Hello Gelo - Yarraville

I recently visited a homemade gelato shop in Yarraville and was thoroughly impressed. The Turkish Delight ice cream, made with rose water, was incredibly refreshing on a hot day. The cheesecake flavor was also delicious. The owner was fantastic, taking the time to explain the ingredients used in their Turkish Delight and Death by Chocolate flavors. The Death by Chocolate flavor was a chocolate lover's dream, packed with so much chocolate that I couldn't believe it. I highly recommend trying this flavor if you're a fan of chocolate.

UPDATE 11/02/2017<br/ <br/ I think it 's about time I update my review. It 's no secret that I 'm addicted to ice cream/gelato/soft serve. There are tons of ice creamery or gelato joints in Melbourne but I never fail to return to Hello Gelo at least once a week. Why? Firstly and most importantly, the service is exceptional. Scott is the friendliest guy ever, and he is ever so patient with customers standing there for a good 5 minutes trying to decide what flavours to order and also super sweet to bratty kids who scream loudly and impatiently for ice cream. The latter alone deserves a knighthood. Not only is Scott an all around nice guy, he personally makes all the ice cream from scratch. I have seen him carrying around huge boxes of bananas, strawberries and a medley of other fruits to be churned into yummilicious ice cream. You are assured of freshness and quality here. Moving on to the flavours and texture. The flavours are all on point, and sweetness is just right. Texture wise, it 's the pinnacle of how ice cream should be silky smooth and wonderfully creamy. To keep things interesting, there are seasonal flavours and also special flavours to coincide with holidays taro, nectarine, pumpkin pie, pineapple, lychee, 's 'lime splice, gingerbread, Christmas pudding, strawberry pavlova, and the list goes on. There 's really nothing that 's not done right here. Even the thickshakes are flawless thick, creamy and very generous with the amount of ice cream blended in. What started as a simple search on Google for some Asian flavoured ice cream led me to Hello Gelo and subsequently into a full blown addiction and a weekly 'visit ' to Scott. Who would have thought that I would achieved my simple childhood dream of being friends with the 'ice cream man '?<br/ <br/ <br/ 09/06/2015<br/ <br/ Peanut butter/salted caramel and coconut pandan. So so good. Generous serving size and awesome service. My weekly after dinner ritual. I would live there if I could.

It's been a while since I wrote about Asian-influenced desserts but here it is in the new Horse year. I have been to Hello Gelo many many times but have never taken a single photo!! Too busy choosing flavours, chatting and eating it all before it melts! Some of my favourite flavours here include chocolate orange, vanilla, lychee sorbet, coconut with mango swirl, and lemon sorbet. Real made on premises gelato with real ingredients. Winner!

Delicious ice-cream and great for those with food allergies. I love Hello Gelo. The ice-ceam is delicious, there are a lot of flavours, the servings are generous, it's reasonably priced and the service is really friendly and helpful. I'm a Coeliac (gluten free) and the owner is knowledgeable about the ingredients in every flavour and he's always happy to go through them with me.

This is my favourite gelato in Melbourne. I 've eaten ice cream and gelato at literally scores of places in multiple countries on three continents. I pay a lot of attention to elements such as the density of the mix, the subtlety of flavours, yada yada. So when I say Hello Gelo 's gelato is amongst the best I 've had anywhere in the world, it 's an opinion that comes from a broad base of experience. This bloke is not Berthillon on Ile St. Louis in Paris for my money, the most intensely flavoured ice cream on the planet but he 's the tops I 've had in Australia.<br/ <br/ What great flavour combinations he has! I like 'busy ' ice cream with chunky stuff in it, which is why I went for the chocolate/cashew/ginger Steve had on offer the day I was there. It had rich chocolate flavour, with unobtrusive heat from the ginger throughout, and big pieces of candied ginger and cashews to put a chewy/crunchy vibe on the mouth feel. My X used to make a great version of salted caramel gelato at home, with chopped Skor bars thrown in as a topper. Better than any other salted caramel I 've had. Steve 's is almost as good, with swirls of soft, gooey caramel blended evenly through the pate, and not so much salt as to dominate the taste. I can see why he always has it in the display case.<br/ <br/ I rarely go back to the same place twice. My thought is 'Why repeat myself when there are a million other eateries I haven 't tried yet? ' But I 'll be returning to Hello Gelo. It 's THAT good. Srsly, if Dolce Freddo, Fritz, 7 Apples and Hello Gelo were lined up next to each other and some Higher Power said 'You can have a cone from just one of these places ' it would be this joint that 'd I 'd choose.