If you’re on holiday in Mumbles, one of the most important things to tick off is this: tasting our famous local ice-cream. Since 1936, local families have been competing to make the very best. Which one wins your vote?
Verdi’s
The big, glass house is unmissable and a visit to Verdi’s is always a treat. It’s near the end of Mumbles prom, with a spacious outdoor seating area and an ice-cream counter which always has a long queue. Choose from a huge range of ice-cream flavours or an Italian dessert from the glass cabinet. Verdi’s makes picture-perfect ice-cream sundaes and dreamy milkshakes too.
Verdi’s is the youngest ice-cream vendor in Mumbles, opening in 1993 by the Moruzzi family. The question is: do you prefer Verdi’s Italian-style ice-cream, or the saltier taste of its longstanding competitor – Joe’s? It’s an ongoing debate (ask anyone in Swansea for their opinion). You’re going to have to try both and find out.
Directions to Verdi’s
Joe’s
The most famous ice-cream in Swansea, Joe’s has a branch in Mumbles which is always packed equally with locals and visitors.
You can choose from different flavours but, in the interest of historical accuracy, you should really test the signature vanilla. It’s churned in the parlour because it was devised (in 1922) to be served fresh – with an exceptionally soft-whipped texture! Wondering how best to eat your vanilla? We recommend a Chocolate Marshmallow Sundae.
Directions to Joe’s
Fortes
Opened in 1936 by another Italian Joe, this sweet little ice-cream parlour wins ‘best location’. Choose from the small range of ever-changing flavours (we like Bueno, or Blackberry) and take your cone up and over Mumbles hill (look for the steps rising up right beside Fortes) or around the coastal path (turn right on exit from Fortes and follow the road until it stops and becomes a footpath). Both give you amazing views, especially if you’re lucky enough to spot a little basking seal!
Directions to Forte’s
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