I've eaten gelato around the world, and Piccola Gelateria is as good as any I've ever had anywhere. Absolutely splendid! Until now, I thought that only Buenos Aires has the world's best gelato--but Piccola Gelateria puts New Orleans in the same category. Piccola Gelateria clearly uses the purest and finest ingredients, sparing no costs. I recommend it without reservation!
This is the best gelato I've ever had! It beats every other gelato place in the city, which is quite a feat. This might just be the best dessert I've ever had! And the service was very kind and friendly.
Seven years ago, while in NOLA, my husband and I visited Piccola Gelateria and what a gelato, to die for. I think I tasted three different flavors and had afogato coffe with hazelnut ice cream. This is the best gelato I ever had.
I had gelato many times in Italy, but none of those came even close to gelato at Ria’s.
This year we went to New Orleans for a wedding, so I planned in advance a visit with my friends to this place, which is now located on Magazine Street. We Ubered there and the gelato was so yummy and the location is just perfect. It was seven of us and we all tried many different flavors and truly enjoyed it.
The special treat we received from Ria was a pumpkin flavored gelato , how perfect, it was a Halloween weekend, and we all truly savored it.
We Will be back 😋
Gelato 100% Italiano!
I'm Italian from Napoli and moved to the country less than 10 years ago but always been traveling and tasting gelato in each city and this is the BEST, it brought me back to Italy.
Creamy and full of taste: semplicemente meraviglioso! È un New Orleans Must Try!
Ps.: our dog loved it too.
Gelato was amazing! If you’re in New Orleans make sure to stop here! The vibe is beautiful in this place, customer service was beautiful too. I ordered hazelnut and espresso latte gelato and wao it was a real GELATO, full of flavor!
As frequent travelers to Italy, and have a deep love of Italian gelato, Piccola rivals Vivoli and Perche NO in Firenze!
Great, authentic high quality gelato and great conversation with the very gracious lady (the owner, I believe) that served us this treat.
Without a doubt, THE best gelato outside of Italy, and stands up strong to any gelateria in beautiful Italy.
Grazie mille!
Ciao
Might be the best gelato I've ever had! Truly the most wonderful almost stretchy-creamy gelato ever! The pistachio especially is to die for. The almond one was all right as well but definitely thought the pistachio was far more impressive. Only thing? It would be lovely if the shop lady could turn the friendliness dial up a bit. The lack of warmth was a bit uncomfortable.
We walked in late on a weekday and it was understandably wrapping up but we were welcomed with open arms. After chatting with the owners we ordered a few scoops each. WOW!!! The best that I have had since I was in Rome. It just melts away on your tongue. Amazing. The owners are delightful. Give it a go. You won’t be disappointed.
Good gelato not wow but at definitely better than regular ice cream shops. Flavors don’t taste strong as you would expect from a gelato.
gelato is really yum, and the crepes were the unexpected star of the show - so good! pretty reasonably priced too
Prices match the quality! You can tell that they take pride in their work. The flavors are full, the textures a creamy and smooth-it’s art.
Best gelato of my life. And I was in Italy last month. Rich flavors, fantastic texture.
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