Dolce Lounge

Ordered from this place over the weekend and although the portion sizes are not huge the shakes and desserts are pretty good!
I decided I would go for the peanut brownie milkshake and the Dolce Royale Sundae. Both came in a standard size glass you would get a large take away milkshake in and were well made and super sweet and exactly as advertised.
The only downside to this place is the wait time for the order to arrive… it took around 1h15 to get to my door. If you have a sweet craving you better order from here as soon as you realize… otherwise by the time this place delivers you may have already manned up and made the trip to the shop to stock up on five family bags of m&ms!

My friend told me about this new place opened next to Something Sweet, they do Deserts. I love me some pancakes, waffles and crepes. Went after a meal to get desert at this place.
When we got there the guy, I guess he was the owner or manager. He started talking about their belgian waffles made fresh, and the only place that made fresh belgian waffles. Sounded great and wanted to try. When it came (see picture below) was covered with nutella sauce, was just hard to eat. Too sweet and had to scrap off alot of the sauce and still was too sweet. I ate a little bit and had the strawberry Ice cream scoop which was very good. Music was too loud, hard to have conversation with someone.
Overall I was dissapointed and I probably will give them another go sometime just to see if was one time mistake, or that’s just how they do desert. They have tough competition with Something Sweet next door who are very popular, they’re good, and have variety of deserts.

I really, really wanted to love Dolce Lounge. After being recommended I visit by a business contact, I had a quick look online to get some information. I discovered that the Café is a Independent venue set up by two Aston University Graduates to try and encourage more of a «Café Culture» in Birmingham. They have obviously put in a lot of work and hard graft to get it started, but it’s just not there… yet.
The little venue is based at the top of Corporation Street (passed the Law courts). It looks reasonably appealing from the outside (although the neon words listing it’s wares does seem to cheapen the exterior), but I don’t think it would drag you in unless you knew what was being offered.
The first thing that caught me was the selection of Gelato. So many different flavors are on offer here, from Bubble Gum to Cheesecake your more traditional Chocolate flavored treat. The cakes also looked amazing! Beautiful, delicate and definitely sinful! As I am trying to eat healthy at the moment, I managed to avoid these temptations and just ordered a Red Berry tea (I tried for Peppermint, but they were out).
I asked if I could sit around for a bit and do some work and was told I could sit downstairs (there are small tables designed for two) or upstairs where there is more room. I plumped for upstairs. The café has a lovely print of venice as wallpaper on the upstairs (obviously, again to put you in mind of the café culture). When I went up there, there were three other groups of people. Two of them were studying and one group was just… hanging out and having a chat.
It all seemed quite nice… until someone decided that everyone needed to listen to rap… quite loudly. Now, I am not a fan of rap music at the best of times, but listening to a man shout at me whilst I’m trying to enjoy a nice cup of tea and get on with some work is not ideal. It was eventually turned down a touch, but the music seemed at odds with the relaxed, classy vibe the café was trying to create.
That all being considered, I would pop back and give it another go. The cake and gelato are too much of a draw not to try this venue again. I only paid around £1.75/£1.85 for my cup of tea, so the prices seem about right. I didn’t ask the prices of the desserts, but I will update next time…