Ice Cream Parlours in New York

Ice cream is one of those wonderful pleasures that can transform an ordinary day into a treat, a sweltering heat into exotic sugary bliss and a bustling city into an urban adult playground.

Here is a list of some of New York City’s most loved and talked about ice cream parlours to help you treat yourself during your visit.

Sky Ice Sweet & Savoury serves ice cream with a Thai twist, infusing flavours like sesame, wasabi and lychee into their sweet creamy treats. You can find it on 63 Fifth Ave.

Victory Garden makes lactose-free, Middle-Eastern inspired deliciousness with goats milk and local ingredients. Favourite flavours include Salty Caramel, a rich cocoa chocolate, tangy goat milk yogurt and rose hibiscus sorbet. Find it on 31 Carmine Street in the West Village.

Holey Cream is a treasure trove of sugary delights, with ice-creams, sorbets and frozen yogurts on offer next to donuts, cookies, muffins and more. Hit these guys up for a ice-cream sandwich made from a iced donut of your choice and an ice-cream centre. To get your fix, go to 796 Ninth Ave between 51^st and 52^nd.  

Blue Marble is all about being eco, light on the added sugar and into seasonal flavours. They use certified organic flavour and pride themselves of offering ‘real’ food rather than preservative-packed desserts. Blue Marble can be found at 196 Court Street in Brooklyn.

L’ Art de Gelato takes you to the romantic streets of Italy with one lick of their traditional-style ice-cream. With a love of artisanal, daily-fresh batches, this gelaterie can be found at 75 Ninth Ave, inside the Chelsea Market.

Lula’s Sweet Apothecary is the solution for vegan sweet tooths, offering natural, non-dairy and vegan frozen desserts on 516 East 6^th Street.

Grom Gelato is a dealer in sweet secrets, hiding your to-be treat in covered punnets until you are presented with your choice. The parlour is known for its rich flavours and organic milk used to concoct all sorts of yumminess. Find Grom Gelato at 233 Bleecker Street and 1796 Broadway.

Milk Bar deals in novelty and flavour, offering soft-serves mixed with cereals among other flavours. Head to 251 East 13^th Street to try the soft and crunchy combo.

Screme Gelato Bar is known for having almost too many flavours to choose from and exciting the palate with complex flavours. All the frozen goodness there is made oil, preservative and artificial colour free so you can feel extra good about indulging. Find Screme at 317 Madison Ave on 42^nd Street.

Stogo uses coconut, soy or hemp as a base for their frozen delights, with more than 30 flavours on offer and the choice of gluten-free and vegan treats as well. Find it at 159 2^nd Ave.

The Ice Cream House has been self-dubbed the ‘King of Frozen Desserts’ and serves ice-cream that is non-dairy, low-fat, fat-free, sugar-free, gluten-free and vegan, so everyone can enjoy. Wander down to 3624 15^th Ave to taste what’s on offer.

Big Gay Ice Cream serves extravagant, playful ice cream, embracing the kind of fun attitude that dessert should inspire. Find it at 125 East 7^th Street. 

With your New york accomodation taken care of, you´d best be getting down to the serious work of wandering the city streets and treating yourself to an ice-cream.