Seattle's Top Desserts

April 05, 2025

Happy Hour and Dessert in Capitol Hill

Happy Hour Street Tacos with Carne Asada and a Miami Vice from Poquitos. Poquitos is located in Capitol Hill and they're serving up authentic Mexican cuisine and cocktails. Their happy hour deal is a good one- during Ocho hour, everything on the happy hour menu is just $8! I went with a Miami Vice, a classic Pina Colada with Strawberry. This blended cocktail was so fruity and delicious. To eat I had two Carne Asada Street Tacos and a Birria Poquitos Burrito. The Burrito was small and served with a side of Consommé sauce. Both food items were tasty and satisfying. My husband also had some Street Tacos and a Margarita from the happy hour menu. My sons had a Cheese Quesadilla and beans and rice. Everyone enjoyed their dinner. I first visited Poquitos in 2012, also for happy hour, and I remembered liking it then, too. It was time for a meal there again. For dessert, we walked about ten minutes west to Voodoo Doughnut . The Seattle location opened late last ye...

Grab a spoon, a fork, or just dig in!

Seattle's dessert scene keeps getting better and better. A new wave of Asian dessert spots have opened and our ice cream game is strong here. Our doughnut and pastries are also worth checking out. And if you love cake and cupcakes, there's some incredible places for those, too. Here are thirteen of the best dessert spots in Seattle. Just click on the link below each photo and you'll be taken to the original post. Happy eating!

Snowy Village

Bakery Nouveau

Cakes of Paradise Bakery

Cupcake Royale

Deep Sea Sugar and Salt

Frankie and Jo's

General Porpoise Doughnuts

Sugar and Spoon. No post, but check out their website here. Their edible cookie dough is so good! They have a food truck and also a location in the U-District now. Hopefully, I'll visit soon and do a post!

Dochi Seattle. Also no post from Dochi, but find more info here. People line up for these Japanese Mochi donuts! The day we visited, they were about to run out, so they just gave away the rest for free. We tried their Chocolate Almond and Mochi with Oreo. They are bomb donuts!