Cariad Gelato in Gwynedd

Fantastic good qaulity ice cream. Served from a bicycle vendor. Lovely friendly helpful service with the best ice cream in the region

The most glorious cone of deliciousness we have ever had. Honestly, do not sleep on this gelato. It’s handmade and served with a smile from the loveliest gent. We’ll be back for sure

Delicious homemade gelato - we had chunky cherry. The chap running the place was lovely. Go see him! A great little find.

We enjoyed Cariad Gelato in the Cricceth sunshine and the flavours were divine - especially the Elderflower Ripple! The presentation was exquisite (looked like roses within the cone), the cones were tasty and all served with charm and enthusiasm! Would highly recommend!

David is a lovely person who makes amazing ice cream 11/10 for service as he's really funny and nice. 100/10 for food because the flavours are oh so delicious and presented in a lovely flower shape! Best place to grab ice cream, better than the gelatos in Italy!

Recommended by a friend and oh my goodness, absolutely amazing. My three children declared it the best ice cream they’d ever had! Highly recommend!

Absolutely gorgeous gelato and super friendly owner

Visited due to a GSCE trip friendly staff good ice cream great service

Very friendly owner. Good prices, was in the town for Gcse geography and I was given a discount for that.

I had a very moreish chunky cherry gelato in a cone and my husband had an elderflower ripple - elderflower ice cream with elderberries. Served from a tiny little ice cream tricycle truck by the friendly owner. Both flavours were delicious and we enjoyed our cones sitting on the grass overlooking the sea in the sun. An excellent ice cream experience. We are keen to return again to try some of the other flavours before our holiday ends!

The hazelnut ice cream is one of the best ice creams I've ever had, and definitely the best hazelnut, ever. The elderflower berry is also amazing. Highly recommended!

6 ice creams were purchased this afternoon, all delicious and very friendly chaps serving. Would definitely recommend

Fabulous ice cream, highly recommend. We had one coconut and chocolate and one chunky cherry. The ice cream man was lovely. Diolch yn fawr

I have to visit for ice cream every time we visit Criccieth. Wonderful flavours, verging in healthy and the owner and his son (perhaps) are very passionate and knowledgeable about their delicious product. A must try when visiting.

What a great experience! Great service and amazing gelato - much better than the ice cream shops around! We had pistachio cheese cake, salted caramel crunch and chocolate and the flavour is out of this world!

Delicious gelato on the beach. Italian hazelnut was amazing, but then again so was the cherry, the banoffee and the mint chocolate. Highly recommend,

Some of the best ice cream we have tasted. Italian Hazlenut was amazing, as was the Caramel Crunch. First time I have seen my granddaughter finish a whole cone. She wasn't wasting a bit! Patient and friendly service even when the customers weren't the easiest.😄

Our gloomy Sunday to a brighter day after having the delicious gelato served by the lovely owner xxx

We stopped at Criccieth yesterday and had a delicious home made ice cream from the small gelato seller by the beach. I had the Elderflower ripple which was really lovely but I need to go back and try the Cherry one next or maybe the Rum and raisin, 🤔

Delicious Gelato at Criccieth. Loads of different flavours. Elderflower and cherry bakewell were fab. Best gelato we have had. Highly recommend.

Best Ice Cream in Criccieth, especially when everywhere is closed!

Best ice cream around and the gentleman serving was so friendly and helpful. Love the sheep pin badge :)

Well done really authentic Italian gelato.

Had a most delicious ice cream today at Criccieth on our way home. I had the strawberry one which was shaped like a flower. We sat on the beach enjoying the view with our ice creams. Lovely!

Always fantastic ice cream with a friendly welcome,great to see the 2 young lads keeping up the very high standards of service well done all involved

When I am in Criccieth (usually working), this is where I head. Recently I have had the double chocolate paired with Italian hazelnut (owner's recommendation) and coconut and dark chocolate paired with elderflower ripple. I loved them both. One flavour is never enough! Do not miss this, but please leave some chunky cherry for me.

Real mint choc chip, subtle banoffee and sweet toffee crunch. Beautifully served. Stunning location. All the ingredients needed!

