La Crema d’ Italia

Folks — this place is CLOSED!!! Was looking for a gelato place one night and ended up going to this mall location to find nothing.

Loved this place but it’s GONE!!! Replaced by a Pink store window display:(Anyone know if they moved somewhere else?

Positively, the highest quality gelato I’ve ever had the pleasure to savor.
Our family laments the closing of this fine establishment, run by just about the most adorable little Italian man, ever.
Seeing as this sweet biz is now closed, I won’t persist on with all of the scrumptious details — I’ll just leave it at this:
I’d never been to a place where every flavor was pleasing,
where service was affable and endearing all at once,
or where portions were liberal and doled out with love.
In fact, I’d never been to a place where sampling was done with such patience & thoughtful suggestion. A dedication to my delight you might even suggest.
The gregarious older man behind the counter along with the caliber and exquisite flavoring of the gelato are what made La Crema d’ Italia a stand out small business in San Jose — a venture worthy of a five-​star review, if there ever was one.
A heavy handed gelato serving spoon never hurt any either!

WAS truly a terrific place. Disappointed that they have CLOSED!!! Apparently the lease ran out and they couldn’t renew. So they’ve closed and opened up 100 miles away :-(

This review is exclusively about their Hazelnut Gelato (cause frankly, I’ve never had anything else). When I first moved back to the bay area, I went all over San Jose trying every Hazelnut Gelato in a 25 mile radius and I’ve decided that this place has the BEST Hazelnut Gelato on that radius.
Ok, I know, I’m a little obsessive and crazy (and a little creepy) about Hazelnut Gelato. But I used to live in Santa Barbara and there was this place called Via Maestra 42 that had the best Hazelnut Gelato that was flown in from Milan (Oh mi gosh, YUM). And when I moved, I was determined to find something comparable.
This place home makes their Gelato in the back and if you catch the owner working, he’s very nice and accommodating. One time, I came right after they closed and he still served me. And I thanked him and told him I can’t live without having hazelnut Gelato. (I think he laughed.)
I don’t know what else to say but the Hazelnut Gelato here just dances in your mouth like a cloud of goodness. Have it with the waffle cone and it’s completely out of this world.

One of the best places for Italian gelato ice –cream! Look out for this store if you happen to be shopping at Westfield Oakridge. The sign outside the store says that all their gelatos start with ²⁄₃ less butter cream fat than most other ice-​creams… give me light ice-​cream any day!
My favs here are the toasted almond, tiramisu, pineapple and best of all — amaretto. I have sampled all flavors here though and believe me, it’s hard making a selection– each flavor rivals the other in taste.
Also, they have sugar-​free ice-​cream flavors.
Friendly service and the girls were very patient as I sampled flavor after flavor. Cards accepted as well.
Stop by while shopping and give this place a try.

Cantaloupe gelato is so fresh and creamy tasting I didn’t even eat my second scoop because it didnt taste as good as cantaloupe!
I got the piña colada as my second scoop… it was alright, a lot of coconut bits and i didnt like it. If they used macapuno (filipino young coconut) I’d eat the hell outta that! hahah

Stopped by here for a little treat and remembering it had pretty good reviews on Unilocal!The man there was so generous and offered big spoonfuls of gelato to sample. He said his favorites were the pecan and amaretto, I got the pecan and hazelnut though… hehe. The hazelnut was SO good and both the favors were delicious, not too sweet which was great!
Totally worth the price, $ 4.45 for a small, two huge scoops of each flavor and he gave us two of the little chocolate cookie things (one for me and another for my sister) for our gelato! How nice! :)
Will definitely be stopping by here whenever I’m at Oakridge, really wanna try the sorbets (they even had pomegranate!!)

Omg. This place is delicious. I was here, sampling basically all the flavors. I just felt obligated to buy a gelato. It was delicioussssssssss. The chocolate wafer that the man added on was also a plus. The server was also extremely nice, even though I was trying every flavor, he wasn’t showing any sign of disrespect or anything. They also gave a very generous serving!!! Need to come back!

Yummy! Pistachio chocolate gelato.
This place is definitely a great reason to go to oakgridge mall.

Quality: deliocious for the price paid, love the smoothness of each mouth watery scoop I take. I love the wafer they add with you’re delicious scoop of ice cream.
Price: decent, not too bad for mall ice cream
Service: just a little more improvement and I’ll be a happy camper.
Personal Favorite:
Small Chocolate Flavor (forgot the actually name)

Big gelato taste with a mom ‘n’ pop shop feel. All of their flavors are satisfying. You can’t go wrong.

