Scoop

Ice-cream parlours

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40 Shorts Gardens

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Rob Greig

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Fri Oct 19 2012

Scoop doesn’t wear its sourcing lightly: the flavours board opposite the counter resembles an ingredient superstar roll-call, listing Gran Cru single-origin cocoas, Piedmontese tonda gentile hazelnuts, both planifolia and tahitensis vanilla pods, Chilean sultanas and Sri Lankan and Indonesian cinnamon. For some flavours, this attention to detail stands out: tè verde (with matcha powder from Kyoto) tasted impressively of green tea before gelato, and pistachio (with nuts from Bronte, the pistachio capital of Italy) was salty before creamy. Other classic Italian gelato flavours, which dominate the selection here, included a powerful amaretto and a deep Ecuadorian cioccolato fondente, though for something even darker, try the cioccolato extra fondente sorbet.

Scoop parlours are decorated in a beige, brown and orange colour palette; limited seating at this branch means that most patrons end up spilling out on to the street or wandering away with their selections.

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Address:
Scoop 40 Shorts Gardens
London
WC2H 9AB

Phone:
020 7240 7086
Website:
www.scoopgelato.com
Opening hours:
Open noon-10.30pm Mon-Fri; noon-11pm Sat; noon-10.30pm Sun
Transport:
Tube: Covent Garden tube
Price:
Ice-cream £3.50 - 2 scoops
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1. Scoop
  - 40 Shorts Gardens
    London
    WC2H 9AB
  - 020 7240 7086
  - www.scoopgelato.com
  - 51.514561,-0.125212

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Food and drink
Facilities:
Eating and drinking facilities. Café. Restaurant and bar facilities. Take away
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(9 ratings)

We had Churros with chocolate dip. It was totally fatty and the service was very slow and disorganised. We did not have gelato but there were many cups with half left gelato on the uncleaned tables so we did not want to order them. We definitely would not go back there. Very unsatisfying.

Rayblossom About 12 days ago
Rated as: 1/5
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Completely below my expectations: the ice cream aspect is to unnatural and too firm, and the flavours' taste too standard. Deinitely Gelupo and La Gelatiera are by far better.

John Tue Jun 5 2012
Rated as: 2/5
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Better Gelatorino,not too far from there and really good!!

Asterix Mon Apr 30 2012
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A very cozy place to date or just relax. It is in a small lane so very quite and peaceful, especially in the evening. And about the ice cream, there is no other word to say except for "wonderful". I really love the true taste of them.

Virgo Sun Mar 25 2012
Rated as: 5/5
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Best ice cream shop in London! Their pistachio ice-cream is incredible! Hazelnut and bacio flavours are also excellent.

Olga Fri Aug 12 2011
Rated as: 5/5
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If only they were friendly... Seems they don't give a shit about their customers.

John Thu Aug 11 2011
Rated as: 3/5
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brilliant !!!!

bert Wed Aug 10 2011
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Frozen!

Deto Tue Aug 9 2011
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Best ice cream in London. Real pistacchio, with no dodgy green food colouring added. 10 minutes of happiness.

Ian Fri Aug 5 2011
Rated as: 5/5
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Amazing icecream. Not to be missed.

SarahP Thu Jun 10 2010
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