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Mike's Gelato

4.9 (36 reviews)
InexpensiveGelato, Food Trucks, Italian
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The flavors for the day
Michael S.

Walking up to this food truck is always exciting because I can't wait to see what flavors Mike's Gelato has to offer for the day. The truck is always shiny and clean and the owner, Mike is friendly and ready to help you with making the right decision. I'm going to start off talking about my families order. I love chocolate but almost always hate chocolate ice cream/gelato. It always tastes fake or not enough chocolate. Well both my kids ordered a scoop of chocolate. When they couldn't finish their gelato, not because they didn't like it, because they are kids and don't finish anything hahaha someone had to step up to the plate to finish both their scoops. Well that person was me and I wasn't upset about eating the chocolate gelato at all. I took that first bite and fell in love with Mikes chocolate gelato. I didn't stop eating until both scoops were gone. Yeah, it's that good. The texture was super smooth and as any gelato expert knows, there's a "bite" (elasticity) to great gelato. Once I polished off my kids gelatos, I started eating my double scoop of salted butter caramel and mocha chip. It was rather delish and after dreaming of Italy while I ate my double scoop it was gone into my stomach. If you're keeping count, I had four scoops of gelato today and I'm not embarrassed about it!!! My taste buds were dancing with the wonderful flavors I had ordered. Another knockout!!! Lastly my wife ordered the Bacio single scoop. If you love Nutella then this flavor is right up your alley. It tasted exactly like Nutella with a little hazelnut crunch and chocolate swirl. Can't go wrong with that. If I was giving advice to everyone reading this review, I would say go to Mike Gelato's social media and find out where their trucks will be. Then go and order anything and everything off their menu because it's delish. It's so good you're gonna feel like you should book a ticket to Italy to compare gelatos!!!

Mint chip and mocha chip and orange
Jannet C.

Mike's gelato was parked in front of Frank's greenhouses, so we're got to enjoy our gelatos while shopping around for plants. I had a mocha latte and mint chip and my son had an orange sorbet. Both were delicious! The staff were very nice and gave us samples to try until we decided on a flavor. We will definitely go back to get some more gelatos from them next time we see them.

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Catherine C.

Mike truly knows what he's doing when it comes to creating his hand-crafted, artisan gelato. A wonderful story to how he started to create gelato and the taste goes far! Wonderful texture and rich flavors! This has got to be one of the best gelatos I've had. You can find his truck in Columbia, Ellicot City, the general Howard county area. Follow him on Facebook for more details since it is a start up company. (https://www.facebook.com/mikesgelato) I hope his business launches for him to have a shop someday. The pistachio was the smoothest and tastiest pistachio flavor I've had. The mint chocolate chip has chocolate shards so it made the eating experience even better. Super friendly service and excited to hand you samples! Small - $4 Large - $5.50 Box - $10

Mike's Gelato truck April 2019
M R.

Stopped at Mike's Gelato Artisan Italian Ice Cream truck while at the Annual Montpelier Festival of Herbs, Tea, and the Arts at Montpelier Mansion in Laurel, MD. I'm soooo happy to have gotten the coffee gelato! It was perfectly smooth & flavorful. The guys working in the truck had nice customer service - they let us sample flavors before we chose coffee. Based on this experience, I'm eager to try other flavors. Only negative is the small cup is $4, which seems quite high for the amount you get. If you see Mike's Gelato at an event definitely get some. You won't regret it!

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Priya E.

Absolutely LOVE Mike's gelato. The number of times I've been here is kind of ridiculous. I went to a gelato festival in DC to try some more different vendors, and lo and behold MIKE'S THERE! His was hands down one of the best (and there were trucks from all over the east coast!) Gelato tastes very authentic from the texture to the flavor, and I cannot recommend it enough. So glad he is doing deliveries during quarantine, so please GO GET SOME!

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Awesome food truck and very speedy service. Definitely recommend the salted butter caramel flavor.

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Seen the truck as i rode by so i pulled. Best decision ever to make on a hot summer day

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They came to my job for staff appreciation and we all loved it!! I need the cookies and cream again!

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It's amazing!! I had fruit of the forest and oreo flavors and it was terrific!! Great service too :)

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Gelato is great and the customer service is awesome. I love the different flavors but hazelnut and Oreo is my best

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I just received my first delivery. It was so good. I'm so glad I found this place. I really missed gelato

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Just stopped by franks produce and saw a gelato truck, so I had to try it out. It was delicious.

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7 years ago

Tried at a farmers market. So good! I love the oatmeal creme pie flavor! Can't wait to get some more!

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This is excellent gelato. It is the best that I've had in maryland. It was delicious.

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Mike's Gelato - gelato - Updated October 2026

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