Sweet Tooth Soiree

Great concept for this event. I cannot mention anything about the samples given because ¾ of the vendors ran out of food to offer. HOWEVER, they were selling their products to the crowd of people who approached them. I was really looking forward to the this event hopefully the event coordinator will properly advise give their vendors the number of expected visitors.
Shout out to the remaining vendors: Jackie confections– great cinnamon ganache, Flair for Fudge– key-​lime fudge was excellent not to sweet but just right, Mia cake house– displayed cakes marvelous eatable master pieces, and I can’t forget the cotton candy station as well as the candy station providing the endless treats. Thank you vendors for providing till the end of the event

It was a nice event with a good amount of vendors (the best of which were always the gelato places, for me). It also had a DJ and giveaways. My one complaint is that the open bar they advertised only had that dessert-​flavored vodka, which I found to be disgusting. In hindsight, I think an all-​dessert event is just too much. I couldn’t really eat enough to justify the cost of the ticket because everything was so sweet. Would not do this one again

Oh goodness. I went with such an open mind, and open heart. I got tickets through living social. The price was so good, that I got VIP tickets. I guess looking at the website gave me false hope of a great night! Not that I didn’t have a great night. I made the most of it. I mean it is all about sweets right???
First off, I love Gulfstream (my lack of stars has nothing to do with location). The event was located indoors on the second floor of Gulfstream. VIP guests got a second armband that allowed them access to the VIP area, where there would be cocktails and a goodie bag to take home. Upon walking into the main event, you could stop and get a cocktail regardless at their bar. The drinks sounded fabulous: orange creamsicle, root beer float, birthday cake… yeah, no. It’s the type of drink that they just put some concoction together and you hope you can walk the next day. Not my thing… but people loved them.
There were several booths, including a Unilocal booth, which I delightfully stopped at. But as far as businesses, there were only a handful. I mean, there was a costco booth. Thanks, but I can go to Costco with my yearly membership and sample food to my hearts content every weekend. I ate several cupcakes, gelato, chocolate dipped key lime pie, cookie, candy… and then I went into a sugar coma.
I trucked through though and went into the VIP lounge to get me a normal cocktail. What a sad sad day when it was the same list of drinks with the nasty whipped topping. But I saw the light at the end of the tunnel and saw my goodie bag! I was super excited to see what was inside. Whomp Whomp… more candy… and a cupcake shaped candle.
Upside of the night though… my name got called and I won the entry raffle! I walked on up there to get my basket… oh candy… and root beer vodka. My friends won other raffles of non-​candy goodies which was awesome. A star for the win!
If you were VIP you also had access to their VIP after party with open bar! SIGN ME UPPPPP… yeah, same damn drinks from inside. I had to buy my wine. Don’t say open bar, if it’s not open bar.
Here is my suggestion… serve some light snacks here and there (they had popcorn, but the line was so long, it finished… everyone needed some salty food). Also, change up the cocktails. Maybe have some water for sale or something.
It’s a fun concept, but poorly executed.

I have never been to Gulfstream Park before and I was surprised to see all of the stores and restaurants surrounding the casino. The whole area is very nice and the parking was easy to find, they even have guy’s in carts that will drive you to the front if you don’t want to walk the short distance lol!
I was lucky enough to win 2 general admission tickets to this event (thank you Unilocal) at Gulfstream Park. Unlimited cupcakes, candies, and other sweet treats… yes please! They even offered free sweet cocktails such as cake batter drinks, root beer float and orange cream. Root beer was my favorite but the cake batter was pretty good as well.
The Soirée was held upstairs and as soon as you walked in it was like walking in Willy Wonka’s Wonderland! There was just candy and mini cupcakes everywhere. The gelato was my favorite by far but I am not much of a cake/​cupcake person. They had tables lined up row after row with anything you can imagine. Key lime pie frozen and dipped in chocolate. sure, cotton candy. yup, make your own s’more station… check and the list just goes on. I was in heaven and I could not stop trying every treat they offered. They even gave us a card for discounts to all the vendors stores participating in the event.
My friend and I definitely had a great time and it was something fun and out of the ordinary to do on a Friday night. Plus it was a good excuse for my friend to gamble a little money!

I went to this event in April and I was so excited about it I spent the extra money to purchase the VIP ticket. It was supposed to include these extra benefits as apposed to the General Admission tickets:
Early Admission (5 to 6 p.m.)
Access to VIP Lounge
Hors D’oeuvres
SweetTooth Soirée Gift Bag
First off everyone was allowed in early not just VIP people so there were lines for everything right at 5:05 p.m. I even saw people walking in that didn’t have tickets! Like children running in from the outskirts of the barriers to get cotton candy their was no security keeping people that were in gulf stream from coming in. There was also NO VIP Lounge as promised which would have been nice since it was so hot and we were all sweating. The food Hors D’Oeuvres that were promised for VIP people between 5 – 6 p.m. consisted of two trays of some type of mini burger I guess which I didn’t even get to try because they were bum rushed by everyone at 5:10 p.m. and then no other food was passed out. The «Gift Bag» was one of those recyclable bags with nothing in it and it was also given to everyone not just VIP people. The event was held outdoors so a lot of the chocolate and cupcakes were melting, hot and gross. Some vendors at least 4 that I remember were CHARGING for samples or had nothing to eat at all just models of their work. The premium cocktails provided by Smirnoff were not cocktails at all it was just a shot of their flavored vodkas with no mixers! I was so disappointing in this event. Since it was the first time they held it (I believe) and I’m such a sweetsaholic I would give it another try eventually BUT NEVER EVER pay the extra money for the VIP ticket since General Admission ticket holders were given the same exact items. I feel very cheated that I payed extra money and got nothing extra then those people that paid 50% less than me. This event was so poorly managed! If I had not paid for a VIP ticket I would have given the event 2.5 stars so even then some improvements need to be made by the management team. I really hope they do it because I love the concept of this event.

