Best dessert spots for a date in New York
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 51 dessert spots in New York, from Prospect Heights / Crown Heights to SoHo / NoHo / Nolita and Upper East Side. 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.
Tornado Crepes
Washington Heights
Chocolate Lounge NYC
Chelsea / Hell's Kitchen
Lady Moo Moo Too
Bushwick / Ridgewood
Sugar Butter Chocolate
Prospect Heights / Crown Heights · $
Eileen's Special Cheesecake
SoHo / NoHo / Nolita
Betty Bakery
Fort Greene
Sweet Rehab
SoHo / NoHo / Nolita · $$
Nepita
West Village / Greenwich Village
Aoko Matcha - West Village
West Village / Greenwich Village
Rivareno Gelato
SoHo / NoHo / Nolita
Patisserie Vanessa
Upper East Side
Morelia Ice Cream Paletas - Upper East Side
Upper East Side · $
Les Gateaux de Marie
Upper East Side
L'Ami Pierre - French Bakery
Midtown Manhattan · $
Mya Coffee, Bakery and Wine Bar
Williamsburg
Lily's Shakes & Crepes
$
Island Pops
Prospect Heights / Crown Heights
Lisbonata
Prospect Heights / Crown Heights · $
Ugly Donuts & Corn Dogs Bushwick
Bushwick / Ridgewood
Maple Creamery
Prospect Heights / Crown Heights
Lady Wong Patisserie East Village
East Village / LES
La Newyorkina: La Tiendita
Carroll Gardens / Cobble Hill
Lulla's
Williamsburg · $$
The Bearded Baker
Fort Greene
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Good to know
- What's the best dessert spot in New York for a date?
- Our top pick is Tornado Crepes in Washington Heights. Chocolate Lounge NYC and Lady Moo Moo Too round out the top 3.
- Which New York neighborhoods have the best dessert spots?
- Prospect Heights / Crown Heights (4), SoHo / NoHo / Nolita (3) and Upper East Side (3) have the most spots in the top 24.
- Are there affordable dessert spots in New York?
- Yes — Sugar Butter Chocolate, Sweet Rehab and Morelia Ice Cream Paletas - Upper East Side 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.