The Dessert Kitchen

Looking for dessert in West Village? This is a go to place which is very cozy new dessert spot to try. They have friendly staff and a selection of Asian desserts that’s not like your typical sweet soup. They have award winning Hong Kong and Japanese desserts. In addition, they have games like Uno and Jenga to play.
For my visit, I was accompanied by a few friends. We each ordered something different which is great. I ordered the Romantic Valentine parfait and a Mango Yukult (Yogurt) drink. My friends ordered the Black and White (Black Sesame) parfait, the Midsummer Festival, and the Winter of Love. For their drinks, they ordered the Blueberry Capris slush, Peach Capris slush, and Melon rock slush.
The Romantic Valentine parfait was served in a tall cup of milk flavored ice cream/​yogurt layered with corn flakes and strawberries. On top of that was another swirl of milk ice cream/​yogurt with sprinkles of pistachio crumbs and a piece of neon pink white chocolate. This was a great combination similar to a breakfast strawberry in cereal.
The Black and White parfait was also in a tall cup of milk flavored ice cream/​yogurt layered with graham cracker crumbs and black sesame paste. To top it was a swirl of ice cream/​yogurt, some cubed cold tofu pieces, and black sesame seeds along the rim of the glass and sprinkled on top. This was a very asian oriented dessert especially with the black sesame. It was perfect with the level of sweetness and the graham and black sesame paste went very well together.
The Midsummer Festival is presented in a shorter cup filled with Milk, fresh pomelo, fresh mango, and tapioca topped with a scoop of ice cream. This is basically the Chinese Pomelo sweet soup in a cup but topped with ice cream and some chocolate wafer beads. If you like that sweet soup you’d definately like this since the ice cream is a compliment to it.
The Winter of Love is also in a shorter cup with milk, mochi balls, fresh mango and a scopp of Oreo ice cream. This definately a reccomended choice because the Oreo ice cream was so good.
The drinks disappointed me a bit since it didn’t taste as great as it looked. The best one I’d say would be my drink the Mango Yukult. It wasn’t too sweet and had a chewy tasty jelly balls. The Capris drinks were basically peach or Blueberry syrup added to Capris which was originally sweet enough. The Melon rock slush was the worst. It was basically blended Melon rock candy with ice. It was so bland and had no taste.
Thumbs up for the dessert but not the drinks except for the Mango yukult.

if you’re deciding on what to get– like I was because everything looked so yummy– get the green tea ice cream! It’s vanilla soft serve with green tea powder sprinkled on top with fresh mochis and redbean. Not only was the dessert pretty it was soooo delicious.
also if you are debating between the parfait and the ice cream– get the icecream– the waiter told me they are basically the same thing (the parfait is made with yogurt and more tart) and the icecream is sweeter and it comes in a bigger cup too.
can’t wait to come back to try their other goodies.

Great service! Such helpful staff in ordering your food. Plus its delicious! We just walked in one day randomly but got a hidden gem instead. Nice for chats with friends, post dinner desserts, and great selection. This is a Taiwanese dessert place so they have a variety of items, starting from puddings, waffles, and sundaes.

3 stars for 3 reasons:
1. Cute décor
2. Super friendly staff
3. Board games are provided
I had pretty high hopes for this place according to the raving reviews here but the desserts were only mediocre. I ordered the green tea parfait with red beans and mochi and it was alright. Not only were the flavors very basic but the cup that it came in made it very hard to share the dessert with a friend. By the time we had gotten to the bottom everything was already melted. The prices were also pretty steep!

Cash only under $ 10.
I was debating between the sundae or parafait. Tough choices! I was waiting for my friend that arrived when I finished my dessert. But anyways, they gave me water right away and the service was fast even though they were packed! I ordered the Taste of uji which had green tea sauce, flour balls, red bean paste and soft serve. For some reason, I thought the soft serve was green tea soft serve. It’s not. It’s regular vanilla soft serve half covered in matcha powder. I was disappointed seeing vanilla soft serve but it’s a whole different story when you eat it. You have to mix it for maximum taste. The green tea flavor was not lacking at all. I want to say I tasted condensed milk but do not take that as a fact. I vacuumed that dessert in a matter of minutes. I would like to use the excuse that it was melting. Halfway to the dessert, it was liquid.
There’s a bathroom and it’s clean! Tall seats are located in the back, cushioned seats are located near the entrance. You can see your dessert made live! They put a lot of effort for presentation. Customer service was on spot too. The waiter was attentive.

