One of those places I'd generally avoid solely on how it looks from the outside and where it is. However I was pleasantly surprised by Rabot 1745. The food was excellent, well presented from an interesting menu. The cocoa thing does get a little bit over the top but it works as a gimmick and the flavours it generates are generally well placed. The service is good, the matire d was a little overbearing but our waitress was lovely. Decent prices and the outdoor terrace is a really unique position above Borough Market. Nice spot. read more

Wonderful chocolate and chocolate concoctions... at a price. That said, the price is worth it, the shop's chocolates are amazing and they have samplings while you shop. I purchased the dark chocolate infused with caramel bits and it was wonderful. I also purchased their milk chocolate for a friend here that doesn't like dark chocolate (I knooow, right?!), and it was the best milk chocolate I've ever had...and I'm not a huge fan of milk chocolate. At 50% cacao, it wasn't overly sweet like your average milk chocolate, but just right. The cafe has a creative menu of savory and sweet items infused with chocolate. The 70% cocoa drinking chocolate w/ chili was outstanding, it really hit the spot on such a chilly day in London! I almost came back and ordered a second. If you are visiting Borough Market, this shop is definitely worth a stop in. read more

Expensive, but excellent. Dark chocolate with a splash of milk. It's not bitter, but definitely still dark. Infused with chili - you eat it and can't really taste the chili at first. But then your mouth and throw get warmer. it's not too hot, just right. Infused with caramel - laced with these tiny pieces of caramel that crunch in your mouth. Just enough to get a hint of the caramel without overwhelming the chocolate Best part is, I got them discounted because they were close (within a few weeks) to the expiry date. read more

I have been to Rabot estate before but this time i saw the cafe with a restaurant and i loved it. I bought chilli Dark chocolate as am a big fan if it and i ordered a 70% Dark chili hot chocalate. It was very rich and i would say mild spicy( to me) in a good way. I luved it. The staff are very welcoming and nice and atmosphere is lovely for evening or even day time. You have to come here if u passed read more

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So, Rabot 1745 is a combo restaurant/coffee shop. We escaped to the coffee shop from the very busy Borough Market across the road. The space is neatly designed to give a cozy feel and staff were pleasant. My husband and I both ordered the Coffee Chocolate which is the equivalent to a Mocha and it was delicious. It tasted so chocolately, unlike anything I have ever tasted before coffee-wise. The only negative is that they served this delicious drink in a white ceramic mug with no handle. It looked nice but it wasn't functional because the mug was hot hot hot causing us to wait for the coffee and mug to cool before we could sip down the liquid deliciousness. Also note that it looks like they recently opened a terrace which is probably cool. read more

I came here last year, and totally forgot about it, I was in the kitchen making dessert, but then I had an opportunity to try their food. As you walk in, you are greeted by the big chocolate machine, showing you from bean to bar, which is pretty amazeballs! It is the roasting and conching method which is shown. Then you see that luscious chocolate pouring - mmmmmmmmmmmmm! Hotel Chocolat is the only chocolate shop in the UK that shows this method to those who walk into their shop. At least this way you know what you are buying, and how its made. Why is it called hotel chocolat, and does it really have a hotel? It sure does, in the caribbean, St.Lucia where their beautiful beans are grown! As for Rabot, they use the chocolate in every aspect of their food and drink, cocoa bitter cocktails, its even used in a burger that they make, like a chocolate ketchup almost. I had their drinking chocolate with salted caramel - talk about rich, thick and gulpy!!! Was not drinkable, had to remove the lid and sort of use a spoon with it! But it was very nice with the gingerbread - as I love gingerbread, but I think a balance of milk and chocolate is needed! I also had their molten chocolate lava pudding made from the cacao bean here on site, Rabot ice cream - nib infused. Was delicious!! Chocolate oozed out of the lava cake, wasn't a heavy pudding - relatively light which was surprising, worked really well with the nib infused ice cream. The contrast of sweet and bitter, as cocoa nibs aren't sweet at all! I'd happily go back just for that. It's good they sell chocolate, although they don't really have much of a selection, if you are looking for a vast collection - maybe try strand, covent garden etc. Also strand branch sells vegan chocolate which is pretty good!!! read more

