Cybercandy

This used to be my favorite store in London but it has gone downhill the last couple of years. it seems like there is a lot less American candy and a whole lot of homemade not so interesting chocolatey items. Also, the basement was closed off, no more totally awesome drinks. :(I really hope they return all the awesome things they got rid off.

I’ve been coming to Cuber Candy for years but sadly it has gone downhill quite a bit. It used to be that everything was either American, Australian or Japanese but this isn’t the case anymore.
A large section of the shop is just some generic pick and mix, while a few other shelves on the right are just own brand chocolates in funky flavours. I understand that the margins are probably really good on both but they’re not why people go there.
I actually went to get some things for the missus for a trip to the theatre but out of her favourites they only had one in stock. For some reason all of my favourites were there… oh and they don’t seem to do foreign sodas anymore either. They most unusual thing you’ll find is a Vanilla Coke. But despite this, it is still one of the best shops in London for US candy.

I live in the area and often go in looking for candy from home in the US. Many times the sales girls have been unfriendly and down right rude. I asked for english toffee and they offered me tootsie rolls and M&M’s. I found it on my own and they argued that it wasn’t english toffee even though it said so on the packaging. The candy is also very overpriced. The girls working there took the fun out of candy shopping.

Tout petit paradis du bonbon des 4 coins du monde ! Le magasin est sur deux étages et les murs sont envahis de trucs en tout genre.
Pétillant, fondant, fruité, acide… Il y en a pour tous les goûts. On peut même trouver des bonbons au wasabi ou au bacon. En forme d’Hello Kitty, de cerveau, de sucette, de cœur, d’angry Bird, de bouche…
Ou alors du chocolat si vous préférez. Ou encore des boissons bien chimiques introuvables en France !
Bref, la taille né compte pas ici ! On mise tout sur la quantité !!!

Very busy and they is have lots of candy from all over.
Specifically, I wanted the European only PEZ. While they had a lot of PEZ, few were of the can’t find anywhere variety. I bought the ones they had but there was more variety at Heathrow Airport.

been here a few times, the only reason I keep visiting is because they have the most amazing candy, obviously because it’s mostly American, which lets face it America has good candy! The only downside, it’s not cheap.

A bit of home… at a price.
Love Cybercandy from the second I walked in. A good selection of sweets considering the size of the store. IBC Root Beer, Diet Wild Cherry Pepsi, Big League Chew, Butterfingers and everything else a growing boy/​girl needs to become a massive diabetic.
I go here regularly when I need my fix. If I had to find a complaint (or two), it would be consistency and prices. It’s disappointing when you go and (on occasion) they’re out of what you want (I didn’t realize Junior Mints were out of season). Also, the prices are a bit steep (£1.30 for a can of soda) but they are importing it from the US so I guess it’s not too bad.
All in all it’s one of my favorite places in London if, for nothing else, it’s the best place to get my fix of sugary sweets.

I am sure if Willy Wonka was a real person, he’d visit Cyber Candy for inspiration!
As a keen lover of the cyber candy store at the Boxpark in Shoreditch, I was inspired by the Covent Garden store. It’s about four times bigger, with more stock and a even more extensive range of peculiar sweets and treats.
I feel my fillings tingling just recalling my visit!
I simple adore this place, it’s a sweet toothed person’s dream, a trip down memory lane and a education in confectionery all rolled into one! With sweet sourced from across the globe, you’ll always find something for anyone where else in London can you find cricket and worm snacks, a whole shelf of flavoured fizzy drinks (with hilarious names), bacon sweets and sweets that you’ve never heard of!
This place is great if you want to try something new, or find presents for those difficult to buy for people! They have a lot of computer game and TV themed sweets so this place is perfect for those geeks out there but my real favourite’s are the Betty Crocker flavoured lip balms!
I simply adore this place, although I suspect my waist doesn’t!

lots of weird and wonderful flavours and a hit with the US and austrailian visitors. Its full of items from overseas and sweets that i havent seen for ages.

