M’O IL Gelato

Very well made gelato — super creamy and smooth. The flavor I had (can’t remember the name) was good and, but after a few spoonfuls just tasted like sugar/​sweet without much depth. I’d come back and try another flavor.

This place is super cute! The ladies working were very nice and friendly! Tried a bunch of flavors and everything was so delicious!

This gelato was so good! And it’s less calories than most they also let you taste as many flavored as you want.

The gelato here is a must if you are in little italy. So creamy, light, and delicious. Some flavors seem to be better than others. I got the pistachio and loved it — it even came with little pistachios in it. Sooo good!

Stopped by here after seeing rave reviews and, after having a scoop of the min choco-​chip on a cone, I understood why this place was so highly rated! Now, what I really liked about the gelato here was its consistency; smooth, creamy and that borderline between solid and just about to start melting. I thought that the texture let the true flavor of the gelato come out (wasn’t just iced over). Additionally, the waffle cone was so so so good! I am so used to going to ice cream joints that give out sugar cones but this Waffle one (no extra charge for it being waffle) tasted like it was made in house! Not sure if it was but it definitely tasted fresh and crisp in a way that I had not experienced.
The actual store is simple, no-​nonsense. I was able to try a plethora of flavors (I am a gotta try until I love person) and the two women behind the counter were pleasant.
Would stop by again for the creaminess, waffle cone and strong flavors!

Came here for he hype around the gelato in a bun and I was so disappointed. Don’t get me wrong, the gelato tasted phenomenal, even the flavors I sampled. But, it was ridiculously overpriced. Also, the bun literally came out of a plastic package– tasted like over processed bread, not something that went well with the gelato at all.

This place was so good, my friend and I went back to get a second least that a minute after finishing our first cup of gelato. We both got mediums with 2 different flavors. Mine was dark chocolate and chocolate chip with vanilla. Delicious! It cost about 5.50 for a medium cup but it is definitely worth it.

My sister and I stopped by this place after lunch on a Saturday afternoon. The line was out the door but moved quickly. I had a medium cup with both the Bacio and Caffe gelato flavors. The Bacio gelato was absolutely delicious and tasted just like Nutella. Definitely worth the line!

As someone who isn’t normally huge into gelato, this stuff is great! I don’t think I’ve ever tasted gelato before and realized it did in fact taste much creamier than ice cream. All this I could taste from taking only a sample of the dark chocolate and espresso flavors. Nothing against the espresso flavor, but the dark chocolate was amazing.
Now here is where I made a mistake. Stuck between getting just a serving of this delicious dark chocolate gelato or trying the panino (which seemed like something you can’t get everywhere, which I’m a sucker for), I caved to try the hot panino after the girl at the counter said that yes, it was really good.
Nothing against the panino, but I think it’s a waste to get that at a place that has such good actual gelato. The bread of the panino is just bread dusted with powdered sugar (pro that it’s not at all too sweet). It’s nothing amazing, I think the popularity is only because it looks cute. I ate it just to get at the gelato stuck in the middle. I also ended up looking very messy afterwards because some of the small amount of powdered sugar on the bun will fall right off onto your pants, leaving you with a bunch of white marks.
I’m telling you, don’t try the panino the first time you go here. I really think it’s a waste of the gelato, which I will be back for!

Small gelato joint tucked into little Italy run by actual Italians. They have a menu board explaining the flavors but they were out of two so that was a strike against them. They also said they take the app card but it either wasn’t working, wasn’t able to be figured out, or it was a false message.
I had a hazelnut gelato which had a nice flavor and pleasing texture. Wife and SIL seemed to enjoy theirs as well.

I don’t think this place tops GROM but it is definitely good.
Clean, colorful display in this small shop. It’s hard for me to pass up pistachio to try something new and today was no exception. I opted for the small in a cone and it came to $ 3.75.
The price is comparable to its competitors but the scoop is not. Definitely smaller scoop than I’m used to. The gelato was very airy and soft though and the pistachio flavor was spot on. My only gripe was that it melted way too fast.
Ultimately I would come back. There is no better gelato in the area.

