Gigi’s Cupcakes of Houston

Boyfriend brought home cupcake that were given to him as a gift. Our first time trying cupcakes from here and first impression was why is there so much icing!!! Half of the batch was good, the other half was not so good.
Midnight magic chocolate chip: soft, airy and moist, good chocolate flavor without being overwhelming
Strawberry lemonade: bleh is all I can say
Wedding cake: dry and tasteless
Cinnamon flavor (couldn’t find name on website): soft, airy and moist as well but wasn’t too sure about the flavor, kinda liked it but kinda didn’t

I was driving by on my way to my hotel, as I sat at the traffic light I wondered what GiGis was all about. I pulled a U turn and made it in the store. I was greeted by a helpful young lady who explained the cakes and flavors. I settled on a delicious Texas chocolate cupcake, the first bite into the frosting had my mouth costed with creamy delicious chocolate mmmmmmm, if my wife knew I thought this frosting was the bomb she’d be mad. All they need was milk! Absolutely Delicious!

It’s past 10am and they aren’t even opened, somebody had ONE JOB (open the place up) and they didn’t even manage that.

Good service. The choco choco chip cookie dough MINI cupcake tasted just like a choco choco chip cookie.

This review pertains to the Gigi’s franchise in Houston. I moved here from Nashville, where I used to go to the flagship store all the time. They were awesome. Good hours, too. They’re open from 7:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Before I moved to Houston, I bought a couple prepaid vouchers for Gigi’s, not realizing how inaccessible their store locations are, and how uninterested they are in being helpful.
On Wednesday, Dec. 2, I drove to the location on Post Oak Lane. I drove there at 9 a.m. or so, only to find that there are «NEW FALL HOURS» posted on the door. Opening was at 11 a.m. As I type this review, by the way, the opening hour was listed as 10 a.m. So they don’t really care to think about their customers’ convenience, and they don’t care to update their information online.
Looking at my groupon, I found the location of the next closest Gigi’s, which is on Travis Street. I called the location to see what their opening hours were. All I got was a recording of a young (–sounding) woman cheerfully announcing «Welcome to Gigi’s! We can’t come to the phone right now!» AND SHE DID NOT LIST THE LOCATION’S OPENING HOURS. The thoughtlessness is mindboggling. With great misgivings, I drove to the downtown location anyway, and circled the block until I found a commercial parking lot. I finally found the Travis street location, and it was closed, WITH NO POSTED HOURS ON THE DOOR. I then paid for my downtown parking and drove home.
Between the inaccurate hours online, the lack of posted hours on the phone, and the lack of posted hours on the door, I can say this much: the Gigi’s locations in Houston seem to go to extravagant lengths to be inaccessible, and it is quite frustrating that I already gave this business my money in the form of a prepaid voucher. The amount spent might be small in the grand scheme of things, but on principle it is infuriating that they can take five cents and not deliver. I think I will be in contact with the parent company and with the voucher company about this matter.

I made plans to go with a new friend at 6:30 with your posted close times at 7pm.
You close at 6pm. I think maybe, that should be updated on here.

So I looked up this place to check the times and it says closes at 7PM. Just got her to pick up 2 dozen cupcakes to take to a dinner party and they are closed… it’s 5:59. Guess I have to go to another cupcake place.

I bought a groupon for Gigi’s on a whim because I freaking love cupcakes. A few months later I was a little scared by the Unilocal reviews but went ahead and redeemed it anyway.
I came in on a weekday afternoon, and the shop was definitely busy. I think they had some after school and Halloween business in there. There was initially only one person helping and eventually someone else came out to help, as the first person in line was hemming and hawing over which flavors to pre-​order.
I picked out six cupcakes: wedding cake, birthday cake, Apple pie (fall special), Bourbon bacon (fall special), red velvet, and peanut butter. They were packaged in a cute box, but some of the frosting had slid off the tops by the time I got home. :(
I shared these with my volleyball team, and they loved them all. I had part of the wedding cake and birthday cake flavors and thought they were both wonderfully moist with yummy icing. (And there is a LOT of icing.) My husband’s only remark was that he wanted his cupcake more bourbon-​y and more bacon-​y…
So in the end, they were delicious! And we didn’t even eat them until the next day (kept them in the fridge overnight), so they kept just fine. They are expensive, though, so I’m not sure I’d order a half dozen again.

