7 Best Ice Cream Shops in Nanaimo

“Cold front is back open! While possibly on the pricey side for just a cone this isn’t regular ice cream! This hand made gourmet gelato with lots of interesting and unique flavours - even for those who are vegan! Definitely worth a stop! You can even get pints or have them delivered! I’d highly recommend! Or have a sit down in the warm store. It’s never too cold for ice cream!“

“So refreshing to see a small company take such a beautiful and influential stance on love for every icecream, of every colour and origin story!! (we aren't just talking about ice cream). 🩵🔥“

“I would consider myself an ice cream aficionado and let me tell you this place has some of the best real gelato and homemade ice cream flavours. It's incredible the owner makes all the flavours themselves, I haven't had them all but I've taste tested plenty along with having quite a few others and never not been impressed, it makes it so hard to choose when there because I promise you they will all taste amazing. Somehow they all taste so real like take the root beer, one of my personal faves, it tastes remarkably like an actual can of root beer down to tasting the carbonation almost somehow through the ice cream. The nanaimo bar gelato is another fave that tastes like nanaimo bars were smashed into the ice cream somehow and that's the theme you'll find with all the flavours.

I first discovered this after moving back to Cedar recently as some family was visiting and we were looking for a good gelato. We mistakenly went into another ice cream shop that's close by a few doors down, thinking it was the right one we had read amazing reviews on, but alas it was not and we were incredibly disappointed. We walked out and we were leaving when we came by this place and quickly realized this was the one we read about, but we didn't want to have another ice cream. We walked in and talked with the owner who was there, she worked her magic and had us tasting every flavour and soon we all just had to try it. It was all incredible, everybody was so happy with all the flavours they got and some nanaimo bars for my brother in law. She just really turned around a poor experience that night and I've been loyal since not only for the incredible service but more importantly the phenomenal gelato

So much so I even order it every year a couple times all the way out to Cedar on door dash and I am so so happy they allow it as an option“

“I love every dessert we have gotten from here. happy staff and great products!!! love the icecream in a jar. the most haha“

“Overall the Service was great. And At first I asked for a 2 coop a brownie mix and 2 coops of Oreo, then i asked for 1 extra coop of brownies mix’s and I feel like the girls put extra of Oreo and it to messy …. But at the end of the day the girls were able to make a new to save the day“

“The staff was super friendly especially when I showed up so late not realizing what time they close. After seeing they are cleaning I apologized and they said to not even worry they haven't started on kitchen. I would definitely go back to this dq“

“The staff whose name is Sonny is a super good star for his friendly humorous and professional service“