Gigi’s Cupcakes of Sandy Springs

Ok, i’ve had enough of these to be able to write a review. I’ve had these cupcakes in Savannah and now Atlanta. I can say that they are consistently dry and over frosted at every location I’ve been to. For $ 3.50I should get a pretty moist cupcake and a choice of whether not I want sprinkles on it. Every cupcake I get has an enormous amount of sprinkles on it. I don’t know about you but I don’t want sprinkles in single bite of my cupcake. Nothing more to say here. Try if you must, but just know there is better. I’m giving this company two stars. One because the girl checking me out new the price without ringing it in and two… Well I don’t know … Because it’s edible. Maybe I should reverse the order.

A co-​worker and I were fairly close by and wanted to grab something sweet. I was initially thinking donuts, but he recommended cupcakes. So we made our way to Gigi’s. Parking lot was very full around lunch time. We had to park pretty far away — no worries, I like to walk. I liked the variety of cupcakes that were offered. Note that they also have some gluten free options for those that need/​want it. On this visit, I opted for the strawberry shortcake and candy bar crunch cupcakes. These cupcakes are very beautiful (well crafted), however very expensive for the size! While the frosting is very lovely, there is just too much for the size of the cake. I think the frosting is taller than the cake! For a person that isn’t big on frosting to begin with, this was really overboard. I thought I was gonna prefer the candy bar crunch, but I actually rather enjoyed the strawberry shortcake more. I thought the candy bar crunch was a tad bit on the dry side unfortunately. Overall, Gigi’s is OK, but could be better. I wish I had thought to look for a Scoutmob deal. *sigh*

As we walked in, there was no one at the front to greet us or take our order. But someone was bustling about in the back. It was the clerk, she was there alone and probably overworked. She soon poked her head around the corner, but obviously was too busy with whatever she was doing in the back to even acknowledge our presence.
That’s when I remembered Unilocal!
I NEEDED to check-​in!
As more customers came in and «rang the bell», she came upfront and began taking orders. She was very short when asked about the cupcakes. I really detested the way she came across as a total bitch that was waaaaayyyyy too busy for my petty questions. I politely ordered a midnight magic salted caramel blob of bullshit cupcake and went on my merry way!
Once home, I tried the cupcake. It was dry with a generic chocolate flavor and a smidgeon of caramel in the center. Needless to say, I only ate half and planned to hurl the remnants at the store’s window from the passenger seat of a billboard truck that reads, «Gigi’s cupcakes suck!»
Total disappointment! I don’t know why, but for some reason I can’t get the taste of poor customer out of my mouth. Smh

Gigi’s is tough to beat for an excellent cupcake and an even better selection. This small location can likely provide you with anything you need from a quick dessert to a dozen for a party. But use caution when going in near closing time at 9 PM. I’ve had two experiences where I didn’t feel quite welcome when running in to grab a quick dessert to go about 15 minutes before they closed. While I understand everyone is ready to go home, I would think you would happily take the money considering you were just going to throw what is left away that night.

If anyone has anything bad to say about Gigi’s, they obviously can’t be pleased. Take my word for it.
Go get ANY CUPCAKE and tell me it’s not the most heavenly goodness you’ve stuffed in your mouth.
You’re welcome.

Delicious cupcakes! Only downside is how expensive they are (and of course how horrible they are for you)

Stale cupcakes. I went to this location Friday morning around 9:30am. You would think the cupcakes would have been very fresh. Picked up four different ones to share with my family. Got home and my kids did not even like them. The icing was hard, the cupcakes were dry and stale. Must have been left over from the day or days before. I’ll never spend the money again. If you want a wonderful treat, try Everything Bundt cakes. I visited the Sandy Springs location. I’ll drive a little further down the street for the bundt cakes on Roswell Rd next time.

Stale cupcakes. I’ve picked up from here a couple times and it’s a total hit or miss. They claim that they’re baked daily, but they’re not. This stale batch was my last one…

Poor customer service and stale cupcakes. Probably won’t go back. The young woman didn’t seem interested in helping us. It seemed she was just waiting for closing. The wedding cake cupcake didn’t live up to my expectations. The cake and icing tasted stale. Based on the poor service and subpar product, it’s not worth the drive.

The customer service here is lacking EVERY TIME I come here, the girls behind the counter make it seem like you are bothering them when you come in. I only stop here now if I’m nearby or I want my birthday freebie. Use scoutmob and you get a free cupcake.
Today, Saturday, I’m in the store at 11:30 and the lights are off but they are open? Smh. And they have limited cupcakes available, I bet they were from last night. So sad.