Rabot 1745 is part of Hotel Chocolate. The restaurant was lovely, loved the atmosphere, the lighting and the size. Reminded me a bit of a French ski lodge the interior also when you go to the bathroom you are surrounded amongst wooden walls with the noise of forest creatures before finding the door to the toilet. The staff are happy and very helpful. Food that we had me a beef pudding and my husband and hamburger was good size portions, hot and tasty. The chocolate that was used partially in our food was different and really did give our food a bit of a twist. I would deff eat at Rabot again especially is wanting a nice romantic meal as the lighting and the size of the restaurant is quaint. Just lovely. read more

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Freezing bar, cold food, but good drinks selection! Great service from the main guy - he was really friendly, chatty and was quick to take order for drinks. My friend and I then got a bit peckish and ordered sweet potato ribbons, french fries with chocolate aioli, crispy duck confit potato cake and yorkshire pudding filled with rare-seared parkin-spiced beef, white chocolate mash. The plates were cold, and I had a couple of mouthfuls of the yorkshire pudding before wondering whether this place was so trendy that cold yorkshire puddings were intentional! I complained and then 10 minutes later a second was sent - this time, the plate was hot but the food was not! I would recommend coming here for a few drinks (keep your coat on though as there was quite the draught all evening) but head to somewhere like Elliott's nearby for food instead. read more

Fantastic chocolates - with a plethora of options and varieties. They have some unique combinations - cocoa beans dipped in chocolates that they offer to try - even if you dont purchase - you should try it - because it is really different and quite good! I had a drinking chocolate - instead of a coffee - because well come on its a chocolate place. The drinking chocolate was really good - but I dont have it very often - so have to volunteer I dont have a lot to compare it against, but I liked the fact that I could taste chocolate flavor and not just a spoonful of sugar. Definitely a bit pricey - but for handmade chocolates its worth trying once! Only drawback - thinking through treadmill time to compensate. :) read more

The rabot made chocolate is really good! Tried the velvet beans, pricey but totally worth as a treat to your taste buds :-) read more

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We shared a burger and a pork 5 ways dish... Both were amazing with a bottle of wine over looking the market.

I took a friend on a GALentine date for Valentine's Day and I can honestly say it was the best (albeit platonic) date I have ever had!! The food was absolutely delicious, the staff super friendly and courteous and accommodating. We came at 7, and stayed until the restaurant closed. PERFECT experience!! read more

This is the only place in London I go for a hot chocolate. I find hot chocolates at most places too rich and too thick or too milky. But Rabot does them beautifully and has a variety of choices - my personal favourite is the salted caramel. Heavenly! read more

Rabot 1745 - Salted caramel hot chocolate (and bananabread) - Coffee & Tea Near Me - London, XGL

Great place to wind down after taking on the closely market bustling with people. The place is busy yet you can relax watching Folge wheeling and dealing. read more

The gingerbread infused chocolate buttons are back!!!!! You gotta go and try them. Sure they are expensive at £5.50 a bag (and sadly not a very large bag) but they literally taste like Christmas in your mouth! read more

We happened upon this restaurant on a busy weekend evening, after finding just about everything else in the Borough Market area full with long waits. We were just so grateful to get a table, we didn't know we were in for such a fantastic experience. We were seated on the rooftop, which even on a chilly March evening was nice and cozy with heaters. This would be a great spot to eat lunch while the market is bustling! The food was some of the best we had in London. I'm sure everything would have been great, but our server was super confident in his recommendations when we asked "this or that" while ordering, and everything we ordered was fantastic. Service when we were first seated was a little slow (seemed to be a bit of confusion over who was serving our table) but once that was straightened out the service (by all) was warm and attentive. Rabot 1745 is at the top of my recommendation list for anybody visiting London! read more

