The Lounge At Dolce Mare - Marco Island

Was not crazy about this place. Came from Chicago this gelato had a weird taste. Seemed like it was artificial flavor.

I couldn't end my beautiful night in Marco Island without ice cream. Dolce Mare is the perfect place for all kind of sweet from chocolate, candy, and ice cream, and they also have a display of wine. Everything looks delicious and well displayed. We didn't have to wait long. Although pricey to me, my ice cream was a really sweet treat.

I HAD A GELATO FUN! I had wanted some gelato go cool myself down after a long weekend in the sun. Gelato is much different from ice cream, and more expensive too! Walking distance from the Hilton sits a small shopping strip mall. This strip mall contains tons of restaurants, dessert shops and some smaller boutiques too. My uncle and I came inside and were blown away by how much stuff was inside. All sorts of candies from gummies to chocolate truffles. Aside from that they also have cake slices, cannolis and of course gelato. This is an Italian's dream. It is the best gelato on the island. The other ice cream store in the shopping plaza was just a regular ice cream shop, serving up everyone's favorite Royal scoop ice cream. But Dulce Mare, is an experience hidden inside an Italian dessert shop! My uncle ordered the mango sorbet which he said tasted more like pineapple than mango, but he still enjoyed it. I ordered the stracciatella gelato. This gelato is similar to a chocolate chip gelato. It has a vanilla base with chocolate chips inside. Though this one also had cookie dough in it which was a surprise to me. The vanilla ice cream base tasted similar to the ice cream mixed with icing on top of a carvel ice cream cake. It did not have a natural flavor to it, but the semi sweet chocolate chips helped to cut the super sweetness. Service was fantastic at this small hidden gem. I was more or less surprised that there was a large group of Spanish ladies working here and not a single Italian. But everyone was very nice. They were willing to let us sample at least one of the gelato flavors before settling, though when you already have your heart set, that's just the way it is. I would love to come back to this gelato/Italian sweet shop! They have so much to offer in such a small space. Definitely worth a trip and confidently located!

Absolutely used to be addicted to this place... unfortunately it's obvious they no longer care. Last I went was about 6/7 years ago now it's bland looking chocolate nothing hand painted no decadent flavors the store was always immaculate not a speck on the glass shelves or dust or anything not anymore the shelves have so many crumbs I wouldn't be surprised if they had a bug problem!! and now it's a claustrophobia nightmare of red dye 40 candies and kids toys and some bicycle taking up precious shopping space for customers like what are they thinking??? Also gelato isn't real it's practically lightly flavored frozen cool whip! The worst of all though was no one looked happy to be working there they all stared at you blankly and they no longer greet you with a smile every time you come in. Disappointing to say the least! The new owners ruined this beautiful gem! :

Great deserts but even better staff! Such sweet ladies, noticed me looking at the cake and offered us a fresh carrot cake hot out of the oven for our birthday party. Great place to meet people from different places as well. Great experience