Made fresh every morning
Small batches of real-fruit gelato, hand-churned every morning in the shop window.
Handmade gelato and desserts
We make our gelato in small batches from fresh fruit, free-range eggs and full-cream milk from a farm in the Midlands. No powders and no artificial colours, just ingredients you can pronounce, churned slowly so every scoop is dense and silky.
Our story →
Fresh every day, with a few dairy-free sorbets always on offer.
Ice cream cakes and take-home tubs, ordered ahead.
We bring the cart to your party, with two flavours and cones for all.
Flavours
A few of the flavours in our window this week. Cones, cups and tubs.
Roasted Sicilian pistachios, creamy and nutty.
R42 a scoop
Add to cartAlphonso mango with a gentle chilli kick.
R38 a scoop
Add to cartSlow-steeped rooibos and local honey.
R38 a scoop
Add to cartDark caramel with flakes of sea salt.
R40 a scoop
Add to cartAny two flavours in a tub.
R135
Add to cartLayered, decorated, serves 10 to 12.
From R480
Add to cartPrices include VAT. Dairy-free sorbets always available.
Our story
Siesta Gelato began in 2018 when cousins Riya Pillay and Nikhil Govender brought a second-hand Italian gelato machine to Durban and began churning in Riya's mother's kitchen.
We opened our shop on Chartwell Drive a year later and have been serving the same queue of regulars ever since.
Fruit, cream and eggs, nothing from a bag.
Never more than a day's worth.
A free scoop every Friday for local school teachers.
Co-founder and gelato maker
Co-founder and cakes
Shop manager
Catering
Life is short. Order the large cone.
The shop
Find us
Cake orders need 48 hours' notice. Tell us the date, size and flavours and we will call to confirm.
| Every day | 11:00 to 21:00 |
| Cake collections | Until 18:00 |