelato - 100% plant based
Ice Cream & Gelato5.0
V360 vegan café - Whippy Ice Cream and Gelato - 100% plant based
Brighton
🥗 Vegan options
🥇 Signature Item
Vegan soft serve — a fully plant-based soft serve ice cream made with oat milk for a clean, creamy texture, V360's signature and proof that vegan ice cream doesn't need to compromise
Kingstonian Ice Cream
Ice Cream & Gelato5.0
Kingstonian Ice Cream
Kingston upon Thames
🥗 Vegetarian
🥇 Signature Item
Kingstonian Ice Cream Kingston Glenville Road artisan ice cream — freshly made artisan ice cream at Glenville Road KT2 Kingston, a quality South West London ice cream specialist for this community
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Ice Cream & Gelato5.0
GELATERRA
Nottingham
🥗 Vegetarian
🥇 Signature Item
GELATERRA Carrington Street Nottingham artisan gelato — freshly churned Italian-style artisan gelato near Nottingham Station at Carrington Street NG1, a quality city centre gelateria for commuters and visitors to Nottingham arriving at the historic Victorian station on this busy city approach
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Ice Cream & Gelato5.0
Jades Whip
Coventry
🥇 Signature Item
Scoops and sundaes made in-house
Nats’s Ices
Ice Cream & Gelato5.0
Nats’s Ices
Coventry
🥇 Signature Item
Scoops and sundaes made in-house
Ice Queens
Ice Cream & Gelato5.0
Ice Queens
Brighton
🥗 Vegetarian
🥇 Signature Item
House ice cream in a cone — handmade ice cream from a family recipe, scooped generously into a cone for post-swim Hove residents who have kept this neighbourhood parlour going for years
Luqma Sweets & Bubble Tea
Ice Cream & Gelato5.0
Luqma Sweets & Bubble Tea
Coventry
🥇 Signature Item
Luqma — the most talked-about item in customer reviews
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Ice Cream & Gelato5.0
Krazy Kones
Coventry · Binley
🥇 Signature Item
Ice creams — a customer favourite
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Ice Cream & Gelato5.0
Fellas Ice Cream
Coventry
🥇 Signature Item
Scoops and sundaes made in-house
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Ice Cream & Gelato5.0
Desire Dessert you love
London
🥗 Vegetarian; Halal-friendly
🥇 Signature Item
Desire Dessert Colindale soft serve — a fresh creamy soft serve ice cream at Knightsbridge House Colindale NW9, a neighbourhood sweet stop for North West London's Colindale community
Marcelo's Ice Cream
Ice Cream & Gelato5.0
Marcelo's Ice Cream
London
🥗 Vegetarian
🥇 Signature Item
Marcelo's Haynes Lane Market Crystal Palace artisan ice cream — a freshly scooped artisan ice cream at Haynes Lane Market SE19, an independent South East London market ice cream stall
Glace Dreams
Ice Cream & Gelato5.0
Glace Dreams
North Shields
🥗 Vegetarian
🥇 Signature Item
Glace Dreams North Shields artisan ice cream — freshly made artisan ice cream at Nile Street NE29 North Shields, a quality North Tyneside neighbourhood ice cream parlour for the North Shields community
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Ice Cream & Gelato5.0
Full Moo Ice Cream Boat
York
🥇 Signature Item
Lemon curd ice cream — a customer favourite
Jungle Berry Premium Açai
Ice Cream & Gelato5.0
Jungle Berry Premium Açai
Brighton
🥗 Vegetarian
🥇 Signature Item
Classic açaí bowl — a thick blend of frozen açaí topped with granola, banana, fresh seasonal fruit, coconut flakes and a drizzle of honey, the signature bowl that built the brand
Honey Lemon
Ice Cream & Gelato5.0
Honey Lemon
Cambridge
🥗 Vegetarian
🥇 Signature Item
Market Hill soft serve — a generous swirl of fresh soft-serve ice cream at Honey Lemon's Market Hill pitch, a popular stop for visitors exploring Cambridge's historic market square
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Ice Cream & Gelato5.0
Tony's Ices
Leicester
🥗 Vegetarian
🥇 Signature Item
