Best Sweet Treats Restaurants in Williamsburg
9 hand-picked restaurants, critic-reviewed and ranked
Last Updated: February 2026
Our Top Pick
Birdee
Park-adjacent bakery where churro croissants, modern cakes, and design-forward space feel tailor-made for pastry pilgrimages.
Notable Picks
#1
Birdee
8.6
Waterfront bakery and all-day café in The Refinery at Domino where Brazilian-influenced pastries, churro croissants, and substantial sandwiches run alongside specialty coffee. It’s become the go-to Domino Park stop when people want destination-level laminated pastry without the city’s longest lines.
Must-Try Dishes:
Churro croissant, Burnt honey cake, Garlic-knot pretzel
What Makes it Special: Park-adjacent bakery where churro croissants, modern cakes, and design-forward space feel tailor-made for pastry pilgrimages.
Reverie is a vegan dessert and cocktail bar where composed plates, artisan sweets, and a full bar turn donuts and pastries into part of a broader night-out experience. Café breakfasts and brunch sessions feature vegan donuts and baked goods, while evenings lean into elaborate plated desserts and cocktails in a low-lit room.
Must-Try Dishes:
The Rainbow red velvet tartlet, Candy Bar Mousse Cake, Seasonal vegan donuts from the café program
What Makes it Special: A modern vegan dessert-and-cocktail room where plated sweets, brunch pastries, and donuts are treated with the same care as the drinks.
8.4
Small but constantly busy, this Wythe Avenue scoop shop serves dense French-style ice cream, vegan flavors, and rotating collab specials that feel bigger than the footprint. Locals treat it as the default 11249 stop for both classic scoops and headline-grabbing limited editions.
Must-Try Dishes:
Honeycomb Ice Cream, Earl Grey Tea Ice Cream, Peanut Butter Brownie Honeycomb
What Makes it Special: French-style ice cream shop pairing core classics with playful seasonal collabs.
8.2
Nippon Cha is a Japanese tea and dessert shop on Bedford Avenue specializing in ceremonial-grade matcha, hojicha, and tea-based sweets that skew naturally vegetarian. Rather than a full savory menu, it’s where plant-focused diners come for matcha tiramisu, brownies, and layered lattes built on high-quality tea. The compact space feels more like a refined tea bar than a café, but review volume points to remarkably consistent drinks and desserts.
Must-Try Dishes:
Matcha Tiramisu, Kuro Mitsu Matcha Latte, Matcha Brownie
What Makes it Special: A specialist Japanese tea bar where matcha-focused drinks and desserts give vegetarians a different kind of destination.
The Domino Park outpost of OddFellows pairs their savory-leaning, chef-y flavors with waterfront views and park-side energy. People use it as a stroll-and-scoop stop after the playground, dog run, or a lap along the East River.
Must-Try Dishes:
Miso Cherry Ice Cream, Brooklyn Blackout Ice Cream, Vanilla Blackberry Blondie Ice Cream
What Makes it Special: Chef-driven ice cream served steps from the East River promenade.
#6
Guevara's
8.1
This Domino Park–side offshoot of the Clinton Hill original is a fully plant-based café and bakery tucked into the Kent Avenue strip. Vegetarian diners use it for colorful tortas, soups, and salads alongside vegan chocolate babka and daytime coffee drinks. It’s casual, sunny, and quick enough to work as a pre- or post-park stop rather than a drawn-out meal.
Must-Try Dishes:
Eggplant Torta Milanesa, Vegan Chocolate Babka, Black Bean Soup
What Makes it Special: A pastel-toned, fully vegan café where Mexican-leaning tortas share space with serious baked goods.
8.1
This Bedford Avenue outpost brings L'Arte del Gelato’s Sicilian-style gelato and brioche sandwiches to the heart of North Williamsburg. The space is compact, but the case runs with classic Italian flavors that feel more like a gelateria break than a quick soft-serve stop.
Must-Try Dishes:
Pistacchio Siciliano Gelato, Stracciatella Gelato, Gelato Brioche Sandwich
What Makes it Special: Sicilian-style gelato and brioche sandwiches from a respected Manhattan-born gelateria.
Worthy Picks
7.9
A newer Wythe Avenue gelato shop, Bertoni leans into small-batch Italian flavors like nocciola and lavender alongside sorbets. It flies more under the radar than the big-name brands nearby, but locals appreciate the focused case and friendly counter service.
Must-Try Dishes:
Nocciola Hazelnut Gelato, Banana Split Gelato, Lavender Delight Gelato
What Makes it Special: Compact Italian-run gelato shop where small-batch flavors feel hand-tuned.
7.8
Aurora’s long-running Italian restaurant backs a small gelato program that spills out onto the street and garden in warmer months. The gelato skews classic and is often used as a lingering finish to dinner, but you can treat the stand as its own dessert destination.
Must-Try Dishes:
Coconut Gelato, Rotating Seasonal Fruit Sorbet, Two-Scoop Gelato Cup
What Makes it Special: House-made gelato served from a beloved Italian restaurant with a leafy garden.