I’ve been in to Cyber Candy a few times (including picking up popping candy for a previous Qype event at Frae), so I sort of knew what to expect when I went here as part of Qype’s review crawl. Even from the window display and the entrance to the store, you feel like you’re walking in to Willy Wonka’s magical world. There’s lots of sweets here I remember from childhood (Jolly Ranchers, Nerds, Pretzel Flipz) and those I’ve only ever seen on American TV (Kool Aid, Tootsie Rolls, Twinkies) all sourced and imported by Cyber Candy, and tantalisingly displayed. Due to this import, the prices aren’t cheap, but that’s probably best for your waistline and dentist bills. The staff are friendly, and enthusiastic about their products, making this store great for an occasional treat and a trip down memory lane!

Very surprised I haven’t actually reviewed Cyber Candy sooner, because although we stopped here on our Review Crawl last night, I’ve been here quite a few times! This is a shop that features mostly American snacks but also has Asian, novelty British sweets, and sweets from many other countries as well. We were provided a lot of very American sweets to try, all of which I’ve had before (being a filthy American and all ;D), but I’m sure it’s a different experience for those who haven’t had the (mis)fortune of trying a Twinkie before! The brave also got to try some gross things, like bacon & cheese flavoured crickets or BBQ worms. I squeamishly tried a cricket, which didn’t taste of much (thankfully) but just knowing it was an insect made my skin crawl!
The prices are a bit high, but that’s because it’s all imported, so it’s to be expected. If you’re into American sweets, I’d recommend having a look.

Leute, ich war im Paradies!
Cyber Candy ist DER Shop für alles Süßigkeiten Fans, die gerne Neues ausprobieren. Bei unserer zweiten Station beim Qype Event Covent Garden Crawl bekamen wir einen kleinen Vortrag über die verrückte Welt der Süßigkeiten. Wir durften knusprige, echte Grillen probieren, kosteten von den Hershey’s Kisses, hatten die Ehre, die selbstgemachte DURCHSICHTIGE Cola zu trinken und bekamen Zuckerbonbons mit Speck-​Geschmack.
Hier gibt es echt alle Süßigkeiten, die ein bisschen verrückt sind aus der ganzen Welt.
Cyber Candy ist auf jeden Fall einen Besuch wert, wenn man schon mal am Covent Garden ist und wenn man so wie ich total auf Süßigkeiten steht :)
Ok, now in english :) this won’t be a translation, I’ll just try to summarize what I’ve written above:
Yay, this is how heaven must be at least for everyone who loves sweets as much as I do, and especially for those ones who can’t wait to try new and crazy stuff.
Having attended the Covent Garden Crawl organized by Qype itself (Thank you T, it was awesome!), I enjoyed a great presentation of a really nice girl (I’m sorry, I forgot the name!) about how exotic sweets can be.
I was stunned by the clear Aether Cola (it tasted like Coca Cola but it looked like water!) as much as by the candy which tasted like bacon.
Being absolutely in love with this shop, I will definitively come back!
PS: This place is the only one where you get FROOT LOOPS in UK! Correct me, if I’m wrong! :)

This place is always teeming with people and I was glad to be invited in as part of last night’s Qype Review Crawl. As I am neither American nor a fan of artificial flavours I will probably just walk right past again the next time.
As the name implies Cyber Candy is very modern while I’d personally prefer the more pretend olde-​worlde approach. Staff are as cool as the multi-​coloured pop in the fridge.
Still, glad to have had a chance to sample Twinkies, Hershey’s kisses as well as bacon flavoured sweets and candied crickets. I passed on the last two but was quite intrigued by their new clear cola-​flavoured drink.
Some of the other weird novelty items include wasabi flavoured lipsticks and salad dental floss. The selection of jelly beans was impressive, and you can mix your own selection.
A fun place full of memories for people from around the world, just not for me.

Wow! heaven for sweet lovers, chocolate lovers, kids and big kids alike!
the location of the shop is excellent, vibrant Covent Garden, its clean, nice and inviting. It can get pretty busy there but the staff is attentive and kind.
The have amazing flavours and products to try, and its from all over the world! wonderful experience.

