The Best Gelato in Perth

Whether the sun’s shining or you’re having an after-dinner treat, the city’s gelaterias are scooping some of the nation’s best. We’ve taken on the arduous task of narrowing down a few of the best gelato shops in Perth:

Chicho Gelato

Ultra-cool “new-wave” gelateria Chicho Gelato has been churning some of Perth’s best gelato since opening their Northbridge store in 2016. Merging old-school techniques with new-school flavours and top-tier produce, its easy to understand why. As well as timeless classics, Chicho excel at unique and refined flavour combos – lavender and honeycomb and malted milk cornflake cookie are oft-returning superstars – but their collabs and limited edition flavours are a particular treat. You’ll be more than convinced to enjoy ice cream in winter with a toasty gelato con brioche. They’ve currently got a pop-up in Bicton, and we’re hotly anticipating the new Freo store opening soon!

180 William Street, Northbridge

Stampede Gelato

From its humble beginnings as a gelato delivery service, Stampede’s been the low-key MVP of gelato in Perth. Pack an appetite, and a sense of adventure, and mosey on down to Freo’s the The Sunshine Harvester Works for some wonderfully weird and wacky flavours. Some recent combos include miso, white chocolate and cinnamon, peach and blue Powerade and olive oil Tim Tam, raspberry balsamic sorbet and their signature, Vegemite white chocolate. Keep an eye out for their vintage US postal truck, too: this super cute, solar-powered truck is available to hire for your next event – the solar panels mean no generator, which means the truck is super mobile and whisper quiet.

Kuld Creamery

Without getting into the nuances of ice-cream vs gelato, the super friendly folks at Kuld manage to balance gourmet ingredients with crowd-pleasing flavours, which is really our main concern. Each week they churn a rotating roster of small-batch ice-cream for their two stores, with flavours that range from the ever-popular salted caramel, New York cheesecake, mint chip and chocolate chunk, to more unique flavours, like carrot cake – a cinnamon and brown sugar ice-cream, swirled with cream cheese icing and heaps of their mum’s beloved carrot cake, or cajeta, a Mexican goat’s milk caramel with a swirl of chocolate coated potato chips. What a combo! Their cookies are also amazing on their own, but hey, it seems like a waste not to sandwich a scoop between two…

Dumbo Gelato

Relative newcomers to the gelato game, Dumbo Gelato have been getting tongues wagging since their opening in 2019. Brought to you by the same team as Scarbs neighbour El Grotto and Highgate party spot Si Paradiso, you know Dumbo is going to be super slick in the branding and fit out departments, but rest assured: the gelato is just as good. A menu that is 50% vegan and mostly gluten-free, four-legged friends can even get in on the action, with a special dog-friendly gelato. Now that’s inclusivity!

Drawing from nostalgic Australian desserts, expect flavours like pavlova, Milo milkshake and lamington, a Vegemite-swirled play on salted caramel, as well as native Australian wattle seed and macadamia. Don’t be surprised if the other venues’ influence seeps through, either – with seasonal boozy flavours like limoncello spritz, negroni dad and Tommy’s margarita. I know where I’ll be next weekend…

Billy Van Creamy

After their roaring success in Melbourne, the Perth-born lads behind Billy Van Creamy opened a second store in Northbridge late 2018, and the luminously pink fit-out is hard to miss. These guys are all about simplicity, churning hand-made ice-cream with no “funny stuff”: no emulsifiers, no stabilisers, no artificial colours or flavours. Simple flavours made with high quality ingredients are king – so as well as a few rotating specials, you’ll find a tidy list of favourites on offer, (think along the lines of chocolate, choc-mint, vanilla bean, espresso) as well as a selection of vegan flavours that more than hold their own. With vegan peanut butter choc-chip on offer, who needs dairy?

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Roho Bure

Speaking of vegan, how about purveyors of all-vegan ice-cream Roho Bure? These guys make it a little too easy too indulge, but then again, when it’s vegan, sugar-free and gluten-free, it’s hard to feel all that guilty about it. Ensuring that the vegans amongst us no longer have to pick from one or two options, Roho Bure have a huge, ever-changing list of flavours. Recent specials include mango, orange blossom and candied almonds, coconut and pandan blondie, and salted peanut and almond brittle. If that’s not enough, you can have yours in a cookie sandwich, or a doughnut sandwich if it’s a Friday (TGIVDF… thank God it’s vegan doughnut Friday), or even pick up an ice-cream cake for a special occasion.

The Milk Barrel

Handcrafted and unpretentious, Milk Barrel has been serving up award winning gelato from their Hillarys shop since 2017. Small batches are made fresh on premises using traditional Italian methods, and with over 16 flavours on offer, everyone’s covered: whether you’re into a super simple Sicilian pistachio or the more decadent flavours like Ferrero Rocher or pavlova. Those with more adventurous tastebuds should keep an eye out for their super popular, also award winning durian ice-cream.

Pietro Gelateria

Pietro Gelateria is pumping out gelato that manages to be both authentically Italian and fantastically experimental. Whether you like it in a cone, on a stick, or even in a cannoli, Pietro have a huge range of flavours available – staples include ricotta, orange and dark chocolate, orange and fennel, lavender and earl grey and coffee and salted caramel. If that isn’t enough, they’ve got six constantly rotating limited edition flavours on the go as well. Highlights of their recent specials include grape and green tea, peach, mascarpone and almond, and ricotta, basil and berry – as well as a pretty out-there savoury potato and mint number. Now if that isn’t experimental, we don’t know what is!

Whisk Creamery

Churning some pretty picture-perfect gelato from their Subi and Northbridge stores, Whisk Creamery‘s sweet treats taste as good as they look. Nothing is done by halves here – think towering peaks of ice cream drizzled with decadent caramel sauces, cronut ice cream sandwiches (this needs no explanation, surely), or absolutely Insta-worthy taiyaki.

151 Rokeby Road, Subiaco
246 William Street, Northbridge

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Mimmo’s Gourmet Gelato

Made fresh each day in small batches, Mimmo’s gelato has been turning heads with plenty of awards over the years. – in fact, six consecutive Royal Show wins. While this gelato is good enough to enjoy all on it’s own, take things up a notch or two with gelato-filled cannoli, or even enjoy it with some house-baked Sicilian brioche!

Unit 9, 121 James Street, Guildford

Milan Gelato