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Cafe Effe makes cakes and tarts, its own, gelato, and coffee using Proud Mary beans.

Cafe Effe

Where gelato and coffee collide.

  • Frank Sweet
Dark chocolate fudge brownie is one of the flavours on offer at Mondo.

Mondo Gelateria

Central sweet spot with 28 gelati flavours on offer.

  • Haymun Win
Sorbet is served in hollowed out fruits at Taste of Amalfi.

Taste of Amalfi

Serving gelato in real, hollowed out fruit.

  • Haymun Win
Frisco Creamery offers 18 gelato flavours and a self-service frozen yoghurt bar.

Frisco Creamery

Gelato shop meets frozen yoghurt bar.

  • Haymun Win
A scoop of ube (left) at Suga Rays.

Suga Rays

Thai-inspired gelato by the Tori’s team.

  • Haymun Win
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Universal Restaurant’s cool new sibling, Glo Gelato.

Glo Gelato

Ice creamery from the team behind nearby Universal Restaurant.

  • Haymun Win
A scoop of raspberry meringue gelato at Okay Lucy in Black Rock.

Okay Lucy

The second outpost for Mornington’s beloved ice creamery.

  • Haymun Win
Beku Gelat serves south-east Asian flavours and more.

Beku Gelato

An Indonesian-leaning ice cream shop on Lygon Street.

Rare cheese, a cheesecake-inspired kakigori with pineapple compote.

Sebastian Kakigori

This venue is a finalist for best treats in Good Food’s Essential Melbourne Cafes and Bakeries of 2025.

From left: Black sesame and Vietnamese yoghurt and sugarcane and calamansi sorbet.

‘The most refreshing scoop’: Visiting this dessert parlour is like taking a tropical holiday

Cabramatta dessert parlour Kreamu is a trove of flavours such as pink dragonfruit and longan, purple soursop and jackfruit.

  • Lee Tran Lam