August 2025 by Dobromira Tueva
Service was very slow unfortunately
August 2025 by Awais
Family-run business. Good atmosphere. Service extremely slow. Food hit-and-miss.
The waffles with strawberries and chocolate sauce was not nice. It had been overdone. Very dry and black around the edges. The chocolate sauce had a weird flavour. Wouldn?t recommend this.
The Spanish churros were golden brown and soft inside. Perfect.
This cafe does not offer alternative milks. So I opted for the lemon & ginger tea. Can?t go wrong with a teabag. The cappuccino on the other hand was very weak.
August 2025 by Shannon Evans
We booked in advance for afternoon tea as part of our honeymoon at the ChoccoBar after trying their luxury hot chocolates which were delightful. It was beautifully presented on a three tier stand with all products sourced locally and hand made. The scones were fresh out the oven and were delicious. This was very reasonably priced at £50 and the service was unbelievable they went above and beyond and offered us takeaway boxes when we couldn't finish all the food.
We've had afternoon teas in different parts of the UK such as Betty's tea house in Harrogate but it doesn't compare to this. This is the most lovely experience we've had ran by a family. We would definitely recommend!
August 2025 by James Henry
Ordered a pot of tea, milkshake and a mozzarella basil and pesto toasties. Waited half an hour for the tea and 45 minutes for the toasties which turned out to be cheese and tomato. Dreadful service!
August 2025 by lili
First off, they charged us for drinks that we didn?t order and weren?t particularly apologetic about it, I understand mistakes can be made and a refund was issued eventually. However, the food (3 waffles) took about an hour to come to the table and when arrived were not very warm. For reference we were one of two groups in the restaurant. Overall the service was very poor for a tourist spot. The young boy who served us was very polite though.
July 2025 by Areej Yahya
The owner was amazing and very sweet, we went inside the cafe to shelter ourselves from the rain, and she made us the best hot chocolate we ever had. Great place, highly recommend.
July 2025 by Ohannes Burger
The best chocolate I've ever had in my life.
July 2025 by Hiten
Great food and great service ! The hot chocolate was amazing and it's the only place around with WiFi !
July 2025 by Courtney White
Best hot chocolate in the Lakes!
Whenever we are at the lakes we always try make time to pop to the Choccobar for a hot chocolate. Everyone who works the are always so welcoming and it?s a bonus that it?s dog friendly!
July 2025 by Wendy Dutton
Why have i never been here before .I could have sat and drank a bucket full of hot chocolate.It was amazing.Staff also very helpful and polite.Its the place to go to for the best drink around .Will be back later in the year for more .Wendy
June 2025 by Alex Prescott
We visited a few years back and had a wonderful experience, however, our most recent visit was very disappointing. The hot chocolate, for which they are famous, was far to sweet and and in our case quite lumpy. There was a lack of food food options available and the substitutions we were offered weren't really up to scratch. The staff were very polite but overwhelmed, and the inside of the cafe seemed very chaotic and messy. We used to really enjoy visiting the choccobar, however, I don't think we will be returning.
June 2025 by Robbyn Birnie
We saw this place as we were doing a bit of window shopping and said we?d visit on the way back up. At 1:15 we came in and sat down to order. Most of the staff seemed not to know how to do most things and were being directed by a lady behind the till. They were pushing past up to grab menus and trays several times as we were stood in line to order. Very unhygienic coffee making. Flies everywhere. Their ?paninis? are toasties as she explained they don?t have the panini bread, and only use toast which is ?basically the same thing?. Didn?t have any smoothies. When we asked for waffles the lady said she couldn?t do waffles, then said she might be able to one - she then looked into a very dirty container which I?m guessing had batter in it, and then said No, she can?t make any. She made the excuse of not having had the time to make more batter as it had only been her in all morning (I counted 4 members of staff at the time). I asked how long would it take for another batch to be made, and she said ?well, with the traffic, about half an hour?. So the batter isn?t even made on sight. We asked for a milkshake made with oat milk which they said they could do. They then asked if it was for an allergy, which we replied it was just a preference. She then said ?well, we?ll need to charge you in that case? - I don?t know if that means that if it had been an allergy, they wouldn?t have charged us? I don?t have an issue paying more for oat milk, but her response was confusing.
We then had another customer push into the queue as we started to order, and the lady then tried to stop taking our order and start taking his.
After all of this, we decided it was not worth all this - very unprofessional
Go to Sweet Dreams Cakes instead, they?re next door and they?ll look after you
June 2025 by David Riley
Disappointed. Times we've been in the past. Just missed opening hours.
2nd time we have visited (this time with a Spanish friend, built ourselves up for what they advertise as providing - Crepes! They had none! Made done with Waffles instead.
June 2025 by Faizan Anwar
Great place for a quick bite to eat.
June 2025 by Ash Khan
Mate ordered a panini, got given a toastie? Also ordered smoothies. We were just given pure milk with a bit of dull strawberry flavour. We sent them back and when the woman brought back the remade smoothies, she pulled a face!! That is not how you treat customers? very disappointed!!
She was also on her phone the whole time she was behind the counter. Very very slow? wait time was over a half hour and we were the only customers?!
