Sprinkles Manhattan Beach — Restaurant in Manhattan Beach

I bought 5 sugar free red velvet cupcakes for a small party, and the Nutella one for an extra dollar for myself since I don't like sugar-free frosting and I was curious. I don't normally buy desserts for myself but since I was already there, I figured why not. I was kind of sad they got the order wrong and gave us only sugar-free red velvet ones and I was already 30 minutes away from the store when I found out. Oh wells.

Red velvet is one of my least favorite flavors, but otherwise the cake was nice and moist. Frosting is as expected for sugar free, it was a little weird for me, but not that bad. Probably will not return, unless someone asks me to bring them again.

Service was friendly, but I would have preferred getting the right order, especially for how much each costs.

So all this is to say, make sure you check your order before you...

The Baseline: For a desert shop the flavor of offerings must out-weigh the taste of pure sugar, there must be unique/rare offerings that drive me to go there, and the value of the desert must be balanced with the fact I probably just finished a meal.

Food: Tasty cupcakes with a slightly higher price tag. ATM them at 4AM if you need a cupcake fix. I got the Vietnamese Coffee cupcake which was good but a little too sugary. Need to try others to really make a final verdict.

Service: Great service from the employees and there is a self service ATM for cupcakes so it is 24/7 cupcakes if you need them.

Ambiance: It is a fun little shop that is straight to the point… getting a cupcake. This is a fun stop for a desert after getting a meal in the...

Usually my go to sprinkles since we don’t have one that’s closer. It’s between this one and Newport but more often Manhattan wins. We got here a little early so they weren’t quite open yet. We waited between 10-15 min for them to open. They opened on time or a couple min earlier and the girl who was working was very nice and helpful. I got a box of 6 cupcakes ( red velvet, triple cinnamon x2, chocolate marshmallow, carrot and a strawberry ) along with an order of mini red velvet cookies and a salted caramel chocolate chip cookie in a jar (not sure what they were called) but I won’t be getting the jar dessert again, it was too sweet and just too much. But everything else was good...