Mmm, sweets! Mmm, lots of sweets! Mmm, 2 floors of sweets!
I popped into Cybercandy as an avid lover of ‘all things sugar’ and because I heard they did Reece’s Pieces which I became addicted to during my time in the States.
Walking into the store was very exciting indeed and I swear I got a sugar-​high purely from the smell of the place. It’s pretty well laid out in terms of having the chocolate all in one place, the chewy fruit sweets elsewhere, gum in another section and, downstairs you can find a jelly bean wall! Funtimes!
I know most of the more unusual sweets are from abroad, namely the States, but I still held out hope for some sweets that have disappeared off the face of the earth from my childhood. I was on a mission for Fruitang! I failed miserably, unfortunately.
Anyway, a great store for sweetie-​lovers and, I imagine, a go-​to for American ex-​pats seeking a sugary home-​comfort.
I love!

I love this store. It always has a really wide range of goodies to choose from and you’ll always find something new to try (if you haven’t already).
If you’re after delicious treats from America, Canada, Japan, Australia, New Zealand or even your home turf if you’re from the UK, this is mostly definitely the place for you. The prices are decent if you consider the fact that the items are imported — if you’re complaining, you should know that imports are always going to be that little bit more expensive due to all the shipping costs. There’s also a lot of rare candy in stock here — for example, a lot of Japanese candy is seasonal and can only be found at certain times of the year!
A bonus comes in the form of super friendly and informative staff. They’re always willing to help and they’ll happily recommend something delicious for your sweet tooth. (I should know, I work there! :D)

CyberCandy is good for four things:
1. For gawping at different candies/​goodies from all over the world.
2. For people to say ‘Ive always wanted to see what that tasted like — I’ve seen it in the movies all the time’
3. Expats to find their favorite candies from back home
4. To waste a lot of money and relatively cheap candy.
I used to come here a lot before other UK retailers started stocking PayDays, Reeces Cups and Hershey Cookie n Cream. I now find the prices a bit too expensive — shipping and handling plus cost of the candy does not add up to nearly £2 a bar of chocolate.
I discovered a great grocery shop near where I live that sells Reeces and Hershey bars for around 60p. Result!

I stumbled across Cybercandy while wandering round Covent Garden yesterday. My heart did a little flutter as my Unilocal buddies had told me that I could get peanut butter M&Ms here — yes, isn’t it shocking that we can’t buy them normally in the UK?
The shop was a little smaller than I had expected and crowded yesterday. Lots of foreign confectionery though a lot of the oriental delights can easily be bought in nearby Chinatown.
My quest for peanut butter M&Ms had a bittersweet ending. They were out of stock but I’m not sure I could have over-​ridden my Chinese thrift gene enough to have paid £6.99 for one packet of peanut butter M&Ms. I think I’ll have to avoid Cybercandy or I could be stuck there in a perpetual feedback loop as the 2 sides of my nature battle that one out!

Cybercandy is this kiwi girls best friend. If only they had a secret stash of the now extinct Snifters. Burgerrings would be great too. I am a happy girl with the jaffas, perkynanas and pineapple lumps regardless.
Yes, they are expensive… But when your mum stops posting your supply packages… Cybercandy will be there for your homeland fix.

When I was a student and had a fresh student loan in my bank account I would often come here and spend absurd amounts of money on sweets, chocolate and soft drinks. Normally I don’t have a particularly sweet tooth, so whether it’s the novelty or whatever I’m not sure. You can buy sweets from around the world, including, as Corinna H. mentioned in her review, things that briefly made a splash here such as Lucky Charms; which I’d been told as a child were banned by the government.
In general I’d say the US sweets are perhaps the best. My favourite sweets in the shop though are these chocolate strawberry things (possibly called choco-​strawberry) that come in a small rectangular packet made by the Japanese sweet company Meiji. There are also weird things here like ant lollipops and crickets etc.
If you’re feeling frivolous it’s good fun, and takes you back to the excitement of buying sweets as a kid.

If you have a sweet tooth you must go here! As you enter this almost sickly sweet smelling place you are inundated with sweets from all over the world, around Europe, New Zealand, America and Asia.
What you find here you wouldn’t normally find in supermarkets or news agents. You get things likes M & M’s or Reese’s Pieces, but with a ridiculous ranges of flavours! I never realised so much of what they sell actually exists!
Only qualm, the prices are just much too expensive for these sweets!