Better Than Sex Orlando: The Most Insanely Delicious Dessert Restaurant in Town
Planning the perfect date night in Orlando? Then be sure to check out Better Than Sex! Located just north of downtown Orlando, this adult dessert restaurant serves up the most decadent sweets in a uniquely cozy and intimate setting. Using creatively sensual names, the restaurant plays on words and, in some cases, even with its food, to provide a dining experience that focuses on our most intimate moments. Offering delectable cakes, heavenly pies, and surprisingly delicious chocolate rimmed beer and wine, Better Than Sex is the ultimate destination for you and that special someone.
And you don’t even have to take our word to believe it. This Orlando favorite has received several recognitions and awards for its outstanding menu. For four years in a row, it was even voted “Best Desserts” by the Best of Orlando Reader’s Poll. Needless to say, it’s worth checking out – just don’t let its cheeky name scare you away!
It All Started With An Oreo Cake
Better Than Sex Orlando was born out of the dreams of newlyweds Len and Dani Johnson. Eager to impress her husband following their wedding, Dani went out of her way to make an extravagant two-layer Oreo Cookie Cake. Her husband was so impressed that he encouraged her to continue baking, lighting the spark that would one day begin Better Than Sex.
Learning as she went, Dani tested out many recipes, using her family, friends, and co-workers as a sounding board for feedback and advance. At some point along the way, she fell into a groove and found her sweet spot. From there it was just a matter of time before the couple decided to pursue Dani’s passion for baking on a more professional level. Leni offered to write the business plan if Dani created the menu. They worked together to develop a name and theme for their restaurant, and as they say, the rest is history.
The first Better Than Sex restaurant opened in Key West in 2008 to a packed house. A few years later, they began expanding their operations and worked on franchising their restaurant. Today, you can find Better Than Sex in six cities spread out across the United States, including Savannah, Georgia; Plano, Texas; Los Angeles, California; Greenville, South Carolina; and Key West and Orlando, Florida.
An Intimate Experience
While Better Than Sex Orlando may not appear to be anything extraordinary from the outside, walking into this dessert restaurant almost feels like stepping inside an intimate speakeasy. With bright red walls, cozy little tables, and mood lighting that features candles and chandeliers, Better Than Sex provides the perfect setting for a private night out. The restaurant is so intimate, in fact, that it only has room for ten tables, catering specifically to couples and groups no larger than four. In addition, each table offers some level of privacy through the use of curtains and walls, ensuring that guests are provided with a personal dessert experience.
Given that the restaurant is so small (and popular!), reservations are encouraged and can be made up to 45 days in advance. So you’ll definitely want to plan your date night ahead of time for this one! You can either call the restaurant or make reservations online.
Menu
Made fresh daily, Better Than Sex offers a deliciously flavorful menu that will leave you craving for more!
Decadent Desserts
This Orlando dessert restaurant is most known for its delectable and creatively humorous desserts. Using one-of-a-kind names that will undoubtedly make you laugh and possibly even blush a little, the restaurant serves up desserts that are sweet, sensual, and completely unforgettable. Offering a variety of cakes, pies, bread pudding, ice cream, and even a chocolate-covered grilled cheese, there’s certainly something to satisfy everyone’s sweet tooth.
If you happen to be in the mood for something extra sweet and flavorful, we recommend giving the Italian Stallion a try. This pie starts out with a chocolate shortbread crust that is filled with amaretto cream cheese mousse and stuffed with espresso-soaked ladyfingers. All of that is then topped with a thick layer of chocolate whipped cream. It’s a combination that is sure to awaken your senses and delight your taste buds!
To experience the flavors of Florida, be sure to order the Kinky-er Cream Pie. This spin on Florida’s ever-favorite key lime pie begins with a brown sugar orange blossom shortbread cookie crust and ends with a creamy, silky smooth tart lime filling. Topped with key lime coulis, this pie is just as delicious as it sounds.
And if breakfast happens to be more your forte, then consider trying the Blueberry Birthday Suit. Stuffed with white Belgian chocolate, blueberries, and brie cheese, this french toast is unlike any other! It even comes with a strawberry champagne soup that you can pour on top if you’d like an extra boozy kick!
Sweet & Boozy Drinks
To accompany their decadent desserts, Better Than Sex also offers a variety of alcoholic drinks, including wine, beer, creative craft cocktails, and shots of “licker.” Their most famous beverages, however, are what they call Rimmed Drinks. These boozy beverages come with various sweet sauces lining the rim of each glass. With so many options to choose from, including wine, beer, champagne, and hard cider, it can be hard to pick just one. However, if we had to, we’d definitely recommend the French Kiss. This glass of champagne, which comes lined with caramel and topped with caramelized sugar, is the perfect celebratory drink for an intimate night out.
That being said, they do offer some other noteworthy mentions. If wine happens to be more your style, then we suggest trying the Berry Naughty – a glass of malbec that comes rimmed with chocolate and topped with raspberry sugar. Or there’s always the Lickin’ Love – pinot noir covered in dark Belgian chocolate with white chocolate drizzled on top.
And for our beer lovers out there, be sure to order up a glass of Vanilla Vibration – this Kentucky Vanilla Barrel Cream Ale comes lined with white chocolate and topped with caramelized sugar. There’s also the Dream Box – a blackberry and apple cider lined with white chocolate and raspberry sugar. No matter which one you choose, it’s sure to be delicious and will no doubt leave you feeling sweetly satisfied.
Cheesecakes To Go
The fun doesn’t have to stop when you leave Better Than Sex; you can bring it home with you! The dessert restaurant offers two specialty cheesecakes that you can order to go for a special occasion or for that special someone. For a sweet but salty experience, be sure to try the Popcorn Pimp Cheesecake – set in a sugar cookie dough crust, this vanilla bean cheesecake is topped with cream cheese frosting, caramelized sugar, edible gold glitter, and caramel sauce. As a final added touch, the cheesecake is garnished with white and dark chocolate salted popcorn bark.
If you prefer something a little more on the chocolatey side, then be sure to put in a request for the Between My Red Velvet Sheets Cheesecake. This velvet cheesecake lies in a crust made of double chocolate cookie dough and is covered with cream cheese frosting, edible pearls, and red glitter. To top it all off, the cake is garnished with dark chocolate bark.
With either cake, you have the option to request a celebration sign and candle, which can be added to the top of your cheesecake. No matter what you’re celebrating, be it a birthday, an anniversary, or maybe even your honeymoon, these decadent cakes are definitely the way to go!
Whether you come for the desserts, the chocolatey drinks, or the intimate setting, you’re sure to have a fantastic night out! After all, who doesn’t love a restaurant that focuses solely on dessert?! Just be sure to share the credit when your date undoubtedly praises you for your delectably delicious find.
Have you been to the Better Than Sex Dessert Restaurant Orlando? If so, what did you order? Share all the sweet details with us in the comments!
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