I concur with other reviewers that this place is a bit on the pricey side. If you really need your chocolate in the shape of a frog or a shoe, then by all means, this is the place for you. I've only samples a couple of their truffles. I would say they are good, but nothing special. My main interest at Theobroma Cacao is the hot chocolate. The first time I went their and tried a ginger hot chocolate, it was like liquid heaven. The chocolate was piping hot and oh-so smooth. The ginger gave it just the right kick. I would have rated the place 5-stars for that experience alone. However, the second time I went and tried the strawberry hot chocolate, I was sorely disappointed. It was thin and not very flavorful. I suppose I'll have to give it another try one of these days to see which experience is the norm. read more

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Not surprisingly I am a fan of chocolate, good chocolate, obviously. Currently I have only had the opportunity to try the drinking chocolate, they have a very long list of all the different ways you can have it. Plain chocolate, chocolate and banana, chocolate and amaretto, chocolate and hazelnut, chocolate and butterscotch, chocolate and chilli are only a few that come to mind. For me its plain chocolate with marshmallows, at £4.50 a cup. Even on a cold night one of those with your date on the tiny tables outside will make you feel warmer in the tummy and your heart. As you would expect the shop smells exquisite, and the low tone lighting gives an amazing glow to the chocolates that you can buy in a selection of the shop's most popular chocolates. These include chocolate marzipans, fudge, chocolate coated fruits and chocolate sticks. Attention though, 500g cost £40, yep stiff isn't? We are spending christmas with a friend of mine and her family, and she is a chocolate lover so I think a selection of handmade cognac truffles will make her very happy. read more

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I absolutely love quality chocolate, and to be fair, the chocolates here are exquisite - absolutely top quality. However, the customer service was terrible - I was stared at as soon as I walked in, and made to feel really unwelcomed. I enquired about ingredients, and received abrupt answers, and made to feel that they were doing me a huge favour by being willing to sell me their chocolates. I won't be back. read more

Theo Broma is a big name in the world of chocolate and you can buy the chocolate direct at this shop in Turnham Green. It is a chocoholic's idea of heaven with the brown stuff being available in a a wide variety of experiences from truffles to drinking chocolate to chocolate covered fruits. They also have more unusual combinations like chilli chocolate, which is surprisingly good. The only that will save your arteries - the price!!! By the time you've bought your chocolate here, you'll have to jog home or ride your bike as you won't be able to run a car as well! read more

I like almost all chocolate. Some chocolate I love. Chiswick is a hot bed of disposable income. And so it has an appetite for all things of quality and preferably at a price that hypes. Theobroma has some delicious rustic, very rustic, chocolate creations at prices that hurt the idle visitor who dares wonder into this cramped chocolatier. I have tasted and enjoyed. Always gifts and gratefully received. Would I spend.......probably not here, it's just too expensive for me but not for Chiswick. read more

Theobroma in London is one of the few places that make their own chocolates. Most chocolate shops buy them in premade but Theobroma make their own. Chocolate is my passion. I've learned a bit about it through going to lectures, reading up on it and attending educational seminars. So a trip to Theobroma Cacao who boldly claim that their shop is a place where innovative and unique products are handmade to the highest standards using only the purest natural ingredients was something I was excited about. I looked over the delicious-smelling shop and found it to be crammed full of everything from chocolate shoes, to hot chocolate. For the spiritually minded there was a chocolate Buddha and for the simply hungry there was a vast array of chocolates. When I enquired about the type of chocolate used, I was informed it was Venezuelan and European. Saying that I knew that beans did not grow in Europe and was it therefore perhaps blended in Europe, I was informed, with a sneer, that it was, indeed, European chocolate. A further attempt to get help selecting the three best representatives of the chocolate range elicited similar negative responses So not the best experience and not the best chocolate. Despite it being a blend - probably to reduce the earthiness of the dark chocolate - it still falls flat as a chocolate without the complex chocolate flavours which are possible. read more

This place is for true chocolate connoisseurs. I think it is very different to most chocolate shops in that it concentrates on the unique taste of dark venezuelan chocolate. I agree the chocolate drinks are fantastic and the shop itself although small is packed with bowls of truffles you wouldn't find anywhere else. You have to try the chilli chocolate shards, they have a kick right at the end!! They also sell online at http://www.theobroma-cacao.co.uk read more

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Theobroma Cacao, nestled among the high-end shops of Turnham Green Terrace, and moments from Turnham Green tube station, is a great place to stop for an amazing hot chocolate. This tiny shop reminds me so much of the chocolaterie in the film 'Chocolat', with its beautiful displays and mouthwatering aroma. There are loads of amazing flavours of hot chocolate to choose from, everything from conservative chocolate orange, to slightly braver chilli. Plus, you get to pick a free chocolate to go with your drink - although this proves a difficult moment as there are so many to choose from! The only downside is the price - I very rarely buy anything other than a hot chocolate from here, as the chocolates are very expensive. If you can afford to splash out a little, however, a box of these fantastic handmade chocolates makes a perfect present for any chocoholic in your life. read more

