What's the best dessert spot in New York for a date?

Our top pick is Seed + Mill in Chelsea / Hell's Kitchen. Tornado Crepes and Chocolate Lounge NYC round out the top 3.

Which New York neighborhoods have the best dessert spots?

Prospect Heights / Crown Heights (4), SoHo / NoHo / Nolita (4) and Upper East Side (3) have the most spots in the top 24.

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.

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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 53 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.

Ice Cream Shop

Seed + Mill

Chelsea / Hell's Kitchen

Best dessert spots for a date in New York

The list

Seed + Mill

Tornado Crepes

Chocolate Lounge NYC

Lady Moo Moo Too

Sugar Butter Chocolate

Eileen's Special Cheesecake

Betty Bakery

CHLOE'S

Sweet Rehab

Nepita

Aoko Matcha - West Village

Rivareno Gelato

Patisserie Vanessa

Morelia Ice Cream Paletas - Upper East Side

Les Gateaux de Marie

L'Ami Pierre - French Bakery

Mya Coffee, Bakery and Wine Bar

Lily's Shakes & Crepes

Island Pops

Lisbonata

Ugly Donuts & Corn Dogs Bushwick

Maple Creamery

Lady Wong Patisserie East Village

La Newyorkina: La Tiendita

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Dessert spots by neighborhood

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