Came across this little dessert spot walkinv across my fav street. I read the menu outside and couldnt stop myself from givingit a try. Delicious and beautiful dessert plate in under 10 bucks! Green tea tiramisu was filled with flavor. The dark chocolate complemented the taste manifolds!!! Rose tea was a treat! I took cheesecake ans shaven ice for on the road– The cheesecake is a must have. Chocolate shaven ice absolutely delicious! Everything is a piece of art. I am def coming back. Also, with check in u get 10% off!!!

I’ve been wanting to try this place out for a while, finally did so after walking around Bleecker St in search of dessert. I came with a group of 4 people and the place was pretty empty so we were seated immediately.
The décor was alright, I didn’t go too crazy for it.
The menu was a little difficult for me to understand.
I got the katen (sweet, gelatinous noodles) with peach sauce and fresh fruits which came out pretty quick (~5 mins). We just waited until the last person in the group got their dessert which was about 10 minutes after mine was delivered.
I did like the visual standards they had for the desserts, that was nice.
And the server we had was very considerate!
I think it’s a little pricey for this kind of dessert which is why I gave it $$$.

The menu was quite small and the service was very slow considering there was only 2 customers including myself. I ordered some kind of mango, grapefruit, mini tapioca pearl dessert on shaved ice, which was quite small, and a waffle dog, which took entirely too long to make considering it was just a Hong Kong style waffle, 2 hot dogs, cucumber sticks, and ketchup. Luckily, I was starving, so everything tasted great lol
I don’t remember how much it cost because I left too quickly and forgot the receipt (I was also starving to death), but it was definitely more than $ 10. Pretty expensive for the small portion, I guess you’re also paying for ambience. However, I might come again for the cute décor and because one of the employees look a lot like Vernon from Seventeen (for all you kpop fans out there).

I came here with a friend and ordered a green tea tiramisu and a waffle. The waffle was delicious but the portion was small. I was kind of expecting the portion to be bigger. The ice cream on top was home made so it’s not the typical creamy ice cream you’d expect. I also enjoyed the green tea tiramisu. They layered the top with matcha powder which made the green tea taste really strong. I’m not a fan of tiramisu so it’s not necessarily a con for me but the tiramisu didn’t taste like the typical tiramisu. It’s not as creamy.
The servers there were wonderful. Service was great.

Really wanted to like this place but honestly their desserts aren’t good. I think it’s the quality of the ingredients that they use because maybe they’re trying to save on costs. I really appreciated the friendly, polite and kind server. He was very apologetic since things just didn’t seem right. The manager was also very accommodating, but unfortunately, that didn’t mask the fact that their products were bad, especially in this extremely competitive city.
Taiwanese mango shaved ice with real mangos, rice balls and lychee jelly. The mango fruit was not good, they were dark inside and tasted like they were past due. Even the manager agreed that the fruit was bad and had been frozen. So why bother to serve them if you know they’re bad? She let us change the fruit to strawberries, which were better but still not fresh. Saving grace was the shaved ice. It was good, I’d say better than snowdays! But sad to say that some of the rice balls were undercooked.
Mango with sago balls (traditional Hong Kong dessert) — we got these replaced because they came from the same fruit as the shaved ice batch. Replaced it with papaya. I’d say maybe a third of the pieces were good, the rest were dry and tasteless.

