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Gelaterium restaurants in Rome

  1. A

    Giolitti

    This started as a dairy in 1900 and still keeps the hoards happy with succulent sorbets and creamy combinations. Gregory Peck and Audrey Hepburn swung by in Roman Holiday and it used to deliver marron glacé to Pope John Paul II.

    reviewed

  2. B

    La Fonte della Salute

    It might not be quite the ‘fountain of health’ of the name, but the fruit flavours are so delicious they must surely be good for the soul.

    reviewed

  3. C

    Gelateria della Palma

    A warning to parents: don't take kids in here unless you want to spend a lot. Like an ice-cream version of Willy Wonka's chocolate factory, this brightly-coloured gelateria believes in customer choice, offering up to 100 different flavours. The specialities are creamy mousse gelati and the meringata varieties with bits of meringue.

    reviewed

  4. D

    Checco er Carettiere

    Something of a food complex, this is a restaurant, bakery, gelateria and osteria. With a swinging 1950s feel, the restaurant is wood-panelled throughout and terracotta-floored. Roman dishes to savour include saltimbocca alla romana or bombolotti (ridged tube pasta) all'amatriciana. The osteria is a small, appealing place with a few daily specials. The cakes at the café (07:00-01:00) are delicious, and the ice cream good too.

    The walls are smothered in black-and-white photos of celebrities. Some tables are tucked into alcoves for intimate parties, or there's a large convivial room with wooden columns and an outside patio. There's a special smoking room between this and…

    reviewed

  5. E

    Al Settimo Gelo

    The name’s a play on ‘seventh heaven’ and it’s not a far-fetched title for one of Rome’s finest gelaterie with a devotion to the best possible natural ingredients. Try the Greek ice cream or cardamom made to an Afghan recipe.

    reviewed

  6. F

    Alberto Pica

    This is a historic Roman gelateria, open since 1960. In summer, it offers flavours such as fragoline di bosco (wild strawberry) and petali di rosa (rose petal), but rice flavours are specialities year-round (resembling frozen rice pudding – yum).

    reviewed

  7. G

    Fiocco di Neve

    Tiny place, grumpy staff, natural colours – this has all the hallmarks of a good Roman gelateria. Romans come to the ‘Snowflake’, near the Pantheon, when they’re in the mood for something creamy. Try the house speciality, affogato di zabaglione al caffè, a delicious coffee and zabaglione creation.

    reviewed

  8. H

    San Crispino

    Possibly the world’s best gelato. What! You want a cone? The delicate, strictly natural and seasonal flavours are served only in tubs (cones would detract from the taste).

    reviewed

  9. I

    Mondi

    Historic pasticceria-gelataria serving fantastico flavours such as raspberry and chocolate, chocolate and orange peel, and fragoline di bosco (wild strawberry).

    reviewed

  10. J

    Ara Coeli

    Close to the base of the Campidoglio, Ara Coeli has more than 40 flavours of excellent organic ice cream, semicold varieties, Sicilian granita (flavoured shaved ice) and yoghurt.

    reviewed

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  12. K

    San Crispino

    Possibly the world’s best gelato. What! You want a cone? The delicate, strictly natural and seasonal flavours are served only in tubs (cones would detract from the taste).

    reviewed