It was good visit. Excellent chocolates and great service. Good location but business hours do not…read morematch up with on line hours. The dark chocolate licorice was excellent. Nice layout for the store.

Beautiful shop carrying a lovely assortment of chocolates. Buy something! They offer you a sample…read moreat check out. Yum!

Wow, this is how you know I'm behind in my reviews. I'm already three weeks past for this review :P…read moreSo anyways, I had just finished the wonderful time eating a burger when I saw a chocolate store to my left upon exiting. Chocolate? I love chocolate! So I went in and got some more even though I had got some earlier that same day HAHA. They have a WIDE range of chocolate that they put in a really small store. There are a lot of chocolate (white, dark, or milk - maybe even more) that's mixed with fruit (raisins, orange, strawberries). They have a wide assortment and my eyes only had about 3 minutes to look through everything, so I just got stuff that my eyes saw interesting. Chocolate covered strawberries, I believe they were milk chocolate. You get freeze dried strawberries with chocolate surrounding it. It's basically a malt ball with a hint of strawberry inside. This was one pretty good, better than what I was expecting. The strawberry flavor isn't a lot, but you can get it come out if you bite the chocolate in half. :P They had dark chocolate peppermint. PEPPERMINT. They have it all over as pieces and they're refreshing. It comes out of left field and you totally will enjoy it if you're a fan of peppermint :D The chocolate melted so this went in the refrigerator when I got back to LA (LA WHYYY) so I didn't get to eat this first D: Shoulda. Get it if you're a fan of peppermint! There was also 99% chocolate here. I'm assuming the person I got it for enjoyed it. ;) Totally would have gotten more if I had more time, or if I had more room in my luggage HAHA. On DeGraves, in case! The price for the three was 35AUD so the price is kinda high. I think.

Honest chocolate, experimentally executed, well worth visit.read more

Koko Black is a premium Australian chocolatier founded in 2003 and based in Melbourne. If you walk…read moreenough in town or at the airport, you can't miss one of the various places that sell it. I purchased a small box for Gayle (for the hotel room) and then Gayle went for larger collection at the Sydney Airport. That's what you do when you have local currency to "burn" before you head home and out of the country. Koko Black is what you'd expect - fine chocolate - tempting selections - a little pricey, great packaging, great service in the store, extremely good, and oh so worth it.

Chocolates are very popular in touristy places for a reason and I'm not going to lie and say that I…read moredon't mostly get chocolates as gifts for people back home. Koko Black is a lovely place to get some of these souvenir chocolates because they have a large selection of items, including items that are "Australian" in flavor, like bars with macadamia nut and wattleseed. These items are in cool packaging so it's definitely already like a gift that's been wrapped. This store has one side as the retail space and the other as a café with coffee, hot chocolate and desserts. We didn't get any of the café items but we did snoop and they looked quite lovely and smelled really good. We did buy a lot of yummy chocolates. This by far was the most I've spent in one store my whole time in Australia but it was worth it.

Talk about yum! Chocolate covered honey comb crisp. Kinda like a violet crumb but better. This…read morewas so good that I had to buy the milk and dark chocolate version to bring back to the USA. Now, why has no one in the USA replicate this???

Chocomama is a new addition to the Royal Arcade. It's a sweet addition to the arcade and a delight…read moreto visit. They stock a number of local chocolate brands as well as their own creation. Boiled lollies, chocolate blocks and single chocolates/ truffles. There's always samples on the counter and if you are keen to try something the staff are all friendly and helpful. Great place to buy sweet gifts. My fave is the chocolate covered pretzels, yummmm!

The Belgians are notorious for making good chocolate. What say you then to a chocolate shop that…read moresupplies handmade chocolates made by a real Belgian chocolatier (who operates under the name "The Chocolate Lover")? Since changing owners, the stall now supplies a wider range of chocolate than just that made by The Chocolate Lover, and all are very good. The truffles come in a variety of unique flavours and there are always taste testers on hand should you not be inspired to simply buy all of them to take home for later. Around Valentines day, he makes the most exquisite chocolate roses, painted to look like real roses. I'd be wary of giving them, because not only do they look too beautiful to eat, you might find yourself in a battle with your loved one to share it with you. Best buy two methinks. What I enjoyed most about buying chocolate at this cute little stall is that when I asked whether there was any gluten in any of the truffles, his offence was so caricaturish that I worried I'd be banished for daring to insult his wonderful creations. "Put gluten in chocolate? Why would I do that?"

You can't go to Melbourne without trying Koko Black. Not unless you hate chocolate. Do you hate…read morechocolate? No? Then Koko it up

TO DIE FOR! ALL DESSERTS were impressive!!!!!!!! Excellent…read moreatmosphere, in the heart of Lygon street and all the action. Inside seating is very coffee house style; outside is so relaxing and enjoyable. My order was the chocolate walnut brownie- HEAVENLY. With a side of ganache and vanilla ice cream OMG. I was thoroughly pleased and impressed with this place- it stood out in my mind.

This store is one of of 3 Kit Kat chocolatories in the world and the only one in which you can…read morecreate your own Kit Kat bar! They are stocked with Melbourne exclusive flavors using high end ingredients including hibiscus, rose petals, rice crisps, chocolate fudge, fruits, and more. There is quite a wait to have your own chocolate created (1.5 hours minimum). You use an automated kiosk to pick your chocolate base, inclusions, and even the packaging. At the end of the process you'll be asked for an Australian contact number. If you don't have one just come check in with your receipt at a later time.

This shop had amazing staff and great Kit Kats but it is now closed and has been for some time sadlyread more

Okay, I know, this is a chocolate bar, but the thing is that while they might specialise in…read morechocolate one would have expected that maybe, just maybe, they would have put just as much effort into their beverages. Well, okay, I didn't go for the hot chocolate, I went for the tea, and honestly, it was one of the worst that I have ever had. Sure, I'm not a huge chocolate fan, but I was willing to give this place ago, but unfortunately it really ended up letting me down.

I was incredibly excited to try this, as I had heard great things, and I was simply in the mood for…read morea delicious chocolate lava cake. Unfortunately, I was left more disappointed than anything. First, the Chocolate Soufflé was only luke warm, when you really want it to be hot enough to feel like it just came out of the oven, but not too hot that you burn your mouth off. Second, I was underwhelmed at the first bite, when it tasted like this had been frozen and heated up. It was like going to the store and heating up a generic soufflé, at best. The ice cream, for me, was the best part, and it was actually generic vanilla ice cream. The soufflé was too rich and too thick for my taste, and suffice it to say, I've simply had far better than what I had here to feel this was anything but average.

This cafe was recommended to me because it is housed in an old power station or something to that…read moreeffect. Space had a lot of natural light but the service was terrible. We interacted with three different servers and all were obnoxious. Skip it; lots of other cute coffee shops with better service. Food was blah!

One word - amazing :)…read more The food was super delicious and presented beautifully. The hotcakes weren't too sweet and the eggs were well cooked. I think the flavors complimented everything really well. The service was quick and friendly as well. The ambience of the cafe really set the tone of the space. The timeless structure of the building was renovated tastefully. Really pleasant place to chill and pass the time. Would love to come again. Thanks