A dessert franchise from Hong Kong, dessert kitchen is a cute spot with creative and photogenic Asian/​Western sweet concoctions. With spacious seating and friendly staff, dessert kitchen is a great addition to West Village. With an extensive, picture-​filled menu, we were delighted with the intricacy and multiple components of each dessert.
We ordered:
1. Purple in Love ($ 9): This award-​winning dessert with grape ice shaving, grape caviar-​shaped jelly, vanilla ice cream mochi, regular mochi and grapes were all piled up high, creating a dome of purple delightfulness. I really enjoyed the tiny grape jelly, which was fun to eat, and the ice cream mochi. The grape ice shavings and jelly tasted like Grape Hi-​Chews candies. The overall dessert was a bit too artificial tasting for my liking, but the toppings definitely compensated.
2. Dancing Queen Sundae ($ 7): The green tea ice cream was perfectly bitter! From the green tea jelly to the milk pudding to the mochi, the Asian-​infused sundae was filling and fresh. This is definitely a safe pick for Green Tea dessert lovers!
Out of the two desserts, I was pretty satisfied with the quality and quantity of their products. In terms of ordering their highly acclaimed Purple in Love dessert, I think I would only recommend it to others who enjoy eating grape flavored candies. Otherwise, I think ordering one of the sundaes/​cakes would be a better choice.

Dessert Kitchen offers a discount for NYU students and 10% off on the weekdays + a free coffee.
After a delicious dinner at DOMODOMO down the street and not really feeling any of their dessert options, my friend and I came to the Dessert Kitchen after it showed up on Unilocal.I always like trying new places with «different» stuff, so Dessert Kitchen was a no brainer for me.
After perusing their extensive and enticing menu which includes interesting items such as something that looked like jelly noodles, I went with the thing on the first page — a grape shaved ice with some beady gelatinous tapioca-​looking things on top. Sorry for the lack of name and terrible description of the actual dessert, but it was really actually very delicious. It tasted just like Japanese grapes — if you’ve never had a Japanese grape, you’re missing out on life. The little ball things on top of the shaved ice added a nice texture. The glutinous rice balls didn’t add much flavor, just texture. The grapes were good, but probably unnecessary as well. I liked it just with the shaved ice, grape syrup, and the gelatinous beads just fine! It also came with quarters of vanilla mocha ice cream and all of this was topped with condensed milk. Altogether it was a very satisfying dessert.
Would totally have this again and maybe even try a few of their other different desserts and drinks as well.

An interesting Korean dessert place, we stumbled upon this place as we were walking through West Village. After being away from New York for a few months, its one of the things that I missed about this cool city — the ability to stumble upon hidden charms while walking through the city. We got the katen (which is basically jelly noodles) with peach sauce and fresh fruits, basically its jelly with added cut fruit. It was quite good — and I am looking forward to coming back here to try some of their other desserts — sesame shaved ice which the owner told me they were experimenting making with soy milk among others.
Also super friendly staff!

Bills itself as a luxury dessert experience from Asia… was an «experience» although definitely not of the luxury variety.
This place needs Al Pacino to walk in and yell that management here is an absentee landlord. And then install someone with a clue about the restaurant industry.
Was it the mess and hodgepodge of plastic containers strewn about? Was is the the mess of utensils and the open back section looking like someone’s nasty college dorm closet (see photo)? Was it that half the staff was munching on chips and other assorted munchies while serving? Was it the other staff eating take out food in the middle of the restaurant? Was it the staff not knowing what certain things were on the menu? Or was it the dirty menus and staff telling us not to order the first 3 things on the menu we did order because they weren’t fresh? Yeah… all that.
And then the desserts we did order weren’t even good.
This place had potential. That’s what drew us in. Alas, potential is all it had.

Was so highly disappointed in this place. I wanted to like this place I really did. NYC needs more authentic Chinese/​Cantonese/​Taiwanese dessert places but this one just didn’t bring it. Don’t even get me on the really overly aggressive/​creepy-​friendly/​whack staff. The desserts are beautifully plated, you can watch them make it and see the time and care they put in it, but nothing tastes right. Too sweet (which is never a problem with real Asian desserts) and weird chemical flavors. They give an NYU discount though if you still want to come risk it for yourself.

