The 10 Best Chocolatiers & Shops in Cardiff

Fresh reviews:

Chocolate wasted! Literally. These boozy chocolates are like having a shot… Wow! Go home drunk, you’re chocolate. I mean… Go home chocolate, you’re drunk. I mean… I’m moving to Wales just for this alcoholic’s dream: boozy chocolates! Hiccup. Oh. And, they have a ton of non-alcoholic, delicious chocolates too…

Fionna W.

Hotel Chocolat

Simply Steve’s, ‘purveyor of cakes in Cardiff’, is an inter-continental style patisserie and bakery in Clifton Street in Cardiff.Everything in the shop looks delectable and flawless, from the dainty fruit tarts to the delicately decorated single portion cakes and the slices of luscious cheesecake — and there’s…

Rebecca B.

Simply Steve’s

You will find Cocoa & Co down a quaint little mews off the High Street at the top end of Cowbridge. You can get there by turning right after Arthur John Hardware. (I had lived in Cowbridge for six months before I discovered this beautiful little mews!)Being a chocoholic this is my kind of shop, and although…

Rachel W.

Cocoa & Co

This place is simply a chocolate lovers dream and yes it’s in one of the modern arcades and it would be nice if it was actually renovated 19th century building which had some history to it but I don’t really care because Martins makes awesome hot chocolate. Not the cheapest hot chocolate I’ve ever paid for but…

Josh W.

Martin’s Chocolatier

From the outside, this shop suggests that it is going to be more Thorntons than Hallmark, when in actual fact the Thorntons section is pretty small, covering just a section of one wall. However, the range of Thorntons products in stock is good and it’s nicely presented.While the card section contains nothing…

Natalie A.

Hallmark & Thorntons

I’ll never forget when my aunt jokingly told me: «Jennifer, in our family, our chocolate obsession is like alcoholism. You think it’s a normal way of life and then you speak to people outside the family and realise… it’s not.»For me, chocolate is a major food group that sits alongside Innocent Smoothies and…

Jen B.

X Marks Delicious

Branding is a powerful, powerful thing. People’s opinions are crafted by the branding they are subjected to; their minds are affected by the advertisements they witness.And I think that because of their mighty branding, people are a little afraid of Thornton’s. In the same way that no one is prepared to admit…