CALATRAVA

Calatrava is located just outside the Crown casino promenade overlooking the Yarra River. The first thing that catches your attention are the gathering hordes of people surrounding the gelato fridge window. This usually signifies either quality, bargain or some hot chick in the window. Curiosity took over and we went to try it out. Besides their gelato selection, they also sell a range of gourmet cakes, handmade chocolates and hot or cold beverages. 

This place seemed to be so popular with the people and it couldn't hurt to try it, so we decided to join the back of the masses and wait our turn. We spent our time in line trying to figure out what we wanted but there didn't seem to be a stand out flavor which called to us. They have all the staples such as the nutty flavors and fruity sorbets but that is all it was, just a safe, run of the mill gelato stand.  

I finally decided to go with raspberry with white chocolate, which is on the right of the picture and the roasted almond which, by default, is on the left. 

As mentioned earlier, this turned out to be nothing more than 15 minutes in the Melbourne cold to purchase a cup of okay gelato. It's not bad, just not great. 

SERVICE: 7.5/10

AMBIANCE :7//10

PRESENTATION: 5/10

Cuisine: Cafe, Desserts

Address: Crown Melbourne, Shop 34, 8 Whiteman Street, Southbank, Melbourne, VIC

Trading hours: 24 hours, 7 days a week

EFTPOS: cash and eftpos 

Phone: 03 9686 5757