Don’t Miss…The Best Places To Get Ice Cream
Nothing better than ice cream by the sea
i scream you scream, we all scream for ice cream!
As much as we all love sunny Margate, it’s not just the beach that makes it so special. We have some pretty amazing ice cream shops in Margate. And we all know, ice cream is the tastiest way to cool down - for you, your family and even the dogs!
Check out the best places to get ice cream this summer. Here are our favourite ice cream shops in Margate.
By Sophie Wareham
Summer feels like it might be here, so with the sun you’ll be wanting to know where to get ice cream in Margate.
We’ve rounded up our top ice cream places, for family friendly treats, artisan flavours and gelato and even doggie ice cream. Scroll down and start drooling!
Lulu’s Gelato
At Lulu’s Gelato is Margate’s newest and only gelato shop. They make traditional Italian small-batch gelato in store that's creamy, delicious and fresh. With 18 delicious flavours to choose from, they carefully source premium ingredients from local Kent suppliers and Italy. Some of these ice creams, like the sorbet flavours, are vegan friendly.
They have the classic flavours as well as mint choc chip, coffee and new tasty flavours everyday. They also sell hot drinks and delicious cakes and pastries too.
Find Lulu’s Gelato here.
Open: Wed - Fri, 10am-5pm, Sat, 10am-6pm, Sun, 11am-5pm.
Grab a gelato…
and pick from the daily changing flavours made in Margate
Follow The Swirl
Follow the Swirl is a bright pink ice cream bar in the heart of Margate Old Town.
They bring to Margate, real fruit ice cream, sundaes, ice cream swirls and slushies from New Zealand. With a wide range of fruity flavours to choose from they recently made a mixed berry ice cream the team had hand picked themselves. Their delicious chocolate-y sundaes change regularly so don't miss out. Margate ice cream doesn’t get more indulgent than this.
Open: Mon, 2pm-5pm, Fri, 12pm-6pm, Sat - Sun, 11am-6pm
Sundae anyone?
Delicious chocolate-y ice cream from Follow The Swirl
Cafe G
At Cafe G, on the corner of the Old Town and just set back from the sea, they serve all of your favourite classic flavours of ice cream scoops as well as soft serve Mr Whippy. They even do ice cream for your pooches so your fluffy friends don't have to miss out! You can also create your own ice cream sundae with any of their flavours including peanut butter, oreo, strawberry and so many more. How delicious!
Located at 1 Highstreet CT9 1DL
Mon - Sun 8.30am - 4.30pm
Order a Mr Whippy
Keep it classic at Cafe G
Life's A Beach
Along the seafront, right opposite the Margate Main Sands and next to the arcades, is Life's A Beach. If you’re looking for ice cream near Margate beach, you can’t get much better!
They have an incredible 32 different flavours of ice cream such as pistachio, coffee, raspberry, rum and raisin to choose from not including the seven different flavours of Mr Whippy ice cream on tap. And they sell freshly made hot tasty doughnuts and also have soft drinks available.
Open: Mon, 10am-9pm, Tue, 10am-7pm, Wed, 10am-9pm, Thu, 10am-8pm, Fri - Sun, 10am-9pm.
Have a beach day
Grab a tub of Life’s A Beach ice cream and enjoy the view
