• Gorgeous Gelato

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Italian gelato shop with vegan ice cream and sorbet options, which are labeled "vegan ok." Features Vegan Gelato Fridays where half of the day's selection are vegan. Flavors change with sample one such as chocolate mint, hazelnut, apple pie, and rose. Open Mon-Fri 9:00am-10:00pm, Sat 9:00am-11:00pm, Sun 9:00am-10:00pm.


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19 Reviews

First Review by WillLarche

CaitlinJulia

Points +321

Vegan
06 Oct 2024

Vegan Friday’s are great!

I enjoyed the dark chocolate and hazelnut gelato. We went on a Friday so the selection was vast.

Beachbabe005

Points +331

Vegan
14 Jun 2024

Cannot recommend enough

Get the cinnamon gelato if they have it. It’s sooooo good. Staff was so nice!

Pros: So many options

Cons: None

bkoep25

Points +42

Vegan
02 Apr 2024

Best gelato ever

I had the vegan almond and the vegan chocolate gelato. It tasted just as good as the ones I had in Rome. So good!

lisakw

Points +1217

Vegan
21 Apr 2023

Nice fruit sorbets

Loved the cranberry sorbet. Had lots of pieces of cranberries in it. The owners make their own gelato.

Updated from previous review on 2020-10-12

TracyWeb

Points +743

Vegan
31 Jul 2022

Delicious

Gorgeous gelato has their vegan flavors very clearly marked, which was about 5 different flavors . I tried the cinnamon gelato which was absolutely delicious. They also had a very other fruit based flavors but the cinnamon was so unique I had to get that one! They also had sugar cones that are vegan.

alexlovesfood

Points +51

Vegan
11 Jun 2022

GREAT FOR ALLERGIES

I travelled to Maine with the help of my mother (so allergic to milk and soy that she could be taken down with a singular slap to the face with a weird edamame extra cheese pizza slice), father (Omnivore that was probably trying to eat that pizza, and myself (a vegan with a peanut allergy that is morally opposed to the pizza in general.)

After dinner I experienced the usual craving for chocolate and the blood of my enemies, so went with the former and got gelato. Now this gelato will not blow your mind in terms of flavour selection, BUT it will be safe for those with allergies. I was very worried that I was going to accidentally murder my mother as the vegan flavours were alongside the regular dairy flavours in the same display case. HOWEVER, she was completely fine, so props for lack of cross contamination.

I thought the rum chocolate was very chocolatey, but not very rumey, though I can't say I've ever had rum folks. My mom thought that the flavour was 10/10 creamy, delicious, and doesn't know 'why we even need cows. . . except for pets.'

My dad ordered the espresso and loved it! 9.5/10, for my father who doesn't like sweet stuff thats high!!! Apparently very good coffee flavour.

All in all very unexpected food allergy win, huzzah.

WeCanVeGan

Points +259

Vegan
22 Aug 2021

Not impressed

They had two or three underwhelming vegan options - the guy at the counter told another customer that he’d suggest anything but the vegan options… (right as we were ordering our vegan flavors). Go to Sticky Sweet instead.

Cons: Disappointing taste and service

SaraNorlin

Points +3541

Vegan
19 Jul 2021

Delicious

Vegan options are clearly labeled, the staff are knowledgeable about vegan options, and they clearly make an effort to have multiple flavors and be accessible. Plus it's super tasty. I tried the mint chocolate and it was good and the cinnamon which tasted like Christmas.

agranderhew

Points +38

Vegan
16 Apr 2021

So good I embarrassed myself

I visited on a whim, I just happened to be parked in front of it. There were 4 vegan options when I visited, and some of them were just sorbet. The vegan flavors were fairly basic - almond, lemon, pomegranate, and one other I can't remember. I wasn't thrilled with the options but I ordered the almond and oh my god it was AMAZING. I took a quick bite when I stepped out of the store and I swore out loud because it was so good. The vegan gelato was so good I said "GODDAMN!" out loud.

Pros: FLAVOR, Quality , Price is reasonable.

Cons: Vegan options are kind of basic, Sorbet is kind of boring

Jsabins

Points +205

Vegan
02 Sep 2020

Best vegan gelato

The rum chocolate was delicious. By far the best gelato I’ve had since being vegan.

Pros: Lots of options , Friendly staff

Linearowe

Points +99

Vegan
14 Aug 2020

Rich chocolate gelato

They offered four vegan flavors when we visited: dark rich chocolate (called Whiskey Chocolate I think), blackberry, blood orange, and lime. They were all delicious.

HannahGrant

Points +86

Vegan
13 Aug 2019

Only sorbet

They only had sorbet when I went. Which personally I feel is not the same as vegan ice cream.

cece_romano

Points +42

Vegan
08 Jul 2019

This place was great!

This little gelato place was very quaint, but also very popular and busy. There were many flavors and a good amount of vegan options. I settled for the lemoncello sorbet and did not regret it! I do recommend this place. The other people who I was with got gelato, and I only heard good things coming from them! This seemed like a very popular place in Portland Maine, and it’s great if you want an instagram picture as well.

NorthernStar

Points +274

Vegetarian
06 Jul 2019

Portland's own Little Italy

Gorgeous Gelato is just that: absolutely gorgeous!

I used to date an Italian and have eaten an abundance of incredible gelato. Don't go to any other Portland ice cream store that purports to serve "gelato" . . . they might make tasty ice cream but THIS is the real thing!

Being vegetarian I do generally get the dairy-based gelato, but my partner avoids dairy and he loves the vegan options just as much.

I am happy to hear about the expanding vegan flavors! My sense is that the owners really care about their product and providing great service and experience to their customers. I didn't know about the special Friday selections. Will have to try to align a Portland visit accordingly😄

Soooo delicious!!

Pros: Thoughtful owners who care & make amazing products, Incredible taste, quality and variety!

Fritzka

Points +153

Vegan
02 Jul 2019

Nice refreshment

I tried their Mango Sorbet, it was nice. When I was there they had only sorbets no actual vegan ice-cream.

Pros: Vegan options

Cons: Only sorbets

sarahkcrockett

Points +39

Vegan
29 Jun 2019

Wow

So delicious. They offer “vegan Friday’s” which gives a higher variety of vegan options. I counted 8 out of the 20 they served which was awesome. They always offer a few vegan options but Friday’s are the time to go. I recommend Hazelnut.

Dr.KathleenBartlett

Points +73

Vegan
25 Dec 2018

Yummy, organic, vegan gelato

Go on Friday nights: they have 5+ vegan options. My favorite is the chocolate hazelnut. Many like the chocolate mint chip: strong peppermint flavor. The dark chocolate is also a winner. And it's organic!!!

I belong to a vegan meetup group in Maine. Gorgeous Gelato is a friday nite summer in Maine favorite.

Pros: delicous, organic, did I say delicious?

Cons: would like more vegan options on other nites, this friday nite summer habit expands my hips!

lindsay33

Points +90

Vegan
17 Aug 2018

Vegan options

When I was here there were 3 vegan options available: lemon, peach, and raspberry. I tasted all three flavors and decided on the peach, although all three were extremely sweet. I got the small and I couldn’t even finish that. It’s great that they have vegan friendly options.

WillLarche

Points +275

Vegan
15 Mar 2018

Sorbet

It’s good.




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