patagonia is basically sugar and more sugar and it’s absolutely loved for it.
when we last lived down this way it was located a little further along the waterfront on a much smaller corner venue. the current site is larger and with an upstairs offering, which doesn’t appear to give it any more room than before because it’s popularity has merely filled the current site.
basically if you need a sugar hit then you can’t go wrong with patagonia, but on the busiest of days be prepared to wait a while as the lines of people wanting to eat anicecream in the middle of winter can be long on some days - who would’ve thought anicecream line would be a thing in winter? but when you see theiricecreams you’ll see why, although they’re not cheap!
with an assortment of flavours to choose from including both sorbet and standardicecreams, you can ask for your cone to be covered in chocolate under one of their chocolate taps, covered in sprinkles, cookie crumbs or even popcorn and then filled with your choice of scoop.
on the other side of the counter is a range of chocolate slices to appease the fussiest of chocolate fans. meanwhile upstairs, you can watch as some of the offerings found downstairs are prepared through a large glass window which exposes part of the cooking process.
tip for novices, if you just want coffee and theicecream line is long, skip to the right-hand till at the front of theicecream line to order drinks only.
it can get very busy and very noisy in patagonia so be warned that you may struggle to find a table - but the coffee is as good as many in wellington!