I had been to many of Hotel Chocolat before but love this branch always even though it is a wee little cafe. This time ordered 85% dark Ghana chocolate and loved it. My friend went for mint which she thought was great as well.
I was aware that Hotel Chocolat had a little cafe at the rear of their Frederick Street premises, but hadn’t had occasion to visit, not least because I’m not a huge fan of hot chocolate unless I have a truly gargantuan hangover. However, when I spotted their shop open when I was passing, the other day, I seized the opportunity to give it a try.
Perfect place for chocolate lovers! It's a bit pricy but you have to pay for good quality. Be honest I've been more often in the cocoa bar at John Lewis but the quality is the same. They have good food for lunch and the hot chocolate is to die for! Bizarrely I like their peppermint tea with cocoa as well! You have to take away a little chocolate treat with you. When you open it after a few hours you can taste a little heaven again!
I just love Hotel Chocolate. Just got a Hazelnut Hot Chocolate and it’s delicious. I don’t know how they make that yummy cream they put on top but it’s amazing.
I also love the selection of chocolate you get here.
The staff are so friendly and helpful.
Their chocolate isn’t single origin and doesn’t spicing where from.
They add emulsifiers to their chocolate, but the best chocolate doesn’t need them - only cacao and sugar.
Hot chocolate was good, but not the best I’ve ever had.
If you’re from the states or live in Japan, order Dandelion chocolate instead. It’ll probably be via mail, but you’ll be happy you did. They’ve set the bar for the best chocolate and Hotel Chocolat fell short.
Not bad, but not the highest end chocolate.
Clean and tidy store. Lots of different options yo choose from, like boxes of chocolates or just chocolate bars. They do have some Halloween chocolates. There is a cafe in there too. Nice staff.
On 13th May, my wife and I visited to this cafe at Hotel Chocolate. It was very comfortable cafe. And the Hot Cocoa was very good. And all staffs were very friendly and very kind. Looking forward to visiting again soon!
Excellent choco! Make sure you get there before 5:30 as their opening times for the cafe are different than advertised.
A very nice place with friendly staff.
The hot chocolate tastes very good.
I have discovered the healthiest...well...near enough HOT Chocolate on the PLANET 100% COCOA solids 🥰
So after watching the documentary for Hotel Chocolat, we thought we would try the cafe in one of the shops. We are in Edinburgh so tried the Mint Hot Chocolat and a 50% Milk Chocolat Latte with a cocoa whip. It was sooooo tasty and I think it will have to become a regular thing whenever we visit a Hotel Chocolat Shop 🥰☕🍫
Very nice chocolate flakes. I personally like the dark one, which has a good balance between the flavor of chocolate and sweetness.
Ice cream machine was being cleaned so couldn’t order choc shake but the hot chocolate was nice
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