Hotel Chocolat

Did I not review my dining experience at Hotel Chocolat? Crazy! Well, I didn’t love it. I had one of the most expensive burgers I’ve ever had in Leeds (around £16+) and it was my least favourite burger experience. The bread was too tough and stodgy for my tastes (I like a soft brioche) and the meat was a little over done for me. I realise the gimmick for the menu would of course be the cocoa nibs, but their being involved in almost everything was also a little much. I guess I was hoping for things like chili with chocolate sauce? I don’t know! That being said, service was grand and the amuse bouche was a treat!
Regardless, I love love love love love their hot chocolates. You really won’t find better in Leeds. Salted caramel is my current winner, but the chili comes a close second! And the service in the cosy bar downstairs is just so fabulous. You should also give the sweet potato shavings a try — they’re a fantastic snack.
I didn’t love the restaurant, but everything else about this place is lovely. I’ll always be a fan of their chocolate!

On a visit to Leeds I really liked the look of hotel chocolate coffee shop, we don’t have one in Manchester so I decided to go on in. inside I was shown to my table and given a menu for drinks, I asked if I could see a dessert menu, the waitresses brought one to me and stood over me whilst I chose a cake (no pressure then).I must say the salted caramel brownie was to die, for shame about the staff, I would go back again, it’s something a little different.

Ive never seen a hotel chocolate café before. So as soon as a saw it i new i had to go in.
We was approached as we went in and got escorted to a table. It was very quiet so we got a window seat.
We didn’t want food so we just asked for the drinks and desert menu. All the deserts were home made. The most popular drinks were the hot chocolates.
I ordered a classic hot chocolate and a salted caramel brownie.
They were both delicious abit to sickly to have them both together i no but i managed.
Would recommend for something abit different

Great restaurant very interesting menu nothing like expected, but very good service and presentation superb, drinks a little expensive but overall it great experience and we will certainly go back

The restaurant is fab, staff friendly and helpful. Bit pricey so for special occasions

This shop continues to impress and when I last went in they still had a cute guy handing out samples!!!
My children hate the majority of their chocolate which is a sign of the quality in itself and given that we once lived in Belgium where they experienced fine chocolate as younger children this is a complete mystery to me. Well hey ho Cadburys is considerably cheaper so every cloud has a silver lining!
Back to the wonderful Hotel Chocolat, it’s products are glossy, beautiful to look at and very well packaged. I have never had anything that has failed to please and I have tested a lot. It is a good place to buy chocolate gifts and its seasonal stock is always glamorous. Not cheap, definitely in the next choco box layer above Thorntons but worth every penny!

In my three years of living in Leeds and almost a year of living in the city centre I have managed to avoid Hotel Chocolate until now. And I say avoid because this shop is dangerous! If it’s not the walls of chocolate corner to corner it’s the cute guy handing out chocolate samples. Bliss.
I’ve heard such great things about his place, perfectly located in the city centre near the Body Shop, it should be visited if not to just smell the shop’s chocolaty aroma.
The shop is perfectly decorated and inside you will be attracted to all sorts of things. I particularly loved the truffle section, every truffle you could imagine, amazing. And for such renowned shop the prices weren’t half bad considering you are paying for worldwide known chocolate. A bag of pralines came in at around £3.75 and they looked too good to pass up, so I bought them.
If you’re not in to fussy chocolate, which I know a lot of people aren’t, they also do simple chocolate drops which they somehow make to look incredible. Don’t expect to come here and find your Cadburys cream eggs, no, no, no, this place is exotic though and through and perfect for you chocoholics!
They sometimes collaborate and I especially loved the Barbie range they had at one point. I mean it was chocolate but it looked cool as well.

Wouldn’t it be just grand if Hotel Chocolat was indeed a Chocolate Hotel. That would be scrumptious! Sadly for me and the other chocolate freaks out there it isn’t, but what it is, well, it’s a luxury chocolate establishment that not only tantalises your tastebuds, but gives your eyes and nose a sensory treat too.
With Valentine’s Day approaching, Hotel Chocolat provides a welcome shake up to all the run of the mill chocolate gifts unadventurous other halves will be scrambling for on Saturday afternoon when mad panic ensues.
There’s plenty to impress with, the large hearts are works of art just for the eyes. The pink and fruity one is super girly, and will go down a treat with girlfriends for all those hapless boyfs out there. Even it’s just to appreciate the craftsmanship that’s gone into those square feet of chocolate wonders. The fruit and nut version of this large heart looks like a piece of sculpture. It is magnificent, at £28 it’s worth it just this once.
The store is nicely open plan, so it’s perfect to spot your target and have a general nosey at what else is in the offing. From the small trinket treats to the large hampers, there’s a splash of decadence for everyone’s budget. The sheer effort gone into the show pieces is extraordinary, and worth paying, to make someone smile. I’m already bracing myself for the Easter Eggs, as they are natural, colourful, and make a good solid Easter gift for a kidlet or special half.
Aside from gifts and trinkets there’s a good selection of chocolate boxes, cooking chocolate, bagged chocolate treats, Smudge (I shalln’t explain as it’s worth going in, buying, tasting and finding out for yourself), drinking chocolate, chocolate slabs, and probably many other chocolate things I’ve failed to mention. There’s also a nice and adventurous combination of flavours here, different to the normal chocolate box selections, and that’s part of what makes the price so acceptable.

Hotel Chocolat is indeed a little pricey but rather delicious and special so I’ll not whine too much. Imagine a step up from Thorntons and you have Hotel Chocolat.
Clean, white looking shop with huge shelves just packed full of chocolates in gift sets, packages or boxes. I bought some Tiddly Pots from here which were assorted pots of baby buttons in different flavours. Great stocking fillers for christmas along with the Tiddly Santas and Tiddly Reindeer chocolate boxes.
You can also buy drinking chocolate from here and other chocolately accessories. Beware, if you go in you will buy something.
It’s a dieters nightmare.

It’s about time we had one of these fantastic shops in Leeds! Just as good as the others this is the best chocolate you are ever likely to taste. You pay a little more but it’s worth it.

This is a lovely new chocolatier shop that’s arrived in Leeds. It’s next to Café Nero. It’s got beautiful chocolates in there that are amaaaaaaazing! They sell hot chocolate that is little bits of chocolate you heat up with milk that is really indulgent as well. It’s a shop that has just come up North from London town so go take a peek. My guess is it’ll become as famous as thorntons, maybe even a luxury thorntons! The chocolate is £2.95 for a little bag, but worth it and they even grow their own chocolate from somewhere! If you are stuck for a christmas pressie, this is a great place to go!