I don’t know about you but regardless of the weather, ice cream is always one of my comfort foods. 
Half hour before we went to Greenbelt Cinema 3 to watch Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince yesterday (scroll down below for the post), our son Gabby was begging us requesting for ice cream. My wife Tina and I, as usual, were too weak to resist, we immediately gave in to his want.
Our immediate choice was to try Cold Rock Ice Creamery (from Australia) located at level 3 of Greenbelt 3 and it could have been our first time there. But when Tina was about to enter, I saw a posting at its glass doors prohibiting cameras inside. Why Cold Rock? Don’t you want free advertisement without frills on my blog? Well, whatever your reason for such regulation I wouldn’t care less, and it wasn’t our lost but yours…:) One establishment’s loss is another’s gain…Cest la vie!
So we had to go a level down the escalator and settle for an incomparable ice cold treat BETTER THAN ORDINARY ICE CREAM - what else but gelato from GELATONE!
It wasn’t our first time to try Gelatone but it took us a while to go back. We already tasted some flavors of this Italian frozen dessert (called gelato) a couple of years back with our friends of more than 16 years who then were back in Manila for vacation. Gelatone since then, serves cold yummy treats but their small dining place is warm and perfect for small conversations between friends and families
Even though I didn’t notice any apparent change in its interiors, it remained simple and comfy all these years.
Fair service + best gelato = more than enough reason to keep coming back to Gelatone!
Customers have options in Gelatone - Order gelato outside on a cup or cone and off you go, or to have it as dine-in, just choose the flavor from the frozen glass stall outside and a wait-staff will bring it to your table. If the order is for dine-in, a choco-stick will be served with the scoops on cups, but if it’s a dine-in gelato on a cone, the cone is also served with the cup. Get it? Of course, LOL. BTW, they also serve pasta and some sandwiches.
The hardest part in Gelatone : selecting from the wide array of flavors of gelato! Looks like everything is a must-try!
Don’t get me wrong because I still LOVE regular ICE CREAM even YOGURT too. I can’t imagine a world without them 
For a kid-at-heart but a huge man-at-stomach like me, these desserts mean HAPPINESS! I am not bias with any of them however I’ve learned long before that gelato has less air than ordinary ice cream, making it more compact so what you’ll get is more of its delectable goodness compared with regular ice cream; it’s just all in the process of making this yummy dessert.
We tried these flavors for dine-in yesterday….
Gabby had his scoop of BUBBLE GUM….
Our son enjoyed this flavor he even licked drank its last drop! On the opposite table where we were seated inside Gelatone, a kid with his European-looking mom, was also savoring the same flavor. Does it really has that appeal on kids? It tasted like, well, Bazooka-bubble gum the way it should be. At least the bliss that it brings to our own kid is priceless.
I ordered a scoop of this gelato of HAZEL NUT with DARK CHOCOLATE called BACIO NERO. Pangalan pa lang ng flavor, ang sarap na! Excuse me, I’m drooling as I post this, I need to wipe my keyboard, LOL.
I like chocolates so much that I wouldn’t pass an opportunity to enjoy it. There was no regret in ordering this, it’s a superb palatal stimulus but I was happier to taste Tina’s choice…
FRUTTI di BOSCO or MIXED BERRIES SORBET was a winner among the 3 scoops we had. It can deliciously clean your palate. I love the berry-flavor that’s neither sour nor sweet; it was just heavenly, lol.
Each scoop of gelatone costs PhP 100 inclusive of VAT if ordered in cups and + 10% service charge for dine-in.
These are proofs of how my family happily spent our thirty minutes before we headed to Hogwarts yesterday
GELATONE, Level 2, Greenbelt 3, Ayala Center, Makati City.
Cold Rock Ice Creamery’s closest shop is 45 minutes drive away from my place (nasa bukid kasi ako). Famous nga sila rito, makikita sa mga malls o kahit saan basta maraming tao.
Huhmn… Siguro dahil sa attractive display nila, ang daming nais kumuha ng pictures before dahil naninibago pa. Just imagine you’re entertaining a customer then ang daming nagpipicture sa paligid. Kaya siguro ipinagbawal nila.