Ok, so I ended up here my accident. My friends and I were originally supposed to go to a Padella, then tried to go somewhere else only to find it was closed, and thus lost our place in the ever-growing queue. Why do restaurants in the always-busy Borough Market close?? In any case, clearly Rabot has realised this issue because they were open at the awkward time of 4:30 pm when we wanted an early dinner. I've known about the restaurant because of the Hotel Chocolat brand, but it never really occurred to me that I would want to eat a full meal of chocolate-inspired dishes. If you don't spend too much time overthinking it, it's not like everything tastes like chocolate - they just try to use various derivatives of the cocoa bean. We sat outside on the terrace, where you can hear what's going on downstairs at the market, and also feel the trains going by every now and then. None of the mains spoke to me, so I ordered two starters - the pulled pork piton and a fried fish dish. They were both good, but very small, and served in very large plates. I'd say that Rabot styles itself in the more fine dining end of the spectrum. My friends got the hake, burger, and chicken mains, and I'd say they were all small except for the burger. Then again, I'm not sure how the burger fits in with the whole fine dining idea. I don't think I'd see myself coming back, except for the fact that they happened to serve food when not many other places did. read more

The shop of a St Lucian chocolatiers collective in Borough Market. If you like your chocolate, this is your place. By no means cheap, but by no means average. Great choc, great coffee and remarkably zesty orange sponge, with or without chocolate on top. This feels like a coco plantation shop rather than a Swiss confectioners, which to a large extent, is because it is. A very rustic interior selling chocolate by the block as well as truffles and all manner of more-ish delectations. All over a great place to grab a coffee and munch on some coco-ey loveliness. read more

I've passed by Rabot many times when going through the market yet never went in until last night. From the outside, it looks like a nice wine bar (and it is) - but what I didn't know was there's a restaurant upstairs. I definitely would be interested in going there for dinner, since I had a lovely experience at the bar. For a Thursday night, the place was busy, but we were able to secure a table right away, which was really nice. I was there on a date and it seemed like the perfect ambiance for that - it was busy but not too loud and the music wasn't overwhelming - you could easily have a conversation. The wine can be a bit pricey, but nothing out of the ordinary, given the stellar location. The service was excellent - helpful and attentive. I would absolutely recommend this place and will be back again in the near future. read more

Mmm.. I reserve to myself the right to edit the review at a second test. Following our event, we had dinner at Rabot 1745, and I was really looking forward to test some of their dishes. Following the advise from the maitre chocolatier, I chose the curry fish (cod) in chocolate nibs and yorkshire pudding topped with beef and chocolate gravy. Sounds delicious and difficult! First the starter, yorkshire pudding. Was it good? Yes it was, really. Nicely presented, flavorful and just well made, an optimal start The pudding was well made, while the beef is rare as written in the menu, and the chocolate gravy gives you that nice touch that tingles the back of your mouth and makes everything delicious. An optimal start. The cod. Now here comes the bad stuff. Ok I was unconvinced by the idea of the dish, I couldn't figure out how to put together cocoa with a fish curry without covering one flavor with the other, but because of the suggestion by the nice lady who led the chocolate lesson I went for it anyway. And the result was just as I expected: there is definitely too much curry inside the dish, which is ok if you are eating at a south indian restaurant and you are having a general fish curry, but here I want to have something a bit more raffinate on my dish, especially if you want to put together spicy and bitter tastes with white fish... I'm really sorry as I loved the place and the starter, but that main is a wrong step. The chips coming as a side were not great either, a bit soft. The sauces with chips were a bit too fat and buttery. I mean the whole could esasily be improved, for example if you leave the skin on the potatoes then you acquire a bit more of taste you need in order to go with the chocolate aioli, I mean it's not difficult, just think a bit about the dishes before you put them on the menu! In the end, I will try again this place as I think it's natural spot would be the lamb and the beef, hence I will update my review there, where it can gets a ±1! read more

Salted Caramel Drinking Chocolate is happiness in a mug. Not too sweet and with a hint of salt.

