The best halal ice cream and dessert spots in London

Dessert is where a London halal night out actually ends — a walk to a gelato counter, a kunafa loaded with cream, a soft serve dunked in something molten. Sweets are the easy part of eating halal: no meat means no slaughter question, so the bar is mostly about what's in the mix — gelatine, alcohol in a sauce, a splash of liqueur in the affogato.

That's the bit we flag. Most dessert spots are naturally fine for a Muslim, but a few carry an alcohol-based syrup or a gelatine set, so where a venue has told us one way or the other, you'll see it on the ladder — and where it's unconfirmed, we say ask before you order rather than pretend we know.

Here are the dessert and ice cream stops we're tracking in London, freshest checks first:

Two quick tips. If gelatine matters to you, ask whether the ice cream is made in house or bought in — the in-house ones can usually tell you exactly what's in it. And for the kunafa-and-cream crowd, the best versions are made to order and eaten on the spot, so it's a sit-down, not a takeaway. Check the status line on each venue before you go.

Got a halal dessert spot we should know about? Tell us — every submission is checked before it goes on the map.