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    Gelato Firenze

    4.0 (270 reviews)
    Open 11:00 am - 6:00 pm

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    Menu 7/1/25

    The drink's really tasty and they're very nice and courteous. Officially, they're open till 6pm but it varies. They can sometimes possibly stay open till 7pm... But don't be that person (aka me. ; w ;) TBF I just walked in and it was entirely coincidental, but still. Place looks nice and clean too. Definitely recommend!

    Mini scoops of Guava & Hazelnut Mascarpone
    Sahridaya N.

    The gelato itself is just okay but I expected a lot more hazelnut flavour & sweetness to the guava. The shop operates through a window so there's no way to taste test before you order. 3 stars for the prices maybe, they do 1-2 flavours for smallest scoop too!

    a building with a mural on the side of it
    Nathan P.

    The best boba milk tea and the best avocado smoothies I've had. Ice cream (gelato) is good too, I've been told. They have it boarded up since the riots and kept it boarded up during Covid, but you can order at the door. Even though the state of emergency is officially over for Covid, they still have the best touch-free transaction I've seen anywhere. If you choose to give a thumbs-up or not, I hope you found my review helpful!

    Taro boba
    May Z.

    I LOVE boba. I stopped drinking caffeine last year which impacted my usual order. I asked the woman working here what was good that didn't have caffeine. She suggested Taro. She described the flavor as "extra creamy." I don't wanna say this changed my life but low key... it did haha! I will never stray from taro flavor even if I went back to caffeine. My order: taro boba milk tea- regular milk, regular boba, 25% sweet. It is always still plenty sweet like that. Another amazing option: make it a smoothie! In summer time a smoothie just hits different. This is by far my favorite boba place. I feel like it must be family owned because I always see the same person working. If you love to support small/family owned businesses, go check them out!

    Liz B.

    Nice boba spot right by Lake Merritt and the Grand Lake theater. Very COVID compliant now. They talk to you via microphone and push the credit card machine to you via this stick box contraption they created at the window. Same with your drinks. I was pleasantly surprised how seriously they took their health. I guess it makes a lot of sense too, it's a highly trafficked area especially on the weekends! Got a soy boba tea with red bean and it was pretty good! Fresh and chewy and fast! Their menu is huge too, they can make anything and even offer smoothies and gelato and ice cream. Definitely a great spot to visit before walking around the lake.

    Order counter/ Entrance
    Kristin Q.

    Food: 7/10 Service: order and pay at counter Value: 7/10 Portion size: medium Wait time: less than 5 minutes Hubby and were walking around the lake and decided to cool off with some Gelato! This place also has boba milk tea as well, which I will try next time. We got the toasted marshmallow and thai boba milk tea Gelato flavors. Both were good! The toasted marshmallow Gelato had real marshmallows in it. It also has a yummy realistic marshmallow taste and isn't too creamy (what I love about gelato). The Thai boba milk tea is also very good and tastes like Thai tea. The boba was a little mushy and too melted for me. But maybe its hard to keep boba frozen in ice cream. I do love all the fun flavors of Gelato. I have never seen so many Asian flavors before. Like I said, I do wanna try their boba drinks! I saw a cool grapefruit orange drink that looks super refreshing during hot summer months! Can't wait to try it! Also everything is still covid safe! They have an iPad on a stick and a plastic screen to protect workers and customers.

    Salted Caramel Gelato (small)
    Mark M.

    My wife and I came here before a movie at the Grand Lake one night, it is located one block away next to Starbucks. When I walked up I noticed they are taking social distancing very seriously. They use grabbers and long sticks to move your items and take your payments so there is no close contact at all. This lead to show "huhs" between both parties with communication but the server was friendly so it didn't bother me. We both got small gelatos in cup. I got Cheesecake which was tart and sweet like a typical New York Style Cheesecake. I really enjoyed it. My wife got Salted Caramel. It was what she wanted exactly. At least based on the two we got they really taste like the flavors they are named. I thought the price ($9 for 2 smalls) was a tad high with no cone or anything otherwise we had no complaints.

    Guava and earl grey (small)
    Sydney J.

    I was walking by last week and decided to finally give this place a try since they were going to be temporarily closed from June 16-21 for vacation. I ordered a small gelato, guava and earl grey; I would say the guava was pretty accurate to flavor, whereas the earl grey tasted more like a standard black milk tea (not that that's bad, it just makes me curious if their milk tea flavor tastes about the same as the earl grey). It was $4.50 plus tax for a small. They also serve boba - you may see signs on this store for "QTea Bar". What I really liked about this place is that they use long wooden "arms" and a box so that they can take your payment remotely and then give you the order in a box at the end of the wooden arm, which maintains a lot of distance between you and the workers. This is in addition to the translucent barrier they have at the ordering window. Really appreciate the caution around COVID-19 especially since we're getting another upsurge in cases.

    Store front from the curb. You order from the bottom right of this pic
    JoAnn S.

    Food and drink*** A whole in the wall business that serves Gelato and bobas. I had a chocolate Gelato that was ok. Ambiance**Not much Ambiance. I know they are doing their best to be safe. The server is way back, wearing a mask and using a creative contraption to collect money. Accessibility****This easy to get to with a wheel chair. Street parking can be difficult but you can park in the Trader Joes parking lot. Cost***average. Service**The person behind the mask serving the ice cream felt robotic, and she didn't seem interested in relating to me. She was not friendly. When I asked about the Gelato, she just pointed to the sign.

    Delicious Okinawa milk tea. No boba
    Teena N.

    35 cents charge if you use a card. Wait time was slightly long since there was only one person working. However, the drink I ordered was good and the drink from another customer looked amazing too (they had the Oreo smoothie). I ordered the strawberry and banana smoothie, it was delicious, my son loved it. Medium size is$4.50 and large is $5.25. I stayed with the medium cause the cup is so adorable but next time I'll order the large since it only 75 cents more. There's metered parking in front and around that area. The place is kept clean and the shop is super cute! Definitely coming back.

    I ordered watermelon and she seriously came out with a whole watermelon to butcher for my drink! Wow!

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    Cheap, friendly tea doesn't taste like it's powdered, quality taste. The cashier is quite friendly too!

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