Gelateria 4D

Muero por los helados y esta heladería no me mato … Estuvo bien para la zona de miami Beach pero la del dolphin mall me pareció mejor y raro por qué es l misma …
La atención es súper detallada y tienen paciencia para la prueba de helados.
El baño si estaba descuidado pero me imagino por la hora …

The gelato was ok. I wasn’t a huge fan of the lemon.
Side note: I think they need do do something with the interior. Everything was too shiny, glitter, and white. Need to do something that makes it stand apart from the other typical places in Miami.

As I strolled through the Lincoln Road Mall, suddenly the interior store decoration of Gelateria 4D caught my attention and I decided to give this place a try after reading all these 4-​star reviews.
Gelateria 4D is a globally franchise gelato company and there are multiple locations scattered across South Florida (mostly in Miami).
Flavors: Mango, lemon, cookies & cream, hazelnut, vanilla, Nutella, pistachio, crème caramel, pineapple, stracciatella, milk cream, chocolate, coffee, mint, tiramisu, yogurt, etc
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Gelato/​Sorbet (vanilla and hazelnut, $ 5.46): Gelato tasted more like ice cream and melt super quickly. Flavors were just too sweet.
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Don’t be fooled by its glamorous store decoration — there are way better gelato options in Miami (e.g. Bianco Gelato
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This place SUCKS!!! Just because they are on Lincoln Road, charged us $ 13/​portion of ice cream. Excuse me?, I said… yup! $ 26 PLUS TAX for 2 ice creams. Uh… nope. Left the store in disbelief. I would pay $ 2000 for a bottle of Dom Perignon… but NEVER for a cup of milk with sugar that is not even half of the good of Vaniglia e Ciocolatto (Pembroke Pines)!!! RIP OFF! And don’t think every business on Lincoln Road do the same! Stay away!

Honestly only had this gelato once and it tasted like ice cream that sat in the freezer too long. I was not impressed, especially with the price. Never went back. Over the years I have made it a point to try every gelato place I see and they all say «gelato» but end up being ice cream. over priced ice cream. The one place I had found ended up closing down, they were in a terrible location that was hard to find unfortunately. Again, this place is not terrible, but also is not really gelato.

Excellent gelato! I love how they allow you to get two scoops of different flavored for the same price. My girlfriend and I can share amazing gelato for one reasonable price. A must have after dinner on Lincoln road

Yiak!!! I ordered an ice cream cake from the display, and it was bad, old, and tasteless. I told the lady at the counter, and she explained that they were supposed to be that way. Then yiak. I didn’t even finished.

Very nice ice cream at Lincoln road mall. One of the best gelatos, literally melt in your mouth. I had hazelnut and Nutella and the combination was as good as eating ferrero rocher. I will definitely try it again given a chance. It was 5 $ for 2 scoops.

This is good Gelato, but in a land of great frozen yoghurt I’m not sure why you’d want it. It was decent and very rich, I split a small/​kids size with my wife (which was pretty big) and we were both happy with that amount. I’d come back, but it wasn’t really amazing. The service was very attentive, and the prices were extremely high, but once again the portions were large.

Great tasting variety of gelato, but a little overpriced. The cashier/​server was more anxious to help the early 20-something’s that didn’t even buy anything, as opposed to the family who bought the gelato.
Btw, the passion fruit was very good and the coconut was very coconutty.

Bad service but pretty good gelato. Watch your Step because you might slip and fall. It’s a total law suit waiting to happen as the employees wet mop the floor while customers walk in and out. I had the Coconut, Bacio in a chocolate waffle cone. I now know the cone was not worth the calories or the extra three dollars.

Had three flavors: lemon, nutella, stratiatelli. By far lemon was the best. The others were a big let down for me. Texture of it was nice but no richness in flavor for the other two. Lemon gelato was refreshing and uplifting. After my experience I wished I would have gotten dessert at serendipity where I had my dinner instead.

A-​OK gelato. Pistachio, chocolate, chocolate chip, and fruit sorbets. Nothing unexpected but the high price here.
$ 5.95 for a wee cup.
It melts abnormally fast so eat it quick. They get pretty overwhelmed on weekends so don’t expect great service. They also have a second, but tiny Lincoln Road location further east.

