Frugii Dessert Laboratory

Delicious desserts - particularly liked the coconut cream popsicle which had a really soft, mousse texture. The choux pastry with hazelnut custard had a cute little pipette filled with frangelico too. Tasted like a pastry version of a Ferrero Rocher. The New York cheesecake was dense and creamy, with a nice crust. A great spot for sweets and coffee.

Whilst Frugii might not have as many flavours as some ice creameries, the flavours they do serve are unique and delicious. They have several gluten free and dairy free options, as well as small desserts. They're open quite late (11pm) on Friday nights which is perfect for after dinner desserts. Definitely worth a try. We tried the red peach (super tasty) and mango flavours. The mango was easily the best we've tried.

Frugi is a family owned business in Braddon, Canberra. It was recommended to us by a few people who’d visited. It is a dessert store, which makes all of their ice cream, gelato, cakes and chocolate from scratch. Ice creams can be bought in waffle cones, cups, or in take-away tubs. They also have ice cream sticks other desserts like semifreddo and parfait. Flavours change daily but on our visit there was salted caramel, vanilla bean, dark chocolate, chocolate macaron, rosewater, soursop, raspberry, and the flavour we chose - black truffle in vanilla. We got it in a cup, and it was nice and creamy with a good hint of truffle. Very enjoyable!

We experienced Frugii for the first time last night, and we are already looking forward to going back! There were four of us in our group, and there was a unanimous decision that this is the best ice cream we’d ever had. I had the coconut cream ice cream on a stick and also tried the salted caramel, double chocolate and spearmint flavours which incredible. The spearmint flavour reminded me of toothpaste but it was surprisingly delicious! The staff were engaging and we also had coffees and a hot chocolate which was also very good. Frugii was in a foyer surrounded by other wonderful stores including an artisan chocolate shop with a gorgeous display window, a timber themed homewares store, an anime shop and jewellery store. These were closed because we went on a Sunday night but it’s somewhere I will take interstate visitors from now on.