La Gelatiera

Seriously, best ice cream I've ever tasted. Smooth, creamy, full of flavor and not too sweet. A bit hidden but worth the detour. Hazelnut and pistachio are highly recommended as well as the chocolate sorbet. Great discovery!

This is a big highlight of Covent Garden. This small and trendy little gelato cafe that popped up on New Row just off St Martin's lane sure does tick all the trendy boxes. Small inside and outside seating, quirky design and chalk board menus. You can really feel the personal touch of the owners. All the frozen goodness looked very tempting with very unusual flavours. Try the Basil Chili and Chocolate Chili. Wow!!!!! It's worth mentioning that they also have hot chocolate, that comes in three ranges - dark 75% cocoa, milk 58% cocoa and white. They came in lovely tea cup, and it's definitely one of the best hot chocolate I've tasted. Opens pretty late for a Gelato place. Do not miss it for a bit of a treat!

Im a hot chocolate addict!! just passed the gelateria in covent garden... they have the best I have had so far!!! 70% chocolate and its just delicious, the best drink to get this christmassy feeling... . Occasionally I treat myself with an ice cream, they do mouth watering natural artesian gelato, the best for me in London!! Also the staff is awesome!! very friendly, nice, and so knowledgeable about all ingrediens of their gelato flavours!!! awesome, they deserve the FIVE stars!!!

Same as previously but I forgot to rate! I have worked a couple of months a La Gelatiera as well as in a couple of other gelaterias in London and I can confirm that this is by far the closest to an all natural artisan gelateria you will get in London. What makes them unique as opposed to what someone stated below is actually the creaminess and smoothness of their ice cream. This is due to the fact that they use the best organic milk in the country and they make their base themselves. The only gelateria I know who is doing it except maybe Gelupo. Also w/o revealing any secrets, they don't use sugar grains in their gelato and sorbets so I am not sure what this reviewer below is confused with. Maybe with some nice real caramel bits in their wonderful salty caramel gelato... If you don;t believe the buzz just ask them to visit their kitchen but believe me these guys are fab!

La Gelatiera is definitely deserves a 5 star rating for its icecream itself (although I do hope the shop could has more sitting space). I am a super icecream fan and I am very picky. Yes I mean serious Italian natural artisian type of Gelato, rather than those too creamy and sweet American ones. I love the inventiveness of flavour brought by La Gelatiera, everytime I went in there were surprises. My favourite so far are rose water (although hasnt seen it for quite a while), salty caramel, sweet potato (again hasnt seen it for sometime), balsamic vinegar and black sesame. Sorbets are nice too with chunky bits of fresh fruits. Def go if in Covent Garden area.

Brilliant ice cream let down by rude and unskilled staff. Coffee was lousy. Get your ice cream and leave asap. The hostile service spoiled the whole experience.

I tasted only 2 flavors, among a disappointing offer of a dozen that day. The pistacchio was pleasantly strong, with a nice salty taste. The amaretto was more ordinary, too sweet and not strong enough to my taste (although much better than a "basic" ice cream), of course. The staff was kind enough to offer me to sample 2 flavours, which was very helpful. The most disappointing part of the experience was the shop itself, which wasn't very clean (sticky tables, stains on the floor). Also, the wooden spoon I was given absorbed very quickly the ice cream, therefore it cracked very early in my mouth and gave a strange flavour to the ice cream. For 3.50GBP for 2 scoops in a cup, I had expected a better experience.

I have worked a couple of months a La Gelatiera as well as in a couple of other gelaterias in London and I can confirm that this is by far the closest to an all natural artisan gelateria you will get in London. What makes them unique as opposed to what someone stated below is actually the creaminess and smoothness of their ice cream. This is due to the fact that they use the best organic milk in the country and they make their base themselves. The only gelateria I know who is doing it except maybe Gelupo. Also w/o revealing any secrets, they don't use sugar grains in their gelato and sorbets so I am not sure what this reviewer below is confused with. Maybe with some nice real caramel bits in their wonderful salty caramel gelato... If you don;t believe the buzz just ask them to visit their kitchen but believe me these guys are fab!

Probably (and consistently) some of the best icecreams i've had. Which says a lot given my Italian heritage. Gelateria takes me back to Gelupo early days when the artisans were still experimental and and focused to produce the finest results. Gelateria exceeds the traditional parlours in italy (and abroad) by pushing the boundary of what can be ice-cramized. I'm surprised TimeOut is only rating it a 3, maybe it's time for them to pay another visit to this little shop.

Sorry, I've only been to two places for ice cream in london, and 'Scoop' wins hands down. While the is inventiveness of flavour combos is commendable, if you're looking for silky smooth gelato this is not the place to go. Between the four of us we tried 12 flavours and the standout ones were the chocolate sorbet, salted caramel and their orange, cinnamon and wheat flavour. Would definitely return simply to try more flavours, but the icecream was gritty (I could pick out the sugar granules) and for £5 for three small scoops, they could have been a bit more generous!