Grom

Grom might be a chain, but the gelato is legit, and I’d go if it were in SF. It’s a little on the sweet side, but the torrone flavor was absolutely killer.

After traveling through Italy for a week, and seeing GROM pretty much everywhere, I had to try it (cmon, it’s in the lonely planet guide!).
I was let down. I tried three flavors: salted caramel, pistachio, and strawberry. The first two were samples, and I ended up picking strawberry without a taste. It was more of a sorbet… And not a great one at that. I’m sure I was spoiled by the dozen other shops I visited, but I wasn’t blown away at all.
If you’re limiting yourself to only a few sweets, take a pass. However, it’s not horrible if you’re just looking for something sweet.

Best gelato in Venice. Had the salted caramel and the dark chocolate… heavenly! Staff is nice, and that makes it a plus in this city

Don’t follow the directions Unilocal gives when you map it out. It gives you a completely different route which might take you to dark alley ways and resident blocks.
After getting lost and scared out of our minds in search for Grom, we asked a very nice guy from the restaurant we dined at the day before for directions. He was out trying to get customer in for dinner. You’ll notice they do that there. So he said, just follow the main road and over three pontes (bridges) by a McDonald’s.
Surely, there it was. Modern looking, unlike the rest of the stores and structures in Venice. Friendly service. Try out some samples and take your pick. You can order 2 flavors for a small cup. I had the Pear and coffee. YUM!
Give it a try. It’s no gelato though.

Out of all the gelato places in Venice, Grom is probably feels like the most authentic gelato place we found in Venice.
Yes, it is a chain, but it is a chain that does produce gelato on its own premises in the metal containers that I am used to seeing in the better gelato places back in North America.
We had ordered a small cup to share with two flavors in it. Salted caramel and crema di Grom; which has chocolate bits and cookies in a very creamy eggy base.
The gelato texture was very soft, but also started melting pretty quickly, mostly because there are no stabilizers in their products — so eat up quickly, not that that request is much of a hardship.
The staff is pretty friendly and offer up suggested parings if asked for a recommendation — we had sampled the chocolate and the pistachio and their feature flavor of November before settling on Crema di Grom, which was delicious. the pistashio is definately very nutty with out any additional flavoring.
Their salted Caramel was really good, carmellly with just that hit of salt to keep it from being too sweet.
I almost wish I had actually gone into Grom earlier, rather than on my last night in Venice, so I could try more flavors.
The pricing is ok, it isn’t the cheapest gelato you’ll have, but it is of better quality and that is worth the price. One more thing — double check your pricing structure for cone vs the cup, we went with the a piccolo cup, which gives you two flavors, but if you go medium, Grom still only gives you two flavors, the larger cup gives you 3, so it’s something to keep in mind when you are ordering.

If you’re looking for really good gelato in venice but don’t want to get ripped off by the other 90 gelato shops on the island, then stop by here! We’ve heard many great things about Grom and we like the idea it uses all natural flavouring with no artificial colours or additives. Their cups may be small but they are very generous with their scoops!
I just wish they had more flavours to choose from but I guess it’s about quality and not quantity.

GROMMM! Grom is featured in a Lonely Planet guidebook, so we made the effort to come here. Much to my later surprise, Grom is a chain. If you are in Italy, you will probably see them in many major cities.
With that said, Grom is good. Italian gelato is very soft, almost like an American soft serve– this can be good or bad, good because it’s delicious, but bad because it melts so quickly.
However, only 3 stars for this particular location. The servers will ask you if you want cookies or whip cream with your ice cream, but they won’t inform you voluntarily that it will be 40 cents Euro extra. In addition, the whip cream on your ice cream was just disgusting– we ended up shaving it off and throwing it away.
In addition, the servers also won’t voluntarily check with you that the ‘medium’ cone allows for 3 flavors. I had gotten 2 just because I assumed a 3^rd flavor would fall from the cone. But really, 2 flavors would be the cost of a ‘small’. It wasn’t until I went to Florence that a bigger shop and more signs in the store informed me about this.

Best pistachio gelato in Italy :)

Super gelato!

Some of the better gelato we had in Europe. Came back to this spot in venice at least 4 times over two days.
Best part is that there is one relatively close to LA up in Malibu and it’s just as good!

I had the opportunity to visit Venice at the end of a work trip. I found other cities in Italy to have better food and to be less touristy but you can’t knock Venice with its bridges, waterways and ancient corridors filled with surprises. One of the hilights of the stay in Venice was the trek to Grom. There are many, many, opportunities to indulge in gelato as you walk through Venice. Nearly every third storefront or the cart parked in front of it is offering gelato. Grom offers quality, service, flavors, and the best ingredients. The store is modern, the flavors range from traditional to exotic, and the service is great. Grom is on my list as one of the places I’d visit on my return trip.