Gigi’s is just not that good. I’ve tried almost every cupcake. My last experience was the worst. The cookie cupcake was the worst ever. The cookie itself (on top) was good, but the cake and icing were wretched. I trashed it. I ordered three different cupcakes and all of them were dense and dry. I will say that the peanut butter icing is the bomb, but their cakes are awful. Done!

Soooo, I was craving a cupcake & came to get my sugar pick me up, it was close to closing time and they actually had a pleasant variety of cupcakes given it being the weekend and also closing time. I had so many questions and KAI, A professional at customer service & a sweet young lady answered all of my silly questions, I finally settled for the peanut butter chocolate cookie dough cupcake with a bottle of milk and it was definitely DELICIOUS! I just wanted to recognize Kai, because of the professionalism and positive attitude and energy that she excuded on my visit. Customer service and a friendly genuine attitude is so important. Thanks Kai for exceeding my expectations! It is people like her that create lifelong customers! Job well done!

It’s just okay… Not worth the drive if your a cupcake fanatic. The icing is on point, there very good at blending the flavor in. Especially the peanut butter cup cupcake, it’s not overly sweet. On the other hand the strawberry shortcake icing almost tasted fake. The cake part which is my favorite out of the whole thing, could definitely use some work. It’s doesn’t have that airy, moist, succulent texture I was hoping for. The peanut butter cupcake was literally hard on the outside. Only moist part was the peanut butter cups mixed within the batter. I have not tried the strawberry one yet.
I’m a tad bit disappointed with the price I paid, and the cake batter was the thing that lacked when usually it’s the opposite. This place has tons of potential and can be worth a lot of money if the fixed the cake part.

This place appears to be a hit or miss experience for people. No one seems to be overwhelmed by what they encounter here. Gigi’s Cupcakes are often purchased for people’s birthday parties at my office, and those cupcakes are almost always delicious. I honestly think that has a lot to do with ordering ahead of time, so that the cupcakes that come are fresh, moist, and soft.
Now I enjoy a good cupcake, but I have pains in paying $ 3.50 per cupcake, even if it was the best cupcake I ever ate. Groupon deal to the cupcake rescue. It was something like pay $ 10 and get 3 $ 10 gift cards to use. The below is most of what I tasted (I had to freeze a few because there were too many.)
And yes, these cupcakes are VERY top heavy. The frosting is about the height of the cupcakes themselves, but as someone who is getting too old to eat super sweet things, I don’t find these cupcakes exceptionally sweet. This is, however, based on my consumption of HALF a cupcake at a time. (Think of how many calories are in an entire one! GULP.)
Wedding cake cupcake:
Subtle vanilla flavor. There are these tiny edible sprinkles on top that are a little messy, basically raining down whenever you touch the cupcake. They got all over me, the floor, and the sink. Frosting is a little over-​powering on this one, probably because the vanilla flavor is so subtle. Not dry, but not exactly moist, either.
Strawberry Shortcake cupcake:
These were pretty tasty cupcakes. The strawberry flavor was pronounced, yet not overpowering. This cupcake ended up being a little on the dry side. The icing paired with this one was also verrrry sweet, and almost to the point of being too sweet for me.
Red Velvet cupcake:
Very moist, true-​to-​red-​velvet taste. The frosting was a great balance between the cupcake flavor, and neither one overpowered the other. This was probably my favorite cupcake, and the moistest cupcake I’ve tried here as of yet.
Pink Lemonade cupcake:
Once again, covered with sprinkles and things that shower and rain down everywhere you move the cupcake. VERY subtle flavor. More like a vanilla base, with some added lemon flavor. The frosting was tasty, but nothing that blew me away.
White Midnight Magic cupcake:
This one has a chocolate base with white (chocolate?) frosting. Also has chocolate chips. It offers a pretty good flavor combinations between the chocolate and frosting, and has the perfect amount of sweetness. The chocolate chips were embedded solidly, so they didn’t dislodge and rain down everywhere.
Collective PROS:
–The Red Velvet has consistently been the moistest cake.
–The icing is not the kind you find at so many other cake shops: all sugary and yuckiness. It’s pretty top heavy, but still SO MUCH better than that plastic-​tasting crap at grocery stores.
–Way more fresh when ordered ahead.
–Cute cupcake packaging for safe carry.
Collective CONS:
–Generally these cupcakes aren’t very moist and they’re on the dryer side. This can make the icing seem even sweeter than it is because of the dry flavor.
–I really don’t like all the sprinkles and things they have on them that don’t add any flavor to the cupcake. They get everywhere, and it’s a mess to eat them.
THE VERDICT:
So… Would I buy these cupcakes at full price? For the most part, no. The only one I would ever consider is the Red Velvet, which was really very good. But at $ 3.50 I think I’d rather make my own.

