Jillys Cupcake Bar A-Go-Go

Well I never managed to get around to finishing my review for Jilly’s Cupcake Bar A-​Go-​Go, and its probably with good reason since Jilly’s recently closed down this location to focus on their Delmar location, which was and still is a huge improvement over this location. For some reason I never got the same feel that the Delmar location had, granted this location was much smaller and focused more on lunch items but it just didn’t seem to go with the theme that Jill’ys had established.
The cupcakes here are the same as the other location, they are huge and can easily be split with another person. Yes, the prices are more than the competition however they are also larger and offered a wider variety of tastes.
While Jillys Cupcake Bar A-​Go-​Go is no more, I highly recommend checking out the Delmar location. Anything from brunch, lunch to a tasty cupcake, just do it!

Way over prices and dry, dry, dry and tasteless cake. Very pretty but did I mention dry?!

The cupcakes are delicious. They are expensive, yes, but I mean if you are getting one as a treat once in a while it’s worth the price. I like the turtle one the best!

Oh c’mon, Dustin O. You are seriously going to compare a Jilly’s cupcake to one from Schnucks? Seriously? You have got to be kidding me. But hey, if you like artificial flavors, chemical stabilizers, and cheap ingredients, you go right ahead and enjoy your $ 2.99 Schnucks cupcake. Why don’t you pick up some Pop-​Tarts while you’re at it? They’re about the same thing as a Schnucks bakery product, after all.
There’s a reason why a Jilly’s cupcake costs $ 5 — $ 6. It’s a miniature gourmet cake. They have flavor and quality you’re not going to get in your Pop-​tart or Schnucks cupcake. You get what you pay for.

As the 2 star indicates «Meh. I’ve experienced better.» 2 sandwiches and a bottle of soda for $ 22, I feel I could have gotten better food at Mc Donalds. Not to say the food is bad, but HIGHLY HIGHLY HIGHLY over rated.
When I hear them talk about Jilly’s on 105.7 the Point, I thought it was a spectacular place, but eh.
They did bring us our food, but the girl who rang us up did not only NOT make eye contact, but stared down the entire time, not just with her eyes. Her head was down and couldn’t even see her face.

Bottom Line:
Modern Décor, Forced-​Friendly Feeling Retail Help, Caring Ownership, High Priced Cupcakes.
Overview:
On my way back from an early morning appointment, I decided to make use of a LivingSocial coupon I had purchased (10 for 20, I believe). The voucher purchase was a bit of a debacle, but more on that later. I must admit, I was surprised to find the store open early; it was just a few minutes before 10am. When I got to the sign with the hours, it said they opened at 9am. The store is a little hard to find. On this visit, I picked up four cupcakes.
Atmosphere:
Located in what appears to be one of the older strip malls of Des Peres, this storefront’s exterior is in stark contrast to the interior. Once inside, it was a pink explosion on the walls, as I recall. Reminiscent of the many yogurt retail stores in Saint Louis, the design is minimalistic. This helps make the cupcakes be the main focus of the store, which is good.
Upon entering, the retail girl at the cash register greeted me with «Welcome to Jilly’s». I am not a big fan of these retail stores that make their employees do this sort of thing. I think a «Hello!» is just great. To me, you could tell the girl was forcing the greeting, and well, I can’t blame her for lacking enthusiasm.
One more comment on the location, it is near the Des Peres post office, which is also oddly located. Very hidden. Anyway, upon leaving the store, I happened to notice one of the postal employees grabbing a prime parking spot (yes, you dark blue Honda sedan and salt/​pepper hair slender fellow) from Jilly’s customers.
Food:
I grabbed the descriptions of the cupcakes I ordered from their online menu. All of them are enjoyable. Particularly good to me was the Bee Sting and the Orange Cran-​Merry. The latter reminded me of Steak n’ Shake’s Orange Freeze sherbet shake, but with cranberry instead of a maraschino cherry.
As of this writing, I have yet to try the Turtle Cheesecake, but I am sure it is good, as well.
Bee Sting
Cake: Vanilla
Filling: Honey Lemon Curd
Topping: Lemon Cream Cheese Frosting, Toasted Almonds, and White Chocolate Bark with Crushed Lemon Candies
Peppermint Stick
Cake: Chocolate
Filling: White Chocolate Mousse
Topping: Peppermint and Vanilla Buttercreams, White Chocolate Peppermint Pretzel
Orange Cran-​Merry
Cake: Cranberry-​Orange
Filling: Orange Curd
Topping: White Chocolate Ganache, Orange Buttercream, Candied Cranberries
Turtle Cheesecake
Cake: Chocolate
Filling: Cheesecake and Caramel
Topping: Milk Chocolate and Caramel Buttercream, Caramel, Pecans, and Chocolate Curls
Summary:
As you can see, I ordered four cupcakes. Roughly $ 25 total; with voucher, $ 15 total. I don’t know. The cupcakes are quite the eye candy and almost toy-​like being encased in plastic bubble containers, but I can’t see these being anything but a special occasion purchase. And maybe that is what it is meant to be.
LivingSocial (LS) debacle:
When I picked up the voucher for Jilly’s, I do not recall a selection being available for «location». Well, when I want to look at my purchased vouchers, it said my voucher was good for the Des Peres location. What? There is one in Des Peres? I contacted Jilly’s and received a note from «Jilly», I believe. She was very helpful and prompt. She included the Des Peres store owner and a LS representative. Both local store owner’s were very prompt and concerned. The local LS representative was not so prompt or concerned, until prompted a second time and then I was just redirected to customer service. Oh. Thanks.
Current Promotion:
I noticed a promotion on the Jilly’s website when I was there. You can sign up for their newsletter and get a free cupcake with two lunches. That sounds good to me. I think splitting one of these with someone else might be a healthy choice, as well as economical.

