Top 5 Places to Get Dessert Near Glenvar Heights
Pick your way through the pastelitos, ice cream scoops, froyos, and artisanal treats sprinkled across Glenvar Heights, a leafy, well-connected pocket of South Miami serenity.
Who deserves a sugar fix after a long day of work and play? You do!
So, forget that low-carb life and take a "sweet spin" around Glenvar Heights, a charming suburb with a central location in the Miami metropolitan area.
Home to remodeled midcentury houses, low-and mid-rise condos, and luxurious waterfront properties bordered by lakes and canals, this sun-kissed suburban jewel boasts proximity to some of Magic City's most revered locales, balancing its quiet residential atmosphere with access to everything you love about the city—shopping centers, office hubs, tourist destinations, and the trendiest dining spots, the sweetest treats included!
In fact, all you need to do is peruse Sunset Drive to get to your next dessert spree!
Here are the top 5 dessert places you can try while you're here (in no particular order).
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8788 SW 72nd St., Miami, FL 33173
✅ Takeout - ✅ Dine-in - ✅ Delivery
Looking for a sign to eat a pastelito? Sunset Bakery & Cafe has glass cases of Cuban delights with your name on them, just 3 minutes from Glenvar Heights!
A quaint cafeteria-style bakery on Sunset Drive, Sunset Bakery & Cafe features freshly baked guava-and-cheese pastries, croquetas, tequeños, and empanadas alongside Cuban sandwiches, medianoches, and breakfast options, best paired with cafecitos, café con leche, and fresh juices.
If sugary Cuban goodies aren't enough to convince you to swing by, Sunset Bakery & Cafe expanded its offerings with handcrafted sweets from The Glass Oven, giving you more reasons to check their pastry case daily!
From glossy chocolate cakes to delicate tres leches cups, these Glass Oven additions make Sunset Bakery & Cafe's lineup even harder to resist.
So the real question isn't if you're going but whether you're grabbing one pastry box or two!
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10069 SW 72nd St, Miami, FL 33173
✅ Takeout - ✅ Dine-in - ✅ Delivery
Celebrate the weekend with some froyo freedom at Top That Yogurt, a self-serve frozen yogurt shop just 6 minutes from Glenvar Heights.
Inviting customers to build their dream cups of swirls and toppings, Top That Yogurt keeps their machines rolling with flavors like vanilla, chocolate, taro, cake batter, salted caramel, and dulce de leche, made even better by their topping bar filled with mochi, fresh fruit, nuts, syrups, candies, and more!
Find endless ways to pile your froyo high—at Top That Yogurt, there are no rules!
Just top it, layer it, and repeat until you've created the masterpiece your sweet tooth deserves!
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7165 SW 47th St.-Ste 316, Miami, FL 33155
✅ Takeout - ✅ Pick-Up
Eat your way through Instagram's most "liked" dessert snaps made by Casa Bake, a tiny French bakery along Bird Road Arts District, just 7 minutes from Glenvar Heights.
A buzzing warehouse-front bakery and Miami's newest "it" spot for artisanal desserts, Casa Bake features popular baked treats like pistachio, almond, and chocolate croissants that sell out before lunch, alongside rustic loaves of bread, fruit tarts, and special-order cakes like Paris-Brest and mille-feuille, all available in tiny batches to guarantee freshness.
Want to take that magic home? Aside from grabbing a doggie bag, Casa Bake hosts weekend croissant classes and midweek macaron workshops, so pastry lovers can learn the craft that made Casa Bake viral in the first place!
Show up on time, box up more than you planned, and count yourself lucky—because latecomers get nothing but pastry envy.
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9869 SW 72nd St, Miami, FL 33173
✅ Dine-in - ✅ Takeout - ✅ Delivery
Satisfy your sweet tooth with a Paris-meets-Miami twist at Moulin Rose Bakery, where flaky layers, glossy glazes, and rich creams come together just 7 minutes from Glenvar Heights.
A secret shared by dessert lovers, Moulin Rose Bakery is known for sprinkling its French craft with South Florida flavor, as seen (and tasted!) from their pastry cases that brim with buttery croissants, jewel-like fruit tarts, and custom cakes alongside savory quiches and hearty sandwiches that make it as much a lunch stop as a dessert destination.
As for their showstoppers, signature bites like guava-and-cheese pastries, almond-topped croissants, and perfectly piped chocolate éclairs keep regulars coming back for "just one more."
And it's not just their sweet and savory selection that hooks people in.
Moulin Rose wins fans with its oversized portions, unfussy atmosphere, and the rare ability to feel like both a neighborhood café and a celebration spot rolled into one.
Place your first order at the counter and find yourself plotting excuses to swing by every week—guaranteed!
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Wall's Old Fashioned Ice Cream
9521 SW 72nd St, Miami, FL 33173
✅ Dine-in - ✅ Takeout - ✅ Delivery
Think you've had good ice cream before? Wait until you cool off with a scoop from Wall's Old Fashioned Ice Cream, a retro charmer that serves classics by the cone just 7 minutes from Glenvar Heights.
A new Sunset Drive staple, Wall's boasts a rainbow of flavors, from timeless vanilla and chocolate to inventive seasonal spins, all ready to be dressed up with your choice of crunchy or gooey toppings.
But don't stop at the scoops!
Wall's is also known for indulgent sundaes, towering milkshakes, and dipped cones that glisten with chocolate and sprinkles, each equally photogenic and indulgently satisfying.
With options this good, it'll be a struggle deciding what to order first, so follow our pro tip and have a hot fudge sundae, then double back for a dipped cone on your next visit.
On this side of town, skipping Wall's is like skipping dessert itself, so why would you?
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