Nivà Matosinhos | Gelados Tradicionais Italianos — Restaurant in Matosinhos

Yes, you do want this gelato. You had a delicious meal of grilled seafood up the street in Matoshinos and amazing as it was, it's not gelato. So you amble on down here and get yourself a gelato.

The sizes are a ruse: the cup is packed full of this heavenly creamy concoction. I had dark chocolate (ganache chocolate preto) and passion fruit (maracuya). My husband had strawberry (morango) instead of the passion fruit. The chocolate tasted like every delicious sin you've thought about committing. The passion fruit was a light, tangy, perfect repartee. The strawberry actually tasted like what a fresh strawberry tastes like, sweet and bright.

In summary, eat (this) ice cream. You'll be...

The quality and flavour of the ice-cream is great and the personnel is very kind, however, I believe that in the site of Matosinhos they are not keeping the ice-cream at the right temperature. The ice-cream is way too soft and melts very quickly which is a pity, as it doesn't allow to taste the flavours at their best. I've tried Niva's ice-creams in Turin and in Lisbon and I was never disappointed and the ice-cream was definitely more "firm" while still very creamy. I hope you'll positively take my feedback and check the temperature of your cooling system. I wish all the success you deserve for your...

Nice place Seem good quality Great location Visited few times from opening last year and today was every disappointed in the women toilet with no button to press ( as in many Portugal places 😏), seems like they don’t care who women will break the nails to push some plastic stick inside - UPDATE they fix the toilet problem but need to cleaned with more attention

Also it’s not pleasant to sit on the arm-chair that had dirty material ( May be people were sitting with wet cloth after beach, and now it’s looks dirty). My proposal for the owner to pay attention...