Black Peak Gelato is a gelato and sorbet shop at 5/123 Ardmore Street in Wānaka, on the lakefront. It has a 4.1 rating from 538 Google reviews. Its website says it makes all its gelato and sorbet in the shop, using stone fruits and berries from local orchards, rotates through more than 80 flavours a year and has vegan, dairy-free, gluten-free and nut-free options daily, plus take-home tubs. Reviewers mention hokey pokey, sea salted caramel, peach, salted chocolate and blackberry flavours and the lake view, though some found scoops small or staff rushed.
A good ice cream shop makes its product fresh and keeps the list manageable, so fruit sorbets taste of fruit rather than sugar. Ask for a sample if you are unsure, and pair a rich flavour such as salted caramel with something light like berry. Gelato is served slightly warmer than ice cream, so it tastes more intense, and it melts quickly, so eat soon, particularly on a warm lakeside day. Summer afternoons are busiest, so a mid-morning or evening visit has shorter queues.
For gelato and sorbet by the lake in Wānaka, Black Peak is a popular summer stop.