Amorino is one of my favorite gelato shops - I first came across it in the Marais in Paris, but very happy to know that there are branches in London as well! I went to the Soho branch on a weeknight at about 10pm and there was a line.
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| Amorino store front in London's Soho |
You choose your size at the cash register (or "till" as they call it here) and pay first. You can choose from cups ("coppa"), cones ("cornetto") or take-away tubs. After that, you give your receipt to the staff and they'll scoop your choice of flavors.
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| Inside the store |
I was craving something creamy, so I didn't go for the sorbetti - but I do remember their raspberry and strawberry being really good, and I will try their coconut one next time! They had ran out of tiramsu gelato already, so I chose vanilla, hazelnut and dark chocolate (they do have a chocolate-hazelnut flavor called "L'inimitable").
Don't be deceived by the size of the small, £3.50 cornetto. They fill up the center with one flavor, and put the other flavors on in petals on the outside of the cone! Only the cones get this flower petal scooping treatment.
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| Flower-shaped gelato! |
The gelato was dense, and smooth. Amorino only uses organic and natural ingredients in their gelato and sorbetti, and the flavors shine through so well. There were many flecks of vanilla bean in the vanilla gelato, and crunchy hazelnuts in the hazelnut gelato.
I'm already planning my next trip and the flavors I'm going to get. Lucky for me, Amorino is open till midnight, and till 1am on Fridays and Saturdays.
I'm already planning my next trip and the flavors I'm going to get. Lucky for me, Amorino is open till midnight, and till 1am on Fridays and Saturdays.
Amorino
41 Old Compton Street, W1D 6HF (two other locations in London, others across Europe)
Tel: 0207 494 3300
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