BTS Cafe

Don’t mistake the lack of a star as a reflection on the cupcakes — they are unbelievably delectable. It’s the price of the cupcakes that makes me reduce my overall rating to 4 stars. The cupcakes are great, but at the end of the day they are cupcakes and when 5 cupcakes cost $ 19.95 and a box of cupcake mix, which makes 12 costs $ 5… Well you can weigh it up for yourself. It is a nice little café though and nice place to catch up with friends, definitely not a place to stop regularly, otherwise you’re likely to experience empty purse/​pocket/​wallet syndrome.

Do you like Cupcakes?
If you answered no then we can’t be friends goodbye.
If you answered yes then WHY ARE YOU NOT AT BTS EATING YOUR FEELINGS???
BTS have pretty much the most amazeballs cupcakes that life has to offer. My fave is the Princess one which is a vanilla cupcakes with vanilla buttercream frosting. It’s actually out of this world. Please visit there at all costs or you haven’t lived life.

I asked for cute cupcake recommendations and was directed to BTS. Cheers Anita D!
The staff was lovely and there is an interesting assortment of flavours. There was one made with fresh strawberries on the day that I visited, but I went with the peach option based on a staff member’s suggestions. My verdit: moist and yum. These tasty treats are available in both mini and full-​sized varieties.
Additional awesomeness: They have handy take-​away containers and free candles if you’re picking up something for a birthday.
It’s BTS FTW!

Great Cupcakes, fresh daily. Beautiful packaging and interior décor. Awesome for gifts, in office birthdays or little thank you’s. I prefer the take away experience over the eat in option.

I plan to make this review ‘short and sweet’, a bit like me really… ;)
Anyway ‘BTS Café’ is delicious cupcake heaven. The décor is pink, white and black, super girly and oh-​so inviting, and the staff are lovely too. Kudos to whoever is hiring these friendly people!
Favourite cupcake days are Thursday and Friday. Thursday provides me with my two favourites ‘Farmboy’ (spiced pumpkin cake with maple frosting) and ‘Salty Doll’ (something something, caramel and pink salt) *drools* and Friday has the wonderful ‘Skeeter’ (peach cobbler with maple frosting) and ‘Bollywood Starlet’ (cardamon cake with lime buttercream).
They also serve tea and coffee (hell yeah!) and there are many more cupcakes to choose from, so you should really just get your fine butts down there and shove some creamy cups of deliciousness in your face post haste! You won’t regret it, your waistline might, but your taste buds won’t. Totally worth it, I promise :)
I give it 5 out of 5 expanding waistlines!

Thoroughly delightful experience. Sugar rush without problem!
Staff friendly and helpful. Would definitely re-​visit anytime!

The cupcake craze, the older, wiser and more filling sister to the more recent macaron craze, seems to have settled in to stay. BTS is the staple store to visit when this craving hits and their cupcakes definitely are better than many other bakeries which focus solely on this product. The staff are sugary sweet and attentive, bedecked in their pink uniforms amidst a sea of pink décor which gives the place a saccharine feminine vibe.
The only cupcakes I really enjoy from BTS are the ones that don’t feature their buttercream frosting. I enjoy their cream cheese icing much more and find those cupcakes tend to be moister, with the buttermilk peach cupcake springing to mind. In addition, the circle of fondant to label each cupcake might look pretty, but really isn’t as delicious as it looks! However, it is the price that really makes me think twice about these cupcakes, as they are extremely expensive. For little more than I might pay for a humble cupcake from BTS I could pick up a carefully crafted dessert from elsewhere, which would be guaranteed to impress me and be far outside what I could create at home. Therefore, I’m much more inclined to go for a wander when the craving for a sweet treat hits, rather than stop by the iconic pink café.

Incredible cupcakes and South Australian roasted Mahalia Coffee — it can’t get better! … or can it? Yes! Now that there are two cafes (Pirie Street and Gouger Street) there are more occasions to be tempted.
This was my daily coffee stop when I lived in Adelaide and will always get a visit when I’m in town. It’s also the place I will take a visitor or meet a friend. The atmosphere and the staff are just as gorgeous as the cakes and the coffee.

They have amazing cup cakes, very high priced, and the coffee although also amazing is priced, with the 2013 price rises you get a large (which is a medium everywhere else for like $ 5.00-$ 5.20
Ive actually stopped going because the pricing is out of control.

I absolutely love BTS Café!
Walking in to the café I’m always greeted by at least 2 staff members. The staff are always so attentive and friendly.
And then there’s the cupcakes… amazingly delicious!

Now THESE are some delicious cupcakes!
The minis are where it’s at– two for $ 3.95, and packed with just enough velvety frosting to satiate and satisfy. One of today’s specials — «Nau» — was a Belgian chocolate mini cupcake with peanut butter frosting, and it was divine. Like diving into peanut buttery layers of edible silk atop a moist chocolate cake.
Also, they brew up a solid iced coffee. Not a frappé with ice cream, but a proper espresso poured over ice with milk.

This is an excellent coffee spot on pirie street. My pre-​vegan days I would also indulge in one of their delicious cupcakes.
The main barrista is super friendly, and there is the ease of not actually having to go into the shop in the mornings, as they have sort of a drive through (walk through?) coffee service. The coffee is nice and the service excellent.
If you don wander inside the interior is very pink, and very cute. A lovely spot for a coffee with a friend as the noise levels aren’t usually too bad.
I still come here to get that lat minute present for friends if I am meeting them in town, as the cupcakes are really well decorated and most people seem to enjoy them. They’re not too pricey, but you’re better off to buy in bulk.
They have one or two gluten free options, and I am hoping one day a vegan selection.