For years I have been coming to Theobroma Cacao. It always had a very special place in my heart. Why the one star review? Read on. Yes, I have long adored Theobroma. I consider myself to have been a loyal customer over the last 5 years. Goodness knows how many loyalty cards I have worked my way through, not to mention friends from around the world to whom I have gushed about this place. Furthermore I consider myself a passionate and serious connoisseur of chocolate. I hold it almost as highly in my esteem as the pursuit of the perfect coffee. So here's the story and after I wrote it, I noticed a previous person's review along the same lines. Oh very dear. I was entertaining a guest from Miami a few weeks ago. Picked her up from the airport in the morning, drove straight back to Chiswick and took her out for brunch at High Road House (the eggs benedict is wonderful), promising a post-brunch visit to my favourite chocolate shop EVER. In fact I had mentioned it many months in advanced, so excited was I. (I'm a bit of an enthusiast when it comes to the gorgeous local things Chiswick has to offer.) We arrive at Theobroma Chocolate on Turnham Green Terrace. When you walk in, the smell hits you, it's quite intoxicating, and as you can imagine, my tourist friend thought everything looked so beautiful and, in her wide-eyed way, pulled her mobile phone out to take a few photos. We continued to browse and she took one or two more photos. (Note one or two. On her iPhone.) We were ready to purchase a few items when a man from behind the counter snapped, excuse me, did anyone say you could take photos? My guest apologised and I proffered gently that she was just a tourist and wanted to take some photos because it all looks so wonderful. Naturally my guest had put her phone away by this point. I would have been merely taken aback, but not particularly offended, if he had left it so. I tried to continue to browse, but instead he responded, well how do I know that? then continued by aggressively saying please put your camera away in this shop. You can't just take photos like that without permission, how do I know you won't use those photos? This was clearly a ridiculous insinuation as my guest was just snapping some pics with her iPhone, but I responded very calmly and politely, she has put her phone away now. Unfortunately he then continued by saying that people could be stealing his ideas and that nobody had asked his permission. Unbelievable! Paying tourists who clearly want to give him money, insulted. Me a loyal customer of many years, insulted. All he had to do was say what he said at first, in a more diplomatic tone. But no he was unstintingly, unapologetically, and repeatedly rude. Well, I must say, I was extremely embarrassed in front of my visitor and I didn't know how to play it, but I absolutely did not want to make a scene in front of a visitor I hadn't seen for many years. Sadly the damage was already done by the man, though. Normally they have a polite foreign lady serving at the counter. If this was the chocolatier who spoke to us on this occasion then there's a very good reason he shouldn't be front of house. After he finished his irrational tirade, we were both so shocked that I signalled silently to her towards the door and we walked out without buying anything or saying anything further. I was apologetic to my visitor when we walked down Turnham Green Terrace, but all she could say was wow. (Repeatedly, actually!) Later we discussed how that's the kind of thing that you could simply not imagine happening in the US. I treat my friends and colleagues with great respect and it was quite shocking for me to take a guest whom I hadn't seen for years to my favourite place, to be treated in that way. I vowed I shall never go in there again from the man's horrid behaviour. There are plenty of other fabulous chocolate shops for me to try out in London, and although this one is near me, and their products are good, I shall never return as a matter of principle. Will I use my online influence as a reviewer & food blogger to advise people of the same? You bet. read more

A word to the wise, just played tennis at the Park Club in Acton and saw a flier offering members a 20% discount. turns out all you have to do is type the word parkclub into the promotion code on their website and BAM - 20% discount! Just go to www.theobroma-cacao.co.uk and go to the checkout, SPREAD THE WORD!!!! hehehehe! read more

Well, I've already reviewed a chocolate shop in Angel and the first thing I wrote in it was "I love chocolate and I absolutely adore this shop". I have to be honest, this is just as fitting for this chocolatier, too. There is a kitchen downstairs, just like the shop in Angel but the selection of chocolate for sale is noticeably different. As well as truffles, thumb-sized chocolates (which, I have to say, are not such inventive flavours as the shop in Angel), they also sell full scale chocolate stilettos - in a variety of colours, for example, leopard print; a chocolate theatre mask the size of your hand; various sized chocolate carved animals and various sized slabs of chocolate with dried rose petals pressed onto them. If you want after a hot drink I recommend their selection of hot chocolates - and you can drink in at the one table and chairs they have or take away and enjoy the warmth the chocolatey drink brings you. A beautiful chocolate shop (I never thought I'd describe a chocolatier with such an adjective) with a to-die-for smell oozing from the lower floor - don't walk past it, you must go in. read more

Must admit to liking this - though Paul A Young in islington/City is to die for. Short of that, journey to TGT for this :-)

amazing chocolates, beautiful gift baskets, a nice shop that has a lot to offer to any chocolate lover!