Stopped for an ice cream for my daughter. She polished the whole lot off and was covered I'm chocolate. 5* review from her :D Lovely customer service also :)

The Best Gelato, family had an array of ice creams and coffee all of superb taste and quality, staff super friendly too

Had gelato from here a few times this week. Interesting variety of flavours, all seem to be good, tasty and fresh.

We recently visited Cricceth and spotted the little van on the way up to the Castle. We all had an ice cream, and my son who had just the vanilla said it was the best ice cream he had ever had. It even beat his favourite bubblegum at our local shop. I ordered the Cherry and the gentleman even made sure I got a cherry on mine. It was that good that after our visit to the castle the boys had another one. Really lovely ice cream, great service, just going that little bit further makes such the difference. Thank you.

We were on the beach at Criccieth on an incredibly hot day and this ice cream was perfect. The creamy white ice cream with mint flavour and pieces of chocolate was heavenly

I apparently forgot to finish my review started in June. Oops! Realty friendly service - recognised from last year (although I was probably the only person in Criccieth in a three piece suit with bowler hat and umbrella - joke) Top class ice cream served by someone who actually seems interested in his customers (not always the case at other local ice cream venues) Look forward to buying a few more ice craems at the end of August

Great icecream reasonable price and takes cash and card Recommend compared to Cadwaladers as they don’t take cash

We had lovely ice creams from here. It was nice to see home made different flavours and to support a local enterprise. Very quirky and seemed to be well supported

The best ice cream me and my husband have ever had !!!! There were more than enough flavours to choose from and the staff member was lovely having a nice chat and suggesting what to do in the local area. Highly suggest for anyone in...

Fabulous home made local ice cream. Lovely chatty owner. Delicious elderflower & elderberry and of course chocolate!!

This is the best ice cream I have ever tasted, the guy was so lovely and friendly it's definitely a must have. I promised him I would leave a review as it's truly deserved. Get yourself down there guys as this ice cream is just...

Have lived in North Wales (Llandudno) for 9 years and I can honestly say its the nicest icecream I've tasted. Only bettered by an icecream Parlour in Pompey Italy. Keep up the good work. Its nice seeing a job done with care and attention

Amazing ice cream by the sea. Every flavour is delightful. Highly recommended.

Visiting Criccieth again we were desperate to find David for Mum's Rum and Raisin ice cream! She hasn't stopped going on about it since last year as it's the best one she has ever had and nobody elses is good enough. Unfortunately he wasn't selling...

Absolutely the best frozen treat we could have asked for on a sunny day by the beach. Between us all we had 6 flavours, including the locally picked mountain billberry flavour and each was incredible!! Beyond delicious. Perfect service by the loveliest guy and amazing gelato 🙌🏻🙌🏻 Love the brummies 😘

Hands down the best ice cream I have ever tasted, hubby had mint choc and kids had caramel crunch and strawberries and cream, wasn’t going to have one until I tasted the mint! Was just like an after eight. 5 stars from us!!

Stumbled across the ice-cream van whilst visiting Criccieth on a hot sunny day. The ice-creas were yummy, reasonably priced and the seller was friendly and polite.

We went for a afternoon to criccieth After a nice meal we come across this ice cream Van The ice cream was absolutely amazing 😋 Even tho its outside it nice to see the owner follow covid guidelines 👌 We will definitely visit again this...

Genuinely local ice cream sold by a local businessman, who is truly knowledgeable about his product. Very very flavoursome and absolutely delicious.

Excellent ice cream, we had 5 different flavours and they were all delicious! Filled right to the bottom of the cone

If you like ice cream then this is not to be missed. Several flavours available, I enjoyed the Italian hazelnut and amarena cherries and cream.

Absolutely delicious. Interesting variety of flavours. Our party had the double chocolate, white chocolate mint and hazelnut: I tried all three and they were each amazing. I'll buy from here again if I return to Criccieth.

Ice-cream sold from a cart is always authentic and the this ice-cream is certainly what you would hope for. I had Morello Cherry and my wife had strawberry. We both agreed that it was the best we had ever tasted. The man who runs the...

What a hard worker the server is - all day constantly serving a long queue until the evening, all with some cracking jokes and a big smile! Admirable! The gelato itself was so delicious and there were some great flavours from the charming little serving...