Other than the hair (not mine, I checked) I found embedded in the middle of my ice cream the ice cream overall was disgusting…

If you are looking to satisfy your sweet tooth this is a great place to go. I ordered the small size gelato. That includes 2 choices. I chose the sour cherry which included chunks of yummy tart cherries I. A velvety vanilla swirl of gelato. My other choice was the Oreo which had nice size chunks of Oreo cookie blended into the creamy fresh vanilla gelato. They have tables inside and outside. The servers are friendly and patient and allow as many tasting spoons as requested.

The girl that served us was like having a bad day because she had an attitude and an upset face. I had to asked her twice to clean the table and it was barely done. She was also eating the ice cream she was selling. (beware owner) Not coming back. I understand we all have bad days but it is not the customers fault. We do not have to pay for her lack of self-​control.

Lovelovelove this place. If I don’t even live here but I make sure to return every time I do, you gotta know its great. The gelato is of the perfect consistency, almost as good as Italy, and super delish. I usually get pistaschio and I’m in heaven. Hubby enjoyed the Nutella-​inspired flavor.

Pretty expensive but super FN great. I always come here after chewing down at pizza rustica across the way. I only get the lemon gelato because it literally cleanses my palate perfectly. It’s a perfect way to really finish any meal. They have an array of flavorless and beautiful combinations that I have tried but I only stick to the lemon gelato.

Pay first at register and then place your order, a bit counterintuitive. Prices are a bit steep, but gelato tends to be a bit pricey by the ounce.
–Hazelnut was very flavorful and textured with the crushed nuts.
–Cookies and Cream. My weak spot and, again, well-​textured with crumbled cookies.
–Tiramisu was spot on – an even balance of coffee and amaretto.
–But, the Nutella lacked flavor and I’d just as well been consuming vanilla.
While I’d not make an every day habit of running to 4D given the cost (and I suppose wouldn’t be ideal for one’s health), this gelateria offers solid gelato along with prime people watching (Lincoln Mall Road) to enjoy on a gorgeous Miami evening.

Amazing gelato. After having lunch at the Café at Books & Books (without leaving anything on my plate) and grabbing a pandebono from one of the vendors from the open-​air market on an early Sunday afternoon, I wanted to test my stomach’s stretch capacity. Gelato was on my wish list, so bf’s cousin and his wife led the way. I was not hungry at all, but seeing all the different flavors, I got energized to have some Italian ice cream.
I asked to try the pistachio and mango cream. Well, actually, I asked to try the pistachio, mango cream, and mango but was only given samples for the first two. I’m not sure if the lady at the counter misunderstood me or if she was limiting what I could try. Anyway, when in Romans, do as the Romans do. Which means that when you’re in South Beach, be prepared to not get the friendliest of service. Whatever. (What’s the difference between the mango cream and mango, you may be wondering? Mango cream is a plain gelato with mango syrup folded into it – leaving orange streaks throughout – while mango has the purée or whatever evenly distributed throughout, giving it an even orange sherbet color all over). OMG. Both were delicious. So I asked for a small cup with the two gelato varieties. Bf got the coconut (he is so freakin’ predictable, ugh) in a cone.
We were both extremely pleased. I tried a bit of his, which had shreds of coconut throughout. He didn’t have any of mine, since he was more than satisfied with his good ol’ tropical flavor. The texture/​consistency of my gelato was perfect – smooth and soft without melting too quickly. There were no air bubbles in the mixture, from my observation and the flavors were fabulous without being too sweet. I am dying to come back to Lincoln Road for this frozen delight.

It was like a white knight riding up along side me while I was walking home from dinner and I thought… Oh my, that looks like dessert and low and behold, mmmmmmmmm gelato!
Stopped in and got a medium where you can get up to three flavors in the cup but I went with two: Carmel and Cookies and Cream and they were both velvety heaven.
If you are walking by, if the ambiance and fact that they sell gelato don’t get you to walk in the door… listen to me, check out the velvety heaven!