Cremeria De Luca

The best little café in five dock .
We all like it here from my wife to the 4 kids
We all ways come here.

I’d seen a few photos of the desserts on offer and was dying to try it out. The décor is cute and kitschy and there are a fair few tables and chairs indoors and out so you can sit down.
We ordered brioche buns with gelato and a nutella filled arancino. I thought the food was great and the gelato filled brioche was very similar to what I ate in southern Italy. Love how novel (and tasty) the arancino was!
However I thought the service was a bit lackluster and abrupt which was a shame. After seeing other reviews I see this is common so I do hope that improves in the future.
So go for the desserts and be prepared for below average service.

Cremeria De Luca was a bit like making out back in school. you’ve read about it in the magazines, all your friends have been and loves it, you get there and all is looking promising… but you left feeling not exactly unpleasant, rather a little ‘is that it’?
The place is quaint, it’s got a cute mix of mismatched furniture, AstroTurf walls and an antique oven at the back. Unfortunately the cute surroundings were let down by the lack of ventilation inside. The menu is half in Italian, which is generally good unless they don’t explain it to you… which they didn’t. For someone who’s Italiano starts with si and ends with pasta varieties. I felt a bit like going to an espresso bar for the first time in Rome, I asked for recommendations and what a few items was and they read out the name as is, no explanations just a little shrug and bored expression. The young family behind me had a similar response as well and ended up ordering whatever that was in English. Not ideal.
The food itself was quite nice, the granita was outstanding. I so desperately wanted to like it was let down by a few execution errors. It’s not going to stop me from going back though, I just need to be more prepared (no lip gloss required, just google).

I was eagerly anticipating my visit here, but based on the fact we were effectively kicked out of the café because they needed the table (we weren’t even half way through our meals), I wouldn’t return. Let’s hope this is was an exception to an otherwise lovely café.