Chocolate, vanilla, rhubarb, beetroot or goat cheese flavoured ice-cream? How about some gelato with a roletti, with some chocolate syrup and maybe some rainbow sprinkles? Fancy a scoop of ice-cream or maybe a rose-shaped frozen beauty in a scone? We tried the best ice-creams in the city and we would like to share our experience with you. During our little tour we found out everything about ice-cream; how is it made, who has the best and what makes them different from each other. We were looking for the little wonders and we checked out how prices, sizes, scones, concepts and flavours change.

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Centrál kávéház - ice-cream by bloggers

1053 Budapest, Károlyi Mihály utca 9.
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As we have already told you about, Centrál kávéház had a few daring ideas for the latest season. The hand-made ice-creams are creations of well-known Hungarian gastro bloggers, including Mirelle, A két cica konyhája and Sajtkukac. The unusual tastes go very well with the classic selections, with chocolate and vanilla and they have some refreshing fruit sorbets as well. They are very proud of their ice-cream cups; there are fruity ones, coffee and liqueur flavoured versions as well.

1 scoop – 4 dkg – 150 HUF

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Gerbeaud – classic selection in hand-made scones

1051 Budapest, Vörösmarty tér 7-8.

A scoop of Gerbeaud ice-cream is a real treat for the kids of Budapest. The historic confectionery decided to stick with the classic flavours this season and they went for the simple, traditional tastes. They do not use any kind of artificial additives or colouring when making the ice-creams; instead of these they use real fine-quality ingredients such as Valhrona cocoa powder, hazelnut pralines, real freshly brewed coffee, Ceylon cinnamon and Bourbon vanilla. The only rather unusual ice-cream is the orange- caramel flavoured one, which is the frozen version of the orange-caramel cake. The scones are made by hand in the confectionery from almond flour – these delicacies are somewhere in between divine and lewd.

1 scoop – 5 dkg – 300 HUF

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Gelarto Rosa – tasteful flowers

1051 Budapest, Szent István tér 3.
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For a long time, locals thought that the small confectionery, , close to Basilica is for tourists and foreigners only. It took years for Budapest citizens to actually discover the place. The rose-shaped creations of Niki Szökör are gorgeous, healthy and surprisingly delicious. Besides the Italian-styled rosy beauties, she offers hand-made ice-creams and macarons as well. She’s not using pre-prepared materials, she makes her own bases for the treats and she’s not using additives or artificial colourings either. The sorbets are really fruity – they are more like a vitamin bomb than a simple ice-cream.

1 rose – 7,5 dkg – 2 flavours – 400 HUF

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Artigiana Gelati – The first and the best for families

Artigiana was opened in 1990, when one scoop of ice-cream cost only 13 forints. They established the Hungarian ice-cream culture and they are still making serious efforts to keep it up. Thanks to the very kind and helpful staff members the confectionary is almost full, non-stop. They learn the names quickly; they know their customers who are lactose-intolerant and they recognise people with diabetes as soon as they enter the door. They work with three different ice-cream bases. They don’t believe in ice-cream cups so fortunately they don’t have any. On the other hand they believe in delicious home-made whipped crème and they are happy to surprise you with an extra dose of it. They don’t use an ice-cream spoon, they use a spatula so you can enjoy a bigger amount of the sweets. The majority of the clientele includes kids and pensioners; they can choose from the special offers – there is a so called ‘felező’ which means that there are two flabours in one portion for the same price. This is the most homelike confectionary of them all.

1 portion – 4 dkg – 150 HUF