Cupcakes and I don’t naturally go together.
I am rather tall, big and bumbling.
Cupcakes are small, petite and oh-​so-​sweet.
Therefore, I’ve always been a little nervous about approaching BTS. It serves cupcakes, and looks so stylish and chic. I feel like I’d break the place just by walking past! However when I found out that they serve Mahalia coffee here, not even delicate Louis XIV furniture could prevent me from trying this place out! And I’m now sorry that I haven’t been here earlier!
Of course, the coffee is fantastic (being from the local South Australian roaster, Mahalia), but the cupcakes are simply divine. I stuck to a small, bite-​sized apple & cinnamon cupcake, in all honesty though the richness of this delicious morsel was enough to keep me going for the rest of the day! Something that has always put me off the cupcake craze, is the frosting to cake ratio. I was one of those freakish children who hated the icing and always scraped it off to eat the cake. So the thought of a cupcake with half-​a-​foot of sugary icing doesn’t exactly fill me with excitement. The topping of these cupcakes are not half as sickening as I expected, and compliment the light, fluffy cake below.
The staff are exceptionally friendly, and eager to please. They provide amazing service, without being overly smothering. The décor is chic, without making one feel too inadequate.
BTS will now become my local coffee-​stop — which makes sense as it just across the road from my work. :)

Woah there — why haven’t I been here before? My partner suggested visiting here as she heard they used Mahalia Coffee … and that’s a good enough reason for me ;)
The décor is fabulous — everything is pink and black and rather ostentatious … apparently I matched our surroundings rather well ;) We sat in gorgeous armchairs near the window and had coffee with a mini cupcake. Very reasonably priced, and very decadent — but not *too* much! Mine was Turkish Delight flavoured — can’t wait to try more! Oh, and the service was impeccable.
Unlike other reviewers, I’m not so keen on their name … but I won’t let that stand in the way of a 5 star rating — we’ll definitely be back!

One of my friends recently introduced me to BTS Café (rumoured to stand for Better Than Sex) and I can’t believe that I hadn’t visited before. It is located on Pirie Street and stands out from surrounding corperate buildings with its bright pink and black walls. The interior is something special, with high ceilings and beautiful tables and chairs. It feels very Parisienne.
Its main drawcard is its delectable cupcakes, which are available in standard and mini sizes. Each of them is named after a well known movie character and are all fluffy, moist and topped in the most delicious icing. They also serve a variety leaf teas, which come in a nice cup and saucer set with a teapot. Their teas are perfect to enjoy with one of their cupcakes and the pleasant ambiance of the café adds to the experience.

A friend put me onto this place when I needed to bring something into work for my birthday. Being lazy, I didn’t want to cut up a cake, so these adorable cupcakes were perfect!
The majority of my co-​workers are male. But they loved these cupcakes (and the convenience!) so much that just about every birthday now involves cupcakes. I have to giggle at the thought of my 6’5+ giant of a boss entering this little pink cupcake shop and walking two blocks back to work carrying a couple of hot pink BTS boxes.
I prefer the cream cheese frosting to the buttermilk frosting, but they’re all decadent and delicious.

This place is a bit girlie but maybe that’s why its the number one place for me and my girl friends to catch up — that and the awesome cupcakes. One of my friends and I refer to it as «Paris» (as in «we’ll always have…). The cupcakes? Divine. Moist. Great combinations. My favourite is the Bollywood, which is cardamon spiced and lime syrup. Yummm! Oh yeah, and their coffee is pretty good. They have free wifi and great service.

I once sent BTS an email asking them if BTS really did stand for better than sex, they cheekily sent back that they could neither confirm or deny this rumour. Every cupcake aficionado knows of BTS and their glorious pink store sitting on Pirie Street.
I discovered it a few years ago back at Uni, and it became the perfect place to escape to. You can get a drink and a cupcake (or two) and truly imagine you’re somewhere else.
One of my favourite parts about the store would have to be the names they give their cupcakes. Generally named after pop-​culture personalities you can expect to munch on a Carrie, Scarlett, Mr. Big, Princess Buttercup, or Bridget Jones.
There are so many flavours that they rotate daily. There is something for every cupcake fan, and if you like icing they pile it generously high. Thankfully, on the icing note, it isn’t too overwhelming, but a light and fluffy version.
While at times I have had some better cupcakes elsewhere, BTS wins for having the whole package and a brilliant attitude to boot!

This place has the «IT factor» great ambience and great décor matched with the most amazing cupcakes I have ever seen and tasted. Great coffee which is a must for me.
The other great thing is the staff are fun and the owner is one cool chick!

There are a lot of Adelaide businesses that have an acronym for a name but this has got to be the best I have ever seen. If you haven’t guessed already BTS is short for Better Than Sex café and sells the most amazing cupcakes I have ever had.
I was interning at a company in the city centre during my University days and was introduced to this place by a fellow intern. She suggested as a well deserved lunch break she would duck down and get us some cupcakes.
First she bought in a list of the kinds they have and from there it was difficult to make a decision! In the end I choose the chocolate cupcake with chocolate butter cream frosting. When it finally arrived in my hot little hand, it was so perfect. The icing was so light and fluffy and didn’t have the crustiness you get sometimes if you know it hasn’t been fresh baked.
Since then I have wandered in myself to the store. It is relatively small and there is only a limited amount of seating. The cupcake cabinet stands pride of place right next to the register but make you get there early because I was there around 2pm and a lot of the good ones were gone.
There is also a full range of coffee and tea to choose from and a selection of other desserts. But don’t sell yourself short, have a cupcake and you to will see it is in fact better than sex.