Midtown St. Louis · Halal dessert café
A jewel box of sweets on Locust Street
Dubai chocolate cups, fruit-shaped mousse pastries, and booza ice cream churned for hours. Every dessert is made from scratch, every day, in an emerald room built to honor a grandmother's wedding ring.
Rated 4.8 on Atly · Featured in St. Louis Magazine and Feast
- Fruit-shaped mousse pastries
- Dubai chocolate everything
- Booza Arabic ice cream
- Croffles
- Funnel cakes
- Turkish coffee & karak tea
Made from scratch, gone by evening
The case changes daily across seven menu boards. These are the treats St. Louis keeps coming back for - small batches, so the favorites go fast.
The fruit-shaped mousse pastries are the ones TikTok found first - each shaped and flavored like the real fruit, some taking up to three days to make. Call ahead and we'll set one aside.
Dubai Chocolate line
Strawberry cups, crepes, cupcakes, bars and waffles, all built on the pistachio-chocolate pairing that made it viral.
Booza, our namesake ice cream
Arabic ice cream sold by the pint. The signature recipe is sugar-free, gluten-free, vegan and organic - rosewater and cream, churned for hours.
Funnel cakes, ten ways
Fresh-fried and finished to order - the Fruity Pebbles one has its own following.
Croffles and waffles
The croffle - a croissant pressed in the waffle iron - is the number-two seller, right behind the fruit pastries.
Why the room is green and gold
The emerald walls and gold trim are a tribute to my grandmother's wedding ring - a room built so every visit feels like an occasion.
Owner and pastry chef Aliyah Almasri taught herself to bake during the pandemic, making treats for her three sons. Demand wrapped around the house. Three storefronts later, the Midtown café is her largest room yet: high ceilings, natural light, flowers, and seventeen seats to linger in until 11 PM.
What guests say
Real reviews from Google, unedited.
★★★★★
I am absolutely in love with this place. I've been going once a week or so for a minute. The mouse fruits are my absolute fav!! They are always divine. I am always so impressed by the quality and craftsmanship. I see complaints about availability of items in the case - yeah.. they are made in small batches. Which they express in their posts. I also see complaints on price - y'all, these are hand crafted from start to finish. I think the prices match the quality and effort it takes to make these items. The fruits give me life! So unbelievably good.
Erin Lowry · Google review
★★★★★
This place is definitely amazing! The desserts are fantastic! Come check it out!
Beck Jekel · Google review
★★★★★
Awesome place for dessert for grownups and kids!! We just stopped in while visiting the city. Tried the funnel cakes, chocolate tiramisu cup, and ice cream. Absolutely delicious and the staff were the friendliest.
Eliot Bourk · Google review
★★★★★
Everything was amazing! I tried the Dubai Chocolate and the Fruity Pebbles Funnel Cake. The customer service was top tier. Everything was served with a smile.
Bell Darris · Google review
★★★★★
I definitely do recommend this place. They have the best ice cream and they have the best sweets and drinks ever!!! 10/10 do recommend!!!!
Aviana Rose · Google review
Find the emerald room
Midtown flagship · St. Louis
2801 Locust St, Suite 103
St. Louis, MO 63103 · Enter off Leffingwell Ave. Street parking nearby.
- Tue - Thu
- 12 PM - 11 PM
- Fri - Sat
- 12 PM - 11:30 PM
- Sunday
- 12 PM - 11 PM
- Monday
- Closed
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Midtown St. Louis
2801 Locust St, Suite 103
St. Louis, MO 63103
314-932-5609 · Enter off Leffingwell Ave