
With summer comes the desire to eat ice cream, we propose our top 11 of the best ice cream parlors in Buenos Aires and where to find them.
1. La Flor de Almagro
La Flor de Almagro is one of the best ice cream parlors in Buenos Aires with traditional style, of which there are few left in Buenos Aires and has been making delicious ice cream since 1953. In this ice cream shop you will be able to find traditional tastes that few ice cream shops have, but also a surprise: its 11 different chocolate flavors (did you know that there is Turkish chocolate?). One of those chocolates may well be one of the best ice creams in Buenos Aires.
La Flor de Almagro 📍Av Estado de Israel 4727. Open from 12pm to 00hs.
2. Antiche Tentazioni gelateria
Antiche Tentazioni is the typical Italian style gelateria but in the neighborhood of Palermo. All their ice creams are made on sight, following to the letter the Italian style of elaboration and every week they incorporate a new gelato taste. Among the best ice creams in Buenos Aires, you will find 11 varieties of creams and exclusive flavors for vegans.
Antiche Tentazioni gelateria 📍Honduras 4770. (branches in Belgrano and Pilar). Open from 13.30hs to 00.45hs.
3. Il Trovatore
Il Trovatore is a classic of Caballito but attracts people from all neighborhoods since it opened in 1963. A few meters from Acoyte and Rivadavia Avenues, Il Trovatore is a small ice cream parlor that could go unnoticed if it weren’t for the fact that it is always crowded. A lot of people. There are chocolate varieties, the mint granita is delicious but their pistachio ice cream with whole pistachios is one of the best ice creams in Buenos Aires.
Il Trovatore 📍Rivadavia 5078. Open from 12hs to 01hs. Saturdays until 03hs
4. Rapanui
Rapanui has a long chocolate tradition in Patagonia, which later evolved into the ice cream and gelato shops that all of Buenos Aires knows today. Many consider Rapanui one of the best ice cream parlors in Buenos Aires. To know, you have to try them. A flavor you can’t miss: goat milk caramel.
Rapanui 📍Arenales 2302 (branches in Buenos Aires, Bariloche and Córdoba). Open from 12hs to 00hs.
5. Buffalla Ice Cream
Heladería Buffalla is on Pueyrredón Avenue, a somewhat bustling avenue but if you are passing by, it is well worth trying any of their ice creams, because they are all special. The reason? These ice creams are made with buffalo milk. Many of their flavors you won’t find in any other ice cream parlor: the apple crumble, moulin rouge or wonder woman flavors are a must try.
Buffalla ice cream shop 📍Pueyrredón 2100. Open from 12pm to 00hs.
6. Don Blanco
Don Blanco Heladeria started as a bakery that transformed the flavors of its best cakes into the flavors of the best ice creams in Buenos Aires. They are 100% handmade ice creams with quality and creaminess and a menu that includes the flavors of the most classic Argentine and international cakes: Black forest ice cream, chocomani or chocotorta ice cream are some of them. Would you like to try them?
Don Blanco Heladería 📍Soler 5858. Open from 7.30 am to 00.30 am.
7. Obrador Florida
Obrador Florida is an ice cream parlor with different flavors, even strange ones. Here you will find flower ice cream, seed and root flavors, fig ice cream, and one of the most popular: the chocolate obrador, which is made after subjecting the cocoa to a long and laborious process. It is worth visiting this place in Palermo to taste ice creams that you will not find in any other ice cream parlor in Buenos Aires. The ice cream menu, in addition, rotates with each season, to always offer the freshest and most unique flavors.
Obrador Florida 📍Soler 5063. Open Wednesday to Sunday from 3pm to 11pm.
8. Podio Ice Cream Parlor
If you have a craving for genuine handmade ice cream, then Podio is one of the ice cream parlors you have to have on your list. There are stores in Caballito, Almagro, Balvanera and Parque Chacabuco and this ice cream is the one that won over Pope Francis. Ice cream Glorios? You will have to try it for yourself.
Podio 📍Avenida directorio 200. Open from 9am to midnight.
9. Cadore
Cadore is the most traditional and well-known ice cream parlor on Corrientes Avenue. It is the meeting point for anyone who comes out of the theater or after a pizza dinner and feels the temptation of something sweet and cold. Its ice creams and flavors are traditional, tasty, its cones are plentiful and, in its time, it once held the title of the best dulce de leche ice cream in Argentina. If you are looking for one of the best ice creams in Buenos Aires, this is one of them.
Cadore 📍Avenida Corrientes 1695. Open from 12pm to 00hs.
10. Occo
Occo isan ice cream parlor that despite having grown a lot, it is still a neighborhood ice cream parlor with new flavors, always fresh and different that attract attention in addition to the classic flavors. Exquisite vanilla and lavender ice cream with poppies, coconut lime and crumble, lime, mint and ginger or vegan sambayon, complete an excellent offer among the best ice creams in Buenos Aires.
Occo heladerias 📍Olazabal 4558. Villa Urquiza (branches in Palermo, Nuñez and Saavedra). Open from 14.30hs to 00.30hs.
11. Lucciano’s
Lucciano’s is a well known ice cream parlor known for its flavors, the quality of its ice cream, but also for its popsicles. If the cone or the cup is not your thing, Lucciano’s knew how to bring all its flavors, shapes and colors to its popsicles. Because the best ice creams in Buenos Aires can also come in different shapes and colors…of popsicles.
Lucciano’s 📍Fernández de Enciso 3979. Devoto (branches all over the country). Open from 11hs to 01hs