Lindt are are a large company now for chocolate, with their products in most of Britain's major…read moreretailers, with 9 stores around the world including their newest branch here in Manchester. They have branches around the UK in Cheshire Oats, Wembley and York, and two stores in France, including one in Paris. This store is quite small, and they seem to do a good job in fitting a lot of flavors into one place, including some interesting flavors, with a large range of small chocolates, like what you'd find in a Quality Street box, but with a wider range of flavors The staff here seem nice, they was an area to personalize your Lindt chocolate bunny, and I was greeted with a free sample when I entered. The store its-self is quite narrow, and is really not wheelchair accessible with small isles, especially when it is busy, such as in this Easter period. I don't like Lindt Chocolate, despite them having some flavors which sound amazing, mainly because it isn't natural chocolate, as in all their flavors they do add barley. This is a nice store with some great sounding chocolate, but still it is too small of a store to walk about, and spend some time in. They is a good enough range to fill a larger store, and considering they are a big brand I'd have thought they would have wanted this store to be better, to stand out especially as they only have 7 stores in the UK, and a Lindt store is quite a shock to see for a tourist in Manchester, due to how rare they are, but still it doesn't live up to expectations and how it looks on paper, therefore sadly I can't go over 2 stars.

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.

I write this on the back of a review i read from Z A about the arndale centre manchester hotel…read morechocolat, altho i think it was a review about the entire company than the store. i have to agree. it is a terrible, scam like company. they have created a mental brand that makes you feel part of a exclusive group of chocolate drinkers. they do this because the masses are stupid, but they dont care about taking the money. the product is rubbish to be honest. the company even worse. the staff are like trained zoo animals, trained to keep on getting on their hind paws and acting extra extra happy, but always sneaky about what your rights are. they try to deceive you to their benefit. they tell you you can return in 28 days of ordering. with this company you have to ask is that ordering or receiving. they wont tell you? do xmas bank holidays etc count towards this limit? what they do not tell u is if it is a gift, u cant get ur money back. i agree with the other reviewer this is theft. they also dont tell u that if u open the box u return window goes down to 14 days. they dont tell u this as u live with the idea it is 28 days only to be left down spoke to a trained whatever u wanna call it thru the chat function yesterday. the customer rep identified as abbie. she said if the box is opened u can return within 14 days, followed by 'sorry for the disappointment'. it is like they are out to trap you once they have your money, and leave you with the idea 'well its tough'. this is more true than their mass marketed '100% happiness guarantee', 'and we will do everything we can to make you happy'. this is the biggest lie the company states. scam like people, training the staff in this scam. the chocolate is absolutely nothing special, it just manages to get less than intelligent people to think they are drinking something great. dont be fooled by the newspaper reviews, these are most likely paid for, and are therefore more marketing than reviews. tbh photos of the owners thru an online search do show them up as unsavoury characters. they may get rich, but misfortune can strike the families of people who live off other peoples unhappiness, or create a false happiness thru mass marketing of stuff that should not cost very much at all. also they tell u to email them at support or help @hotelchoc, they dont reply. they also make sure reviews like these are not posted on their website. clearly checking and filtering what is on their website is part of the 100% happiness guarantee nonsense they bark on about. thats what they are like. hence am posting here. rubbish ethics, accompanied by rubbish owners, accompanied by trained pets. this is hotel chocolat. there are reviews on mumsnet that says this too: Hotel chocolat- I just don't get it? 30/05/2022 12:07 So I was was in the shopping centre and thought I would treat myself to a small pack (the three for 12 pound size packs) I have never before tasted chocolate with such a cheap oily aftertaste. 30/05/2022 12:09 Totally agree - overpriced and very average chocolate. 30/05/2022 12:10 Yep, I agree. Someone bought me one of their advent calendars a couple of years ago. The chocolates were awful. 30/05/2022 12:21 I agree. Galaxy and Cadburys is better and cheaper. 30/05/2022 12:23 I don't like their chocolate. I've never understood the appeal. 30/05/2022 12:25 I agree, it all just tastes a bit greasy and is vastly overpriced for what it is. 30/05/2022 12:32 their chocolate taste a cheap advent calendar 30/05/2022 12:33 It's not fancy stuff. Just marketed well. 30/05/2022 12:36 It's just over hyped rubbish 30/05/2022 12:43 The product is certainly nothing special 30/05/2022 12:45 Agree. My heart sank when I opened a big box of HC chocolates for my birthday. I gave them away. I think it's horrible 24/11/2012 19:57 Never had it...this stuff is a triumph of marketing over substance.... 24/11/2012 20:00 I think they are shockingly expensive. I bought some for a friend as part of a birthday gift and when I asked what she thought of them - not much - was the answer! 08/09/2022 16:18 I got one for Christmas last year and was excited to use it but it turned out to be quite a disappointment tbh. It doesn't make a great hot chocolate imo, very little flavour and thin consistency with no foam top....I can make a much better hot chocolate using a £5 electric whisk. Definitely not worth buying! the list goes on and on.....these reviews are all on mumsnet (I cannot post links here). i definitely agree with the last comment. the velvetiser..what does it even do for £100? nothing to be honest. apart from being a heater and adding in a few bubbles. its still liquidy and thin. they ask you to email their help email and they will soooooo help you. they dont even reply. they hide behind the act they have manufactured. save your money. research some real chocolate instead, and more importantly give your money to a company who cares about you being happy.

