Really good gelato with many plant based options aw well. They have a great range of flavors that rotate seasonally. The scoops are normal sized, and everything they offer is compostable. Service is friendly and fast, and you can try/test flavors also! read more

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Cold Front is amazing! As someone who cannot digest dairy, it was wonderful to step into a gelato shop that has six different vegan flavors! That's right, people, not one or two or three flavors, but SIX vegan flavors. I ended up getting the rose water gelato with a peach swirl in a waffle cone (also vegan!!!) and it was delightfully creamy, fruity, and delicious. My hubs got the vegan Turkish coffee with cardamom (incredibly good) and the lemon almond (like lemon ice cream meeting amaretto) in a waffle cone and loved it. The service was friendly and fast too. We ate on a bench outside on a hot evening and the gelato cooled us down and brought a smile to our faces. Highly recommended! read more

Cold Front Gelato - Turkish coffee & cardamom (vegan) with lemon almond AND rose water with peach swirl (vegan). Both in vegan waffle cones. Delish! - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Nanaimo, British Columbia

Very cool flavors, chocolate lavender had the perfect amount of lavender! Cute space too.

They had a pretty impressive selection of flavours with lots of interesting stuff. About a third of the menu was actually plant-based! Usually I prefer plant-based but two of the regular dairy flavours were really calling to me; I sampled the chai with plum swirl and the mascarpone with chocolate, port, and fig swirl. Both were very good but I settled on the mascarpone. The gelato was smooth and very creamy, and the swirl gave it an interesting complex flavour. I got a kids scoop and I was a little disappointed that the kids scoop came on a different waffle cone than the fresh-looking homemade cones that the larger sizes are served on, but it was still a decent cone. All the gelato/ice cream shops that I passed by before arriving here looked good but I was happy that I chose to visit this one. read more

Cold Front Gelato - Mascarpone with Chocolate, Port and Fig Swirl - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Nanaimo, British Columbia

Excellent choice for dairy lovers and vegans! The homemade cones are phenomenal and make a world of difference. Definitely a great stop on a hot day, nice (albeit minimal) shaded seating on benches outside. Their "order ready" system needs some updates, we saw more than one person take someone else's order, including ours - haha, it was ok and ours came out eventually but it's an awkward customer experience. read more

My friend speaks very highly of this gelato place in Nanaimo and we made SURE to visit more than once but I once again was made aware that I prefer my ice cream with inclusions (chunky bits) and gelato is often smooth. I tried their Mixed Berries Cheesecake with a cone (but I think it was gluten free by accident) and it was good! Not too sweet, not TOO much of a cheesecake tang (closer to vanilla) but the kids size was the perfect amount! My friends really enjoyed the mint brownie, raspberry pineapple pavlova, raspberry rhubarb and malt Stracciatella. Overall, a good place for gelato in the small city of Nanaimo. Note, service is fine but not as happy as you'd expect an ice cream place to be... read more

Tried this place for an impromptu treat. Located in the heart of Nanaimo, it's a great end of day treat after shopping. We ordered the plant based berry sorbet, cookie dough, and pumpkin spice. The plant base tastes like coconut, and combined with the pumpkin spice flavouring it was AMAZING. The berry sorbet was very good (seedy though so be wary if you don't like the texture). The cookie dough could have been a little better- just tasted like the ice cream base (still good but expected more). The portions were good and they have benches outside the store to sit down and enjoy the gelato. If I came back to the island I'd try their other flavours for sure. read more

Cold Front Gelato - Berry sorbet, cookie dough and pumpkin spice. - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Nanaimo, British Columbia

Such deliciousness! You are doing yourself a disservice if you don't get the cone. Amazing. Everything fresh & made w loads of love. Tons of brownie bites and flavours on point. EZ 5 stars. read more

Uhm... not exactly "deliciousness" or "the bomb" as other reviews say. The rosewater vanilla is simply awful. Almost bitter! The pistachio was bland like vanilla ice cream with green coloring and had no nuts in it. The raspberry guava didn't taste good at all. Raspberry rhubarb was meh. However the cones were very delicious and fresh. Service was with a smile. read more

Delicious! They make their own cones ( both dairy free and vegan). The ice cream was creamy and they had interesting flavors like cardamom (although most flavors were sold out at 8 pm when I stopped in). Highly recommended! The place is bright and clean. read more

dairy free waffle cones. dairy free gelato. compostable cups and spoons. this island hipster needs nothing more. *chef's kiss* i love this place. read more

This place is the bomb! An absolute must if you are in Nanaimo. I would exit the highway and drive into downtown Nanaimo for this, even if I was just passing through. The flavours were so fun and everything I tried was delish. Service was great, too. Well done!!! read more

This is probably the best ice cream place in Nanaimo. The vegan options are extraordinarily delicious and the fact that it's made in house with local ingredients makes it all the better. I'd recommend this place to anybody looking for some quality cream. read more