Mike’s Place

I vistited this place in July after reading good reviews, and I suppose the fact that it is busy is because there isn’t any other ice cream shop around. There was a very surly man at the cashier who was just so rude. To be fair the young people that work there were friendly but I wouldn’t bother to go there again for mediocre ice cream and really bad coffee.
It was the only low point of our trip to the Sunshine Coast.

This is one of the few places that have lots of options and serves good ice cream. I am amazed at the variety. Have to say this place is worth going to. They have good ice cream.
The staff are friendly. You get to sample before buying. I personally like their café latte. Yummy.
Also this place has ice cream sandwiches and ice cream cakes. Not to mention there are lots of seating available. I am giving this place a thumbs up.

Great gelato, selection and patio to sit out on. Unfortunately the service was poor. A simple hello or thank you would have been nice.

Holy moly if your in Gibsons you gotta go to Mikes. Best gelato in town and it’s always busy in the summer. Soft and creamy… OMG I want some right now just writing about it.
Flavours I’ve had and enjoyed too much:
After Eight
Snickers
Rolo
Grasshopper pie
Cheesecake
The plan cheesecake was my absolute favourite!

Best gelato anywhere. The sandwiches, muffins are also good, but save room for the gelato or you’ll regret it. I do agree the décor really needs a makeover.

5 star review for gelato. (Not sure about anything else!). Amazing ice cream, well priced in cups or cones. Super delicious! I think Nutella is my favourite, or maybe pistachio, or rum and raisin. so many to work my way through! (Defo. get your ice cream here rather than paying 3 x as much for half the taste at the ferry terminal!)

I’ve only been here once back in August-​September 2012, as it was my first time traveling to Vancouver, and I was taken to Nanaimo island by my relatives. It was a warm, hot day, so my uncle treated me to ice cream, and we stopped by Mike’s Place. I am probably the most indecisive person in the whole world, so you know they have good service when the server is still smiling politely and friendly towards a girl who cannot decide what flavor she wants and has about ten spoons in her hand. Out of embarrassment at my indecisiveness, I quickly chose Toasted Almond on a cone despite not tasting much when I sampled it. But when the server handed me my cone, and I took a nice good lick, the subtle flavor of the toasted almonds (which you could see in the ice cream) gradually grew stronger, and I was hooked. I was so excited about the flavor that I offered it to my mom to try. She agreed with me – and then proceeded to eat half my cone! (And just for the record, my mom has always been careful with her sugar intake due to diabetes) That’s how good it was!
It’s so hard to find a place with good Toasted Almonds ice cream around where I live (and believe me, I’ve looked). I wish I could have visited Mike’s Place one more time before leaving. If I ever get a chance to visit Nanaimo again, you know where I’ll be stopping at!
I should mention that I did not remember the name of this place, and hardly remembered where I went. I started by googling ferries in Vancouver, looking at their destinations, and finding Nanaimo familiar. Then I proceeded to google ice cream places in Nanaimo. Luckily, Mike’s Place appeared fairly high in the results, and sounded familiar. I then google mapped it, which gave me a road in the middle of seemingly nowhere (though it looked familiar). So I Unilocaled it instead, and the pictures told me that this was the place! See what I had to do to find this place?!

adventures of desert: walking to mikes for ice cream is worth it.
but damn it needs a makeover asap.

So again I got cheesecake and pumpkin pie.
Okay, so I know I am lame… I always get the same thing, but why fix what ain’t broke. I love their plain cheesecake flavour. It doesn’t need a thing. It is perfection in a small, red cup. It’s so smooth and has a real cream cheese flavour. I wish that the other gelato place we frequent had plain cheesecake, but I’ll eat it anyways.
I was so tempted to get two scoops of cheesecake, but I had to get pumpkin pie. I would eat pumpkin pie filling out of a can, and I akin this to that. Wow. It’s exactly like eating the filling out of can. Not that I have. Yet.
My husband got apple pie. It was kind of icy. Meh. That didn’t deter me from eating it.
I love how these people have created such wonderful flavours that taste exactly like they should. The snozzberries taste like snozzberries.
Also, I noticed at the cash register that they have a frequent gelato card. Hmmm… I also noticed that they didn’t offer me one. I feel like Jughead at a buffet.

What’s better than following a greasy Fish & Chips lunch with a scoop of Gelato from Mike’s Place??? A double scoop ($ 4!) of Gelato from Mike’s Place!!! Spread over 2 coolers, there were about 40 flavours to choose from. I ordered Coconut and Cookies & Cream and my partner ordered Pumpkin Pie and Cheesecake. Each was exceptionally flavourful and creamy! My Coconut Gelato had Coconut shavings throughout and the Pumpkin Pie Gelato made me want Summer to end right then and skip to Thanksgiving! The small, front patio is great for taking a break or people watching as you eat. Mike’s Place also has a coffee bar for your caffeine fix, light meals, and plenty of snacks for your stroll around Lower Gibsons. I think I even saw some old school VHS rentals in the corner. Small towns, gotta love em’!