I thought the gelato here was overly sweet and soft — I got the dark chocolate and it melted into a puddle before I finished (it wasn’t hot out either). I like gelato with some body ya know.
Don’t know if it didn’t have time to set or what, but I’d rather not spend $ 5 on one cup here again. I prefer il laboratorio del gelato’s subtler flavors/​denser texture.

5 stars was given because this place saved my evening. I went with the craving of a lifetime to Morganstern’s to try their ice cream but alas, after standing on the long line, I was informed «cash only». In 2016? Give me a break.
So…mosey on down, sad and depressed — angry, actually, and as I walked to the train I figured, I’ll binge in Little Italy. This gem popped out right before I got there. Looking at the menu I instanly knew what I wanted, sans taste test: cup of vanilla and rum raisin. Small container of mango and coconut. Eff’n delicious.
The vanilla I did like more than the rum raisin only because the rum raisin got to be a tiny bit much. If I had vanilla on the bottom instead, it would have been perfect. I tried the mango and coconut when I got home and mind blown. I don’t dish compliments to dessert venues very easily and this one is for sure a keeper and will be getting my dollars this summer.
They also serve hot drinks and pastries. I will try the cannoli the next time. I’m sure it’ll be delightful.
Thank you for soothing my craving and saving my evening.

Strolling through China Town and Little Italy when my love asks me to Unilocal sorbet. This cute little spot pops up and the staff are sweet! Just like the yummy sorbet. Yum yum yum!

I came here to try their panino, don’t waste your money, it’s not ALL that. I found the bread or the dough or whatever it is to be too thick and kinda dry. I just don’t think it goes well with the gelato. Their gelato itself was pretty taste I feel. The only thing that set aside this place than other gelato place is only their panino I think. So if you have other gelato places that you know is good, go there instead.

The gelato panini was my goal when entering M’O II Gelato. This costs $ 6 (tax included) and was fairly small. What is it? It’s gelato (creamy cold Italian styled ice cream in between a warm brioche). In a way, it’s like hot meets cold, which is such a cool concept.
Upon entering the gelato shop, I was warmly greeted by a woman behind the counter. This place is fairly small and seats about six people max (there are two benches outside of the shop). They offer plenty of aesthetically pleasing gelato flavors and when I ordered the gelato panini, the woman suggested flavors to get in order to completely experience the panini’s taste. She suggested getting chocolate flavors since they’re quite dominant in taste. For non-​chocolate lovers, she opted for strawberry or pistachio. Since I had just finished a large cup of oreo rice pudding at Rice to Riches, I decided upon trying the pistachio gelato panini for a change.
I was disappointed with the process of how the gelato panini was made. The woman took a regular hamburger bun out from behind the counter, took a minuscule scoop of gelato out from the display glass and plopped it between the hamburger bun. She took it to the back and had it pressed in a waffle-​like presser and then dusted powdered sugar on top.
The gelato panini didn’t taste bad; I really enjoyed the pistachio gelato since there were one-​two actual pistachios in the gelato and it tasted really creamy and natural. The hamburger bun with powdered sugar tasted alright — not the worst but not the best. I suggest eating the gelato panini ASAP because it WILL begin to melt fairly quickly. I got this on a cold day and it still melted really fast, so imagine getting this in the summer…

Forgot the name so it was hard for me to find originally but after a 20 minute walk in the wrong direction, we finally made it here in the summer. And so thankful that we did because it was sooooo bomb! Got the hot panino gelato and literally devoured it in under a minute. Can’t wait for summertime so I can get this again!