Tony's Ices Birstall Leicester artisan ice cream — freshly made artisan ice cream at Wellgate Avenue LE4 Birstall, a quality North Leicester neighbourhood ice cream parlour for the Birstall community
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Ice Cream & Gelato5.0
Off The Cone
Brighton
🥗 Vegetarian
🥇 Signature Item
Off-the-cone ice cream sandwich — a scoop of freshly made ice cream pressed between two house-made cookies or wafers on the lower promenade, Off The Cone's most photographed seaside treat
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Ice Cream & Gelato5.0
Meno’s Desserts
London
🥗 Vegetarian
🥇 Signature Item
Meno's Desserts Penge soft serve — a fresh creamy soft serve ice cream at Maple Road SE20, a neighbourhood sweet spot for South East London's Penge and Anerley community
Churn & Chill
Ice Cream & Gelato5.0
Churn & Chill
West Kirby
🥗 Vegetarian
🥇 Signature Item
Churn and Chill Hoylake West Kirby artisan ice cream — freshly churned artisan ice cream at Grove Road CH47 Hoylake, a quality Wirral coastal artisan ice cream café for this seaside community near Royal Liverpool Golf Course
Ms Crème de la Cream
Ice Cream & Gelato5.0
Ms Crème de la Cream
Edinburgh
🥗 Vegetarian
🥇 Signature Item
Logie Green artisan ice cream — freshly made Ms Crème de la Cream ice cream at Logie Green Gardens in Broughton, a charming neighbourhood ice cream spot beloved by this North Edinburgh community
Loungelato Artisan Gelateria
Ice Cream & Gelato5.0
Loungelato Artisan Gelateria
Caterham · High Street
🥗 Dairy-free options
🥇 Signature Item
Coconut chocolate chip gelato (oat milk) — dairy-free but richer than most dairy gelato; this tiny artisan gelateria in Caterham is a genuine discovery
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Ice Cream & Gelato5.0
Italian Cafe & Gelato
London
🥗 Vegetarian
🥇 Signature Item
Italian Cafe Manor Park gelato — freshly churned Italian-style gelato at this Manor Park E12 Italian café, a quality neighbourhood ice cream destination for East London's Newham community
🍰
Ice Cream & Gelato5.0
scoops gelato
Leicester
🥗 Vegetarian; Vegan options
🥇 Signature Item
Scoops Gelato Leicester Hotel Street artisan gelato — freshly churned Italian-style artisan gelato at Hotel Street LE1, a quality Leicester city centre gelateria steps from the cathedral and historic core
Equis Ice Cream Factory & HQ
Ice Cream & Gelato5.0
Equis Ice Cream Factory & HQ
Rutherglen
🥗 Vegetarian
🥇 Signature Item
Equis Ice Cream Rutherglen Glasgow artisan ice cream — freshly made artisan ice cream from the Equis factory in Rutherglen G73, one of Glasgow's most established Italian-heritage artisan ice cream producers
Fourteen Desserts
Ice Cream & Gelato5.0
Fourteen Desserts
Birmingham
🥗 Vegetarian
🥇 Signature Item
Fourteen Desserts Newtown Birmingham dessert and ice cream — freshly made artisan ice cream and indulgent desserts at Proctor Street B7 Newtown, a quality North Birmingham dessert destination
MeltingPoint Ice Cream
Ice Cream & Gelato5.0
MeltingPoint Ice Cream
Leeds
🥗 Vegetarian
🥇 Signature Item
Corn Exchange soft serve — a fresh, creamy soft-serve ice cream at MeltingPoint's Leeds Corn Exchange Piazza location, the sweetest spot in one of Leeds' most spectacular Victorian buildings
Enjoy Desserts
Ice Cream & Gelato5.0
Enjoy Desserts
Manchester
🥗 Vegetarian
🥇 Signature Item
Enjoy Desserts Manchester Arndale ice cream — freshly scooped artisan ice cream at Manchester Arndale High Street M4, a popular sweet stop in Manchester's largest city centre shopping mall
Melta Norbury
Ice Cream & Gelato5.0
Melta Norbury
London
🥗 Vegetarian
🥇 Signature Item
Melta Norbury artisan ice cream — freshly made ice cream at Streatham High Road Norbury SW16, a quality neighbourhood ice cream and dessert stop for the Norbury and Streatham communities
Basement Gelato Co.
