"à la mode" is a French term that translates "in the current fashion". Gelatos and sorbets have a luscious intensity of unique flavors that change often. Cozy Italian cafe atmosphere. Don't leave with out trying one of their delicious Paninis made with meats and cheeses imported directly from Italy. Friendly staff and plenty of parking
Awesome place to sit with your family and enjoy some homemade italian ice cream. I tried the panini Mela Dai. And even though I was skeptical about the green apple and turkey combination, I must admit it was delicious. The caffeine latte is also great, not too white, and not too dark. The establishment has a nice vibe. It smells fresh and clean when walking in, and the bathrooms are also clean. This tells me that the owner and workers have a lot of pride in this business
Stopped by for a quick dessert on a Friday night. There's about 5 tables inside, a small sitting area, and a small table outside. Most were just eating ice cream, so the tables were clearing out quickly. They have paninis and other small bites, but ordered the gelato. Ordered the small as the scoops are very large and you're able to pick two flavors with the small.
Gelato was extremely fresh, creamy, and rich like a gelato is supposed to be. This was great as other places claim it's gelato, but is really just regular ice cream. Was a nice place to have a dessert while out in Southtown. Service was fast and tables cleared out faster than expected.
Really liked their Panini. Luigi and Caprese panini was vegetarian and was very good. It is lite on spice, fresh, healthy and very filling. Definitely highly recommend to give this place a try. We also tried 2-flavored gelato - chocolate and goat cheese caramel, it was okayish, but we will surely try more flavors if we come by again.
Don’t let some of the hourly employees deter you from checking this place out. The shop is fantastic with even better products within. I think it beats out all other on pure gelato…so currently our favorite. Must go!
This food was delicious as always. Ice cream is amazing and they even got sparkling water if you wanna feel like you’re in Firenze. I had a Luigi Panini. She had a sottobosco. Both fantastic.
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I first heard of South Alamode from a recent visit to Little Em’s Oyster Bar. I remembered our server mentioning that the sorbets served there were from South Alamode.
We were at another restaurant last night for dinner and decided to stop by after to check it out. My husband particularly loves gelato so we were curious how it compares to another place we’ve had their gelato recently. The biggest pluses were the creaminess of the flavors and the more generous portion size of their small cups (which was the size of a coffee cup). In addition, this gelato didn’t melt as quickly so you didn’t have to worry about having to eat it fast. For the small cup, we had the choice of 2 flavors. My husband had the strawberry lavender sorbet and mango sorbet. I had the strawberries and cream and amaretto chocolate chunk.
On the downside, there are limited parking spots so my husband couldn’t go in to check it out and they do not offer samples (there’s a sign). Not sure if it’s due to covid or has always been no tasting. The person in front of me wanted to sample a flavor and the server simply asked them if they wanted that in a small cup. Nicely handled!
Maybe next time we could park by Halcyon and have a more leisurely time.
This place has been on my bucket list for months. I’m from the East and temporarily retired here in San Antonio. I’ve been searching for a great gelato place. This place is WONDERFUL ❤️❤️ The owner told me he was trained in Italy (4 years training) His gelato is homemade , not from a powder mix. I had the dark chocolate and goat cheese salted caramel gelato. Incredible. Perfect for a hot day. There must have been 20 some flavors. I will go back in heartbeat 💓. This place resides in the Southtown Blue Star district. If you have time, take a walk on the beautiful RiverWalk. Oh, I also had the turkey, Brie, green apple panini. Yummy 😋
Ordered the Panini Havanese and another that I cannot remember the name of - both were amazing! Very fresh and authentic.
I stopped by yesterday for a sweet treat for my daughter. Very, very good gelato!! My daughter had the mango sorbet and Mexican vanilla. I was tempted by the goat cheese, strawberry, and macadamia. Yum!!! We shall go again!!
Parking is a bit difficult as it’s shared with the blue star complex. It was pretty crowded, but we found a spot.
The paninis are incredible and well balanced. Never knew I could enjoy turkey, grilled apple and brie so much. The goat cheese & raspberry gelato was the perfect treat as well.
I've had a lot of gelato all over the world, and this ranks up near the top. It's authentic, but also not afraid to try non traditional flavors and combos that work amazing. I chose to get a cup of goats milk and strawberry, and a scoop of peanut butter laced with Nutella. Not only was it like a PB&J, but both had fantastic levels of creaminess and individual flavors. Don't miss out on this great gelato!
Got the goat cheese & cashew flavor plus the Mexican vanilla flavor. Really good texture and you can tell they use high quality ingredients. I highly recommend the goat cheese flavor if you are a big fan of the cheese. Mexican vanilla is also unique from traditional vanilla flavor!
So good had to come back twice in the same week! They had amazing sandwiches and gelato! My favorite is the pomegranate sorbet but all the sorbet I had was delicious!
Wow! South Alamode exceeded my expectations. I don't venture far from the typical flavors when it comes to ice cream, but they're chocolate and mexican vanilla bean is very good. And so freakin' smooth. Very friendly customer service. A/100 too.
Great gelato, sandwich wasn’t what I was expecting! Parking is limited and car not visible from store. Great location because you can walk along or sit by the river.
Nice spot to grab some gelato or a cup of coffee. My son had the chocolate ice cream and really enjoyed it. My wife had the strawberry and said it was very rich. I had an espresso and it was fine. All in all a good place to visit if you're in the area.
They also sell sandwiches and paninis but we didn't try them when we visited. I will say the meats in the deli display looked high quality and the vegetables appeared fresh.
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