Heladería Babalú — Restaurant in San Pedro de Atacama

The ice cream tastes exceptional and most important: it is made with natural ingredients. Each flavor comes through and is just the right amount of sweet. We were very surprised and didn’t expect much since I don’t think that Chileans are known for their ice cream skills. But since I taste ice cream and gelato all over the world I needed to give this place a fair try. The coconut, mint and passion fruit ice cream are the best I have ever tasted. And I’ve been to Italy many times! Hazelnut was still good and natural tasting, but did not compare to gelato places in Florence - still decent though. It is definitely on the pricey side but depending on your budget worth trying :) And the service could’ve been more friendly and welcoming, had the feeling they were a bit...

Cool concept but as someone who's sampled most of the unique flavors, it's mostly overrated. I cant say if $3usd (4.90 for 2) is high for the region but is otherwise high for South America! I was verbally requested to tip during payment on my first visit by a chico. Very bold! There was a nasty chica who kept saying 2 SAMPLES ONLY after her colleage already gave me several. If it's a rule, post it! You have extremely unique flavors in a tourist town at a high cost per scoop. IF YOU WANT SALES YOU MUST ALLOW MANY SAMPLES. That's life. Second visit she wasnt there and was fine but I noticed a giant tip jar for "an iphone" or whatever. Very tasteless. That said, of all the flavors I had I only liked two: catcus is good and selva negra (black forest cake)...

The hygene inside the place is absolutely shocking!! While we were choosing our scoops of ice, we observed two employees, one picking what looked to be lice (?!) from the hair of the colleague sitting down not even 1 metre away from the icecream window. I stared at them for 2 minutes and they continued. Obviously we threw away the cone. I am all for supporting local businesses, but this is a...