I had a Scoutmob coupon, so I decided to use it. The wedding cake cupcake was good, but the others tasted dry/​stale. The excessive amount of frosting doesn’t mask the staleness. I probably won’t go back, even with a Scoutmob coupon.

Like Robert M and Angela M, agree their cupcakes are 75% frosting and 25% cake. I should’ve known better just from looking at the pictures but I got lured by the Scoutmob deal :)
If I were paying the $ 3.25 regular price for the cupcakes, I’d complain that the frosting was hard — my friends and I were able to easily remove our frosting in one big piece. It wasn’t messy at all — and it should be messy! The cake part was underwhelming too. Tried the Scarlett’s Red Velvet (wish they didn’t add sprinkles on the cream cheese frosting), Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough (super sweet) and White Midnight Magic (my favorite of the three).
Not coming back anytime soon esp. with other great cupcake bakeries in the Atlanta area. However they are convenient for Dunwoody/​Sandy Springs — located in the same strip mall as Uncle Julio’s. The lady working there was very nice and they do have a large selection of flavors.

I came in here for a quantity of cupcakes for a meeting at our Atlanta, GA office. The clerk was friendly and answered all of my questions. They recommended the wedding cupcakes and carrot cake cupcakes, so I got a few of those as well as some chocolate and another flavor that I can’t remember.
Everyone at the office liked the cupcakes, however, a couple people mentioned that their cake was little hard (maybe a little stale?) and pretty much every single person said that there was way too much frosting on their cupcakes. I personally love frosting. And there was too much even for me. There’s more frosting than cake. It’s not a buttercream frosting, but a sugary frosting. Just way too sweet and too much of it.

I was craving some sweets so I decided to check out this cupcake spot since it has an active ScoutMob deal right now. Gigi’s is a chain and serves different flavors of cupcakes based on the day of the week and you can check out the flavors on their website. They have several core types that they have in stock daily such as red velvet and chocolate chip cookie dough. I came in around lunchtime and it looked like the quantity and variety of cupcakes was slowly dwindling. Had I came in an hour later, I might have missed out on a few types of cupcakes.
I decided to get a half-​dozen cupcakes that are priced at a little over $ 3 each. They had about 15 or so different flavors available by it felt like the majority of the cupcakes were chocolate based. They do have a couple of gluten-​free cupcakes but the varieties are very limited. I originally wanted to get mini-​cupcakes so I could buy more varieties since I like sampling different kinds but they only sell pre-​packaged mini cupcakes and are limited to the types as well. I decided to get 6 different types of cupcakes with my half-​dozen but the majority ended up being chocolate based given the options available.
The cupcakes have a ton of icing on top and seems to be overwhelming based on the actual cake that is there. The cakes themselves also are pretty simple with most of the variation built on the actual icing which is very rich and sweet. The cupcakes taste fine and the icing is good but just a tad too much. I definitely recommend checking out this place with a ScoutMob deal but paying full price might be a little high.

Yesterday I wanted to surprise my daughter with these great cupcakes that I saw on Undercover Boss. Once we got inside there was barely any cupcakes visible for us to choose from no selection. It was such a disappointment not to get the same experience as I saw people have on TV or their advertising. The experienced totally sucked! To walk in the store I and see empty displays where cupcake should have been was absolutely disappointing! Take a look at the pictures. When I asked the young lady where is the cupcake she said they ran out and they are making more. The tables was dirty with crumbs everywhere. And let’s keep in mind this was on a Saturday evening where they should expect people to stop in and be well supplied with their merchandise. It’s a shame but take a look at the pictures.

This is exactly what I get…
A few years ago I tried the Gigi’s in Buckhead and felt some kind of way about the cupcakes there.
I realize my review was kindof… well, not nice lol. But I meant every word of it then and unfortunately, the sentiment transfers to this location as well. Flavorless cupcake with way too much frosting, pretty with no substance. I really only stopped in because I was already in the plaza and had a Scoutmob deal.
However, they did have something I liked! The stuffed cookie (basically a large sandwich cookie) was pretty damn good. I got the Snickerdoodle kind, and it was soft and delish and decadently sweet. That was a hit with me. So, if I ever end up at Gigi’s again, I know what to get.