Handmade Gelato in Queenstown, New Zealand
Your Gelato Stop on Brecon Street
Queenstown brings together mountain adventures, lakefront walks, busy days in town, and evenings spent exploring its restaurants and attractions. Anita Gelato Queenstown offers a welcoming place to pause and enjoy something sweet between everything the area has to offer.
Located at 35 Brecon Street, our shop serves handmade gelato inspired by Mama Anita’s family recipes. The selection includes creamy classics, fruit sorbets, frozen yoghurt, vegan options, and distinctive combinations finished with jams, sauces, fruit, and other toppings.
Whether you are a Queenstown local, visiting from elsewhere in New Zealand, or spending a holiday in the region, our Brecon Street gelato shop gives you plenty of flavours to explore.
Choose From More Than 150 Rotating Flavours
The wider Anita Gelato collection includes more than 150 rotating recipes. Our Queenstown display features a changing selection from this collection, so available flavours differ throughout the year.
Depending on the daily range, you will find:
- Handmade gelato prepared in-store
- Chocolate, biscuit, nut, and fruit combinations
- Refreshing fruit sorbets
- Vegan selections
- Frozen yoghurt
- Zero-added-sugar options
- More than 25 toppings
- Mama Anita’s signature jams
Choose one flavour or combine several in a cup or cone. Finish your serving with fruit, sauce, jam, or another topping available on the day. With a regularly changing selection, your next visit might introduce you to a completely different favourite.
Visit Our Brecon Street Gelato Shop
Operating hours
Sunday – Saturday: 10:00am-10:00pmPrepared Fresh in Our Queenstown Store
Our gelato is churned in-store using carefully selected ingredients and recipes shaped by more than two decades of family tradition. This process produces the smooth texture and full flavours associated with Anita Gelato.
The rotating range gives different preferences equal attention. Chocolate and nut flavours offer a richer choice, while fruit sorbets provide a refreshing alternative. Vegan and zero-added-sugar selections extend the range, while frozen yoghurt offers another base for fruit and indulgent toppings.
Selections vary according to availability. Ask our team about the flavours and dietary options offered during your visit.
Dessert Near Queenstown’s Popular Attractions
Brecon Street places Anita Gelato close to the centre of Queenstown and on the way towards the Skyline Gondola. The shop is also within easy reach of the town’s lakefront, shops, restaurants, and visitor attractions.
Stop by after exploring the shores of Lake Wakatipu, before heading towards the gondola, or following a day filled with Queenstown activities. During winter, gelato offers a relaxed ending after time on the ski fields. In warmer weather, fruit sorbet or frozen yoghurt makes a refreshing addition to an afternoon in town.
Our extended daily opening hours also make Anita Gelato a convenient choice for an evening dessert in Queenstown.
Enjoy Anita Gelato in Queenstown, New Zealand
Visit Anita Gelato in Queenstown and explore the flavours available in-store. From family-inspired gelato and refreshing sorbets to frozen yoghurt and generous toppings, every visit offers another combination to try.
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Some desserts are just there for the moment. You enjoy them, and that’s that. Others linger a bit, and you find yourself thinking about them later. That’s where Anita Gelato fits in. It started small, in a family kitchen. Mama Anita and her son Nir making frozen treats, figuring things out as they went. People noticed. And then they kept coming back for more. More than 20 years later, that same spirit still shows up in every colorful tray, generous topping, and the first bite that makes you pause for a second.
Every scoop starts ahead of the game at Anita. The gelato is crafted by hand, churned fresh in-store, and offered in a dazzling rotation of over 150 flavors. Then come the toppings, turning each perfect scoop into a celebration. Suddenly, your gelato is not just creamy or cold, but it also crackles, sparkles, and shows off a personality all of its own. 🍦
You know that moment when your gelato arrives and you pause for a second before eating it? Not on purpose, just… it looks too good to eat! The scoop holds its shape well and the ridges are soft but defined, and the color feels almost too clean to be real. Someone at the table says “wait, don’t touch it yet,” and suddenly phones are out. That’s really all this is. Catching that moment before it melts into something else.
