This place is adorable- it reminds me of Willy wonkas chocolate factory !!! The inside has retail…read morefor gifts and dips and chocolate for purchase and all had reasonable prices! The decor on the walls behind the cash are like old school chocolate pumps and so cool! The show stopper itself is the ice cream though, many different flavors to choose from for sorbet or soft serve and many dip able Flavors and toppers! They have 2 vegan flavors (mango and raspberry) and 2 dark chocolate dips to choose from. I got raspberry and dark chocolate and my boyfriend got vanilla and smore. I got a mini and he got a small and both sizes are huge. Price was about $20

We had the cotton candy topping with vanilla ice cream. It was a delicious sweet treat. Great…read moreservice, very nice family atmosphere. We enjoyed our time here.

Miam ! Quel bonne idee de combiner la creme glacé avec di chocolat! Meme les gateaux sont…read moreincroyables ! Le caramel est le meilleur

One of our go-to places for ice cream as a family . We love the different variety in flavours and…read moresizes of ice cream they offer . Their raspberry soft serve is vegan, is awesome for the people who are lactose intolerant or just preffer not to have dairy . They also have a few chocolate dips that are vegan. I find their pricing is very fair and I've never been disappointed. Quality is always good and they also offer many chocolate products at the entrance if you are not feeling like having ice cream .

My first visit, and certainly not my last. Charming and attentive service, mouth-watering butter…read morecroissants and some of the best madeleines I've tasted in a long, long time. Excellent candied orange peels dipped in chocolate rounded off my impromptu breakfast, topped with a great latte. I'll be back.

I look back at the next several stops that I made after shopping at Crocs and having consumed a…read morebunch of carbs at a wonton and noodle eatery. It looks like I went on an eating spree! I originally wanted a drink. I was in front of Cacao 70. I had never been to any of its franchises in my life. It was time to check this one out. This dessert place is next to a plant store. Deadly for someone who loves plants and chocolate. I was immediately greeted by a young man. He said to sit anywhere that I'd like. I chose a table with four chairs. My bag with my new pair of Crocs occupied one of them with my purse. I sat down and got menus from the man. There were a couple of men, it looked like a dad-son duo, sitting by the window. They ordered a bit ahead of me and pretty much wolfed down everything. I asked for water. I got cold water in a glass carafe, along with a glass. This water alone hit the spot. I ordered an iced mocha from the menu first. It's a mom-son duo running the show. They speak Cantonese. I overheard their conversation attempting to secure a used stove over the phone. What caught my attention on the menu was doing a fondue for one. Although I wasn't dying to eat anything, dessert time with fruit seemed perfect. I chose dark chocolate as my classic chocolate fondue. The dunkable items that accompanied the fondue consisted of chocolate brownie bites, classic waffle bites, and fruit (bananas, strawberries, and pineapple). The iced mocha was awesome. I heard it being blended in the kitchen before it came to me. It was cold, and had the best balance of coffee and chocolate flavours. It does have dairy in it. I thoroughly enjoyed having a fondue hour on a Thursday afternoon. The fruit was fresh and the perfect size to dunk into the dark chocolate. The sheen on the dark chocolate was impressive. This place does chocolate fondue superbly. There is something zen about dunking fruit and other goodies into dark chocolate with a fondue fork and indulging in each coated morsel. The dark chocolate was perfect. It wasn't bitter. It wasn't sugary. It was exactly how I like dark chocolate, but in fondue form. The chocolate brownie bites made you feel like this fondue experience was fancy. Chocolate on chocolate on chocolate. The bites had a crispy exterior that held the softer interior together as you dunked it into the fondue. So good! The waffle bites were equally as cool. It was like having chocolate waffles, but better and without any maple syrup or whipped cream. I paid at the counter with a credit card. It also allowed me to tip. I let the man know that everything was delicious, which he appreciated. This place didn't have air conditioning, but cool air did circulate well. There was a fly around, which was the only annoying part of the experience. I used the washroom before I left. It was a single stall that was clean. It's to the left of the counter when you walk up to it. I loved being here. I really should visit Cacao 70 more often. I'm so glad that my first experience at one was in Ottawa. (314)

We went after dinner . It was pretty busy , nice spacious sitting area . The servers were very…read morewelcoming . We ordered one chocolate crepe, my son ordered a hot chocolate and we ordered coffee . Everything was good . They have a variety on their menu , from crepes to donuts, cakes and do much more .

