Piccomolo

Does anyone know if they are planning on (or possibly are already) re-​opening? A month ago the sign on the door said they were closed temporarily… I haven’t been over there since. No answer at their phone number.

Decent gelato in Fairfax area. Hard to rate a gelato in the US as great when you’ve had it all over Italy.
Good staff and good price. Perfect portion size.
We went on a frigid night, but still plenty of business.
I had the coffee and chocolate. I would get that again or try a fruit gelato

I was really excited for some gelato and this place has been on my list to try. I got the banana, and can’t tell if it was just a bad flavor choice or what, but it tasted like real bananas and I guess ice milk as G I. said below. Pretty disappointed. My boyfriend ate 2 – 4 bites (I kept trying to feed it to him, to get rid of it since I didn’t want it), but then said he didn’t like it either. It also tasted kind of chemical-​ish, fake. Bad consistency, bad flavor = the search for delicious gelato continues. Like someone else said, I will stick to the frozen custard places, which you cannot find up north. Maybe it was just a bad flavor/​day, but I’m afraid to go back for another $ 3.50/scoop taste…

It was a hot and sunny day, a perfect time for ice-​cream, and Piccomolo happens to be less than a five minute walk from my place of work, so I gave it a shot.
Scene/Décor[**.5]:
Nothing special, nothing that jumps out, they have plenty of tables, and the store is organized nicely so you can find everything without having to «search.» It’s a clean look with a soft ambiance to it. The reason why it picks up 2.5 stars rather than 3 is the fact that Piccomolo lacks outdoor tables, I understand that being located in Old Town Fairfax lack of space leads to lack of table space, but it still would have been nice to have outdoor tables, but this definitely would have been a plus to have.
Service[*****]
5 stars, the service was great, maybe it was just the day that I went, or the person that I got, but service was excellent. The person wielding the spatula of service was both polite, courteous, responsive and inviting. Encouraging me to try samples, prompt to answer my questions without being pretentious or condescending, as well as putting up with my bad jokes and inane questions with a smile and entirely human response. Oftentimes I find that serving staff are polite enough, but lack a certain sense of warmth and humanity to them, but my experience here in terms of the service at Piccomolo was great.
Food[***]
The Gelato was simply okay, not really gelato, it was more like slightly less frozen ice-​cream than it was gelato, since gelato should have a much creamier consistency than that which I had here at Piccomolo. So was it a Gelato? I wouldn’t really call it that.
BUT, the flavors were pretty spot on, I’ve had a better Hazelnut «Gelato» at Sweet Berry which isn’t too far from Piccomolo, but like Piccomolo again I’d hardly call it a «Gelato» but I’d call it a little bit more of a Gelato than I do with Piccomolo. But I digress, the Snozzle Berry was delicious, as well as the Cappuccino and Chocolate. The Cappuccino could use a bit stronger of a coffee kick in my opinion, but that’s just preference, the chocolate was chocolatey and good, and there seemed to be bits of brownie or something in there which led me to wonder if I hadn’t actually gotten the chocolate brownie flavor… But overall the «gelato» was fairly good.
The portions were pretty surprisingly good, I got a small with two flavors (I love that two flavors are a standard price, and you get charged roughly $.70 for every flavor after that, but the first two flavors come at the same price as if you just got one flavor). Again i got a small, but I was surprised with just how much Gelato was in there, again I wonder if it was just the employee that I had, or if it happens like that everytime, but my employee literally packed my gelato into the cup. Which is a pleasant change from the hollow centers of frozen yogurt that one is accustomed to getting, or hollow cone bottoms that one gets at such comparable places like IceBerry, Ben&Jerry’s, Coldstones, etc.
Price[****]
Very fair price in my opinion, you get ALOT of bang for your buck, since they REALLY do pack it in there, and it’s definitely comparable if not a little cheaper than Coldstones and IceBerry and such.
Overall, Piccomolo is a great little place, that I’d recommend, again I say Ice-​cream and not Gelato since it was really a gelato.

After several visits, I’ve decided to up my rating. Some of the flavors are hit or miss, but I’m finding that the overwhelming majority are quite good here. My personal favorite is the panacotta, but they also have seasonal flavors and their pumpkin pie fall flavor is exceptional. Plus the presentation is really nice.
I’m also a huge fan of the portions they give you. The cup might be tiny but they pack it in and really build it up to be a sizeable portion for not that much money.
They also offer natural frozen yogurt and use the same machines as Iceberry. Haven’t tried it yet but they appear to have a good variety of toppings. Will report back once I’ve tried the yogurt.

My number one issue when going to get ice cream is that i can never choose what type to get. But wanna know why i am now obsessed with piccomolo? They encourage you (it says on the menu!) to get three flavors/​cup. How awesome is that??? I got the cake batter, mocha and cookies and cream. The cake batter had the perfect amount of cake taste but not overwhelming either. It was also a great consistency. It melted in my mouth. My cookies and cream was just ok, but had real oreos in it! I liked that. The mocha was also great… perfect balance of coffee and chocolate!
What was also great was the prices. Frequentyly you pay $ 4 for a little serving so I got a large But it was so much! I definitely didn’t need that much. It was very reasonably priced.
I also really liked the spoon that came with it! It was more like a hoe than a spoon! It was really awesome :)
I will definitely be back!

This is a nice little gelato shop in down town Fairfax. They have a lot of varieties and the prices are reasonable compared to similar options like Ben & Jerry’s or Baskin Robbins, $ 3.75 for a small. I highly recommend the snozzleberry if you are looking for something fruity but stay away from the frozen yogurt. It tasted to much like yogurt for me and not what I was expecting.