Massimo's Gelateria — Attraction in Noosa Heads

Hastings Street in Noosa: a stretch of overpriced boutiques, influencer-friendly bistros, and enough ice creameries to make a lactose-intolerant weep. The street runs just 600 metres, and in that space, you’ll find at least five places peddling frozen treats, all claiming to be the best. But Massimo’s doesn’t have to. No gimmicks. No fluorescent-blue bubblegum nonsense. Just proper Italian gelato - dense, creamy, unapologetically rich.

A small cup or cone will set you back $6.50 (an extra dollar if you want the dignity of a waffle cone), and even the smallest size lets you pick two flavours. But don’t expect a free taste test - Massimo’s keeps the line moving. I went with chocolate truffle (dark, indulgent) and cherry swirl (bright, tangy). My daughter, ever the purist, got chocolate. And my brother’s mango sorbet was so good we all regretted not getting it.

If you’re after 47 novelty flavours and a side of cookie dough chunks, Ben & Jerry’s is down the street. Massimo’s keeps it classic. No seating, so you’ll either hover awkwardly outside, perch on a curb like a Victorian orphan, or make a break for the beach before the Noosa sun turns your gelato into soup. Or, if you insist on furniture, there’s Yo-Chi further up - where you can sit inside and pretend frozen yogurt is a satisfying...

⛔️⚠️ NO TASTING ⚠️⛔️ not even if there’s no one cueing❗️❗️ After spending about $20 (the value of a full container for them) I asked to have a little taste of their coffee ice cream 🍦 because I didn’t want to get disappointed on a notoriously hard taste to make and if you make it right, well, you are a ver good gelateria…otherwise you are just a iced cream maker! I even asked them “so you would rather have a bad review than investing a tiny spoon of your gelato?” …well, I’ll avoid further comments on their extremely strict company policy and talk about this gelato quality. Terrible, a terrible icy/frozen ❄️ coffee cream and a low quality gelato that melts too fast because of its extremely poor balanced leve of sugar (too high) and added powders/ preservatives which makes this iced cream melt faster than it should…give it a go if you like but check how...

yes yes... the ice cream may taste nice ( if you have tried the ones you want). but you know what would be better? taste samples. how stingy can you get?

So when i asked them; Ok then, what does this flavor taste like? or how about this one? i didn't want to get too rude to the server as i know he's just the worker but he could clearly see my point of view.

When i question them why is there no taste samples. Their answer was "that's what the boss said" so i asked them to bring out there manager and there answer was they are not here.

i was really looking forward to have some nice ice cream too. i just had to make do by winging it and spend the expensive ice cream.

overall one of the flavors wasn't what i wanted and it put a bad taste in my mouth that the owner is a stingy money...