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Category: Chocolatiers and Shops [Edit]
45-46 PiccadillyLondon W1J 0DS
Neighbourhood: Mayfair
020 7287 8500
- Nearest Transit:
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Green Park (Jubilee, Piccadilly, Victoria)
Piccadilly Circus (Piccadilly, Bakerloo)
- Hours:
Mon-Sat 10:00 - 19:00
Sun 12:00 - 18:00
- Price Range:
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£££
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Parking:
- Street
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
10 reviews for La Maison Du Chocolat
All Reviews
La Maison Du Chocolat
16/7/2010
La Maison Du Chocolat is like the Harrods or Hermes or *insert outrageously high end example here* of chocolates - very posh
Walking in from a sweltering hot day, last thing I thought I wanted was a hot drinking chocolate but boy was I sure glad I indulged. Plus it was a good excuse to enjoy the A/C a bit longer
Lots of cases of chocolates stare at you, beckoning you to take them home but I knew that would have to be for later - I wanted something for NOW - walk towards the back to the tables & await your luscious chocolate treats
For now: Drinking chocolate w/ vanilla super yummy. Light & creamy w/ a hint of vanilla to accentuate the chocolate - 5 stars
Chestnut cake - only okay but prob wouldn't get again. Very small cake made from phylo & chestnut mouse - not chocolaty - 3 stars
For later - Milk chocolate bar is so creamy & chocolaty & milky - 5 stars
I noticed most things had some kind of fruit paired with it & for those who know me, you'll know fruit & chocolate is on my naughty list. I am a chocolate purist & there should never be fruit mixed....nuts? Now that's another story....
Listed in: Dip Me In Chocolate & Call Me…, Sweet Chocolate, Sugar-Coated,…
La Maison Du Chocolat
23/7/2010
Nice place
Nice chocolates
Nice staff
Not nice prices
La Maison Du Chocolat
12/4/2010
Next to Square Pie, this is the second place I go to when in London. Other than the location in Rockefeller Center in NYC, all the La Maison Du Chocolate locations are in Europe.
This London location across from Fortnum and Mason is quite large (in fact, it may be a little bigger than the boutique I first visited in Paris) and has a fantastic selection of chocolates, pastries and food. During the winter, you can get the best hot chocolate on earth in several flavors. The hot chocolate has so much chocolate, it is thick in consistency. In the summer, they offer sundaes.
La Maison Du Chocolat is not cheap, but then it is ultra-premium and even the boxes the chocolate come in are a tasteful work of art. In addition to buying boxes of chocolate that have pre-selected chocolates, you can build your own selection.
Also, if you have the time, try out some of their pastries that are made onsite and always fresh. The macaroons are decedent and taste great with a cup of hot chocolate.
La Maison Du Chocolat
25/3/2010
The best caramels that I have ever had. When I made my purchase and was getting ready to leave, the sales lady ran over to hold the door open for me. I felt like I was in Paris.
The cute La Maison Du Chocolat lady from Harrods told me to come here.
Unfortunately, there on no shops in the San Francisco Bay Area. I could not find the caramels in Neiman Marcus and nor any on the La Maison Du Chocolat website.
Still the best caramels you can eat. Yummy.
La Maison Du Chocolat
19/12/2009
La Maison is a high end chocolatier. They do the usual chocolate bars, drinking chocolate and truffles.
However, I want to mention them specially for their heavenly macarons. They come in 5 flavours and all do taste distinctly different although they're all chocolate flavour. Possibly the best chocolate macarons in London.
La Maison Du Chocolat
23/11/2009
La Maison Du Chocolat is second to none. Yes, Godiva's very good, but this...this is the best.
The shop attendant offers my friend and I each a piece of dark chocolate rum raisin. My mouth is filled with sensation and flavor: the crackling of the dark chocolate shell, then the delicate, soft, rum raisin center.
But the bomb is their Fine Champagne Truffles: "the center is a smooth, creamy ganache delicately infused with Fine Champagne cognac covered with a layer of dark chocolate and dusted cocoa powder". My advice? Due to the cognac infusion, the truffle is best eaten within three days.
For you milk chocolate fans...don't even try. Dark chocolate's where it's at, and it's at La Maison Du Chocolate.
La Maison Du Chocolat
27/1/2009
Next to the Paris location, this location rates at the top of my list for Chocolat. Sorry, New York, your service pales in comparison.
In the London shop I was treated as more than a tourist or someone with a passing interest and I was assisted through the store by a very helpful young lady who kindly gathered my requested items, packaged them nicely for our trip back to the states and then continued to do the same when I decided I wanted to buy more.
On a side note, I often order from La Maison Du Chocolat and delivery is always prompt and the chocolate always packaged with a cold pack to ensure un-melted delivery to Utah. The only complaint with the online system would be lack of availability of certain items at different times. But I am sure that is to guarantee freshness.
La Maison Du Chocolat
13/2/2010
excellent chocolates (and i do not even have a sweet tooth :D )
i came here once, and it was quite a delightful experience. my brother is a big fan of Robert Linxe. anytime one of his friends are coming out to SF, they will bring him a box of sweetness from La Maison.
love the truffles. next visit to London, will have to bring back an extra box of chocolates for the bruvva.
La Maison Du Chocolat
25/11/2008
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It's not possible to make chocolate as delicious as this. Trust me. I can easily eat a large packet of minstrals in one sitting (should I be embarrassed?) or a mega bar of Brut Sao Tome but I surprised myself at La Maison du Chocolat. Here's the story.
It's not that I wanted to go inside the shop but like love, it's something that pulls you in before you can stop it. The shop is suitably Parisian and smells deep and decadent. Then, behind glass cases, like precious jewels lie rows of truffles with ganache, nut, nougat and cream fillings. Ha, I smirked to myself, what a small piece of chocolate for a very large price. The assistant, in his smart black suit, waited patiently while I vacillated, oscillated.
I settled for a triangle of dark chocolate with a nougat filling. As if it was a bit of gold dust, I nibbled a tiny corner. I wanted as many bites for my big bucks as possible. I would be a fool to describe the absolute purity that was condensed into that small bite. It's a bit like great poetry. Any unnecessary words are stripped away, leaving only essence.
Two bites later and truly I was satisfied. Did I say that? And that's the magic of something that wonderful.
La Maison Du Chocolat
12/12/2008
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The House of Chocolate. Need I say more? This place could be better if it was actually mortar and brick of chocolate, but its just a really building with chocolate in it. Shame, because I'd pull a Gretel and eat the walls away like a termite.
The options in this store are endless. Little geometric shapes of sugary joy filled with orange liqour, fresh ginger, fennel-flavoured ganache, tea infused ganache, kirsch mousse, hot dog flavoured cream and other such lovely inventions. Don't forget the pastries and chocolate spread. There is a small cafe area in the back if you prefer to do a tasting on premises.
Unfortunately like most chocolate shops and most places square in the West End, this place is no inexpensive world of delights. If your money tree is just a seedling, like mine, waiting to grow and flourish with bills of every denomination, then you probably won't want to buy something large.
I tasted their chocolate spread though, it was yummy. Yummy yummy yummy in my tummy tummy tummy.