Hands down knocks cadwaladers out of the park . I will definitely be getting my ice cream from here on in! Good choice of flavours Excellent service

Enjoyed the ice cream very tasty , good selection of flavour , double chocolate is delicious. Chatty and friendly owner

The best ice cream ever!!!!!! Really. Three wheeler Van often parked below the castle near the lifeboat station on the front. Helpful chatty owner, very good covid rules. Delicious flavours and cones. Highly recommended!!!!!

Friendly and efficient service with appropriate social distancing measures. Interesting flavours on offer. I had Cherry which was delicious. Mum had Elderflower and Elderberry.

Fantastic ice cream or should I say gelato! Really very good. Rum Raisin is amazing as is Italian Hazelnut. To be fair, they are all fantastic. Great little “ice cream van” on Criccieth Beach front. 👍🏼

As a family of 5 we opted to all go for a different flavour. They were all amazing and so tasty. Thanks to the owner on his wonderful customer service and following excellent Covid guidelines. We cannot wait to return again soon.

Excellent ice cream, beautiful flavours, great texture!

Delicious! Lovely little van on the seafront with a great choice of flavours. Great to be served by the founder who was clearly passionate about the business and gelato!

Spotted their quirky van by chance when in Criccieth earlier today. Fresh gooseberry ice cream was absolutely delicious, as was the caramel and elderflower ice creams. Very friendly chap who gave us a recommendation for a fish and chip supper in a nearby town, which was also very good. Will be back!

A hot day, hedonism, ice cream attracting was and multitudes of children, good luck to Caridad who rival the well established emporium

Happened to get talking to the owner, ended up with two cones of superb ice-cream. Being cashless was no hassle - he takes cards ;-)....diolch yn fawr.

Wonderful ice cream with warm and friendly service, don’t pass without stopping topping to try some, well recommend.

Amazing gelato. Amazing flavours and kids loved it as did we. Will definitely be back. Can’t wait to be back

Delicious high quality ice cream, I would definitely buy ice cream here again, superb quality. I recommend the Strawberry or Hazelnut.

The best Sorbet I have ever had! DELICIOUS! Try it! My whole family and friends are huge fans of Cariad Galeto! Everyone loves it!

This is the best ice cream I have ever had. Great flavours - try the gooseberry, elderflower. Really friendly delightful fella serving it too.

How did I love it. Let me count the ways...creamiest, "flavouriest",yummiest, moreishest., I'm being silly now but this was without a doubt the best ice cream I've ever eaten. Rum and raisin and strawberry . chocolate had run out but we were late in the day.

I come from somewhere with 'great ' ice cream but this knocked it into a cocked hat. It was brilliant, full of flavour and absolutely perfect. Am wondering how many flavours I'll manage to try before I go home. :)

had ice cream here was medioca but be aware its a guy with scooter selling ice cream just realised after its same place as the porthmadog one where last week we had bad expierience with things in the ice cream that shouldent be there stick to cadwaliders half the price and better quality

Happy staff, even happier customers - a must visit when visiting Porthmadog. Homemade from fresh quality ingredients.

Delivered with a little motorised van on fine days on the prom.Makes a pleasant change from the famous Cadwaladers.Tastes better as well.

Only a couple of vegan ice cream choices but oh so delicious! I'll be going back again before our holiday is over!!!

Have eaten ice cream in many countries but this is probably the best of the lot.

Friendly lady serving family made icecream, free of preservatives. One of us had vanilla, the other double chocolate but both can be described in one word ... STUNNING

...and I’ve tasted a lot of different ice cream over the years. I had the Cherries and Cream - unbelievable! My wife had double chocolate - really rich and velvety. Worth every penny. Thank you guys for the obvious passion you have in creating such amazing tasting ice cream.

Service was fab and the ice cream was delicious! Came in just before closing in a big group and they were so friendly and welcoming despite it being closing time! Wonderful people, wonderful experience, wonderful food!

Homemade Icecream on a trip to Criccieth. Lovely range of flavours. It was the first time I tried elderflower/elderberry icecream and I was hugely impressed. You can taste the difference vs commercial icecreams. Also impressively affordable. :)

Well , well, well, a truly delicious gelato / Ice cream bar in the great town of Porthmadog.

Chanced upon the vendor setting up as we were strolling towards the end of the main beach promenade on the way back to the train station. The beach is pretty poor but the gelato was excellent. Well worth a try.

