a great place, to go into, the sight of the jars of sweets lining the walls make your eyes light…read moreup. the only problem is that because of it's draw, there is always quite a queue. it is difficult to leave without buying stuff. don't go in the school holidays. if you have a sweet tooth you will be in seventh heaven. they do do gift vouchers.

Brand new this week. A chocolate shop making handmade chocolates. Specially conmmisioned items are…read moreavailale. Go along and have some samples and you will be back for more. The flavours are excellent and they are all made from the finest ingredients. A tiny shop but a real find.

Like a kid in a candy store... that's me! I don't think my trip to Lake District is ever complete…read morewithout a stop to this chocolate shop! While I've had a number of their truffles and have loved each one... my favourite are their violet creams! Theirs are just perfection... the dark chocolate is just the right thickness and snaps when you bite into it allowing the cream to ooze out, but a very slow, it-isn't-going-to-end-up-on-my-shirt sort of ooze. The violet cream inside is nicely flavoured and it is creamy, not this crumbly, soap-like stuff you get at other places. I usually get a small bag to take with me and ration out for the next couple of weeks and surprisingly they hold up!

A rather different mix - a chocolate shop but also a hand-crafted jewellery shop. Something a…read morelittle bit different! The chocolate shop is all about luxury and ideal if you are looking for a special gift or just want to treat yourself (and quite rightly too). The hand-crafted jewellery is by mum and daughter design combo Kathie and Hattie Grimes. The jewellery has a very unique form and delicate. Types of jewellery iclude bracelets, earrings, necklaces and rings. The little showroom/ workshop nestles under the eaves of the Grade 11 listed shop on the first floor. Downstairs is the chocolatier part of the shop with a wide wide range of traditional sweets. My favourite are the chocolate farmyard including a milk chocolate owl, a white chocolate sheep, a white chocolate green frog, a milk hedge hog, two white chocolate pink pigs and two mice, one milk and one white. Soooo sweet! Totally awesome! P.s. if you can't get to the shop you can order online - don't miss it!

The food was excellent. I got cheese and onion pie (lunch) and tried the chocolate challenge…read more(which we failed dismally). The chocolate was to die for...totally scrumptious. The service was really good with friendly and knowledgeable staff. I'll be back for sure. The prices were good also. The seating was good and the wait was not long ( although I booked ahead of time).

The best Patissier and Chocolatier in North Manchester…read more Any time I drive into Manchester (which is very often) I have to drive past Slattery's and always manage to make some excuse to pop in. I shouldn't have to make an excuse to go here - It's excellent. The ground floor is their outstanding chocolate and cake shop - definitely worth spending some time here tasting and choosing what they have on offer. Their selection of over 40 celebration cakes on display are stunning - you'll find yourself staring at them like some sort of art. A few of the wedding cakes are pushing £1,000.. asking if it would be worth it? For me, yes! Their cakes are amazing - no wonder Wayne Rooney bought his wedding cake from here and had it shipped to Italy. You'll find me with my face pressed up against the viewing window where you can watch the cake decorators working hard to perfect these masterpieces *drool* I'm certainly not planning my wedding or anything but I already know that there's a massive possibility that my cake will be from here. On the first floor is an elegant restaurant serving breakfast, lunch, afternoon tea, and of course CAKE. The menu is fab and I haven't heard anybody mention a bad word about it. I have yet to visit the restaurant and I hear that unless you book weeks in advance you've no chance of getting in, but this only makes me want to try it even more and it is certainly on my list. In the past I have bought baskets from here and made my own hampers, mainly for family or friends at Christmas time - consisting of chocolates, hand make cakes, biscuits, marmalades, wines etc (all locally sourced). Safe to say these always go down well. If you have a sweet tooth, this is somewhere you should definitely visit.

I was told that this was the place to get chocolate and candies in the Isle of Man, and I was not…read moredisappointed. A fantastic selection of local and international sweets. I bought some of the Manx knobs (boiled candies that are a famous treat), homemade fudge, and chocolates in the shape of the Isle's crest---those famous 3 legs. Look no further for unique chocolates to bring home.

Oh goodness me - 4-5 stars for chocolate orange ice cream. 3-4 stars for lime coconut ice cream…read more 4-5 stars for strawberries and cream. 3-4 stars for the lemon sorbet. Definitely 4 stars and hurrah for giving me two cones. Insanely large portions of ice cream - I have never not finished an ice cream before, but this was bigger than I could handle. 2 scoops was just too much for this sugar-rush kid! Be warned...

A chocolate lovers heaven - every kind of chocolate and sweet you could ever imagine…read more This shop in the centre of keswick is a bit of a tourist trap (understandably) but it also has a regular following as it sells such lovely chocolate items. The mint thins are a favourite and are a good after dinner treat. It's quite expensive in here, but it's worth it for high quality chocolate. They have a counter service where you can build your own box of chocolates, or they have lots of pre-boxed stuff - both there brand and others. They also sell novelty items such as chocolate mice. Worth a look in if you are in Keswick - I challenge you to resist coming out with something!

For someone who hates shopping I have to admit this is a good shop. Chocolate for all tastes and…read morebudgets. The only problem I had were a couple of pig ignorant customers spluttering all ove rthe products, they should have been thrown out