This event could have been done a lot better. The first problem was that to many tickets were sold for the number of vendors. We got there early, before the crowds. I felt sorry for people who came later and had to wait in long lines to check in. There didn’t seem to be any system in place for checking people in quickly. Bear in mind that most of these people had pre-​paid on the Internet. Once they got in they found out that they had to wait in lines again to get a little food.
When we got there it was so hot. I felt bad for the vendors who were stuck at their tables.
A lot of the handouts were small cupcakes. When we got there we saw two popcorn tables. I’m not sure how long before the popcorn ran out. Several of the vendors gave a tiny sample and tried to sell you their products. When I go to an event that I pay for I don’t want a tiny sample with the hopes that I’ll buy more. There was some candy being given away, but not much chocolate.
There was supposed to be a raffle but nobody seemed to know what time it would be. We waited, and waited, but we finally left before the raffle.
Even though I got a discount by buying our tickets on living social it wasn’t worth the price.
My advice to people who put on these types of events: Don’t sell more tickets then the vendors can handle. Nobody wants to pay for an event where they have to wait in long lines or find out that vendors have run out of food.
The Good
Inexpensive
A few tables had nice sweets.
They gave out bottled water.
The Bad
To many tickets were sold.
Long lines.
Many tables ran out of food.

Hey Blue, I saw you and here’s my review,
First off let me say that I was coming from South Miami (Kendall area). I thought it was going to be in a store, banquet or the likes. 901 S Fed Hwy was a gen address eing the Mall itself. Main Pavillion /​Center court would have been better, instead of guessing. No banners, signs indication in or around !!!
It was a nice location in center court athough it was still a little hot at the begining but as the sun was setting it was the perfect location by the fountain. Confusing as to what to do and get in, no signs directing you. Found an event organizer whiich directed us to some tables on the other side of where I was. (saw a long line waiting)
Stood at one table later to find out it was the VIP section, (again no signs) wen to the longer line, went faster than it looked. As I got to the table a friendly smile asked to help me. Gave her my Groupon and she checked it off on a printed list and gave me a gold coin. I thought Oh! gold chocolate coin, but it was too hard ?? so I asked what it was for THEN she told me it was to vote for best booth, ie: candy, cupcake, etc…
So I proceeded to go in, but, saw a couple in front of me doing something after they gave their groupon, they were getting a wristband !! The person giving the wristband didn’t know who gave a ticket or not if you were in line then you must have given a ticket right?
So NOW I go in with my wristband first table is another wristband being given away ??? What’s this for ?? Oh this is for drinks replies the guy. there were a couple of Vodka and wine tables. Nice.
As I proceeded I saw the Unilocal table: SuP Blue, Got my Unilocal pin :
Now the sampling began, gotta give a shout out to the vendors, they were all pleasant and friendly. I was expecting I guess more vendors and mostly candy, but, Cupcakes dominated the event, Really!!! cupcakes !!. Sweet definitely too sweet, had to get some water, very pleased to see it was free, everything was free, you did have the option to buy products.
One thing that stood out was a chocolate and rice Krispy stand, 1 — the server had no gloves and was giving out chocolate and brownie samples 2– the other was giving out Rice Krispy treats no gloves and her fingers were covered with gooey marshmellows. Really !!! No thanks.
Jackie’s was a nice balance with the ganache, cheese and gelee from all the sweets.
Given it was a first time event, they have a lot to improve on. The potential was great but the execution was poor, this was a sweets Events, how could you not have at least fifty vendors ???
It was a good time out for a Friday after work, I wil go again.
I felt sorry for the people I saw with Gold wristbands, most likely VIP, didn’t see any difference from the G.A. exept maybe they got in 1hr before and paid more. Wow.

Being that I love sweets, I had really high hopes for this event. To say that I was truly disappointed would be an understatement.
Let me start at the beginning. Back in the beginning of March, I found a Living Social deal for this event and started asking around about it. Not much info out there. Then I found it on Groupon and I had a $ 10 credit on there, so I bit the bullet. Even at $ 15 each for me & my husband felt like a rip-​off. What troubled me the most here, even before attending the event was truth in advertising by th event promoters. Their website states that general admission was $ 40 yet they are on the «deal» sites from the very beginning up until the day before the event. Which leads me to believe that this is actually a $ 10 event after Groupon’s cut. I hope that no one actually paid the $ 40, because they probably felt totally screwed.
We get there early, thinking that this was a 4 hour event. We make the line to get checked-​in. There was just one person doing this. Plus, she was looking for names on a list. Seriously, you can scan the Groupons with that nifty iPhone that you have there.
So after we get our wrist bands, we proceed to melt in the heat. Did I mention that it was held outside? There were MAYBE 13 vendors plus the vodka tables. Oh and the fillers… Cotton candy, popcorn, Nepresso and Costco. Of all the actual sweets vendors, 98% of them had cupcakes! I had imagined tasting culinary treats. I had dreams of puddings, tarts, soufflés, Cannolis, Gelato, Napoleons, truffles etc, etc. We got cupcakes. I starved myself all day for cupcakes. Don’t get me wrong, I love cupcakes but come on!
We were done in ½ hour. We were also completely melted. So we walked around, checked out the shops and casino then went back in. I commented to my husband thet we should have arrived at sunset, later we learned that it would not have been a good idea. At 8PM the line was super long PLUS a bunch of vendors had already run out of samples. By 9pm, they were all packing up to leave.
Oh, they had a cake decorating demo. Yeah. It was held in a 10×10 tent with everyone crowded around it. I have pictures.
Absolutely disappointed. I heard a lot of grumbling from others as well, so I am not alone.