The 13 Best Ice Cream Shops in Paris, Scoop by Scoop
Walk past Notre-Dame or Saint-Michel in summer and you'll see gelato piled into neon mountains, the colors a little too bright to come from fruit. It sells because it's right there. The best ice cream in Paris is only a few streets away, churned fresh every day, sometimes by a champion glacier, and often scooped from flat tins with a spatula.
We kept 13 ice cream shops worth the walk, cross-checked across Time Out and the guides locals trust. Many of them sit in and around Le Marais, so plan a sweet stroll. Want a cake with that? See our pastry shops.
The iconic Île Saint-Louis glacier that has been crafting exceptional artisanal ice creams and sorbets for seven decades, earning worldwide recognition as one of the finest ice cream destinations on the planet.
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A century-old Lebanese ice cream institution serving authentic, organic glaces since 1936, renowned for its signature Achta ice cream wrapped in crushed pistachios.
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A beloved Italian gelateria serving artisanal gelato with just 12 carefully crafted flavors in the vibrant Marais district.
A bold artisan glacier crafting over 30 unexpected flavor combinations in a charming blue-fronted boutique in the 9th arrondissement.
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David Wesmaël, Meilleur Ouvrier de France Glacier, crafts exceptional artisanal ice creams and sorbets in the heart of Le Marais.
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Emmanuel Ryon, Meilleur Ouvrier de France glacier, crafts exceptional artisanal ice creams and frozen pastries daily in the heart of the Marais.
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A Lebanese artisan glacier in Le Marais crafting organic ice creams, vegan sorbets, and traditional Middle Eastern frozen specialties with fleur d'oranger and rose water.
Authentic Italian gelateria crafting fresh, gluten-free gelato daily from premium ingredients without artificial flavors or colorants.
A family-run Italian gelateria crafting sculptural rose-shaped gelato with 36 artisanal flavors in the heart of the Latin Quarter.
A member of the Collège Culinaire de France, REŸS crafts exceptional artisanal gelato with inventive flavors that celebrate both childhood memories and global travels.
Founded by actor Terence Hill, this authentic Italian gelateria crafts 100% natural, gluten-free gelato using traditional recipes from Umbria.
Traditional Italian gelato crafted with artisanal expertise brings authentic flavors from Rome to Paris's vibrant Latin Quarter.
A traditional Lebanese ice cream parlor serving 100% organic artisanal gelato with signature Achta flavors at two iconic Parisian locations.
Where to find the best ice cream in Paris
A serious ice cream shop shows its hand at the counter: a flavor list that follows the seasons, a pistachio that looks like pistachio rather than highlighter, and staff who let you taste before you choose. Hours shift with the weather and the season, so use the filters above to see what's open now, and the map to find the closest scoop.
The Marais and Île Saint-Louis
This is ice cream central. On Île Saint-Louis, Berthillon has made ice creams and sorbets since 1954: salted butter caramel, gianduja, and fruit sorbets that change with the market. Doors open at 10am, and weekday mornings are calmer. Across the river, two Meilleurs Ouvriers de France compete for your spoon. At Une Glace à Paris, Emmanuel Ryon and Olivier Ménard make smoked chocolate, pistachio-neroli and Médovik flavors (closed Monday and Tuesday). On rue du Temple, David Wesmaël's La Glacerie serves vanilla-yuzu and ice cream shaped like lipstick. Pozzetto keeps to 12 flavors, served with a spatula. Plan the route with our 4th arrondissement page.
Lebanese ice cream
For something you won't find at home, try achta, a milk-flower ice cream with orange blossom. Glaces Bachir, a Lebanese house founded in 1936 that opened in Paris in 2017, makes it 100% organic and rolls it in crushed pistachios; come right after the 12:30 opening to skip the queue. Bältis, in the Marais too, adds rose water and orange blossom sorbets, plus Lebanese pastries. More of those flavors in our Middle Eastern food.
Italian gelato on the Left Bank
On boulevard Raspail, Girotti, founded by actor Terence Hill, uses family recipes from Umbria: order the Sicilian pistachio or the zabaglione. On rue Mouffetard, Gelati d'Alberto sculpts its 36 flavors into rose-shaped cones until midnight, handy after dinner in the 5th arrondissement. Grom and Gelateria La Romana complete the Italian lineup; for a full Italian meal first, browse our Italian restaurants.
Off the beaten path
On rue des Martyrs, Glaces Glazed goes wild with more than 30 flavors, from Mister Green (pistachio and black sesame) to a pickle sorbet. It's a good reason to explore the 9th arrondissement. When winter comes, swap cones for bonbons at our chocolate shops, and open any place for its signature flavors, prices and the good and not-so-good from reviews.