Gelarto

This place is a real hidden treat, and worth your time trying to find…
THE ROSES: Gelarto boasts a clean, pleasant space to enjoy your coffee and gelato. Many guidebooks and other picture books of Italy are scattered about, and offer the patron a nice diversion. Staff is well-​trained and very pleasant.
THE THORNS: Usually only one person on duty. They take pains to serve their products perfectly, so sometimes you’ll have a bit of a wait.
IT’S JUST AN ICE CREAM JOINT, AND MORA ICE CREAM UP THE STREET HAS SO MANY MORE CHOICES! WHY FOUR STARS? Two words: rice gelato (or riso gelato, if you will). Not always on offer, and VERY hard to find here. Italians get it, Americans don’t. It’s like the love child of the best vanilla gelato and your gammy’s rice pudding! So hard to find on this side of the Prime Meridian. When Gelarto has it, get it. Get a pint. Screw it, get a half gallon if you can; it’s worth it!
THE VERDICT: Nice little shop off the beaten ‘tourist path’ in Bainbridge. Strong recommend!

The gelato here was really, really great, but the service somehow managed to be even better. You get a greeting as you come in, no matter how busy they get. They then managed to help you and make you feel like you’re the only one there. Superior quality and service. You should definitely try this place!

For such a cute, small gelato shop, it sure has a great ambiance! Among the potted plants and bubbling fountain outside, to the beautifully present gelato and warm, inviting flamenco music playing inaide, this place is a great go to for an end of day sweet tooth fix!
The attendant was very genuine, and might have been the owner based on the pride they displayed in the establishment.
**** If you like pistachio, YOU MUST TRY IT HERE! ****
Best I’ve ever had!

This gelato is high quality and delicious. My family comes here year-​round. There isn’t a bad flavor that we have found yet. The pistachio is absolutely worth the extra charge, but all the flavors are delicious. The owners operate a sister gelato location on Alki in Seattle.

Excellent. Delicious. A hidden gem. Try the coffee gelato or the lemon sorbet! Loved it. Proprietor was very kind and told us a lot about Bainbridge Island

There was Great service, great locally made gelato. This is a nice oasis of Bainbridge Island.

Get the coconut!!! Actually all of the flavors were good but the coconut was exceptionally delicious.
Cute, quaint and quiet. Loved it here!

This is a great little place right off the ferry entrance on the island. The staff are friendly and very hospitable! They have a couple of vegan option that were very flavorful. Thanks for the sweet treats!

A nice place to grab some sweets after a meal. The gelato is delightful and there are plenty of flavors to choose from. The location is sort of close to the water and there are seats outside. The owner is very friendly and personable. Prices are a little steep, and beware the credit card minimum purchase, but Gelarto is a treat.

Excellent gelato made with fresh, organic ingredients. It’s a must try when you’re on Bainbridge Island.

It’s really good, especially if you get the pistachio flavor! It costs more for that flavor, but worth it, as fresh pistachios make up most of the gelato. It’s creamy, soft and boasts a lot of flavor, as gelato should be. There is also an outdoor seating area with umbrellas and walking distance to the water.

It’s a hidden gem. Excellent gelato well balanced not too sweet. It’s the real stuff no artificial flavor.

The line was long, but worth it! The gelato was very tasty. I had the coffee and tiramisu flavors. If you want pistachio, it was cost extra $. Perfect spot on a sunny day.

This place is so cute! The owners are friendly and inviting. The mint chocolate is so refreshing, and the Chocolate and Cream was ver tasty.

I’m a total gelato snob ever since experiencing it in Italy. This is the best I’ve had since I’ve been back! I got 2 flavors: peanut butter and salted caramel. Delicious! It’s a small store and the workers were friendly. Highly recommend! =)

Context: This place is a must at Bainbridge Island! My friends and I were visiting and one of the store owners told us about this place!
Gelato: Everything I tried was amazing! All of the ingredients are imported from around the world like the pistachios, hazelnut, etc. for the gelato. I had a small Bainbridge Berry and Pannacotta (cooked cream with a hint of caramel) and it was delicious! The Berries were fresh and refreshing, and the Panacotta was rich and creamy with so much flavor.
Comparable to Italy
Price: $ 4 something for a small but so worth it!
Environment: Very cute and quaint and hipster (but what isn’t in Seattle area) with cute lights and blackboard chalk menus
Service: The guy behind the counter was super friendly! He was very passionate about all the flavored and told us everything about the gelato there! He gave us a bunch of samples and wasn’t pushy at all!
A must try if you’re here! I personally liked it better than Mora (another gelato place on Bainbridge Island)!

Gelarto’s is the perfect neighborhood shop with the best gelato outside of Italy that we have ever tasted. It has a great atmosphere and wonderful hosts. My wife and I visited twice in three days while touring Bainbridge Island. The couple that own the shop are very friendly and accomodating.
The gelato is rich and creamy with many flavors. We tried the usual Pistacchio and Cioccolato, but they had a unique flavor, Bainbridge Berry. I enjoyed an Affogato (a shot of espresso poured over a scoop of vanilla gelato.) My wife had a delicious hot Italian sipping chocolate that she enjoyed very much on the cold night we were there.
We appreciated that the shop was open later than the other dessert places so we could stop in after dinner.

My husband and I stopped in to try the new local shop. We live on the island and always give our business to the local shops. It was decently busy and it was a bit chaotic.
The owners were behind the counter and they were not friendly… unless they knew you. I asked about a few flavors and was not offered a taste, instead I got a frustrated glance from the gentleman waiting for me to decide on a flavor. I felt rushed and disrespected. Once we picked our flavors we had to wait for him to wash his hands and wait for the woman to ring up her customers. Apparently the scooper also has to ring up his own customer.
Then, as he tried to initiate conversation with us he rudely assumed we were ‘visiting’ and when we clarified that we lived close by he said, Oh you don’t look like locals. WTF?! To top it off my ‘Gelarto’ wasn’t even made there, they bring it in from Seattle and it was overchurned and tasted like butter. Blegh. Never going here again.

Yes, this place is grade A tasty. So tasty. I had salted caramel, and was satisfied with a small, because it is filling. The inside is cozy with a few tables, and some outside seating. The staff looked like an older couple, and they were hilarious. I tried pretty much every flavor, and they were patient. (I always get the first thing I taste anyway). The prices were ok. It is gelato, so it is a little more expensive. The only weird thing is the bathroom– located ’round back of the building and there is a cumbersome key and all that to get to it. But it was super tasty.

D’ambrosia Gelato (out of Ballard) on Bainbridge? Yes please! Hands down, as close to the real Italian deal you’re ever going to get outside of Italy. Try the Pistachio. Or the Tiramisu. Oh heck, try them all!
Service can be a little slow when they’re busy, but that’s okay because the product is worth the wait! The space is cozy and comfy. It’s conveniently located OFF the main business strip, but still within walking distance of everything else. And if you’re lucky, and patient enough to stick around with your yummy treat, you might get to chat with some of the local folks (who are delightful in their own right).
Finally, GREAT «ice cream» on Bainbridge. Though, who needs ice cream when they can have Gelato? My daughter agrees, it’s a two thumbs up kind of noms!