I ordered the Apple Pie a la Mode cupcake and it was the best yet! I would def order again. I like the other Jillys location much better. There was little room and very cold inside.

Whoa– since when are cupcakes $ 5 – 6 bucks a piece?
Jilly’s Chicken Salad Sandwich w/​chips… $ 8.00 Nice white chicken but lacked flavor and the french bread was spongy. I prefer a nice crusty French Bread. Potato chips were great! No pickle-​boo.
Jilly Sub (turkey and bacon) sub French Onion Soup for chips $ 8.50 + $ 1.75 up charge for substitution. Carved turkey was the only stand-​out, again lacked flavor and was served on spongy French bread.
Carrot Cupcake $ 5.00 Moist but to the point if fell apart.
Tax $ 1.96
Total $ 25.21
We opted for no drinks at this point. There is not a self serve beverage station, where at least you can get refills, only a bottled drink cooler. We decided to share a cupcake as 2 would have sent us into financial ruin. Jilly’s comes complete with minimal atmosphere (4 tables inside). Counter service ordering, with food served in plastic baskets. An outdoor patio with 3 tables that would undoubtably hold the title as* restaraunt with the worst view * or should I say* no view* except for the landscapers that rode their segway style lawnmowers past our table passing gas.
What I did find so remarkably facinating was the constant stream of people at 2:30 in the afternoon coming and going with there generic brown bag of cupcakes to go. I would think at these prices Jilly would have designer carry out bags for pitysake! I find this genious, $ 15 – 20 per bag (3 cupcakes). Our Carrot Cake Cupcake was good but not so sure $ 5 good.
Give me atmosphere and I can deal with over priced food but then Jillys tried to warn us with her restaurants name A-​Go-​Go. So if you go, now you know, get it to go!

I stopped by Jilly’s Cupcake Bar A Go-​Go for lunch a random weekday. I’d give my visit 3 stars for the salad I ordered and 5 stars for the cupcake.
I ordered a Spinach Salad which was comprised of baby spinach, strawberries, roasted chicken, Craisins, almonds, and feta cheese. It was a pretty decent size, but I still think $ 8.50 for it was leaning on the edge of steep. I’d also prefer if they whipped up a suitable dressing for it. I didn’t think any of the dressing available sounded just right for it, and the vinaigrette I settled on overshadowed all the other flavors. Even a raspberry vinaigrette if they wanted to go that route would have suited better. Swapping the feta for a goat cheese or a blue cheese would be an improvement as well.
The cupcake I took home though was fabulous. The Reese’s cupcake was everything you can imagine and would hope for. Next time, I think I’ll go for the cupcake and skip the salad!

Good cupcakes, but way overpriced! $ 6.00 for a cupcake that has stale waffle cones on it? I know you’re supposed to chew a cupcake, but i didn’t realize that they would be chewY. Sometimes, less is more.
Totally worth a special occassion, but I won’t be going there often with the prices being that high.

Great cupcake bar with lots of choices. Yummy sandwiches and salads. I had the dragon heart brisket sandwich. Yum the brisket was very tender. 24 carat cup cake was very moist and had a wonderful favor. I don’t know what the filling tasted like because my daughter ate it before I could get a taste. Nice place for a lunch

Jilly’s has always been a decent place, but the problem for me is that it is over priced. You can go to The Cup, or the Bakery Shoppe and get the same if not better cupcakes for about half as much money. And right next to Jilly’s is a wonderful Schnucks with a great bakery, and they have filled cupcakes for 2.99, not 6.50! So all in all Jilly’s is tasty, but its not unique enough these days to keep up with these high prices!