Ice cream & gelato shops in Melbourne

Before you go

Australia takes its frozen desserts seriously: Italian-style gelaterias with rotating specials, old-fashioned ice creameries in seaside towns, frozen yogurt bars and soft-serve kiosks. This hub lists them all by city.

Hours change with the seasons, so the live status on each listing is the quickest way to know whether you’ll get a scoop tonight.

Our directory lists 165 places to buy bread, pastries and sweet treats in Melbourne: 165 ice cream & gelato shops.

Opening hours are known for 48 of them. 47 trade on Sundays (98%), and 0 open their doors by 6:30 am on a Tuesday – good news for early starters. On average they are open 61 hours a week.

Some streets concentrate several shops: Sydney Road (6), Lygon Street (5), High Street (5).

You will recognise Gelato Messina (4), Yo-Chi (4), Cold Rock Ice Creamery (4), Gelatissimo (4); still, 142 places are independently run.

Specialities on record in Melbourne: vegan (8), italian (2), chinese & hk (2), portuguese (1).