The best ice cream shops Réunion

Installed a few meters from the Saint-Paul pond since 2001, this artisanal ice cream shop run by the Badts family is a real paradise for sweet tooths. Take a seat on the terrace to enjoy your treat: vacherin, ice cream cake, profiteroles, crepes, ice cream sundaes... Everything is homemade here! Find more than 70 flavours of ice creams and sorbets without gluten and without preservative, with the flavours of Reunion: vanilla of Sainte-Suzanne, passion, coconut, geranium, guava, sweet potato, honey ginger, tangor... Enough to delight all the palates!

Above Saint-Leu, in the Quatres-Robinets district, discover an original healthy ice cream truck concept. Smoothie bowls, açai bowls, ice cream bars... Madame Glaces selects a maximum of organic produce to concoct its healthy, gourmet ice cream preparations. These colorful bowls with a base of mixed tropical fruits, decorated with homemade toppings, are as beautiful as they are delicious. All served in pretty coconut bowls. The address attracts a lot of people, and parking is not easy.

Certainly the best ice cream maker on the island! The hardest part for the gourmets will be to make a choice among the 24 delicious flavours on offer; guaranteed without preservatives, colourings or artificial flavours. A know-how learned in Paris, at the Lenôtre school. Milkshakes, pancakes, waffles, cones, hot chocolate sauce or spreads, everything is homemade and on the spot. To sit down to eat, a nicely decorated air-conditioned room and a terrace outside. As for those who would like to make the pleasure last all the way home, there are take-out bins available.

After an afternoon at the beach, this is the ideal cool stopover for a gourmet break! Almost all the fruits of Reunion Island can be found in home-made sorbets: pineapple, banana, coconut, letchi, mango, passion fruit, etc. And for those with a sweet tooth, around twenty flavours of ice cream are on offer: vanilla shortbread, chocolate, tiramisu, stracciatella, and many others. Quite simply a delight! There is a terrace behind the counter where you can sit down to eat, but the best thing is to sit quietly in front of the ocean. Pots, cones, cups, half-litre and litre.

The Saint-Denis ice-cream parlour par excellence, with two rooms on both sides of the street, a must and open since 1988. On one side, traditional artisanal ice creams, vacherins, crêpes: a wide and varied choice (too much!). On the other side, a snack bar and restaurant with daily specials: croque-monsieur, savoury sandwiches, gourmet salads. They also make cottage cheese and yoghurts. The Igloo is the place to be for teenagers on weekends before or after a movie or a trip to the city centre. Reservations are required for lunch.