Best Dessert Spots in Naples
Naples, Florida — updated August 24, 2026
Gelato, cupcakes, bomboloni and late-night bakery discounts, mostly within a few blocks of Fifth Avenue South in Naples.
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Most of Naples' dessert traffic runs along a short stretch of Fifth Avenue South, where gelato counters, a cupcake shop and an Italian bakery sit within a few minutes' walk of each other. The rest is spread inland along Vanderbilt Beach Road and out toward Gulf Shore Boulevard. Below, the places are ordered by how well their ratings hold up under the number of reviews behind them.
1. Gelato&Co. Naples
A 4.7 average across 1,010 reviews is the most settled strong rating in this guide, and it belongs to a gelato counter at 483 5th Ave S, Unit 2. The hours are built for after-dinner walkers: noon to 10 PM Sunday through Thursday, noon to 11 PM on Friday and Saturday, seven days a week. Nothing opens before midday, so this is an evening stop rather than a morning one. Delivery and pickup are available through DoorDash if the Fifth Avenue sidewalk crowd is more than you want to negotiate in season.
2. Bonta’ Bakery
The reason to note this one: everything left in the case after 9 PM goes for half price, including croissants, bomboloni, sandwiches and pizza. Bonta’ Bakery runs from 7:30 AM to 9:30 PM daily at 824 5th Ave S, with breakfast served from 7:30 AM to 3 PM and the rest of the menu carrying through the evening. The rating is 4.7 from 361 reviews, fewer than Gelato&Co. has but enough to take seriously. Best used twice: early for coffee and pastry, or in that last half hour for the discount.
3. Angelic Desserts
The strongest option away from Fifth Avenue, at 2355 Vanderbilt Beach Rd, Suite 116, with a 4.5 rating from 391 reviews. The order menu is split into cakes and cupcakes, made-to-order food, beverages and catering, so it functions as a bakery and coffee stop as much as a dessert counter. Doors open at 7 AM Monday through Saturday, and Sunday service ends at 3 PM, which makes it the earliest opening on this list. Special requests go through the shop by phone rather than the online ordering page.
4. Grace and Shelly's Cupcakes & Ice Cream
Cupcakes and ice cream under one roof at 537 5th Ave S, rated 4.4 across 448 reviews. That is a lower average than the top three but built on a solid count, so treat it as a reliable middle rather than a fluke. Listings disagree on the opening hour, with the shop's own site giving noon and Yelp reporting 11 AM, so call ahead for a late-morning visit. What is consistent is the late close on Friday and Saturday. Cupcakes are displayed in the case, and there is outdoor seating for the ice cream.
5. MiraMare Ristorante
This is a full Italian restaurant at 4236 Gulf Shore Blvd N rather than a dessert counter, included because its menu carries desserts alongside the pasta and Gulf seafood, and because it stays open when the Fifth Avenue shops are winding down. The 4.1 rating from 775 reviews is the weakest average here, and it reflects the whole restaurant, not the sweets. Live music runs Thursday through Sunday from 6 PM to 9 PM. Happy hour is daily from 3 PM to 9 PM in the bar area only, which is the low-commitment way to end an evening here.
What we left off
Kilwins is a national franchise with more than one Naples storefront, including 743 5th Ave S and 9106 Strada Pl, so it falls outside this guide's local-only rule despite its 4.4 rating from 855 reviews. Regina's Ice Cream is out on two counts: its listing is reported closed, and it carries only two reviews, which is not enough to judge anything. Rumba Cuban Cafe was dropped on premise. It is a weekday lunch cafe open 10 AM to 3 PM, and nothing in our research pins down a dessert menu.