🍰 Best Desserts & Bakeries in Washington DC

19 desserts & bakeries spots in Washington DC, scored and ranked for 2026.

Top 10 Desserts & Bakeries Spots

maman

French Bakery · Bethesda

maman is a French-inspired bakery and café on Bethesda Lane, an offshoot of the New York original known for pastries, lattes, and bright daytime fare. The Bethesda room features a communal table benea...

Bread Furst

Bakery · Van Ness

Mark Furstenberg's Connecticut Avenue bakery, and the throughline of DC bread since he opened Marvelous Market in 1990. Baguettes come out of the oven every four hours so that what is on the shelf is ...

Pie Shop

Dessert · H Street NE

Pie Shop is a dessert spot on H Street NE working almost entirely in pie, from a Bourbon Chocolate Pecan to riffs like the Berger Cookie Pie and Samoa Cookie Pie. The Chuck Brown and a Mounds pie roun...

Seylou

Bakery · Downtown

Seylou is a whole-grain bakery and mill near Shaw, working exclusively with freshly milled whole grains rather than refined white flour. The lineup runs to sourdough breads and pastries built on that ...

Three Fifty Bakery & Coffee Bar

Bakery · Northwest Washington

A neighborhood bakery and coffee bar on R Street NW near Dupont and Logan, Three Fifty bakes its muffins, quiches, and scones fresh in-house daily and pairs them with espresso drinks. It's a straightf...

Boulangerie Saint Georges

Bakery · Southeast Washington

A neighborhood bakery and cafe on 7th Street SE near Eastern Market, Boulangerie Saint Georges turns out French-style breads and pastries. A casual Capitol Hill stop for morning coffee and baked goods...

Yellow

Levantine bakery-cafe · Georgetown · Michelin Bib Gourmand

Yellow is a daytime Levantine cafe and bakery from chef Michael Rafidi in Georgetown, its original location. The kitchen turns out wood-fired pita sandwiches, mezze and hummus alongside a pastry progr...

Ellē

American bakery-cafe · Mount Pleasant · Michelin Bib Gourmand

Ellē occupies the historic Heller's Bakery building in Mount Pleasant, working as a bakery and cafe by day and a full-service restaurant at night. Mornings bring house-made breads, pastries and coffee...

Boulangerie Christophe

French Bakery · Northwest Washington

A French bakery and cafe on Wisconsin Avenue in Georgetown, dedicated to pastries, breads, and cakes since 2017. There's a second location in Potomac, Maryland, and both handle catering and custom cak...

Lily's Chocolate & Coffee

Dessert Cafe · Alexandria

An Iraqi dessert cafe from siblings Saif and Lily Alobaidi, built around lokma — fried dough bites in simple syrup, dressed with Belgian chocolate, honey, cinnamon, sesame, or walnuts. Lily bakes the ...

All 19 Desserts & Bakeries Spots in Washington DC

Pluma by Bluebird Bakery

Bakery · Northeast Washington

Kosher Pastry Oven

Bakery · Silver Spring

Tatte Bakery & Café

Bakery · Washington

Le Caprice

French Bakery · Columbia Heights

Sharbat

Azerbaijani Bakery · Adams Morgan

Van Leeuwen

Ice Cream · Arlington

The Scoop N Scootery

Ice Cream · Clarendon

Lulabelle's Sweet Shop

Dessert Shop · Petworth

Paris Baguette

Bakery Cafe · Arlington

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