I really wanted to give this place a good review. I came here about a month ago and I received one of the best services I’ve had in a while. My boyf and I ordered the dancing queen and the black temptation which we ended up realizing was too much. We could have just shared one. The ice cream machine was malfunctioning making our wait a bit longer, but the server came over and apologized and made conversation with us. He even offered some waffles on the house. He was so friendly and genuinely smiled the whole time.
I came here again this past Sunday and brought my family who were from out of town to try their parfaits. I was looking forward to eating their soft serve again but their ice cream machine was malfunctioning AGAIN and this time it was actually out of order. We tried to see if we could substitute the soft serve with something else but because they are a franchise, they can’t change anything on the menu. What a bummer! We went with the waffles and shaved ice. The waffle was small for its price and the cookies and cream ice cream didn’t taste like real ice cream; it wasn’t creamy/​milky enough. The shaved ice was okay but the mango didn’t seem fresh.
They still need a lot more work and I might give it another go but I hope the ice cream machine works next time!

I enjoyed my time here very much. Upon arrival, the advertising from the window was brilliant. Entering the place, Daniel greeted us with a huge smile and let us pick our table. From there my friend and I knew he was a cool waiter who will recommend us some great options (even though everything in the menu looked great!) it took us a while to choose because everything looked amazing. Daniel made us laugh with jokes but still keeping up the great customer service.
My friend order a waffle plate. As it was being made, we can smell it from a few feet away. Yum! It was delicious! See photo. And I got the green tea frozen yogurt with flour balls and mochi (forgot the real name. It was good but I think I had higher expectations.
Overall: price was average — on the higher end for dessert, but it was definitely worth it. The customer service from Daniel was phenomenal and it made our experience worth it. Oh by the way– he looks a bit like MCJin! (: *** if you check in on Unilocal — you get 10% off — don’t forget to use it, like me! :(
Definitely will be returning to try other options!

Pretty tasty Taiwanese inspired ice cream and shaved ice treats.
It’s an eclectic new spot with a great staff that are very friendly and eager to please. The small location itself is very white, bright, and airy. Super clean as if Mr Clean himself lives here.
I had not enjoyed these kind of shaved ice treats and their types of ice creams before. The menu has so many things to choose from and there are pictures for each one. Some look like works of art. Crazy cool.
We decided to check this place out walking down Bleeker Street recently and were craving something sweet. It was warm out and cupcakes were not cutting it at this point.
We took a seat and after hemming and hawing over the selections went with the Coco Kiss and the Winter of Love. Both tasted good and had some interesting ingredients. Very refreshing. They do a lot here with fruits such as mango, watermelon, strawberries, etc. The presentation is terrific, and as we looked around at what others were having were impressed with the different colors and the way the shaved ice desserts were plated.
The prices are a bit on the pricey side though for what you do receive. $ 7 each. Even though they tasted fine I feel their portions could be a bit larger to justify the cost. Yet, for a change of pace dessert we enjoyed it and would come back again.

Walked by after lunch and saw a new dessert shop, so why not.
Really clean inside (since it’s brand new), attentive staff, and great desserts.
We got the mango shaved ice and it’s exactly what you expect, plus fresh mango bits and lychee jelly on the side.
*Cash only for totals under $ 10.
*Free wifi when you ask for password

Walked by a Grand Opening sign on Saturday night and decided to give it a shot. It turned out to be a Taiwanese/​HK shaved ice joint (the shop is an import from an established outpost in HK), though they are hedging the risk and offering a number of more bairen-​friendly desserts like ice cream sundaes and parfaits.
The staff, clearly eager with opening week jitters, welcomed us and made sure we all four were comfortable. Their menus were still in draft format, so we got these very thick decks of printouts, but the owners walked us though the choices. Three of us got various types of sundaes (the mango one with cookies and cream ice cream looked good), and I decided to try their signature shaved ice masterpiece «Purple in Love.» The purple shaved ice is surrounded by red grapes, mochi ice cream, and topped with seaweed caviar (for you micro-​gastronomers out there). It was delicious, though after you’re done with the goodies, you end up with a big bowl of grapey goop.
By the way, to the 1-​star knee-​jerk reviews below: this is a soft opening, so need to get too harsh just yet. The owners are still feeling their way around the neighborhood and the menu, so cut them some slack. There are samples and occasional giveaways, btw, as they are rolling out some of the drinks and desserts.
There are some things I’d recommend to the owners: work on the portion sizes, and serve the quick-​melting desserts on larger saucers or trays so people don’t spill their ice creams and ices on their clothes. Not something you want to worry about on a date.