Ice Cream & Gelato5.0
Basement Gelato Co.
Edinburgh
🥗 Vegetarian; Vegan options
🥇 Signature Item
Basement pistachio gelato — a vivid, intensely nutty pistachio gelato made from quality Italian ingredients in this Queensferry Street basement gelateria, one of Edinburgh New Town's finest gelato spots
🍰
Ice Cream & Gelato5.0
The Riverside Hatch
Cambridge
🥗 Vegetarian
🥇 Signature Item
Riverside soft serve — a generous swirl of fresh soft-serve ice cream at The Riverside Hatch's Laundress Green pitch, a beloved Cambridge ritual for punters and riverside walkers on warm days
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Ice Cream & Gelato5.0
BLACK MOUNTAIN GELATO
London
🥗 Vegetarian; Vegan options
🥇 Signature Item
Black Mountain Gelato Camberwell small-batch — a hand-crafted small-batch artisan gelato at Coldharbour Lane SE5 Camberwell, a quality South East London gelateria for the Brixton and Camberwell food community
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Ice Cream & Gelato5.0
Ice Gem Gelato
Birmingham
🥗 Vegetarian; Vegan options
🥇 Signature Item
Ice Gem Gelato Sparkbrook artisan gelato — freshly churned Italian-style gelato at Stratford Road B11 Sparkbrook, a quality artisan gelateria on Birmingham's vibrant Balti Triangle
Udderlicious ice Cream
Ice Cream & Gelato5.0
Udderlicious ice Cream
London
🥗 Vegetarian
🥇 Signature Item
Udderlicious Camden soft serve — a creamy, indulgent soft-serve ice cream at this Parkway Camden Town location, a beloved North London institution for quality ice cream steps from Camden Market
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Ice Cream & Gelato5.0
Amaretto Italian sweets
Bristol
🥗 Vegetarian; Vegan options
🥇 Signature Item
Gelato affogato — a scoop of house-made Italian gelato drowned in a shot of hot espresso, Amaretto's signature serve and the perfect marriage of Staple Hill's Italian sweet tradition and good coffee
Milk Blossom Ice Cream
Ice Cream & Gelato5.0
Milk Blossom Ice Cream
Liverpool
🥗 Vegetarian
🥇 Signature Item
Milk Blossom Ice Cream Jamaica Street Liverpool artisan ice cream — freshly made artisan ice cream at Jamaica Street L1, a quality creative sweet destination in Liverpool's vibrant Baltic Triangle district, the city's most exciting creative and arts quarter between the waterfront and the city centre
Nick's ices leeds
Ice Cream & Gelato5.0
Nick's ices leeds
Leeds
🥗 Vegetarian
🥇 Signature Item
Stratford Terrace soft serve — a classic soft-serve ice cream from Nick's Ices on Stratford Terrace in South Leeds, a neighbourhood ice cream stand beloved by the South Leeds community for years
🍰
Ice Cream & Gelato5.0
Silly ice cream
London
🥗 Vegetarian
🥇 Signature Item
Silly Ice Cream Stoke Newington — a playful, creative soft serve and artisan ice cream at Stoke Newington Church Street, a beloved North East London neighbourhood ice cream destination
🍰
Ice Cream & Gelato5.0
Three Buds
London
🥗 Vegetarian
🥇 Signature Item
Three Buds Vauxhall Park soft serve — a fresh creamy soft serve ice cream in Vauxhall Park SW8, a beloved seasonal ice cream stop for South London's Vauxhall and Nine Elms community in this beautiful park
Darlish Ice Cream - Notting Hill
Ice Cream & Gelato5.0
Darlish Ice Cream - Notting Hill
London
🥗 Vegetarian
🥇 Signature Item