Not something I’m prone to dashing a review of off, but on a recent visit to lovely Criccieth, North Wales, the whole family enjoyed amazing home made gelato from a little Vespa Ape on the prom by the beach. We each had a different flavour. My ‘very vanilla’ did what it said on the tin, Mum’s double choc the same. The biggest delight was the coconut infused with chocolate! With the infectious enthusiasm of the ‘ice cream man’ ... being so passionate about his work and his wares, this was a lovely treat! With a shop / cafe on Porthmadog main drag and the little mobile set up, this is an authentic Italian taste created and served up in Wales.

Me and Hubby were taking a stroll along Criccieth seafront today (Tuesday afternoon) when I noticed a cute 3-wheeled Piaggio Ape van selling Welsh Ice-Cream. This local family business also has a shop in Porthmadog (see separate reviews). I thoroughly enjoyed my salted caramel ripple ice-cream cornet which cost Hubby £2.75. This artisan ice-cream is worth more than a 5 star rating.

We bought 5 ice creams from David on the sea front and everyone said they were fantastic. The chocolate was exceptional and tasted just like our favourite from La Gelatiera in New Row, London. Well done for creating amazing artisan ice cream

We stumbled upon this little ice creamery after stuffing ourselves with a huge amount of fish and chips.

Boyfriend had an elderflower and elderberry cone and said it was possibly the best ice cream he had ever had. The cones are good quality and add to the experience.

When we arrived and booked in to our hotel in Criccieth we decided to have a stroll around and get the feel of the place. We soon came to this ice cream on what was a lovely day.

visited today after reading reviews on here. my son is allergic to dairy i rang prior to arriving and we all had an amazing dairy and soya free ice cream. A lovely experience friendly owners on the high street in porthmadog. big thumbs up

We picked the best place to go for an ice-cream after a day trip to Portmerion. I chose a double scoop cone of chocolate and hazelnut, the hazelnut was to die for. Both flavours were so tasty, creamy and delicious. My partner had chocolate and coconut & chocolate and he was just as impressed. Mum and daughter who own the shop had a great sense of humour and made our visit even more enjoyable. It’s authentic gelato and we were told they’d been trained the Italian way, it was amazing and plenty of it. For £3.50 for each cone I think was well worth it and can’t wait for our next visit. Apparently they also have a small van on Criccieth beach and do mail order, yum .

We had the rhubarb crumble cone each. Absolutely Fabulous taste. Great guy served us and at £2.75 worth every penny.

Really tasty and interesting flavours! Couldn’t decide! Elderflower and elderberry ripple <3 just what I needed walking down the coast

Amazing gelato with gorgeous flavours. The elderflower ripple was just scrumptious. We bought it from a delightful chap with a van on the front at Criccieth. Didn't know there was a shop in Porthmadog, where it is??

The ice-cream is just wonderful and the owner is friendly and very interesting. Don't forget to visit the shop in Porthmadog as well where you will meet his wife and daughter who are equally lovely (the view is better from Criccieth though!

Very frindly, chatty blokez serving a quality product.You have to try a double scoop of hazelnut with the double chocolate in a cone....it's like eating a giant Fererro Roche!

Best ice cream shop in north wales seriously nice friendly caring and just awesome owners of you are coming down to north wales pop in. No more to say

With two ice-cream addicts in the family we gave this a try and we are so glad we did.

Visited this place for a sweet treat, family run business that make they’re own ice cream. Reasonably priced and very tasty, you can taste the quality. They offer a selection of flavours including vegan double chocolate which was nice. The lady behind the counter was very friendly telling us about the ice cream. I would recommend visiting here for a sweet treat!

Lovely fresh ice-cream. A nice surprise to see the small van by the beach in Criccieth. I had Mint and Elderflower and elderberry- the Best I've tried. Will be returning to the local shop in Porthmadog.

The ice cream here is remarkable, amazing, best ever. We went a few times whilst staying in Criccieth. (Much better than cadwaladers!!). Really friendly service too. Not to be missed!

The ice cream is so smooth and cooling. Never had such wonderful ice-cream before! The man selling them is also really cheerful and make small chat with others. Overall, would definitely come back again next time for this delicious treat!

Hazelnut ice cream is gorgeous. Sitting in the sun, looking out to sea whilst eating Hazelnut ice cream is pure heaven.