Carrello del Gelato - Oriental Bay
About Carrello del Gelato
What Nathan discovered later was that Italy was the birthplace of his great great-grandfather. His name was Vincenzo Almao, and he was a millner born in Palermo Sicily who emigrated to Christchurch, New Zealand, in 1860.
Nathan’s trip to Italy came almost 150 years later. A former restauranteur and committed foodie, it wasn’t long before he tucked into a cone of gelato. It was love at first bite. Creamier and more intensely flavoured than the ice cream he was used to back home, the gelato also had less fat and sugar in it, and – because it was churned more slowly – less air. Nathan loved everything about it, from the taste and texture to the colour and presentation. He immediately began making plans to bring gelato back with him to New Zealand.
When he found out later about his great great-grandfather, Nathan realised what had happened. He explains it like this: the gelato had flirted with the Italian in him and he’d been unable to resist.
On his return, Nathan based himself in Newtown, Wellington, and went about gathering the best local and Italian ingredients for churning handmade batches of gelato. When it was ready, he built a ‘carrello’ or cart to sell it on the streets, and at events and festivals. Carrello debuted at Wellington’s Italian Festival in 2004. It was a hit.
Contact Carrello del Gelato
| Address : | Carrello del Gelato 228 Oriental Parade, Oriental Bay, Wellington 6011, New Zealand |
| Phone : | 📞 +8987 |
| Postal code : | 6011 |
| Website : | http://www.nzgelato.co.nz/ |
| Categories : |
|
R
|
Rachel Basher on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Lovely gelato for afternoon tea using 2-for1 Advent calendar treat
|
|
C
|
Creativeimagesphotography Ltd on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Wow what an Absolutely Joke of a Dessert Burger for visawoap and totally overpriced to say the least the Burger was so boring & dry why did you even Enter !
I did the Cost pricing & it comes to around $5 or $6 then the markup added, it should've been sold at around $10.50c or $12 max. but still doesn't make the boring tasteless burger any more attractive !
|
|
R
|
Ruth Hickey on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Delicious iced coffee with choices of 2 different ice cream flavors included.
Great selection of ice cream and Gelato flavors.
|
|
S
|
Simon Margrett on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Delicious. Try the gelato burger, you won't be disappointed - or hungry for the next six hours.
|
|
L
|
Leilani Sio on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ I haven't been back ever since my friend and I were served stale biscuits and given pepperoni slices, with one slice of pepperoni. When we mentioned it on the FB page, we were met with a rude and defensive response. When people ask me do I recommend this place I say no. Stick to selling gelato and making coffee, and the girls who work here are always polite and friendly, unfortunately the Italian male who tried to pass off the pizza as authentic, which it isn't as I have been trained by Italians to make pizza dough, you should be ashamed for making that kind of statement when you cannot back it up and also don't work in hospitality if you can't take responsibility for putting out food not fit for consumption.
|
|
a
|
alannah fitzgerald on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Love this place - having one of their amazing ice creams has become one of my favourite pastimes this summer.
|
|
J
|
Jacqui Roach on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Went looking for some gelato on a sunny Sunday afternoon. Noticed they closed at 5pm. Was there just before 4pm, looked hopeful. Doors were open, sign on door said open, plenty of gelato on offer. Told by lady on arrival ‘sorry we’re closed’. Either update your hours, or actually close your doors so customers aren’t left disappointed - simple really. Won’t be bothering with this place again.
|
|
J
|
Jordan Currie on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Great gelato but extremely poor service. The guy behind counter looked he would rather not have a job, lacked general courtesy and slopped the ice cream on the waffle cone without any care
|
Write some of your reviews for the company Carrello del Gelato
Your reviews will be very helpful to other customers in finding and evaluating information
Nearby places in the field of Ice cream shop,
Nearby places Carrello del Gelato
