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Best Ice Cream in London

Gelato, soft serve and inventive scoops: London's best ice cream.

Starting order is based on how often each place appears in London's major guides. Your upvotes move places up.

  1. 1Soho · 7 Archer Street, W1D 7AUSoho gelateria that appears on every list we checked, a long-standing benchmark for seasonal Italian gelato.
  2. 2Soho · Multiple locationsPioneering liquid-nitrogen ice cream lab with inventive flavours and toppings, made to order.
  3. 3Stoke Newington · 137 Albion Road, N16 9JUArtisan gelateria in Stoke Newington, ranked London's best ice cream parlour by Time Out.
  4. 4Soho · 30 Great Windmill Street, W1D 7LWSoho gelato shop near Piccadilly praised across several 2025-26 guides for its quality scoops.
  5. 5South Kensington · Multiple locationsClassic gelato brand founded in South Kensington, now with branches across London.
  6. 6De Beauvoir · 20A Halliford Street, N1 3HDSmall-batch ice cream parlour in De Beauvoir, named London's best by Hot Dinners.
  7. 7London Fields · 396 Mentmore Terrace, E8 3PHSoft-serve specialist by the London Fields railway arches with playful, rotating flavours.
  8. 8Chelsea · Multiple locationsBermondsey-made ice cream with a Chelsea parlour and Saturday factory openings.
  9. 9Leicester Square · Multiple locationsFilipino ice cream shop known for ube flavours and bubble waffle cones.
  10. 10Covent Garden · Multiple locationsCovent Garden gelato maker with inventive natural flavours and further sites around London.

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