This was a quick visit while visiting Borough Market. I just came here for tea to go. Small place. Good customer service and prices were very decent. read more

You need a mortgage to shop here. Everything looks nice but I don't know if it tastes any good becuase with the proce of a chocolate bar I can do my weekly shop. At Waitrose. With change. And Yes I am bitter, this shop is right on my office doorstep but along with most other retailers in Borough Market I have to avoid it to avoid Bankrupcy. read more

Came across this place randomly when looking for a place to eat with a friend one evening and we were impressed! We sat on the balcony which is inside the market. It was evening so everything was closed but I presume in the daytime this is a great spot to people watch. We went to start with a cocktail and they have a good list of unusual choices, however none took my fancy so I went for wine. For food, I had the aubergine curry which was good. Not very spicy and not a huge portion but nice fresh flavours. The best thing however was their signature-the molten chocolate pudding! Definitely have this if you go! Perfectly cooked and I would return for this alone! read more

Rabot 1745 is trying to go back to basics to educate people on the cacao nut - its not chocolate, but its the nut that chocolate is made from. And you can only call it chocolate when at least 4% sugar is added to it (a little tidbit that our waitress told us). We started off the evening with cacao nut tasting and a short blurb from the waitress on the Ecuadorian nut. Don't just pop it in your mouth like I did - make sure you crack the outside shell and eat the bean on the inside. I've seen some TripAdvisor reviews who view the restaurant and stylish and innovative, I personally don't think the innovation side of it was executed that well as a whole. On their desserts and hot chocolate - sure! But on the appies + entrees, not so much. Every single dish on the menu had cacao in it, and I was curious to know how the dishes would be enhanced. But sadly, it didn't. And I think the rest of the party felt the same way. Some dishes were good - but I don't think cacao made a difference. The beef carpaccio (£9) was good but pricey - 3 slices of beef wrapped around some zesty celeriac and juniper dressing. I would not recommend the guinea fowl (£20), as it ended up being really dry and bland. The jus was equally bland - I took a few sips from the little cup. The fowl was served on an aubergine side which was tasty and tangy, so I had to include a bit of that in each bite. Out of all the dishes, I think the best one was the roast lamb as it was very tender. But again, even if the cacao was taken out of all the dishes, I felt that most of the dishes were just mediocre. Come dessert - it seemed everyone was more interested in the chocolate desserts than the main entrees. Our server said that the cacao experience is supposed to be more on the educational side, and not necessarily the highlight of their dishes, which will be changed seasonally. And while their dishes aren't too adventurous, it is meant to draw patrons to the restaurant - then when Rabot has a stronger reputation and foothold, they will probably branch out to create more adventurous dishes. My highlight of the evening? The praline hot chocolate for £3.50 is probably the best hot chocolate I've had. Not crazy sugary sweet, I felt it tasted more like a praline drink with a hint of chocolate. It was divine! And this is coming from a person who doesn't regularly eat sweets / dessert or addicted to chocolate. We bought a pouch of the hot chocolate (£7.50), and while they do have a praline spread, I think there's a jar of Nutella at home that I will stir in. Maybe I'm not the best person to be reviewing this restaurant, but I found cacao to just be a boring little nut. It only added texture to the dishes, and didn't enhance anything. I was wishing that they would have at least tried to make some savoury dishes using chocolate even, and this is coming from someone who's not a huge fan of chocolate. Anyway, the cacao nuts are roasted on site, and batches of chocolate are freshly made here. But - I think my relationship with the cacao nut will only go as far as chocolate. I'll come back on a cold day for a nice hot cup of chocolate, but that's it. On the plus side, the diners all received 20% off on any purchases in their chocolate shop. This is more of a 2.5 star rating for me. I don't think I'd come back for the food, as I think I've definitely had better, though the carpaccio was delicious (but small =( ) read more

This is review for their coffee... I always feel bad leaving 2 stars but this is a coffee/chocolate cafe and the coffee just wasn't very good. The foam was cold so I took a massive sip and the coffee was really unbelievable hot and the beans were burnt. The chocolate was ok but I guess I have been spoilt along the way and I think having burnt bean coffee and the chocolate together they didn't really compliment each other. Also I went to the wrong counter wasn't really spoken to all that nicely. Maybe the waitress needs a little holiday. On a positive note, the coffee part of the shop is nice and cosy and has a lot of places for singles or couples to sit and enjoy the atmosphere and people watch. Maybe check out their hot chocolates? Surely..? read more

