The best thing about the huge offer of ice cream parlors in Madrid is that there is room for traditional recipes, unusual flavors or more innovative concepts. And as we know, ice cream is not just for summer. A good example is Italy, where it is consumed daily regardless of time, weather or day of the week.
In Madrid we are not doing badly: these ice cream parlors remain open all year round and their product maintains its flavor and texture throughout the four seasons. This is our selection of essential ice cream parlors in Madrid.
1. Brando
Days before the start of summer 2021, and in the heart of Chueca, Brando opened with a mission in hand: to refresh the image of ice cream parlors in Madrid, without neglecting the quality of the product that is made in the workshop of the same space. This space designed by Solar Estudio in collaboration with Marta Jarabo, breaks the mold thanks to a presentation in stone showcases, as if it were a lunar landscape in a place where cobalt blue rules, and where an artificial sun varies its light as the day progresses. Do not miss the lemon with basil or Ferrero Rocher.
📍Location: Calle del Hortaleza, 55 (Chueca)
Two popsicles and a drink for 10 €.
2. Amorino
The flower-shaped ice cream that started in Paris and is now in more than 200 stores all over the world. Apart from the curious way in which they assemble the ice cream cone, the flavors and the fact that they have vegan options, even low in sugar, make their tremendous success more than understandable.
📍Location:various locations
3. Mistura
Mistura’s ice creams are indeed appealing to the eye, the nose and, of course, the palate. The proposal is to let you combine the flavors you like with your favorite toppings, which are crushed and mixed with the ice cream on a granite slab at low temperature. And if ice cream is not enough for you, you will not stay hungry thanks to the waffles, crepes and sweets that complete their menu.
📍Location:several locations
4. Kalúa
Kalúa is one of our favorite ice cream shops in Madrid, not only for the variety they offer, but also for how faithful their ice creams are to the original flavor of their ingredients: the Kinder Bueno ice cream tastes exactly like the cream inside the wafer. Kalúa was born in Argentina in 1982 and landed in Madrid to delight us with its delicious ice cream.
📍Location:131 Fuencarral St. (Chamberí)
5. Patagonia
Patagonia’s specialty, where the ice cream traditions of Argentina and Italy come together, is the dulce de leche and pistachio flavors, but the chocolate with walnut, which at first glance may seem simple, is quite a discovery. It can be combined with other risky flavors from their list of artisanal ice creams such as tomato or blue cheese.
📍Location:Plaza Tirso De Molina, 19 (Lavapiés)
6. Los Alpes
If you thought that ice cream doesn’t smell of anything, just ice, it’s because you haven’t tried ice cream made with real ingredients like Los Alpes’ artisanal ones. This is one of the oldest ice cream parlors in Madrid and yet it is also one of the most innovative. In addition, here they prepare one of the best horchatas in Madrid.
📍Location:Calle Arcipreste de Hita, 6 (Chamberí); Calle Agapito Martínez, 6 (Torrelodones) and Calle Camilo José Cela, 16 (Las Rozas).
Rocambolesc
The youngest of the Roca family, Jordi, brought to Madrid the most sophisticated version of this glacial dessert with Rocambolesc. You can find it in the gourmet area of El Corte Inglés de Serrano and also in the San Miguel Market. Their combinations are quite original, like the one our colleague Lucía Mos tried in the video of the Mercado de San Miguel: a grilled bun with ice cream and toppings inside.
📍Location:Calle Serrano 52 (Barrio de Salamanca) | Plaza de San Miguel, 13 (Centro)
8 .Mamá Elba
Are you an indecisive person? Well, get ready, because at Mamá Elba they have more than 50 flavors and among them there are gluten-free options. In addition, their ice creams are artisan and all their ingredients come from small producers. You can’t miss their menu of waffles, crepes, milkshakes and homemade cakes. They are a delight.
📍Location: Calle de la Ruda, 15 (La Latina)
9 .Bico de Xeado
Bico de Xeado are ice cream parlors belonging to the Cooperativa Agraria Provincial de A Coruña and make their handmade ice cream with milk “from happy cows” from their own farms, as they themselves declare. They also use local ingredients for sustainable production in their own workshops. The result is an artisanal ice cream with a unique creaminess. And, of course, being experts in milk, they also offer milkshakes.
📍Location: Calle del Arenal, 5 (downtown)
10. Cora
Proof that ice cream parlors are undergoing a process of sophistication similar to that of coffee shops can be found at Cora. In addition to ice cream, here they are experts in brunch and serve specialty coffee from morning to night -they are open from 9 am to 9 pm on weekends-. The affogatos (coffee with a scoop of ice cream) in a glass are the perfect meeting point.
📍Location:Calle del Barquillo, 37 (Chueca)
11. Maison Glacée
They define themselves as cult ice cream. Maison Glacée is the contribution of the pastry chef Ricardo Vélez to the finest ice cream parlors in the city. Everything is thought out: the milk is organic and from the Community of Madrid, the wafer is prepared on the spot and the cocoa is Puro Venezuela, honoring Moulin Chocolat, his star pastry shop.
📍Location:Calle Alcalá, 77 (Salamanca neighborhood); Calle Ibiza, 42 (Ibiza).
12. La Dolce Fina
La Dolce Fina is the ice cream parlor of Pili and Juan Pablo, who counted on the Italian gelato masters Sergio Dondoli and Sergio Colalucci as godfathers to make their dream come true, to bring to Madrid the gelato they had tasted on their trip to Tuscany.
And at the foot of El Retiro they opened a charming place where they make these ice creams with different bases, there are more like fruit sorbets, creamy and polos.
📍Location:Calle de Villanueva, 31 (Salamanca district); Plaza de Cascorro, 20 (La Latina) and Calle del Camino del Cura, 10 (Alcobendas).
13. Töto Ice Cream
Töto Ice Cream started in Malasaña by the hand of the master ice cream maker Hernán Rodríguez and since 2022 has two other stores. They have their own bakery, because in addition to ice cream they have pastries, cakes, sandwiches and specialty coffee.
The curious thing about their ice creams is the subtlety of their mixtures and flavors, the baked apple with cinnamon is almost a classic, which combines great with pecan nuts and toffee, and another essential is the white chocolate with lime.
📍Location:calle Gravina, 10 (Chueca); plaza de España, 9 (downtown) and corredera Alta de San Pablo, 12 (Malasaña).
14. Véneta
Véneta is an Italian gelato shop awarded multiple times as the best in Spain (2012 and 2013) and Europe (2019), even reaching the third position in Gelato Festival World Masters (2020). Since the summer of 2023 it has a location in the center of Madrid, after years with two gelato shops in the Valencian Community.
His big hit is the grandmother’s cookie ice cream, beyond nostalgia, it is a different proposal that has made him worthy of his many awards.
📍Location:Calle del Carmen, 15 (Center)
15. Myka Greek
Is ice cream necessarily a low-calorie treat with a low Nutri-Score? Ice cream shops like Myka prove us wrong. Greek yogurt, kefir and up to 20 natural toppings such as honey or pistachio. The bet is simple and the result is excellent. An ice cream made with handmade Greek yogurt to which no additives are added and whose success is in the most empirical proof possible: the queues that form around the door as soon as the temperatures rise.
📍Location:Calle Ortega y Gasset, 44 (Salamanca)
From ice or creamy, from classic flavors to the most daring mixtures, there is no excuse to say no to an ice cream. At the rate that the options of the sweet that has the taste of good weather are multiplying, ice cream parlors in Madrid encourage us to try each and every one of the proposals.