Ugh, I’m so annoyed. Why didn’t I discover this place earlier so that I could have avoided all of those other less delicious and more expensive touristy gelato stands in Little Italy?! I blame only myself, and maybe the tiny storefront on Mulberry St. that’s easy to miss.
This is a true blue Italian gelato joint, with classic flavors like stracciatella and bacio as well as sorbettos for the less dairy-​inclined. The service is fast and friendly and it was $ 3.50 for a small scoop on a sugar cone. Those other lame stands charge $ 5 – 6 and trust me, the quality is nowhere near this place. So don’t make the same mistake I did when visiting the area… skip the sketchy gelato stands and go straight to M’O!

This place is hands down a 5 star rating. I honestly can’t believe it gets anything else. Their gelato is just as good as the gelato I had this previous summer in Italy.
We tried to hot panino sandwich with delirium which was amazing. The hot cakes bread and the gelato are perfect. I had to get the pistachio gelato since it’s my favorite flavor for everything. I had that on a cone but still amazing as the first item. I crave this gelato every single day. It’s definitely worth going to, trust me!

My last review for MO was in 2013. It felt like a lot longer. So long, I told the counter lady it’s been 5 or years! That’s how much I’ve longed for their gelato. Time just dragged! Well, I finally made it back to the great Big Apple. Of course, I made a bee line to MO! I’ve been to Italy twice. Both times, I ate gelato for days; sometimes, 2 – 3 times a day (don’t judge me ;-P). Back in the U.S., I’m always on the search for that nostalgia. Well, I found it in no other than, Little Italy. Nerone is my flavor. It’s rich, creamy, chocolatey, and vegan/​gluten-​free. My Mr. McDreamy. It took me straight back to Italy like it did two years ago. Real gelato is hard to come by in the U.S. If you haven’t had one from MO, you’ve just been eating ice cream. Which I love. But, it’s not gelato.
Randie Lin
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Woowza. This place is great. I had the Italian Coffee Gelato in a Hot Panino. The Panino was a first time for me and it was great. The gelato itself was really tasty.
The one thing that I would suggest is to actually try their canoli. I got a small one in addition to my Panino. I know I am a pig. Nom! Nom! Try it out. This is not just a gelato place.

BEST Gelato in NYC.
I had the pistachio gelato after a pizza dinner. The gelato was fresh and creamy. I would go back only to this place for gelato. I think of ice cream as a treat and this is a HUGE treat.
My friend ordered chocolate which he did not share. I think he feels the same as I do.
Location is the heart of little Italy. It’s always great people watching.

Skip all the cliché gelato places in Little Italy and head to the fringes nearby for M’o! It’s some of the best gelato in town.
Some of the flavors switch out, but you can’t go wrong with the Stracciatella. A speciality flavor that I tried recently was salted caramel. Nom! Oh, and note that they have a special tasty chocolate sauce they’ll put on top if you’re in the mood. I generally get my gelato cup topped with this chocolate awesomness!
So, what you waiting for? It’s 40% less sugar and fat than ice and super tasty! Go get it!

This isn’t your average ice cream sandwich! (A review on my experience getting the Hot Panino Gelato)
Let me start off by saying my Hot Panino with Bacio Gelato ($ 6) was amazing. It’s literally a gelato sandwich. They gave this great warm, fluffy bread covered with powdered sugar and they put your choice of Gelato inside. Though they have so many great flavor a there, I decided to stick to the familiar Bacio, a «Gianduia chocolate with tonda gentile hazelnuts» Hazelnut chocolate, pretty much. The cold gelato with the warm bread created the perfect dessert. You have to get your pictures and eat it quickly, or else it’ll melt — not that I had any issue with gobbling it all up!
The store itself is pretty small. They have some chairs on the side as well as outdoor seating, but the inside is mainly the gelato display and register. Service was good. They were attentive and patient, even though it was busy and I loved that the worked there has an Italian accent!
Must got back and try all the flavors.

