The ice cream is lovely, tastes very similar to the products made by Equi’s(aka Nardini’s) though. We used to make a special trip from Ayrshire every few weeks but eventually got fed up with the attitude of the woman who owns the shop. Always tries to hurry you, if you don’t like people taking a few minutes to decide what flavour they want perhaps offering simple vanilla should suffice. The dirty looks and eye rolling sadly became too much to justify the £15−20 round trip in fuel costs. Thankfully there is now better quality offerings throughout Ayrshire now.
Duncan W.
Rating des Ortes: 5 Kelvinbridge, Glasgow, United Kingdom
OK let’s face it who doesn’t love ice cream. Well maybe if your lactose intolerant. Anyway there is always good ice cream and bad ice cream. On this occasion this is awesome ice cream. With a mad selection of weird and wonderful flavours the south side is blessed with the presence of this retailer. OK now I know it might sound a little weird going out for a tub of ice cream on a cold winter night. But really it is that good so the temperature doesn’t matter. Get on down here and give it a go. Then come back to try other flavours.
Kate M.
Rating des Ortes: 4 Giffnock, United Kingdom
This is a cracking wee ice cream shop, its all made on the premises and tastes delicious. The white choc ice cream is a tiny bit sickly and the lemon is on the sweeter side, personal taste I just prefer mine tart. The Jaffa cake ice cream is the bomb! It tastes exactly like Jaffa cakes, you get a decent portion for a decent price and the cones are tasty. If you get a wee tub to take home you get loads for you £1.50. The only reason they get a 4 instead of a 5 is because the staff can be a bit abrupt. They have a massive selection of ice cream and you should def pop in. They also do have bins close by now, I’m a local resident and I don’t see ice cream tubs everywhere.
Francesca R.
Rating des Ortes: 5 Thornliebank, United Kingdom
My only quibble is with the name — it’s not a parlour. There’s nowhere to sit. But, all the rest is perfection. I came from the state in the US that consumes the highest amount of ice cream per capita in the country. Even though it’s freezing cold four months of the year(at least), we still love our ice cream, and we make the best. So I am very particular. Valentini’s lives up to my high standards by keeping it simple. The base ice cream has the right balance of creaminess to sweetness, and the proper creamy consistency. I don’t know if it’s an old Italian family recipe or if this family just has a good sense of taste, but the ice cream is delicious. It’s a wee takeaway joint with some other sweeties on offer but mostly it’s just the ice cream, front and center, with a good variety of cones to choose from(or a cup, if that’s your thing). Not only that, but it’s extremely inexepensive! Good value, my Scottish friends, and a good treat.
Clive3
Rating des Ortes: 1 Glasgow, United Kingdom
Its an ice cream shop! Also no bins outside, so as a local this means we always have ice cream tubs dumped everywhere.
Eleanor M.
Rating des Ortes: 5 Glasgow, United Kingdom
Oh wow. I just love Valentini’s ice-cream! A family run business with a friendly atmosphere and a traditional feel to it. They have a huge selection of ice-cream which are all homemade, Irn-Bru, Smartie, tutti-frutti, rainbow, honeycomb, they just have every kind you could imagine each one more delicious than the last. I love coming here in the summer, after a little stroll through nearby Rouken Glen Park I’ll pop along Fenwick Road to have a look at the shops… and of course, get a Valentini’s ice! They also have a huge selection of sweets, chocolates and cans chilling in the fridge.
Kikika
Rating des Ortes: 5 Glasgow, United Kingdom
Valentinis serve their home made Italian icecream with flavours ranging from lime sorbet to apple pie and even Irn bru!