Cafe E Gelato Milany

I absolutely love this place, well the ice cream at least. I’ve been too many times but haven’t been recently (in the past 2 years). Just popped in this afternoon as a treat for the boy I look after. They had a whole bunch of new flavours I hadn’t seen before — all of which tasted lovely! The quality of ice cream there is top notch and it’s definitely my favourite ice cream parlour. It wasn’t busy at the time we went but on weekends and Friday afternoons/​evenings it’s choc-​a-​block! They accept cash and card. The only complaint I have is throughout the entire existence of Milany while I’ve known then (about 4 years) I’ve never liked the staff. They’re always stand offish and sometimes quite rude so if they could get some nice new staff that would be nice. But apart from that the ice cream is great, the best ingredients and the area /​set up is nice. I’d definitely recommend this place! Go here, you’ll be impressed

Aw heck. Why not go a 5?
After a particularly healthy dinner on a summer’s eve, I was craving ice cream. My closest is Cold Rock, and to be honest, I’m not a huge fan. I jumped on Unilocal and did a search. Aha! This place down on Racecourse road. I should have known, I have been here before.
Well, I zoomed on down, and it didn’t take me long to decide on a double scoop of chocolate, with fresh strawberries on top.
Damn. Maybe I just haven’t had ice cream in a long time, but it was good. I’d love to try a lot more from the menu, but it’s a rare treat for me, so get down and tell me how good all the flavours are!

Called in for Gelati on my day off and boy… was it worth it!!! I had Turkish Delight and my partner had Banana Split — we both had some of each others and loved both flavours. The variety of flavours is huge and I defy anyone to not find a flavour they like… no, love ! I’m glad I read reviews before I went as everyone is right — they really do need to improve their signage… but once you find this place you won’t forget where it is :-)

Love the Gelato here! So many different flavours to choose from, it is hard to pick just one … or, two or three!
Service is very quick considering the line up and it can get quite busy.
The only reason that they do not get 5 stars is because the tables are quite dirty and it takes a while for someone to come around and clean them and take away dirty plates. Considering there was 10 staff behind t he counter on a Saturday night, they could have had one person on clean up duty.

I’ve never eaten Gelato here. They sell icecream, beautifully arranged in amazing glasswear, why would you eat anything else? Grab a menu and choose from the wide selection of signature dishes. The coffee is good too!

This gelato place is a lovely treat for a warm summers day! Everything is presented beautifully, and with the large variety of flavours, it’s almost impossible to not try them all! Panna Cotta was my choice and it was delightful. Next time, I may try a Banana Split!

The ice cream is beautifully presented and they have a huge variety of different flavours so you won’t get bored! If you need something else than JUST ice cream try the Mini Dutch Pancakes! yum! The staff is super friendly and fun.

It is hard to go past a good gelato. There is nothing better on a hot day, or indeed any sort of day. I went to Italy last year and despite the fact that it was 5 degrees at 11pm at night, I was determined to have gelato on my last night. Sorry, I digress, but it was really good!
Almost up to the same standard is Café E Gelato at Hamilton. It is beautifully presented to temp you even more. I like so many flavour here it is impossible to choose but the chocolate comes very close.

Café E Gelato Milany has been around for as long as I can remember, and is definitely one of the best gelato shops in Brisbane. If you have time, be sure to dine in, as the experience is well worth it. The gelato and other desserts come out in fancy bowls and glasses and it makes the whole experience delicious and decadent.
The Dark Chocolate flavour is exceptional, it’s like liquid mud cake. They also have flavours like Turkish Delight and Cherry Ripe, which you don’t always see.
They are open until fairly late most nights, so you can always manage to pop in after dinner!

The ice-​cream pizza was probably the first example of the fusion between a traditionally savoury standards and a dessert dish that I have seen. Milany takes this one step further though with their bizarre and fascinating looking ‘Milany Spaghetti Carbonara’ — a sweet version of the traditional pasta dish, serve with chocolate, cream and nuts.
I wasn’t feeling adventurous (or hungry) enough to tackle such a substantial meal, so instead I opted for a thick shake, which turned out to be more than I could handle. They use two scoops of their delicious and aesthetically fabulous gelati to make the shake, so I decided to get experimental with a blend of ‘Pistachio’ and ‘Turkish Delight’ (sometimes they put nuts in the rosewater-​based dessert, so there’s a precedent). The result = WIN.

My Dad is a big fan of bananas. Banana anything, he loves it. When his friend read in the Courier Mail that Milany had won some big award for its banana gelato, she brought some to his house during a dinner party. We were all very impressed. Best banana gelato I’ve ever had, but to be fair I haven’t had many so I thought that in the interests of… ahem… research, that I should go to this famous Milany for myself. A quick browse of their website before I went confirmed that yes, this place has awards coming out of its ears.
Aside from the basic gelato in a cup or cone, they do lots of big sundaes full of fruit, cream, nuts, chocolate, biscuits and other things that only improve when put on top of ice-​cream. After sitting on the nice deck out the front and tackling a ‘Tiramisu Delight’ sundae, I had confirmed my banana gelato-​related suspicions that this place has excellent gelato.

It was hot. We were a few minutes from the car and we needed something to cool us down. Up ahead was Café e Gelato Milany, so we stopped in to get an ice cream. We observed their multiple awards for their cold luxuries and proceeded to order a couple of single scoops for take away.
Now, I’m a fan of ice-​cream and even its non-​cream based cousin. We paid what I feel was a pretty steep price and got something that was delicious in return. It just felt like it could have lasted longer than the couple of minutes it took to finish. Maybe it was because the scoops were smallish or I really wanted to sit down and smash one of their Sundays but it just wasn’t enough for a takeaway.
Next time we’ll take a seat there.

What? How-​? Splutter! This was my reaction when I discovered there was a gelati café called Milany the next block over from where I worked along Racecourse road. I must have walked by it every day on my lunch break. I stood next door to it while lining up for Subway and never realised it was there.
It turns out my oblivion was not entirely my fault. This gelati store doesn’t exactly have wonderful signage and it only opens from 3pm on weekdays which would explain why I missed it.
When my friend finally introduced me to Milany one night after a movie, I was blown away by its resemblance to an old fashion ice-​cream parlour. On their menu, they’ve got the classics such as the banana split sundae and fun stuff for kids like the Playful Pinnochio — an upside down cone with vanilla bean gelati, a swirly biscuit for a nose and hundreds and thousand sprinkles.
These old classic sundaes are given a modern twist with gelati, fresh fruit, yoghurt, meringues and tiramisu biscuits.
If you can’t justify an indulgent sundae or you don’t have someone to share it with, just go for a simple one scoop or two scoop cup. They have a huge range of gelati flavours although the last time I order a vanilla and mango double scoop, the assistant talked me out of vanilla by implying I was being unadventurous and dull.
I love vanilla flavour, okay?! There’s nothing wrong with it and if you are going to get a double scoop, vanilla complements fruity flavours extremely well. I was so flustered I ended up ordering the Panna Cotta which was nice enough but no vanilla.
NB: For chocolate lovers, their dark chocolate flavour here is to die for and has won the gold medal at both the 2010 and 2011 Royal Queensland Food and Wine Show.