Chocolate the Restaurant

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   Wendy

   San Francisco

   2 reviews

   5.0

   2 reviews

   Dined 1 day ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   This is a spot where the food is ALWAYS well done. The deserts and meals are simply delicious. I’ve been going for years and I’ve never been disappointed
   

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   Eddie

   VIP

   San Francisco

   17 reviews

   5.0

   17 reviews

   Dined 2 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Feb 14,2025. Full up with Valentine's Day crowd. Reservations highly recommended. We are here every Friday so we were prepared. Had freshly baked mini loaf with butter, main two meals of Oaxacan Mole chicken dish with salad and corn pie. Followed by chocolate desserts - ectasy sundae, special chocolate strawberry tiramasu, and Victoria hot chocolate. Always great experience.
   

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   Gary

   San Francisco

   1 review

   1.0

   1 review

   Dined 2 days ago

   1. Overall 1
   2. Food 3
   3. Service 2
   4. Ambience 1

   This was the worst dining experience I have ever had. My wife and I came here for Valentine's Day. It was very cold and windy. We requested to be seated inside. There were empty tables inside, but we were told that we couldn't sit there because the computer system assigned tables. We were seated in the wind away from the outside heaters. We complained twice to be seated near heat at empty tables we were staring at, but were told no. After I requested to speak to the manager, we were seated at a table that had reservations for an hour and a half later. It was still too cold and we were unable to enjoy the food as we were freezing with the wind chill. I cannot blame the waitstaff for the this poor service policy from the owner or management. I have never experienced a restaurant not accommodating customers to sit at available tables. Unfortunately, they have lost any future business from us.
   

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   Alyssa

   San Francisco

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined 2 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   We always love going to Chocolate on special occasions - the new specials are always amazing, but we go for the dessert more than anything else. Treat yourself to come luxurious food at a very decent price (comparable experiences in Santa Cruz are always at least 30% more expensive than Chocolate)!
   

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   Eddie

   VIP

   San Francisco

   17 reviews

   5.0

   17 reviews

   Dined on February 8, 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   2/8/25. Our weekly Friday dinner - pasta rosettes for 2, hand rolled fettucine with parmasan, foccacia bread basket. Finished off with usual sin cake and gelato, coconut cheese cake. Excellent.
   

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   Eddie

   VIP

   San Francisco

   17 reviews

   5.0

   17 reviews

   Dined on February 1, 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Weekly visit Jan 31,2024. We have our usual meal of pasta rosettes and hand rolled fresh fettucine with parmesan cheese. Topped with our usual desserts of hot chocolate, chocolate sin cake, dulce de leche torte. Great service as usual. Rainy day doesnt stop us from coming from San Jose tonight.
   

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   Jennifer

   Denver

   12 reviews

   4.0

   12 reviews

   Dined on January 20, 2025

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 4

   Fun, unique & really good selection of gluten free options. Awesome desserts!
   

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   Eddie

   VIP

   San Francisco

   17 reviews

   5.0

   17 reviews

   Dined on January 18, 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   We make a 75 mile round-trip from San Jose to Santa Cruz to eat dinner every Friday night. Been doing weekly since 2018 (pandemic disrupted the frequency but still did take out during that time). Our focus is on the desserts and our favorites are great - chocolate fantasy sundae, warm brownie, sin cake, truffles, Victoria hot chocolate with oat milk - these are chocolate artisan designs with more cacao emphasis than sugar and chocolate aficionados like us really enjoy it. Dinners are great as well - my longest go-to dish was Oaxaqueño Mo'le chicken plate - literally ate that dish for YEARS from 2018 to 2023. Then I 'discovered' their hand-rolled fettucine and salmon dishes - those are my new go-to dishes for 2023 onward. We are not drinkers so can't comment on the choices involving alcohol. Lastly, I read some of the more negative reviews here and respectfully disagree with most of them. The puzzling one is the recurring mention of 'dry' focaccia bread. We get that every week AND we were one of first to enjoy their switch to house-made focaccia bread. I do not find this to be dry at all - for me it's fresh and has just the right amount of moist texture. However, I understand others have different thresholds of dry. Regardless, this restaurant clearly is our favorite as we vote with our frequency of visits from San Jose for years.
   

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   Eddie

   VIP

   San Francisco

   17 reviews

   5.0

   17 reviews

   Dined on January 11, 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Weekly visit 1/24/25 Pasta rosettes full order with marina Hand rolled fettucine with truffle oil and parmesan Amazing as usual - fresh pasta so tender. Foccacio bread was over the top - very soft and full of flavor Chocolate desserts - its why we make the weekly 80 mile round trip from San Jose every Friday or Saturday night. Sin cake with chocolate gelato and truffle Coconut cream pie with side of chocolate sauce Highly recommended. We vote with our weekly visit.
   

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    David

    VIP

    Central Coast

    10 reviews

    5.0

    10 reviews

    Dined on January 10, 2025

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5

    Very good good and good ambience would definitely go again
    

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