Summertime requires some scoops of bliss, and in Cape City, the ice cream choices are limitless.
We’ve scoured the town’s streets – from chilled suburbs to busy beachfronts to share a few of Cape City’s finest ice cream spots to take pleasure in this summer time. These embody:
Serendipity
Tucked away in bustling Belvedere Sq., Serendipity is an enthralling native creamery that gives a daring, vibrant and uniquely decadent menu. Bask in a choice of artisanal ice lotions, genuine Italian gelato, and luxurious sorbets in a quaint, family-friendly setting. Every single day, their in-store grasp gelato makers churn the freshest components into extraordinary creations. Attempt their Boeber, Baklava or Signature S’more-flavored ice lotions if you go to. Serendipity additionally has dairy-free, gluten-free and nut-free sorbet choices.
Location: Store 3, Belvedere Sq., Belvedere Rd, Claremont
Value: From R30
Contact: Go to serendip.co.za/
Ice Dream
Scooping since 1993, Ice Dream is a scorching spot in Hout Bay in the course of the summer time season. This genuine, family-run Italian gelateria has been delighting patrons with scrumptious “old-school” gelato ice cream and sorbets for nearly three a long time. The whole lot is made in-store, with solely the freshest components discovering their approach into every mouth-watering morsel. Savour Stracciatella or tantalising sorbetti in flavours like lemon, bitter cherry, raspberry, litchi, and pink grapefruit, to call a number of. Often, distinctive flavours sneak onto the menu. Vegan and banting gelato choices are additionally out there at Ice Dream.
Location: 1 Homeleigh Centre, Principal Highway, Hout Bay
Value: From R25
Contact: Name +27 21 790 2496 or electronic mail [email protected]
Milk Seashore
Take your style buds on a frosted journey with Milk Seashore, an area gem within the coronary heart of Cape City’s browsing suburb, Muizenberg. Candy-tooth fans can swing by for smiles, laughter and guilt-free sugary goodness. Bask in golden brown Belgian waffles, decadent shakes, and cotton sweet cones with unicorn poop creations. Vegan choices are additionally out there
Location: 54 Seashore Rd, Muizenberg
Value: From R39
Contact: Electronic mail [email protected]
Ditto Ice Cream & Waffle Home
The primary utterly vegan ice cream parlour in Cape City, Ditto, is a 100% plant-based institution. This attraction makes use of oat milk and chunks of recent components to craft their scrumptious unique flavors. Attempt their tantalizing Passionella, Marvellous Mango, and Very Vanilla. Or indulge of their signature Dreamy Cookies and Creamy, Hunkin Chunkin Chocolate, Peanut Butter Bomb, or their Flavour of the Month. Alternatively, construct your individual decadent waffle with dollops of scrumptious ice cream, and crown your chef-d’oeuvre with a selection of 20 toppings. A part of the Ditto expertise is the factor of shock, as they rotate their 30 flavours each two weeks, guaranteeing every go to is recent, enjoyable, and utterly new.
Location: 119 Kloof St, Gardens
Value: From R36. This can be a cash-free facility; solely card funds are accepted)
Contact: Name +27 67 807 4170
Venezia Ice Cream
Venezia is slightly retro-style ice cream parlour tucked away in Sea Level. Often known as one of many Mom Metropolis’s oldest Italian ice cream dens, Venezia has a wide range of scrumptious creamy buttery gelato to your enjoyment. Utilizing their distinctive artisanal course of, and principally South African components, you may take pleasure in inexpensive Italian indulgences all through the summer time holidays. Assume honey and hazelnut, black cherry nougat, toffee fudge and extra.
Location: 92 Principal Rd, Sea Level
Value: From R35
Contact: Name +27 81 707 4493
Kristen’s Kick-Ass Ice Cream
On a mission to make everybody’s day only a bit brighter, a bit sweeter and a bit extra superior, Kristen’s Kick-Ass Ice Cream is a small batch churnery with a big fanbase. Positioned in numerous places throughout the town, guests can expertise over 40 ice cream flavours based mostly on what’s in season, from brownies, cookies and cream to almond brittle and peppermint bark. Kristen’s Kick-Ass Ice Cream is handmade in small batches utilizing native dairy and the very best high quality, handpicked, sustainable components sourced in Africa. Whereas most of their ice lotions are made with milk, cream, and sugar, in addition they provide sugar-free choices (utilizing xylitol), in addition to delectable vegan flavours.
Areas:
– Noordhoek Farm Village, Village Lane, Noordhoek
– Constantia Uitsig Heritage Village, Spaanchemat River Highway, Constantia
– 6 Cardiff Fort, Principal St, Newlands
Value: From R22
Contact: Name +27 79 265 5108 (Noordhoek), +27 79 654 9027 (Constantia), and +27 81 481 6715 (Newlands)
Ice Cream Vanni Plain
Embark on a flavourful journey via the colourful areas of Mitchells Plain with Ice Cream Vanni Plain, a proudly Cape City ice cream firm based mostly in Strandfontein. Westridge, Portland, Rocklands and Beacon Valley aren’t simply standard native areas – they’re additionally the delectable names of a few of Vanni Plain’s gourmand ice lotions. With every scoop, Vanni Plain pays homage to its roots, celebrating one of many Mom Metropolis’s beloved areas.
Location: Wajid’s Hen Tikka and Takeaway at Admirals Dr, Strandfontein
Value: From R20
Contact: Name 064 421 8961
Unframed at Time Out Market Cape City
The Unframed crew of ice cream makers is on a ‘mission to deliver slightly extra happiness into the world.’ Their new ice cream location on the Time Out Market Cape City provides ice cream fans the identical beloved treats in a wonderful eating market setting. Among the flavours to strive embody white chocolate with lemon-infused olive oil, beetroot chocolate ginger, and Medjool dates with orange blossom. Vegan choices are additionally out there.
Areas:
Woodstock Quarter: 187 Sir Lowry Highway
Time Out Market Cape City: The Outdated Energy Station, Dock Rd, Victoria & Alfred Waterfront
Kloof St Gardens: 45C Kloof Avenue
Allora Franschhoek: 34 Huguenot Rd, Franschhoek
Spier Farm: Annandale Rd, Stellenbosch
Delaire Graff: Helshoogte Rd, Stellenbosch
Value: From R40
Contact: Go to www.unframedicecream.com