Mhmmm Gelato! It’s a small storefront with kiddie chairs to sit on as you wait. They also have two small benches outside if you prefer enjoying your gelato in the sun.
They offer more than 20 delectable flavors. You can sample the gelato before you make your final decision. I like that the gelato wasn’t that sweet but creamy and light enough to be pleasantly satisfying.
Their gelato is made with milk rather than cream, so it’s much lighter and significantly lower in fat than ice cream.
There’s no artificial colorings, flavorings, emulsifiers, or preservatives.
We ordered two waffle cones of Delirium (Amaretto Cookies and Chocolate Fondue) and Giulio (Caramel and Salted Peanuts). Next time I’d get the Delirium. The Giulio was good but there were too many chunks of the salted peanuts. Globs on top of globs of salted peanuts that I forced him to eat it lol. Next time I’ll skip the PB Jiffy.
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Who: mom & I
When/​where: weekday afternoon snack
What: small pistachio & black cherry cones ($ 7 total)
Why: Clean, quiet, cheap, and quality gelato. We sat on the outside benches in the shade. Nice escape from within touristy Little Italy.

Very good «healthier» gelato.
The gelato is made with 60% less fat than regular gelato from Italy.
Workers are very nice and offered samples.
The small cone is a steal for ice cream in manhattan $ 3.50 for a small, which is cheap compared to big gay, van leuwens, morgensterns, etc. (sorry if I have spelled them wrong).
Come here to feel less guilty about desserts.

I came here with a friend to try their gelato panino. It was AMAZING! I got it with the Guilia (salted caramel with peanut butter). There’s a lot of flavor choices.
The staff was friendly and efficient. We were in and out quickly despite the long line and the small store size. I will definitely come back!

You have to have gelato when you visit little Italy. MO gelato is clean and modern. I didn’t except anything much, after all it is located in a tourist spot. But was I wrong. The weather was hot and we were all sweaty from walking. Really didn’t care what I wanted to try but just want a place to rest. So instead of picking, I asked for the favor of the day. Today’s favor was cantaloupe. How could cantaloupe gelato be good? Well, MO made the gelato perfectly. The gelato was light, flavorful, cool, and it tasted real, like cantaloupe, perfect in every single way in this hot weather. I look forward to trying the other favors!

Delicious! Just what I needed on a boiling hot day! The staff are really friendly and offer free samples so that you can decide what flavour you want and explain any of those with difficult names that you have no clue what they are!
Prices aren’t too bad either. I went traditional with chocolate gelato in a waffle cone. It was nice and creamy without being too runny and not melting instantly, like gelato sometimes can. I look forward to going back again and again!

First impressions: the venue is clean… And had blessed AC, which is a God send since it was one of the hotter days of summer in the city. Impressions of the staff: was it the heat? I don’t know but the staff was a bit brusque and impatient. I tried to get them to crack a smile by saying it was u first time. Usually people respond to that because they want you to come away with a good forst impression… Nope. Nada.
I didn’t let it deter me, I ordered the rum raisin, but quickly regretted it because someone behind me ordered something with cherries and almonds or some such and it sounded MUCH better… I wish I hadnt let the chilly demeanor of the guy taking my order rush me into making a decision, because I likely would have picked that one instead.
The rum raisin wasn’t impressive at all. It was kind of bland. The raisins were the only indication of its flavor at all. I stopped halfway through and tossed it. My friend got the lemon flavor. But it was too tart and she ended up getting the runs (apologies for ruining anyone’s appetite!) and also tossed hers out.
I likely will not be coming back. Maybe to try that cherry one, but if I see the same guy at the counter I will likely just take a pass.

Their gelato is a little too sweet for us… But their hot panini is so good!
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Best Gelato Ive had in the city thus far. This place definitely gives GROM a run for its money so if you like GROM you’ll definitely like this place. Walked by here randomly and decided to stop in. I tried the Limone and the Stracciatella. I have no idea what Stracciatella means but it tasted like a vanilla with rich chocolate chip pieces. This is definitely a bit creamier than other gelato that I’ve had and for that matter I really liked it. This is definitely a go to if your in the area.

