Chiara's Gelateria

Irish Gail Habig

3.0

Loved the stracciatella and hazelnut flavors. For those who like tartness, go for their fruit flavors. I enjoyed their strawberry gelato the best. This place is a good option for those who love frozen treats. Ambiance is also a plus as you can see the canal from the outlet - the crowd around the piazza though affects the overall ambiance particularly during Sundays.

Dyna Morelos

4.0

Chiara's is an Italian dessert shop located right by the Venice canal and the malls own love lock bridge. We don't normally go here as were mostly worried about the tourists obsessing over the canal. But at 2pm on a weekday, we were lucky enough to have the place almost to ourselves.For a gelato place, they only have 10 flavors and a very small display chiller.They have a display of cakes on the side and serve coffee too.Our gelato was pretty good. They were very creamy, not icy, not foamy. According to the server their strawberry is a bit sour because they use real strawberries. However I didn't see any seeds on them, so not sure how they used real ones. The pistachio was really good too. But, no nuts in my scoop. My favorite was the ricotta with caramelized figs! It only said ricotta on the display, I had to guess what it was and confirm it with the server. My toddler got all vanilla and she was able to finish a whole cup. I didn't bother to try the other flavors.They use a small scooper, I love that you can choose 3 kinds even for the small cup, 120/cup.Their vanilla caffeine-free frappe was so disappointing at 160. It had more milk than gelato, super malabnaw. At least it wasn't icy. But my son was not happy at all. He was hoping his order of a "shake" would yield more ice cream for him. Guess we're not coming back for that.We sat right outside their store, though they also have tables right by the canal. We were lucky enough to enjoy the cool air conditioning coming out from the mall doors right beside the shop. Luckier that there were barely any people passing by.