Doc Gelo, come and visit Australia. Hindi ipinagbabawal ng Cold Rock Ice Creamery rito ang picture-taking. o”,)
…but Gelato’s ice cream display looks like Cold Rock, doesn’t it?
doc rj, salamat at nakakatuwa ang imbitasyon mong pumunta sa australia, para lang quiapo ano? he he he…
i have first cousins and their families and aunt & uncle in melbourne whom we previously visited for 7 week-vacation in auckland, new zealand. we’ve been to brisbane airport twice for two hours each per aircraft transit but that was it for me and oz for now. though i still want to experience sydney and the rest of must-see/visit in the land down under, i’ll just settle for the fact that other than my relative, a blogger buddy also may welcome us someday when we get to visit oz, biro lang but i wouldn’t mind if you do someday 
i just like to taste cold rock ice creamery’s version of fried ice cream in their teppan at greenbelt 3.. although we’ve tried fried ice cream from heat at edsa shangri la hotel here. thanks for the comment & drop by again.
hmm naglaway din ako, lalo na sa hazelnut ice cream and while reading this post my son is beside me, sabi nya, wow ang sarap nyan!
Make or Break
nakakatuwa ang mga bata ano, mommy pehpot?!
masarap naman talaga ang ice cream….gelato man o ano pa mang tipo ng ice creammmmm..
im salivating now. hehehe
I’m a sucker for ice cream and gelato is one of my all-time faves. I prefer the tiramisu-flavored one at Gelatone, as a matter of fact.
(Oh, and if you ever find yourself in the South, give the Belgian ice creams at Theobroma a try. Quite different as you’ll see.)
whoever dislikes ice cream may be suffering from lactose intolerance or other disorders that require aversion to milk or anything with lactose
just like you, ice cream for me is LOVE.
we’re far from south since we live in QC & Pasig areas. i wish that theobroma would branch out to disseminate its flavors… ma-google nga ito, thanks midge.
Whenever I pass by GB3, I often buy a scoop of anything I fancy in Gelatone. It was good, di ba? But I still miss Amici’s gelato. When Amici was still being managed by Don Bosco, I used to hoard pints of their delicious gelato.
funny because we live 15 minutes away from amici in qc but we haven’t tried it yet..
soon!
Dear Doc Gelo,
I am so very glad that you enjoyed (and continue to enjoy) our gelato. We make it fresh everyday there at the store, using skimmed milk (makes it a lot healthier). It must be the color of the bubble gum that appeals to the kids (and the kids at heart, as well). Maybe when you come back, you must also try Gianduia (chocolate hazel nut) or After 8 (dark chocolate with mint). Your wife should also try Raspberry Sorbet (Lampone) or Strawberry Sorbet. These are very refreshing fruity flavors.
We really don’t worry about the cameras in the store. We love people taking pictures because we want all of you to remember that Gelatone is a place where friends can meet and have fun.
Hope to see you all soon!
Tess Songco
President/Owner
Hello Ms. Tess, Glad that you visited my humble site. I really appreciate comments of my readers; they simply complete my day especially after long hours at work. And you can’t imagine how happy I am whenever I get messages from the owners of restaurants/food places that my family and I have tried and featured here. Thank you for being grateful to your patrons. Rest assured that we’ll drop by Gelatone whenever we’re at G3 area and we’ll spread the word about your awesome gelato!
Keep serving the best gelato in town! More Power and God bless us more.
cheers,
docgelo.
Hi docgelo!
Cheers!
We will be celebrating our 3rd year at Gelatone this April. To celebrate, we are launching some sort of a photo contest where we will be inviting our friends/clients to send us photos that depict their Gelatone Experience. We would like to come out with some posters (not tarps) to put up in the store and in standees on the tables.
My graphic artist has recommended we try to use photos that have appeared in our blog for the promo. We browsed through the photos that you posted of your wife and son when you visited Gelatone. Would it be okay if we use them as one of the photos that we will print for the poster?
Please let me know your thoughts.
Warm regards and don’t forget to visit the store to balance this incredibly hot summer!
Tess
Hey Ms. Tess,
It would be a pleasure if my wife and son’s photo will grace your poster/s.
May I request a copy of that layout once finished to be sent by your staff at my email address so I can post it here in my blog to invite my readers to troop to Gelatone?
Thank you so much and we’ll visit your store once we find time to go to Greenbelt. Gelatone’s perfect to beat the heat of summer!
cheers,
docgelo