Are you melting in the English summer yet? I’m surprised how humid the weather is so far, I went to Uniqlo to get new shorts so I can let the wind blow me dry…
…. So there is a new gelateria in town, the same group behind the excellent tour-the-Italian-regions restaurant, Bocca di Lupo, and how very timely too. The gelati are pretty unique rather than just offer a standard selection (such as stracciatella or fiore di latte), there are combos such as ricotta, coffee and honey (which was excellent) and avocado & honey (which was a little off kilter, was a little sour).
What I really enjoyed however, were the sorbets, the melon in particular tastes just like frozen cantaloupes, sweet, sugarly, stringly and fresh, just what one needs to cool off really. Even better were their granitas, we tried the watermelon, icy, syrupy and quite literally chipped frozen watermelon. Other granitas on the menu include coffee, blood orange and almond.
The only things that disappointed were the cannoli. On paper it sounds interesting, stuffed with pistachio ice cream, fresh pistachios and a dark chocolate icing. It did taste freshly fried, but as it was stored in the freezer, the pastry dough became soggy. If only they fried and stuffed the cannoli (with gelato of choice, and as an alternate choice to wafer cones) to order, that would be a hit, perhaps in the near future, and a suggestion?
There are other sorts of gelato-stuffed products too, including stuffed melons and pineapples (flesh scooped out) as well as gelato cakes. I also hovered over the small selection of Bocca di Lupo pasta, sausages and sauces, available frozen to buy, but didn’t commit to anything. Canned tomatoes.
Tall stools, tables by the walls and marbled furnishings brightens up the blue-themed gelato bar and deli, if you’re searching for an alternative to Scoop! in Central London, give the Gelupo granitas a try as I think you might like ‘em. Although beware, visual satisfactory will be minimal as the gelati are hidden within deep stainless steel wells as opposed to being shamelessly naked on show behind glass counters…
The Gist of It
Gelupo
Gelateria, £2 per scoop
7 Archer Street
Tube: Piccadilly Circus
Tel: 020 7287 5555
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I liked the avocado & honey! Tasted avocado-rich with a hint of honey and a fresh tang. Think I still like Scoop better but as you said, this is an alternative.
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What a shame about the cannoli – I thought they would be so good. I loved the espresso gelati, and on my most recent visit I had the sweet blood orange granita on top of the sour cherry granita – glorious. I live wedged between Gelupo and Scoop, so am (not so) slowly working my way through them all.
On first read I saw ” to get new shorts so I can let the wind blow me dry… So there is new genitalia in town”!
Just me then…
Thanks for the review. I am happy to say that we at Gelupo share your feelings about the cannoli. We are in the process of having larger cannoli moulds made for us – when they arive, we’ll start frying on the day and filling them to order with any choice of gelato…. watch this space…..
Mmm, the ricotta, coffee and honey and the cantaloupe both sound amazing! I tried Scoop for the first time recently and didn’t like it very much, so I look forward to trying out Gelupo. Thanks for the review!
Really cool new gelateria, and just around the corner from where I work
I’ve been far too many times already….
Highly recommended!
This is on my list to get to in the next week or so during the English summer! I hadn’t heard about Scoop – so now I have two on my London list. Oddono in So Ken was my regular and it’s great (naked gelato on display) but the flavours are more classic, less exotic…
Avocado & honey sounds like the juices we got in Morocco (though most of the italians I know are total avocado virgins so I’m surprised this features!). One of my favorites down in Italy is the coffee and almond granita combo – will have to try it at Gelupo. And melon is another favorite when we are down in Italy – I remember my embarrassment when I ordered it in September only to be chastised by the owner, as melon was no longer in season!
We stumbled across an amazing popsicle stand in Bergamo last weekend – I must put up a few pics of that on my site – gourmet ice cream seems to be the theme of the summer!
Catty – Scoop now has a sparing partner
Greedy Diva – The Granitas are definitely a feature at Gelupo, love it!
Andrew – Lol… when I wrote that I…
Jacob – Wonderful news! Will be hotly anticipating the arrival of the new cannoli moulds.
TheWanderingFoody -Also you might want to give Oddonos a try too, I prefer them to Scoop tbh.
Emma – Indeed!
Jill – Yes you must, will have a look on your site when it’s online
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