I first came to Rabot on a rainy night at close so I decided to come later on. I went in with a couple friends--the environment was very relaxed and the baristas were friendly. I originally came in wanting a latte with a shot of salted caramel vodka. However, since they are known for their chocolate, I decided to order a creamy hot chocolate with the shot of espresso and shot of salted caramel vodka. Overall, it was quite delicious and pretty unique because I don't know any place that adds alcohol to their cafe items in the states. The baristas were extremely friendly when my friends didn't like their drink and worked to make it more enjoyable for them. I overall enjoyed my experience here! read more

When visiting Borough Market & if you're into dark chocolates - you have to go to Rabot Estate (under Hotelchocolat label) for a taste of the BEST dark chocolate in the UK. Their coffee and desserts are great too. I'll be back for more soon. read more

Sitting in the corner of the terrace the entirety of Borough Market lies within your gaze. While this not always places you in the eye of the waitstaff, it more than makes up for the slight waits for their attention with its atmosphere. What's more is that this is enjoyable in winter too, as blankets are provided if you choose to sit on the terrace. The menu at Rabot 1745 is varied, with one element ever-present: cacao - whether your chicken is covered in a cocoa-rub, or cacao beans are sprinkled on top of your burger's brioche bun, the nod to the chocolatey heritage of the restaurant operated by the chain that owns Hotel Chocolat can be as subtle or loud in flavour, depending on your choice. As such no meal is ever off-putting in taste, and certainly not in appearance. With hot chocolate available as a pre-meal beverage, and great variety in cocktails there's something to whet your whistle at all times too, with plenty of non-dairy options if you were so inclined. read more

Thought because everything is cacao it would be unhealthy, but they actually make an effort to make very good food with just a light cacao touch. read more

If you don't really feel like standing in the 30 minute line to get your coffee at monmouth next door, Rabot Estate does serve up a coffee worth waiting its 6 minutes for. And don't miss out on the chocolate, get a whole bar and devour. it is GOOD! read more

Recommended if you've got money to spend. They've got a huge variety of chocolates, both their own and other high quality brands (e.g. hotel chocolat). There's also a tiny cafe with various chocolate drinks and possibly food, if I remember correctly. read more

Went to the restaurant for brunch, sat in the very nice outside balcony seating area where they have heaters and blankets. I had the chocolate granola served with milk and maple syrup and it was delicious! It was a small portion that was quite expensive but you could tell the ingredients are high quality. Also had the peppermint and cocoa tea infusion which was perfect, much better than the disappointing hot chocolate that I've had previously at Rabot. The only downside was slow service- it took over 30 minutes to get a bowl of granola. Still, I will be visiting again. Concerning what is on offer downstairs in the cafe, I tried the chocolate brownie. Oh my goodness, it was a chocoholics dream. Massive chunk of gooey brownie packed with smooth chocolate lumps and with a drizzle of chocolate on top. Absolutely perfect. The hot chocolate, on the other hand, was a disappointment, could barely detect any chocolate in there at all, only frothy milk. read more

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Rabot 1745 is part of Hotel Chocolat's premium chocolate arm and their pride and joy. Although here is the thing, they do not just serve chocolatey drinks and deserts in this restaurant/bistro but a range of foods, all made very well, but it is for the chocolate that I went to try. And it is good - well worth a trip to Borough Market to sample it. I really liked their hot chocolate drinks and cocktails (the Rabot Rum Sour is definately worth a try - as is the Rum Hot Chocolate on a cold day). read more

My friend and I went there for breakfast. Very poor customer service. Staff were unhelpful and my friend and I had to clear the table ourselves while staff stood around. The food was average and overpriced for what it was. read more

Went for dessert and a drink celebrate anniversary with my partner, which wasa brilliant decision.The staff were casual but professional and the chocolate dishes are nothing short of amazing! read more

The lamb was delicious! It was cooked well and had great flavor. Cooking with chocolate is an interesting take. I also enjoyed the atmosphere of the restaurant. read more