Ampersand — Restaurant in Birmingham

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This is definitely the spot for your sweet tooth. I had a sugar rush. The drinks are pricey and theres an added charge per drink not disclosed.

Ampersand is cute and theres a nice laid back vibe. They have a DJ booth and the playlist kept us singing. There's limited outside seating and lots of seating inside. Not sure what it would look like on a busy Friday or Saturday night. We went for the infused desserts but they are not alcohol infused they are drizzled with icings and ganaches that have alcohol in it. We tasted NO alcohol. I was thinking desserts similar to rum cake that was not the case. The pineapple upside down cake was very pretty but it tasted simply like a box white cake no pineapple flavoring but there was a pineapple and a cherry on top. The alcohol was supposedly in the drizzled icing but we tasted regular icing no alcohol. The chocolate bundt cake was served as sliced cake. Surely a chocolate lovers dream but it was too much for us and the chocolate infusion was pointed out to us that it was on poured on the cake and can be seen on the side of the cake but again we tasted no alcohol. Disappointed 😭 Desserts are overpriced IMO!

Now to the Drinks: Cotton Candy Cosmo - He likes a drink where you're going to taste the likka 😜 but the cotton candy is just novelty there was no distinct flavor profile. Berry Chocolate Martini - Surprisingly balanced tasted like Lindt Chocolate filled with Cherries Ampersand Island - definitely pretty loved the fresh fruit Watermelon Lemon Drop - Super sweet loved the watermelon sugar a salt rim would have balanced the overly sweetness drink. My fault though we...

Although this wasn't my first time visiting, I wanted to write a review because this particular visit made this place a standout...some of my friends from out of town wanted to check this place out and we had an amazing time. The service was great, the DJ was grooving, our drinks were top tier and even though I had a minor issue with my order (because sometimes that happens)...management was attentive, KIND...and resolved it. That type of responsiveness is a hallmark of good business and definitely made me want to return! AND they have a happy hour and UAB employees get a discount. This place is definitely worth checking out...everything I sampled...

Came from Texas to try this place… disappointing experience Pro- nice place, it was clean, good aesthetics. They had music but you could barely hear it. Drinks were good. Staff was friendly, door greeter was polite, easy parking Con- Don’t waste your money on the pineapple upside cake, it taste frozen then defrosted it was very dry and the pineapple was hard. Bartender needs gloves, her nails were extremely sharp and long, she handles the fruit and drinks Hated the paper plates, and plastic silverware but honestly great idea I just couldn’t cut...