Darlish Notting Hill salted pistachio — the same celebrated Persian-inspired salted pistachio ice cream at Darlish's Westbourne Park Road Notting Hill location, one of West London's most distinctive ice cream destinations
ALOO DESSERT
Ice Cream & Gelato5.0
ALOO DESSERT
Liverpool
🥗 Vegetarian
🥇 Signature Item
ALOO DESSERT Walton Liverpool cookie dough and dessert plate — a warm cookie dough pot and a loaded dessert plate at Goodall Street L4 Walton, a popular North Liverpool sweet destination for the Walton and Kirkdale community
Oliphant’s Ice Cream & Bakery
Ice Cream & Gelato5.0
Oliphant’s Ice Cream & Bakery
London
🥗 Vegetarian
🥇 Signature Item
Oliphant's Covent Garden ice cream — a freshly scooped artisan ice cream at Covent Garden Market WC2E, a quality ice cream destination in one of London's most vibrant and visited indoor markets
Mister Nice Cream
Ice Cream & Gelato5.0
Mister Nice Cream
Oxford
🥗 Vegetarian
🥇 Signature Item
Mister Nice Cream Oxford St Nicholas Park Headington artisan ice cream — freshly made artisan ice cream at St Nicholas Park OX3 Headington, a quality East Oxford neighbourhood ice cream destination for the Headington and New Marston community near Oxford Brookes University and the parks
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Ice Cream & Gelato5.0
Kabul Ice Cream
London
🥗 Vegetarian; Halal-friendly
🥇 Signature Item
Kabul Ice Cream Holloway — an Afghani-inspired ice cream with cardamom, saffron and pistachio at Seven Sisters Road, one of London's most distinctive and culturally rooted ice cream experiences
Little Green
Ice Cream & Gelato5.0
Little Green
Nottingham
🥗 Vegetarian
🥇 Signature Item
Little Green West Bridgford Bridgford Park café ice cream and cake — a freshly made seasonal cake or scoop of artisan ice cream at Bridgford Park NG2, a beloved neighbourhood park café for West Bridgford's families and the South Nottingham community on sunny walks around this popular park
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Ice Cream & Gelato5.0
Verrechia Ice Cream Manufacturers
West Bromwich
🥗 Vegetarian
🥇 Signature Item
Verrechia Ice Cream West Bromwich artisan ice cream — handmade artisan ice cream from this Houghton Street B70 West Bromwich manufacturer, one of the Black Country's most established Italian-heritage ice cream makers
Hove Gelato
Ice Cream & Gelato5.0
Hove Gelato
Brighton
🥗 Vegetarian; Vegan options
🥇 Signature Item
Artisan gelato scoop — Hove Gelato's freshly churned small-batch Italian gelato made with Portslade dairy milk, available in rotating seasonal flavours at this well-loved Boundary Road parlour
Joe Delucci's
Ice Cream & Gelato5.0
Joe Delucci's
Sheffield
🥗 Vegetarian
🥇 Signature Item
Joe Delucci's Meadowhall Sheffield artisan gelato — a rich, fresh Italian gelato scoop at Meadowhall Centre S9, a quality Italian gelateria in Sheffield's major shopping destination beloved by South Yorkshire shoppers and families for authentic Italian frozen treats
Comewell's
Ice Cream & Gelato5.0
Comewell's
London
🥗 Vegetarian
🥇 Signature Item
Comewell's South Tottenham soft serve — a creamy generous soft serve ice cream at Broad Lane N15 Tottenham, a neighbourhood sweet spot for South Tottenham's diverse community
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Ice Cream & Gelato5.0
Ice Cream Boyz
London
🥗 Vegetarian
🥇 Signature Item
Ice Cream Boyz Edgware indulgent scoop — a generously piled ice cream creation at this Manor Park Gardens Edgware ice cream specialist, a popular sweet destination for the North London community
