La Gelat - Grosseto-Prugna

Just went there for ice cream and tea and where very pleased by the quality and taste. It's a family operated business.

On aa short visit to Porticcio we decided the place wasn 't terribly exciting, and after having walked along the beach for a while and having half an hour left before we would leave, we decided to have an ice cream and a drink. Since we didn 't like the prices in the establishments on the beach, we looked for an alternative, and found La Gelat on the other side of those beach establishments, near some shops. They have a terrace, and a menu with a good choice of ice cream dishes, salads, pasta dishes, snacks, etc. We had an ice cream, and my wife had a mini hot chocolate petit chocolat . Good ice cream, but otherwise the place isn 't spectacular. Definitely cheaper than the others, though. We were served by two different people, and there was a great difference. The first hardly said a word and seemed quite miserable, the other was friendly and smiley. Having read other reviews about the service as well, I 'd say it simply makes a lot of difference who you get. It 's true that the toilets aren 't very nice. Everyone had to use the ladies ' because the men 's was out of order. And the ladies ' was missing a toilet seat. Still, it did the job. Would I come back? Probably, if I were visiting Porticcio which isn 't very likely, though, because I didn 't think Porticcio was that special.

After a hard day in the mountains of Corsica we were looking for nice place for a simple meal burgers and fries. La Gelat looked like the rigth thing but turned out to be the exact opposite. We ordered 4 simple burgers with different sides. 2 of us got the right things and the others was wrong I got a double cheese burger instead of a normal burger ?? . The salad served was very dry and borring the cucumber seemed a bit old ! The fries were line loose rubber bands. Completely none crispy and with no salt at all. Two of us ordered the beefs 'medium ' when we had choise between 'medium ' and 'well done '. Bad decision! The medium was simply fried at a way too low temperature and smelled of boiled proteine, leaving the core of the beef almost raw. The 'welldone ' beefs was at least boiled all the way through the meat. The toilets was dirty real dirty! Don 't go there!! After this 25 minute experience we took at decision to just leave asap. The waiter asked if we had any complaints leaving 85% of the food and he apparently had a chat with the 'chefs '. No discount proposed and we just wanted to leave! Paid and took of when you meet a complete lack of talent and knowledge there is a limit to how much you can actually expect to achieve from a discussion. La Gelât never ever again!!

Waiter very rude and sneaky. Gives you just a card with complete meals while we outside asked for sandwiches. After asking he comes with the right card. Then takes away the knife and fork after bringing the sandwiches. How childish. Will come here never again!

Always a great lunch! Been coming here every trip to Corsica. Wonderful salads affordable. Run by locals loved by locals.