This branch of Hotel Chocolat is a nice branch of the chain, located in the intu Trafford Centre…read more The store basically follows the traditional store layout for the chain, with the regular product selection. The staff here seemed rather friendly, and also had a good knowledge of allergens, offering me a different sample with the one he was handing out, containing gluten. This is a moderately high-end chocolate shop so prices are a tad on the pricy side, for example my Iced Tea infused with cocao and raspberry was £2.50. It tasted more like a cheap alchoholic beverage, rather than a high-end tea and hence sadly it was dreadful. The woman who served me at the till also seemed friendly, offering to get me a cold drink out of the fridge. Overall, a satisfactory and above average store with good staff yet high-end prices, in some cases for low quality products, bur I still feel this branch deserves a three-star rating.

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.

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!

Simon Dunn is a god. He must sit on his cloud over Mount Olympus looking down at us mere mortals…read moreon Earth with smug satisfaction that we cannot live without him and worship at his holy feet. His chocolate is a modern day religion with thousands of followers, so for the unconverted and chocolate atheists amongst you, I will attempt to knock on your doors, Jehovah Witness style and preach the teachings of this guru. I first stumbled upon this chocolatiers in leafy Wilmslow when my friend's little boy Ethan was celebrating his third birthday there. What a great idea! Why haven't I ever held my birthday party in a chocolate shop? I walked through the doors and entered a paradise where the aroma of home made chocolate being prepared on this heavenly premises drifts in clouds around the shop. Everyone seemed entranced in a chocolate stupor. This is DAMN good gear. I know a lot about eating chocolate and not too much about making it, but the chocolatier informed me that Simon Dunn's chocolates have over 70% cocoa and this my yelpers makes it divine.So the party was located upstairs and Simon Dunn's had done all the catering. It was absolutely excellent and we all remarked that it is rare to attend a toddler's party and the food is directed at children and adults alike. This was no regular party food consisting of a few sandwiches and jelly and ice cream. Oh, no, there were chicken wings, humus and crudites , samosas, pickles, fruit, olives, ...the list goes on. fantastic fare and everyone loved it. As this was a chocolate party, the owner Simon's delicious son gave a demonstration of his chocolate making prowess and I have never seen so many mothers pay attention so avidly in my life! Melted chocolate was poured into moulds, chocolate heart lollies were personalised by the children themselves. Simon Dunn also takes his chocolate parties on tour and will come to your home or place of work providing you own a microwave for melting and the parties are priced at £12.50 per person. This is an interactive Willy Wonka of a chocolate factory and I urge you to go.

Most amazing chocolate experience ever! Not only do they…read moresell Hand-made. Belgian Chocolates they do parties for adults and Kids! Leave your youngsters for a fun filled couple of hours of chocolate making and entertainment. It's really good! 01246 234900

I ordered my daughters 18th birthday cake from Chocolate by design and wow its stunning in fact its…read morebetter than stunning its amazing the whole experience from fisrt going into order the cake to even having it carried to the car was second to none I cannot thank or praise the staff highly enough for their help I also ordered some chocolate football items from here as well for a chocoholic football mad 21 year old and yes they were amazing as well am I impressed by this shop and its staff you bet I am will I be using them again you bet I will

Every Christmas my parents buy me a special box of pink Marc de Champagne truffles from Charbonnel…read moreet Walker. And every year I still get as excited as the first time I received them! Charbonnel et Walker is a charming little shop covered in pretty little boxes of different truffles in a variety of colours. From drinking chocolate, to after dinner treats and Laurent Perrier champagne, it prides itself in fine chocolates and gifts. I can guarantee that anybody would be thrilled to recieve a box of delicious truffles from here. The best sellers are usually the Pink Marc de Champagne truffles (try them and you'll see why!) They have a sale on right now in the Victoria Quarter so it's definitely worth a wander to pick up some lovely stocking fillers.

Service was excellent! Our server Poppy was so lovely! Can't wait to go back next time im in…read moreHarrogate!

This is a nice Hotel Chocolat location, located on James Street in Harrogate town centre. It…read morefeatures a store and a small Cafe area, they manage to pack a lot into the space they have, without the store feeling too cramped. It is a premium chocolate brand, so the items are more suited for gifts than your day-to-day chocolate needs. The store inside seemed to match the high-end brand, it was presentable and modern, and the staff seemed average. They even had some of their own brand of alcoholic spirits too which sounded interesting. Sadly they didn't seem to be any sampling going on in-store on my recent visit. Opening Hours are in line with other shops in the town, closing at 17:30 Monday to Saturday, and an hour earlier on Sundays - not great but seems to be a problem throughout Harrogate's town centre. 4*

This cute little chocolatiers is situated in the beautiful market town of Otley. It's a bit of an…read moreodd one, you have to get through the florists it seems in order to make your way through to the delicious chocolate goodness, but that is no big obstacle for the more discerning chocolate lover. I can tell you that personally. This place is like a Thorntons, like a Hotel Chocolate, only more indie, more personalised and more beautiful because of that. They serve all the specialised chocolate treats that you might hope for and expect including truffles, bon bon chocolates, chocolate creams of all flavours, chocolates with liqueur filling. Oh. God! It's chocolate heaven. The staff are friendly and they've lots of lovely box sets to choose from! A delightful store that will put a smile on anyone's face, and it'll be a killer choice for Valentine's day!