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Ice Cream & Gelato5.0
Cob Kiln Gelato
Manchester
🥗 Vegetarian; Vegan options
🥇 Signature Item
Cob Kiln Gelato Urmston artisan gelato — freshly churned Italian-style artisan gelato at Meadow Road M41 Urmston, a quality Greater Manchester gelateria for this popular South Manchester suburb
GOAT'd
Ice Cream & Gelato5.0
GOAT'd
London
🥗 Vegetarian
🥇 Signature Item
GOAT'd Boxpark milkshake — a thick, hand-blended milkshake made with quality ice cream and mix-ins at Boxpark Shoreditch, one of East London's most vibrant street food and retail destinations
Lily’s Cafe
Ice Cream & Gelato5.0
Lily’s Cafe
Brighton
🥗 Vegetarian
🥇 Signature Item
Lily's Café Brighton Lewes Road artisan ice cream — freshly made artisan ice cream at Lewes Road BN2 Brighton, a popular Brighton East neighbourhood café and ice cream destination
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Ice Cream & Gelato5.0
Gelateria
Leeds
🥗 Vegetarian; Vegan options
🥇 Signature Item
Otley Road pistachio gelato — a vivid green, intensely nutty Italian-style pistachio gelato made from quality ingredients at this Headingley Road gelateria near Leeds' university district
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Ice Cream & Gelato5.0
Pops
Bristol
🥗 Vegetarian
🥇 Signature Item
Pop's soft serve — a generous swirl of fresh, creamy soft-serve ice cream made from quality dairy for South Bristol families, Pops' most-loved treat served from their Bedminster neighbourhood location
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Ice Cream & Gelato5.0
Kornetto
Epsom
🥗 Vegetarian; Vegan options
🥇 Signature Item
Kornetto Stoneleigh Epsom artisan gelato — freshly churned Italian-style artisan gelato at The Broadway KT17 Stoneleigh Epsom, a quality Surrey gelateria for this suburban community
Chill Gelato
Ice Cream & Gelato5.0
Chill Gelato
London
🥗 Vegetarian; Vegan options
🥇 Signature Item
Chill Gelato Earlsfield artisan scoop — freshly churned Italian-style gelato at Earlsfield Road SW18, a quality neighbourhood gelateria for South West London's Earlsfield community
Baci Di Gelato
Ice Cream & Gelato5.0
Baci Di Gelato
Glossop
🥗 Vegetarian; Vegan options
🥇 Signature Item
Baci Di Gelato Glossop artisan gelato — freshly churned Italian-style gelato at Glossop Market Hall SK13, a quality Derbyshire Peak District border gelateria for the Glossop community
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Ice Cream & Gelato5.0
Bertie's Ice Cream
Bath
🥗 Vegetarian
🥇 Signature Item
Bertie's Knickerbocker Glory — a towering glass of Bertie's house ice cream layered with fruit coulis, wafer biscuits, fresh cream and a cherry on top, a seaside classic done with flair
Dahne
Ice Cream & Gelato5.0
Dahne
Edinburgh
🥗 Vegetarian; Vegan options
🥇 Signature Item
Dahne artisan gelato — freshly churned small-batch Italian-style gelato made from quality ingredients at this Dalry Road gelateria, with rotating seasonal flavours for the local community
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Ice Cream & Gelato5.0
Alaskan Ice
Chislehurst
🥗 Vegetarian
🥇 Signature Item
Alaskan Ice Chislehurst artisan ice cream — freshly made artisan ice cream at High Street BR7 Chislehurst, a beloved South East London suburb neighbourhood ice cream parlour