Gelato Mio

As good as it gets for Italian gelato in London ! Don’t miss out if in the Fulham area

Unbelievably good ice cream. As authentic and Italian as it gets and all home made. Only been a few times but I do hope it survives as I can’t imagine the mini roundabout at the end of Fulham palace road is the best location. Anyway, will be back very soon, especially when it starts to Get sunny again.

I’m not a huge fan of ice cream, but Gelato Mio is pretty impressive. Like the other Unilocaler, I do have trouble getting here (and certainly taking it home), but I’ve been a couple of times and it has always been great. They have a great list of flavours (and do monthly specials as well). Their mint choc chip ‘Menta’ tastes of fresh mint which is really different than I’m used to, but Biscotto is definitely my favourite flavour.

I thought the best ice cream I had ever had was on the shore of Monterosso in Italy. For months after our trip to paradise I would weep exaggerated tears for my missed Fragola gelato from the Cinque Terre coast. I cry no more!
I had passed Gelato Mio a few times on the bus but it wasn’t until a gloriously sunny day after a long hot walk through Bishop’s Park did I finally get a taste. The shop isn’t very big and for some crazy reason the counter is quite close to the shop window and the blazing sun but other than that Gelato Mio is my heaven on earth.
I’ve been back more times that I care to admit and I am still seriously contemplating getting one of their take away containers and quickly getting it home in a cab, something that would cost me near £20 just for ice cream! Believe me it is worth it. The scoops are generous and all the classic flavours are there. My favourites are Fragola (strawberry) and Pistaccio where my husband’s fav is Stracciatella for the rich chocolate chips.
My father loves ice cream and he had only just been in town a few weeks before I made my discovery. During that visit he asked if there was anywhere to go for good ice cream near where we live in Putney. If only I had known about this place when he was here. Sigh.
I know they have several locations (including St. Pancras) but I’ve only been to the Fulham branch. The quality is impeccable so I would bet they are all the same.
I better go, I have a cab to call and space in my freezer!

I first tried this new place yesterday evening (well new for me, apparently it has been opened for a year or so), after a very stressful day. So I first went for a coffee to a neaby place that I regularly go to so I was surprised when I saw this place on my way home. I frequently pass by this road but I had never seen this place until yesterday, when I walked it by. This means that this place is easy to miss and probably in the wrong location.
It looks like it has just open, all brand new and shiny.
At first, it looks like it is a small ice cream shop where you quickly buy your ice cream from and eat it out. However, there is a seating area at the back, which I only noticed when the person that served us mentioned it as we were keen to sit down.
The seating area is really quiet and calming, just what I needed. The place was empty, so that helped too. There is a comfy corner sofa as well as a few tables with benches. They also offer hot drinks so it is a nice alternative to the usual coffee shop, particularly as they also have wifi, so a good spot to do some work while sipping your coffee or enjoying a lovely Italian gelato. I guess the downside is that the seating area is inside so not the best option when it is sunny outside.
Now, on to the gelato itself… they were really great! I love ice-​cream, although I am not ice cream connoisseur, but these tasted delicious to me. I tried several flavours, as I wasn’t sure which ones to order and the person that served us encouraged us to taste them first instead, which was great. So I tasted a few and in the end I had the strawberry one (sooo yummy! very creamy and natural), the chocolate and hazelnut one (if you like Nutella, go for it, enough said!) and the banana and kiwi (again, very creamy and natural, it didn’t have the strong flavour that the others had but it was very nice too)
The person that served us was also attentive and nice. The person I went with mentioned that it would fit better to have a bubbly and outgoing person instead behind the counter, as the girl was an Italian girl kind of shy and quiet. For me, she contributed to the calmness I felt in the place, which is what I was after, so she helped to make the experience pleasant.
The one thing that I will say though is that I found it too pricey, at £2.90 for one scoop. This will mean that rather than go there every time I feel like an ice cream (or even just a coffee, knowing that I would definitely have an ice cream too once I see them), I will just go for an occassional treat, shame :(