I like Purdy's, because their chocolate is good... and they're Canadian…read more My favourite chocolate of theirs is salted caramel (drooling as I write this!) For this particular visit, I discovered that Purdy's also makes white chocolate salted caramel, and in particular, a variety of broken pieces priced to sell, so I tried this. An excellent excuse to shop Canadian! Oh my! Salted caramel in white chocolate is also sinfully good! I will definitely be back! Hopefully not every week, though... my teeth would not forgive me for caving in so often!!

So Purdys is a Canadian chocolate company that started in Vancouver, BC. Although they've been…read morearound since 1907 they only opened their first store in Ottawa in 2014 (at the Rideau Centre). Although they've expanded across Canada, they still make all their chocolates in Vancouver. They use 100% sustainable cocoa. This location is in Carlingwood Mall and is similar to other locations inside malls in layout and size. They have a chocolate fountain and the sell ice cream as well. Before the Covid-19 Pandemic (which we are still in at the time of the writing of the review) this location would hold chocolate making classes. I never took them, but they sound like fun. Purdys is famous for their hazelnut cream chocolates that are shaped like hedgehogs. The chocolates are a bit pricey (a box of 18 goes for $22, and a box of 25 goes for $32) but they taste delicious. They have some cool flavours like "Goat Cheese & Chardonnay," Chai Tea Caramel, and Chili Pepper. They also have more traditional flavours like strawberry cream and mint. I'm a fan :)

Do you really like chocolate? Do you really like ice cream? Do you like taking pictures of your…read morefood? Then you have to check this place out at least once. I heard their cones can be sweet depending what you get, so I originally wanted to get a kiddie size, but they don't "kookie cone" that size, so I went with the small. The small is more like a large. It is shareable, if you like sharing your ice cream cone. I'm not a good sharer, but by the end of this cone, I was trying to pond it off to my husband. It was just too much. I got the chocolate hazelnut. He got the cotton candy. Both were good. This location is in a strip mall. They have a patio in the back where you can enjoy your ice cream. I personally like walking or going to a park to eat mine, so we drove up the closest place of greenery, which was in front of a hydro Ottawa building and ate our ice cream there. If this place was in a more convenient location, i'd probably go back, but for me it wasn't worth the hype or the drive. It's more of a once a year, type of treat.

The place is amazing, the ice cream is so rich and good. the cashier was very nice. The chocolate…read morewas decadent and rich. Would come again for suuure!

Delicious goodies. High end…read more Great service. I'm not a sweets person but they have a Crunchie type product that is amazing. Great place to grab a gift for that chocolate lover in your life. Things you can't just find anywhere else. The store is clean and well appointed.

I got side tracked on my way to another shop in this plaza... I wasn't looking for a chocolate…read moreshop. Really! Worse than that, my better half wondered where the devil I had got to! I didn't want to tell him; I was shopping for him :-). But he found me! When I came in, the uncluttered displays had me hooked. I like that they offer a few of any kind, without overwhelming the senses, as opposed to having trays and trays of the same things - so that each choice is not special. That's not the case here! The treats are beautifully laid out. I've indicated that the price range is moderate, although one might say it's pricey. These wonderful truffles are in the range of about $2.30 each which is about average for individual quality chocolates like these, and some of them are hand painted. However, ALL of them are beautiful to look at, as well as being very tasty. I bought a few as a gift. And he seems to be enjoying them. Oops, he might be reading this! Happy birthday, Honey! LOL