Located in one of Oakridge Mall’s «alleys» this was a surprisingly nice mall food find. I’ve walked by here a couple of times, and figured it’d be an overpriced gelato place judging from its clean exterior. It really wasn’t that bad! The owner was genuinely nice and took interest in our 2 yr old, offering her as many samples as she (and we) liked, never making us feel rushed to make a decision.
my verdict based on samples.
Chocolate hazelnut: good
Choc coffee & pecan: grainy
strawberry cheesecake: good
I would come again if at the mall, especially since there isn’t a Cold Stone there anymore!

Oh yeah baby… this place is sooooooooooo sooooooooo good. He makes all of the flavors himself at home. Faves: Chocolate Pistachio, Toasted Almond, Chocolate Coffee, Mint, Amaretto. I still haven’t tried the fruit flavors yet (I keep gravitating towards my faves cause they’re so good!).
They have a Pina Colada that looks delicious as well. I’ll just have to bump up the amount of visits I’m allowing myself lol!
If you’re ever by Oakridge stop by just for the Gelato, you won’t be sorry!

I am so in love with this place. Like no other gelato I have ever tasted. Hands down the best I have yet found! Oh my, my mouth is watering just thinking about it! I had the Hazelnut and Guava. HEAVEN! So good, so smooth and rich of flavor!
Go get some, like NOW!

Tried this establishment because of the positive feedback regarding this place. The service here is exceptional. The manager is very kind and patient as I sampled the different flavors here. The price is reasonable and has a great selection. I did notice that the fruit flavors aren’t necessarily the better tasting ones. Be sure to opt for the almond, vanilla, cookiemonster, etc as those have a more creamy texture. Very good place and I hope it makes it.

Ice cream and its various related forms (gelato, frozen yogurt, etc.) make up my favorite food group. I’ve had ice cream, gelato, and frozen yogurt in myriad places, but this place in Oakridge Mall is a real gem. They have so many different flavors (more flavors are available on request if they have them in stock in the back in addition to the many different gelati they have from which for you to pick.
Giandula (chocolate hazelnut), strawberry, chocolate pistachio, mixed berry, pistachio, stracciatella, ciocolatta scura (dark chocolate), mango, and coconut are the only flavors I’ve tried, and they are all delicious. My husband also loves all the flavors he’s tried. We love this place! The texture of the gelati is also amazing. Perfect consistency. The flavors are all intense and wonderful.
The people behind the counter are also very sweet and nice. The older man, whom I am assuming to be the owner/​manager is particularly patient and accommodating. Another plus is the delicious chocolate straw they put in the gelato with every order. Delicious! Don’t miss it!
They also have coffee/​espresso drinks here, but I’m surprised they don’t have affogato yet. Maybe in the future, they will for all the coffee lovers.
We’ll be back. There are other ice cream places in Oakridge, but make sure not to skip this place.

I come to this place just about every week and the gelato is always good.
The older man and a girl that’s sometimes there to help are extremely friendly… if you are out shopping and want to take the gelato home with you u can leave it in their freezer until you are ready to go home!
The gelato is very good here. Ive brought friends with me and now they are addicted to it just as much as i am.
also i am lactose intolerant and somehow i never get bloated from gelato like i do with ice cream

One of the first gelato places near me. Or South San Jose to be a matter of fact that was only based on gelato and nothing else. One of my best friend worked there introduced me with Cantaloupe Gelato. That is my FAVORITE one. Having it for the first time got me hooked.
I love how they display the gelato in their cute cups/​bowls.
I wish there was more flavors, they usually don’t update their flavors very often.
–SN

Sorry to rain on everybody’s parade, but this place just didn’t do it for me. Sure, the lone staff member is helpful though not ebullient; sure, there are plenty of flavors to choose from at moderate prices; and sure, the cute serve-​ware complements the free rolled wafer cookie… but I can’t erase the memory of almost gagging as I took a sample nibble of the peach gelato. It tasted like cough medicine! Blech.
Though their fruity flavors, I feel, are lacking, their nutty flavors are not too bad at all (toasted almond was a tad too sweet). I rarely crave gelato, so don’t really frequent this place. I much prefer the gelato over in Mountain View off Castro.