The best ice cream in Catania! We've tried 2 brioches with almond, gelatissimo, pear, cannolo(Giuseppe's specialty) . They were amazing! The brioches were coming from the oven at the time we entered in the shop. Then, we tried 1 granita with peach and melone, the best granita in Catania, and the best granita we've ever tasted in Sicilia. Then, we've tried 1 glass of Panna, it was amazing!!! It was really similar to the real creme chantilly. Giuseppe has welcommed us in a great way and he made us try different flavours and he explained us how he he prepares the best ice cream we've...
   Read moreStrong local ingredients, let me try the entire store before I bought. The pistachio ice cream has a high content of high quality pistachio paste. There are a lot of Sicilian speciality ice creams to try. You can tell the owner takes pride in his work, the high rating is well deserved. Edit: tried 10 famous ice cafés in Palermo, none of them could even compete with Giuseppe! Too sweet, less raw material content, fewer traditional recipes, etc... This...
   Read moreWe are 5 and followed the review to this little simple shop. The flavors are very fresh and nice, not overly sweet and one can taste the fruit/nuts/spices themselves.
This is hands down the best gelato I have had in Sicily. And we have had a lot.
Highly recommended are (we tried all of them) pistachio puro (super nice nutty flavor without much sugar), dark chocolate, pure milk (forgot the actual name), cinnamon and strawberry. Heck we like all of...
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