6 Best Dessert Cafes in Auckland 2025

This list of the best dessert cafes in Auckland will have you drooling over your keyboard by the first paragraph. If your idea of happiness involves hot chocolate sauce, creamy gelato, or sky-high stacks of waffles, then discover the best desserts cafes in Auckland with this list of 6 of the best restaurants in Auckland’s dessert scene. From late-night cookie bars and artisan patisseries to elegant plated creations that look like edible art, the city offers a mouthwatering array of sweet indulgences for every craving. Whether you’re planning a romantic date, a post-dinner treat, or a sugar-fueled adventure with friends, this guide to the 6 best Auckland dessert cafes will lead you straight to the most irresistible spots in town.

If your sweet tooth is as big as mine then this article is exactly where you need to be. These desserts in Auckland aren’t to be trifled with (see what I did there?), from simple gelato cones to a waffle scramble or dessert nachos; I will take you on a tour through some of the best dessert restaurants in Auckland, after this you can have the words inscribed on your tombstone “death by Chocolate”.

Ripe Deli, Takapuna

If your cravings have hit you in the middle of the work day then there’s no better place to be than Ripe Deli. Ripe Deli is a vibrant Auckland dessert café that can be found at Smales Farm in Takapuna. It is often a go-to café for Aucklanders seeking fresh salads, thick sandwiches and warm meals however their their choices on cakes and slices are worth ogling over. Treat yourself to a midday dessert or save yourself something for later. If inspiration hits you mid sugar rush, purchase their recipe book which is always available beside the cake counter, and attempt making these amazing dishes in your own home.

In 3 different locations across Auckland, Ripe Deli also offers catering, frozen meals as well as whole cakes if you happen to have forgotten a family members birthday.

Recommended Dishes

Start off with something savory like the breakfast bap from the Ripe Deli cabinet, then treat yourself to a slice of any of their cakes. The flavours frequently change but I can assure you they taste as good as they look.

Chocolate Boutique Café, Parnell

Chocolate boutique café has been the Queen of Auckland Dessert cafes for as long as I can remember. From exotic hot chocolates to warm sticky date puddings and chocolate lava cakes drenched in melting ice cream, and vegan hot fudge pudding and apple crumble. This dessert restaurant in Auckland has something for everyone, pop by on a chilly night and you will find lines out the door of people wanting to heart the cockles of their hearts with a plate full of diabetes and a cup of tea. Chocolate Boutique is even open late for those late night cravings.

Opening in 1996 as a pop up shop and then settling at their current location they have called home for over 20 years, U.S President Bill Clinton visited in 1999 to which Chocolate Boutique received a personalized thank you letter from the President, officially putting Chocolate Boutique on the world map. As well as a cafe, Chocolate Boutiques shop comes stocked with gift boxes, chocolate blocks and chocolate pieces available for individual purchase.

Recommended Dishes

Anything is good on the Chocolate Boutique menu, but my go-to will always be the hot fudge cake or lava cake. A warm dessert on a cold winters evening is one of my favourite past times.

The Black Antler Eatery, Browns Bay

Black Antler Eatery in Browns Bay has some of the best desserts in Auckland and is one of the best pubs on Aucklands North Shore. This Browns Bay pub is the perfect restaurant in Auckland where you can get the best of both worlds; indulge on a monster milkshake while your partner can feast on beers and burgers. The menu is overflowing with dessert straight out of Willy Wonkas chocolate factory; share a plate of dessert nachos, be selfish with your own plate of biscoff pancakes or any of their wild shakes, which inadvertently will give you the wild shakes from a sugar high.

The dessert nachos are one to share, unless you want to test yourself and your bodies ability to consume sugar. The pancakes are always a great choice, both coming topped with ice cream, or treat yourself to a milk shake garnished with full sized chocolate bars or sugary slices. Unfortunately I’m not sure if there are any gluten-free desserts on offer but you can always get a scoop of ice cream or one of their monster shakes!

Recommended Dishes

Black Antler Eatery serves some of the best desserts in Auckland, so anything and everything on the menu gets my approval. But I do highly recommend the dessert nachos, biscoff pancakes and Ferrero shake.

Cocomo, Auckland City

Looking for a coconut based sweet treat? Look no further than one of the best dessert places in Auckland CBD, Cocomo. This dessert café in Auckland is a specialty dessert restaurant on Lorne Street, serving delectable coconut-based drinks and puddings with a range of flavours to suit everyone’s palates. Crème Brulee for the sweat toothes to matcha cloud for those who love the taste of grass. Cocomo also serves some of the best gluten-free desserts in Auckland.

The best thing about Cocomo is their dishes are takeaway, coming in a glass jar with a lid you can easily transport your coconut dessert to work, home or to the park to enjoy as a refreshing treat on a summers afternoon.

The interior design of Cocomo is sleek and clean, pristine white walls with grey curved booths which is perfect for anyone’s instagram stories.

Recommended Dishes

Crème Brulee!

Scrunchy Millers Ice Cream, Takapuna 

Scrunchy Millers is one of the beast quick and easy Auckland dessert cafés on the north shore. Summertime is just around the corner so pop into Scrunchy Millers for real fruit ice cream, gelato or sorbet. This extremely popular ice cream bar in Milford has a large assortment of dessert options from your simple cone and cup options to sundaes and ice cream cakes. Their flavours will have you coming back for more or even topping your cone with multiple different flavours of gelato. Also serving gluten-free desserts, the delicious range of flavours include Ferrero Rocher, candy floss, pistachio and lemon meringue to only name a few. Careful bringing your children here, you will never hear the end of their begging to come back.

Open late ever night, and catering to almost every dietary requirement; Scrunchy millers offers gluten free cones and dairy free bases for the real fruit ice cream.

Scrunchy Millers have extended their reach and can now be found in Auckland city opposite the Sky Tower on Victoria Street West. If you have easily fallen in love with Scrunchy Millers then impress your guests at your next event by hiring the Scrunchy Millers ice cream caravan.

Recommended Dishes

I highly recommend opting for gelato in a cone if your diet allows it, and choosing any of the chocolate choices of gelato with large chocolate chunks.

Boozylato, Ponsonby

I can’t have a list of the best dessert cafes in Auckland without listing one which incorporates alcohol into the mix. Add a little bit of spice to your dessert by choosing your own liqueur to drizzle on top of your ice cream. Boozylato in Ponsonby is where you can mix your favourite gelato flavours with your choice of alcoholic spirits. Boozylato is a wildly creative dessert destination in Ponsonby, Auckland, known for serving what might be the largest selection of gelato and ice cream flavours in New Zealand with over 250 varieties.

Recommended Dishes

I will give you creative freedom with these desserts in Auckland, plus it has been a while since I last visited Boozylato. If you have any recommendations of yourself then please comment them below!

More Dessert Spots in Auckland

I can’t visit all the dessert places in Auckland CBD, nor can I eat everything even if I tried. There are a ton of dessert cafes in Auckland and I wish I could recommend every single one, but some other notable mentions include;

• Patch Cafe, Wairua
• Miann, Britomart
• Giapo, CBD
• Bluebells Cakery, Commercial Bay
• Uncle Tetsu, Rosedale