Best Dessert Spots Near Smith Mountain Lake, Virginia
Smith Mountain Lake, Virginia — updated August 21, 2026
Smith Mountain Lake has almost no standalone dessert counters, so the cake and scones come from a bakery-restaurant, a coffee house and an Irish import shop. Here is what the record supports, hours included.
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Smith Mountain Lake spreads across three counties, and the dessert options spread with it: there is no cluster of pastry shops here the way there is in a downtown. What exists instead is a bakery attached to a restaurant, a coffee house with a treats case, and an import shop selling handmade scones. Two of the three sit in Moneta near the lake; the strongest pastry case is the drive into Roanoke.
1. Evie's Bistro and Bakery
The only place on this list with cakes named repeatedly by reviewers: Italian Cream, Boston Cream and Chocolate Raspberry Mousse all turn up in write-ups alongside the turkey Reuben and Greek pasta salad. At 4.5 from 951 reviews, this is a settled rating rather than an early one, which is why it leads. It is in southwest Roanoke, not at the lake, so it is a trip rather than a stop. Two caveats: listed hours differ between the restaurant's own menu page and the Roanoke visitor listing, and a December 2025 review is headlined around closed doors. Call before you drive over.
2. Smith Mountain Lake Coffee House
The closest thing to a dessert stop at the lake itself, on Booker T. Washington Highway in Moneta, and the highest review volume of anything in the immediate area: 4.5 from 415 reviews. The menu splits into a morning service from 7:30 to 11 and an afternoon menu from 11 to 2:30, with espresso drinks, coffee and cold brew running through both. A Facebook post announcing new hours has it open seven days a week, 7:30 AM to 2:30 PM. That makes it a morning or early-afternoon option only. There is no evening dessert here, so plan around the 2:30 close.
3. All Things Irish
Irish handmade scones with imported jams and marmalades, which is a narrower and more specific offer than anything else near the lake. The 5.0 rating comes from 69 reviews, so it is promising rather than proven, and the shop only opened in March 2024. Treat it as a retail stop first: the same counters carry knitwear, jewelry and gifts alongside the food. Listed hours vary by source, with the Smith Mountain Eagle citing 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily from the shop's own site and TripAdvisor showing a shorter afternoon window. It is at Celebration Avenue in Moneta, around the back of the building.
What we left off
Munsey Meats, LLC in Thaxton carries a bakery label in listings, but everything in the public record points to game processing and a BBQ and catering trailer, with 15 reviews behind its 5.0. Nothing available confirms it sells dessert, so it does not belong on a dessert list. No chains or closed businesses were removed from the previous version.