Dairy… it does things to my insides (on occasion). Pardon any graphic imagery that comes to your mind with that opening sentence, but it’s important for me to illustrate that this personal biological dice roll/​coin flip (or any other applicable gambling/​risk-​taking idiom) of a reaction can sometimes render me into something less than my typical powerful state. Needless to say, if I state that I would gladly risk my comfort and pride to partake in the goods available at this unassuming little nest of a gelato shop, then the product undoubtedly would have to deliver (and it does).
My last visit to this joint was on semi-​brisk yet pleasant Sunday this April. I was accompanied by Kings County’s most fashionably stylish Unilocaler (Shaiyanne D.), who also happens to be one of the foremost minds when it comes to frozen treats such as the one featured on this shoppe’s namesake. Needing a lite dessert after quite the heavy lunch, this place popped up on the radar. Our collective «Spider Sense (s)”™ tingled at the prospect of splitting a hot panino, which appears to be the current favored child of this establishment. After my first bite, I could understand why.
The clashing dichotomy of the hot panino bread (which was both light and firm on the same plane of reality) with the cold chocolate gelato (smooth, velvety, and refreshing) was a masterstroke of tasty creativity. All the daps go out this place. While one may speculate as to whether the hot panino warrants the $ 6 price tag (which is a fair question…), the happy mouth and stomach feels you’ll have upon completion will totally justify your purchase. Heck, even if your taste buds (and not your stomach… because dairy makes you feel a certain way) are the only beneficiaries after your experience here, the argument could still be made that it was all worth it.

I came here after discovering they had gelato sandwiches served in a panino. It also helped that there was a check in offer for a free sugar cone when you order a medium. In addition to that Unilocal offered a $ 5 for $ 10 deal which I couldn’t pass up on.
I came in excited and overwhelmed by the choice of flavors. I didn’t know what to choose so I sampled about 4 — 5 flavors. At around my third request, the girl behind the counter seemed to lose patience. I saw her make eye contact and roll her eyes with the cashier (who might be the manager, you’ll find out why later). She might have lost patience because I asked her a few questions about the flavors and what it was. (I’m sorry my italian isn’t up to par and I’m not too familiar with flavors other than nocciola and baccio.)
After I decided the flavors I vouched for a nocciola panino and a medium that included giulia and delirium, Delirium is mashed up biscotti cookies, nocciola is hazelnut, giulia is salted caramel with peanuts.
I give them credit for unique innovated flavors but what lost them the two stars was service and panino.
When I went to ring up my purchase and show them my Unilocal deal and check in offer, they refused to accept both and did not allow for the offers to be stacked. I let it go because the gelato was melting and I did not want to argue at an ice cream store (that’s one of the happiest places you can be.) I later read the Unilocal deal and check in offer and it did not mention anything about refusing to combining offers. I’m assuming the cashier made it up on the spot because she didn’t want to give me a free sugar cone.
The panino was not too great, it tasted like hamburger buns topped with powdered sugar. There was nothing fantastic about the bread, it did not compliment the gelato instead at all and I even ran out of gelato after a few bites, thankfully I had extra gelato from my medium cup to fill it with. The idea of a gelato panino only sounds good on paper, mo gelato failed to execute it in a delicious matter.
Don’t think I’ll be back since I’ve had better gelato else where.

As far as GELATO goes, Mo Gelato definitely has that smooth, rich texture i enjoy BUT unfortunately i wasn’t a huge fan of the flavors, they just weren’t too memorable
there’s are two benches outside so you can sit an enjoy your sweets
–pistachio: this was good but again nothing amazing
–toasted almond: i usually love almond but wasn’t a fan of this one!
NOTE: THEY can have odd hours so make sure to double check