Tower Bridge and a red double-decker bus in London, paired with locally inspired soft serve
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Sources reviewed · Aug 18, 2026

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EUROPE ENTRY · LONDON

Use defensible evidence to choose the city, then choose the scoop by neighborhood.

Europe has no single official table that compares Taiwanese populations across every city. ICE MAP therefore starts with the strongest current evidence we could verify: Taiwan's Overseas Community Affairs Council estimates about 50,000 Taiwanese compatriots in the UK and lists London first among the main centers. London becomes the first European guide—not an unsupported absolute ranking.

How to fit it into one day

Gelupo, Chin Chin, and Bilmonte form a compact Soho comparison. In Covent Garden, choose La Gelatiera or Badiani. Keep Oddono's and Mamasons attached to South Kensington museum plans or a Chinatown meal. One micro-area per day is more useful than crossing London for 0.1 stars.

Make the final call at the shop

Choose the experience first: classic gelato, experimental dessert, or a diaspora flavor. Gelupo, La Gelatiera, Oddono's, and Badiani provide traditional reference points; Chin Chin and Bilmonte add theater and structure; Mamasons makes Filipino dessert culture the reason for the stop.

What this shortlist still cannot promise

The official community source is country- and distribution-level evidence, not a comparable Europe-wide city ranking. Shop ratings are also dated August 2026 snapshots. Recheck transport, queues, today's cabinet, and sellouts before leaving.

SHORTLIST PROFILE

Where the shortlist is concentrated in London, UK

DESTINATION PICKS

Shops to look at first in London, UK 7

01

LONDON

LondonSoho, Archer Street

Daily-made Soho gelato

Gelupo

4.5Google Maps high-rated4.2+ entry standard
Order this first
Use pistachio or bitter chocolate as a baseline, then add ricotta-sour cherry or a seasonal fruit. The official menu is current, but popular batches can sell out.

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Why it is famous
Chef Jacob Kenedy co-founded this Soho gelateria in 2010. Seasonal fruit, concentrated nuts, bitter chocolate, and ricotta with sour cherry keep its Italian craft distinctly London.
Gelupo
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Inside Soho’s gelato kitchen

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02

LONDON

LondonCovent Garden, New Row

Natural small-batch gelato

La Gelatiera

4.6Google Maps high-rated4.2+ entry standard
Order this first
Compare the pistachio with honey, rosemary and orange zest. Add a gelato brioche only if you want a fuller dessert, and read today's cabinet first.

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Why it is famous
Natural ingredients, small batches, and traditional slow churning support signatures such as honey-rosemary-orange zest and award-winning pistachio in the middle of Covent Garden.
La Gelatiera
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A gelato stop in London’s Covent Garden

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03

LONDON

LondonSouth Kensington, Bute Street

Fresh natural Italian gelato

Oddono's South Kensington

4.6Google Maps high-rated4.2+ entry standard
Order this first
Start with pistachio or hazelnut and add a mango or strawberry sorbet; ask whether a more adventurous rotating flavor is in the cabinet today.

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Why it is famous
Founded on Bute Street in 2004, Oddono's makes gelato from scratch each day without artificial colors or preservatives. More than 130 past flavors sit behind durable pistachio, hazelnut, and bacio signatures.
Oddono's South Kensington
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Oddono’s South Kensington: a 2020 Loison maker interview

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04

LONDON

LondonSoho, Greek Street

Liquid-nitrogen ice cream and experimental desserts

Chin Chin Soho

4.3Google Maps high-rated4.2+ entry standard
Order this first
Try burnt-butter caramel or strawberry shiso as a scoop before choosing a brûléed banoffee pie. Keep one flavor in the lead—the menu already has plenty going on.

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Why it is famous
Known for ice cream made with liquid nitrogen, the Soho menu stretches burnt-butter caramel, coffee and olive oil, strawberry shiso, and black-sesame tahini halva into sundaes, tiramisu, and hot desserts.
Chin Chin Soho
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Chin Chin Soho — dessert tasting chapter

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05

LONDON

LondonChinatown, Newport Court

Filipino dirty ice cream

Mamasons Dirty Ice Cream

4.5Google Maps high-rated4.2+ entry standard
Order this first
Order the ube bilog first. With someone to share, add halo-halo or black buko to see more of the Filipino dessert vocabulary than a single scoop can show.

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Why it is famous
Manila sorbetes traditions arrive in Chinatown through ube, black buko, and halo-halo. The signature bilog puts ube ice cream inside warm pandesal for an especially vivid hot-cold Filipino dessert.
Mamasons Dirty Ice Cream
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Mamasons’ Filipino ice cream story in Chinatown

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06

LONDON

LondonSoho, Great Windmill Street

Sicilian brioche gelato

Bilmonte

4.8Google Maps high-rated4.2+ entry standard
Order this first
Choose pistachio gelato in brioche and keep the sauce aligned with that flavor. Add a separate lemon or fruit sorbet only when you want contrast.

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Why it is famous
Soft brioche filled with Sicilian-style gelato turns a scoop into a substantial hand-held dessert, with pistachio, hazelnut, chocolate, and matching sauces carrying the Italian breakfast tradition into Soho.
Bilmonte
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Bilmonte in Soho with SakuTomo

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07

LONDON

LondonCovent Garden

Florentine heritage gelato

Badiani 1932 Covent Garden

4.6Google Maps high-rated4.2+ entry standard
Order this first
Start with Buontalenti or pistachio and add one seasonal fruit. Confirm the Covent Garden branch and today's last order before leaving.

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Why it is famous
Founded in Florence in 1932 and expanded to Britain in 2016, Badiani uses its historic Buontalenti milk gelato as a classic Tuscan reference point beside London's more experimental scoop shops.

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