Best dessert spots for a date in Los Angeles
Dinner nearby, then the good part.
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Dessert is the best second stop on a date: it's short, it's inexpensive, and it gives you a reason to walk somewhere after dinner. These are places that exist for dessert — gelato, pastry, chocolate, late-night sweets — rather than restaurants with a good dessert menu.
This guide ranks 46 dessert spots in Los Angeles, from Downtown Los Angeles to West LA / Brentwood and Koreatown / Mid-City. Editors' picks come first, then the rest by rating, and the plans below build a whole evening around the best of them.
The list
Editors' picks first, then by rating.
Scoops Ice Cream and Treats
4.1(8)Koreatown / Mid-City · $
Gjusta
4.0(7)Venice · $$
El Moro Echo Park
3.9(7)Silver Lake / Echo Park · $
Lloyd’s of Avalon
3.5(17)Catalina Island (Avalon) · $
Saffron & Rose Ice Cream
West LA / Brentwood · $
Okayama Kobo Bakery & Cafe DTLA
4.9(7)Downtown Los Angeles · $
Cool Bites Pâtisserie
4.8(5)Glendale
Magnolia Bakery - Los Angeles
4.6(7)Mid-Wilshire / Miracle Mile · $$
Sweet Angeles Bakery & Café
4.5(18)Beverly Hills · $$
Artelice Pâtisserie
4.5(17)West LA / Brentwood · $
The Butcher, The Baker, The Cappuccino Maker
4.5(8)West Hollywood · $$
Ludivine Paris Bakery
4.4(21)Culver City · $$
brown bag cookies
4.4(14)Koreatown / Mid-City · $$
Artelice Pâtisserie
4.4(13)Burbank / Studio City
Copenhagen Pastry
4.4(5)Culver City · $
Aurora LA
4.3(15)Mid-Wilshire / Miracle Mile · $$
Phoenix Bakery
4.3(10)Downtown Los Angeles · $
Pitchoun!
4.1(22)Downtown Los Angeles · $$
B Sweet Dessert Bar
4.0(12)West LA / Brentwood · $
SomiSomi - West LA
West LA / Brentwood · $
SomiSomi - Downtown LA
Downtown Los Angeles · $
SomiSomi - Koreatown
Koreatown / Mid-City · $
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Good to know
- What's the best dessert spot in Los Angeles for a date?
- Our top pick is Scoops Ice Cream and Treats in Koreatown / Mid-City, rated 4.1 out of 5. Gjusta and El Moro Echo Park round out the top 3.
- Which Los Angeles neighborhoods have the best dessert spots?
- Downtown Los Angeles (4), West LA / Brentwood (4) and Koreatown / Mid-City (3) have the most spots in the top 22.
- Are there affordable dessert spots in Los Angeles?
- Yes — Scoops Ice Cream and Treats, Gjusta and El Moro Echo Park are all $$ or under.
- What should we do before or after?
- Make it a sweet night: dinner, then dessert. The plans on this page pair each top spot with the best-rated places within about a 20-minute walk.