Ice cream shops in Banská Bystrica Region

The region has two axes: the Horehronie valley, where ice cream has been cooked in kettles since post-war days and people queue for the punch flavour, and the south — Fiľakovo, Revúca, Zvolen — with Balkan and Adriatic-style shops.

Cream ice cream dominates, milk and fruit are local, and family lines are counted in generations. Italian gelato is the exception: a shop in historic Banská Štiavnica makes it and stays open out of season.

What the list shows

Shops listed
14
What they make
gelato (1), cream ice cream (13), sorbets (14)
Worth the trip for
made on site (9), vegan flavours (3), lactose-free (3), seasonal flavours (1), café (7), desserts (6), tubs to take home (1)
Oldest shop
since 1946

Ice cream shops

  • Zmrzlináreň Moja Marína

    Andreja Kmeťa 121/9, Banská Štiavnica — An ice cream shop and patisserie in the centre of Banská Štiavnica, named after Marína, the famous love poem by Andrej Sládkovič.

  • Zmrzlina Pietro

    Own production unconfirmed

    Československej armády 71, Brezno — The most popular ice cream shop in Brezno, judging by both the number and level of its ratings.

  • MEHA Balkánska zmrzlina

    Own production unconfirmed

    Rázusova 4, Fiľakovo — An ice cream shop with a terrace in Fiľakovo, considered by visitors to be the best in the area.

  • Lopejská zmrzlina

    Dolná 11, Podbrezová — A village legend in the Horehronie region, founded in 1946 by Medin Fejzulović from Macedonia and now run by his grandchildren.

  • Zmrzlina Talat

    Sládkovičova 58/2, Revúca — A family ice cream shop in Revúca with a long tradition, known for its honest-tasting cooked ice cream.

  • Chorvátska zmrzlina

    Own production unconfirmed

    Študentská 986, Zvolen — An Adriatic-style ice cream shop on a side street in Zvolen, ranked by readers of regional news sites among the best in the area.

  • Moja Srdcovka – Zvolen

    Námestie SNP 87/8, Zvolen — The Zvolen branch of the Hajrula family patisserie on the main square, opened in 2019.

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List verified 9/2026