These ice cream parlors in Amsterdam sell truly delicious Italian gelato

Cono o coppetta? If they don’t give you a strange look when you ask yourself that question out loud at an Amsterdam ice cream parlor, you’ve most likely got gelato on your hands. Unless the ice cream seller simply finds it strange that you’re asking yourself that question out loud. But spare yourself the risk of an embarrassing scene: our colleague Sophie from Italiamo has already done the work for you. At these ice cream parlors in Amsterdam, you’re not just in the right place for truly Italian gelato—you’re in a very good place.

Gelato at Amsterdam’s ice cream parlors

Massimo Gelato

Let’s start with the biggest hero right away: Il Signor Massimo. Fantastic for years now, and thankfully there are currently three locations in the city, so you’ll never miss out when an urgent case of gelato craving strikes. Since I’m a fan of classic flavors, I say go for pistachio, but I order that everywhere anyway.

Miuz Gelato Artigianale

A relative newcomer among these ice cream veterans. Ice cream maker Carlo doesn’t just make ice cream, but gelato in all kinds of unusual flavors. And in this case that doesn’t mean ridiculous Smurf ice cream, but, for example: hummus ice cream and burrata ice cream. Ice cream made with fair-trade cacao beans, fresh lemons from Amalfi, single-origin coffee beans and dairy from local farms. After all, he’s a true Italian. An extra nice touch: no Dutch scoop here, but a cone or cup filled with a spatula with as many flavors as you like—but don’t try to cram five flavors into the smallest one per favore.

Pisa IJs

See a line at the RAI on a summer’s day? Then there’s a better chance people are waiting for ice cream from Pisa than for an exciting trade fair, I’m telling you. A household name in the capital since 1935.

Venetië

Is the line at Pisa too long? There’s a good chance there’s a line at Venetië too, but it’s worth a try. And if there’s no line, try both right away. I promise they’re both good, so afterward you can choose your own favorite and from then on join the right linea straight away.

Monte Pelmo

Through good contacts with Italians in the 1950s, the Cornelisse family spotted a gap in the market: opening an Italian ice cream parlor in Amsterdam. Like wildfire, this ‘exotic’ craft spread throughout the city, after which ice cream maker Chris even started preparing his ice creams for other businesses. And to this day, the little ice cream factory in the Jordaan is going like a train.

Da Vinci

At this ice cream parlor in the charming red kiosk on Stadionplein, the ice cream menu features some terrifying options (marshmallow), but also plenty of familiar flavors worth trying. Da Vinci makes its tubs of ice cream in Amstelveen with ingredients that mostly come from Italy. I find the live display case on the website very entertaining: you can decide in advance what you want, so you don’t end up in the extremely stressful situation of having to decide within a minute as soon as you see the display case, with a line behind you.

Tofani

Tofani has also been present as an ice cream parlor in Amsterdam since the 1950s. After all these years, the baton has been passed on, but people from the same Tuscan town are still at the helm. In summer, the men treat Amsterdam to gelato, and in winter they head back toward Benabbio. Pistachio, strawberry, mango and chocolate are always in stock; the rest depends on the ‘harvest’.

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Source: Italiamo