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Call me old fashioned but when paying Top Dollar I think you should get Top service.
Ice cream/Sorbet ok but not outstanding for the price.
Staff can t judge them all but I must have met the rude one having a bad day.. Jezos what an attitude talk about dismissive and up her own bum.. and I was trying to be sooo polite as it was a scorcher of a day and kinda felt sorry for her.. hahah
My favourite ice cream place. Changing and peculiar flavours. All home made and very friendly atmosphere
Delicious flavours, often unusual and interesting combinations. Especially enjoyed the aperol sorbet! Friendly staff too and lovely decor.
Excellent hot chocolate, so intense, feels like you're drinking a fruitshake.
Very interesting ice cream flavors
Been going here for many years. Amazing, refreshing ice cream with very good flavours.
The sorbets are so refreshing and creamy. Staff were friendly. We got to chatting.
Wonderfully cosy and creative ice cream shop. Little details make it a perfect summer stop for new flavours!
Great ice cream, with some different flavours, the cakes are great too
Ice cream at 8 at night on a cold March evening? Yup this place still serving it.
Delicious! This is a little quiet icecream place that's open late on Fridays and Saturdays.
It's great to have a local ice cream shop, and the idea of using all natural ingredients is a commendable one, albeit that seemingly as a result some of the flavours end up a bit subtle. For me I much prefer Italian style gelato with bigger bolder flavours, but presumably the ice cream here is healthier.
I would rate it higher were the service not so hit and miss. I come here with my daughter and there was at least one member of staff who was really nice to her - although we haven't seen her for a while now. Several of the younger, presumably newer members of staff have been surly and quite unpleasant though.
A particular bugbear of mine is the fact the kid's cone is only available in three flavours (chocolate, raspberry ripple and "maxi moo moo" - essentially a plain milk ice cream). My daughter, although only 5, is quite adventurous with flavours and surely part of the fun of going to an ice cream shop with a selection is trying something different every time - an open mindedness I want to encourage. ...but being only 5 I don't want her to eat a full grown up sized serving - and you can't exactly take an ice cream away from a child part way through when you think they've had enough. So this usually ends up in a surprisingly difficult conversation with the staff where I try to explain what seems to me a fairly straightforward concept - that I'm happy to pay the price for an adult serving if necessary so she doesn't have to be restricted to just 3 flavours but I want them to give her a "kid's cone" amount... A couple of times this has led to the staff being seemingly flummoxed and becoming quite grumpy.
All of that is a rather stark contrast against the warmth, willingness to accommodate and natural love of children (and, to be honest, better ice cream) we've experienced in gelaterias on Italian holidays. Is it really so hard to recreate that here? I have wonderful memories of both the gelato and the hospitality at Profumo di Rosa in Genoa, La Mela Verde in Venice, Vivoli in Florence or even closer to home Olivogelo in Belgravia.
Maybe we should just move to Italy?
Never again!!! Ben & Jerry's ice cream is cheaper and much better!!!
Delicious ice cream! Their Prosecco ice creams are define :)
Top ice cream. Can improve the gloomiest of moods. Fact.
The ice cream was alright but I wouldn't say it was one of the best I had.The hot chocolate however was great! I had a dairy version but they have a dairy free option too.
IT'S ICE CREAM. Mmmmm!!!
IT'S DELICIOUS. YUM!!!
TRY THE FLAVOURS. YAY!!
GREAT STAFF.
This is the best place to get ice cream and sorbets in North London. They let you taste the different flavours and the varieties are unique. Highly recommended.
Lovely ice-cream, kind service - staff suitably apologetic that due to an unforeseen heatwave and a bate of employee sickness there was an enormous queue. The only mild observation I'd make is that if you do go "card only" it would be better not to prohibit American Express, one of the most common cards people want to use.
Can't wait to try the chocolate sorbet next time!
Wonderful gelato. An exciting array of flavours and seriously some of the best ice cream you will ever taste!
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