The Chocolate Gallery & Cafe

5.0
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2 reviews about The Chocolate Gallery & Cafe

verified email - 15 Sep 2017

Stanley offers a few options for dinner, but this is by far the best place for those on a budget that don't just want fish and chips. And quite possibly your only option at 8pm on a Tuesday night! Don't be deceived by the name or the unassuming appearance, as once you try the meals you'll be hooked.

Our dinner meals here were Satay Chicken & Rice, and Steak w/Chips & Salad. As people who love Thai food, we have tried a lot of satay dishes over the years, and this is definitely up there with the best. There was something in the flavour that we couldn't quite pick, but it was delicious. It tasted homemade, which sounds odd, but it was such a lovely 'natural' flavour, and with fluffy white rice it was a great dish. The steak was cooked perfectly, and came with a very fresh salad that wasn't overloaded with cheap salad dressing, and the chips were air fried - we've heard of air fryers, but not tasted food from them. These chips weren't oily or over-cooked, and they had more flavour we feel - really tasty. There was a variety of menu options to suit any tastes, including vegetarian, and it's a great place for kids also. The fridge has takeaway dessert options as well, and these are always changing so don't be afraid to go back more than once. We happily did!

The cafe offers sample tastings of various flavours of their fudge, which we tasted before dinner, and knew we would have to come back for dessert the next day as we couldn't fit it in that night. We did get the chance to have a lovely long chat with the cafe owner, who was so friendly and welcoming (as were all the other staff).

The next day we came back and tried their new hot chocolate dish, which is three smaller sizes of any three flavours of hot chocolate you want, matched with three truffles to match the drink flavours. This was a fantastic dish, and makes it much easier for hot chocolate lovers like us who don't want to miss out on all the flavours but couldn't fit more than one in at a full-size drink. Our flavours were Raspberry Ripple, Coconut, and Rocky Road - if these don't take your fancy, there are at least 12 flavours to choose from so you are guaranteed to find something you'll like! The Rocky Road had more of a dark chocolate taste, for those who don't have quite as sweet a tooth, but the Raspberry and the Coconut were outstanding favourites for us. Both were full of flavour but light enough that you really could be tempted to go a second round, and they were perfectly matched with the truffles. The range of truffles is very large, and very reasonably priced we felt. Definitely worth taking a sample pack of a heap of flavours for your travels!

All in all, we are so glad we stopped here for dinner, as every experience after that was just divine and far exceeded our initial expectations. Anytime we are back in Stanley we will definitely stop back in here!

21 Sep 2016

Love this place.....

Staff and owner are friendly, upbeat, has a great vibe!

The coffee is great!

The cakes are a must!!

And the chocolate is "Devine"

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