Artisan ice cream and organic açaí on Avenida Baía dos Golfinhos, open 9.30am to midnight every day. Message the shop and ask if organic açaí is on today.
On Avenida Baía dos Golfinhos, at number 607 and opposite Rua do Céu, there is a glass front with a yellow band and, above it, a grey sign with the name «anacardo» in lower case. Inside, the ice-cream display is visible from the street, and at the back a green panel announces organic açaí. It opens at half past nine in the morning and closes at midnight, seven days a week.
Message the shop and ask whether organic açaí is on today
| Type | Artisan ice-cream shop and organic açaí |
|---|---|
| Area | Avenida Baía dos Golfinhos, central Praia da Pipa |
| Address | Av. Baía dos Golfinhos 607 (opposite Rua do Céu), Praia da Pipa, Tibau do Sul (RN) |
| Hours | Every day, 09:30–00:00 |
| What is served | Ice cream, organic açaí, crepes, waffles and brownie |
| Service | Eat in |
| Atmosphere | Casual and relaxed |
| With children | Good for children |
| Payment | Credit and debit cards, NFC mobile payments and Alelo |
| Contact | +55 84 98151-3311 |
| @anacardo.sorvetes |
This is a counter ice-cream shop. You walk in, look at the display, choose a flavour by reading the sign on each tub, and the ice cream comes in a yellow cup with the shop's logo. The place lists itself as good for a quick visit and for going alone, and the format fits: there is no table to wait for and no menu to read from end to end.
After that you can sit down or keep walking. The room is long, with a column covered in mosaic tile, white wicker chairs, glass tables and plants hanging from the ceiling. The air conditioning and the white domed lamps make it a place to stop for a while when the street gets hot, and the glass door lets you see the avenue from the tables.
The shop describes itself as an ice-cream parlour making artisan ice cream from fresh ingredients, and the photos bear that out: open tubs, white scoops stuck into every flavour and a small black hand-written sign in front of each one.
The display runs along the counter, with a grey front and the letters of «anacardo» in relief, lit from below by a strip of warm light. Every tub has its sign, and in the shop's own photos you can read flavours such as açaí sem açúcar (unsweetened açaí), acerola, mango, guava, cupuaçu, tapioca and chocolate. There are fruit colours —orange, yellow, pink— and cream and chocolate colours in the same row, so walking along the display is already reading the menu.
This is what sets the place apart. The green panel covering the wall behind the counter shows a bunch of açaí berries and a hand holding the fruit, with the word «orgânico» in large letters, and the yellow cup repeats the idea: «sorvetes + açaí orgânico». A sign in the display reads açaí sem açúcar, next to the acerola one, so anyone who comes for açaí finds it at the same counter as every other flavour, without a separate section.
The shop's cup has the line «sorvetes | crepes | waffle | açaí» printed on it: the menu in four words. The photos also show a brownie on a white plate, with a scoop of yellow ice cream beside it and chocolate sauce drizzled on top. It is the choice for anyone who wants something chocolatey and something cold on the same plate.
Next to the counter there is a fridge with soft drinks and bottled water, and beside the display a water dispenser: for something to go with the ice cream, what is already in view is enough.
For the heat of the afternoon, the fruit flavours work well, such as acerola, mango or guava, which show up in bright colours at the front of the display. For after dinner there is chocolate, the brownie with ice cream and the crepes or waffles printed on the cup. And for the morning, before the beach, there is açaí, the product the shop puts on the panel in the room. The display is always in view, so you can decide by looking before you order.
The place describes itself as casual and relaxed, and the room agrees: pale walls, beige tile floor, recessed spotlights and white domed lamps hanging over the tables. The chairs are white and light, in wicker, and the glass tables give the whole room a fresh look that goes with the product.
The hanging plants are the first thing you notice. They come down from the ceiling over the counter and over the seating area and, together with the green organic-açaí panel, make a backdrop of leaves against the grey front of the display. It is a place made for ten minutes with a cup in your hand, not for a long lunch table.
On the pavement in front of the glass there are orange brick blocks on the floor, and the sign sits above the door with the name in lower case. From the avenue you can pick it out from afar by the yellow band across the glass.
It opens seven days a week, from 09:30 to 00:00. That is fourteen and a half hours in a row, with no closing at lunchtime and no day off. It is the fact that settles the rest: there is no hour of the day and no day of the week when you need to check whether it is open.
In the morning, from half past nine, açaí works as a cold breakfast before heading to the beach. After lunch, when the sun is strong, ice cream in a cup solves the heat without sitting at a table. And at night the shop stays open until twelve, which makes it a possible dessert after dinner on the avenue, with no rush over the last bite.
On rainy days or when the sea is rough, the air-conditioned room with tables is a plan in itself. And for the last night of the trip, when the hour has got away from you, the midnight closing is enough for one last cup.
It is on Avenida Baía dos Golfinhos, at number 607, opposite Rua do Céu, right in central Pipa. This is the village's main street: it runs through the centre and links the upper part of town with the way down to Praia da Pipa.
From the sand you climb up to the avenue and walk along the pavement to number 607, using the yellow band on the glass as a landmark. For anyone sleeping in the centre, it is only a few steps. If you are coming from Natal, from the airport or from another beach on the coast, look at the transfer options for the stretch to the village and then get around on foot.
It is listed as good for children, and the format helps: ice cream is ordered in a cup, served on the spot and eaten with a spoon, with no kitchen to wait for. Fruit flavours and chocolate flavours sit in the same display, so each child picks by looking at the signs. The brownie with ice cream and the crepes and waffles printed on the cup widen the choice for those who want more than a scoop.
For anyone who wants an ice cream or an açaí at any hour between half past nine in the morning and midnight, without checking the clock or the calendar.
For people travelling alone: the shop is listed as a good place to eat on your own, and the counter handles the order without needing company.
For groups and families with children, because the room has tables where everyone can sit together and each person builds their own cup with the flavour they prefer.
And for anyone who prefers organic açaí and wants it in the same place where the rest of the table orders ice cream.
Yes. It opens seven days a week, from 09:30 to 00:00, with the same hours on weekdays and weekends.
Until midnight, which is the shop's closing time.
Yes. The shop announces organic açaí on the panel in the room and on the cup, and a sign in the display reads açaí sem açúcar.
Crepes, waffles and açaí, according to the line printed on the shop's cup, and brownie with ice cream, which shows in the photos.
Yes: it is listed as suitable for children, and ice cream comes in a cup, ready on the spot.
Yes: the shop takes credit cards, debit cards, NFC mobile payments and Alelo.
Yes. The shop is listed as a good place to eat alone and the counter handles the order without delay.
On Avenida Baía dos Golfinhos, at number 607, opposite Rua do Céu, in central Praia da Pipa.
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