My husband and I love cupcakes. We have a favorite cupcakery in the village but we live in the Galleria. So we decided to try Gigi’s. The cupcakes were not visually stimulating. It looked like a home baker decorated them. We ordered the wedding cake (fan favorite), butterscotch cheesecake and the some other cupcake with bacon on it. The cakes were dry and stale. It was if they were baked 3 days ago. The icing on the cheesecake seemed like it was made last week.
When we walked in the entire room smelled stale, not sweet and enviting. That should have been the first clue to RUN! Now I know why the price was only $ 10.50 for three cupcakes. We won’t go back there.

Came here on a whim to purchase a small birthday cake and will definitely be back! It was super cute and only needed a 24 hr notice. I ordered a white cake with buttercream icing. with the floral design for the icing. It only cost $ 36 and easily fed 8 people. Extremely tasty and fresh! It’s hard to find a cake that tastes as good as it looks and Gigi’s definitely exceeded my expectations!

Nice location. Cupcakes were delicious. A little too sweet for my taste, but overall good. The lady at the counter was very kind and very patient considering there was a crazy customer ahead of me that was cursing in front of her kid. The employee kept her composure and continued to be kind even though the situation was not the store’s fault. Just like everywhere else, call ahead to see if your flavor is there and don’t be crazy and expect a full array of flavors at the END of the day.

I saw GiGi’s cupcakes on Undercover Boss and wanted to try them out. Today my friend picked up some for us to have while we watched the Bachelorette. I had a gluten-​free wedding cake cupcake (basically vanilla), and she had four mini cupcakes (red velvet, carrot cake, chocolate chip, and strawberry).
I wasn’t expecting much from a gluten-​free cupcake because it’s hard to make a good one but this was absolutely NOT GOOD. It was extremely dry and tasted old. The only good part was the icing which wasn’t even that great either.
My friend didn’t eat one of her cupcakes and said she didn’t care for the others, all except the carrot cake one. She said hers were dry as well.
Not sure what is the appeal with these cupcakes other than they were advertised on a television show. They definitely need to limit their flavors if they are going to skim on freshness.
I could make a better cupcake at home for ¹⁄₃ price. I recommend Sprinkles or Crave for great Houston cupcakes!

These are the driest cupcakes I’ve ever eaten. That must be why they use a mountain of icing. So many better options in the area. I’ll pass.

Love Gigi’s Cupcakes! They were just as great as the Barker Cypress shop across town. I have no complaints, but the other location is much friendlier, and the cupcakes are much more attractive, but taste is the same. It didn’t feel like it was as special as it does at the Cypress location. I’ll just wait until I get home next time.

I walked in with my mouth watering! Such delicious sweet options! I opted for the mini’s so I could sample multiple flavors and I was not disappointed! There really is no way you can go wrong with any of their flavors! There is a very small seating area there if you wanted to stay and enjoy them. The have a different batch of flavors on different days but do have certain ones available every day.

I’ve been there once before and liked their cupcakes well enough. I got a staple, red velvet cupcake, so it was pretty tasty.
So, I decided to get some more to give to a friend once I found out she was having a baby. I came out from work and drove up on a Friday night at 7 pm to get some cupcakes at their South Post Oak location. They were closed! And the sign said that they were open til 8pm! I was severely disappointed and don’t want to go back again if it means that they’re closed when they should be open, especially since I’m not such a fan of Crave Cupcakes in Uptown Park.

My mom got me six for my birthday, so I’ve never visited the location but I’ve tried the cupcakes. They are all delicious! Moist, lots of icing, lots of different flavors to choose from (more than Crave has on a given day…) They also have mini cupcakes to choose from.
I’ve tried the carrot cake, chocolate salted caramel, peanut butter cup, champagne, midnight magic, and chocolate chip cookie dough. My favorite is peanut butter cup because I just love chocolate and peanut butter!!!
When I actually visit I will update my review… since they have carrot cake cupcakes Monday, Wednesday, Friday I will most likely be back since that’s my husband’s favorite (after spice cake, but they don’t have that)

These cupcakes are good… just good compared to other places in the city. The cake was moist, but was not sweet enough… and the icing was too too too sweet. Maybe that is their idea of balance, but not mine. I had the candy bar cupcake… genius combination I must say… just a little hit due to the reasons named above. I will still give you all another try.

Been to the sugar land location. Cupcake are blah I took a bite and trashed it. We had Gigi from this galleria location brought to us at work. It was gross. Strawberry, chocolate, vanilla all yuck. No flavor. Icing had odd fake flavor. We threw away almost 2 dozen cupcakes bc no one would eat them. Don’t waste your money and calories at Gigi’s.

MMMM! They are open finally! :) Now I don’t have to go to the woodlands anymore to get some cupcakes. My favorites are the banana split which is only made on some days or special order.
They have a lot of icing on them and can oftentimes be too much frosting but they are equally good as crave. Stop by if you haven’t!