4 ranked
The best Dessert restaurants in Pittsburgh
4 Dessert kitchens on the map, from cheap counters to the full sit-down. Downtown carries the most of them, and every one is ranked by the same 1-5 score as the rest of the site.
- 1
Squirrel Hill · $$ · No. 49 of 157 overall
A genuine French patisserie on Murray Ave where the macarons look like jewelry and actually taste like something. Skip the line at the diners across the street and get a box of these instead. The pistachio is the one. Pricey for a cookie, but these aren't cookies.
Order: Pistachio macaron and a proper almond croissant
- 2
Downtown · $ · No. 53 of 157 overall
Genuinely excellent small-batch scoops. Seasonal flavors, salted caramel the standby. Just ice cream, done right.
Order: Salted caramel scoop
- 3
South Side · $ · No. 64 of 157 overall
A summer soft-serve ritual by the river. Nostalgia and a genuinely good twist. Exactly what it should be.
Order: Soft-serve twist by the river
- 4Whisper3.2
Downtown · $$$ · No. 139 of 157 overall
The Bridges & Bourbon team built a moody little jewel box in the Cultural District where dessert is the headliner, not the afterthought. The sage olive oil cake and lemon ricotta doughnuts sing; just know the wine-by-the-glass list ran thinner than the branding promised early on. A lovely nightcap stop before the show.
Order: Lemon ricotta doughnuts with a glass of something old-world
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Every list on this site is cut from the same board: 157 restaurants scored 1-5 by one critic, where nothing can be bought. How the ratings work →