Are you feeling a bit frosty at the moment? For a refreshing change of pace, how about discovering the most unusual ice cream parlors in Paris? Between the original flavors, the crazy concepts, the astonishing decorations and many other surprises, there's plenty to do. Leave room for the unexpected, in completely new territory!
Think you've tried every ice cream and sorbet flavor there is? Think Parisian ice cream shops can't surprise you anymore? Think again! The artisans of the City of Light work hard all year round to bring foodies new frozen culinary experiences!
In this guide, you'll find the best addresses for original ice cream parlors and unusual ice cream shops in Paris, where you can enjoy absolutely stunning ice creams, sorbets and even frosted fruit. The perfect selection for the capital's adventurers, eager to try something new! And if you're not sure what to do, take the plunge and give it a try: it's well worth the effort.
So, are you ready for a frosty stroll through Paris? Let's go to the best addresses for unusual ice cream parlors in the capital!
La Tropicale Glacier, the tea room serving unusual ice creams in the 12th arrondissement of Paris
La Tropicale Glacier is the colorful concept that awaits you in Paris. It's not just a tea room, but also an ice cream parlour with unusual flavours! [Read more]
Waff Cachée, and its brioches filled with artisanal ice cream
Do you love waffles? Then here's a place to discover in the heart of Paris. Waff Cachée is a gourmet restaurant specializing in filled waffles, with creative toppings inspired by the four corners of the world. Here you'll find sweet and savory recipes, with the added bonus of artisanal ice cream for lovers of frozen flavors. [Read more]
Fu Castella opens a patisserie-tea room in the Marais for divine snacks and tea times
Fu Castella is the ultra-moist pastry shop that's already all the rage in Paris's 13th arrondissement. Fu Castella has now set up shop in the Marais, Paris 4th arrondissement, offering a beautiful tea room with exotic sweets, original tea times, ice creams and hot and cold drinks for you to try. [Read more]
Glacier des Prés, the artisanal ice cream shop of Brasserie des Prés
Tucked away in a charming Saint-Germain-des-Prés passageway, Glacier des Prés is the ice cream parlour adjoining Brasserie des Prés. The ice creams and sorbets are homemade and turbinated on the premises! [Read more]
Maison Sibon, the Lebanese patisserie that's part café, part tea room, part ice cream parlour
Looking for a good Lebanese patisserie in Paris? Head for Maison Sibon, a refined café and tea room offering not only fine oriental pastries, but also mezzés, bowls and even delicious homemade ice creams with Lebanese flavours, on sunny days. [Read more]
Reÿs, the Marais ice cream parlour with crazy gelato ice creams
Reÿs Glaces Éternelles is the name of this artisanal ice cream parlour just a stone's throw from Paris's Hôtel de Ville in the 4th arrondissement, offering Italian gelato with the flavours of childhood and travel. So let's take our taste buds on a journey, or fall back into childhood. [Read more]
Bältis ice creams arrive in Montorgueil: Savour exquisite Franco-Lebanese fusion
Bältis, the Franco-Lebanese ice-cream maker, opens a second gourmet address in Montorgueil. It's the perfect opportunity to discover two new, never-before-seen flavors and a series of frozen cocktails. [Read more]
Girotti le glacier, tea room and pastry shop of the actor Terence Hill in Paris
Terence Hill opens an ice cream shop in Paris and offers delicious, creamy, 100% homemade, gluten-free and preservative-free ice creams in the most original flavors to discover in a store that honors his film career. The Italian actor, whose real name is Mario Girotti, takes us into the world of his cinema and the family tradition, just a stone's throw from the Montparnasse Tower. [Read more]
LOLILOL, the coffee shop with the unavoidable chimney cake, the gourmet spit cakes
In the Marais district, a stone's throw from the Saint-Paul metro station, LOLILOL is one of the latest stores to have opened in the area: on the menu, you will find Chimney Cake, these delicious spit cakes originating from Eastern Europe [Read more]
Isaka, the coffeshop with unusual fried ice cream scoops
It's the latest culinary concept in the Palais Royal district: a scoop of homemade ice cream, delicately fried in a deep fryer. Café Isaka, in the 1st arrondissement, is the place to be: with their homemade ice creams and sorbets, you'll want to (urgently) treat yourself with the arrival of fine weather. [Read more]
Jugetsudo, chic and sober Japanese tea salon and boutique in Saint-Germain-des-Prés
The Jugetsudo tea boutique, which doubles as a tea room, invites you to discover a wide range of Japanese teas and sweet creations with delicate Japanese flavors. [Read more]
Moustache, the artisan ice-cream maker in the Marais, serves up delicious traditional Breton ice creams.
Moustache ice creams, originally from Saint-Malo in Brittany, have just arrived in Paris, in the Marais district. An opportunity to discover these artisanal ice creams and their fifty or so astonishing flavors! [Read more]
Naughty ice creams and gourmet milkshakes from La Quequetterie
How about an unusual foufoune glacée or an ultra-gourmand milkshake? Certainly among the most unusual ice creams in Paris, these foodporn milkshakes and waffles filled with ice creams and toppings will delight you when the temperature rises. [Read more]
Snowvan, the kawaii tea room for bubble tea and unusual ice creams
Snowvan is the Asian tea room that will surprise you. In a kawaii universe full of sweetness, this spot delights us with colorful gourmet drinks, bubble teas and unusual ice creams! [Read more]
Bachir and his delicious organic Lebanese ice creams in Paris
Ice cream fans will tell you, Bachir's Lebanese ice creams are delicious and gourmet. It's simple, there's a line every weekend for his signature pistachio-covered ice cream cones. With milk flower, rose petal, almond, lemon, pistachio or chocolate ice creams, Bachir offers 12 unusual ice creams, made without cream, but with milk and edible putty, a Lebanese specialty. We tell you all about it! [Read more]
Wonderland, the unusual patisserie - tea room
Direction Alesia and Rodolphe Groizard's Wonderland pastry shop. This former chef of a starred restaurant has a passion for trompe-l'oeil and dedicates his pastry shop-tea room to original creations that are as surprising visually as they are in taste. Cactus, armchair, merry-go-round or Moaï statue are part of his desserts that will ravage your table! [Read more]
Une Glace à Paris has opened a new location in Paris
Gourmet alert! Une Glace à Paris has just set up shop on the Place des Abbesses. Ice creams, sorbets and frozen pastries are now available! [Read more]
Fruttini by MO, the exceptional ice cream shop just a few steps from Le Bon Marché
Lovers of fruit, sorbets and other ice creams go to Fruttini by MO, a new spot in the 6th arrondissement of Paris offering oranges, passion fruit, pears, apricots, almonds, bananas and other frozen lemons. The opportunity to refresh yourself as it should be this summer, especially during the heat wave... [Read more]
Find the location of all these places by clicking on the map at the bottom of the article.
The most original ice creams and sorbets in Paris, our favorite flavors
Get out of the ordinary with these unusual ice-cream and sorbet flavors from Parisian ice-cream makers! [Read more]
So, are you going to have it in a tub or in a cone, this well-deserved ice cream?
The most original ice creams and sorbets in Paris, our favorite flavors
